Walking Dead: Violetine Collection

Chapter 7 of my Walking Dead oneshot collection, a college AU this time, enjoy.

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Crush

"You're back late?" Violet queried with a smirk.

Clementine jumped at that, turning quickly, giving up on closing the door quietly as she had been caught.

"Um, yeah, sorry about that, Louis needed my help with...something." She explained.

"Oh really?" Violet replied.

She was seated on her bed, putting a bookmark to keep her place before putting the book on her night stand. The two girls had been room-mates since first arrive at the college and lately, Clem had begun to notice certain feelings around Violet, it had been small at first, subtle. But as time passed it grew until Clem was sure she had a crush on the blonde girl who sat casually on her bed, watching her carefully, a knowing smile playing on her face.

"Why, aren't you asleep?" Clem asked, still startled.

Violet didn't answer however. "So, you were helping Louis huh?"

Clem groaned, as if the universe was mocking her, ever since her crush on Violet started, Violet had begun teasing her about Louis. If there was any positive about it, she got to see Violet in another mood beyond her usual sullen self.

Too tired to play the usual game, being too tired, Clem sighed. "Well, yeah, we're friends remember."

As she said that she began rooting around for her pyjamas in her dresser drawer. The truth of the matter was she had been helping Louis who was secretly dating Sophie, not ready to reveal their relationship yet. But Clem was trusted by Louis enough to help him plan a date with Sophie.

Finding her pyjamas she stood up and turned to see Violet was still smirking at her.

"Just friends, really? C'mon Clem, you like him, don't you?" Violet challenged. "Oh I think you do, you're blushing."

"N-no I'm not." Clem denied, despite her cheeks flaming. 'I'm actually blushing because I can see the boyshorts you have on under that oversized T-shirt.'

Shaking her head she made her way towards the bathroom to get changed when her phone buzzed. She pulled it out and checked it, it was from Louis.

It read: "Thanks for keeping out secret and helping plan the date, hope we can discuss the finer details tomorrow."

"I bet I can guess who that is. You just friends and you're already texting each other so late at night?" Before Clementine could close out of the text, lock the phone, something, Violet snatched it out of her hands and looked at it. Her smile was so wide that Clementine thought her face might split in two. "Ooh, what's this? 'Our secret'? 'The date'?"

She looked up at her room-mate and raised her eyebrows.

Clem hissed. "I-it isn't what you think, Violet."

"Oh yeah? What do I think?" Violet countered.

Clementine stuttered, trying to come up with a good excuse. But she couldn't say anything without spilling Louis and Sophie's secret.

Violet laughed. "I knew it! You and Louis are totally seeing each other!"

"N-No-"

"It's about time, Clementine. How long has this been going on? You and Louis have been giving each other googly eyes since you first met." Violet laughed.

"It's not like that!" Clem protested.

"And you're always together. Studying together, hanging out together, and you text all the time, you just can't get enough of each other, huh?" Violet summarised.

"It's you!"

Violet paused, her expression turning puzzled. "What?"

"I don't like Louis! I, I like you." Clementine blurted. As Violet stood, staring at her in shock, Clementine snatched her phone back and shoved it into her pocket.

"What...what do you mean?"

Clementine sighed. It was out now, no turning back. "I mean that I've had a huge crush on you since we met. You're kind, loyal, beautiful, no matter how much you try to hide it. But you always thought that I liked Louis and I didn't think that you...well, I didn't think that you were interested in me."

"Oh." Violet was speechless.

Clementine turned away, feeling tears well up in her eyes. "You don't have to say anything. I'm going to get ready for bed."

Clementine felt arms wrap around her from behind, heard Violet's voice right next to her ear,

"I always pushed you towards Louis because I thought you liked him and I wanted you to be happy. Your happiness is important to me because you're important to me, Clem." She paused. "I like you, too."

The tears slipped from Clementine's eyes, trailing across her cheeks to the edge of her jaw. "Really?"

Violet smiled and pulled away, turned Clementine around, then hugged her again. "Yes. Really."

Clementine hugged her back, tightly. Her heart felt so swollen with happiness that she-

"Wait." Violet pulled back again, eyeing Clementine with confusion. "If you and Louis aren't dating, then what does that text mean?"

Oh, crap. Clementine struggled to think of something, some sort of excuse, a lie, but came up empty.

She sighed. "I promised not to tell anyone."

"Oh, come on, Clem. You can trust me." Violet reached up and wiped the tears from the brunette's face, smiling at her earnestly.

It was a strange but delightful expression on her face and Clem wanted to preserve it in her memory forever. Clementine chewed her lower lip, thinking. Finally, she gave in and explained everything to Violet, who laughed when she was finished.

"Louis? And Sophie? Wow." She whispered. "No wonder he was worried, Minnie's way too protective of her siblings."

"Yeah, but I promised I wouldn't tell anyone, so you can't let them know that you know. And you can't tell anyone!" Clementine insisted.

Violet rolled her eyes and leaned in to kiss Clementine on the cheek. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone, I promise." The blonde leaned back, yawning and stretching her arms. "It's late. We should go to bed."

Clementine's insides were still fluttering from the kiss.

"Um… yeah." Something struck her and she turned to her room-mate. "That reminds me, why didn't you answer me earlier?"

"Huh?"

"When I asked you why you were still up. You're usually asleep by now." Clem asked.

"Oh. Well… I was waiting for you." Violet admitted. "Just in case something had happened. I was worried."

Clementine turned away, smiling to herself. "Oh."

She grabbed her pyjamas and left the room to change and brush her teeth in the bathroom. When she came back, she climbed into bed and switched off her lamp.

"Goodnight, Violet."

She felt the covers pull back, something sliding into bed next to her and she squeaked in surprise.

Violet giggled in her ear, wrapping her arms around the redhead. "Relax, Clem. It's just me."

Clem gasped. "Wh-what are you doing?"

"Sleeping with my girlfriend."

Clementine's heart skipped a beat. "Girlfriend?"

There was a pause.

"Oh, right." Violet laughed. "Sorry, I got a little ahead of myself. Will you be my girlfriend?"

Clementine processed the words, wondering if they had really been spoken or if she'd imagined them. Violet started to shift uncomfortably next to her, growing more and more uncertain with each passing second of silence. "Of course! I, I mean…yes."

Violet relaxed and snuggled close. "Oh, thank god. You were making me nervous."

Clementine laughed. "Sorry. Goodnight, Violet."

Violet kissed the back of her neck. "Goodnight, Clem."

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