Chapter four, this is basically a bonding chapter between Luke and Clem. Hope you like :)


Luke's POV:

Fucking hell…Luke watched as Clementine was getting her arm stitched up, she barely moved. Sure, sometimes she bit her hand to stop her from squealing, but she looked as though she was in no pain what so ever.

Carlos had finished stitching up her arm and washed his hands. "You can bandage it can't you?" Carlos asked while looking out the window. "Yeah." She answered while observing her arm. Carlos handed her the bandages and she started to wrap them around her arm violently. "I'm gonna go check on Sarah, you're welcome to stay the night if you want to." Carlos said to Clem whilst he was hovering across the door. Clementine paused for a moment before she spoke, this got Luke worried. "Thank you." She said while wrapping her arm.

Carlos left the room. It was just him and Clementine now. He noticed Clem was wrapping her bandages very roughly. "Here, let me do it." Luke walked over to the stool Carlos was sitting and took the bandages from her hand and started to wrap them gently around her arm.

Nick's POV:

Nick saw Carlos leave the kitchen. "Forgot something?" Pete said while watching Carlos. "She's done." Carlos said, everybody gobsmacked. "Really? We didn't hear her." Nick said while looking at the kitchen door. "I know, didn't make a noise; barely moved." Carlos said while walking up the stairs.

Nick heard Luke's voice in the kitchen, and decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

He made his way to the kitchen door and opened it slightly, enough for him to see the two. "Nick, what're you doin'?" Pete asked while walking towards Nick to pull him away from the door. "Wait a sec." Nick said pushing his uncle away.

"Nick, this is just childish, they're talkin', so what?" Alvin asked while sitting next to his wife. "I'm tellin' you right now, Luke like's her, I'm sure of it." Pete pushed his nephew away from the door. "So what if he does." Pete said, quietly so Nick wouldn't get his ass kicked by Luke.

Nick started to giggle. "What's so funny?" Rebecca asked. "Luke's wrapping her arm, it's fuckin' hilarious!"

"Wait, what?" Alvin said about to get up, but was stopped by his wife. "Alvin, you're just as bad as him." She said angrily. Nick continued to peer through the door despite his uncle's orders.

Clementine's POV:

Clem didn't realise, but she was starting to like Luke, this was the first time she actually got the chance to look at him properly.

He looked very masculine, his hair was at a medium length, and he had some stubble on his chin.

Luke continued to wrap the bandages around her arm when she noticed he had a bruise on his head. Luke noticed Clem staring at him.

"Somethin' wrong?" Luke asked, making Clem jump and snap back to reality. "Nothing… you've just got a bruise on your head is all…" Luke didn't notice this bruise and felt his forehead. "That explains the headache." He laughed, making Clementine smile slightly. "How'd you do it?" Clem asked, somewhat concerned. "Must have done it when the lurkers were out there, no biggy" he said, reassuring Clementine. "Sorry." She said quietly, staring at her knee high converse boots. "Don't worry 'bout it, it's nothin'" He said when he finally tied the bandages on her arm.

When he tied them he kept his hand on her arm. "You okay?" Clem asked, leaning closer to Luke and going to grab his shoulder. "Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah." Luke removed his hand from Clementine's arm and went to the cupboards and grabbed two bowls and a box of oatmeal.

"You hungry?" Clementine was uncomfortable about accepting all this stuff from a group of strangers. Clem nodded slowly, so Luke filled the two bowls with oatmeal and placed a bowl in front of Clementine.

"Thank you." Luke smiled in response and sat next to her. Shit, this's awkward…

"So, I gotta say, you've got nerves of steel, considering you weren't screaming when you had metal in your flesh." Luke joked while he put a spoon of oatmeal in his mouth. "I'm used to stuff like that."

"What'd you mean?" He asked concerned as she finished her spoonful of food. "Well, when I was eleven I was bit by a dog on my other arm."

She rolled up her sleeve and showed Luke her scar. "Shit, that's one helluva scar." Luke said while staring at her scar.

Clem rolled her sleeve back down and continued conversation. "Had to stitch it up myself, my friend Christa showed me how to sew but, sewing flesh and a piece of cloth are two completely different things." Clementine joked, making the two of them laugh. Clem was about to take another spoonful when Luke asked her a question.

"What happened to your parents?" Clementine stopped. "If you don't mind me asking…" he said sadly. Clementine took a breath and placed the bowl on the side. "I was with a babysitter while my parents went on vacation to Savannah. Then the outbreak started and I met a man, Lee, he took care of me, we met up with other survivors and went to Savannah to find a boat and my parents. When he said that we weren't going to find my parents, I… I ran away, there was a man who said he knew my parents, turns out he wanted to kidnap me. So I ran away, and Lee got bit. We were walking through a herd of walkers when I saw…" Clementine paused before she spoke again, if it was any other person she would've stopped there, but she felt as though she could open up to Luke. She felt that she could trust him.

"I saw my parents, only they weren't my parents anymore, then Lee fainted and I dragged him into a store, locking us inside. He told me he got bit, and…" Luke looked at her and placed his hand on top of hers, trying to comfort her.

"I shot him, but as far as I know my mom and dad are still out there eating people. So yeah, they're gone." She finished her story and realised Luke had his hand on hers.

"Sounds like you've had a pretty shitty life." He said sadly, looking at Clementine with pity.

"I'm still alive aren't I?" She said sarcastically trying to change the mood. "Anyway, enough 'bout me, what about you?" Luke was almost surprised to hear Clem ask that question. Clem noticed his facial expression once she stood up and started to wash her bowl.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine." Clem wiped the bowl dry and placed it in the same spot Luke had got it from.

"No, I don't mind, when all of it started I was round Nick's house, I went back to mine but, they didn't make it. Ever since then, I've been with Nick and Pete. His mom died recently, so he might be a bit, you know." Clem's expression saddened, why did there have to be death everywhere, there was never a happy ending.

"Sorry to hear that." She said simply, then she looked out the window, it was very dark outside, and she could see a few walkers in the distance. Luke went over to Clem to see what she was looking at. He walked up closer to Clem and noticed a mark on her neck.