Clementine hadn't left his side since the scare with the walker. Kenny was concerned as the little girl hadn't spoken a word either.
"You okay, hon?"
Clementine didn't respond. Kenny remember something similar happening with Duck when this whole thing had first started, back at the drug store. Clementine must have been in shock. Poor kid. She was really shaken up this time, Clementine had been grabbed numerous time, but that was such a close call.
"Clem?"
"She okay?" Luke asked, entering the room. He had his hands behind his back.
"I...I don't know." Kenny said, before quickly shaking his head. "She'll be fine."
Luke looked over to the child, eyes full of worry. He moved over to her."Hey, Clem." He offered her a kind smile and knelt in front of her. "How you doing kiddo?"
Clementine didn't answer.
"You ignoring me, Clem?"
Clementine breathed in the her nose. "What?" She mumbled, finally speaking for the first time in hours.
"How're you feeling, princess?"
"I'm not the princess anymore."
"Hmm?"
"The necklace broke."
"Yeah, I saw." "But it doesn't matter. Look."
"At what?"
"Open your eyes, silly." Luke chuckled.
With a sigh, she opened her eyes. "What is it?"
"Look."
"You fixed it?"
"Nah. There was more than one." Luke said, moving the necklace so she could see it better. "See, this one's a different color."
Clementine hesitantly reached out a hand and touched it.
"Lemme put it on you." Luke said.
"But-" Luke didn't allow her to protest, he quickly placed the necklace on the child's head.
"There. You look even more like princess now."
Clementine didn't reply, but Luke noticed a small smile tugging at her lips.
"A princess needs a castle." He said, trying to cheer her up. "Let me show you something." He reached out a hand to her.
Clementine looked over to Kenny who was feeding AJ as if asking for permission to go.
"Go ahead, hon." Kenny said, feeling the girl's eyes on him.
Clementine slowly stood, allowing Luke to take her hand and led her out of the room.
"D-Did you make this?" Clementine asked, awe filling her voice.
"Yep. What do you think?" Luke smiled to the girl. "Pretty cool, huh?"
Clementine nodded. "It looks like a tent."
"Yeah, I guess it does. It's called a blanket fort." Luke told her.
"Can I see inside?" Clementine asked.
"Of course." Luke said.
Clementine beamed happily, which was a drastic turn from her earlier mood. Luke smiled as she made her way under the blanket, he was happy that he was able to pull her out of that state of shock.
"What do you think Clem?" Luke called to the child.
"It's so cool!" Clementine said. "You should come in too."
"Hmm?"
"Come on. Come on." Clementine urged, sounding just like the kid she was.
"Alright, alright. If that is what your highness desires." Luke didn't mind playing with the girl. As long as he didn't have to see her in the state she had been in.
Kenny was still annoyed that they had decided to stop. They'd barely made any distance. He was also wondering what had caused Clementine's strange behavior earlier. He'd never seen her react like that in any situation. And he knew for sure she wasn't the type of kid that needed coddling. Maybe he'd just ask her tomorrow. She seemed to be doing better anyway, as she spent the rest of the day hanging around Luke, who had surprisingly been able to pull her from her withdrawn state.
He sighed looking on the bright side. At least he could sleep tonight. And he had a blanket. It was great to be warm for once after being out in the cold weather for so long.
"Kenny?"
He immediately recognized that voice. "Yeah, Clem?"
"Can I stay with you?" The girl asked.
"What happened to Luke?" Kenny questioned back.
Clementine pouted. "He keeps rolling around and he took all the blanket away."
Kenny laughed, pulling the blanket back. "Alright, darlin'. You can stay with me."
"Thanks." She smiled snuggling next to him. "Kenny..."
"Yes?" Kenny asked.
"Are you mad at me?" Clementine inquired innocently.
"Why would I be?" Kenny asked back.
Clementine only shrugged.
"Okay..." Kenny sighed, "You don't have to answer if you don't want to."
Clementine kept quiet for a moment before changing the subject, "What's the plan?"
"Plan?"
"For tomorrow, what are we going to do?" Clementine asked.
"Wellington still sounds like it'd be the best bet." Kenny said.
"Sounds good to me." She agreed.
He smiled happy that Clem was on his side. "You feeling better now?"
Clementine gave a small nod. "Yeah."
"What was that all about?" Kenny asked.
"I...I don't know." Clementine mumbled.
"You don't know?" Kenny questioned.
"No...I just..." Clementine paused trying to find the right word. "I just left."
Kenny raised an eyebrow, not understanding what the girl meant. "What do you mean?"
"I was thinking about being somewhere else. In my mind I went somewhere else..." Clementine tried her best to explain. "Sometimes...Sometimes, I just need to get away."
"From what?" Kenny asked.
"Everything." Clementine sighed, she really didn't want to talk about this.
"Why?" Kenny asked. "Is it because of me?"
Clementine chewed on the inside of her mouth, why wouldn't he just drop it.
"Is it?" Kenny asked again, voice unintentionally sounding harsh.
"No...It's not that." Clementine shook her head, fighting another sigh.
"It's not what?" Kenny demanded.
"It's not you." Clementine said.
"Then what?" Kenny asked.
"I thought I was gonna die." Clementine finally breathed out. "And...And you were so angry..." Clementine continued. "I was scared, okay."
"Clem..."
"And I thought you were mad...because of me." Clementine told him.
"Why would you think that, hon?"
Clementine shrugged. "People just get mad at me a lot."
"I wasn't. I wasn't mad because of you, Clem." Kenny said. "I was...I was trying to protect you. You know that."
"Yeah. I know." Clementine nodded. "I overreacted okay. Let's just leave it at that."
Kenny looked at the girl for a moment, she obviously didn't feel like chatting at the moment. "Okay. We can talk in the mornin'." Kenny said. "Lets just get some sleep, hon."
"Okay, Kenny." Clementine agreed, closing her eyes. "Night."
"Goodnight, darlin'."