Griffin's Mustang,
Monday, 1: 30 p.m.
New York, New York
Griffin screeched to a halt at an old rundown apartment upstairs from a crappy bar in Williamsburg. There were a few drunks outside fighting about which beer was better. Bud Light or Bud Weiser. Selena let out one last sob, before Claire and Massie were dragged out of the car with Selena in their arms, and over to the bar. Massie scrunched up her nose in disgust. "Ok, if I wanted to drink, which I don't, I would want to at least go to an expensive place instead of... here" Derrick kept looking at his feet in shame.
The entire car ride all Massie had done was bitch about how she was going to call the police, and stuff. Griffin had had enough. "Massie Block! So help me god if you don't shut up...!" Massie rolled her eyes and looked slightly taken aback. Derrick shot Griffin a warning glance. Selena closed her eyes and said, "Its alright Massie. Mommy did this so many times before. She would take me in to a place like this, and she would order that stuff over there." Selena pointed one of the drunks beer that he was chugging. Claire and Massie gasped, while Griffin and Derrick ignored the comment. Selena continued. "And after I would sit and watch her drink them for hours, until she didn't know how to talk, and when she stood up she would fall. Then she would take me in the car, and we would drive home. She used to yell at me and call me bad names, and she would make the car do all of these scary things, and once she got in trouble with a police man, because he said that she was not supposed to be driving. I used to cry in the back seat the whole time, and beg her to slow down, but she always told me to shut up." Selena stopped crying, and suddenly looked terrified, as if she was reliving the memory. Massie and Claire both hugged Selena.
Massie turned around to Derrick and Griffin. "So did you know that your best friends wife was abusing her child and drunk driving with her in the back seat of the car crying?!" Derrick looked down at the beer that he just ordered. Griffin took another swig of his whiskey. "Its Cam's problem. Not mine." Claire turned around and stared at Griffin with hurt filling her eyes. Tears started to well up in her eyes, and slide down her cheeks. "How could you say that?! Is that how you honestly think that you should be dealing with this?! Let Cam deal with this?! I knew I was wrong when I thought that you actually cared what happened to Selena." Claire stormed out of the bar with tears pouring down her cheeks. Griffin didn't even bother to look up. "Yep. I guess that you were right." He said bitterly as Massie slapped him across the cheek and went to run after Claire.
Selena followed Massie, but someone had already grabbed her, and was holding her in his arms, and hugging her. Selena screamed and tried to get loose of the mans grip. Too late. Cam held Selena with a tight grip. "Jodi! Sweetie! I haven't seen you in so long. I missed you." Selena looked at Cam. "Thats not my name. My name is Selena Nora Salem. And I don't remember you at all." Cam looked her straight in the eye. "No. Your name is Jodi Karen Fisher. And I am your father. Remember?" Selena's face dawned with sudden realization. Cam hugged Selena more, but Selena didn't hug him back. "You aren't my daddy anymore. I don't want you to be. And my mommy is Claire. And my four aunties are Massie, Alicia, Kristen, and Dylan. I don't know you. Now put me down!" Cam looked like Selena had just slapped him in the face. Massie and Claire came strutting into the bar again with sudden confidence. Claire screamed and gasped when she saw Cam next to Selena. "Selena!" Selena ran away from Cam and jumped into Claire's open arms. Cam watched as Selena hugged Claire and called her mommy. He looked deeply hurt. Derrick and Griffin patted him on the back sympathetically.
Claire realized that Cam was waiting for her to speak to him, so she handed Selena over to Massie. Claire had gathered up all of her confidence, and sauntered over to Cam. "Claire what is going on? Why are you trying to make Selena believe that she isn't my child?!" Cam said his voice cracking. Claire sighed. "Cam, you just don't understand do you?" Cam was about to respond back, but was cut off. Selena had marched up straight over to Cam and put her hands on her hips. "Its because you are a shit brain!" Claire, Cam, Derrick, and Griffin all gasped, while Massie snickered. Cam's eyes got wide. "Where did you learn that word?!" "Mommy called me it all the time. Why? What does it mean?" Griffin and Massie laughed, while Derrick and Claire looked horrified. Cam's mouth dropped, the he clenched his jaw and his eyes lashed with anger. "She what?" He said a little too calmly.
Selena rolled her eyes. Massie snickered once more, and received a puzzled glance from Claire. "I said that mommy used to call me a shit brain every time she had too much to drink, and she would drive." Cam narrowed his eyes. " She drove with you in the back seat of her car while she was drunk?! What the hell?! And she was swearing at you?! I swear to god! I will call the police on her if she comes within 20 miles of you!" Cam yelled angrily. Selena ran over to Claire and Claire picked her up. Griffin and Derrick went over to comfort Cam. Cam suddenly looked at Claire. "Claire... I'm sorry. I didn't know that Nikki did this kind of stuff... Nikki told me that you kidnapped Jodi from her." Claire set down Selena and came face to face with Cam. Claire's face softened when she saw a tear forming in Cam's blue eye. She smiled warmly. "Of course. I forgive you." Cam grabbed Claire's hand and smiled at her. "I'm glad that you understand-" Cam was cut off by Claire's delicate hand slapping his cheek as hard as she could. Claire yanked her hand loose from Cam's, and her face suddenly hardened with an anger that nobody had ever seen in her. " Fuck you Cam Fisher. Fuck you. If you thought that I was going to forgive you that easily, then you need to see a doctor. And maybe then I will take you seriously. And as for Selena. Selena who do you want to live with more. Me, or daddy."
Everyone in the bar was silent as they looked at Selena. Selena stood next to Claire. "I-I don't want you to live with me daddy. I-I want to live with Claire. I'm sorry daddy! I'm sorry!" Selena instantly burst into tears and Claire bent down to hug her. Cam stood there and let a couple tears stroll down his cheeks. "But... Jodi... You are my daughter!" Cam's voice cracked. Selena looked down at her hands in shame. "I'm sorry daddy. I promise that I will come visit you sometimes. I promise." Cam tried to smile, while Derrick and Griffin man-hugged him. Claire suddenly felt bad for what she did to Cam. But then a withering glance from Massie reminded her why she had done it. "Lets go." Claire said softly as her, Selena, and Massie exited the crappy bar, and halted a cab. Selena, and Massie had already gone in the taxi, and right as Claire was about to get in, someone called her name. Claire held her breath and turned around. It was Griffin.
"So that was pretty hot of you to play hard to get with Cam in there." Claire nodded slowly. "So hey, I didn't mean to sound too cocky in there and you know setting you up and all. No hard feelings?" Griffin held out his hand for a truce. Claire stared at it, and then slapped it away. "Actually there are hard feelings." Claire did the boldest thing that she could possibly do. She grabbed Griffins, shirt and pulled him closer to her. Griffin smirked. "Your quite violent today. Whats up?" Claire leaned in and kissed Griffin as fiercely as she could. Just when Griffin started to kiss her back, she pulled away and pushed him away from her. "The sky." Claire slid in the seat of the taxi, and slammed the door closed. Griffin watched the car drive off down the street. He shook his head and smiled. "Girls man. They always leave you hanging..."
No! Did Claire just kiss Griffin?! No!! I know i'm so evil. I just screwed up everyones Clam fantasy. But who knows. Maybe in the far future Clam will reunite. This chapter I was listening to all of the songs on the lounge room at the Hollister website. Ok the song by Teargas Plateglass is really creepy! I don't even get it... TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! All of my friends were crying but I was like, "Bring it on!" Haha! I'm such an optimist! I know that I should have been bawling like everybody else, but please. What is better than having a great tan for summer, having the most amazing BFFs to spend it with, and going on amazing vacations with your amazing family?! NOTHING!
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kenza