"So then Sarah was like-"
Luke stopped and frowned as his eyes landed on Clementine who appeared to have stopped listening. Clementine smiled up at him and gestured for him to continue.
"Anyways so Sarah had made this crown of flowers, right? And she was walking over to-" He stopped again as he watched Clementine's eyes begin to wander again. Without speaking this time, he observed quietly as he watched her eyes lower from his face, past his chest, below his navel.
"Clem! You alright kid?" He asked raising an eyebrow at the girl. Clementine blushed slightly as her eyes darted from 'slightly below his waist' to his face. He chuckled.
"My eyes are up here." He said smiling in a way that both embarrassed but easily could've made the girl swoon.
"No really though, you alright?" He asked taking a seat on the bed that Clementine was sitting on. Clementine looked up from her lap as the bed sunk down slightly.
"I just, I don t know" She said frowning. For once in her life she had no clue what was going on, she had always cared about Luke but now she felt a deeper care, one she couldn't much understand.
"Luke?" She asked suddenly. He looked up at her with a light smile. He had always cared for her back and always looked forward to her with kind eyes well besides that one time when she was locked in a shed but she had well over forgiven him for that little incident.
"Yeah?" He asked his calming voice like caramel. She swallowed hard as her heartbeat began pounding against her chest while butterflies decided to have a dance party in her stomach.
"What do you know about crushes?" She asked looking up at him. Luke was taken aback by this, he'd known this girl for quite some time and she had never mentioned this topic before.
"Well I know they're annoying as hell." He said with a smile that sent a tingling sensation throughout Clementine's body.
"But they can also be a lot of fun if you know how ta handle them." He said still smiling in a soft, gentle way that Clementine loved about him. "So who do you have a crush on?" He asked smirking as he raised an eyebrow at the girl. "It ain't me right?" He asked biting his lower lip.
"What?! Ew! No!" She said punching him on the shoulder lightly.
"Phew, thank god cause- hey wait a minute what do you mean ew?" He asked frowning as he gave her puppy dog eyes.
"I just it's nothing Luke. Don t worry about it." She said finally returning the light smile. She did feel quite attached to Luke in an all new way and everything but she could see he did NOT want her to say that in secret she did, so, as all normally goes, she made him happy and said she didn't like him.
"So how do you handle them?" She asked suddenly as she broke the silence around them.
"Huh? Oh, well," Luke blushed a bit. "I just uh, I dunno, I haven t had a crush in so long Clem, that it's hard for me to even come up with advice." He said frowning.
"But if you DID have a crush on someone, how would you handle it?" She asked. Luke stayed silent as he zoned out. "Luke, come on! I need this advice!" She shouted breaking him from his trance.
"Well I just try and pretend that I don t have a crush on them. I'm a bit more playful with them then my regular friends of course, but there ain't no helpin' that."
"Like what? Pillow fights or something?" She asked, a smug look spread across her face. Luke smiled and shook his head at the girl.
"Yeah, pillow fights." He said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "Clem when was the last time you saw a pillow?" He asked still smirking. Clementine smiled back but soon frowned as she remembered the silencer trick Lee had taught her.
"A long long time ago." She said softly in such a way that just made Luke want to comfort her.
"Why?" He asked. Clementine looked up at the brunette with confused eyes.
"Why, what do YOU do with crushes I mean?" He said seeing the obvious confusion in the girl's eyes.
"Well, I was eight when the apocalypse started so I really didn't get that much time to experience crushes or whatever I don t really have anything for you, sorry." She said frowning.
"Oh yeah, sometimes I forget how young you really are." He said.
"Bitch, please. I am practically old like you." She said smiling. Luke stifled a laugh.
"Old like me eh?" He asked. The girl nodded a smile spread across her face. "I bet I could still beat ya at a lot of stuff." He said smiling.
"Oh really now?" She said crossing her arms. "And what might that a lot of stuff be? Golf? Old people games?" She asked smiling a crooked smile.
"Hey I don t play old people games Clem; you see I am not an old person. I m only 27." He answered.
"So that's how old you are? I ll take that into account." She paused pursing her lips. Luke raised an eyebrow.
"Account of what?" He asked confused.
"Oh, nothing." She replied with a smile as she stood up from the bed. "I'm gonna go get some oatmeal. You coming?" She asked. Luke stood up still confused as he nodded and began out of the room with the girl.
"So are you sure it's been a long time since you had a crush?" Clementine asked as the two began down the stairs.
"Pretty damn sure." He said.
"Swear." Clementine said innocently as they walked into the kitchen.
"Says the girl who swears like a million times a day." Luke scoffed.
"Says the guy who got me into swearing." Clementine scoffed in reply. Luke smiled as he looked down at his feet while he walked. Clementine carefully opened the kitchen door allowing Luke to walk in first. If he would've been paying better attention, he would've seen the devilish look on her face.