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A/N First off, thanks for the first fifty views on this story. Whether you liked it or not I really do appreciate it. Second I wanted to give you an image of my OC, which is me. So Hunter (me) is 6 feet tall, 20 years old, 135 lbs and a former high school football player, so is athletically gifted even though he doesn't look it. Black medium length hair and is wearing a long sleeve workout shirt along with a navy blue hoodie.
Alright enough about me let's get on to the next chapter. Thanks again.
Chapter II: The Storm Is Coming
The young man turned to Carley and gave her a nod of appreciation. "Thanks for getting her to change her mind." Hunter said. "Don't mention it, she's had it pretty rough. She recently lost her father. It's made her tough…well more so than usual, to be honest she's always been a gargoyle." Carley responded. "So what's with all the food and supplies? You a hoarder or did you stumble upon all of it?" She asked. "Um, no actually I was in a group with three others, but a few ago while we were doing a supply run we got boxed in…I was the only one who made it out of the building." He responded with sadness in his voice. "I had been with them since all of this began. We were the perfect team, we all watched out for each other. It still confuses me how we got ourselves into that mess. But we did. You know what the worst part is? There's no time to mourn, you just have to move forward." Hunter finished. "Sorry to hear that, this group knows all too well how true that is." Carley responded. "But enough of that I'm just happy to be around people again. Was by myself too long." Hunter said with a grin. "I'm even more excited to see kids again." Hunter said while staring at Duck and Clementine. "Yeah it helps me remember that there is still good in this shitty world." Carley said in agreement. "So is this the whole group?" Hunter asked. "No we have two others, Lee and Kenny." Carley answered. "Well that's good, I like the thought of having…Oh hello there." Hunter's attention shifted to Clem. "Hi what's your name? I'm Clementine." Little Clem said. "My name is Hunter and it's a pleasure to meet you Clementine." He said to the eight year old. "Want to come draw with me and Duck?" She asked. "Well if you don't mind, I'd love to." Hunter gladly accepted her offer and followed the little girl away from Carley who was happy to see that everyone was happy for once.
Hours Later
The motor inn was much noisier than usual as Hunter was being used as a jungle gym by Duck and Clementine. It felt like a normal day, before the apocalypse. Before the dead rose. Suddenly the front gate opened, Lee and Kenny had returned from their supply run. Everyone with the exception of Lilly ran up to greet them. Lee and Kenny simply walked by everyone else going directly going to Lilly's room. "I see you have the kid on watch." Kenny said to Lilly while staring at Ben. "Might as well leave a sign that says the men are gone come and rape our woman and children." Kenny continued. "Ha." Lilly said gruffly. "So what'd you get?" Lilly asked while taking Kenny's backpack. "Just what was left." Lee answered. "Which was a lot actually." Kenny chimed in. "We're fine by the way." Kenny said with some anger. Lilly gave a small smile while inspecting the backpack. "Good job, a few more trips like this and we'll make it through the winter." Lilly said with relief. "The Winter!? We'll freeze our asses off!" Kenny retorted. While Kenny and Lilly argued and tried to make Lee pick sides yet again. Hunter just watched in the background. "Just let them go." Carley said. "They're always arguing about something and they always drag Lee into it." She continued. "That's rough, but at least they're arguing about what's best for the group." Hunter said. Just then Kenny stormed off and Carley went to speak to Lee who was still speaking to Lilly. Hunter made the choice to try and talk to Kenny. "Hey there." Hunter said while approaching Kenny. "Who the hell are you?" Kenny questioned the young man. "Oh right." Hunter laughed. "Where are my manners? My name is Hunter." He said. "Kenny, so what are you doing here?" Kenny asked. "I'm just trying to survive, I was told I may be able to stay with the group." Hunter said with a small smirk. "Well unless you're some sort of serial killer, I don't think I'd object. But you should know we just had a bad experience with the last people we trusted." Kenny said. "So is Lilly the leader of the group or something like that?" Hunter questioned Kenny. "She seems to think so, but we need to do what's best for everyone and this place ain't safe anymore. She just hasn't been thinking clearly since her dad died." Kenny responded. "That's rough, I'm sure I'd snap too. I can't even imagine what she's going through." Hunter said while looking at Lilly's door.
While Hunter and Kenny spoke Lee walked up the stairs of the motor inn to speak to Carley. "I talked to Lilly and she said that the count is off and some supplies have gone missing. Along with some broken equipment." Lee said. "Thanks for that, it couldn't have been easy to talk to her." Carley responded with a very slight grin. Lee pulled out the broken flashlight to show to Carley. "Know what this is." Lee questioned. "It's broken." Carley simply said. "I know that." Lee said back. "And maybe the batteries are in backwards." She sarcastically replied. "It only takes one" He shot back. "Everything should, what was the question?" Carley asked back. "Did you break it?" Lee asked even though he already knew the answer. "No." Carley responded simply. "Ok, so what did you want to talk about?" Lee questioned. "You actually. I've been thinking about you a lot lately." She said with a beaming smile. "I uh, think about you too." Lee said back making Carley blush. "The group's pretty small." Carley continued. "You're small." Lee said back while smiling. "You're a convicted killer." She said very bluntly. "Carley! Jesus!" Lee said back wondering how the conversation turned south so quickly. "And I think people should know. Not because they deserve to and not because you're bad person. I think the opposite of those two things. People need to know because we're hanging by a thread here and I can't see Lilly talk about you without thinking it's the next thing she's going to say. You don't have to tell everyone, but think about who you trust and take the opportunity while you have it." Carley finished. Lee thought about it and decided she was right. "You're probably right." He said with a sigh. "I'm always probably right." She shot back with a smile. "So you'll do it?" she asked. "Yeah, I guess I am." Lee said. Carley then got on her tip toes and kissed Lee on the cheek. "Don't call me small." She whispered to him.
A/N Thank you for your patience in the next chapter there will be some action. You know finally, putting the finishing touches on Chapter 3. Should be up soon.
