A/N:
Final Chapter for Hear Me Now!
Don't worry though, there will be a sequel. I am already in the process of writing the first chapter :P It will be called "There's Something About Us"! So look out for that soon :) This is gonna be a long chapter :3 Like. REALLLLLLLLY long. So sit down, get some popcorn.
AND ENJOY THE FINAL CHAPTER OF HEAR ME NOW! THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT! Love you guys for helping me write this :3 It's been a while since I wrote the first chapter. (First chapter was published: MAY 29TH 2014) Damn that was a long time ago. Almost nine months o_o This chapter is almost 4000 words :P
Clem's POV
We had been driving for about two hours now. Me and Luke purposley made out earlier just to see everyone's reactions. Turns out that it was worth it. With Nick having issues obviously, me and Luke were actually trying to contain our laughter whilst they were trying to frantically close the curtain.
"Ah shit." Kenny shouted as the truck came to a stop. "Outta gas! Looks like we're walking." I then heard EVERYONE groan at the same time. Everyone got out of the truck and me and Luke jumped out from the back.
"How far do you say we have left to walk?" Luke asked.
"Hmm. About two days. What with all the walkers out here." Christa replied. "We better get a fire started somewhere, it's hard to see at night AND it's freezing out here." The sky was pitch black with a few stars here and there. Ben pulled out a flashlight from a bag he was holding, he flicked the switch and it turned on.
"Alright. Let's go." Mike said. We left the dirt road that we left the truck on and we headed into the woods. Luke slipped his hand into mine as we walked and I noticed that Nick did the same to Molly. Our group in a nutshell: Relationships. There's me and Luke. Nick and Molly. And I think Jane and Troy, not too sure though.
"We'll walk for a few more minutes, then we'll stop." Kenny said. We were all on high alert considering the only light we have is Ben's flashlight.
Sarah stayed by Christa the whole walk and we had found some rope in the truck so Sarah decided to use it as a lead for Sam. I love how much of a smartass Sarah was in the truck, she's smarter than Nick, Mike and Ben combined together I guess. Surprisingly, we only came across one or two walkers and noone was hurt.
"Shall we stop here?" I suggested. It was pretty clear here, there were trees surrounding the place and a couple of boulders too. Sadly, we only had a few blankets and a sleeping bag or two that we salvaged from the house.
"Yea. My leg is killing me." Luke stated as he sat down on a nearby rock.
"Fine. Me, Ben and Mike can go and get some firewood. Stay safe." Kenny said as they started to walk into the forest. Mike handed the AJ to me. Christa helped Sarah set up her sleeping bag. We had a game in the truck earlier to see who gets the sleeping bags and Ben and Sarah won. Everyone else had to use a blanket. Sarah instantly climbed into the sleeping bag and Sam slept by her, she had tied the rope around a nearby tree so Sam didn't run away. Nick and Molly were talking... and kissing... near some trees. Troy and Jane were sitting on the ground in the middle of the clearing where we were going to set up the fire. I handed AJ to Luke as I stretched my arms and I sat on the rock next to Luke. The only light that was visible, was the moons rays. It wasn't much but I guess it helped.
"Hows your leg?" I asked.
"Hurts like shit." Luke began. "Hows your arm?"
"Hurts. Like. Shit." I replied. He smirked at me, "Do you still wanna go North?" He asked me.
"Yea. But if there is no 'safe-haven' then we should head back South, or wherever." He nodded. Luke started to rock AJ to try and make him sleep. Luke looks like he's the kind of person who would want a kid. The silence was suddenly broken by a gunshot in the distance. I stood up quickly and said,
"Keep AJ safe."
"Yeah. Yeah I will." He replied. I leant down and gave him a quick peck on his lips before running towards the source of the gunshot. I was followed by Nick and Molly.
"Fuck. What happened?" Nick questioned as he looked at the ground. We all looked at the ground.
"I- I dunno! He just..." Kenny stopped. "Oh shit." The thing that we were all looking at on the ground was Mike's dead body. He had shot himself.
"Fuck. Okay okay. Let's just get this wood back to the group." I said. "Let's just hope that it didn't draw any walkers."
"Yeah." Molly agreed. Ben picked up some firewood as did Kenny. We all walked back to the group. As we arrived everyone gave us confused glances, but by the look of their faces they must have known that Mike was dead. I went over to Luke again and sat by him,
"What happened?" Luke asked.
"Mike shot himself. No idea why." I replied as I ran my hand over my face. Luke still had AJ in his arms but he held my hand in one of his.
"It's weird how far we've come in the matter of a few weeks." Luke said as he smiled at me.
"Yeah. I got stuck with you." I joked.
"You're glad that you met me, Clem. Don't deny it."
"I guess." a small smile starting to form on my face.
"'You guess'. Would you rather have me or Nick?" he joked.
"Shut up Luke." I said as I quickly kissed Luke.
"Hey guys. Don't make out again or I WILL throw a rock at you." Nick said.
"Not with your blind eyes Nick!" I replied, earning a chuckle from Molly and Luke.
"Can you guys not mess around?" Kenny complained.
"Come on Ken. Lighten up a bit." Christa said as she left Sarah's side. Sarah was already asleep. Ben aimed the flashlight at the ground as Kenny started to place the firewood on the ground.
"Alright. We gotta light it." Kenny said.
"Here." Troy said as he handed him a lighter.
"'Course you would have a lighter." Jane said as she folded her arms and smirked. Troy just shrugged. Kenny lighted the fire and said,
"Thank god." Kenny mumbled. He lit the fire but then he got pissed off, "Goddamnit. It's not big enough. There's not a lot of dry wood out there." I stood up and walked over to Kenny and I handed him a piece of paper. "What's thi-" He stopped as he stared at what I gave him.
"Use it for the fire." I said.
"No darlin'. I- I can't. I know you don't want me to do it." He said as he tried to hand me back the picture of Lee.
"I- I have to move on sooner or later Ken." I said with my eyes filling with tears.
"There's no need. Here." Christa said as she handed Kenny some more firewood that she must have found. Kenny then handed me back the picture.
"Just. Keep a hold of that Clem, you know you don't want to lose it." He insisted as I put it in my back pocket.
"Yeah. Okay, thanks Kenny." I said as I sat down by the fire and Luke soon came over with AJ and sat down by me. Kenny glared at me briefly before he and Christa walked off to the side away from the rest of us. I rested my head on Lukes shoulder before looking down at AJ. AJ looked really cute, when... if we get to Wellington, maybe Christa can look after him.
Christa's POV
"we gotta tell her sooner or later." Kenny continued to argue.
"I just. I just don't know. Is it really a smart idea to tell her here? If we tell her at Wellington, maybe she'll feel calmer about it." I said.
"Whatever." He replied as he walked back to the fire. I followed and sat down by Clementine. Kenny sat down next to Luke as he started poking the fire with a stick. He then handed an energy bar to us all from his bag. I took two, one for me and one for Sarah. I slowly walked over to Sarah and nudged her, she opened her eyes,
"Hey Sarah. You want an energy bar?" I asked. She took it from my hands and said,
"Yeah. Thanks." She opened it and broke a piece off, she held it in front of Sam's face. He sniffed it but soon ate it. Probably hungry. I walked back
to everyone else and I sat back down. It was silent before Kenny pulled out a bottle of Rum from his bag. I smiled,
"Where'd ya get that?" I asked.
"Found it. In the back of the truck, tucked away." He replied. He opened it and took a swig before handing the bottle to Luke. Luke did the same before handing the bottle to Clem. Oh shit, is it really the smart idea to drink right now?
"Woah. She aint drinking." Kenny spoke up.
"And why not?" Clem protested.
"You're pr-" Kenny began before I cut him off.
"Pretty young. You're still young Clem. You don't wanna waste your life away with alcohol." I said.
"I'm not a kid anymore."
"Come on. It's just one drink." Luke said.
"Fine." I decided.
"Bu-" Kenny was cut off by Clem taking a sip. She almost choked on it, I understood why as I took a sip from the bottle. It was really strong.
"Want some Ben?" I offered.
"Nah. I'm good thanks." He replied. I handed the bottle to Troy and he and Jane took a sip before handing it to Nick and Molly who had some too. They then passed it back to Kenny who put the nearly empty bottle back into his bag.
"Alright. I think imma go hit the hay." Kenny said.
"Already?" I said. He nodded and gently took AJ out of Luke's arms just incase we woke him up with our talking.
"Night Ken." Clem said. He smiled and walked over to one of the blankets. I then saw Luke wrap his arm around Clem. I guess Luke isn't THAT bad after all. It's just Kenny who is gonna take a bit of convincing. ESPECIALLY with this whole 'pregnancy' situation and Clem doesn't even know yet. I don't think.
We talked about things that had happened in the past and what we were going to do in the future. After everyone had gone to sleep, it was just me and Clem left. Should I tell her yet? Okay. Now is the time.
"Clem?" I asked. She looked kinda out of it.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"I have to tell you something..." I trailed off.
"What?" She said noting the serious expression on my face. I smiled and said,
"You're..." I stopped. "You look like shit,"
"THANKS Christa." She said with a fake hurt expression on her face.
"You should probably get some sleep. I'll lower the fire." Why can't I just tell her? When we get to Wellington I will. When there's nothing to worry about.
"You sure?" She said.
"Yeah." I nodded. She stood and walked towards Luke.
"Night Christa."
"Night."
IN THE MORNING
Clem's POV
I slowly opened my eyes and shivered from the cold that surrounded us. I felt that WEIRD feeling in my stomach again. I shook my head and slowly stood up.
"Luke. Come on we gotta get going," I said. He groaned before pulling the blanket over his face. I folded my arms, "Luke." I said. He didn't move. I unfolded my arms before pulling the blanket off of him, "Come on! We still got a day of walking." He was still laying on the ground,
"I can't hear you." he said.
"Oh really?" I began. I walked over to him and bent down, "Can you HEAR ME NOW?" I said as I shouted in his ear. (:3 Had to put the name of the fic in this chapter lol)
"Jesus Clem." He said as he rubbed his ear, Luke finally stood up and quickly pressed his lips to mine. After a few seconds he pulled away,
"Am I gonna have to wake up to you every morning?" He questioned.
"Yup. Pretty much." I replied. I small rock then hit Luke's arm,
"Alright alright. Enough with the mushy shit. Let's go." Nick said as he walked towards us. "Just gotta wake everyone else up." We glared at Nick.
"What?" He questioned. "I TOLD you that I would throw a rock at you." He smirked. A rock then hit Nick's hat off. "What the fuck?" He picked his hat back up before turning to see who threw the rock at him. It was Molly.
"Don't be throwing rocks at people unless you want ME to throw a rock at you." She smiled as she folded her arms.
"But mooooom." He said sarcastically. We laughed before Molly gave Nick a quick kiss. We all started to wake everyone up. Once everyone was up (Except for AJ who was asleep in Kenny's arms) we all started to pack our blankets and sleeping bags up. We started to move again. We walked for about two hours with no walkers or anything else trying to stop us, Sam then started to bark.
"What's up boy?" Ben asked. We all stopped and turned to see Sam staring into the nearby trees. Ben slowly walked towards where Sam was looking. He then ran back towards us, "Alright we gotta go." He said quietly.
"Walkers?" I asked.
"A LOT of walkers. And I mean A LOT." He said seriously. We all started to run. Surprisingly, Sam ran with us. He is pretty well trained. I looked behind us as we were running and I saw at LEAST thirty walkers emerge from the trees and walk towards us. I pulled a pocket knife out from my front pocket before turning my head forward again. As I did that a walker emerged from my right. It tackled me to the ground before I quickly put the knife through it's head. The walker was then pulled off of me. Luke had pulled it off.
"Luke! Behind you!" I walker was behind him. I handed him my knife before he put it through the walker's head.
"God are you okay?" Luke asked worriedly before pulling me into a quick hug.
"Yeah. Come on we gotta go." We pulled away and started to run again trying to find the group and gone out of sight.
After we were certain that we had escaped we stopped.
"Fuck. Where have they gone?" Luke asked referring to our group. We had been split from them. They probably didn't notice that we were attacked by walkers.
"We'll find 'em Luke." I said as I put my hand in Luke's. We continued walking.
Christa's POV
"Oh shit! Where have they gone?" Kenny said as he looked back towards where they had ran from.
"Calm down Kenny!" Nick said.
"We just need to stop and think." I said. Everyone sat on the ground, tired from running.
"What if something happens to the baby?" Kenny blurts out.
"The baby? AJ is right there..." Molly said curiously as she looked at AJ in Kenny's arms. I put my head in my hands.
"Clementine's pregnant." I said slowly.
"Really?" Nick asked, confused.
"Yes. That shit bird Luke knocked 'er up." Kenny said angrily as he stood up and started to pace around.
"How do you know that?" Ben asked.
"She's shown some symptoms. Mood swings, morning sickness, tiredness. Stuff like that." I said. "Only one problem really."
"What's that?" Molly asked.
"She doesn't even know that she is..." Kenny finished.
"Ah shit." Nick mumbled. "Look, maybe we'll meet them at Wellington. Luke knows which way is North." Nick tried to assure us.
"Can't we just go back?" Sarah asked innocently.
"It's too dangerous Sarah. Lots of walkers are probably still back there." I said. She sighed.
"Alright. Let's just hope that we meet them at Wellington. And let's HOPE that there IS a Wellington." Kenny said. We all stood up before following
Kenny North. We continued to walk down the dirt path. I looked down at Sarah who was walking by me with Sam by her side. I felt sorry for her, what with only having one hand and still being a kid in a fucked up place like this.
Clem's POV
Luke stopped in his tracks as he groaned in pain.
"What's wrong?" I asked with a worried tone.
"Don't worry Clem. I musta hurt my leg whilst we were running." He said with a slight chuckle.
"We can stop if you want." I suggested.
"You sure?" He asked. I nodded. We both sat down and looked up at the sky that was already turning dark. I leaned my head on Luke's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around me. After a few minutes of silence I asked,
"Luke. Can you sing?"
"Erm. Yeah, but I only really ever did it when me and Nick were drunk." He replied.
"Come on. I wanna hear you sing." I looked at him with puppy dog eyes. "Pleeeeassse."
"Fine." He said smiling.
PRETEND - By Scott Porter (Voice actor for Luke)
Say, won't you stay; we can talk about nothing at all
Or sit here and make up the words as we go along
The games, we could play
Maybe silently write us a song
Quietly shout from the roof that we don't belong
They told me maybe she's crazy a little like you
Everyone said you were nothing but trouble and
All that I know is that I've never been here before
And no, I'll never leave, if it's alright with you
Dreaming of oceans while jumping in puddles and
All of my life I pretend you where there by the door
I don't need to pretend any more.
Strange, oh so strange
When it feels better being alone
You accept there is nobody else and set it in stone
And then you, came along
Your reflection was so sad and strong
You made me believe once again that I could be wrong.
They told me maybe she's crazy a little like you
Everyone said you were nothing but trouble and
All that I know is that I've never been here before
And no, I'll never leave, if it's alright with you
Dreaming of oceans while jumping in puddles and
All of my life I pretend you where there by the door
I don't need to pretend any more.
And it hurts, to know, there was somebody out there as strange and
As beautiful, as you
If I'd known sooner
Maybe she's crazy a little like you
Everyone said you were nothing but trouble
All that I know is that I've never been here before
And no, I'll never leave, if it's alright with you
Dreaming of oceans while jumping in puddles and
All of my life I pretend you where there by the door
I don't need to pretend any more.
I don't need to pretend anymore
I don't need to pretend anymore
I smiled up at Luke.
"I love you Luke." I said before I closed my eyes.
"I love you too." He replied. I smiled before wrapping my arms around him.
After we woke up we started to head North again
After what seemed like forever, we saw smoke in the distance, over a really high hill. "Please be Wellington." I whispered. We slowly walked up the hill. We had to stop a few times because of Luke's leg. Once we reached the top. My eyes opened wide as I looked upon a HUGE fenced off area. Wellington. We slowly started to walk towards to big gates, I wrapped my arm around Luke's shoulders to try and keep him standing. He looked really pale. He musta lost a SHIT ton of blood from that gun shot and we didn't do a lot about it except wrap a dirty rag around it.
"That's far enough!" I voice sounded from the speaker. We looked up at a booth to see a woman standing there with a rifle in her hands. "Damn. You look like shit." She said smiling.
"We feel like shit too." Luke said.
"Hey erm. Has anyone named Christa or Kenny arrived here?" I asked.
"Hmm. We get a lot of people here. But I THINK I recall someone called Kenny. Did they have a baby called oh what was it... AJ? Wait. Are you Clementine and Luke?" She questioned. My eyes lightened up.
"Y-Yes!" I said happily.
"Hang on then." She said as she headed into Wellington. Suddenly, the huge gates to Wellington opened and Christa ran out. She wrapped her arms around me.
"Oh thank god you guys are alright," She pulled away and took us into Wellington. I looked around and I saw a lot of people. They all looked happy, some families were here. Children aswell. Some people were working and others were talking.
Christa's POV
Me and Kenny agreed that we would tell Clementine that she was pregnant once she got here. Now she's here. Me and Kenny exchanged glances before we walked over to Clem.
"We need to talk to you Clem." I began. "Alone." I said as I looked at Luke. Luke nodded. Me, Kenny and Clem walked off round a corner.
Luke's POV
Why can't I be apart of that conversation? I know what they are gonna talk about. I'm not stupid. I have heard Kenny and Christa talk about it. I know that she's been having morning sickness, I know how tired she's been, I know that she has been having mood swings.
I know that Clementine's pregnant.
THE END
A/N:
So they made it to Wellington! Thanks for reading Hear Me Now. That ending though :3
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE SEQUEL 'There's Something About Us'
It will be on here soon once I have written a few chapters for 'Different In A Way'.
I want to thank you all for being with me for the whole journey :3