Lost in your grip

Chapter 23 | Lonely nights

I woke up on the couch. I woke everyone up. "C'mon...lets go see Clementine." I said as everyone got up. I walked up to her parents. "She's not pregnant...we took another test and it was negative.." I said. Lee looked at me. "Louis...I'm sorry for putting a gun to your head." He said. I turned around. I nodded with sorrow in my eyes. He went to our cars. I took Brody, Vi, Sophie, and Minnie with me. Carley and Lee took AJ, Mari, and Duck.

We got to the hospital. I checked in. The doctor took me to her room. We all walked in. She was wearing a neck brace and had a tube in her mouth. They put bandages on her head and she had stitches on her eyebrow. She was still unconscious. The doctor came in. "Who's Louis?" He asked. I walked over to him. "She's in a coma.." He sighed. I looked down at the floor. I started to cry. "Thankfully she isn't brain dead. The surgery was a success. I'll give you all time to visit." He said as he walked out. I walked to her side and grabbed her hand. "I'm so sorry Clementine..." I said. Minnie walked over. "Hey Clementine, it's Minnie...I know when we first met I was a complete bitch to you. Even with me being that way, you still were nice to me. You helped me realize there is still good people in this world. You are such an amazing person. Thank you for being nice to me even though I was mean." Minnie said as tears fell from her eyes. Vi walked over. She grabbed Clementine's hand. "Clementine..if you can hear me..remember when I asked you if you could play Left 4 Dead 2 with me for my Gaming channel....we had mods on there and Zoidberg was all the zombies..." Vi began to giggle and cry. "The Zoidbergs came after you in giant groups and you just screamed." She said. "Did she really?" I asked. "Yeah and cussed of course." She said. I laughed a little. We all did. AJ walked up and grabbed her hand. "Clem...don't go...I love you...I love when you play Fortnite with me.." AJ said as his tears grew. Brody walked over. "I'm so sorry Clementine...I remember the first day of freshmen year when I was alone at the lunch table, you came over and sat with me. You helped me make friends with all of these amazing people. This is all my fault...get better honey..." She said. She walked out. "I'll calm her down." Vi said as she walked out. Sophie walked over and looked down at Clem. "Hey girl...you remember the day when you taught me how to play soccer. That was a fun day. I always loved soccer but I didn't know how to play. You came over with a soccer ball and you played with me. Even Minnie and Tenn joined us..." She started to cry. I hugged her. She hugged me back as she cried into my chest. Mari walked over. "Hey Clementine...remember when we played baseball together and uncle Javi was our coach. Best season we ever had. You caught anything and everything that came your way. You hit home runs all the time. I wanted to be like you...that night you found me crying in the locker room. You helped me calm down and you gave me advice to hit better. You told me to never give up on my dreams no matter what people say. Thank you for everything you've done...Thanks to you, I got a scholarship to UCLA for softball....I love you Clem, please come back to us..." She said as she walked out. Her parents walked over and said a few things. They left after that. Duck walked over. "Hey Clementine it's Duck...remember that one time when we were like 8, you put a bug in my pillow....don't even say you didn't because I know you did..." He said. I laughed a little as he walked out. I was the only one left in the room. Vi walked in. "Ready to go?" She asked. "I'm going to stay here tonight." I said as I tossed my keys to her. "You sure?" She asked. I nodded. She closed the door and left. "Hey beautiful...." I teared up. "You deserve better...you and I should be at home, playing video games...." I started to cry. There was a knock on the door. Marlon walked in. I gave him a dirty look. He fell to his knees and started crying. I walked up to him and picked him up. "Look at her.." I said. He looked at her. "You did this..." I mumbled as I let him go. "Clementine I'm so sorry....I'm such a fuck up. I was just angry...I didn't mean for any of this to happen...I know you won't forgive me and sorry doesn't help you but I love you...." He said. He started to walk away. I grabbed his shoulder. He stopped. He turned around. I hugged him. He hugged me back. "I'm sorry Lou..." He said. "I know you are...when she wakes up...tell her that..." I said. He let go of me and went back to her. He placed his hand on her forehead. He sighed. "Remember when I taught you how to play football....I put pads on you and told you to come at me full force...I regret telling you that cuz you knocked all the wind outta me. All the guys made fun of me for getting wrecked by a girl...." He giggled. "You beat their asses for that.." He said. He sighed as he walked out of the room. "See you Lou...." He said as he left. I look back at Clementine. I pulled out my music and listened to my sad playlist. I started to cry. I sang along with the song. I felt alone even though she was with me. I wanted to take her home but I can't. I got up and placed one of my earphones in her ear. I started to play our playlist.  I got into the bed and I laid down next to her. She was so small that she didn't fit the full size bed they gave her. I took off my cross necklace and placed it in her motionless hand. I fell asleep next to her.

I love you Clementine Everett...

(Jeez I'm really getting into the feelings huh? That's the point. I want y'all to feel their pain. What will happen next? ~Cameron)