A/N: Er... o.e so... so far, Girl of Eye AND Lonely Winter are kind of tied on reviews... review numbers are kind of how I was planning on deciding which fic I should continue first, finish, and then start the next one. A lot of people still want Illusion in the Memory... I'm very conflicted between four stories, because I still have that major urge to write a story where Clementine is eleven and is crushing on a 26 year old Nick (Nick does NOT like Clementine like that, in case you were wondering). So I need a bit of help... I don't know, anyways... here's chapter two! OH! And also! I've decided to turn this into some sort of awkward panda (Basically, just really awkward) crushing story where Clem likes Luke and then eventually they totally get together because it seems to be what most people want... I'm not certain on my decision but I think I can get some pretty cute chapters out with that.
Clementine's POV:
"Luke, what're you doing? Who is SHE?" The woman asked and furrowed her brows as she pointed at me.
"Oh, uhm, J- Julie... this is Cl- Clementine... she uh, I've known her since she was eleven and-"
"And I've known you since I was born, what does it matter? Come on, Ellie's beginning to worry about you." The girl who I knew to be 'Julie' said crossly.
"Hey, uh, can Clementine come?" Luke asked and propped himself up on his elbows.
"Well I'd like her to really, as long as she gets off of you." Julie scowled. I quickly got on my feet and off of on top of Luke.
"Okay, looks like your girlfriend can tag along." Julie said way too sweetly, sarcasm was coming off of her in waves.
Luke sighed and got to his feet, dusting off his pants before we began down the mountain.
"What's her problem?" I whispered quietly.
"She's a little pissed right now... as you can tell, and uh, she kind of has a crush on me so... seeing a girl sitting on top of me might make her feel a little intimidated." He explained.
"Ah," I nodded and smirked as I elbowed Luke in the ribs. "Casanova." I said remembering Mike's comment by the fire.
Luke gave me a disapproving look before turning his head to look back to where we were walking. I don't know why... but seeing Luke now made me feel... weird... like how I felt when I was eleven almost.
I took another glance at Luke. His hair, or... bangs (fringe) fell over his eyes almost, and there was a visible silver streak running through the middle of them as they swayed to one side.
"Luke?" I asked gingerly.
He turned and looked at me. "Yeah, Clem?" He asked with a forced smile. I frowned but continued.
"How old are you?" I asked.
Luke frowned too. "How old do I look?" He questioned.
"I dunno, you've got a silver streak through your hair which you make look totally ho-" I cut myself off and mentally slapped myself.
I watched as Luke's lips quirked into another evil grin. "What?" He asked angelically.
I was NOT going to say he made it look hot! I was NOT! "You look like you're thirty something." I sighed before moving on from mentally slapping myself, to mentally beating the shit out of myself.
Luke returned his gaze to in front of him. "Thirty what?" He questioned.
I thought hard as I squinted in front of myself. He was twenty-seven when he 'Died', I re-met him when I was eighteen, I was eleven when he- THIRTY-FOUR! He's thirty-four!
"You LOOK like you're thirty-two, but you ARE thirty-four." I smirked, it'd been a long time since I'd done actual math.
"You remembered." He beamed at me.
I nodded. "How could I forget?" I asked as butterflies filled my stomach when our eyes met.
I quickly darted my eyes away from him and back to in front of me, leaving him to awkwardly look away too and rub the back of his neck.
"So you're eighteen, eh?" He asked. "Time has gone by so fast." He sighed and ran a hand through his bangs (fringe, again), pushing them to the side, leaving the silver streak to hang in front of his eyes.
I felt my foot hit something, making me trip. "Shit!"
"Fuck! Clementine!" Luke said.
And as quickly as I had tripped, he caught me. Holding me close to his chest. God, did he smell amazing. His breathing was shaky as he slowly let go of me.
"Are you okay?" He panted, he actually looked stressed right now.
"Yeah, I- I think so." I reply, I'M shaken by how shaken HE seems. "Although, I think I just caused you to gain another silver streak in your hair." I frowned.
"It'd be fine by me, as long as you were safe." Luke sighed.
"COME ON, SLOW POKES!" I heard someone shout from in front of us. This is NOT going to be another Lily situation, is it? I frowned.
"So, who's Ellie?" I ask while silently fighting a huge case of butterflies in my stomach.
"Huh? Oh, she's my sister." He smiled.
"Aw, how old is she?"
"Well, she's 29, but acts like a child, still." He says.
"And... Julie is...?"
"Her best friend, has been since they were kids back on the farm, Nick used ta help out and every now and then he'd bring over his sister... Julie, and eventually Ellie and Julie just became friends." Luke explains.
The whole time I'm fighting this weird feeling to gradually move closer to him. I don't even know why!
I feel the ground even out beneath us and think that we're at the end of the cliff, back in the field of snow I was viewing from before.
The snow crunches under my feet, it's coated in ice... ice is NOT my friend... I cringe at the sound of ice breaking, it's reminding me of seven years back, when the ice broke... when BONNIE broke it... and Luke got- I shiver remembering the horrific scene.
"You cold?" Luke questions. I didn't even notice he was looking my direction.
"No, just..." I trail off. I'm not sure if I should bring this up again. "When the ice broke seven years back, I still cringe at the sound of ice breaking." I sigh.
"Oh." Luke frowns. "Well, I'm safe... if that helps." Luke sighs.
"Yeah, but my mind doesn't seem to think so."
"LUKE! JULIE!" I hear a voice say and then... "Who's she?" who I guessed to be Ellie asked. "Looks like she's hitting it off with Luke." I hear her tease Julie. Julie scowls.
"Naw, just an old friend. This here, is Clementine." Luke smiles. "Clem, this is Ellie."
"Hi... Ellie." She really IS just like a child, not a defenseless one judging by the heavy stash of weapons I spot her having by just getting a frontal view of her, but still a child.
"Hi, so how did you meet Luke?"
"Uh, when I was eleven he rescued me from being eaten by a bunch of walkers, but before then-"
"You call 'em walkers too? Luke! You're not alone!" Ellie interrupts. I don't really mind though.
"I used ta call 'em Lurkers... then Clementine comes and calls 'em walkers and I picked it up." Luke explains to her.
"It's like picking accents of people up when they're from a different country, and you just so happen to BE in that country. England, for example." He shrugged.
"Anyways, up on that cliff, I almost totally died, but then your brother here, he came and saved my life." I smile.
Luke smiled sheepishly at me and rubbed the back of his neck. "Like he always does." I say. My thoughts are totally lost as I study his eyes.
They're more beautiful than I remember. They're that same chocolate brown, but they seem... I don't even know... better? If that's even possible.
I heard a soft chuckle that brought me back to reality come from Ellie's direction. Shit! I was staring.
Luke's POV:
Clementine was staring... and at me. Well she is kind of cute now- SHUT THE FUCK UP, MIND! You've screwed up enough by thinkin' someone was cute, for a lifetime of guilt! I reminded myself.
"So, is she joining our group?" Ellie asked.
It was silent. "Clem?" I asked.
"Uh... only if it's okay with you guys." Clementine replied.
Now that I'd found her I never wanted ta let go. But I wasn't so sure of what Clem would think of that. Also, I knew you couldn't own a person... not like that anyways.
"It'd be fine by me." I blurted out.
Ellie grinned at me before speaking "I'm okay with it. That just leaves you and Julie." Ellie said giving me a smirk.
"Julie...?" I asked.
"Yeah, right, whatever..." Julie said and rolled her eyes. I sent her a frown but soon returned my gaze back to Clementine and Ellie.
"Okay, sure... I guess, as long as it's okay with you guys." Clementine said cheerfully.
"Okay, awesome." I smiled.
"Come on, slow pokes. As my great uncle used to say, we're burnin' daylight." Julie said and faced away from me and towards the North, that's where we had originally been heading, North.
A/N: Again, another author's note. Can you tell I suck at endings? I mean look at how I ended this chapter... e.e anyways, I was just gonna say, THANK YOU! For all the support with this story, it really motivates me to actually WRITE the story. So thanks a lot! :)