Luke's POV :
"Son of a bitch... You found 'em!" Mike said turning around as we (Jane, Clem, and the rest including me) walked past him.
"Yeah, I'm a little amazed myself, to tell you the truth." I smiled as we all stopped. "If it weren't for Clem and Jane, well... I don't know what would've happened." I finished as Bonnie walked over holding on to Rebecca's hand.
"Wait where's Nick?" Rebecca asked worried. I felt something inside of me collapse.
"Wh- What'da you mean?!" I asked looking around me. Where the fuck was he?!
"Nick!" I yelled. "NI-IIIICK?!" I shouted again as I tensed up.
"Nick!?" Clementine asked.
"Right here guys!" he said as I felt his hand grab on to my shoulder.
"Nick you asshole!" I said smiling.
"Clem can I... talk to you for a second?" Bonnie said pulling Clementine to the side. I watched as they talked quite a distance away.
"So... what'd I miss?" Nick asked slipping his hand off my shoulder and back by his side. I turned and looked back at him. Clementine walked towards the tent and went in... slowly. I listened quietly completely ignoring Nick. It was silent for awhile but then...
"So DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE AND PRETEND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHOSE LOST SOMEONE!" I heard someone shout. Clementine?
"I can't even look at you right now!" I heard Kenny shout.
"Ugh!" my head darted towards Rebecca.
"Her water broke!" Bonnie said.
"Oh shit! Does that mean what I think it does?" I asked nervously. The last thing we needed in the freezing cold when we have no supplies or blankets was a baby to deal with at the moment. Kenny stormed out of the tent.
"What's going on?" Clem asked.
"Rebecca's water broke."
"Kenny! What do we do?!" Bonnie asked still clutching Rebecca's hand.
"Right! Right... water. Clean water. And blankets." he said. Bonnie let go of Rebecca's hand and headed towards the museum sign.
After everyone's plan was decided... I was on watch. Jane, Bonnie, and Mike went to the museum to look for supplies and Nick and Clem went in a different direction to go find a safe place for Rebecca everyone settled in. I sat for 5 minutes straight staring at the treeline wondering why I was doing this. It was pretty obvious that there were no walkers and that there probably wouldn't be. I looked around. Kenny was still comforting Rebecca, Sarah was still freaking out in the corner... why wasn't anyone comforting her? I'm sure Clem would when she got back. I quietly stood up taking a quick glance over my shoulder to make sure everything was cool. Kenny, Rebecca, and Sarah were still distracted? Check. No walkers? Check. I tried to be as stealthy as possible as I walked towards the direction Nick and Clem had gone in. As I turned the corner I eased up. I walked towards the building in front of me... the one Jane said was nearby.
"Clem! Clem, Hey!" I shouted as we met halfway. "Any luck with that observation deck?" I paused. "I was just checkin' on Rebecca and Kenny and they said they hadn't heard from you in awhile." I told her which wasn't entirely untruthful because earlier I HAD checked on them. She stayed silent staring off into the distance.
"Hey- Hey Clem you there?" I asked waving my hand in front of her face.
"Nick and I were trying to open the gift shop and a stranger showed up."
"What?!" I frowned "This is the last thing we need right now..." I said under my breath. "What happened?" I asked no longer mumbling.
"Nick took his gun and scared him off." Clem explained.
"Well I'm..." I didn't really know what to say to this. This plan could've easily gone wrong. "Glad you're okay." I forced out unable to think of anything better. It went kind of quiet for a second or two.
"Is Nick still up there now?" I asked way too enthusiastically. I'd never been this happy to see Nick, it felt... weird.
"He's trying to get the gift shop open." Clem explained as we heard a 'Dammit!' be shouted from the deck.
"You know I can't never figure him out. He's always screwing up now and I know it's holding us back but... at the same time he's not doing anything that makes me NOT want to have him around." I thought hard. "I'm never quite sure if he doesn't like people anymore, or just plain out doesn't like me anymore." I said turning my head towards the building
"I'm not quite sure about him..." Clem mumbled. I darted my head at her.
"He's a good guy! He'll figure things out, alright?! Just-" I stopped realizing I was getting too worked up over a comment made by an eleven year-old. "Just give him a little time." I sighed heavily. "Okay?"
"Okay..." Clem said turning away as she began down the trail I had just come from. I walked up towards the deck climbing the steep stairs... Step by step, by step. Once I reached the top I threw my gun to the side making Nick jump a little as he turned towards me on his heel.
"Hey Luke," he said calmly as he turned back to the lock.
"Uh, hey." I said. My voice quieter then I wanted it to be.
"You come to help me out?" he said sighing as he messed around with a keyhole at the bottom of a padlock.
"Uh-"..."Uh yeah I-" I cleared my throat. "Yeah I did." I said looking off to the side. Why was I so nervous? It was just plain old stupid Nick, after all.
"Dammit!" he yelled as he let go of the lock and grabbed on to his wrist closing his eyes tightly. His fingers, the ones he had been using to mess with the lock were red as I watched a drop of blood appear from one of them.
"Nick- you're bleeding." I pointed out.
"No shit." he said sucking on his bleeding finger.
"We should find something to clean that up..."
"Good idea." he agreed turning around slamming his back against the locked door behind him. I nodded and told him to take a break while I looked for a
first-aid kit. I walked around awhile not finding anything. I went to the other side of the deck and spotted a room with no doors. That's not the part that interested me though, the part that interested me was a white med-kit tucked underneath a shelf to the right of me. I walked over and knelt down.
"Please have a band-aid." I whispered crossing my fingers as I unlatched the container. "YES!" I shouted. Victory was mine!
"What?" I heard Nick shout.
"Got one!" I said running back towards him. After I fixed the wounded warrior we got the gift shop open. After that we sat awhile.
A/N: You know what happens next. Or maybe it won't. :) Anyways feel free to review or drop a suggestion. Anything helps really.
-Nuke4Lyfe
