A/N: Not a part two, but same sort of theme as 'All Grown Up'.

AJ walked past his and Clementine's old bedroom. He had long since moved in with Tenn and Clementine had moved in with Violet. He stopped in front of the door as the memory of when they had first arrived popped into his head and he smiled. He had slept under the bed that first night, determined to keep Clem safe. All those years on the road before were just a blur in his mind now, something he could hardly remember. Though he was certain that Clementine remembered them much more clearly.

As he started to resume his trek, he heard a sniffle coming from inside the room and faltered. He held his fist an inch away from the door for a few seconds before making his mind up and knocking. the sound inside the room quieted and AJ spoke, "Can I come in?" he asked, not waiting for an answer as he pushed the door open.

Clementine sat up on her old bed, wiping furiously at her eyes. AJ could tell that she had just been laying down because of the wet spots on the pillow. "Are you okay Clem?" AJ asked worriedly, sitting down beside her.

"I'm... fine..." Clementine mumbled, looking embarrassed. AJ shook his head. He put an arm around her and pulled her into his side just like she used to do to comfort him when he was smaller.

"You can't lie to me Clem." AJ sighed as he rested his head on top of her tattered baseball cap.

Clementine chuckled and rested her head on his shoulder. "Okay, I'm not fine, but it's nothing to worry about. I'm just being silly."

"Do you wanna talk about it?" AJ asked, "When I'm sad talking to you always makes me feel better."

Clementine sighed audibly, "It's Violet."

AJ held up a fist threateningly, only somewhat joking, "Did she hurt you, do I need to hurt her?"

"What?" Clementine laughed through her tears, putting a hand on his fist and pushing it down, "No, it was just a stupid argument, not even worth fighting over. We're just both so... so stubborn it's hard to back down when things get heated."

The two sat together for a few silent moments. AJ not really knowing what to say and Clementine not really wanting to say anymore. Clementine leaned deeper into AJ's side, proud of the strong man he was becoming but missing the sweet boy he used to be all at the same time. She glanced around the room, the first home they had in forever, the home they had almost lost so many times but continued to fight for. The first home that AJ had ever known. The walls were now barren. She had taken her pictures and skulls with her when she moved into Violet's room. Violet was okay with the pictures but the skulls took some convincing. Eventually she bent though, she always did.

Clementine smiled and then frowned, remembering her fight with Violet, she sighed. "I was supposed to go fishing with Violet today, I don't know if I'm ready to apologize yet... will you go with me?"

"She should apologize to you." AJ glared, squeezing Clementine tighter before letting her go and standing. Clementine stood next to the boy, chuckling softly and smiling to herself as she looked up at him. He was Alvin's son no doubt, he was already standing a head above her and she was certain that he still had more growing to do.

As they walked outside and towards the gates Clementine spotted Violet sitting at a table with Minerva, Louis, Aasim and Ruby. It looked like they were playing a game. Violet looked up and their eyes met for only a second before Clementine looked away, cheeks reddening. AJ stared hard at Violet. He didn't know what their argument had been about, he didn't need to know. He put his arm around Clementine's shoulders, he was team Clementine all the way. If Violet had hurt her bad enough to make her cry, then she wasn't getting any smiles from him.

The two wandered down the familiar, well worn path that led to the fishing shack. They walked in silence, as they often did when they left the safety of the school gates. Keeping an ever watchful eye for walkers as they went. When they reached the shack they walked in to grab the spears. AJ noticed as Clementine's eyes darted to the heart in the back of the room, the heart that read 'V+M'. Her eyes quickly dropped to the ground, she grabbed a spear closest to the door and left.

AJ headed to check the traps as Clementine stood on a rock at the edge of the river, staring into it's depths but not really seeing. All she saw was that stupid heart and everything it represented. Every time she looked at, carved right next to a mattress in the most secluded part of the school, she couldn't stop the thoughts from running through her head and she hated it. Did Violet and Minerva come here often when they were together? Was this where they shared their first kiss? Was it where they would escape together, through the woods, hand in hand in order to enjoy some privacy? The images of the two them together on that mattress, bodies entangled, made her heart ache...

"Clementine!" AJ yelled, throwing his fishing spear like a javelin at a walker about ten feet away and coming towards Clementine. He nailed it right in the head and it collapsed.

"Uh... thanks AJ... my head was somewhere else..." Clementine flushed.

"Always keep your head in the moment when we're outside the gates." AJ chastised, repeating a lesson that she had taught him years ago. He pulled his spear out and joined Clementine by her side, setting down a rather full bucket of fish that he had collected from the traps.

Clementine chuckled, AJ had comforted her, protected her and now he was reprimanding her, all in one day. Oh how the tables had turned. "You're right pal, I'm sorry. Thanks for the save."

"You're welcome," AJ smiled, proud that he could protect his protector. "Were you... thinking about Violet?" He asked timidly. Clementine nodded, not wanting to share her thoughts with the boy. "Is it about that heart?" he pushed, Clementine looked at him, shocked at how perceptive he was. He was always watching her, for better or worse.

"Yeah... that's what we fought over... I told you it was stupid." Clementine sat down on the rock, AJ sat next to her, keeping an eye out for danger as they talked.

"If it's important to you, it's not stupid." AJ smiled, cocking his head at her.

Clementine took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, "I wanted to get rid of it, scratch it out, something. It makes me think of... bad thoughts. Violet doesn't see the point. She said if we scratch it out, I'll still see it and be reminded of the same thing... I know it's a dumb thing to fixate on, but everything has been safe and comfortable for so long, I guess my mind just needs something to worry about and if it doesn't have anything, then it makes stuff up."

Saying it all out loud made Clementine feel embarrassed, embarrassed about her argument earlier over something so trivial. She had literally fought for her life and the life of her loved ones more times than she could count and here she was getting upset about a stupid carved heart.

"Let's catch a few more fish to take back, then we can go... I'm going to have to apologize..." Clementine said with a groan.

The two stood and within minutes had caught more than enough fish to feed the group. "I'll put the spears up!" AJ yelled eagerly, grabbing the spear from Clementine's hand and running into the shack. Clementine waited, hands on hips. After more than a minute passed, she walked suspiciously into the shack, finding AJ leaned over the spot where the heart was carved.

"AJ, what are you doing?" Clementine asked, shaking her head.

"Fixing something," he grinned, holding his knife, stepping back to reveal his handiwork. The carving now had a very messy looking 'C' carved over the 'M'. Clementine smiled at her boy, a tear threatening to spill from her eye, touched at the concern he showed for her and his eagerness to make her happy.

"It's perfect." Clementine gave him a watery grin as she pulled him into a tight embrace. AJ noticed the tears in her eyes and hoped that they were happy tears and not that he had done something wrong. They left the shack, AJ picked up the nearly over flowing bucket and they headed back to the school.

The heart was still there, you could still see the 'M' beneath the 'C' but now whenever Clementine looked at it, she would think of her AJ. His pure heart and protective nature and his desire to do anything to make her happy.