So like promised i bring you all the fourth chapter on this story.
Beware folks, on this chapter we're gonna know Carver's backstory.
Art work from Deviant Art.
Chapter 4- Carver's story
Clementine couldn't sleep, the image of Christa and Omid's body were on her mind.
The guilt didn't left her alone, she blamed herself for their deaths, she didn't followed Lee's orders and just like Lee that could have been part of the cause for his death.
The blame of her guardians death had never left Clementine, and now she had Christa and Omid's death on her conscience too.
Clementine couldn't handle this heavy conscience, at the moment she needed to talk to someone. And there was only one person that she needed to talk at the moment.
So Clementine got up from her bed, she slowly opened the exit from her room and slowly took baby steeps towards Carver's office.
When she got there she knocked on Carver's door.
Inside the office Carver was still awake, but he didn't expect to hear someone knocking on his door at this time of the night.
"Who is it?" He asked.
"It's me." Clementine said.
Carver got up, he unlocked the door and opened it. When he opened it he saw Clementine looking at him with a sad expression and some tears on her eyes.
"It's late Clementine, what are you doing up at this time of the night?"
"I… I just need to talk… please." Clementine practically begged.
Carver understood that the girl was devastated, and he knew why "Come in and take a seat."
Clementine got in and sat on one of the chairs, while Carver sat on is office chair.
"So what is it that you wanna talk about honey?" He asked while leaning on his chair.
Clementine took a few seconds to find the right way to say it, so she only said. "It's all my fault."
Carver looked confused "About what honey?"
"Christa, Omid… Lee, it's all my fault… all my fault." She said.
Carver leaned forward until his face was only inches close to her face "Honey look at me." Clementine lifted her head and looked at Carver straight in the eyes "None of this is your fault honey, Lee's death isn't your fault, you wanted to find your parents, like any other child who lost their parents, and when someone tells you that they have your parents or another loved one, anyone would put itself at risk in order to reunite with the loved ones, including myself if someone had kidnapped you and told me were you are, even if it's a trap I would go, even if means putting my life at risk, that's exactly what Lee did, and I refuse to think for a second that Lee would blame you for it."
Clementine listened to this wise words very carefully, it's true that Lee would risk his life in order to save her, and it's true that anyone in Clem's position would do the same-thing. "But what about Christa and Omid?" Clementine asked.
"Their deaths are not your fault." He said firmly.
"But if I had found them like Lee had told me to, then they wouldn't be dead." Clementine said.
Carver shook his head "Out there honey, anybody can die no matter what, if you had gone with them then you could have been the one who would end up dead or worst you would end up alone." He said "Instead you made the wise choice of coming with me, now you're on a safe place with food, and you're becoming stronger by the day." He continued "Never blame yourself for their deaths Clementine." Carver concluded.
Clementine now realized that what Carver was saying was nothing but the truth, if she had gone with Omid and Christa, she could of ended like them, or worst.
But there was something else bothering Clementine too.
"But what about in the future, how can I guarantee my friend's safety?" She asked.
"Is there something more in your mind honey?"
"Most people here, treat me like I'm some sort of useless little girl, only you and a few others treat me like a real worker." She said, before her face turned from sad to a firm some what angry expression. "I'm done with all of that, I'm tired of everyone always treating me like some little girl that doesn't know better, I'm done being vulnerable."
Carver was impressed, but he didn't changed his expression "Then don't be."
"I want to fight for this place, I want to protect it too, I save this people and more, I want to make this place even better." She said "I want to become this community's leader."
Carver felt happiness and pride, Clementine finally understood her destiny, and now Carver had a future heir for his community, and he was going to train her, even if that means that he had to raise her like her own daughter and adopting her.
"I'm glad that you finally see you're role in this community, we can start tomorrow if you want, I'll teach you everything I know in order for you to become a great leader, to make sure that the new generation becomes stronger than the previous one." Carver said. "Because me and you are very alike honey, even if it doesn't look like it."
Clementine was happy that Carver had accepted he request, but she just needed to know one more thing.
"I have one more question."
"What is it honey?" Carver asked.
"What's your story?" Clementine asked.
Carver looked at her confused "What do you mean by that honey?"
"On the first day that I came here I told you my story, but I don't know anything about your past, in fact the only thing that I know about you is your name." Clementine said.
Carver did not expected that question from her, nobody had asked about his backstory. Just like everybody he had a backstory and like everyone else, something happened that made him into what they see now, but he had never told anyone about his past to anybody. Until now.
Carver got up from his office chair and walked towards the office window. He looked at his community, thinking if he should really tell his story, but then again, he realized that if she was going to be the future leader of this community, then they needed to know each other better.
So with a sigh Carver went back to his office chair and looked at Clementine.
"If we're gonna have this conversation honey, then there are somethings that you need to understand."
"Ok" She said.
"First of all, my past is only between us. Can you promise me that you won't tell nobody about my past?" Carver asked.
"I promise." Clementine promised.
"Good. Second of all, after you know my past I'm gonna start training you tomorrow, I know some people won't agree with it, but with time we're gonna show them that you're not some fragile little girl." Carver said.
"I'm ready." Clementine said.
Carver smiled at her confidence, he closed his eyes for a second and sighed.
"I guess I should start from the beginning, and I mean before all of of this." He started "I was born on North Carolina and grew up on an half decent neighborhood, my childhood was… normal, there's really nothing much I can say about it, one thing I gotta say is that I own my father a lot."
"How come?" Clementine asked.
"Let's just say that my dad was an hard and strong man, in fact he used to be a drill instructor back on the war, but there was one thing he always was and that is fair, whenever he got mad at me or If I was faced with a tough decision I always remember his wise words. 'William whatever you do, for how wrong or fucked up it may seem, make damn well sure that the outcome will be beneficial for your family and loved ones, because in the end that's all that matter, and the guilt of your actions will disappear in time knowing that you helped many', he always said that to me" Carver told Clementine
"He was also a fan of guns he had all types of guns, from different time periods, in fact the revolver I carry around with me belonged to him, and I have another one in my desk drawer." Carver smiled at the found memories he had of his family.
He then sighed and continued " Well anyway they both died before all of this and I never had any siblings. Did you loved your father too Clementine?"Carver asked.
"With all my earth, he gave me this hat, he was also a big fan of baseball." She smiled sadly.
"He sounds like a smart man." Carver commented "So anyway, on my school years I studied to become a teacher, but I also studied politics and I also studied to become an architect, so at 21 I had a nice job and my own house, but I was lonely… and that's where I found my future wife to be." Carver said smiling sadly.
"If I remember correctly I was working as a banker back then, it was just a normal day the first time I saw her. Hell even the first time I saw her I really had no idea I would end up marrying her." He admitted.
"Who was she?" Clementine asked.
"Her name was Samantha Jackson, and she was the most beautiful woman that I had ever seen." Carver smiled at the memory of her beloved "Like I said, I was on my job as a banker back then, and she came to me without a warning." Carver remembered.
Flashback 1997
A young William Carver was sitting on his chair, signing paper work and working on his computer (a Compaq Deskpo 4000N).
The day looked like any other day, nothing much seemed to be happening out of the ordinary.
Until one young lady went to his desk, she was about 26 years (10 years older than carver), she had beautiful black skin, chocolate colored eyes and long ebony hair.
Carver noticed her "Can I help you miss?"
The woman grabbed a chair and sited it "Yes I would like to open a bank account."
Carver nodded in understanding "Name please."
"Samantha Leslie Jackson." She introduced herself.
Carver let out a chuckle "Do your friend ever called you Sam L. Jackson?"
Samantha smiled "They have called me that ever since I saw Pulp Fiction with them. Do you like Pulp Fiction?" Samantha asked.
Carver nodded "Love it, it's one of my favorite movies, right next to Scarface." Carver said.
"I like that one too, although in terms of movie director I always preferred James Cameron." Samantha argued "I loved the movie Aliens, even if it wasn't has scary or atmospheric as the first one."
They kept talking about movies and sharing laughs together. Until Carver remembered what he was suppose to do "But anyway, can I'm gonna need your ID number." Carver said.
Samantha gave Carver her ID number. And with that Carver was able to finish opening her new bank account.
"So here you go, I thank you for trusting our bank with your savings." Carver thanked.
"I'm the one who should be thanking you." Samantha smiled.
"If you need anything else with your account, you just need to ask and we'll make it happen." Carver said.
"Will do." Samantha said before leaving.
Present time.
"That's a funny way to meet someone." Clementine said,
Carver chuckled "I know, and the fact that she would become my future wife, makes it funnier." Carver admitted.
"But how did you two fell in love?" Clementine asked.
"We didn't exactly fell in love at first sight, in fact after that day I didn't saw her for 4 months." Carver admitted.
"Then how did you two fell in love?" Clementine insisted
"It was at the movie theater, of all places." He started "At the debut of James Cameron Titanic."
Flashback 1997 at the movie theater in Atlanta.
Carver was happy, not only he had a great day at the office but also because he was going to see the new James Cameron movie.
The movie was about the 1912 cruise disaster Titanic, and Carver couldn't wait to see James Cameron vision of it.
When Carver entered the movie theater, there was a huge line at the ticket boot, I guess that he wasn't the only one eager to see the new hit movie of the year.
He got on the line and waited.
But then he noticed someone quite familiar in front of him.
It was Samantha "Excuse me ma'am are you Samantha Jackson?" Carver asked.
She turned around, when she saw Carver she smiled " Oh hey! You're that banker guy, that opened me an account." Samantha said "Your name is Carver right?" Samantha asked.
Carver nodded "Yes that's me, but don't have to call me Carver, I prefer to be called Bill."
"Well then… Bill. I didn't expect you here." Samantha said.
"I could say the same."
"Oh I wouldn't miss this movie for anything." Samantha said "I mean I grew up with my grandfather telling me stories about the Titanic, and now I can enjoy James Cameron take on the tragedy." Samantha explained.
"Funny, I'm gonna watch that movie too." Carver said surprised "I'll tell you what why don't we help each other buying the tickets, with that we could watch the movie side by side." Carver proposed-
Samantha raised her bows and gave Carver a seductive smirk "Are you asking me out on a date?"
Carver's face flushed red like a tomato "No… I meant as friends." Carver said embarrassed.
Samantha giggled when Carver's face changed color "Alright we can do that." Samantha accepted the proposition.
With that they were able to buy tickets and they got seats next to each-other.
The movie turned out to be a love story set on the Titanic were a low born young man named Jack meet a high born young woman named Rose and they felt in love with each-other. But (big shock) Rose was already promised to so to me high born guy and her mother hated the fact that her daughter had fallen in love with some low born guy. The story was pretty cliché and some of the characters were too cartoonist. But what made this movie great was the special effect made for the cruise ship were amazing, It really looked like that the Titanic had been brought back to life.
Plus the two main characters were great (I mean anything with Leonardo DiCaprio is always gold).
At the end it turned out to be a sad movie, when Jack died on the icy waters of the Atlantic on Rose's arms a lot of the crowd started to sob and cry.
Carver looked to his side and he saw Samantha sobbing with tears streaming down her face, Carver wasn't crying but either way he put his hands on top of her hands, and that calmed her a bit.
When the movie was done Carver brought Samantha to her place, and she gave him her number.
They would hang out more times in the future.
Present time.
Clementine listened to Carver's story and smiled, She found it funny and cute how could two people fall in love on the movie theater of all places.
"That's a funny love story." Clementine commented.
"I know right? To think that she was my client at my job, it truly makes me believe that love can truly bloom in all places." Carver said.
"Do you think love can bloom on a world like this?" Clementine asked.
"I do Clem, when the world goes to shit people don't have much to lose, and some of them are able to find love." Carver explained
"When did you two got married?" Clementine asked.
"Everything at it's time Clem, before I talk about my marriage, I need to talk about this particular date." Carver said "This date happened in 1998 and changed the relation I had with Samantha forever."
Flashback to 1998
Carver was driving on his 1998 Chevy with her friend/girlfriend Samantha, they were going on a date, but only Carver knew were they were going.
"Where are we going Bill?" Samantha asked.
"It´s a surprise, just wait a little longer." He said "You'll love this is promise." Carver guaranteed.
"Oh now I'm curious,,, and kinda excited if I'm honest." Samantha said.
Carver continued driving for about 20 minutes more. After that he parked.
"We´re here." Carver announced.
Samantha was confused "Here where exactly?" Samantha asked.
"Look to your left." He said
Samantha did so, but when she looked left her eyes winded and her mouth was gaping open.
Right in front of her was a Big Kahuna burger joint (the same burger line made for the movie Pulp Fiction)
Author's note- For the record I know that Big Kahuna was a made up fast food chain made only for the movie and that it was referenced in other Tarantino movies, and I know that a Big kahuna was built in 2013 by a fan of Tarantino's work, but for the sake of this joke let's just pretend that it was built in 1998.
Samantha couldn't hold her smile "Wow… I can't believe that you really went there."
"You wanna get in?" Carver asked.
"Hell yeah I want!" Samantha exclaimed exited.
So with that they got out of the car and preside to enter the fast food joint.
The inside of the restaurant was basically what any fan of the movie would imagine the restaurant to be, it was a Hawaii themed fast food restaurant.
They found an empty table for two and they picked up the menu (it was full of pulp fiction references).
After a while a blond waitress came "Hi there! Welcome to Big Kahuna! Can I get you two lovebirds anything?" The waitress asked.
"I'll have a royal with cheese and a 5 dollar milkshake." Samantha said.
"I'll have a royal too and a vanilla coke." Carver said.
The waitress smiled "You guys just choose the 'tasty burger', nice!" She said as she wrote down the order "What temperature do you want your burgers, burnt to a crisp or bloody as hell?" The waitress asked.
"I want my burger burnt to a crisp." Samantha ordered.
"I want mine bloody as hell." Carver ordered.
"Thank you guys the burgers will be out in a second." She said before heading to the kitchen.
While they waited they looked at the place, it was busy and packed with people (they were lucky to find a free table).
"When was this built?" Samantha asked breaking the silent between them.
"It was opened 6 months ago, by some guy with money who is a big fan of Tarantino's work, he built this place to honor the movie and to honor his love for burgers." Carver explained.
"Well whoever built it did a fine job., this is exactly how I imagined how the restaurant would look when I saw the movie." Samantha praised.
After a little while the waitress came back with the food.
"Here's the two 'tasty burgers' for the two love birds, a vanilla coke and a 5 dollar milkshake." She said while placing the items on the table.
Carver looked at the burger, it was your typical cheese burger with lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and mayo. But how did it taste?
Samantha was the first one to take a bite of her burger "Hmm this is a tasty burger." Samantha praised.
Carver took a bite on his own burger, and he had to agree that was a pretty tasty burger indeed.
He then looked over to Samantha and saw her taking a sip of her 5 dollar milkshake.
"Can I take a sip of that? I really need to know what a 5 dollar milkshake tastes like." Carver asked.
"Sure help yourself." Samantha said offering him the milkshake.
Carver took a small sip of the milkshake and nodded "Goddamn, that's a pretty fuckin' good milkshake. Not worth 5 dollars but it's still pretty fuckin' good."
After they finished eating, they stayed silent for a moment
"I'm so glad that you've brought me here." Samantha broke the silence.
"We've been dating for 5 months now, I needed to do something special." Carver said.
"Well this is special alright, I fell like I'm being filmed and we're both actors acting on a movie" Samantha commented "All that we need is some cocaine and a dancing." Samantha added,
Carver chuckled "I wouldn't mind the dancing, but I'll have to pass on the cocaine."
Samantha let out a chuckle herself.
"But anyway I think I'm done." Samantha announced.
"Me too." Carver said looking at his empty burger wrap.
"I guess I'll pay the bill." Samantha said grabbing the wallet.
"No! Let me pay it." Carver offered.
"Oh! What a gentleman," Samantha said mocking a bit-
So with that Carver payed the bill like a gentleman (30 dollars but whatever.)
They got out of the restaurant.
"I really had a great, you can leave me at my place." Samantha said.
On the trip to Samantha's place, no words were shared between them.
After 30 minutes they arrived.
"Well, this is it, I hope you had a good time, I sure as hell had." Carver said.
But Samantha was not done yet "You know I'm not tired yet, would ypu like to come for some… hot coffee?" Samantha asked.
Carver was confused, he knew that those words had a different meaning but he couldn't put his finger on it. But either way he couldn't refuse an offer of her friend/girlfriend.
"Sure, why not." Carver said unsecured.
"Great! Let´s get inside." Samantha said.
With that they got out of the car and entered her house.
Present Time.
Carver smiled at the memory of her beloved wife.
That little joke with the date at the Big Kahuna really did took their relationship to the next level.
Clementine understood that his date had changed their relation, but she didn't understood the the hot coffee part.
"What happened inside her house?" Clementine asked.
Carver was not expecting the question.
"Well honey me and her had… some hot coffee." Carver said, his face blushing red with embarrassment.
But then again that was one hell of a good hot coffee.
Flashback 1998, Samantha's house.
Samantha opened her house door and let Carver in.
Her house was modern and well cleaned.
"Can you make the coffee Bill?" She asked "I gotta go grab something.
"Sure." Carver said.
Samantha went to her room and Carver went on to make the coffee.
"Hey Samantha! What kinda coffee do you prefer?" Carver asked.
"I'll take a espresso intense." Samantha said from her room.
With that Carver made two espresso intense, when he finished making them he could hear footsteps coming from behind him.
"Is the coffee ready?" Samantha's voice asked from behind.
"Yes ma'am, It´s right about done..." Carver said while facing Samantha.
But when he faced Samantha his eyes widen and his mouth gaped open.
There in front of him was a topless Samantha, the only clothes that she was wearing were some black panties.
Carver took a moment to truly appreciate how beautiful she truly was, Her breast were firm and big (but not to big, they had the perfect size), her legs were long and shiny, her lips looked so soft and her hips were pretty wide (but not to wide).
"Oh, I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?" She asked with a seductive look on her face.
"Uh… the coffee is ready." Carver said handing the coffee hover to her (his hands were shaking)
They slowly drank their coffee silently without saying a word to each other, there was a some what awkward silence in the air.
When Samantha had finished her coffee, she placed the empty mug on the table.
"You know Bill." Samantha started. "I really appreciate what you've been doing with me and I'm not just talking about today." She continued.
"There's no need to thank me." Carver assured
Samantha shook her head "No I really need to thank you, for everything. I fell like…" She began "Wow! This is gonna sound cliché, but I fell like that we are… meant to be." Samantha finally said.
"Is there something on your mind?" Carver asked.
"Samantha reached out and caressed Carver's beard cheek "Would you like to spend the night?"
When she said those words, whatever resistance Carver had against his urges was gone when he heard that.
Carver slowly reached out for her and Samantha wrapped her arms around Carver´s neck.
They shared a long kiss on each others lips.
While kissing Samantha's hands went for his shirt, she unbutton it leaving Carver bare chested.
Not breaking the kiss, her hands went for his pants, she unbutton them leaving Carver on his underwear.
With that they broke the kiss.
Her hands went for his underwear, she started to caressing his member (not taking the underwear off).
Carver grunted in pleasure at her touch.
"That´s a big boy ain't it?" She said seductively.
"Would you like to see the rest?" Carver asked.
"In my room big boy." she winked at him.
"Yes ma'am." Carver said before picking Samantha up and leading her to her room.
When they got into the room, Carver placed Samantha on her bed and he got on top of her. He started kissing her neck, Samantha groaned at the felling.
He then stopped and looked at her straight in the eyes "Do you really want this?" Carver asked.
When Carver asked that question, Samantha's expression became sad and at the verge of tears.
"What´s wrong? Have I done something wrong?" Carver asked confused.
She shook her head "No, it's not you Bill… it's just that I've been all alone in this empty house for four years, and in these 5 moths that have passed have been the best ones I ever had." Samantha explained "I don't wanna be alone no more, I wanna have someone on my side when I wake up, I want some 'human contact', but most of all I want… a family." Samantha finally said.
Carver reached out and caressed her cheek, whipping away a silent tear that escaped from her left eye.
"You don't have to be alone anymore" Carver began "I'll always be here for you. Always." Carver guaranteed.
Samantha smiled "Just take me right now Bill."
"Yes ma'am."
After that Carver took off his underwear and Samantha stripped her panties and spread her legs.
For the next 45 minutes Carver and Samantha made love. They started with a missionary position, Carver was on top of Samantha thrusting his member in and out of her. Then they changed position and Samantha got on top of him and started riding him hard and fast.
They continued with the position until Samantha felt it. "Oh Bill! It's coming Bill I fell it don't stop!" Samantha moaned.
"Me too!"Carver groaned.
After that it finally had happened. Both Carver and Samantha ejaculated at the same time.
Samantha rested her head on his chest, they were both sweaty and tired.
"Bill." Samantha called.
"Yes?" Carver asked.
"I love you." She said.
"I love you too." Carver said as well.
"Will you marry me?" Samantha proposed.
"I should be the one saying that." Carver chuckled.
"But will you?" Samantha asked again.
"I will." Carver said "But will marry me?" Carver asked (but he already knew the answer.
Samantha looked at him straight in the eyes "I will." She said before sharing a final kiss and went to sleep.
Present time.
Carver obviously didn't told Clementine about the sex part, he basically told her that hey had coffee and that they decided to get married after the coffee (it was fine coffee indeed).
"So you two had coffee and decided to get married right away?" Clementine asked a bit confused.
"I know it sounds weird darling, but then again me and my wife weren't the most normal couple." Carver tried to justify.
"I guess so." Clementine said still a little confused "Then what happened next?"
"Well after that day we got married after 2 months of preparation." Carver remembered.
Flashback 1998 at a church.
After 2 months of preparations, it finally came the big day.
Carver was about to get married to the woman he most loved in this world.
The church they choose was a simple church nothing too fancy, and it was big enough for Carver's family and Samantha's family.
Everything was payed by Theodore Jack Carver (Carver's father) which was both good and bad.
Good because that meant that Carver and Samantha would have more money for the honey moon.
And it was bad because everything else besides the cake and the church was payed has cheap as it could be.
The flowers were made of plastic, the food consisted on your typical cocktail wienies and cheese crackers and chips and Theodore had filled bottles of expensive fine vintage wine left overs from other parties with cheap wine. It felt like the wedding was planned and bought by J, Jonah Jameson from the Spiderman movies (the second one).
But either way they were not there to eat, they were there to finally be reunited for life.
Just like any other wedding the bride and the husband would meet at the altar were the priest would declare them as husband and wife.
Carver was on a dressing room dressing his James Bond type suit.
He then heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Carver asked.
"It's your old man!"
"The door is open." Carver said.
The door open and there entered Theodore Carver and Diane Carver (Carver's mother).
Carver got up "Hi mom, hi dad."
His mother was the first one to talk "Oh William you look so handsome in that suit." She said adjusting his son's bow tie.
"You look like a true American James Bond." Theodore praised "You gonna need a electrical fence to keep your woman off of you after the wedding!" He joked.
Carver chuckled at his dad's humor while Diana just rolled her eyes "Jack be nice."
"Am I lying? I mean look at our boy, any lady would be craving for a piece of him." Theodore commented with a laugh "But anyway, Diana why don't you go check on the bride or something, I need to talk to our son alone."
Diana nodded and got out of the room.
"William, come here boy let me take a good look at you." Theodore said before placing his hand on Carver's cheek "Look at you boy. But I guess you ain't much of a boy now, you're an exact image of myself when I was your age, except for the eyes, those are..."
"My mother's eyes, I know that dad:" Carver said finishing his father's sentence.
Theodore gave him a sad smile "You're a smart guy William, you've always been." He praised "I've had my ups and downs during my life, from graduating, to my father getting on that car crash and paralyzing him from the waist down, to having to turn a bunch of sorry excuses into soldiers back in Vietnam and when I meet your mother" Theodore talked about his ups and downs of his life "But my greatest achievement them all was you son, you're my greatest and proudest achievement" Theodore said having a tear escaping from his left eye.
Carver wiped his father's tear "Come on dad there's no need for that."
"You're right, this is suppose to be a happy day, there's no room for my sob story." Theodore said recomposing himself "I may not live to see my grandchildren born, but remember what I always tell you William, if you see yourself in a situation were your friends ans family are in danger, don't be afraid to step out of the line, no matter how bad or fucked up your actions may seem, just make sure that those said actions are beneficial for those close to you, because at the end that's all that matters, and that guilty felling that you have at the moment will disappear when you realize that you just saved you're family." Theodore told that sentence that Carver had heard countless times on his childhood "Because at the end the safety of your family or your group is all that matters at the end." Theodore finished.
Carver always felt inspired every time he hears those wise words.
But then a knock on the door was heard "Hey Bill it's time."
"Well time for the ceremony, I'll bring your bride to the altar." Theodore said.
With that made his way towards the church's altar, there all his friends and family members were reunited (including Samantha's). On the center of the altar was a priest dressed in withe robes.
The suddenly the main door opened, everybody stand up and there she was, Samantha Jackson on a elegant with wedding dress, she looked as beautiful as ever.
She slowly made her way to the altar with a smile on her face.
When she arrived at the altar the priest opened the bible "Brothers and sisters, we are here today to reunite husband and wife in holy ceremony." The priest started.
While the priest continued talking Samantha and Carver were whispering to each other.
"You look beautiful." Carver whispered.
"You too handsome." She whispered back. "I heard your dad payed for everything."
Carver let out a silent chuckle "That explains the plastic flowers, and the fake caviar."
"And the fine vintage wine bottles filled with cheap wine." Samantha added "I don't know what the future holds for us Bill, but as long as I'm with you I couldn't give a damn." Samantha whispered.
"We'll be fine Leslie, I promise."
"I need to tell you one more thing Bill." Samantha said
"What is it?" Carver asked.
"I'm pregnant."
Carver couldn't believe it, he was going to be a father. Better late then never.
After a while the ceremony was close to the end.
"William Bill Carver will you take this woman to be your bride?" The priest asked.
"I do." He said.
The priest then turned to Samantha "Samantha Leslie Jackson, will you take this man to be your husband?" The priest asked.
"I do." She said.
"The I here declare you husband and wife until death takes you apart." The priest announced "If any of the people present wishes to say something, speak now or forever be silent."
Nobody said anything.
"Well then, everything seems to be in order, you may kiss the bride." The priest gave authorization.
The newly wed wife and husband tuned to each other and gave a big kiss on the lips.
The entire church filled with claps, Carver tuned to see his mother crying from happiness and his father, who was crying too but he hid it better.
This was indeed the best day of their lives.
Present time.
"After we got married we went to our honey moon." Carver continued telling the story to Clementine "We decided to spend our honey in Europe, For two weeks we traveled all around Europe."
"Your story is beautiful, like one of those fairy tail stories." Clementine said.
"Well it does have it's share of romance… and also tragedy." Carver said.
"How come?" Clementine asked.
"My father died two months after the wedding, I found out that he had liver cancer." Carver began "And my mom died a week after from a heart attack." Carver continued "It was hard for me at first to digest it all, my father was my hero, he was the one that I became the leader I am today, and my mother was always nice and caring."
Clementine understood what Carver felt, she could still remember how devastated she was when she saw her parents as walkers.
"But I had Samantha, and she helped me get over it." Carver said.
"Like how you helped me get over my parent's death?" Clementine asked.
"Yeah kinda like that honey." Caver confirmed "Anyway, with the money that was heritage tome by my mom and dad, we bought a house close to the city of Atlanta with enough room for me. My wife and any future children." Carver said "And after 7 months it finally my wife's pregnancy came to an end."
Flashback to 1999
Carver was nervous and filled with anxiety, this was the day were he was going to see his child.
This is what happened, he was working like any other day, and then suddenly his phone rang. It was Samantha, she was telling Carver that she was at the hospital and that her waters had just broke.
Carver immediately stopped whatever he was doing, he got off his work building and called for a cap.
And he was in a hurry "Faster! Faster goddammit!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" The man in the cap said.
"Look I'll pay for whatever tickets you get! Now step on it!" Carver shouted.
"Ok man if you say so." The driver said before stepping on the pedal.
After 7 minutes they arrived at the hospital.
Carver took the money from his wallet without looking "Keep the change." He said before he got out of the cap.
"Are you sure man, I mean you're giving me a 500 dollar bill." He said, but when he turned around, Carver was already gone "Oh well more money for me."
Carver ran towards the hospital's balcony "I'm here to see Samantha Jackson!"
"Third floor, door seven."
"Thank you." Carver ran to the elevator.
When he got to the third floor he could hear his wife's pained screams.
When he opened door seven, there she was laid on one of those hospital beds and she had doctors around her.
"Excuse me sir but you can't enter yet." One of the doctors said.
"I'm her husband dammit!" Carver protested.
Samantha noticed him, but she was furious at him (probably because of the pain) "There you are you fucking asshole! You did this to me, you're the reason why I'm in pain right now!"
"Yes I love you too honey." Carver said.
"FUCK YOU!" Samantha shouted.
"Sir your wife is behaving very well, just wait outside." The doctor said.
With that Carver ended up having to wait outside the door, for 40 minutes he stand there listening to his wife screams.
Until suddenly his wife let out a louder scream, then silence and then a wonderful sound.
A baby crying.
Carver peeked through the window and the doctor holding a crying newborn baby.
After the doctors cut the baby's umbilical cord and cleaned it up, Carver entered and saw his wife holding the baby and a smile on her face.
"Congratulations Mr Carver, you're now the father of a healthy baby boy." The doctor announced.
Carver smiled with pride "Can I have a time alone with my wife and son?" Carver asked.
The doctor nodded and left the room.
Carver was proud of his wife "What should we name him?"
"How about Jake, like your father?"
Carver was touched "Jake Leslie Carver." Carver said "I like it."
They finally felt like a true family.
Present time.
"After my son was born." Carver continued with his story the next following years were the best of my life. Jake was a good and obedient boy, he never got into fights, he had a lot of friends and he loved movies just like me and his mother." Carver continued "Going to the cinema was always our favorite hobby. Everything was like a dream… until everything went to shit."
Clementine knew that Carver was about to get to the part of the begging of the end.
"What did you do when the walkers appeared?" Clementine asked.
"Me and my wife decided to hold up inside our house, I was convinces that this was just a temporary situation and since we were close to the city I thought that staying I our house was the best place." Carver told Clementine "And it was for some time, the other houses had food if we need it, my car had gas and if the walkers passed by we just needed to hid in the house and be silent until they went away. I never had nobody trying to loot our home, mostly because everybody else had ran of to find their family members."
"Then you and you're family were fine?" Clementine asked.
"We were for 3 weeks, but the worst part wasn't even the walkers, the biggest problem was the relationship between my wife." Carver said.
"What do you mean?" Clementine asked confused.
"When the dead started to walk, me and my wife started to fight with each other. Try to guess why honey." Carver said.
Clementine thought for a second before revealing her answer "You wanted to teach Jake how to use a gun, but Samantha didn't agree with that."
Carver shook his head "No honey, this is gonna sound weird but back then I was the one who didn't want my son to use guns."
Flashback one year.
It has been 15 days since the dead rose from the grave, the streets were empty, cars were abandoned and looted, sometimes walkers would roam the area.
Houses were empty too, except one.
The Carver family were holed up in their house, they were able to barricade the doors and windows with wooden planks, the house was secured, but that didn't help diminish the tension between Samantha and Carver.
And once again they were fighting.
"You can't be serious." Carver said.
"I am serious Bill!" Samantha argued,
"Look, we're not having this conversation again, my son will not get a hold of a gun and that's final!" Carver argued back.
"Goddammit, you're not even listening to me!" Samantha shouted.
"What you're suggesting is that my son will learn how to shoot guns, something that no boy of his age should do. What about when the military roles in and starts to clean this mess? I don't want my son to spent the rest of his childhood with these influences." Carver argued back.
"You are delusional Bill, what makes you think that the military will roll in? Like this house, what makes you believe that this house will stand still?" Samantha asked.
"It as been standing and it will be until the Military gets here." Carver continued.
Samantha got tired of this "I can't deal with this right now, I'm going to bed!" She said before spuning around and going to bed, before she stopped again "I care about ourson Bill, about our family!"
"I know you do I have no doubts of that." Carver said.
"Then don't judge me, I'm just trying to do the best for our son." Samantha said "You might think that you're safe in this house, but what if anything happens to us Bill, how will our child survive out there?" Samantha asked "Think about that Bill!" Samantha finally said before heading towards the bedroom.
"Dad?" Asked the voice that belonged to the family's 12 year old son.
"Go to bed Jake, everything is fine." Carver lied, everything was not fine.
"Why are you and mom always fighting?" Jake asked.
Carver bowed to his son's height "Me and your mom just don't agree on how to manage this situation."
"Mom wants me to learn on how to use a gun."
"There's no need for that, the military is going to roll in any day now, and we can have our lives back to normal." Carver assured his son. "And I'll tell you what, when this is over, we'll go to the movies."
Jake smiled "I'd like that." Jake said before hugging his father.
"Just remember this son, me and your mother will always love you. Always."
A week later.
Carver went out to find some supplies and medication for his family, he took a little while longer to return back home.
He opened the door and the first thing that he saw was a trail of blood that followed to the chicken.
Carver's stomach dropped when he saw the blood "Samantha? Jake?" Carver called out.
He followed the blood trail and when he entered the kitchen he discovered an horrific scenery.
There were two dead walkers on the floor, both of them had their skulls crushed and right next to them was a bloody baseball bat. But there were no signs of either Samantha or Jack.
Carver was getting worried "Samantha, Jake! Where are you?"
"H-here Bill." Called out a weak voice from the living room.
Carver sprinted to the living room to find his wife sited on the floor against the wall, her face and clothes were covered in walker blood.
"Samantha thank god, what the hell happened?" Carver asked.
"I left the back door opened and those two walkers got inside, but I wasted those motherfuckers." Samantha said.
Carver was relieved to know that his wife was ok
But then he remembered something "Wait a minute, where's Jake?"
Tears started to escape freely from Samantha's eyes as she pointed to a corner at the living room.
When Carver turned around his heart sunk, there in front of him was his boy laid on the floor dead, with a bloody rag covering his face.
"W-what happened!?" Carver asked in panick.
"I-I was too distracted killing off the first one, I didn't realize that the second one was coming for our son." Samantha sobbed "Our son didn't know what to do."
Reality hit Carver, if his son knew how to use a weapon then maybe he would be alive right now.
"This is all my fault." Carver declared.
"No Bill, it's not." Samantha said.
"It is, if I had just listened to you, then maybe our boy wouldn't be laid in this floor dead!" Carver said with tears escaping from his eyes.
"And if I didn't had left the back door opened, then maybe those two walkers wouldn't have gotten in!" Samantha said "We're both responsible for this Bill."
Carver was lost, for the first time in his life he didn't know what to do.
"What are we gonna do?" Carver asked.
"I think you realize now that there's no military coming, we're on our on." Samantha declared "I don't know what the future holds for you Bill, but must fight, promise me that you'll fight."
Carver was confused now "You mean us right?"
Samantha shocked her head "No Bill, it's gonna be just you." She said before lifting her shirt revealing a bite mark on her side.
The world around Carver seemed to vanish "Oh Christ."
"Oops, right?" She said "One of the fuckers got the best of me."
"I-i have some medicine, maybe I can..."
"Bill, stop and listen to me for one last time!" She said with more tears streaming from her eyes "I'm done Bill, this is the end of the line for me."
Carver didn't know what to do, his son was dead and his wife was dying, what was the point of moving on.
"I-i don't know if I can't keep on going." Bill said now with tears freely flowing from his eyes.
"You can and you will Bill." Samantha said "I know it's hard, and things are going to just get harder, but you need to keep going, don't you dare use me or our boy as a reason for your dead."
"I don't have a family no more, what's the point of continuing if I don't have a reason to keep fighting." Carver said.
"Then go out there, find another reason to keep fighting." Samantha said "You're gonna die from something Bill, but don't you dare take your own life, because you can't do it anymore. Make sure that you die fighting like you always did. Promise me Bill, just promise." Samantha begged.
Carver sniffed and sobbed, but he nodded "I promise."
Samantha gave him one last smile "Thank you Bill, thank for everything and thank you for you to make these last years the best ones of my life."
Carver bowed down and gave his dying wife one last kiss.
"I won't allow you to become one those things." Carver said.
"Then be quick." Samantha said.
Carver grabbed a revolver from a table and pointed at his bitten bride.
"I love you." Carver said.
"I love you too Bill." Those were Samantha's last words before Carver had pulled the trigger.
Present time.
A single tear escaped from Carver's eye when he told that part of his story, he quickly whipped it off and resumed his story.
"After I shoot my wife I buried Samantha and my boy at the backyard, grabbed what I could get and drove off." Carver continued.
Clementine now understood why Carver was the way he was, he needed to fight for something and this community was the answer to all of that.
"After a week driving I stumbled upon this community, there were people there, but there was no leader, so I became that leader, and what you see around you honey, it's a result of my leadership." Carver finished his story "Listen honey, what happen to my son, won't happen to you. I'll make damn well sure of that!"
"I want to fight for this community too." Clementine said.
"Then beginning from tomorrow, I'll start training you to become a leader." Carver said "We're gonna show those other workers that you're not just some little girl to be bossed around."
"I'm ready Bill." Clementine said confident.
"I know you are honey." Carver said proud. "Now get some sleep honey, we're gonna have a lot of work tomorrow."
Clementine got up from the chair and exited Carver's office, she went to her room and went to sleep.
She did not know what tomorrow would be like.
Author note
I am so sorry for taking this long to make this chapter (4 months!), I had a difficult time deciding a backstory that wasn't a cliché bomb.
I promise that I'll release the next chapters as fast as I can, and that I'll never give up on this story.
I've also been working on new stories, so stay tuned.
And if you have the time make sure to check on my new story "My grandfather is a crazy scientist" it's a Rick and Morty and The walking dead fanfinction were Clementine is Rick's granddaughter.
See you next time (and don't forget to review)