That Boy is Mute | Clem x Louis Fanfic [Highschool AU]

10 - Unexpected Discovery

Warning: strong language.
And hold on to your wigs, it's a good one.

Clementine

It's been nearly a week since Clem asked Louis to come over to her house. They've spoken since then, but avoided the topic since Louis's reaction wasn't exactly normal.
The thought of going to a girls house was scary enough, let alone it being Clementine. But, she said it was to work on the important project.

Saturday mornings were normally uneventful for Clem, but this one was slightly different.
She had heard a knock on the front door, but ignored it since Lee was dealing with it. She heard a brief conversation, but couldn't hear exactly what was said. She was too busy relaxing on her bed in summer clothes to care.

Walking into Clem's open door bedroom, Lee spoke. "You didn't tell me you were having a guest over. Otherwise I would have forced you to clean up a bit more." Referring to the mess.

Confused, Clem lifted her head from her book, to look at her dad. "What do you mean? I'm not expecting anyone."

But, slightly behind Lee was another boy. More specifically, it was Louis.
He gave a small wave, through the slight crack in the open door.

"Oh, hi Louis." She said in slight shock, but trying to sound polite, while attempting to pull the duvet over her left leg, and push something under the bed with her right leg.

Clapping once, Lee strolled back down the stairs and shouted back up to the pair "I'll get started with lunch. Oh, and leave the door open!"
That left the pair alone, in Clem's bedroom. With the door open, obviously.

"What are you doing here on a Saturday? Surely you have better things to do." Clem said, still trying to subtly adjust herself on the edge of the bed.
The boy caught her at a bad time.

Louis shrugged, with his hands in his pockets, not moving from the bedroom doorway.

Clem just awkwardly nodded, "Hey, can you do a small favour for me?" She asked, looking up at the standing boy. He nodded, gazing back at her, intently listening .

"Can you turn around real quick?" Clem said, randomly. Louis pulled a puzzled face, as Clem continued, "I know, it sounds weird but I have to do something real quick."

Accepting her odd request, Louis spun around without protest and was now facing the door. His back was towards the girl, who hadn't moved once from her bed. Scanning his eyes around the room, Louis noticed a large chest of drawers. There was the usual clutter on top of it, such as makeup, hair brush and shampoos smelling of clementines. But, there was also a small package of weird medical supplies.

Being drawn out of his trance, Louis heard the girl mutter a quiet "God damnit.." And "Fuck." Under her breathe. He still didn't turn around, out of respect.

Instead, Louis clicked his fingers, making a noise to get her attention.

Clem responded, "What's up?" Still concentrating on her issue. The boy used his hand is a motion, signalling emotion. He did a thumbs up, then a so-so motion to ask if she's alright.

Seeing his silent question, Clem responded "Yeah, yeah. I'm good." And huffed. Louis heard slight shuffling noises and a hard clank.