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Modern Period of The Walking Dead Game

High School AU


Chapter Thirty One: Oh My Darling


"Hey, Sweetpea. How are you feeling?" Lee came in her room with a cup of orange juice. Clementine took the mug and placed it on the bed side dresser.

"Peachy." She said bluntly with her round glasses hanging a millimeter away from the very tip of her small nose, looking up at him. Her thick curls were balled up into a high puff. A grape fruit color cover over her right leg as the casted one hung outside the cover, near to edge of the bed.

Lee sighed. Seeing his baby girl stuck in bed rest saddened him. Clem didn't want to go outside or talk to anyone. Thanks to the hospital, they gave her an excuse slip for a week off from school to pick up her strength after the surgery.

Ava, AJ, Duck, and Mariana visited her at the hospital. They told her what she missed in school, trying to crack a smile of Clem. She didn't budge.

Mariana kept her mouth shut the whole time. An apology came in mind many times for the behalf of her brother. Besides that, she collected work from Clem's classes, so she won't be behind. Clem hugged Mariana and a force smile. Mariana knew whatever she does wouldn't change thinks between Gabe and Clem.

Before Duck could mention about a hilarious moment in class, Clementine had enough. She turned them away. Duck left her text messages of funny memes in the group chat. As much as her leg hurt at the beginning, laughter pushed aside the pain.

AJ slept over during that weekend to company her. They played video games and watched Disco Broccoli. She didn't complain. His company made her feel better.

This reminded her the times when small AJ sick in bed and Clem would cheer him up by nursing him or just spoiling with cuddles and silly jokes.

AJ did all the talking as she sat there in bed listening to about his piano practices with the dread head teen.

It been four days since the accident. Six weeks or more for her left leg to heal. Her calf muscle somehow teared from the fall and the way her leg dangling and banged on every step. On top of that, Louis's large body crushed her that fractured her leg bone. The girl went through surgery.

"I see. Are you... hungry?" He asked.

"No. I'm fine." She said rather too quickly as she continued reading her book and jotting down notes.

The doorbell rang.

"Call me when you need me." He said before leaving her door cracked open.

Clem dropped her pen. Rubbing the wrinkles on her forehead. She took off her glasses as she sat back on her mega stuffed pillow and stare at the ceiling.

A knock on her door grabbed her attention. The door opened to reveal someone she was not expecting.

"I brought pretzels." He waved them up.

Clementine's face lit up. Blushing like a hot pepper. Her hair resembled a pineapple bird nest, skin oily from bundling up all day in her room, dressed in a baggy shirt with no bra and shortest shorts ever that she wears around the house when no men except Lee isn't around.

Why is Louis here?! She freaked.

He shut the door behind him and sat on her desk chair. He noticed her crutches propped up between her bed and bed side dresser. He wheeled closer to her bed with a frown on his face.

"I'm sorry about that..." Louis apologized. He gave her the huge bag of dipped chocolate pretzels. She took it and hugged it. Pressing her glossy cheeks on the bag.

"I know you're sorry. Thank you for this." She smiled with a peaceful sigh. Louis whipped out his bag and took out a card and two candles in a jar.

Clem smelled inside the jar, one lavender scented and the other was peach and mango mix.

When he handed her a card, everyone's signatures covered the whole thing with short messages like 'get well soon, hope you feel better, miss you at AP history and math, I'll carry you to your classes', and other shit to get that early leave slip before class end to take her to hers.

Clem looked up while wiping rebellion tears underneath and the corners her eyes.

"Everyone wanted to come with me to check on you. But I had an early doctor check up on my pinky... so I made my way here." He flashed her his black finger cast that's strapped around his left wrist and connected to his pinky.

The girl in front of him smiled softly. She peaked at the card to see Gabe's name and a small 'sorry, mi amor'.

Louis noticed her tucked in lips and serious face.

"He apologized to me already in school. I couldn't leave him out because... you know... ya had history." He shrugged. Clem understood.

"Thank you. But why the candles?" He took the lavender one. Gesturing to light it. Clem allowed it, so he lit the candle with a match in his jacket and rest it next to her glass of orange juice.

"Why not? Its purpose is to relax you and be stress free."

"Lou... Louis. This is... so much." She whispered as she wiped her face. Louis smiled.

"Can't have you come back all moody. That won't be any fun. Its lonely in class now. No one to bother." He told her. Glancing at her with puppy eyes. She rolled her eyes.

"Are you trying to kiss ass for that early slip to escort me between my classes?"

Louis sucked his teeth. He pretended to be offended by her question. The girl saw right through him though.

"What!? No... maybe." He squeaked. Clem giggled. How did he take the time to do everything?

"Thanks for all of this. I appreciate it."

"Wait! And last but not least! A song I played." He beamed.

"You bought your piano?" She crossed her arms. Louis chuckled as he dug in his back pocket. It would be ridiculous if he did. That heavy keyboard.

"No way. I recorded." He unlocked his phone, searching for the video. He handed her the phone.

Before playing it, she patted the space next to her. Louis shyly sat next to her on bed. Too close for his liking but ignored it since he could see the phone over her.

She pressed play. In the video, Louis's dreads were pinned up except the front that's dangling to shape his face. He winked at the camera.

Clem rolled her eyes hard. The boy beside her winked at her. She nudged him, literally pressing her weight on his side.

The background was not the music room. The camera positioned close to his upper body. Showing his face and torso. Behind him was a queen size bed and a rug. Posters on the wall of musicians.

A typical Louis room.

"I hope you feel better Clem. You don't deserve this at all. You're a great person. AJ always talk about you. And I learned to see what he means since the time you first choked me and when we met at the mall." Video Louis said as he cupped his neck in agony. Being a dramatic ass hole.

Clem glared at him next to her. Louis shrugged. She reached for her orange juice, he passed it to her. She sipped it as she concentrated on the phone screen.

"Hope this song makes you smile whenever you're feeling down." He moved the camera further back to the side. Angling it to his side and a clear view of his fingers hovering the keys.

"Oh my darling, oh my darling
Oh my darling, Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes, without topses
Sandals were for Clementine."

He finished. He glanced at the camera with a cheesy smile.

"Playing with an injured pinky isn't easy." He chuckled in the video.

"I'm here for you if you need someone to talk to. AP buddy." He smirked. That's when he cut off the video.

Clem handed his phone back. She scooted a bit from him to face his charming cheesy grin.

"You like it?!" He asked. She pursed her lips. Thinking of a right word to say. She looked up at him. Eyes glistening from the lavender candle beside them.

"You are... super cute."

Louis struck by her choice of words. He almost forgot to breath and blink for a minute. He shook his head, dreads moving with him. He cleared his throat. Adjusting his tan leather jacket with his fidgeting hands.

Clem couldn't help eyeing his every move. It was all too cute.

"Cute. Wow, um. Hm. That's...uh. Yay!" He blurted out. He dropped his head. Peeking through his dreads.

"Glad to be of service." He said shyly.

After that, Louis and Clementine went down stairs. Deciding to chill and watch a movie. Of course, he carried her while singing her the embarrassing song out loud.

"Shut up! And my shorts are rising!" She whispered behind her hands. Embarrassed at this point. Hoping Lee isn't around.

"Let the cheeks get some natural lighting after being in bed all day." He whispered back. Clem's cheeks turned crimson as he went back singing her song. She shut his mouth, now muffling singing.

"You're such a weirdo." She tried her best to calm her cheek bones from smiling too much. But it was hard to.

"You dig that so you're a weirdo too." Louis stated. Before he could say anything else, her hand reached for his neck.

"I'll scream if you choke me. And make sure Daddy saves me." He whispered in her ear as he sat her down on the couch.

"Oh boyyyy!"

Lee heard voices and laughing. He saw them make their way to the living room.

Lee wondered why Gabe wasn't here. Wasn't she dating Gabe? He didn't want to jump into conclusions, so he let it be. His little girl was smiling as if AJ is present.

The teens watched 'I Am Legend' on Netflix. Clementine cuddled on Louis's side. Her casted leg rested on a short leg cushion. His arm lied over her head on the couch, leaving her to press her face closer on his shoulder. Both felt right in the position.

Later, Carley came home, finding the two knocked out on the couch.

She tiptoed pass them to make her way up stairs. She saw Lee coming out the shower.

"That's not Gabe downstairs." She shut the door behind her. Lee nodded.

"That's Louis. The boy that brought her home from that 'lit' party." Lee mentioned. Carley scrunched her brows. She remembered him.

"I'm... confuse." She stripped off her work suit.

"Same. We can't question it yet. He seems like a good friend of hers."

"Yeah... good friends." She bit her lip. Thinking about someone else.

Down stairs, Louis woke up first. Realizing that he's not home but in someone else's living room. He glanced down at a sleeping Clem.

Her eyes were shut while her mouth opened slightly. Her hands clung on to his jacket. He took the opportunity to carry her sleeping form upstairs to her room.

He lied her on the bed. Her eyes fluttered open.

"Thanks again, Louis." She said dreamily.

Inside his chest, a fluttering warmth spread throughout.

"You're welcome, Choker."

She giggled as she drifted back to sleep.

"...Dork..." Her head turned away from him. He pulled the covers over her and blew out the candle.

Leaving the fairy in a peaceful deep sleep.