~Author's Note!
Hey guys! Been a while since I talked (typed I guess) to you. I wanted to update you a bit over what's going on with me + the story. For me school, college, whatever you wanna call it, has started and besides that I have to work a couple evenings in the week as well leaving little time for me to write. I'll still to write as frequently as I can but I don't wanna start rushing chapters either. So sometimes I'll do a day or two over one chapter. I should probably have written chapters in advance, but unfortunately I didn't. Which brings me to my next two points. First off a HUGE shout out to Warriorcats2468 for making a new cover for the story of Thomas. I think it looks amazing and I can't thank you enough for it! The second point is I want you guys to know I'm open to suggestions, if you have any ideas that you wanna share with me for either this story or hell even a future project if you're interested just send me a PM or a review and I'll respond to it. What I do try to is that I wanna keep events that can't really be changed the same. Thomas may be here with the story and can/will alter said story as we know it but that doesn't mean he or any of the others can go all God mode and live there situations they couldn't originally survive in the game. So if you got an idea like: 'Thomas should beat the sh!t out of Carver when he is beating up Kenny". Or something like that, that I myself don't see as realistic. But that's just me, either way I still love reviews and interaction with you guys! Enjoy the next chapter of the Son!~
Chapter 10: An Old Friend.
Clementine's PoV
A split second before the gunshot was fired Luke had grabbed me and pulled me down towards the ground. I heard something fall down on the metal beams of the bridge and as I looked I saw Thomas laying on top of the man. I jolted up and looked to them to see if they were okay, with a groan Thomas began to get up.
"That was to close…" Thomas said rubbing his arm. He must have hurt it when he tackled "hugged" the man. The man said up straight and rubbed the back of his head which must have banged on the steel.
"Indeed…thanks for the save, Thomas" he thanked Thomas before getting back on his feet as Luke walked over to Nick.
"What the FUCK, man?!" he yelled at him as Nick looked, confused towards us all.
"He pointed a gun! What else should I have done?!" he yelled back as the two began to argue, Thomas sighed and shook his head. The man walked past Thomas and I, making his way to Luke and Nick.
"Guys, guys, guys. Calm down…" he said as the two looked to him, Nick looked at him with anger, which was most likely because of his arguing with Luke, while Luke at him with a sad face.
"I'm sorry, you almost got hit…" Luke said as Nick opened his mouth to defend himself, but he ended up closing it before looking to the ground, ashamed.
"Look I get it, you saw your friends with a stranger holding a gun. You wanted to protect them which I would wanna do too, we can forgive and forget" the man said kindly as Nick looked at him with shock on his face.
"I…I'm sorry…thanks for being so cool about it" Nick responded trying to avoid eye contact at all costs. The man nodded before the looking to the station just past the bridge.
"Nick, how about you go get the others. We'll head to the station and wait for you there" Luke said as Nick nodded and made his way back. The man led us towards the station.
"I almost forgot! What do we call you, stranger" Thomas asked him, he was right we hadn't learned his name yet.
"I'm Matthew, sorry I must have forgotten my manners at the lodge" he joked as Luke towards the hill in the distance.
"You live in the lodge?" he asked as Matthew nodded.
"Me and a couple of people made our home there recently. They're all good people and I know they will welcome you with opens arms" Matthew said with a smile as we reached the station.
"It's nice to meet a couple of friendly faces" I said as Thomas nodded his head. Matthew opened the door to the station and looked towards us.
"Thomas, mind helping me grab some food for your people we'll rest up here before heading to the lodge" Matthew suggested as Thomas nodded and followed him inside, closing the door behind him. I smiled at the two through the window before sitting on a tree that had fallen over besides the station. Luke looked to me for a bit, then to the station then back to me, his lips slowly turning into a smile.
"Mind if I ask you something, Clem?" he asked sitting down beside me on the tree.
"Ask away" I responded looking to him as he faced towards me.
"Do you like Thomas?" he asked me as I raised my brow.
"Of course I do. He is a great friend" I responded as Luke let out a chuckle and muttering something like: "friendzoned" under his breath.
"No, Clem. I mean…like like" he said as my eyes widened and my cheeks turned red from blushing.
"What?! N-no! Of course not!" I responded as Luke was grinning like an idiot.
"Really…that's a pity. Because I know for nearly one hundred percent certainty that he like likes you" he said only making my blush grow.
"He does not!" I said to him as he pinched my cheek grinning.
"And you like him too, can't hide that from me, Clem" he said as I hit his hand away and looked towards the woods, embarrassed. Within a few minutes Thomas and Matthew emerged from the station just as Nick brought the others over the bridge. Matthew introduced himself and explained he'd take us to the lodge if they wanted to. Not everyone was too sure about this but we did decide to go with him.
"But like I said, we should all take a quick break before we head up" Matthew said as Alvin looked to the bridge and gasped.
"I think it's best if we keep going" he said as the others followed his gasp. A group of walkers were crossing the bridge and had seemed to notice us.
"Change of plans, we'll take a break in the lodge. Follow me!" Matthew said as he began to run towards the hill that led to the lodge, we all quickly ran after him leaving the walkers far behind us.
A few hours later.
Out of breath we had finally arrived at the lodge. Standing outside of it Matthew walked around back to go to his people. Luke, Thomas and I were hanging over a railing looking into the woods.
"It would be nice to know if there was someone out there, following us" Luke said as Thomas nodded before letting out a faint chuckle.
"Unless you want to go all the way back down I don't think we'll find out" he said before I tapped his shoulder and opened my backpack pulling out my binoculars. Luke chuckled and gently hit the back of his head.
"Forgot about those?" he asked him as Thomas turned him staring him down.
"Don't pretend like you remembered, smartass" he hissed as Luke let out another chuckle before they turned to me.
"I think you'll get a better look from up there" Luke mentioned pointing towards some sort of pillar.
"What's that supposed to be anyway?" I asked as the three of us walked towards it.
"It's used to bring the people who are skiing back up, at least it's what those benches are for that are hanging on those lines. What they are called I don't know" Thomas said as we walked up to the pillar thingy. There was a ladder build into it I looked up as Thomas smiled at me.
"Don't worry, if you fall we'll catch you" he said reassuring me. I nodded and began to climb upwards, when I got halfway my foot slipped of and I clenched onto the part of the ladder I had my hands on.
"Woah woah woah! You're fine, you're fine, just look at us for a moment" Luke said and as I looked down they were both holding out their arms in case I fell.
"You look stupid" I said with a faint smirk as they put their hands on their hips.
"Wait, which one of us?" Thomas asked as I made my way to the top.
"Both!" I yelled down as I climbed onto the plateau at the top of the pillar, a crow was sitting on the railing but flew off once it saw me. I took out my binoculars and looked towards the bridge which we crossed earlier today.
"I see the bridge clearly!" I yelled down.
"That all?" Luke asked in response. I opened my mouth to respond but then I noticed a light coming from the woods, I kept looking and saw another appear.
"I lights!" I called down before either Thomas or Luke could respond I could hear Matthew yell at us in the distance.
"LUKE, THOMAS, CLEMENTINE! COME MEET MY PEOPLE" he yelled as I quickly climbed back down. The three of us walked up towards the group. From behind Luke I could already see two people I hadn't seen before. Alvin's body was blocking my view from Matthew and someone else.
"Wait! Matt, did you just say: "Clementine"?!" a voice asked, a very familiar voice. I pushed myself past Thomas and Luke wanting to know whose voice I heard. As I got past them an man wearing a green jacket stood besides Matthew. He wore a baseball cap on his hat, and his chin was hidden behind a big beard. The two of us looked at each other as at almost the same time our eyes widened.
"K-Kenny…" I uttered out of pure shock.
"Clementine?" he responded just as shocked. Holding back my tears I ran straight up to him and gave him a big hug. As I hugged Kenny I could feel his arms around me too before he lowered himself to my height we both looked at each other before tears rolled down both our cheeks.
"You know this guy?" Thomas asked as one of Matthew's friend chuckled.
"I think that's a yes" he said as Kenny raised to his feet.
"We can talk inside" he said to us all pointing towards the entrance of the lodge.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" Carlos asked as Matthew shook our head.
"Of course, we don't. Come on in, Walter is getting dinner ready for us all" he said as we all began to make our way into the lodge Kenny and I walking besides each other, the two of us still in disbelieve we had just seen each other.