I wake to clementine packing our few measly belongings, "Why didn't you wake me?" i ask

"i wanted to let you sleep" she turns her back to me and continues packing

Grinning i walk over and wrap my arms around her waist from behind, resting my chin on her shoulder "thank you"The younger girl smiles and blushes furiously before sheepishly pecking me on the cheek, the tender action surprises me and i find myself smiling like an idiot. Scooping my pack over my shoulder i drape my arm around Clem as we walk, then i hear it, a sharp scream pierces the air. Gun shots ring, and clem and i run, feet pounding on the earth below we crash through the shrubs surrounding a nearby clearing and see 4 survivors struggling with a small hoard of walkers and infected. I am on the beasts in an instant, slashing with my axe and my knife, Clementine's back pressed against mine we fight. We fight and slay until all that left are bloody lumps on the ground, turning to the weeping survivors, two young girls, identical huddling and weeping. A teen boy trying to comfort them, and an older boy, maybe a little older than me, walking over to us, "Thank you" his voice is gentle, forgiving.

"We kill these guys all the time" clementine cuts in, spotting the two younger girls she gasps and rushes to them, cooing softly she coaxes the young twins to lift their heads. They gaze at her with admiration in their baby blue eyes and she gives each hopeful child a hug in turn. I turn back to the older boy,

"Don't worry about any more walkers, we've been in this area for a while now and haven't seen any others than those fuckers" i gesture to the bloody pulps lying a few feet away. He laughs, "Thanks red"

i frown "I have a name"

With an expectant smile, "That is?"

Every instinct I have screams to give him a false name, he seems nice enough but you can never be sure...

"Ella" I blurt "M-my name is Ella"

The boy smiles, "Well I'm Eric, that's Drew, and the little girls over there are Tillie and Skye"

Upon hearing their names, the pepper-haired girls come running to Eric, not far behind them trail Drew and Clem. As they get closer I hear him ask her name, before she can answer I call out, "It's Claire, her name's Claire"

Lifting an eyebrow she stares at me, I laugh nervously, "Don't tell me that when we met you gave me a false name" Quickly realizing what i meant she wipes the puzzled expression from her face and smiles, "Nah just playing with ya"

Eric turns to me "You girls are welcome to travel with us, we're heading down to the coast and could use some extra fighters, we have plenty of food to share with you, and it wouldn't be just us that got some extra security"

i glance at Clem, who nods "Alright" I say We're in"