UPDATE: In case anyone is curious about the song that was played, I just listened to "Some Nights" by Fun. over and over again until that was what ended up being the song.

Anyways, enjoy :)

"Oh what's this?!" Ellie said with excitement.

After driving for what seemed like miles, Joel decided it was time to give their only running vehicle a rest and stopped in what looked like an old diner. The building seemed sturdy enough to hold over the holey roof and they hadn't seen an Infected for quite some time. They unpacked what little things they had and immediately set up camp. Joel did the sweep of any stray infected in the building, while Ellie looked around to see if there was anything they could use for supplies; the same routine thing they did wherever they went. But halfway through her searching, she looked to find a large machine set up on one of the walls. It was covered in a layer of dust and had some of the glass broken that decorated around it. Inside of the machine showed what looked like records and underneath that were many buttons and a slot that looked big enough for a coin to fit in. When it was clear Joel scratched the back of his head as he wondered over to what Ellie was curious about.

"That's a jukebox… a broken one but…" Joel said as he saw it come into view.

"A juke-what?"

"It was this machine that played music throughout diners back in the day. I can't believe this place still had one. Too bad we can't listen to whatever was on it." Joel sighed as he wiped off some of the dust from the top.

"Hey, someone was here before us and hooked it up to a generator!" Ellie smiled as she a cord that lead from the back of the jukebox to a generator that was on the other side of the room.

Ellie's emerald eyes sparkled as she ran alongside the wire, and tried to power it up. It took some effort but she eventually turns it on with a loud rumble. Joel sighed as he looked outside one of the broken windows.

"E-Ellie try 'n keep it down."

But it she only ran past him to where the jukebox stood, now turned on. The lights were very faded and glowed dimly. But it was enough to make the fourteen year olds eyes glow with excitement. She pressed on the buttons that moved the covers of music like a book. She finally stopped on one that so much of a faded cover that it was impossible to tell what song it even was. She pushed many different buttons until she saw it move onto the small turntable and began to play. Her face made a confused look at she listened carefully. She then turned to her protector and guardian, who was picking up the items that Ellie found before getting distracted.

"Somethin' wrong?" Joel asked her when he noticed her facial expression.

"Do you know this song?"

"Nope. If you don't like it, change it." Was all he responded as he began to scout out the place for more supplies.

"Eh. Maybe it will get better. But so far this sucks."

2 Hours Later

Ellie had put on the same song again for what seemed like the hundredth time. She never moved past the first song she played. As soon as it was over she would press all the buttons until she saw it go back on the turntable. Her dark ponytail would bounce to the beat as her worn out sneaker tapped to the beat. That was after the first ten times. Joel began to lose count after the twenties. He sat on a long wooden table using the supplies he found to medical kits and nail bombs. Whenever he looked over to Ellie, was eventually jumping around to the beat, he just sighed and went to back to his work. Ellie eventually looked around to find a partially broken broom and began to mouth the words into it as she stood onto of one the bar tables that was adjacent to the jukebox. Joel found himself nodding a little to the beat but would shake his head as soon as he caught himself doing it. After making his supplies, Joel then started to use the spare he would along their journey to make a few upgrades on his guns. The song looped again and Joel raised his head up.

"Would you please put on a different song? Aren't ya tried of this one already?" he turned to see Ellie with a big smile on her face as she began dancing around to the song again.

He chuckled a little but was drowned out by the song. Their eyes met for a second and he noticed they were full of life and happiness for once. But he immediately regretted letting himself catching him looking at her for she ran over to him and grabbed a hold of his wrist.

"You are going to dance with me."

"You're funny; no I'm not."

Ellie pulled on his wrist lightly.

"Ellie, no; I don't dance."

She pulled on his wrist harder.

"No."

She glared at him and pulled with more force.

"Ellie I don't—

She pulled on his arm hard and managed to get him off of the bench and lead him to the middle on the room. Once he was standing, she began to tap to the beat while waiting for him to move. He scratched the back of his messy black hair as he looked around awkwardly, trying to find a way out of this. But Ellie wasn't going to budge. She moved lightly to the song, her eyes fixed on him as she waited. He sighed as he moved his hips a little but was off beat. Ellie stopped and put her hands on her hips. Joel shrugged as he tried to walk back to the bench but Ellie grabbed him again and put back in the same spot. She looked at him with pleading eyes and Joel suddenly remembered Sarah and how she would always try and get him to do silly things like this. He never got to do those things because he always worked in order to keep a roof over their heads. But it was different now. He didn't know if they were even going to live through the next day. But if they weren't going to, then he wanted to least have this memory in the back of his mind. He half smiled as he tapped along to the beat and moved better in time. Ellie's mouth opened with excitement as she began to move freely on her own started jumping around again. Joel laughed as he watched her eventually grabbed a hold on her hand so they could dance together. She spun her around several times and moved with her as they danced together until the song finally ended. They both fell to the floor laughing as the song changed to something softer. Ellie stayed there looking up at the ceiling until her eyes fluttered closed. Joel heard her even breathing and laid a thin blanket over her. He then moved a piece of hair out her face and kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight baby girl."