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Modern Period of The Walking Dead Game
High School AU
Chapter Twenty Three: You're Here Now
Saturday.
"Hey, Lee." Gabriel greeted as Clementine's father opened the door for him. He stepped to the side to let him pass by.
"Morning, Gabe. How's your folks?" Lee asked him as he shut the door lock.
"They're fine. How are you and Carley?"
"We're great. Clem should be upstairs. Tell her to keep the music down."
"Will do." Gabe watched him head to his study room. Gabe climbed up the stairs to see Clem's door slightly open. He knocked before entering.
"Come in!"
Not the voice he was expecting. He entered the room to see Brody on the floor painting Minerva's toe nails, Ava and Violet battling on Smash Bros, and Clementine flipping her wet hair back. Gabe could tell she just got out of the shower. Her shirt wasn't straightened out and she picked short shorts for a lazy house fit.
Hearing the girls giggle, Clem pushed him back. Both leaving the room to be out in the hall.
"I came to surprise you... Here I am." He sighed. Clem felt bad. She forgot all about Gabriel coming over. They barely had any time to be alone or hangout unless it was after school for an hour or two.
The girls somehow took the day to bond with Clem. Brody and Minerva thought about studying with her. Violet invited herself because she wanted to be with Minerva. Ava got jealous when Clem texted her about it and joined them.
So here they are.
Clementine held his face in place, so his eyes locked on hers.
"I'm so sorry, Gabe. I forgot. There's a quiz on Monday and they wanted to study together..."
"Seems like a girls' day." He muttered. Clem balanced on her tippy toes. Quickly, giving him a smooch. That wasn't enough to make him feel better.
"Geez. Now I feel bad. You came all this way." She embraced him. His hug swallowed her small body.
"I guess the best part is smelling how good you are...Mmmmm." He whispered. She giggled as he sniffed all over her like a dog. Clem squealed when she felt his lips over her neck. For some reason, he loves sucking on a certain spot on her neck. He nibbled on her skin, licking it off slowly to the point her knees gave out.
He pulled away, revealing a sly smirk on his face.
"I'll see you when you're free. Bye amor. Oh yeah, Lee said to keep the music down." He kissed her forehead.
"Okay. See ya." She smiled dreamily. Soon as he left, Clem went back to her room. All eyes on her.
"Clammy panties?" Ava pointed out. Clem blushed. She pulled her shirt down to cover her short shorts.
"I'm not! Shut up!" She pouted. Stomping toward the bed to lay on it. Her face suffocating in the pillow.
Brody fanned Minerva's toes to dry the paint. She looked at Clem's bothered face.
"Poor Clem. Is this your first time dating?" Clem glanced at Brody below.
"We dated before..."
"Wait? You and Gabe?" Violet asked. Clem nodded.
"We dated in middle school. He was my first crush, y'know." The curly haired girl informed them. Brody awed. Finding it cute that Clem reunited with her first love.
"So adorable. How lucky he is to be with someone like you." Brody complimented Clem. Clem grew a second head as Brody fed her ego. Though, the girl kept humble on the outside.
"Thanks."
"Boys these days are one horny mother fuckers." Violet said. Clem tilted her head in confusion. Violet snickered.
Ava paused the game to see what Violet meant by that. She turned around to see Violet pointing at the dumbfounded Clem. Her eyes widened as she saw Gabe's surprise gift. A giddy laugh escaped her throat.
"Woah~. Alright Gabe!" Ava applauded. Clem freaked out. She jumped off her bed. Brody didn't get it until Clem turned to her for questions. A foxy grin spread from ear to ear.
"Gabe wants to put it in that bad." With Brody's comment, Clem ran to her full mirror at the corner of her room.
She choked on embarrassment as she spotted that visible bruise on her neck. The bruise on her tan tone was crimson with a tap of purple. No way she felt any sort of pain from him sucking on to her neck. She enjoyed their private time when he showed more of his affections to her.
However, seeing this! Her parents cannot see this! Or anyone else in school!
She turned to the giggling girls for help.
Minerva stood up, heel walked toward Clem.
"Do you have concealer?"
Clem shook her head. Ava got up to observe the fresh hickey. Clem wanted to smack the amuse masks off their faces. She was scared. Nearly shitting her pants...shorts.
"Clem don't worry. We'll help you." Minerva promised her. Nervously the small girl nodded her head. Trusting Ava and Minerva her life.
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AJ sat in his room. Studying a book in his hand that Louis lend him to borrowed.
One hand held the book as the other one laid on the desk, each fingering tapping the hard surface.
His cell phone interrupted his concentration. He dropped the book to see Tennessee's text message.
Recently, Tennessee told him about his parents sending his older sister to a therapist. He felt uneasy about the whole thing because his sister would come back empty and quieter for a couple of day. As if she died inside and slowly rise from the dead till she looks alive again. Tennessee isn't stupid, he knows she's still hurting inside.
With small talks and positive messages, AJ's support cheered Tennessee up. Seeing his friend getting better made AJ happy. If someone dear to him is happy, AJ can live in peace.
Tenn: wanna play smash bros?
A smile formed on AJ's face.
AJ: sure!
He texted. He glanced at the music book. Thought for a minute before texting back.
AJ: only for an hour 🎮
need to finish my project 🎹
Tenn: of course! That's fine.
He chucked to himself.
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The girls stopped at Walgreens, looking for the right concealer to cover up her hickey. Clem wore a hoodie. Looking all suspicious as she stood next to Brody who was arguing at Minerva and Ava about brands.
Violet broke them up and they all finally agreed on something easy to apply and affordable.
Clem bought the product. As they left, Clem took the product out the bag. She read the ingredients and instructions.
"I can't help to say but... the cashier thought we were looking for pregnancy tests." Ava held in her laughter. Violet and Clem chocked.
"She handed me two tests she recommended and a plan B." Brody added. Ava and Brody witnessed all.
"For real? This is so embarrassing!" Clem blushed. Hiding her face in her hoodie.
"I guess you made it too obvious." Violet smirked. Clem glared at her. Not as much to think of her death by zombies or something.
"Yeah. You know how many times Brody had a scare!" Minerva thumbed at the flabbergasted Brody. Brody pushed Minerva's tall figure.
"Fuck you guys."
"The whole Walgreens probably knows you now, Brody." After that, Brody chased Ava around the parking lot.
Bonding with more females was great. They can goof around, tell each other about girl problems, and gossip like rich blondes. Knowing she has more friends felt so awesome. She enjoyed the company.
Although, she has AJ, Ava, Mariana, Kenneth Junior, and Gabriel. Her circle of friends grew more to her liking.
Having people around her distracted her from thinking about her personal fear.
Fear of being abandoned and alone.
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The girls left Clementine's place. Clem told Lee she was going out to visit Gabriel.
She parked in front of his place. Thought of surprising him herself.
After ringing the doorbell, David opened the door. He grunted a greeting as he passed by her to drive off in his car.
Kate ran up to the door in search of her husband, but she saw Clem's worried face. She sighed. Trying to straighten up her expression.
"Hello, Clem." Kate smiled softly. Her hair was everywhere. Clem could tell she had lack of sleep by the dark bags under her eyes.
"Is Gabe here?" Clem asked the woman. Kate sighed. She shook her head which disappointed the curly head teenager.
"Sorry hun. He... He left out a couple of minutes ago."
"Did something happen?" She asked.
"... It's best to not-" Clem interrupted Kate.
"What?! I'm his girlfriend! Please tell me what happened!" Clementine's eyes trembled. Pleading her with a hurt face.
After that, Clem buckled up in her car, speeding off. She tapped on her phone till she found Gabriel's number. She clicked on it to call him.
Supposedly, David found weed sorted in Mariana's old room. David blamed Gabriel. He roughed up Gabriel until Kate came home from work to see a bloody face Gabe.
Kate admitted to Clem that it was her weed.
"What the fuck man!?" Someone cut Clem off. She beeped the horn in frustration.
She unlocked her phone, calling her boyfriend again.
"Pick up the fucking phone... Dick head..." She cursed. The phone went straight to voice mail.
"Shit man!" Clem screamed. She whipped her car around the corner and thought of one place he could be at.
Eighteen minutes later, she parked in front of a small house. She ran up to it, ringing the doorbell like a maniac.
"Coming!" A voice shouted behind the door.
The door opened to reveal Javier. She could tell she made it on time. He let her in to witness Gabe lying on the couch coughing in pain.
Clem ran up to him with tears.
Gabriel's eyes were shut. To his surprise, he felt weight crying over him.
"You idiot! Why didn't you come to me?! Shit!" She screamed at him. Gabriel faced her weakly. She noticed his swollen cheek and a bruise on arms and nose. Her hands traced his now sensitive face. He flinched from her touch.
"Sorry. I didn't want to bother..." He coughed. He tried to sit up, but Javier pushed him back down. His phone rung so he left the teens alone in the living room.
"Bother me all you want, stu-stupid. I-I-I can't lose you, Gabe. I can't believe this... bullshit..." She stuttered. Gabe chuckled softly. Secretly, her hand itched to slap the shit out of him. That all faded away when he cupped her jaw. Soothing her with his thumb stroking her face.
"You're here now." He whispered.
"I'm here now... Jerk." She buried her lips over his. Leaning into it to show him how much she likes him. To show him how important he is to her.
