Hey guys! So, after some thinking, I decided to make this a full story instead of a one-shot. I just had some ideas floating around in my head and
thought it would be cool to get them out, yanno? I will try to update next Tuesday or Wednesday. I didn't realize how long of a chapter this was until i
typed it all out on my tablet... But I guess that's good for you guys! I'll shut up now. Enjoy the chapter!
No One's POV
The hot sun woke Clementine up from her deep slumber. she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, clearing her vision. Her head was spinning.'God, what happened last night?' she asked herself.
She stood up, feeling sharp pain hit almost every part of her body. Mostly on her thighs. She felt like she could barley stand. She slowly walked over to the rest of the group, noticing they were all still sleeping. 'It must be early.' she caught sight of Luke sleeping, that's when the memories of last night came flooding back. Her heart started to pound intensely out of her chest. He was so drunk last night, he probably wouldn't even remember what happened. No matter how many times he said he wasn't drunk, she knew the truth. How is he gonna react when he wakes up? Even if he did remember, he might regret it.
She walked closer to his sleeping form, battling with herself if she should wake him up or not. She tried to stay positive. He couldn't forget a night like last night, right?
She slowly crept towards him. She knelt down by his side, God, he even looked good when he slept. The more she looked at him, the more she wanted to relive last night.
She nudged him gently. His eyes slightly opened. He groaned, turning his head to see who had just woken him, annoyance showing on his face. But his annoyance instantly turned to joy at the sight of Clementine's face. 'I knew he'd remember!' Clementine thought. The butterflies fluttered in her stomach.
Luke sat up, his look of joy turned into a look of pain. He instantly grabbed his head. "Ah, fuck, Clem. Did you hit me with a hammer before I went to sleep?" He asked with a chuckle, sending a smile Clem's way. "Let's just say, you had a long night." Clementine said, nudging him in the stomach. "Oh god, what did I do?" He asked sarcastically. Clem knew it could take him a little bit for his memory to hit him. She decided to stay silent. "Come on, Clem. Please tell me?" Luke asked. 'Does he really not remember?' Clementine felt her heart sink to the bottom of her chest. "Um... You just got a little bit crazy... that's all. Nothing too bad." Clem lied. He may not even wanna remember, so why try and force him? "Oh, okay... Are you okay?" He asked. She's okay. She's better than okay, considering the fact that the best night of her life was just taken away from her, why wouldn't she be okay? "Yeah, just fine, Luke." Saying his name even broke her heart. "Okay, just making sure." Luke said. And with that, Luke left to go and wake the rest of the group up.
Clementine wanted to tell Luke so bad. She wanted to at least be able to tell someone. Her eyes wandered over to Kenny. It seems that Luke has woken him up. Kenny was the only one Clem felt comfortable turning to. Well, she felt fine talking to Jane or Luke, but she can't in this situation. She sighed, making her way over to Kenny.
"Hey, Kenny." Clem said, forcing a smile on her face. She felt her stomach twist in nervous knots about how he would react. "Hey, darlin'. How you holdin' up?" Kenny asked. "Um, I'm okay..." Kenny gave her a suspicious look. "...Clem, what's wrong?" He asked, concern showing on his face. Clementine sat down beside him. "Kenny..." she couldn't find the right words to come out of her mouth. "Uh... I..." the longer she stalled, the harder it was for her to bring herself to tell him. Aside from killing Luke, he might be disappointed in her for even letting an older man touch her like that. Eighteen or not, she was still a little too young for Luke. "Clem, hon, you're scaring me a bit." Kenny said. "Last night... Luke..." "What did that fucker do to you? Did he hurt you?" Kenny snapped. The way he was reacting now made her even more nervous. "Well , um... he just got a little too drunk and started blaming himself for the deaths of our loved ones. It just made me think a little bit about... the people who died for me." It wasn't a lie that she thought about that. She always blamed herself for everyone's death. But that wasn't what she wanted to talk about right now. "Goddamn, that boy needs to watch what he says with you around. Don't listen to him, darlin'. It's no ones fault for what happened to anyone... Sometimes things just happen that we can't control." Kenny said, pulling Clem into warm embrace. "Thanks Kenny, I feel a lot better now." That was a lie. She felt like her heart had been ripped straight out of her chest.
Clementine walked over to where the rest of the group was at. She caught sight of Bonnie walking towards her. "Hey, Clementine. So did everything go okay last night? I noticed Luke drinking an awful lot before we left. Did he do anything... stupid or out of line?"
Bonnie asked. It's like she could hear her thoughts. "W-What do you mean?" Clem asked. "...Clementine... what did he do? You know you can trust me, right?" Bonnie asked. Bonnie did try to help everyone get out of the pen. Could she trust her?
"... If I tell you, can we just keep it between us?" Clem asked, desperation showing in her voice. "Well... that all depends on what he did." Bonnie said. 'Here goes nothing.' Clem thought. "Luke was being very... friendly." Clem said, not wanting to make Luke sound like a bad guy. "What do you mean?" "He started... hitting on me. But, he ended up going further than that. And lets just say... I let him." she finished. Bonnie's eyes widened as realization suddenly seem to hit her.
"Clem... did you guys... have sex?" Bonnie asked with a weary voice. Clementine looked to the ground. Her face said it all. Bonnie gave Clementine a weird look. "... Can I at least talk to Luke about -" "NO!" Clem interrupted. "He... He doesn't even remember that it happened..." she looked down to the ground, her heart spark with hurt. "Aw, Clementine... " Bonnie consoled the girl. "Bonnie... I'm trusting you not to tell anyone. Please just keep this between us. Please..." Clem asked. Bonnie didn't feel like she should hide this information, but she would for Clementine. "Okay..." How could Luke do something like that?
"You okay to go, Luke?" Mike asked, turning his attention to the limping man behind him. "Yeah, yeah, I'm good. If I start to crap out I'll let you know." Luke said. "Okay, well you do that. It's no trouble." Mike said, continuing forward with AJ in his arms. Luke trailing slowly behind him. Clementine realized that she had completely forgotten that Luke had been shot. She had been so selfish thinking about herself, that she hadn't put herself in Luke's shoes for a change. It was his birthday yesterday, and he had been shot in the leg. He didn't even have his family to spend it with. He had to spend it with people he was still getting to know. He was faced with the guilt of letting his entire group die. So if and when he remembers what they did, his emotions are going to be shooting through the roof. And it was at that moment, that Clem realized her and Luke weren't so different. She decided to look past what happened for now and with it later when she needed to.
"Hey Luke, how you holding up?" Clem asked. "Hey, Clem. I, uh, I'm doing okay. You?" "Things could be better." Clementine said, keeping heremotional mask on. Luke could never figure her out when she did that. "Things could be better for all of us, Clem. We just have to make the best of what we have." Luke said, lacing his fingers with Clem's. This caused her to flush. Remembering how his hands felt roaming her body... She had to stop. "We all have each other, and that's all that matters right now." Luke said, pulling her close. Luk felt like he had a 'deja vu' moment. Like he had been this close to Clementine before. And the weird part is, he actually liked it...
Clementine started to walk a bit ahead of Luke, noticing Kenny still keeping his gun aimed at Arvo.
"How much further?" Kenny demanded more so than asking. "Close. Very close. " Arvo said, still limping in front of Kenny. Kenny glared at him. "You've been saying that everytime I ask." Kenny growled in annoyance. Clementine loved Kenny, but he had to let up on Arvo a bit. "Please. Come." Arvo said almost desperately. Clementine felt bad for the poor kid. He had lost his sister, and now he is being held captive by Kenny.
"I'm really starting to think... You're full of shit." Kenny said. As he was talking, Clementine noticed something emerge from behind a tree very near to Kenny. Her breath shot up to panic as she called out to the broken man in front of her.
"Behind you!" she yelled as quickly as possible. Kenny turned around, his eye widening at the walker reaching out for him. "What the fuck?!" Kenny yelled as the walker took him down to the ground. Everyone's eyes widened as they began to panic. "Kenny!" Bonnie yelled. Instantly, Clementine pulled her gun out, sprinting over to where Kenny was at to get a better shot. A bullet pierce through the walker's head within seconds, The walker's lifeless body toppled onto Kenny. His breath was no in heavy pants. "Jesus Christ." Kenny said almost breathless as he pushed the body off of him. AJ's cries were able to be heard as everyone grew silent.
Everyone gather around Kenny. "That was close!" Mike said, holding the crying baby in his arms. "Fucker came outta nowhere!" Kenny said, pushing himself up off the ground. "That was real loud. Hopefully there aren't more of 'em." Bonnie said. "Yeah, well, lets move. WE don't want to be around to find out." Jane said, continuing to walk. "It's very close, come." Arvo blurted out of nowhere, urging everyone to follow him. Surprising, everyone obliged, and continued forward.
It was silent for a few moments. "There." Arvo simply said. "That piece of shit? It's half built" Kenny complained. "We're just here for the supplies." Jane informed him. Kenny decided to stay silent as everyone continued on.
Kenny's eyes widened as he stared at the frozen lake before him. "How the hell are we supposed to get across?" Kenny asked, glaring at Arvo. "Why don't we just go around?" Clementine asked, directing her vision to the woods on the side of the lake. "Too risky. There's probably a bunch of walkers there." Jane jumped in. "Lake safe." Arvo managed to say. "You better hope so." Kenny threatened.
Arvo stepped onto the ice with no hesitation. Kenny, on the other hand, followed cautiously behind him. Everyone else stepped on, treading slowly across the frozen death trap. There was no telling if this ice would break or not.
A crack was suddenly able to be heard. Instantly, everyone's heads turned to see Luke standing over the cracked area, panic filling the were able t be heard. Clementine instinctively started back towards Luke, Bonnie following close behind. "No! Don't come back here..." Luke said, horror showing on his face as he looked down. "Clem, you're light. You can get him out!" Bonnie told her. "No! Fuck- Clem, don't come near here!" Luke's voice echoed throughout the area.
Everyone's attention instantly turned to the moans that were able to be heard behind them. "How are they still moving?" Clem asked. "It must not be cold enough to freeze them yet." Jane said. Luke's breathing shot up to panic as he looked behind him. "Clem, go try to get Luke out of there!" Bonnie continued to scream at her. "Fuck, no! God- Clem, just give me a little time to get out. Just keep those walkers off of me-" "Clem get him out of there!" Bonnie screamed once again, ignoring Luke's pleads. "No, Bonnie! Shut the fuck up! Clem, look at me. Just keep those walkers off of me. Alright? All I need is a little time!" Luke begged her. 'I'd come back for you.' Her own words rang through her head. She promised him something she meant from her heart, and she intended on keeping that promise.
She started walking forward, slowly and cautiously. Luke's eyes widened as his heart began racing. He couldn't believe she was about to risk her life for him. He didn't want her to do this. Why couldn't Bonnie just shut the hell up like he had asked her to? He knew this was a bad situation and that tensions were high, but Bonnie wasn't thinking about Clem's well-being.
Clementine continued treading forward towards Luke. She could hear his mutters of "Please don't do this." or "Go back, Clem. Please." from time to time, but she ignored his pleads as she was almost close enough to grab him. She noticed Luke slowly reach out his hand for hers. She was so close, she could do this.
Here eyes instantly widened as she immediately felt the cold water surround her body. Her and Luke had both fallen through the ice, and were now struggling for their lives. She swam up to the ice, pounding on it with her fist as hard as she could underwater. She instantly felt a pair of hands grip her shoulders tightly as she felt herself being pulled down. She began to panic as air was starting to become a factor. Luke's heart started to race. He was not about to let Clem die. He swam up to Clementine, pulling the walker off of him and throwing it beneath him. The walker swam back up and grabbed Luke's ankle, the walker now pulling HIM down. He tried to swim upwards but to no avail. The walker must have been stronger than him. Clementine looked down, watching as sher friend was slowly being pulled downward. 'Id come back for you.' Her words continued to repeat in her head over and over again. Luke wasn't going to die. Not on her watch.
She swam up and grabbed Luke's hands. She pulled with all her mite, swimming up towards the surface. She managed to bing them back up the ice. Clem felt a pair of hands grab underneath her arms. She kept a good grip on Luke's hands, the walker still latched onto his leg. The both gulped for air as they were finally able to. The walker didn't seem to be moving much. 'It must have have froze from being underwater for too long.' Clementine thought. Bonnie pulled out her pistol and shot the walker in the head, making absolutely sure it was dead. Jane grabbed Clementine while Mike helped Luke up. "God, she's gonna fucking freeze to death!" Jane yelled as she sprinted to the unfinished building, Clementine barely hanging on to the woman. 'Did Jane care for me so much for the fact that she didn't even seem to be remotely worried about Luke?' Clem thought as she lay weakly in Jane's arms.
Clementine glanced over Jane's shoulder seeing Mike and Luke not far behind. Luke's sight focused on Clem for a moment. He gave her one of his cute awkward sideways smiles that made her heart melt. If her body hadn't been nearly frozen, she would be able to feel the heat rise to her cheeks. He continued to keep her in his view until they made it to the building.
Jane and Mike sat Clementine and Luke down on the couch next to the unlit fireplace. Kenny instantly sped over to Clem and pulled her into a loving hug. Clementine couldn't help but notice the expression on Luke's face. Was that a look of jealousy?
"God, darlin', are you okay? You scared me half to death doing something dangerous like that." He muttered into her shoulder. Luke's expression looked really angry now. Why was he being this way?
Clementine held Kenny close. It was nice to see how much he truly cared for her like she did for him. Kenny shot a glare Bonnie's way. 'What the hell is wrong with her?!' Kenny thought to himself. He turned around and focused his good eye on Arvo as he made his way over to the Russian boy.
"This is all YOUR fault!" Kenny belted out. "Kenny, calm down. Everyone made it out alive!" Mike said. "Barely. I almost lost the only person that matters to me because of this shithead!" Kenny screamed. He directed himself back to Arvo. "What? No speaka de english?" Kenny asked as he pushed Arvo, causing him to stumble backwards. Arvo glared up at the man. "Fuck you." He muttered quietly. 'Oh no...' Clem thought. 'This isn't going to end well...'
"You piece of fucking shit!" Kenny said before letting his fist collide with Arvo's cheek. Clementine's eyes widened as she watched the Russian boy fall to the floor. Kenny, who was now sitting on top of the poor guy, started repeatedly pounding on his face. "Kenny, stop! The poor kid's had enough" Bonnie tried to reason with the broken man, but he just kept going. He could feel the rage inside of him building up more and more, as the thought of losing Clementine haunted him. She was his on family left. He wasn't going to let what happened to everyone else happen to her.
"Kenny... Stop it!" Clementine weakly managed to say. Kenny immediately stopped what he was doing to look back at the girl, still seeing red. But his managed to soften up a bit. Clem continued to look at him desperately. "Just stop." She simply said, keeping her arms wrapped around herself to conserve any body heat she happened to have. Kenny could feel his blood boiling as he stood up off of the ground. He slightly turned his head to Clementine. "What? Lose your taste for this sorta thing?" Kenny asked, referring to the Carver incident. She knew he just hated when he was wrong and didn't mean what he said, but it still made her blood boil. How the hell was he going to compare Carver's actions to Arvo's? Carver killed EVERYONE. Their group was all gone. And Carver was to blame.
Jane walked back into the room, no one even noticing she left in the first place. Her eyes grew wide. "What the fuck happened?" she started. "Here." Jane said, throwing a box of food onto the floor. "He wasn't lying." Jane finished. Kenny walked over and grabbed a can of food, staring at the label. "How is a can of fucking chili gonna feed a baby?" Kenny asked, turning around to shoot a glare at the woman. "How is beating a kid to death going to help anyone?!" Jane retaliated. "This is your fault, and you damn well know it.' Bonnie jumped in. Kenny felt the guilt begin to wash over him. Clementine felt kind of bad that everyone was ganging up on Kenny.
Kenny looked down, his softened expression turning into anger. "I'm tying him up." Kenny said, trying to suppress the rage inside of him. "Fine." Jane simply said.
Jane made her way over to the fireplace. "I thought I had matches..." Jane said, searching her pockets. Clementine rummaged through her own pockets, pulling out a nail file. Jane smiled. "You kept it." she said, feeling her heart warm up.
She lit the fireplace. Luke joined Clementine by the warmth. She felt a blush creep across her face a bit.
Kenny tied Arvo up, leaving him against the stairway. "I'm gonna have a look out back for a while..." Kenny said, refusing to look up from the floor. "I'm gonna go on a supply run for the baby. That chili s'not gonna be enough." Bonnie said. "I'll go with you. " Mike started. "Jane, mind taking watch around the lake?" "Sure." Jane said, taking AJ and setting him in the comfy little bed she made him. "What about him?" Bonnie asked, referring to Arvo. "I don't trust leaving him here with Kenny. And Clementine and Luke can't exactly look over him. Hey Arvo." Mike said, turning his attention to the Russian. "Wanna come with us?" Mike said, lending him a hand. Arvo stayed silent as he looked to floor. Mike went over and untied him. "Come on, man." Mike ushered him, helping him up off of the ground. As they were all starting to walk out of the door, Bonnie gave Clementine a knowing look, causing her to blush. She was a lone with Luke. Again. Except now he was sober.
Clementine and Luke were silent for some time. Luke decided to speak up. "Ya gettin' warm at all?" Luke asked. "Truthfully, no. My wet clothes are kind of preventing that from happening." Clem said with a chuckle. Luke smiled. God, even in a bad situation, she still managed to make him smile. "Same here. We have to get out of these clothes." Clem coughed, her breath catching in her throat at his statement. What the hell was he trying to do to her? "E-Excuse me?" she squeaked out. Luke noticed what she was getting at and chuckled. This was very amusing to him. "You know I don't mean like that. Unless... you want to." Luke said, winking at her. Clem's eyes widened as her face turned pure red. Was he... flirting? "Clem, I was just teasin'. Don't worry." Luke said with a smile. He couldn't do that to her... Not after last night.
"Maybe we should search for some other type of clothing." Clementine suggested, her anxiety getting the best of her. Luke took a quick glance around the room. "Doesn't seem like there'd be anything for us in here. We'll just have to deal with what's around us." Luke said, beginning to peel off his shirt. Clementine tried to look anywhere but at Luke. 'I can't make this awkward. Just stay calm and act normal.' she thought. Clementine began to take off her own shirt, revealing her slim stomach. Her shirt was fully off now. Her black bra showing along with her B or C cup breasts. Luke's eyes glued to her form. This girl he seemed to always treat like a kid, was a woman. And he was just realizing it now. He felt like he was having another 'deja vu' moment again. Clem finally seemed to noticed his staring. Her heart started racing without her permission.
Luke coughed awkwardly, averting his eyes away from her while scratching the back of his neck. "So, uh. I never got to tellin' ya 'thank you' ... for savin' my life and all. You seem to be doing that a lot lately. I'm just... so happy you're in my life, Clem."Luke said. Clem could feel her eye begin to swell, the mist in her eyes blurring her vision. She ran over to him and leaped into his arms, causing them to fall backwards. She continued keeping her arms wrapped around him. Luke wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her tight against his chest.
Clementine sat up, her legs still straddling his lower waist. "You're a corny bastard. Did you know that?" Clem said giggling. "Oh, am I?" Luke asked with a smirk. "Yep." "i'm gonna make you at those words!" Luke instantly flipped them over, pinning Clem's hands above her head. His fingers began to glide against her skin. Clem started laughing and squirming uncontrollably. He continued tickling her sides as tears formed in her eyes. "L-Luke! Stop!" she managed to choke out. "Take back what you said!" Luke said, laughing along with her. "Okay, o-okay! I'm sorry!" Clem squealed out in laughter. Luke took his fingers away from her sides. She opened her eyes that she hadn't noticed been closed. Her laughing finally died down. She noticed Luke had this weird look on his face, looking into her eyes. Almost like he as mesmerized by her. His hands began to slowly roam her stomach. Her skin tingled in excitement. One of his hands slid up her neck and went to cup her cheek. Her breathing shot up. He continuously looked from her eyes to her lips. He began lowering his head down closer to hers, there lips just barely touching.
"I know of a way to keep us warm." Luke said in a quiet husk. She felt like her heart would burst out of her chest. The more his hands roamed her body, the more excited she got. The more she forgot about the world around her.
His lips came on top of hers, sending an electric shock through their bodies. Luke's hand slipped underneath Clem's back and pulled her body against his. He began to kiss her more roughly. He grabbed her legs and wrapped them around his waist as he started trailing his lips down her neck. All logical thoughts had left Clem's mind. She couldn't keep up with him. There were so many things going on at once, that it as just hard. This was a hell of a lot better than last night. Luke lifted her up off of the ground, bringing them to one of the finished walls. He kept Clem in his arms as he pushed her back up against the wall. His lips came to meet hers again, letting his tongue glide along her own.
Luke pulled away, leaning his forehead against Clem's. Bot of them were breathing rapidly. "Fuck, Clem. I didn't- ah fuck. I'm sorry... We have to stop. We just can't be doing this, you're way too young for me and-" Clem began to tune out Luke's babbling. She could feel her anger rising. Of course he just had to take this away from her.
"You didn't seem to mind last night..." Clem muttered without thinking. Luke's eyes widened as he nearly dropped Clem, but somehow managed to keep a good grip on her. "W-What?" He stuttered in shock.
The back door opened, a stressed Kenny walking in. "Hey, Clem. Feelin' up to-" Kenny paused at the sight in front of him. Clementine just now noticing she was still pinned against the wall with her legs wrapped around Luke's waist. Both her and Luke froze like a dear in the head lights. Kenny's shock instantly turned to anger.
'Oh no...' Clementine thought as she closed her eyes, hoping this was all just a bad nightmare.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I really hope you guys like the idea of it being a full story... It's actually only gonna about about 4 or 5 chapters long though. But please leave a review and favorite and follow and all that stuff! Hopefully I can update next week! Oh and sorry for any spelling errors. I didn't exactly proof read this chapter like I did the last one. Well, anyways, reviews give me more confidence to write. So, please review! Love you guys!
-Cheri
