Let the flames begin
Okay so this chapter has more Travis drama. I hope you like it!
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Clare's POV
He kept yelling at me, telling me to shut up, punching me in the stomach and the face, forcing his way between my legs. I suddenly felt so weak as he kept hitting me and calling me names, I felt like I couldn't move. I kept thinking this was it, this was what he was here for. He wasn't here to get me back he was here so he could take advantage of me, so he could take the one thing I wouldn't let him have. I let out one last scream before I felt everything falling apart.
"Clare!" I heard someone say. I shot my head up from my desk to see everyone staring at me. I looked up and saw Mrs. Dawes looking worried and scared. I was sweating and my breathing was heavy again.
"Mrs. Dawes, can I talk to you outside?" Eli asked her. She nodded and he came over and took my hand and pulled me out into the hallway. Mrs. Dawes had a confused look on her face.
"Mrs. Dawes, something happened a few days ago that I can't tell you but Clare hasn't been the same since then. She's been having nightmares and that's what just happened. Could I talk to Clare for a minute?" Eli asked.
He was still holding my hand and Mrs. Dawes just nodded her head before speaking.
"Okay, well you guys can come back in when your ready" she said while rubbing my shoulder and then she walked back into the room. When she closed the door I turned to Eli and buried my face into his chest and he wrapped his arms around me.
"I can't take it anymore Eli, everywhere I look I think he's going to be there around the corner waiting for me." I cried.
"Okay, I have an idea but I don't know if you would like it." He sighed. "Maybe you could go to a counsellor or a therapist. They might be able to help with this so you wouldn't be so scared." He said while looking into my eyes.
"I don't know Eli. I don't want to live it over and over again."
"But maybe concurring your fear will get the nightmares to stop." Eli said.
"I don't know…" I trailed off.
"What if I came with you?" he asked. It shocked me. He would do that?
"You would do that?" I asked.
"Yeah, If you want me there. I told you, I'm here for you and I'll go through everything with you." By the look in his eyes I knew he was serious.
"I don't know what I would do without you." I sighed. "Okay that sounded a lot less cheesy in my head" I laughed a little.
"Nahh, I thought it was nice" he smiled at me and I smiled back.
"So you'll try talking to the therapist?" he asked.
"If your with me, sure." He nodded and smiled so I smiled back. He then placed a gentle sweet kiss on my lips.
"Ready to go back inside?" he asked. I nodded and he took my hand and we walked inside. When we did everyone turned around and stared at me.
"Class, face the front" Mrs. Dawes said. Most of the students did while some still stared at me. I looked at Eli and he was glaring at them. They then turned around and Mrs. Dawes continued her lesson. Eli and I sat in our desks and I tried to listen to the lesson.
At lunch
Eli, Drew, Ali and I were outside eating at a picnic table, we were laughing telling jokes and just having a normal lunch. It was nice just to feel like a normal teenager without a troubled past.
Drew and Ali were acting all lovey dovey. It was disturbing but sweet. Ali and Drew just started to have a random make-out session and Eli and I looked at each other and just laughed but it wasn't loud enough for them to pull apart. Eli took advantage of this and he started kissing me. I kissed back of course. He then moved down to my neck. He was kissing all over until he found the spot that made me go crazy. I flinched when he got there and I felt him smirk against my skin. I then lifted his head up and I kissed him. We started having our own little make-out session. He slid his tongue across my bottom lip and I opened to let him in. he stuck his tongue in my mouth and then our tongues started battling each other while our lips were moving in sync.
I then heard someone clear their throat. We pulled apart and when I saw who it was I just froze. All the memories came rushing back. Eli then pulled me closer to him and grabbed my hand.
"We have un finished business Clare." Travis said.
"No you don't" Eli said.
"This is none of your business" he said to Eli. Eli then got up and walked over to him.
"Yes it is. If you try to rape MY girlfriend then it definitely is my business!" he yelled at Travis. Travis then went right up to Eli.
"Does it count as rape if she liked it?" Travis said while smirking. My heart just dropped, he thought I liked it! He is so sick if he does. Ali then came to my side and took my hand.
"That's it!" Eli yelled before punching Travis. Travis flung backwards but quickly reacted. He threw a punch at Eli but Eli blocked it and then punched him in the gut. Punches were thrown back and forth but it was easy to tell Eli was winning. Eli hit Travis so many times when Travis got Eli twice, maybe. Finally Eli took him down. He was on the ground pounding Travis's face. I then noticed there was a crowd of people watching. I then saw a teacher so I pulled Eli off of Travis. Eli kept trying to make me let him go so he could go after Travis again, but I wouldn't let him. I turned him around and held my hands on the sides of his face.
"Eli! Stop, he's not worth it!" I yelled. When Eli turned to face me he had a busted lip, that was it. I looked into Eli's eyes they were a dark green and I saw anger. But when he looked into mine they softened up and went back to their normal gorgeous emerald green.
"Come on, there's a teacher." He nodded and we left. I glanced back at Travis and he was glaring at us with the 'this isn't over yet' look. I wrapped my arm around Eli's torso and he wrapped his around my shoulder. Ali texted me asking me what that was about and I told her I'll tell her after school. She agreed to meet me at the picnic tables.
"Eli, as much as I loved watching Travis get the shit beat out of him, I don't want you to do that again. Okay?" I asked. He looked at me with the 'are you serious!' look.
"Ugh, fine. For you. But if he ever does anything else you can't stop m-." I pulled him into a kiss. He was shocked but he kissed back. We then pulled apart.
"Well that's one way of stopping me." He smirked. I laughed and we went back into the school.
After school
"Text me when your done." Eli said.
"Okay, I will" I said before kissing him. He then left towards Morty.
Ali and I planned to meet up so we could talk about Travis. I still haven't told her the whole story yet so that's what I was going to do. I saw Ali sitting at a picnic table and I walked over to her.
"Wow" she said.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing I just figured Eli would be with you. You guys are like joined at the hip." She laughed and I joined.
"Eli's picking me up after were done." I told her.
"Okay anyways, tell me the Travis story." She said.
"Okay so at the Battle of the Bands when I went to get my water bottle…" I explained everything to her and she was the only one who looked sad/angry/pissed off.
"Oh the nerve of him! Why would he do that! Oh I'll tell you why! Cause he's a big ass sicko and a pervert! Now I understand why Eli beat the shit out of him, he deserved it!" she was going on and on about how he's a messed up maniac. I was mentally agreeing with her but I had to stop her. If I didn't who knows what would happen.
"Ali! Calm down! My mom is pressing charges." I told her.
"Okay, that's good. Because if he you weren't I would have had to go all Chuck Norris on him!" she said waving her hands in the air. I laughed but stopped when I realized she was serious.
"Ali, thanks but I wouldn't let you do that. If you got hurt I don't know what I would do." I said truthfully.
"Clare, I've kicked his ass before, I think I can do it again" she said.
"I know, but promise me if he, hypothetically, happened to be standing right there you won't go off on him okay?" I asked while glancing over her shoulder.
"Okay, I promise." She smiled in confusion. I didn't smile back; I was too busy looking at someone behind her.
"What are you looking at?" she turned her head and I could feel her tense up. She clench her fist and she was about to go over to him when I stopped her.
"Can we just go?" I asked her.
"Clare, he hurt you, don't you want to take revenge on him?" she asked.
"Ali, I do, believe me I do, but I can't. I think I would feel better if I got him back by putting him in jail, not kicking his ass. If someone else did it, other than you, I would watch in satisfactory though." I smirked and she laughed.
We linked arms and we started walking towards the school. I glanced behind us and I saw Travis following us. I took out my phone and texted Eli.
Clare: Eli, Travis is at the school. Can you come and get Ali and i?
Within a few seconds I got a reply.
Eli: On my way and if he touches either of you, tell me!
Clare: okay, hurry please.
I put my phone in my pocket when Ali and I reached the doors of the school. She tried opening the doors but they were locked. Of course they had to be locked right before a crazy maniac is following us. We stood there waiting for Eli when Travis spoke.
"Looks like it's just the 3 of us. Too bad your little boyfriend's aren't here to save you this time." He said walking up to us.
"Travis, just leave Clare alone!" Ali snapped at him. I pulled her back.
"Oh I can't do that." He said.
"And why not?" she asked him annoyed.
"Because, she belongs to me" he stated.
"I'm not a piece of property! I can't be owned!" I yelled at him.
"You were mine first, and you will be mine again!" he yelled back. I had had enough.
"Again, you can't own me! I'm not your anything, and if I was anybody's anything, I would be Eli's!" I yelled. I then saw something tick. It was like I just lit a bomb.
He came forward and pushed Ali out of the way, he was standing right in front of me. He lifted his hand ready for it to hit my face when I thought of something. I kneed him, and then ran over to Ali. I grabbed her hand and we ran. I looked back to see Travis running after us. I guess I didn't knee him hard enough. He was fast, too fast. He then tackled me and he flipped me over again. Ali was trying to get him off of me but he punched her and she flew back.
He had me pinned again and this time I didn't hesitate to cry. All that went through my mind was where was Eli? Travis was about to hit me again when we heard sirens. It was the police. I figured they were just going to drive by and not even notice anything but instead they drove into the parking lot. They all got out and told Travis to surrender. Travis got off of me and put his hands up in the air. I crawled over to Ali and when I was there I took her into a tight hug. I then noticed Morty. I saw Drew and Eli get out of the car. They both ran to us. It was like everything was moving in slow motion, like in the t.v. shows. Drew went to Ali and Eli came to me. They both pulled us into a tight embrace and I was crying in Eli's chest. I looked up at him and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I sat there holding onto him never wanting to let go. Ali was in pain from when Travis punched her and Drew was there comforting her. I could hear him faintly asking if she was okay and she said yes. They just sat there talking and hugging. I tightened my grip on Eli.
"Please don't leave me again" I cried.
"Never" he said while kissing my forehead and running his fingers through my hair. I then started wondering how the cops knew.
"Eli, where did all the cops come from?" I asked.
"When you texted me I went and got Drew and we went to the police. I couldn't let him get away again." He said. I lifted my head and looked over at Travis who was being put into a cop car. I couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Ali, I'm sorry" I said to her.
"Clare, stop blaming yourself, you didn't do anything to make this happen. It's not your fault he's a sick person." She said. I guess she was feeling better because she smiled at me.
I looked up and Eli and looked into his eyes. "Why is it that you always come to my rescue?" I asked him while smiling.
"I don't know, cause I'm just that awesome" he said smirking. I couldn't help but laugh.
A police officer came over to us so we got up.
"Miss Edwards?" he asked.
"Yes?"
"We would like to ask you a few questions." I nodded and he began.
"Has Travis ever done this type of thing before?" he asked.
"Yes, at my old school and last Friday." I told him.
"What happened at your old school?" he asked.
"Well we were dating but then he started to get abusive and then he tried to have sex with me but I didn't want to. He tried to force me to but my friend Ali over here saved me. After that we moved here and then a week or so ago he found me again." I said.
"Okay, what happened on Friday?" he asked. I explained everything to him and he just nodded while writing stuff down.
"Okay, thank you for your time." He said before walking away.
"Wait" he turned around. "what happens now?" I asked.
"Well, turns out Travis has been caught before with the possession of drugs. And now that he has done this, he will be going to jail." He said. I sighed in relief.
"Thank you."
After the officer left we all went to Morty and got in. I sat beside Eli, Ali sat next to me and Drew sat next to her. Ali and Drew were cuddling and since Eli was driving I just held his hand and had my head resting on his shoulder. He dropped Ali and Drew off at Drew's place and then we went to Eli's. Once we got to Eli's CeCe walked into the living room.
"Hey, how was your day?" she asked, obviously not noticing Eli's busted lip.
He looked at me and then back to CeCe "Uh, today was… interesting"
We then went upstairs. He was right, today was… interesting. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted now that the cops have Travis. Everything should be good now… I hope.
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