Shawn is inside of his tent, getting ready to go out into the dead world. Once he's ready he decides to go meet up with the rest of the group at the loading dock where Corey told him to meet up with him and the rest of the guys.
When walking towards the dock he catches in the corner of his eyes and see's Katie the little 5 year old playing with dolls in the toy section.
He stops for a second and after what felt like a long decision he walks over towards her with an uneasy look on his face.
He slowly approaches the little blonde girl and takes a quick look around making sure nobody is watching.
What Sadie had said to him the first day they got here was starting to eat away in his head.
"Hey...Katie" He said slowly and awkwardly.
She doesn't respond, she keeps on playing with her dolls and doesn't take notice that he is there. Shawn however feels awkward being there.
"...Mind if I sit." Again no response, so he just takes a chair that is three times to small and sits down in it and after another awkward moment decides to speak up again.
"Um... Katie I know your mad at me about what I did to your...Daddy" He said trying to search for the right word.
"But uh... there's something you need to know...That man that I killed wasn't your daddy" The little girl still does not look over at him, she just continues to play.
"I know it looked alot like him on the outside but on the inside it wasn't"
"...And if I let him in, he would have hurt everyone...even you" He stops and takes another look around.
"I understand if you don't wanna forgive me... I just hope you understand why I did what I did" He wasn't even sure how to talk to a 5 year old. He never talked to kids before.
Shawn said what he wanted to say, so he decides to get up and leave. As he walks out of the toy section he is stopped when he hears a soft voice.
"You wanna play?" He turns and looks back and the little girl on the floor.
"...Maybe later, I have something I have to do" The little girl smiles and Shawn returns with a half weak smile but it quickly disappears.
He walks out of the toy section and stops eruptively and looks ahead of him. Standing there in the clothes section is Sadie looking through a rack of clothes. But she stopped what she was doing a long time ago and she is just standing there looking back at Shawn.
The two lock eyes but only for a second and Shawn quickly walks off towards the loading dock leaving Sadie there along with a smile appearing across her face.
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I know this was short but I just wanted to do this one quick scene. :)
