After we were about a half a mile away from the cabin I heard someone yell

"Wait!" I heard a man call out

"WAIT!" I heard a different person yell. I couldn't make out who it was they were so far away, But once they got closer I knew who it was.

"Jane what the hell are you doing coming after us?" I yelled in fury at her for not staying. Tim wasn't far behind her.

"I wan-"

"JANE!" Clem yelled cutting Jane off as she ran up & hugged her Jane lifted her arms up in shock.

"Who's he?" Clem asked immediately after well pointing at Tim.

"He- He's Tim." I told Clem looking away with pain on my face.

"Are you and Tim-" Nick stopped midway through sentence. Jane & Tim looked at each other then looked back at Nick. I walked a little further away from the group at that point. I didn't WANT to hear Jane's answer to that question. Nick ran after me & put his hand on my shoulder.

"Luke I-" Nick started with sympathy in his voice

"No." I said interrupting Nick but not caring. "It- It's my fault." I said promptly. Nick had a sad look on his face, & walked back towards the group.

After everyone besides me caught up with Jane, Because I was too busy feeling sorry for myself, We kept walking. We walked for several days, Only stopping when we needed to smash a few lurkers heads together, Or when we needed to. As the days went on I neglected talking to Jane more and more, Only saying things to her when I needed to, I didn't want the pain of my old feelings when talking to her, Eventually she just disapeared. I mean she was still with us, But she only talked to Clem when she needed information, Nick refused to talk to her, Not sure why exactly but it made me feel better somehow, And, After awhile, How I felt about Jane disapeared too.

"Woah, Look at this place!" Jane said staring up from her map over a lake at a ski resort.

"It's just like when we met Kenny again," Clem said. Her statement made me smile. Which amazed me because the last time I smiled was before we had met Jane a few months back.

"Let's stay here for the night." I said, My voice sounding a little croaky. Everyone stopped and stared happily at me. This was the first time I had said anything in months.

"I agree," Tim said smiling at me. I just glared at him & his smile turned into a frown which made me feel pretty bad after,

We had ALMOST enough bedrooms to go around, And there was plenty of food in the cafe area of the resort.

"Looks like we're set for awhile!" I said in a happy tone for once,

"Yeah," Clem said smiling towards me which I then smiled back to her. A few of us had to share rooms, Jane & Tim shared a room, Heck they shared a bed. But the rest of us got our own rooms. It was turning winter already by the time we got to the resort so it was no surprise that bodies of water started to freeze up, And that it started snowing. The sky darkened this one day & we all knew a storm was going to happen, There was a small shack across the now frozen lake which we kept supplies like boards and things to barricade the windows & doors so that the resort would hold. Jane volunteered to go get them. She had to cross the lake to get there which she wasn't so sure about. I'll be honest I wasn't so sure about it either.

"You don't have to do this," I told Jane as she was about to start crossing.

"I'll do it," I said trying to keep her off the ice

"No, You just started talking to me again and I don't want something happening to you if this ice doesn't hold" She said, Making me worry if I did end up going.
About halfway there the ice collapsed, And Jane fell under. We all ran over to where she fell in, Tim quickly not thinking jumped in after her, As did Clementine. Me & Nick just stood there gazing at the hole in the ice where our friends had gone.

"They're gonna fucking freeze under there!" I said to Nick, "Either that or drown, We gotta do something man!" I yelled at him. No response.

"Nick quickly turned around & ran to another part of the ice, He quickly shot at it & started breaking it with his gun, I got worried & ran over, It was Jane & Tim,

"Where the hell was Clementine?!" I wondered. Then I heard banging on the other side, I quickly ran over and tried smashing the ice, Jane & Tim made it out but Clem was still trapped under there. She slowly went out of view.

"...Luke-" Nick said.

"NO!" I yelled at him,

"I ain't givin' up." I told him furious.

"Luke!"

"NO!" I repeated. "I told you, I ain't givin' up!"

"Luke what are you gonna do?" Nick asked me with a terrified look on his face as I walked to where the ice originally collapsed and looked down into the freezing water below. I sighed and clenched my fists. I had to do this. That's what I kept telling myself at least.