"She's so cute!" Shel said, tickling Clementine gently with her finger.
Clem rolled around and giggled in Luke's lap, her pacifier almost falling out of her mouth. "Oh my god, she's so sweet. Alvin, look at her little face." Rebecca said, her face scrunched up at how sweet Clem appeared.
"If it's okay with Clem…do you want to hold her?" Luke asked.
"Can I?" Rebecca asked.
"Clem?" Luke said, looking down at the two-year-old in his lap. Clementine looked up at Luke with a smile and nodded. "Alright, here," Luke said with a smile, carefully passing Clementine over to Rebecca.
Rebecca held Clementine in a cradle, looking down at her with a small laugh and a wide smile. "She's so beautiful. God, I hope our baby turns out like her." Rebecca cooed.
"Huh?" Clementine said, with confused eyes, looking over to Luke.
"Rebecca's going to be a mom soon," Luke explained.
"Oh…okay," Clementine said, smiling contently through her pacifier. "So when's dah bird coming?"
"Huh?" Rebecca asked with a small giggle, raising her eyebrow.
"Chwiska said mommies and daddies when dey wants a baby, wike me, dey ask the bird, then it comes and gives dem a baby," Clementine said.
"Oh, right. Well, 'the bird' is coming anytime soon." Alvin said.
"When?" Clementine asked.
"We don't know, exactly. We just know it's soon." Luke said.
"Oh. Okay." Clementine said. "What if it happens durwing dah night?"
"I'm sure the bird's going to wake us up," Shel added.
"Wait, so…" Clementine continued.
"Hey, Clementine, you must be starved. I don't know what we can find for you to eat. I'm sure we can find you something, though. Sound okay?" Luke asked, attempting to stop the persistent questions.
Clementine nodded and reached her hands out for Luke. He scoffed to himself and picked Clementine up out of Rebecca's arms, holding her to his chest. "Alright, let's see if we can get you something to eat," Luke said, carrying Clementine into the kitchen. He sat Clementine down onto the kitchen counter next to him and bopped her on the nose with his finger and looked around the cupboards. He inspected around the different shelves, unable to find anything edible. He moved alone to a small corner cupboard he hadn't noticed before whilst searching the kitchen.
He opened the door and smiled, picking out a small can of beans. He took them out of the cupboard and looked at the packaging. Reading it in his mind, he looked at it with a smile, the only warning being found was 'unsuitable for children under six months.' "Bingo." He said with a smile, taking out a Swiss Army Knife from his pocket. Luke flipped open the can-opener tool and stuck it into the lid, he twisted it around until the lid popped open. "Did you find anything for her?" Rebecca asked, walking through into the kitchen with Shel.
"Yeah, kids can eat these right?" Luke asked, holding up the can.
"I guess so," Shel said.
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Rebecca said.
Luke put the can down on the table, picking a small teaspoon out of a nearby cutlery draw and moved Clementine over to the table. "Alright, let's take this little thing out," Luke said, gently taking Clementine's pacifier out of her mouth.
"Okie wokie!" Clementine said with a happy smile.
Luke stuck the teaspoon into the uncooked beans and lifted the spoon up in front of Clem's mouth. "Open up, sweetheart," Luke said.
Clementine opened her mouth wide, as Luke drove the spoon into her mouth, sliding it back out again whilst Clementine closed her mouth around it, repeating it a few times. "Luke, do you think I can talk to you for a second?" Carlos asked, leaning against the door frame.
"Uh…yeah, sure. Shel, Rebecca, you okay taking over?" Luke asked.
"Sure," Shel said, taking the spoon off of Luke.
Luke smiled at Clementine before walking outside the kitchen with Carlos. "What's up?" Luke asked.
"We still have a problem to discuss. What about the supplies for her?" Carlos asked. "We'll need food, diapers, clothes, blankets, things like that."
"I'm sure they'll be easier to get than normal supplies. It's finding them that's the problem." Pete said. "We think we know where to find a place, at least to get a map to the area."
"Where is it?" Luke asked.
"Becca mentioned she came across an old visitors shack for the fishing parks by the lake just before she found the baby. You could check there." Carlos said.
"Now, that brings up the second problem." Pete continued. "You know the rules, Luke. We go out in groups of three at least. We need someone to get supplies and go fishing; but we also need to get that map, not to mention getting supplies for the baby would take us a little further away from the fishing lake, but we cross that path when we come to it."
"Meaning?" Luke asked, crossing his arms, not seeing the point to the conversation yet.
"Meaning without you, we don't have enough able bodies," Pete said. "We all get nervous when the doctor goes out there. He's only the fall-back when we urgently need someone out there."
"So, without me, we don't have enough people to go out and get supplies. I get it. There are enough people to hang back and look after Clementine. It's alright." Luke said.
"You sure?" Pete asked. "The only alternative is we train Becca and Sarah help us out."
"I thought I said we're not bringing that up again," Carlos argued.
"Hey, Luke!" Shel beckoned from the kitchen.
"Look, Becca and Sarah don't go out unless Shel and Carlos say it's okay, alright? It's their decision. I'll talk to you in a bit." Luke said, walking backward through the kitchen door. "What's up? Clem all full?"
"She's starting to doze off a little," Rebecca said.
Luke looked over to Clementine, her eyes were getting heavy, as she kept trying to keep them open. He laughed slightly, picking Clementine up in his arms. "Let's get you to bed, huh?" Luke said. Luke was about to walk out of the kitchen when something caught his eye outside. He walked over to the kitchen window, peeking out at the setting sky, made gray by a towering, thick black cloud approached the cabin.
"Looks like a storm coming," Luke said.
"D-dah…dah s-s-storm?" Clementine quivered, gripping Cuddles, the teddy bear in her tiny hand.
"Yep. It'll be fine. Promise." Luke said, gently bouncing Clementine up in his arms. He walked back out the kitchen and up the stairs, back into his room. He shut the door behind him and walked over to his desk. He lay Clem down in her box-bed, making sure she had Cuddles next to her. "Need me to do anything before you go to sleep?" Luke asked.
"N-no, it's okay," Clementine said, her eyes fixed on the window next to her.
"You sure?" Luke asked.
Clementine nodded, slowly and held Cuddles close to her.
"…Alright, you just let me know if you need anything, okay?" Luke said, before walking over to his own bed.
He let out a sigh and looked to the ceiling. After a few minutes, Luke found himself falling asleep swiftly, exhausted from the long day.
So, sorry if this seems a little rushed with the dialogue. Busy day, thankfully, this chapter wasn't that important, I just wanted some cute Baby Clemmy, and I know you guys probably did too!