Lost in your grip

Chapter 7 | Marlon's House

Clementine's POV
I woke up to Louis face timing me. "Ugh do you know what time it is?" I said as I put my hat on. "You always wear that dirty old thing." Louis said. I gave him an angry glare. "I'm just teasing you, you aren't Clementine without it." He said with a nervous smile. I rolled my eyes. "Anyways, Marlon invited us to his house to have a double date with him and Brody." He said. "Oh okay that sounds cool. I guess." I said as I sat up in my bed. "So I'll pick you up in 20 minutes, I love you baby girl." He said. "Yeah, yeah I love you too babe." I said as I rolled my eyes. I hung up as AJ walked in. "Who's babe?" He asked. "Uh nobody. Can you fucking knock?" I asked as I rolled my eyes. "Well I know you weren't talking to nobody unless you're that lonely....is it Louis?" He asked. "Uhhhhh..." I got red and very nervous. "It is!" He laughs. "Louis and Clementine, sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g!" He yells. "Shut up! You're such an asshole!" I yell. My dad comes upstairs. "What's all the yelling for." He asked "AJ is being an asshole as usual!" I yelled. "Well she's being an annoying bitch!" He yells. "Am not!" I sass. "Enough! Clementine, AJ is younger than you so knock it off. AJ leave your sister alone and watch your mouth." Dad said. "Why does she get to swear but I don't!?" AJ yelled. "She's 17 and you're 7!" Dad yelled back. AJ gave me a glare. He flips me off and I flipped him off too.

I get dressed and brush my teeth. I put on a white crop top, ripped jeans, and white converse. I grab my phone. My lock screen lit up and I saw the picture I took with Louis. We were hugging at school and Brody took the picture. I smiled. How did I get so lucky? I went downstairs and saw mom. "Hey mom." I said with a smile. "Hi honey." She said. I sat on the couch with dad. We watched our favorite baseball team play. Soon there was a knock on the door. My mom went to get the door. "Why hello Louis." She said. "Hello Ms. Everett, you look lovely today." He said. "Why thank you Louis, they are on the couch watching baseball and please, call me Carley." She said as he walked in. I got up and gave Louis a big hug. "You ready to go?" He asked. "Yeah." I replied. "I'll be home later." I said to my parents. They nodded.

Marlon's house
We got to Marlon's house and walked up to the door. Brody answered. "Hey you guys." She said. She let us in and I saw Marlon on the couch. "Hey little sis." Marlon said as he got up and hugged me. "Hey big brother." I said. "Glad you two could make it." He said. We all sat on the couch. Marlon and Louis went into the kitchen. Brody and I scrolled through Netflix. "So how are you holding up?" Brody asked. "Eh I could be better but you know." I said. "We haven't seen Gabe in a long time." She said. I looked down on the floor. "Shit...I'm sorry." She said. "No, it's fine. It's just..." She looks at me. "I never thought he would do something like that to me. He was a good friend. I can't lie about that but I don't know why he acted that way." I said. "Well he doesn't matter anymore. Marlon and Louis took care of him. He won't bother you anymore." She said as she hugged me. I sighed into her shoulder. "Oh I know what we should watch!" Louis said as he brought over popcorn. I looked over as he sat next to me. "Santa Clarita Diet." He said. "That show is so funny, I think y'all would like it." He added as he put it on. We watched it for a few hours then I fell asleep on Louis' shoulder.

General POV
Louis looked over at Clementine, she was fast asleep. He always thought she looked cute when she was asleep. He looked over at Marlon and noticed that Brody was asleep too. "We can take them to the spare room for now." Marlon said as he picked up Brody, bridal style. Louis followed as he did the same with Clem. Louis put Clem in one bed and Marlon put Brody in the other. They kissed their girls foreheads and left the room. Both boys continued to watch the show, drinking beer and eating pizza. Louis didn't drink much.

A few hours later
Clementine's POV
I heard the window open. I didn't know where I was. I opened my eyes when the window shut. "Brody?" I asked. "Yeah?" Brody replied. "Did you open the window?" I asked. "No, I thought you did." Brody turned on the lamp and there standing, looking down at me was Gabe. I tried to scream but I couldn't make a sound. He looked over at Brody and put tape on her mouth and wrists. He looked at me. I backed into the corner as he reached out for me. I still couldn't make a sound. My body was shaking. He grabbed my wrists and taped them together. He then put tape on my mouth. "Now you two need to be quiet or I'm gonna hurt someone." He said as he held up a kitchen knife. I looked over at Brody as she looked at me. "Can we talk?" He asked. I don't really have a choice now do I? Fucker. I started to sweat. What is he going to do? Is he going to murder me? I looked at him as tears grew in my eyes. My heart was racing. Every thought of murder and rape went through my head. Is he going to rape me and then kill me? Is he going to rape me then Brody? "I didn't mean to hurt you. I love you Clementine, I just went a little over board. I should have talked to you. I just want you so badly, you're so perfect and your body is just perfect." He said. I was creeped out and I could tell Brody was too. Is he insane? Why didn't Marlon and Louis called the cops? I wish they did.. "I know youre scared but i cant take it anymore. I want you. I need you. Now I'm going to get what I want and if you fight this, I will have no choice but to hurt you." He said as he walked over to my bed. I couldn't move, I was terrified. He pounced on me and started to rip off my shirt. I pushed him off with my legs. "Fine, we'll do this the hard way." He said as he grabbed his knife off of the dresser. Brody put her taped arms around his neck and he stabbed her in the leg. She groaned in pain. He threw her to the floor. Come on Clementine, make a move. He turned towards me. Oh fuck my life. He put himself on top of me. He aimed the knife at my chest. I put my taped hands on his hands and pushed the knife away from me. The knife went into my chest a little bit but my adrenaline was pumping and I managed to knock him off of me. The knife cut the tape on my wrists. I ran over to Brody. I ripped the tape off of her face and then mine. She was bleeding on the floor. Gabe slammed me into the wall causing a big bang on the wall. I hope they heard that. He held the knife to my neck. "Fine, ill just have sex with a dead body." He snarled. He slowly put pressure to my neck and blood started to fall. I pushed him back as much as i could. "Clementine!" Brody yelled. I dropped my phone for Brody to at least save herself.