NEVER TAP OUT

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Emerson's POV
Monday night
"Wake up" my cheek stung from a slap to the face. I opened my eyes; waiting for them to adjust to the light. "I said, wake up" I bent over in pain as a fist punched me in the stomach.

"I'm awake" I coughed. "Where's Archer?" I asked looking around the room.

"He's to busy getting beat on" a familiar girls laugh erupted in my ears. "Don't worry about him, you and I are going to have some fun" she stepped in front of me.

"Olivia" my voice sounded a little hoarse; from screaming to much. She nodded her head with a perky smile.

"The one and only" she waved a knife around. "Don't move this might hurt" she thought for a moment. "On second thought, why don't you do a back flip" she laughed.

"You're messed up" I said as she cut the ropes on my left wrist. "You should be in psych ward" she moved over to my right wrist.

"They wouldn't be able to handle me" I rubbed my wrist as she stood up. "Let's get this over with" she pulled both of her earrings out. "Hurry up, I have a bubble bath calling my name" she rolled her eyes.

"What are we doing?" I slowly stood up. I was left in shock as her right fist  struck my face. My hand reached up to feel the blood from my nose. "Is that all you got?" I threw a few punches at her.

"You're so weak" she laughed as I stopped to breathe. She drove a few punches into my stomach. "Come on, fight me" I backed away from her trying to catch my breath. "Your boyfriend loves to wrestle" I glared at her with anger. "Especially in bed" I stood up and punched her in the mouth.

"You talk to much" she spit some blood out on the floor next to her. "Every time you open your mouth, it's just lies" I grabbed her by her hair and slammed her face into the wall. I climbed on top of her as she fell to the floor.

"Get off of me" she pushed me off of her. She climbed on top of me as I fell next to her. "Look at you, you're pathetic" she held her hand to my throat. "I almost want to feel bad for you" she laughed.

"Why don't you put me out of my misery then?" I said reaching for the knife to my right. "Since I'm so pathetic" her hand rapped around my throat tightly.

"That would be to easy" my hand felt around trying to find the knife. "I'd rather you live a long horrible life" I was trying to gasp for air as she spoke.

"You had your chance" I stuck the knife into her abdomen . Blood gushed out of her abdomen as she fell over in pain. I climbed back on top of her to finish this all.

"Wait, I can get you out of here" she held her stomach with her right hand. "Please don't kill me" I could see the fear in her eyes.

"Screw you" I plunged the knife into her heart without blinking. I climbed off of her dead body and stood up.

"What have you done?" Michael's fathers voice yelled from behind me. I spun around in fear wondering what would happen next.

"Em" Archer stared at me in fear. His face was covered in blood. His stomach had purple bruises all over. He looked exhausted from all of it.

"You're going to pay" he grabbed me by my hair. He swung me around to face him. He through a punch at my right cheek before I could block it. He grabbed his gun and pressed it against my abdomen. "Say goodbye" my eyes glanced over to Archer.

"Em, duck" I fell to the ground as gun shots were fired. "It's okay, I got you" Archer laid next to me on the ground.

"Are you Emerson Kendall?" I nodded my head. "Come with us" we both stood up.

"Is he dead?" I walked over to Michael's father lifeless body. I grabbed Archers hand. He pulled me into him for a tight hug. "We're okay" I whispered into his ear.

"I told you, we would be" he whispered back into my ear. I looked at him with sorrow in my eyes. He placed a kiss to my forehead. The police led us outside where there were more police men.

"Emerson" my mom ran over to hug me. "You're covered in blood" she cried. The police men led us over to the ambulance so we could get checked.

"I wanna go home" tears began to poor out of my eyes. Archer's thumb caressed my hand. "I don't want to be here" Archer reaches over to hug me.

"Ma'am, you're in shock" I shook my head denying it. The doctor tried to push Archer off of me.

"Leave her alone" Archer said with anger. "It's okay" he said as he turned back to me. "You're okay" he put his hand on my cheek.

"I just wanna go home" I look him in his eyes. "With you" he nodded his head and helped me out of the ambulance.

"You can't leave ma'am" Archer glared at him. "Sir, you both can't leave" Archer pushed him away from us.

"Im fine" I said calmly. We both walked through the crowd; heading towards Archers mustang.

(At Archers House)
As soon as we got to Archers house, we both got in the shower. The hot water felt nice on my skin. We watched the blood go down the drain as we washed our bodies. Archer kissed my neck down to my shoulder. I spun around in his arms to hug him.

"I killed someone" I looked up at him through my eye lashes. He placed a kiss to my forehead.

"You were protecting yourself" he placed his hands on my cheeks. I relaxed when his thumbs caressed them.

"She's still dead because of me" I shook my head. "I had a choice to keep her alive" Archer pressed his lips onto mine. "She begged me not to kill her" he pressed his lips even harder against mine.

"Em, you did the right thing" I laid my head on his chest. "She deserved it" I looked at him once again. "It's over now" I nodded my head.

"Arch?" He hummed for me to continue. "Please don't leave me" my voice started to shake.

"I will never leave you" he smiled. I felt safe as our lips connected. After we got out of the shower we both went to bed.

A/n what do you guys think so far? Thank you all for reading my book.