𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕

when clem  got into karate  she never would've thought of the day that she'd be in a hospital bed unconscious , a time when no one knew when she was gonna wake up. it'd been just a couple hours since she'd been shoved into a locker by hawk. demetri was sitting in the hospital chair his arms cold from the absence of a sweater around it the piece of clothing sitting in a washing bag on the opposite side of the room with clems blood dripped clothes mixed in.

he was drained all of the adrenaline from the fight. leaving him with  dry tired eyes,  amanda came to visit  giving the doctors her parents information. when her parents got the call they  were about to get on the ship. the two had a small quick conversation   jasmine decided that she would go home and stay with clem, will begged jasmine to stay , saying that the girl would be fine. jasmine was appaled with his reaction, his lack of empathy. jasmine left without turning back, she knew the lengths of when  her daughter needed her and this was beyond  that limit.

~

clem's eyes  opened,her head throbbing in pain"hmm" she groaned. demetris heart cut at the sound  his feet scurrying up and to the side of the bed "jesus  christ! clem" he wrapped his arms around the girl just tight enough to not hurt her.  clems eyes widened when she realized she was in the hospital. the last thing she remembered was hawk  kicking her in the locker after that everything was a blur.

"you really had me scared." demetri held his arms to her shoulders when he pulled back, clem noticed the look in his eyes " how long was i out?"she asked putting the pieces together"few hours maybe two... i think.thats considered  a severe traumatic  head injury" demetri shook his head lightly, his jaw chattering "what happened to the fight?"she sat up, demetri quickly grabbed  the pillows helping her sit up resting her head on them lightly.

demetri's breath hitched,he couldn't answer. getting flashbacks to the scene of miguel flying over the balcony him at the bottom of the stairs. it was easily one of  the most traumatizing days of school"miguel-" demetri muttered his eyes glossing over  clem watched his movements , his nervous hands, his eyes not being able to make contact with hers "demetri... what happened?" she asked her throat clutching in.

"he broke his spine...and um- he's in a coma. that's all we know right now" Demetri frowned trying not to think of the image again. clem licked her lips nodding her eyes falling over with tears "and there's another thing "Demetri mentioned 

clem looked up at the tall boy "Robby, he pushed him. and now the cops are looking for him" clem's eyes widened "what?" she hummed "they haven't seen him since it happened, he's off the grid" Demetri said 

clem took a deep breath in trying to process everything, she immediately regretted that breath because her chest and stomach aching. "ow" she hissed, slowly moving to lift the blanket seeing the cloth gown over her "where are my clothes?" she asked "in that bag" Demetri said, being very suspicious of the curly headed girl."what are you doing?" Demetri asked in a tired voice.

she put her leg out of the bed heaving herself up" why would they take my clothes? my bodies fine." she peeked behind her to make sure her pants were still on. when she confirmed they were she walked to the corner of the room taking the bag and shutting the curtain" uh. no its not.  you got kicked into a locker if you don't recall...which you actually might not" Demetri muttered the last part " they gave you a cat scan, but they want to take an x-ray when your mom gets here. "Demetri said, Clem threw her clothes on seeing the blood stains in her favorite shirt, frowning for  a moment when she processed Demetris words 

"my mom?! she's supposed to be on a boat right now!"clem swung her arm forwards opening the curtain and throwing the  gown on the bed."yeah, she's on her way and-  please don't do that. get back in bed" demetri begged watching  her grab her backpack from the floor.

"no. i'm getting out of here i don't need an x-ray i'm fine my head just hurts."   she  slipped on her shoes  and stood , demetri right in her way." that's the concussion. you have a dent in your skull,you're lucky to not be blind."

"where's my car?"she asked completely ignoring his comment " you're not leaving." the boy blocked the door "i didn't say i was leaving i said i was getting out of here. the room. now answer me, where's my car?" she asked again more insisting 

"you're lying. why do you need your car then?" he asked,clem paused for a moment thinking of a new excuse, her mouth opening and closing attempting to catch a word."demetri , just get out of my way please." she sighed "no.i saw what happened to you. i'm not letting you leave"he stood his ground firmly crossing his arms. 

clem rolled her eyes "fine" she swung her arms and pursed her lips  pacing in a circle waiting for demetris guard t go down. she peeked over her shoulder running to the boy and attacking him with tickles  the boy laughed "stop. no" he collapsed into himself. clem laughed her ribs instantly shooting with pain " fuck"  she stopped  to catch her breath, holding herself  in pain

demetri, calming down from his laughs watched clem"see. told you."he breathed out heavily with each word

 the girl  sat back down on the bed "i'm gonna go get a nurse. stay." he reached for the door  handle  staring the girl down and pointing his free finger firmly to her.

 as much as clem wanted to run suddenly her energy drained realizing how hurt she actually was she slightly lifted her shirt looking down at herself,  her  stomach bruised she could tell  even without lifting her shirt all the way that the trail ran up to her chest and  to her back. she looked up at the window  seeing her reflection in it her face was bruised her nose cut up, her shoulder  stitched. the blood had been cleaned up but she could still see the marks  of all the scars that would be formed.

~

 the nurse was  helping clem out hooking her up to an iv which she was not happy about. now she definitely couldn't run. demetri had just left after clem had requested that he'd go home and get her  clothes since they said she was gonna have to stay the night just to make sure she was stable.

 amanda knocked on the door "come in" the girl leaned a bit forwards looking around the nurse "hey, sweetie. how ya feelin'?" she asked , sitting at the end of the girls bed " i'm okay, hows sam?" Clem asked softly " she's alright. She's been asking about you..." Amanda smiled, clem nodded giving a flat smile"daniel was worried about you for a second aswell" Amanda  said and clem avoided the womens eyes.

" look, I know what he said. It wasn't okay, but he doesn't think of you that way. You're a good kid"  Amanda placed a hand on the girls knee" he was just a worried dad. he had an outburst." amanda sighed  clem sucked on her teeth and shook her head."look, i'm not asking you to forgive him right now but just hear him out."amanda said and clem rolled her neck back"i'll think about it."

"Clairissa!" jasmine called seeing her daughter through the window clem gave a small tilted smile at her mess of a mom,  jasmines hair was thrown up into an attempt at a bun,and she was wearing shorts and t-shirt and  was dragging her suitcases  behind her."hi mom" she said as the women entered the room, throwing her stuff down by the door. clem was stiff, she had no clue how her mother was gonna react to  the fight. if she even knew all the details. who she'd talked to besides amanda and  sensei larusso."thank god you're okay baby"jasmine moved right past the amanda and  hugged clem tightly the girl wincing "oh my god. look at you.who did this to you?" jasmines heart  ached for her daughter. clem went back an fourth in her mind, she looked at amanda  for help but the women raised her eyebrows  as if to tell her it was her choice.if she told her mom who did it  something would happen to  hawk almost definetly.a part of clem wanted him to feel the pain she did but the other part of her couldn't bring herself to  do that to him, to Eli.

the girl simply shrugged "clementine...baby you have to tell me."
" im gonna  go, it was good seeing you jas" amanda gave the two some space.clem shook her head"i don't even remember" she lied, popping her bottom lip forwards. jasmine raised her eyebrows with a frustrated sigh"okay,its fine. i'll drop it. i'm just glad you're okay" she said putting a hand on her daughters clem smiled softly.

clem was happy to have her mother home, she wasn't used to her parents coming home when she was in trouble. not when she got in trouble at school the countless amounts of times over the years,not when elis mom called because she'd fallen out of the tree outside the boys window and was rolling around in pain, not even when she got caught by the cops trespassing an abandoned warehouse. the attention was unusual to her." wheres dad?"clem asked 

her mother got a bit teary eyed at the question. on the plane ride back she had time to think. she really needed to talk to her husband but she  couldn't bother clem with that it had nothing to do with her " he's  still gonna work but i'm gonna stay with you. gonna try to get a job here so i can keep an eye on you for now." jasmine said and clem nodded" oh. okay." she smiled

~

 when clem got her x-ray they advised she  stay  a few more nights at the hospital just  for a proper recovery. she genuinly had nothing to do while in bed.  a few people came to visit her, like chris, sam and moon. but otherwise it was just , her, her mom, and demetri more often than not.

 so when a knock arrived at her door she assumed it was one of the two  hollering a quick " come in"  but when aishia  came in  she sat up a little too quickly making her wince a bit."i  hope its okay, me just showing up like this." aishia   said walking closer to the bed leaving the door just cracked behind her.a boquet of flowers  layed in her arms " no, no its fine" clem  smiled "  how are you? after everything?" aisha asked, tip toeing around the words. clem  got choked up a bit  with aisha being there.

 she had been telling everyone she was fine  for  what felt like an eternity. she was always honest with aisha, she had to be honest now" aishia.." her throat croaked "clem" aisha   put the flowers down on the girls side tabel and  hugged her friend.clems tears fell out  warming the corners of her eyes"i just don't get it." clem muttered  into aishia s shoulder just before  the  short haired girl pulled away , nodding softly."how could things get this bad?" she  shook her head

"i know."aisha  sighed,it was deep rooted,  clem scooted over careful enough not to hurt herself. she patted the spot beside her. aisha sat "whats on your mind?" the wavy haired girl asked. aisha  strung up the words in her mind. how to say it. she had lived here her entire life. sure the girls had only gotten close in the past year, but it was gonna be weird without her atleast there."i am... moving" aisha said  and  clem  retracted her face with a slight hsake of her head "what? is this because of the fight?"she questioned " partly" aisha shrugged " my dad got a new job.in santa barbara."aisha annoucned.

 clem filled her cheeks with air slowly deflating them " okay. when do you leave?"she asked "friday" aisha replied  and clem raised her eyebrows" geez. thats so soon." clem tilted her head " i know." aisha   nodded , sharing the expression with clem " have you told sam?"clem questioned, knowing that the brown haired girl would be even more affected by the news than clem was. " not yet. i'm just so bummed, i have to start over in my junior year. like my life wasn't hard enough before karate now i'm gonna have to deal with it all again" aisha huffed a frustrated breath.  clem paused for a moment to think of what to say.

"maybe you wont have to." clem said  and aisha furrowed"how so. peopel are gonna be mean all over." she shrugged "well... maybe  thats  true, but its not like you have to deal with it like you used to." clem suggested  and aisha gave a small laugh " what? should i  beat their asses too?" aisha  bumped shoulders with clem " no" clem laughed " thats not what i menat. i meant that you should  use your confidence, to be the better person."clem said and aisha  hung her head back " ohhh" she laughed" yeah, ohh" clem  joined in

soon they stopped laughing  and a few tears rolled off of each of their cheeks " i'm gonna miss you"  aisha  smiled clem smiled " i'm gonna miss you too " clem pulled the girl in for a hug.clem never had many freinds, explained many times before, but aisha was definetly one of them and one of her favorites.

~

after Clem got dismissed from the hospital, the doctors advised she spent a few weeks at home  which was perfect because she was also suspended for two weeks along with the rest of the people from the fight so, watching her favorite movies, eating her favorite foods, the girl had drank her weight in yoo-hoos by week two of being home.

 jasmine walked over to the couch sitting down, clem scooted over pulling her knees up to her chest and pausing the tv " whats up?"the curly headed girl asked  her mother who took a deep breath in which instantly worried clem"so, you know that i know  that the school fight was about karate. right?"jasmine questioned clem hesitated , nodding slowly" i'd assume so. its been like.. everywhere.why?"clem  pulled her voice

"i think its better that after you get better, you don't continue to go to classes."jasmine presented the idea slowly  clem sat up quickly wincing at her  stomach bruising" what? no!  if i wern't for karate i might've been dead in that fight!" clem defended" if it wern't for karate you wouldn't of been in that fight! And it looks bad for the family you being in all these fights! " jasmine  called out right back at the girl 

" since when have i ever looked good for this family?!i'm going. as soon as it starts back up im going"clem insisted, full confidence in her voice, jasmine instantly squinted her eyes her tounge in her cheek"i'm your mother! you do not speak to me like that and no! you're not going" she annouced in a stirn voice 

 clem's eyes widened " what did i even do? this isn't fair!"  she whined  and jasmine  just shook her head" i don't care." the women said, clem's mouth hung open with wide eyes scoffing. she rolled her eyes and  got up " whatever" clem said rushing to the front door " where are you going?" Jasmine questiond

" demetris" clem reached for her keys " no you're not. You're grounded " jasmine announced. Clem screeched out a groan. Stomping up stairs

clem was enraged everything in her life was falling apart right in front of her, nothing was going her way and she couldn't stop it , meanwhile jasmine was down stairs questioning if what she was doing was even the right thing.

 when she got pregnant with clem it was a total surprise; her and will had just gotten together the year prior, they had all of these plans to  travel the world. the two got married quickly as to not gain anymore judgement from family. she adored clem as soon as she came, it was hard to travel with a baby , of course, so they stayed in california  for the most part  slowly  taking longer and longer trips. jasmine had no clue how to be a mother, her mother surely didn't teach her. she was just as lost as clem in the moment.

 ~

clem was dreading going back to school. covering the spot that had shaved into her head from her surgery was one of those things. clem sat in her bed her portable vanity mirror sitting infront of her  as she  tried to braid and  style her hair diffrently  frustrated she  tied her hair up in a bun and put a bandana over her head hoping no one would notice.

clem looked at her self in her closet mirror  the bruising on her torso now a more yellowish color.  she  threw a  big t-shirt over her  sports bra and changed into  some jeans. when she went down stairs her mom had put a sticky note on the fridge "made you lunch. i love you, have a good day." clem mumbled reading the sticky note. she opened the fridge seeing  the brown bag inside.  she took it out and grabbed a go gurt and a yoohoo before making her way out of the door.

 she pulled up to demetris house honking the horn, when he  came out  and got into the front seat he instantly questioned her glum look " whats with the long face?"he asked as clem took her foot off of the brake."mom grounded me" she informed,demetri making an even further confused face" why? your mom never grounds you." he was shocked

"yeah, well when she tells you that you can't do karate anymore and you tell her you are. apparently  thats when you get grounded." she scoffed out  "i just don't know where she gets off grounding me when she's never home." clem shook her head,with squinted eyes unnowingly she was increasing her speed, demetri watched witn wide eyes as she pulled into the school parking lot "clem slow down" his heart crashed as he got thrown around in the car as she made a tight turn into the spot."sorry. just frustrated" she pulled the gear back 

"right. yeah." he huffed grabbing his backpack from the floor.  clem reached for her door , hopping out. the two walked to the front doors of the school seeing cop cars outside and  a line just outside of the door. clem looked at the building  putting her hand on her chest putting slight pressure to calm her heart" you alright?"demetri asked  as they joined the line of people, she sighed giving a small'mmh'

 clem unzipped her backpack and put it on the table the security guy  rummeged through the bag . when she was cleared  she threw her backpackon and followed demetri to nate and chris who had just walked around the corner. out of the corner of her eye she saw hawks red mowhawk.  she didn't turn her neck but all of her focus was on the boy. when demetri noticed that she hadn't been listening to a word he nudged her " hello?! did you see the way that girl just looked at me?" demetri laughed out in a shocked manner."yes demerti. you want a cookie?" she played off sarcasticlly

 hawk and his minions approched the group from behind , so when the four turned  they instanly got tense. clem tightned her jaw  hawks eyes peircing her " got something to say?"mitch questioned puffing his chest to chris  waving a hand infront of his own face which typically clem wouldve rolled her eys at but she had no other focus than the boy infront of her "al this security isn't enough to protect  you claire" hawk said his voice  thick and deepened "i don't need security " clems lip upturned as she shook her head , her arms crossed against her chest " is everything alright, here?" counsler blatt asked 

with quick thinking demetri pulled clem  and hawk in by their necks "oh, yeah, we're all buddies here" isnt that right?" he looked back and fourth between the two  clem swallowed down  every comment she was gonna thrown when she looked at hawk"yup. all just bestfriends" clem cringed at her own tone

" don't you all have somewhere to be?" blatt questioned" yes, counsler blatt" hawk answered throwing demetris hand off of him. 

"do you know my first class?" clem asked , demetris arm still hanging over her shoulder "no. you don't ?" he gave a small laugh , she shook her head, watching as moon and yasmin passed"oh, look regina george is back" clem hummed in a sarcasticlly cheery voice  as she waved to moon. "i'd still let her spit on me" demetri tilted his head slightly "you're so weird..." clem's voice trailed off when she saw sam  at the staircase. she had tried to avoid seeing any videos of the fight that anyone posted but it was almost impossible.  clem walked over to sam demetri following behind.  clem put a soft hand on the girls shoulder

 sam jumped back with a small gasp " hey. hey  its just me your friendly neighborhood clem. you alright?" the girl asked her eyes softening   rubbing sams shoulder lightly " i need to go" sam rushed away

clem frowned before looking at demetri who had the same expression on her face" i'm worried about her."

~

clem sat at lunch with demetri, chris and nate.  she layed her lunch out ripping the bag open   when demetri swiped her fruit snacks "hey" she frowned"please. you know i love these"the boy  whined, clem clicked her mouth open"fine,but i get your muffin" she reached over his lunch tray  demetri pinched open the pack of fruit snacks "oh, no not my muffin..." he muttered nonchalantly

clem was about to take a bite of her sandwich when an obnoxious voice scratched in her ears"did mommy pack you lunch?"hawk laughed from just a few steps away from the table  the girl turned around  with a straight face. she was absolutly not having his shit "oh, please moskowitz  your mother still does your laundry! you have no room to talk" she spat  out  turning back to  her table  mouthing the words 'my god' while shaking her head.

hawk's face dropped at the comment, he had seen her come backs to all the bullies through the years, and the sarcastic ones  to demetri too but being on the other side of one realy had a diffrent kick to it."whatever, don't listen to her man my mom still does my laundry too" mitch put a hand on hawks shoulder  trying to relate to him "shut up assface!" he gritted his teeth.

"when do you think sensei larusso is gonna  start karate back up?" chris asked curiously, demetri looked at clem as she  messed with her sandwich picking off pieces of bread and placing them in her mouth "what? do you guys know something we don't?" the tall boy questioned seeing demetri and clems behavior 

"um..well" clem opened her mouth raising her eyebrows "my mom is making me quit so i'm out" the girl finished her sentence refusing to look up from her food as she pursed her lips  chewing on the inside of her lips"what?!" nate and chris' eyes widened "you can't leave what about to all-valley? and  what if we get into another rumble we can't do it without you" chris insisted "it doesn't mean that i won't fight if it comes to it but my mom said i can't do classes anymore." clem shrugged

"well this sucks." nate mentioned "yup"

kat speaks....

 first chapter of season three! how do we feel about jasmine?

hawk calling her Claire  will never fail to make me giggle just a bit.

i have so many plans for this season! stay tuned! love yall.