Lost in your grip

Chapter 13 | Heartbroken

It's been a few weeks since...the break up...I miss him...so much...but he hurt me...I wanted to feel his embrace..I wanted him...but he doesn't want me...he kept calling me, texting me...I ignored it all...I couldn't deal with his excuses...like mom said before, 'if you love him, let him go'. My phone went off for the 12th time today. I looked over and saw it was Brody calling. For the past few days, Brody and all of them have been defending Louis, it's really pissing me off. Brody is my best friend and yet she defends him? I don't know why but I answered it.

"Clem, listen to me okay. Louis-" I hung up.

It hurt me to hear his name. I had to see his sad face everyday. After all, his locker is next to mine. Every time he tries to talk to me, I walk away. It hurt me every time I did. I put my phone down. I walked over to my backpack and grabbed my water bottle. The picture Brody took for the yearbook, fell onto the floor. I grabbed it and looked at it. I started to cry. It hurts...my heart hurts so much... I tore the picture and threw it on the floor. I walked out of my room. "Mom, I'm going out." I said. "With friends? Finally." She said. "No...I'm just going to target.." I sighed. "Oh...okay honey, drive safe." She said.

I walked into Target. I dropped my phone. Clumsy ass. When I went to grab it, there was another hand on it. Please don't be Louis, god please don't let it be Louis. I looked up. "Oh sorry, I was going to hand it to you but you grabbed it." He said with a smile. "No worries." I smiled. My face was red. "I'm James." He said. "Clementine." I replied. "So what brings a pretty girl like you to Target?" He asked. "Well I needed to get LED light strips for the roof of my room. Kinda wanted to light up the mood." I said with a giggle. Light up the mood. Man I wish one of my friends were around to hear that stupid pun come out my mouth. "Ah bored with the plain color the ceiling light gives." He chuckled. "Yeah I guess so." I said. "Here I'll take you to them." He said. I followed. He seems sweet. "So you uh you got a boyfriend?" He asked. What a way to start. "No, not anymore. We broke up a few weeks ago." I said. "Oh, well that sucks." He said. "Yeah, it does." I sighed. "Well it's his loss." He added. "Maybe." I said. "Well here they are." He said. "Thanks." I smiled. "Maybe we can hang out sometime." He said. "Yeah, that would be cool." I said. I gave him my number and I left. Was giving him my number a good idea? I left Target and went home.

2 weeks later
I've been talking to James for a while now. I really like him, he's a good friend. He helped me forget about Louis. He told me I don't need him whenever I thought about him. Is he right? I didn't think anything of it. He said he was friends with Louis. James kept taking me to places. He's been trying to make me forget Louis. I don't know why he's trying so hard.

My phone went off.

"Hello?" I asked. "Hey Clemmy." James said. I've heard that nickname before...but where? "Hey, what's up?" I asked. "Wanna hangout?" He asked. "My mom won't let me leave the house right now." I said. "I can come over." He said. "That shouldn't be a problem." I said. "I'll be over in a bit." He said. I hung up.

I ran downstairs. "Mom, can James come over?" I asked. "That's fine." She said. I ran back upstairs. AJ walked into my room. "What?" I asked. "Don't you miss him?" He asked. "Miss who?" I asked. "You know exactly who I'm talking about." He said. "Louis loves you more than anything Clem and you're just gonna move on like that? It's been a month and you haven't talked to him let alone talk to your friends. Something doesn't feel right. Louis didn't cheat on you. It doesn't seem like him." He said. "AJ, get out of my room." I said. He sighed and left. I sat on my bed and his words wouldn't leave my mind. Is AJ right?

AJ's POV
There was a knock on the door. I opened it, hoping it was Louis even though I knew it was James. "Hey AJ." James said. "Fuck you." I snarled. He gave a confused look. "Don't act stupid. I know what you want with my sister. She doesn't belong to you. She belongs to Louis. If I find out you are making moves with her, I'll kick your ass white boy." I said. He smiled and went upstairs.