8. Chapter 8 (1/2)

yes! we are back form the dead.sorry for the delay. things have been going on. you know how life is.

peanut an i have decided to try and update once a week so be expecting more. once again, sorry for the delay!

onto the story!

sarah's pov

for some strange reason, i was very thirsty at the moment. i knew dad had some juice boxes downstairs, so that's where i went. once i entered the kitchen, i saw clementine and helena sitting together at the table. helena looked to be comforting the girl my age, while pressing an ice pack to clementine's cheek.

they both looked up at me, giving me a small smile. "hey helena," i started, "may i please gt a drink?" she nodded, "sure honey." when i opened the cabinet to where we kept the juice boxes an pulled one out.

i was just about to close it when i heard helena behind me, "i'll be right back, clem."

clementine nodded sollumly, "okay."

once helena left me and clem in the kitchen, i looked at her upset expression. i turned back to the cabinet and grabbed a second juice box.

i walked over to clem and offered her one of the drinks. she smiled graciously and accepted the juice box. i sat beside her and opened mine up and began to sip it. she did the same, still holding the ice pack to her cheek.

"what happened?" i dared to ask.

clem smiled at me, "nothing to concern yourself with. i'm fine don't worry about me."

"you don't have to baby me!" i pouted. i'm sick and tired of people treating me like i don't know anything. my dad acts like im some kind of scarecrow that will set fire if i learn any information and everyone else goes along with it. i honestly can take care of myself! the fact that im the only one who is treated this way pissed me off, "im not fragile!"

to my surprise, she chuckled, "it's really nothing. molly and i just had a disagreement. i really ticked her off and she slapped me. my fault, really."

"oh," i muttered, "what did you say to make her go and slap you?"

"nothing," she rubbed her head, "just some personal drama. i don't really want to think about it."

"alright," i respected her wishes, "you wanna share a room with me for the night? i assume you don't want to sleep in the same bed as her if you guys had that bad of a fight."

she smiled in appreciation, "yeah, thanks."

i was about to say something else, but i heard footsteps come down the stairs. i saw nick with this very angry look on his face. he made a beeline for clem and moved the ice pack away from her face.

"let me see it," he said, concerned for her.

"it's not that bad," clem chuckled, but obeyed the order anyway, "i've had worse."

he caressed the red cheek with his thumb, "shouldn't be the case."

"i'm alright," she smiled at him, "really. don't worry so much."

"sorry," nick mumbled. "i can't help but worry." clem blushed the slightest bit, nick stood back up. "ima go take a leak."

clementine wrinkled her nose at him, "keep that shit to yourself next time." nick rolled his eyes at the girl, but threw her a small smile. i smirked the slightest bit when he left the room, but clem was more observant than i thought. she raised her eye

ow at me,"what?"

"oh, nothing," i insisted.

she opened her mouth to speak, but the door opened again. i expected helena to walk in, but was taken aback slightly to see molly standing there. clementine looked up to see the woman, then scowled and looked at the table. molly approached clem, almost as if i was invisible.

"look, clem, you know i didn't mean to hit you. i swear, i would never want to hurt you in any way!"

something about clem staring at the table, like she had some interest in it, made me want to laugh a little. but i figured now wasn't the best of times, i've learned that the hard way.

"it's not the fact that you hit me, " clem finally spoke. "it's that you believe you can protect me from harm when you literally caused it yourself."

"i know!" molly pleaded, "but i swear, that will never happen again! i promise you."

clem rolled her eyes, "whatever." i held my laughter back again. you have no idea how many times i've heard nick say whatever in the ammount of time i've known him!

molly looked like she was about to

eak into tears, "what do you want me to say? clementine, i need you! you're the only thing keeping me on my feet to this day!"

that didn't just make clem almost jump out of her seat, i did too. she looked almost like she was gawking at molly

"molly," clem said, voice dripping with emotion, "then shouldn't you understand? i mean, why cant you just stay?"

molly sighed, "you know how i am with people clem. you know that as of late... i haven't been able to control myself with... stuff."

i don't know what, but i felt something happen. clementine was looking at the table. she seemed to be in deep thought, as if remembering something she didn't want to. i could've sworn that i also saw some light tears in her eyes. molly just stood there awkwardly, scratching the back of her head and looking to the ground. i felt like i was intruding, so i got up and walked out of the room, leaving the two girls to talk about what was to come next. i passed helena on the way. i told her not to go back in there, to give them their privacy. to my surprise, she agreed with me and went to go check on nick.

i looked back at the kitchen door, ready to hear an argument or just simple yelling. whatever was about to happen, it wasn't going to be pretty.

molly's pov

after the girl, what's her name, sarah left the kitchen, clem and i just sat in silence. she played around with her juice box and kept her gaze off of me. i shoved my hands into my hoodies pockets, playing with a loose piece of thread. i moved my foot around, just to have something to focus on. biting my bottom lip, i stole a quick glance at her, only to find that she had done the same to me. we both looked away again, our cheeks turning a but pink since we had caught each other.

"molly," the younger girl just let out a

eath, "why cant we just talk about this? we're both acting like children.

i smirked at her, trying to lighten the mood, "well you are a child so..."

"i'm being serious," she said, a bit of annoyance in her voice.

i let out a sighed. think about what i was about what i was going to say very carefully.