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"She's beautiful, Christa!" Carley said, quietly, while she watched the new mother gently stroke the thin, black hair of her five-minute-old daughter. Having been a former nurse, Christa knew exactly what to do during childbirth. Although, she couldn't have done it without the support from Omid and her other friends.

"What's her name?" Lee asked.

"Fiona," Omid answered for his exhausted fiance. "Fiona Marie."

It had been six months since the incedent with Lilly, and the world was just starting to warm up from the slightly cold winter weather of Georgia.

They hadn't lost many crops to the chilly temperatures, but a few was enough to get the group worried. There had even been an argument between Lee and Kenny about going into the city to get a large heatlamp, or an electric heater to keep the frost off of their only food source at night. Lee won, concidering the fact that they had no power and a trip like that would be too dangerous even for Molly. They eventually agreed to put a tarp over the plants to block them from the winds. Only to start another fight from Kenny every time one of those few plants that died was lost. But they survived, and that was all that mattered.

"I wish we knew the date," Kenny said, quietly.

"I have a calendar in my backpack," Clementine informed, before sprinting off to the van, excited about the new arrival. She brought back a little schedule book that held the years of 2012-2013 inside of it. Together, the adults estimated the day of March 1st and marked it down. Not that it mattered, anyway, most of the time they used the position of the sun to judge the time of day; it'd be nearly impossible to keep track of the date.

Clementine was overjoyed at the fact that there was another child to live there at the camp with her. Although, she knew all to well how long it would be until they could have a proper play-date.

The early morning sunlight shined brightly through the tall grass. Lee had never allowed his adoptive daughter farther than a few feet outside the camp walls on her own, but today, Clem decided, was the day she would explore and actually do something, rather than wait around inside the hot, metal barriers all day.

She was debating on whether she should ask Lee, and get a straight-forward 'no,' or if she should just leave, lose his trust, but have a good time. She felt as if she had to get away. Fiona hadn't stopped crying that obnoxous, high-pitched wailing since she was born a week ago. It didn't take an expert to figure out that the others had had enough, as well. However, they seemed to be able to cope better than herself.

No one was watching and she'd made her choice, so she began to sneak quietly away towards the main gate to make her sweet escape. She was just about to open the door to the silver-gray SUV, when a calm voice alerted her from behind.

"Where do you think you're going?" It was Lilly, the only one who hadn't visited Christa and Fiona the morning she was born. Whether she didn't feel welcome, didn't want to come, or for some other reason, she hadn't said a word; she was doing much better now, though. Yet everyone still watched out for her, well aware of her random, crazy outbursts that had become rare over the last few months. She had been observing her the whole time!

"I-I was just going for a walk..." The older woman raised an eyebrow, seeing right through the little girl's lie.

"Did you ask anyone?"

"...No..."

"And why not?"

"Uhh..."

"Just want to get away?" The girl swiftly nodded, and Lilly sighed.

"Yeah... I know the feeling."

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine now, thanks." She casted Clementine the most sincere smile Clem had seen from her in a long while, making her smile back. There was an awkward pause between the two, but Clementine's mind was still a buzz with the idea of getting out.

"Could you take me for a walk?"

"Heh, I don't think that's a good idea..." Seeing the worried glance from the little girl, Lilly rephrased her statement. "I mean, I don't think Lee would like that."

"I could ask him! He's busy right now, though..."

"No, really, don't-" She was cut off when she felt Clem run past her, and over to her gaurdian.

Lilly couldn't hear their conversation, she could only see Clementine jump up and down with excitement, as she begged Lee to let her go. Lee looked up suddenly, and began to stalk towards her.

"God dammit," she thought. "This isn't going to end well..." He stopped in front of her.

"You better make sure that girl stays safe."