I'm BACKKKK! Hopefully people are still even excited about me continuing this story. I know it has been a very VERY long time since I have updated either of the two stories I'm working on... and I can't apologize enough for neglecting them. I don't know what exactly got me back to wanting to write, but whatever it was I'm glad it happened!
Now, before we start with the chapter, I have something important to say. I mentioned in the very beginning of chapter one that IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS PAIRING, THEN THIS STORY ISN'T FOR YOU. I urge ANYONE who isn't a fan of this pairing, to kindly click off of this story. Please let everyone else enjoy the story and please don't leave hate comments. It's not necessary. But for everyone else, please enjoy this chapter!
Luke stood up. He really wasn't in any mood to "throw down" with Kenny. And he wanted his mind off of Clem for AT LEAST five minutes.
"Kenny, can we please deal with this later?" Luke asked, holding the bridge of his nose. Kenny seemed to grow more irritable, but managed to hold it back. "We need to talk. Now." Kenny's voice grew darker. This seemed to catch Luke off guard. If looks could kill, Kenny would have murdered him right then and there.
Luke was about to walk inside, but was stopped by Kenny. Luke looked confused. "Aren't we gonna go in and talk?" Luke asked. Kenny had a certain look on his face... It was the same look he had when he beat the shit out of Carver... Luke didn't like this. "Nah. I think we'll just talk out here. Alone." Kenny said darkly as he blocked the door.
Luke began to slowly back away from Kenny. He was acting like a mad man right now. "Kenny... Just calm down. Let's not do anything hasty..." Lluke pleaded, putting his hands in front of him for defense. "Now why would I do anythin' of the sort? Oh! Well maybe that's because you used Clementine for your own sick pleasure!" Kenny yelled as he let his fist collide with Luke's jaw. He cried out in pain as he fell hard onto the cold, icy snow. He held the swollen area. He definitely deserved this, but Kenny had it all wrong.
"Kenny... I swear I didn't use Clem." " Bullshit." Kenny simply responded. "Kenny, please. I care about Clem so much." Luke whimpered desperately before speaking again. "What Jane and I did was just sex. What Clem and I did... Well, it felt like more than that. I... I think I'm..." Luke stopped as he realized what he was about to say. It scared him. And what scared him more was that he meant it. He looked up, locking his eyes fiercly with Kenny's. "... I love her, Kenny." He started. "You can hate me for this all you want, but it's true. For the past hour, I tried to deny this feeling. Tried saying that I wanted Jane. But that was a complete bullshit lie." He looked at Kenny with confident eyes. "You can hate me all you want, but you can't keep me from her." Luke kept his eyes locked with the broken man above him as he lay weakly in the snow. He knew he had to stand his ground.
Now Kenny was angry. Love? He didn't "love" Clem, he used her.
As Luke started to get up, Kenny slammed his foot on Luke's chest, pushing him back to the ground, cutting off a lot of his air supply. Kenny gave him a hateful look.
"You're not gonna be anywhere near her." He said, his voice dark. "I don't think that's YOUR decision to make." Luke said, sitting up as he glared at the man above him, his voice just as dark as Kenny's.
"Kenny's eye grew wide with anger. Who the hell doe this guy think he is? Kenny knew Luke was bad news from the beginning. He saw the way he always looked at Clem, he saw the desire in his eyes. He wanted the one thing that all guys want. Sex. Luke didn't give two shits about Clem.
Kenny grabbed Luke by his shirt, pulling him up roughly from the ground, pulling him in close in a threatening manner. "Now you listen here, I better not see you ANYWHERE near Clementine. Or next time, I won't hesitate to kill you." Kenny threatened, letting go of Luke's shirt, and storming off into the building.
Luke stood outside frozen. And for once it wasn't from the cold. He didn't want to stay away from Clem... He wanted to be with her all the time. He couldn't get over what he's feeling. He knew Kenny would most likely keep up with his threat, but he was gonna risk his life for her anyways. Because she risked hers for his.
Kenny walked into the building. His anger he was feeling immediately died down when he saw Clem's sleeping form on the floor. He smiled to himself. He was such a big softy around her.
He walked over and gently picked her up bridal style in his arms, bringing her over to the bench.
He sat on the bench, sitting her in his lap. She must have been in a deep sleep, because she didn't make even the slightest movement as he picked her up. There was a smile plastered on her sleepy face. 'She must be dreaming about Lee...' Kenny thought to himself. Kenny held her close in his arms. He didn't care how old she was, she was still that eight year old Lee saved back in Savannah in his eyes. She was like his daughter. He loved her to pieces, and planned on protecting her until the day he died.
As Kenny was drifting off into a slumber with Clementine, he heard the back door open. He could only guess it was Luke. He could feel himself getting angry again. He hasn't felt this angry since back in Macon when Larry tried to convince everyone to kill his son. Duck...
The thought of Duck or Katjaa always seemed to put him in this state of depression. They died because he couldn't protect them... He wasn't about to let that happen to Clem or Aj.
Luke walked in to see Kenny keeping his glare on him. He looked down at Clem, watching as she made little movements in her sleep. He knew Kenny's eyes were on him, but he couldn't contain the smile Clem put on his face.
Kenny's grip around Clem tigthened. This didn't seemed to go unnoticed by Luke. Kenny seemed to notice how this made Luke angry, as he watched Luke clench his fist at his sides. 'The fucker's jealous. How cute.' Kenny thought in a sarcastic tone in his head.
Kenny watched as Luke started towards them. "Don't even think about coming near us." Kenny said darkly. Luke stopped dead in his tracks, and glared at Kenny. He couldn't keep them apart forever.
"Kenny... Please. This should be Clem's choice, not yours." Luke said. "Well I'm her guardian now. I can help choose what's best for her. And you're definitely not what's best for her." Kenny whisper-yelled so he wouldn't wake Clementine.
Luke gave him a kind of cocky look before speaking again. "Well, if I remember correctly, she found us before she found you again." Luke said with a little bit too much confidence. He didn't mean to be such a dick about it, but Kenny seemed to bring out Luke's bad side. And that was really hard to do.
Kenny seemed to be holding back a lot of his anger. He didn't want Clementine to wake up to their petty fight.
"I don't have time for this shit." Kenny started as he sat up and set Clem by herself on the bench, careful not to wake her. He started towards the back door. "I have a truck to go fix." He finished before going out the back door, leaving with a slam.
Clementine's body jumped as her eyes fluttered open. The door seemed to have woken her up. She sat up, rubbing her tired eyes. Her body stiffened as she noticed Luke's eyes on her. She didn't know whether to be angry or saddened about everything.
He knew he wasn't suppose to talk to her, but he had to. The thought of Clem staying angry with him broke his heart. Even thought he couldn't pursue an intimate relationship with her, he could still be there for her, protect her.
She noticed him walking towards her. She felt like her feet were glued to the floor as her body stayed frozen in place. She knew there was no way she could ignore him forever... Right?
"Hey." Luke's heavy accent snapped her out of her thoughts. She felt like she might puke any minute... Is this what happens when being involved with boys? Boys seemed to make most girls happy... Why wasn't she one of those girls. "Hi." she simply said.
Silence fell between them. Luke didn't really know how to speak with her at this moment. It almost like when someone goes up in front of a class to do a speech, and nothing comes out.
Surprisingly, it was Clementine who spoke up. "Listen, I my have overreacted a little bit. I shouldn't let something this small get to me when we have a world full of walkers to deal with. And... you're right, it shouldn't have happened..." Clem said.
Luke stood there shocked. He didn't expect this from her, let alone expect her to even speak with him. He continued to stand there dumbfounded. Even though he didnt feel right about this, he knew this was how it had to be.
"Hey, anything for you to talk to me again." Luke said, half regretting his decision. Clementine immeditely threw herself into Luke's arms, hugging him tightly. Luke was startled at first, worried that Kenny would come in, but soon accepted her warm embrace. They pulled away.
Luke stole a glance out the window. "But hey, it's gettin' kind of late. I'm gonna go tell Kenny to come insi-" "YES!" Luke was cut off by Kenny's bellowing voice.
The group members ran to the back door, hearing the running engine of the truck. Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief. "Woah, what's up, Ken?" Mike asked. "What's up is that I got this son of a bitch runnin'! We can finally put some miles between us and this dump." Kenny announced confidently. "So, where are taking this baby?" Luke asked, patting his palm on the back of the truck. "We should head South, back to Howes." Jane suggested. "I was thinkin' Texas."Mike jumped in. Kenny immediately felt his anger rise. He fixed the truck, who the hell were they to tell him where they're going?
"I got this damn thing runnin', and I say, we're heading North, towards Wellington." Kenny protests. Clementine could see that this conversation was taking a wrong turn. As Clem was about to speak up, Jane interrupted. "Wellington? Where the hell is that?" Jane asked spitefully. Clem noticed Kenny's facial expression. She didn't want to know what was running through his head at the moment. "It happens to be a place we're going to with the truck I fixed. So if ya'll have a problem with it, you can go alone on foot. "Kenny growled in annoyanced as he turned his attention back to the truck. Jane scoffed. "It could take us months to find this 'Wellington'. We could get back to Howes in a day." Jane informed him. Kenny turned around, looking bitterly at the group.
"We're going to Wellington! Clem and I already talked about this!" He said, folding his arms across his chest.
'Uh oh...' Clementine thought. Of course he had to throw her under the bus like that. She couldn't deny it. They talked briefly about this a couple times when trying to find shelter. The group grew silent, looks of anger and betrayal prominent on their faces. "Well none of us were at this 'group meetin'." Luke said, instantly sending a glare Clem's way. Clementine felt as though his eyes were burning almost into her soul. She understood that Kenny was upset, but he can't put her on the spot like that.
Clementine was so lost in her thoughts, she hadn't realized the group fell silent and again, keeping all their attention on her.
"Tell em', Clem." Kenny pleaded, nudging her a bit. She assumed he was talking about their plan of heading to Wellington. "...Wellington's out there. Christa wanted us to head there before we... got split up. I'm sorry, but I'm with Kenny on this." Clem said, trying to avert her eyes from Luke's menacing glare. She knew she was gonna get a tongue-lashing from him later, but with everything that's happened, she really didn't care.
Jane shot daggers at Kenny before speaking up once more. "If you didn't forget, we're ALL apart of this group. And we should ALL be deciding our destination as a group!" she complained. For some reason, Jane couldn't be angry with Clementine. She knew Kenny and Clem go way back, and that he had this power over her to completely brainwash her of all logical thoughts. And she hated that. This is a big reason her and Kenny don't get along.
Kenny slammed his fist on the hood of the truck. He fixed the damn thing, yet they still think THEY can decide what their plans from here on out are? He huffed in frustration.
Kenny's sudden reaction seemed to have startled the group. His eyes widened in fury. They knew he was going to that place. The dark place. The all knew that was a sign to leave him alone. All except Clem.
The minute she started towards his direction, a strong hand landed on her shoulder, keeping a firm grip. She turned her head to see those choclate brow eyes that always seemed to make her heart melt. "Clem, he needs to be alone right now. Why don't we both go inside and get some rest. W'ell need it for... wherever we'll be heading tomorrow morning, especially if we're going to try and find this 'Wellington'." Luke looked hesitant on what he was gonna say next.
"So... what the hell was this 'private meetin' you and Kenny had?" He asked, with the slightest hint of jealousy in his voice. "It wasn't really a meeting... It just came up a couple times this past week. We had about two small discussions about it. We didn't think we'd end up finding working transportation to make that dream come alive." Clem said, trying not to upset Luke anymore. Luke looked to the ground, his brows furrowed in frustration. "You and him always seem to have these 'private talks' and 'meetins'... I just..." Luke stopped, feeling the scarlet color sneek up on his cheeks.
She knew how he felt about Kenny, and how protective he was over her. But that was still no reason to be protective over her with Kenny.
Her eyes narrowed in his direction. "You don't need to be protective over me around Kenny... Besides, I've known him longer."Clementine chuckled, trying to lighten the mood. But this only seemed to anger Luke more. "Who gives a damn who you knew longer? Clem, he can't be trusted!" Luke yelled louder than he originally wanted to. He knew he was letting his anger and jealousy get the best of him He just couldn't get over the feeling of betrayal from Clem. Is this how she felt? Did she feel like Luke betrayed her?
Clementine's eyebrows furrowed, her amber eyes turning dark. He knew he shouldn't have opened his mouth. "I trsut Kenny more than anyone in this group. He's been with me from the start of all this. He's beeing trying to help us, yet you and Jane are still trying ot turn me against him! Hes more family to me than you guys will ever be... You two are made for each other." Clementine's words immediately clung in his mind. He felt like he'd just been stabbed straight in the chest.
Luke looked at her sadly. He knew he fucked up from the moment he started talking.
As he snapped out of his thoughts, he noticed Clementine was already heading back into their temporary home without a word. 'This is gonna be one hell of a night...' Luke thought. He headed to the back door of the building.
Darkness filled the sky, everyone was sprawled about, trying to get sleep. Hopefully everything would be better by morning...
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