The next morning, Clementine was the first one to wake up. All the others were sleeping soundly, even Luke who had probably managed to doze off hours ago beside the fire was sleeping like a baby. The fire had died out long ago, but that was to be expected, after all, it was only a tiny little fire. The young girl then sat up and stretched her sore body. Sleeping on the ground never would grow to be comfortable to Clementine. She'd always wake up with stiff muscles and a sore back. She took in her surroundings, since it was too dark last night. They were indeed in the middle of a forest, the foliage from the trees hiding them quite well. Her golden brown eyes then drifted to the delicate body that was sleeping next to her. Sarah looked so relaxed, and she was drooling a bit, which Clementine found to be pretty adorable.

She swore that she felt Sarah stir and get out of the sleeping bag last night. It was after Clementine had just fallen asleep when she felt the older girl get out of bed. Maybe she had a bad dream? Maybe she had to go to the bathroom? Whatever it was, Clem just hoped that her friend was okay. She knew that moving out of the cabin was hard on Sarah. She didn't know the cruelties of the outside world, and Clem was so afraid that she would have to find out the hard way like this. What would happen if they saw a walker on their journey? Was Sarah prepared for that?

Covering Sarah back up with the sleeping bag, Clementine stood and stretched her tender legs. It was very chilly on this early morning, and the sun was barely peeking out from behind the clouds. It was foggy out too, and Clem decided that she would make another small fire for when the others woke up. Gathering some small sticks and twigs, she stacked them up neatly in the hot coals of the other fire. She then grabbed Luke's lighter nearby and lit the small fire.

Once Clementine was content with her fire, she sat down and crossed her legs. A yawn escaped her lips, and she felt groggy on this early morning. She could go back to sleep, but she decided that it'd be best if she just stayed up until the others woke up. Staring at the fire, she began to get lost in her thoughts once again. Boy she wished she had some more of that fish that they ate last night... It was so good. How did she even get here?

If one looked at her, you might assume she was a little girl lost... Lost in the apocalypse, lost in the scary adult world, lost in herself, and maybe even lost in life... She was only eleven years old, she was supposed to be with her parents, she was supposed to be in school. Funny how things worked out. But deep down, Clementine sort of felt a little thankful for the apocalypse, because without it, she would have never met Lee, Kenny, Duck, Katjaa, Christa, Sarah... Or any of the other great people that she stayed with along the way. She was glad Lee taught her how to hold her own, and how to survive. It was still hard, being here without him.

But once you got to know Clementine, you'd easily see she was the opposite of all those things; she wasn't lost. She knew exactly what she was doing. She was strong, and she was brave. And of course, she started out as innocent, but the loss of innocence comes for everybody, doesn't it? Albeit the people she cared for and loved weren't in her life anymore, but she lived to learn that people come and go... But the feelings that you have for them stay forever. That was why Clementine was so impressionable on people, and maybe... Just maybe that was why she felt the way she did for Sarah.

Speaking of Sarah, the teen girl began to stir. "Clem?" She called out, reaching for her glasses that was beside the sleeping bag.

"I'm here." Clementine replied as she got up to go help Sarah get her glasses. She picked them up and handed them to her friend.

"Thanks." Sarah said as she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "How'd you sleep?" She then asked as she shivered a bit, then covered herself up with the sleeping bag again. It was very nippy this particular morning, and neither of the girls really liked it all that much.

"I'm a little sore from sleeping on the ground, but nothing I can't handle." Clementine shrugged it off. "What about you?" She asked, afraid of Sarah's answer. She really hoped that she was dealing with this whole outside world thing adequately. She remembered what Carlos had said when she arrived at the cabin. If Sarah knew about the apocalypse, she would cease to function, and Clementine actually believed him when he said that.

"I had a little trouble falling asleep." Sarah answered. "But that's okay, I'm not tired anymore."

"That's good..." Clementine nodded.

"Hey, are you hungry?" Sarah asked as she grabbed her book bag full of random stuff.

"You have food?" Clem questioned incredulously.

"Shh! Don't tell anybody." Sarah said as she pulled some fruit snacks out of the bag. "I brought them for us." She smiled as she gave Clem a package. Clementine smiled, it had been a long time since she had eaten fruit snacks, and Sarah's gesture was really cute.

"Thanks Sarah." She thanked and began eating the gummy snacks. It was peaceful here in the morning, and Clementine decided that she liked it here with Sarah, alone, eating fruit snacks, and just talking about anything in the world. It was almost close to perfect, and she didn't want it to end. But the perfect moment had to come to a close soon, because the other members were beginning to wake. Nick was the first one up, and he looked at Clementine and Sarah like he'd slept the worst last night.

"Who built the fire?" He questioned as he rubbed his eyes trying to get the sleep out of them.

"I did." Clementine answered as she finished her fruit snacks.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to play with lighters?" He asked.

"You could say thanks." Clementine retorted and Nick ignored her, and sat down by the fire.

"Don't worry about Nick..." Sarah whispered in Clem's ear, "He's always crabby in the morning." She said with a small laugh. And one by one, the other group members began to wake up too, and soon they'd be on with their journey to the mountains.