(Vincent's Pov)
"Well, Well, Well, if it isn't Vincent." I hear and look to the guys after I finished up what I was doing and then went to go wash my hands. I didn't know who these people were.
"Hey I'm fucking talking to you." I hear as I wash my hands.
"Hey he ain't answering." Another guy says and the next thing that happens was my vest being pulled and I was forced to look at the main guy in the group and I glare at him.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"You can answer when I fucking talk to you." He tells me and I look at him.
"Uh… I just asked if I could help you." I tell him and I shoved into the wall.
"Watch your fucking tone with me you fucking he, she." The man says and I look to him a bit confused. I've been called many things but I was starting to get worried at what was going on.
"You think a fucking disgusting person like you is actually a man?" He says and I look to him even more confused than before.
"I was just using the bathroom."
"No, you're just a sick fuck that likes to stare at people in the bathroom." He says and I'm confused but a bit freaked out at this. I wasn't doing anything wrong and they just walked in here, there was no way I could even look at them like that, or would ever look at anyone like that, it was disturbing if it happened to me.
"Woah hold the fuck up." I tried to say but one guy covered my mouth so I did what I could do and kicked the man in front of me, I must have hit him in the crotch because he went down and I look to the other guys. Next thing I know they grabbed my arms and I tried to get out but they shoved me to the stall and one guy covered my mouth as I tried to yell and I look to him. I tried to kick the guy but instead he was able to punch me in the gut making me lose my breath from the hit, it hurt like fuck I'll tell you that much.
"Fuckers like you should rot in a ditch." He says and punches me in the gut many more times, then the main man in the group got up and he started to punch me too. He was able to get me in the face a few times after one of the guys moved their hand from my mouth, before they pulled me out the restroom and threw me on the ground. I placed my hand on my stomach in pain and I groaned a bit. As I tried to get up one guy started to kick me in the stomach then the face a few times.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!?" I hear someone yell as I tried to get up and I couched a bit and placed my hand on my face and felt something dripping from my face. I move my hand away to see blood and I checked to see it was coming from my nose which I guess was ok but fuck it still hurt like hell. I was then kicked again but, in the jaw, and I fell onto my back with the force of the kick and I felt a foot pressed on my chest. I tried to grab it but I looked to see someone shoving him off me as I tried to get up.
"This fucker was looking at us while we used the urinals." One guy says and I shake my head as I tried to catch my breath.
"VINCENT!" I hear and look up to see Clementine running up to us. I tried to get up and I was able to as Clementine helped me. She looked to my face and I saw that she was pissed, someone came with an ice pack and handed it to her and she placed it on my face and it stung a lot so of course I hissed in pain and she moved the pack away from my face.
"Clem?" I hear one of the guys say and I look at her.
"What happened Vincent?" She asked and I shook my head a bit.
"Home, just home, I want to go home." I muttered as she helped me up but I fell back a bit but she was able to hold me up. She took me to the car and sat me in the passenger side of the car and I leaned on it a bit.
"Vincent, do I need to take you to the hospital?" She asked worried and I shook my head no.
"No… no hospital… home." I say as she helped me in the car. Once I was in the car I leaned the seat back a bit and I saw her leave and I tried to stop her but she was fast. I hear some yelling and I can't make out any of the words in all honesty. I hear the door open and I turn to see Clementine as she started up the car and began to drive.
"You need to go to the hospital." She says and I shake my head.
"No…"
"Don't argue for fuck sake, you're bleeding." She says as she drives more and I don't argue with her as she drives, she starts cussing about traffic and I shake my head a bit at this. I don't know how long it took but we finally got to the hospital and checked in. it took a while before I was able to actually see the doctor, I guess they had other emergencies that were far worse, though I could understand why Clementine was impatient at the time, she's just worried but I assured her before I went in that I was ok.
"Do you know your name?" He asked.
"Vincent Aldon." I tell him and he looked to me a bit.
"Any medical history that I should know about?" He asked as he looked through the paperwork of mine and I think for a bit before I answer him.
"Hmm, chest surgery a few years back to remove… my uh..." I motioned on what I was trying to say and he nods.
"Ok, that's good to know so you were in a fight?" He asked as he looked to my hands a bit just to see if there was any damages on them from punching the people back, then he checked my leg as I told him that I kicked the guy at some point.
"Uh… yea I uh, got a few hits in but not enough… mostly me getting hit." I explained and he nods at this.
"Ok, we will get you looked over, have you been feeling nauseous or blacking out?" He asked.
"Just faint but I'm ok now as far as I can tell, nothing bad." I explained and he nods as we finish up on checking me. After that was done, he explained that I needed to take some pain medication and if anything seems to get worse of if my speech starts to slur then I need to come back here immediately. I agree and he gives me an icepack as I lay back on the bed a bit and relax until I can get my bearings, I sighed a bit as I was able to get up and headed out after I checked myself out the hospital and I see Clementine as she got up and we walked to my car.
"Do you need me to drive?" She asked and I nodded as we got into the car. She drove to my house and I looked out the window.
"Explain what happened." She tells me and I shake my head.
"I don't want to talk about it." I tell her.
"Vincent." She says and I look at her then down at the floorboard and I sighed.
"Just… stupid people, that's all I can say." I tell her.
"What did they do?" She asked.
"They were just stupid people wanting to fight, that is all." I tell her.
"Is that it?" She asked and I shook my head.
"They uh… beat me because I uh… I guess it was because I am who I am, it was an excuse for them that's all… I'm fine… thank you." I muttered a bit and we pull up to my house.
"Fucking stupid people, I'm going to kick their asses at school." I hear her.
"No, don't." I tell her as I get up.
"I know them, they go to my school and they beat you because they were fucking morons, I got a good swing in at the drive in-."
"You fought them?" I asked panicked and she looked to me.
"One thing you have to realize about me, I will kick anyone's asses that hurt my friends or family, and you are a friend of mine so they needed a good punch… or five." She says and I look at her.
"Clem."
"They deserved it, they kept fucking kicking you even when you were down, it's fucking…I hate it." She tells me and I look at her.
"You saw that?" I asked in all honesty I was embarrassed about the whole thing happening, I never had to physically fight someone back or have someone physically hurt me at this point and to have Clementine step in to help me didn't make things any better.
"Of fucking course, I did, that's why I fucking ran up to you, for fuck sake." She says pissed.
"Clem it's ok."
"NO, IT'S NOT!" She yelled and I look at her shocked.
"It is not ok, it's not ok." She says and I look to her.
"I know, I know what you mean it is not ok but I'm fine ok, and thank you for... taking me to the hospital." I tell her and she nods.
"I do apologize for yelling." She says and I nod at this.
"It's fine I know you were mad, it's just…. I had to deal with it before just not as bad." I explained to her and she looked to me and I nod.
"Let's just get you inside." She says and I nod in agreement as she helped me out the car and to the living room. I sat on the recliner for a bit and she grabbed me an icepack from the freezer and I placed it near my eye. I then hear my phone and she grabbed it for me and I saw it was Brody so I answered it and put it on speaker.
"Vincent, are you ok?" I hear.
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"The hell do you mean 'What do you mean' you got beaten up and I'm worried they have it posted all over YouTube and other social media platforms." She says and I sighed.
"Yes, I am fine, Clementine helped me out and yes I did go to the hospital, the doc told me I'm ok and if anything happens then I should go back." I explained to her.
"Oh god, do we need to come back?" She asked.
"No, no it's ok I'm fine trust me Brody." I tried to explain.
"DUDE WHO'S ASS DO I NEED TO KICK I HAVE THE BAT READY!" I hear Mitch yell in the background.
"No, no one needs to beat anyone up, I am ok." I tell them.
"No fuck that." I hear and I grip my shirt a bit and I try to breath. I don't know why but I felt panic at this point and I just didn't feel good about any of this happening.
"Can you please just listen to me for once, for fuck sake I don't want to be humiliated again." I cried and I gripped my shirt more and looked to the floor.
"Vince-."
"Please… I know you guys want to help but right now…. I just don't want to deal with this right now I want to forget what happened." I tell them and I feel Clementine place her hands on my shoulders and I look to her then to the floor again.
"I… I'm sorry." I say to them.
"No, I'm sorry we just worry and."
"I know, I know… Clementine took care of it… I just want to sleep." I tell them.
"Ok… alright, night Vincent, we will call tomorrow?" Brody asked.
"Yea... I'll call tomorrow." I tell her and we both hang up and I sighed.
"Did I embarrass you?" I hear Clementine ask and I look up at her.
"No… I mean… no you didn't I just… they humiliated me not you but… being defended by a girl." I tried to explain.
"Ego thing hu?" she asked and I shook my head.
"No…. I can't explain it right now, hell if Louis did the same thing, I would still be embarrassed because it just shows I'm weak and I can't stand for myself I just…. Fuuuuck." I say and lay my head back in the chair.
"It's ok." She says and I sighed.
"No, it's not ok… I just… it happened I want to forget it but now I won't." I tell her.
"I'm sorry." She says.
"Don't be… there is no reason for you too." I say and she moved the ice pack away from my face and looked to me.
"You are going to have a black eye… looks like you'll have a scar too, dude was wearing a ring." She explained and I sighed.
"They knew you." I say.
"Yea, guys on the baseball team for rec not school…. They uh… didn't take to lightly to me yelling at them." She says and I look to her.
"They didn't try and hurt you, did they?" I asked.
"Oh no, they know better than to mess with me, they just… said some things." She says and I look at her then my phone starts to go off and I look to see a YouTube notification so I play the video.
"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"HE WAS STARING AT US LIKE A CREEP!"
"YOU'RE A FUCKING LIAR KYLE, I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU DON'T TELL ME THE TRUTH."
"AH FUCK!"
"GET OFF HIM!"
"UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR HEAD SMASHED IN, I SUGGEST BACKING OFF!"
"FUCKING GOD DAMN IT YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK MY ARM!"
"GOOD YOU DESERVE IT!"
"GET THE FUCK OFF OF HIM CLEMENTINE!"
"NO YOU FUCKERS DESERVE AN ASS KICKING!"
"This video was taken after Vincent Aldon was thrown out the men's bathroom at a drive-in movie theater in Macon Georgia, the girl is Clementine Everett who actually came to help Mr. Aldon, now I do have to say this is funny to watch, a little thing like her kicking this kids' ass, she's a fucking fighter."
"Oh, yea this was too good, I have the video downloaded to just watch over and over again."
"Yea it's a good thing they got arrested though we haven't heard much on this yet the cops might call Vincent to press charges I do know the Drive-In said they would though with disruption and stuff-." I stopped the video just as Clementine's phone began to ring and I just looked at her in shock.
"Hi mom…. No, you don't understand…. Ok but they should have never…. I don't care about that…. I'm sorry…. No…. mom they hurt him…. Ok and he couldn't get up because they kept kicking him, why don't you watch the whole video so you can see why I did it…. MOM!... no, I'm hanging up… hanging up... nope… bye." She says and I look at her as she hung up the phone and sighed.
"I am guessing your mom is upset with me again?" I asked.
"Nope, it's me… she thinks I'm going to lose my scholar ship because of this but honestly I don't care." She says.
"Uh… you can stay over again… you can borrow my clothes for school tomorrow." I say and she nods.
"Yea… yea I'll do that." She says and I just looked to the ground a bit then I chuckled.
"What's so funny?" She asked as I laughed louder.
"I…. just you fighting the guy… it's fucking funny… cause you're short." I say and she hits my shoulder playfully and I smiled as she looked to my face again and I sighed.
"I may be short but I kick ass better than any grown boy." She says and I nod.
"And that will be noted for the future." I say and she laughed too. We sat in silence for a while as she checked to make sure I was ok, and then she got up to go and get us some drinks. I held the ice pack to my face and then got up from the chair and looked for a movie to watch as she came back, she set the drinks on the table and I grabbed a movie and looked to her.
"Is this movie, ok?" I asked as I showed her and she nods.
"You don't have to ask; we can watch whatever movie you like." She explains and I nod as I put in the movie SAW Two. I sat back down but this time on the couch and Clementine sat next to me. As the movie was going, I felt Clementine shift a bit to try and get comfortable so I moved in a way so she could lay her head on my lap.
"I'm sorry if I embarrassed you." She says and I looked to her then to the movie.
"It's not that Clementine… I should have done something so you wouldn't have been involved in this." I explained.
"Will you press charges?" She asked and I think for a bit.
"Probably I just want to forget it that's all." I tell her and she nods and we get back to watching the movie. I then hear my phone ring again so I look to the caller I.D. and I see someone's name that I haven't seen in years so I quickly pause the movie and Clem looks to me as I just watch the phone ring for a bit. Once it stops it rings again and so I decided to answer it.
"Hey… Mom."
"Vincent, are you ok?" She asked and I look to Clementine then to the floor.
"I uh… yes I am fine mom just a few bruises is all." I explained.
"Dear why didn't you call me?" She asked and I clear my throat a bit.
"I uh... well, I know the hospital might have called and all but I'm ok it's not to bad." I tried to explain.
"Do I need to come and see you?" She asked
"NO!... I'm sorry I mean no… I'm ok you don't need to drop everything to see me." I tell her.
"Sweetie."
"I'm ok… thank you for calling me and checking up." I say then I get up a bit and Clementine moves from my lap as I head out the back door so I could talk with my mother more.
"How have you been?" I asked.
"I should be asking you that, I've been hearing all this stuff on the news…. I'm worried." She says.
"Don't be, I might have gotten things settled down for now."
"But that girl Minerva, I told you she was bad." She says and I nod.
"I know, I know, I honestly thought we ended things on good terms but I was wrong and I learned from it." I say and rub my neck a bit at this.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come see you? I could bring Grandma." She says.
"Would she even be able to make the trip?" I asked concerned.
"I think she would for you, you know she would." She says and I think.
"No… no I'll come visit you… how about sometime next week?" I asked.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"Oh yea, plus the bruising might dull down by then." I say.
"Sweetie."
"Sorry, bad thing to say I know… so… how's dad?" I asked.
"He's doing fine, he hasn't drunk so much like he use to, he's… getting better." She tells me and I nod.
"That's good… I mean, it's great that he's not… I mean." I try to say something.
"I know what you mean Vincent." She says and I sighed.
"I'm still not good with that kind of stuff." I muttered.
"It's ok… are you sure you'll be able to come? I can get plane tickets for us, or you so you don't have to drive much." She says.
"I'm fine mom, I still have money from the band tours and stuff, don't worry about it." I explain.
"How's everything going with your band?" She asked.
"Oh uh, everyone is doing fine I suppose, they're still looking for new people to join after Minerva and I left, they came to visit not that long ago too." I say and I look to see Clementine at the door and I wave to her to come out so she does and whispers in my ear.
"You, ok?" She asked and I nodded.
"Vincent?" I hear my mom ask.
"Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't listening." I tell her.
"I was asking who this girl Clementine is, I've been hearing about her."
"Oh, Clementine is a friend of mine, I uh…. I met her while I drove into Macon and she was working at the time." I say.
"Oh, I can hear it in your voice, do you like her?" She asked and I felt my face heat up at that.
"No, we are just friend's mom." I tell her. I look to Clementine to see her covering her mouth as if she was laughing at this and I flip her off and she flips me off back and I smiled.
"Well how about this, you should come in the summer time, bring your friend to meet us, Grandma still has the family reunion plans." My mom explained and I think a bit and look to Clementine.
"I uh… ok I just need to see if it's ok with Clementine and her parents." I tell her.
"Ok, we can get your old room set up for you two, unless you want to stay with grandma?" she asked.
"I uh… if dad doesn't drink while I am there then I'll be ok with us being at your home." I tell her.
"Ok, we can try and work on that, but we will get both the rooms set up at each other's house for you, ok?'" She asked.
"Yea, sure, thank you mom."
"Ok, I'll let you go, just call me if you need anything, or if you just want to talk." She says.
"Yes mom…. I love you." I tell her.
"I love you too sweetie, have a good night and check our injuries please." She says and I nod.
"I will… thank you… night." I tell her and we both hang up and I sighed and sat in the outside chair and looked up to Clementine.
"Eventful day again." She says and I nod.
"I haven't talked to my mom in a long time… she's been busy and stuff and I didn't want to bother her." I say and she nods.
"I think you should head to bed now, it's almost midnight we were at the hospital for a pretty long time." She says and I nod as I get up from the chair and we both head inside the house. I grabbed the blanket from the couch and I took Clementine up to my room. I let her have a pair of sweats and a black shirt to change into, and I took my shirt off and grabbed a pair of shorts and put those on while she changed in the bathroom. Once we were done, I got in the bed and so did she and I closed my eyes for a bit after setting my phone alarm, so I could take to Clementine to school and so I could make breakfast for us as well. It took a long while before I could actually fall asleep.