Chapter 7
I wake up to lights beaming in my eyes. Everything is all blurry at first but soon clears up. I hold my hand above my head to stop it from keep beaming into my eyes. I sit up and wince in pain every time I move.
"Shes awake!" Josh cheers sitting right next to me. I jump startled by his presence but quickly calm down. He grabbed one of my hands holding it between his two hands. Of course I was at the hospital.
I smile and my mom comes rushing from the other side of the room over to me, "Elise! Are you ok?! Oh my gosh I was so worried!" She cries out sitting on the edge of my bed taking both of my hands in hers and kissing my forehead. Josh frowns when my mom takes my hand from his and he leans back in his chair pouting. She shoots him a playful glare and bring her attention back to me. "How are you feeling?"
"How long have I been out?" I say completely avoiding my moms question. I take my hands out of her grip and rub my eyes.
"A few hours." Josh answers before anyone else can.
"What happen?" I groan from the immersible amount of pain I am in right now. I go to itch my right arm but my mom screams.
"No! You got stitches there!" My dad laughs from behind her and she glares at him and he stops. Josh tries to cover up his laughs with coughs. I lift my arm and notice the stitches. I cringe and lay my arm back down.
"Claudia knocked you out with a pot." Josh rolls his eyes and my dad scoffs. My mom moves from the end of the bed over to my father and sits next to him.
"I don't even remember." I look over to Josh our eyes instantly locking.
"We will go get the doctor to bring you your medicine." My mom cuts in and brings my dad along with her. I turn back to Josh and I notice that he has a few cuts on his face.
"Josh, what happen?" I ask worriedly searching his face for answers. He shifts in his seat and plays with his fingers on his lap. "Josh.."
I remember everything up to where I blacked out. I remember Claudia barging into the house and hurting me and Josh. Dragging me out of the closet and me getting cut by the frame she shattered of a picture Josh and I took.
I shake my head and he looks at me. A tear silently falls down his cheek and he whispers, "This is what happened after you blacked out."
Josh's P.O.V
"You got rid of her." I smile making my way over to Claudia seeing Elise knocked out on the kitchen floor.
"Yes, all for you." She smiled wrapping her arms around my neck while I wrapped mine around her waist.
"Thank you." I whispered holding her body close to mine. I moved backwards so we were further away from Elise's body that was on the ground. She was still breathing so that was a good thing. "Thank you.." I whispered again distracting Claudia.
I removed her grip from mine and interlocked her hand with mine bringing us to the living room. I sat her down on the couch and stood up pacing around the room sneaking a peak out of the window ever so often.
"I love you." Claudia said breaking the silence that was between us and I cringe at her words and turn to her. I need to distract her.
I regret the words instantly when they come out of my mouth, "I love you too." I peak out the window again. Nothing. "I will be right back." I say and walk out of the living room to the kitchen to check on Elise.
Her body was still there laying on the ground. I check her pulse and breathing and everything is fine, for now anyways. I kneel down beside her and hold her hand in the hand kissing it.
"Wake up Elise, please wake up." I cry. I shake her. Nothing. She really must be knocked out then.I try shaking her a few more times and nothing again. I just kneel there crying to myself. If it wasn't for me Elise wouldn't be in this situation. Its all my fault. My fault. I bend down and kiss her forehead softly letting my lips linger on her skin when I hear Claudia walk into the room.
"What the fuck!" She screams. "You lied to me!!"
I jumped up and shake standing in front of Elise blocking her from any more harm."Yeah.." I say in a low voice.
"Why." Claudia states more than asks. Tears brim her eyes but anger is all I can see in them. Rage. Hatred. Jealousy.
"I never loved you Claudia." My voice cracks, "I-I'm sorry."
Her nostrils flare and she takes a step forward. Her fists and clenched by her sides and the knuckles are turning white from all the pressure. I step in front of her and she shoots me a unforgiving look. Her hand comes up to slap me but I grab both of her wrist and pin her to the wall to prevent her from doing so.
"Don't you feel that Josh. The electricity, the fireworks." She states from where your skin meets with hers.
I close my eyes and shake my head, "No, nothing."
She screams and knees me again but this time I don't fall to the ground. My grip is let go from around her wrists and she laughs at my pain. "Feel the pain you make me feel."
Anger boils up inside of me and ram into her causing her to go flying into the living room over the couch. She hit her head on the corner of the table and blood is dripping from her forehead. She closes her eyes and gets up. I stand there in the doorway and glare at her.
I make a run for it to the front door opening it wide and running outside. She follows after me and tackles me to the cement. I flip over so she is now below me and I have the advantage. She grabs my shirt and rips it open punching at my chest with her fists. She punches my face and her ring jags into my cheek ripping open my flesh.
"I hate you!" She spits at my face and screams. Neighbors start running outside at the chaos we are causing. I get up and rip a piece of my shirt more to apply pressure to the deep cut on my cheek to make it stop bleeding. She gets up and kicks my chest with the bottom of her foot. My neighbors scream and start calling the police. They should have been here by now I called them a while ago.
Her cheeks boil red with frustration and it looks like steam is coming from her ears. All her muscles are tense and she is breathing heavily. From behind her I can see blue and red lights flickering coming our way. Claudia notices I am looking behind her and sees the police cars almost in front of the house and stomps her foot pulling on her hair.
"You called the police!" She roars lunging herself on top of me again punching me repeatedly. The police runs up and yanks her off of me. She squirms in their grip and finally obeys them. She puts her hands up and the search her for any weapons. The hand cuff her and shove her into the back of the cop car.
I show the paramedics where Elise is and the rush inside and put her on the gurney. They rush her into the ambulance with a oxygen mask on her. I try jumping in the back of the rescue but a paramedic stops me.
"Boy, you can't go in there." He rushes jumping into the back and trying to close the doors.
I stop him and say, "I am going in there! That is my girlfriend and I am not leaving her side! Plus I am hurt." He sighs and lets me in and off to the hospital we drove.
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I hope it is all kind of making more sense to you now. Well vote and comment on this chapter to let me know what you think! Good Claudia you deserve to be arrested. Well I decided to make this short story only 10 chapters so only 3 more chapters to go. woohoo. votteee.
~Katrina
ps. turtles.
pss. I hope to make the next chapters longer. I just didn't really have a great idea for this one.
baaai.
