Carley exited the car, she had no idea what Lee was planning to say, she could only hope for the best. Come to think of it, Carley didn't really know much about Lee besides his story about how he killed the man who was cheating with his wife. Then Carley realised one of the main problems with their relationship, she feared Lee missing his ex-wife. Where could she be? What might have happened? All valid questions that Lee would have, but the problem still stood, what if he didn't love her as much as she had previously thought. No, she thought, that's stupid. Surely, those moments they had with the Animal Crackers and the porch were all indicators that Lee and her had something. They kissed for Christ sake! Surely there was something there. But there was only one way to find out.
"Yes Lee?" she said doubtfully, as she approached him leaning on the rails of the car.
"You know the first time I met you, I didn't know what to think. I thought I had just found a second angel with my life in hell."
There it was again, second. She didn't like that word, her competitive nature didn't allow for it. Although, she trusted Lee and thought that he was probably Clementine he was referring to. "Yeah, I mean Clementine is quite the angel."
"Of course she is, I love taking care of Clementine and she's my whole world." Lee took Carley's hands and looked deep into her eyes, but doubt was creeping up behind Carley she was having minor flashbacks to Doug being attacked at the store. After all, she did admit to Lee that she thought she liked him.
"The only thing I need to ask is, are you ready to join that world with me?" and all of a sudden, Carley's doubts and fears and worries for her relationship with Lee vanished. She was about to fly off the train, but she kept herself level, she needed to give an answer.
"Of course I do Lee, I trust you more than anyone and I wanna…maybe…take this a step further" Lee kept a cheeky grin on his face, but for the first time in a long time, his cheeks blushed red filled with love.
"I know about your ex-wife and don't worry I won't talk about her...and I won't feel worried about it either."
"Well that's great, I wasn't thinking about her anyway." Lee retorted.
He realised how busy he's been with Clementine that he never even thought about his wife. Lee took himself back for a moment, he hadn't even thought about his wife for 4 months after going to jail for her. Lee knew he needed to abolish these thoughts and feelings for his ex-wife because he had just found the greatest women in this fucked up world. Carley.
"Are you sure, that this is what you want? Once you join me, I'm not the only thing you have to worry about." Carley pulled her hands away from Lee and was scared, she and Clementine had always gotten on well and there was no reason why she shouldn't take care of her.
"Sure, why not! I love Clementine, taking care of her, making sure she's ok." Lee pulled her in by the waist this was the closest they've ever been physically and they shared that moment that they were both looking for. Their kiss lighted the train with so much positive energy, it felt like the train was going faster and faster, but that was just their hearts. Racing with excitement, unable to stop.
"Lee… you know we have to hide this just for a little while?" Carley took a mini-step back, she didn't want to seem uninterested, just responsible.
"But, we need something positive to share to the group, everyone is just so negative these days."
"I know honey, but you can always sneak in a kiss here and there, just not in front of Katjaa, not right now."
"Ok I can live with that. I've been waiting for too long as is." They exchanged a quick peck.
"Wait. Did you just call me honey?" Carley's face turned to blank again "Yes…No…Shut up!" Lee smiled and chuckled to himself as she walked away.
Lily had heard the whole conversation and she had just come to grips with the fact that Carley and Lee were an item now. A single tear raced down Lily's face, not because she was jealous, but because she could have stopped something beautiful. The pangs of guilt had not left Lily yet, as she still thought about Ben and what had happened yesterday outside of the R.V. Lily emptied her pockets and found 60 cents, this reminded her of her father and she wondered what her dad might have said about all of this. Her dad hated Lee Everett and knew that he was a murder, but now so did everyone else. Times had changed and Lily needed to accept what her life had become now. Lily realised that her life was over the minute she started listening to her father, who is already broken through a death in their family. She had begun to learn the cycle of destruction that she was capable of creating and threw those 60 cents over board.
It was at this point that Lily had an emotional breakdown, tears coming out of both of her eyes, unable to stop. Lee and the others could hear her from the car, but dared not mention it. Chuck was the first to respond to the tears.
"Don't worry, nothing my guitar can't fix" he left the car and walked over to Lily. She was completely heartbroken by her total self-awareness.
"Wow you must be a monster." Chuck observed Lily a little bit longer and she stopped crying.
"Why do you say that?" Lily was curious to know why this utter stranger had just approached him.
"I've never seen so much kicking and screaming from a woman that didn't hate themselves… Judging from the high pitched nature and the amount that you've been screaming as you're crying, I'd say you're guilty."
Lily looked to the ground, he was completely right. "Yeah and?"
"And I know that you are a capable woman who is able to take care of herself." Chuck still kept a straight faced and never seemed like showing any sort of empathy.
"Have you ever been with a group before?"
"Obviously not" Lily stopped her tears and just stared at Chuck
"Then how could you possibly know what I've gone through?" She had a point, but this did not break Chuck at all, he continued to stare at the train tracks.
"Because I've never had a home, a group to call my own, but I know if I did have one, I'd sure as shit fight for it." Lily stood up and moved to the front of the truck, she didn't have any right to fight with Chuck, but she couldn't fight her natural urge to do so. She thought moving was the best thing she could do right now.
Chuck moved to the front just after her. "Do you want a drink?"
Meanwhile, Kenny was focused on driving the train. Eyes only on the road, never broke a sweat or a tear over Duck and wouldn't start now. Perhaps if Duck got to Savannah? No. Kenny knew, he felt confused, but he had that damn-straight-certain feeling. Just like the 's Dairy. He knew they were wrong and so was he, but he needed to keep trying. Kenny wouldn't stop this train for Duck, he wouldn't stop this train for himself, so that he wouldn't lose his son.
Lee had a tough decision make when he, Clementine and Carley saw Duck cough his first rag full of blood.
