Luke reached down to help his friend off the ground, and pulled him into a warm embrace. "Pete's dead man..." Nick tried not to cry, but it was hard not to when he was in the arms of his best friend, and the only man he ever loved. He hated Luke, yet wanted to succumb to him at the moment. He thought he was never going to see his best friend again, yet here he was right in his arms like nothing ever happened between them.

"I know man, I do" Luke tried to comfort. "But we gotta get moving, okay? Carver's gang showed up." He explained. "Can you make it?" He asked.

"Yeah, yeah."

"Okay, let's go." The two men, and Clementine then rejoined the rest of the group, and they all began their journey. Nick was glad that Luke was acting somewhat normal now, and that all the awkward tension was gone. Maybe now things could go back to normal. Or maybe Nick would have a chance to explain himself and his actions.

"Hey Clem?" Nick asked as they walked. "I just want to say thanks for not giving up on me." He said. It was mostly because of her that she was still alive right now. She was the one that led Luke to him. But why wouldn't she? Nick had practically poured his heart and soul out to that little girl after he drank all that whiskey in that shed. Clementine knew about Nick and Luke's past relationship, and she knew how Nick still felt after all these years.

"Next time you should listen to me." Clementine said. "But you're welcome."

"I'm sorry..." Nick mumbled, now feeling like a total ass. He slowed down his step and walked behind the rest of the group. He really just wanted to be alone at the moment, and even though these people were his friends, he wished that they didn't see him like this. They were probably judging the hell out of him right now, but if he was being honest with himself, he really didn't give a shit at the moment.

"What happened back there in that shed?" Luke asked. "Did he do something stupid?" He continued to question. "Look, you can tell me." He prodded. "I'm not gonna get mad or nothing."

"He drank a lot." Clementine started.

"Damn it Nick." Luke cursed.

"He wanted to die, but then again, he also saved my life." She answered.

"I'm worried about that kid... I'm always worried about him. Just keep an eye on him for me, would you?" Luke asked, "Nick's unpredictable, it's hard telling what he'll do next, you know?" He said as they kept walking.

"And he also told me about you guys." Clementine said nonchalantly.

"Did he?" Luke asked, turning to look at Clem. It didn't surprise him at all. Nick wasn't the type of guy to hold in all of his feelings. He loved to vent to people, and get stuff off his chest, and boy did he really love to talk when he had alcohol in him. After all, he had to do something with that liquid courage. "Look, Clem, I ain't gonna lie to you... Me and Nick are really complicated, I wouldn't get into it if I were you. Some people just don't understand." He said, shaking his head.

Clementine shrugged, "It doesn't seem that complicated to me."

"Hm?" Luke questioned.

"You like him, he likes you. What's the problem?" She asked.

"I never said I liked him." Luke retorted.

"You didn't have to say it, I could tell." Clementine fired right back. "And I think that's fine."

"I figure we got about four or five days to reach those mountains." Luke said, pulling out a map and changing the subject. He didn't have time to think about his love life or his emotions now. There were more important things to think about right now. He'd deal with it later. "If they're tracking us, we should be able to lose them up there." He finished, and kept trekking ahead.

"Five days?" Rebecca asked incredulously.

"It's gonna be okay, Bec." Alvin tried to reassure.

"We have to keep moving now, it's our only choice." Carlos chimed in.

And so they walked, most of them staying quiet the majority of the time. There was really nothing to say in a time like this, and so everybody dwelled in their thoughts. Would they lose Carver's group? Would they make it to the mountains in time? Would Rebecca be able to travel like this with her baby? All the questions that couldn't be answered were the ones that floated through everyone's mind. And Nick, well he just couldn't stop thinking about Pete, or Luke. Those were the thoughts consuming his head right now, and he didn't know how he was going to deal with them. He knew he needed to talk to Luke about everything soon or he was going to go crazy.

"Dad, it's getting dark." Sarah pointed out, pulling everyone out of their thoughts.

"She's right." Rebecca replied. "Can we stop and make camp? My back is killing me anyway."

"She does need her rest." Alvin said.

The group stopped walking and Luke turned around, "Alright, we can make camp but we leave at first light." Everyone sighed of relief, and they found a good spot in the secluded trees to build a small fire to warm up. It got pretty cold at night, so everyone would have to stay relatively close to the fire. "Not too big." Luke said, "We don't want them to be able to find us." He said referring to Carver's group. Nick decided that he would wait until everyone went to sleep, and that would be the perfect time to talk to Luke alone.