Lost in your grip

Chapter 9 | Better days

It's been 2 days since the attack. Louis has been getting better. Sometimes he'd feel a sharp pain here and there but other than that he's better. I'm suprised my parents let me have him in my room. Usually dad would kill me if I had a boy in my room, let alone by myself.

I woke up next to him. He's been watching YouTube on my TV. "Hey sleepy head." He smiled. "Hey, how come you didn't wake me up?" I asked. "I wanted you to sleep, you need it. Besides you look adorable when you sleep." He said with a smirk. My face went pink. I rolled my eyes and gave him a kiss. "So, can I get you anything?" I asked. "Well you can give me some sugar." He winked. "Sugar? The fuck you want sugar for?" I asked with a confused look. "It's just a saying for love." He said as he smiled. "Oohh now I feel stupid." I said. He grabbed my cheeks and pulled me into a kiss. "What? Do I taste like sugar? Is that why you're dumbass said it?" I asked. He smiled and got on top of me. He groaned in pain. "Damn it Louis, you know we can't do this. You'll hurt yourself." I said with a frown. "I know. I just...I hate this...all this waiting...my mom is going to be home soon..." He said as he got off of me. He sat next to me. He started to tear up. "Hey, it's okay. I'm okay, and you are okay." I said. He looked at my arm and noticed a giant scar. He was shocked and I noticed he was staring at it. I sighed. He gently grabbed my wrist and examined my scar. "What happened?" He asked. "I uh...well I got attacked by my neighbors dog when I was 11. I ended up stitching myself up because I was home alone and didn't have a phone." I said. "Damn, that's fucked up." He said. "What about this one?" He asked as he touched my upper right eyebrow. "Oh that, well my uncle...he's not my actual uncle, He's my dads bestfriend who is like a brother to him, was teaching me how to drive and I lost control of the car. We crashed and the glass from the windshield cut my forehead. My uncle went through the windshield but he's okay, just paralyzed..." I said. "Hey." He said as he lifted my chin to look at him. "It's not your fault." He said. "You probably think I'm disgusting with these scars.." I sighed as I got up. I grabbed a hoodie out of my closet and put it on to cover my arms. He walked up to me. "You're beautiful Clem, no matter how many scars you have. Each one holds a story. He took off his shirt. My face went red as I looked at his muscular body. "I got something to show you." He said as he turned around. "Oh my god, Louis...." I said as I saw a burn on his lower back. I put my hand on the scar. "How..." I muttered as I teared up and put my other hand over my mouth. "When I was 10, my dad used to beat my mother....I would always sit in my room, crying, listening to her screams as she was hit with a belt." He said as he turned to face me. Tears fell down my face. "Well one night, I had enough. I ran into my parents room and caught my dad trying to hit my mom with a flat iron...little did I know...it was on..." He said. I started to cry more. "He went to burn her but I stopped him. He ended up burning my skin while my mom called the cops, begging him to stop. All I could do was cry in pain." He said as he looked at me. "The cops took him and I was in the hospital for a few days..." He said as he grabbed me and held me. "I want you to meet my mother Clementine. I think she'll like you." He said. I looked up and smiled. He wiped my tears. "Louis, I would love to meet your mother." I said. "Good, she's been dying to meet you." He said with a cheeky smile. I kissed him as I place my hand on his stitches. He placed his hands on my waist. We made out for I don't know how long, before AJ barged in. "Clementine!" He yelled. He scared Louis and I. I accidentally scratched Louis' side. He groaned in pain as he grabbed his side. "Shit, I'm so sorry, are you okay?" I asked in a panic. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine....just a sharp pain, that's all. Nothing to worry about." He groaned. He started to bleed a little. I grabbed the towel from my closet and gave it to him. He placed it on his stitches. I turned towards AJ with an angry glare. "Really?" I asked as I walked over to him. "What? I haven't said your name in a while and I heard you guys get a little 'freaky' so I decided to scare you." He said with a smile. "You little...ugh I hate you sometimes." I groaned as I pushed him. "Hey!" He yelled as he got up and punched me. "Oh you're gonna get it!" I snarled. I tripped him and tickled him on the floor. He bursted out laughing. "Apologize!" I yelled. He started crying. "It hurts!" He said while laughing. "Apologize!" I yelled again. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" He yelled as he laughed. I got up and went back in my room. AJ got up and wiped his tears. "I'm so getting you back Clementine!" he yelled as I closed my door. "Try me!" I shouted. I walked over to Louis. "You sure that you're okay?" I asked as I looked at his side. "Yeah, just peachy." He giggled. I giggled too. "At least it stopped bleeding, I was worried that I might need to take you to the hospital." I said. He smiled. I'm glad he's doing better. At least he didn't lose his humor or brawns. Definitely brawns.

I went downstairs to get coffee and noticed AJ on the couch watching baseball. I decided to be nice and got him his favorite juice. Orange juice. I filled up a cup for him and walked over. I placed it on the coffee table and walked upstairs. "Thank you." He said. I smiled. "You're welcome." I said as I continued up the stairs. I walked back in my room and caught Louis flexing in my wall mirror. "What are you doing?" I asked as I turned red. "Oh Clementine! I uh didn't see you there..." He said nervously as he frantically grabbed his shirt. "I was just uh...making sure I still got my brawns." He winked as he grabbed his coffee out of my hand. He kissed my forehead and sat on my bed. I placed my coffee on my dresser and went into my closet. I grabbed Louis' hoodie that he gave me. It still smells like him. I took off my hoodie I was wearing and I put his hoodie on. I grab my coffee and sit next to him. "Ah you look good in my clothes." He said as he winked. "Louis, I look good in everything I wear." I said with a smile. He turned red. We spent all morning watching TV and eating pizza.

Sometimes we would go downstairs but only to get more pizza. We did the same thing for about the rest of the week. A few nights we would have sex but we had to be careful because of his side and AJ had the room next to mine. AJ would never shut up if he heard us. Hey don't judge me, I'm 17, I need some excitement in my life. I enjoyed spending time with Louis. Sometimes we would mess around in my old tree house from my childhood. We did some stupid shit in there like he would say I'm the princess and he's the prince who saved me from the dragon or I was Juliet and he was Romeo. He helped my mom around the house and helped with AJ. Dad didn't mind since AJ would get on his nerves. Every night before bed we would watch a movie. We watched Bird box or A quiet place. Those movies were our favorites. I loved living with him. He makes me happy and my family loves him but not as much as I do. He's mine and I'm his. I'm sure I've said that a lot. Marlon and Brody visited us a few times. I'm glad Brody is getting better. Marlon seems to be happy again. I am too. My best friend is okay and my boyfriend is too. That's all I can ask for. In a few days I'll be meeting his mom and I'm excited to meet her.

(Clementine finally gets to meet Louis' mom. What will happen when she does? read the next chapter to find out. I love this story so much. I'm working really hard on my stories and I appreciate the support. As I say after every chapter, if you have any ideas on what I should add to this story, please feel free to comment them and I'll try my best to put them into the story. ~Cameron)