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A/N: Hello everyone, here is the 2nd chapter: where Clem and the other kids take some time to relax while waiting for the Raiders to show...and where Clem and Violet share their very first intimate moment together as a girlfriends.
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Chapter 2: The Night
Nearly a week had passed since Clementine and Violet had confessed their feelings to each other atop the bell tower. The raiders still hadn't shown and the residents of the school started to believe that perhaps Lilly and her people had given up on them. It was currently dinner time and Omar had cooked them rabbit soup. Ruby and Willy were on lookout duty for the night while the others sat around the tables in the courtyard to eat before they turned in for bed.
"Maybe they saw how prepared we are and figured they didn't want to fuck with us any more, you know." Louis stated, offering his friends a theory to they the raiders hadn't shown as he swallowed another spoonful of soup as they ate dinner together in the courtyard.
"Oh, yeah Louis. I'm pretty sure after they heard your marvelous singing voice, Lilly and her people decided to stay far away from us as possible." Clem countered sarcastically as they continued eating, while somewhat confused to why the raiders never attacked them as three weeks had passed.
Louis feigned a look of 'hurt' after the younger teenage girl's snappy comeback, while Violet and AJ chuckled softly at how Clementine countered the older African American teenage boy's theory. Aasim, Tenn, Mitch and Omar simply turned surprised after hearing the level of sarcasm in Clem's voice, as they expected something like that from the older blonde. Unknown to the other boys, Violet was secretly smiling at her girlfriend's choice of words: as her sense of sarcasm was slowly starting to rub off on the younger African American teenage girl.
"Either way, let's not let drop our guard. They could still come for us." Aasim replied, while reminding his friends that even though the raiders hadn't shown up in three weeks, that they couldn't afford to be lower their guard.
"That's true. We should keep our lookouts posted around the clock. Lilly is a coldblooded bitch that won't give up so easily. I just don't understand why she and the raider's haven't attacked us. It's been close to three weeks and they haven't shown up. " Clementine stated, as she agreed with Aasim on how they couldn't risk being lazy or too comfortable: as the raiders would attack them when they least expected it.
"You talk like you still know her Clem." Omar commented as he and the others were still confused to how the younger African American teenage girl knew the woman leading the raiders.
"Yeah. Was she really that bad?" AJ asked, as his guardian and mentor never once mentioned Lilly to him while they were traveling on the road before they lost their car and way before they were found and brought to the school.
"Well...Lilly and I met at the start where the Walkers first showed up: when I was 8, 9 at the time. She wasn't exactly a good person, back then...and neither was her dad. She had been a selfish cold-hearted bitch towards everyone in our group, especially if they challenged or questioned her so called 'leadership' and her father, Larry...he was a racist asshole who just had to take his anger out on everyone and make things miserable for us: especially Lee and Kenny. Lilly was hard on us...but when her father died...that's when she completely lost it." Clem answered truthfully, revealing to her friends on how she knew Lilly: how they first met while taking shelter in Lee's family drug store and how the raven haired woman wasn't a good person, along with her father Larry, whom she stated was a racist bastard who just had to vent his anger out on their group: mostly on Lee and Kenny who hated his guts.
"Did he ever...?" Louis began to ask, but stopped as he couldn't bring himself to hear the answer, along with Violet as she couldn't help but dread the thought if Lilly's asshole father had hurt her girlfriend when she only a little kid.
"No...he never laid a hand on me: Lee made sure of that. But I always hated Larry...especially after what he did to Lee." She answered, as she understood what her friends were asking: if Larry ever too his anger out on her...and the blonde was relieved to hear Clem say that he never once laid a hand on her.
"What exactly did he do?" Violet asked, as she and others were curious by what the younger African American girl meant by what Larry 'did to Lee'.
"The bastard had a heart condition. After he got into a heated argument with Lee and Kenny...he had a heart attack and Lilly begged Lee to get him heart medicine from the store's pharmacy. Lee risked his life getting Lilly the tablets she needed to revive him...and do you guys know how her asshole for a father thanked him?" Clem stated as she always carried the memory of that day in head and glared as she always hated Larry for what he did to her mentor/father figure after he risked his life helping Lilly revive him.
"Um...no." Aasim answered softly, as he and others could tell from the glare on Clementine's face...that it must've been incredibly bad or low by any standard.
"That racist asshole sucker punched Lee in the face, leaving him to be eaten by the walkers! He would've died if Kenny hadn't gone back for him when he did." She answered which surprised her friends and girlfriend, as they all stared completely shocked/stunned beyond words after hearing what Lilly's father did to Lee!
"He did what?!" Louis asked completely shocked after hearing what Lilly's father did to her friend's mentor/father figure!
"That's not just fucked up, that's completely low!" Mitch claimed while glaring with complete contempt for Lilly's deceased father: Lee risked his life to help his daughter revive him from a heart attack and that asshole repaid him by punching him in the face and leaving him to be eaten by the walkers!
"Jeez...and we thought that what Marlon did was fucked up." Omar stated while comparing Larry with Marlon and stating that Lilly's asshole for a father was much worse than their previous 'leader'...as he actually had no qualms with sacrificing someone who had saved his life, even if they didn't have to.
Violet simply sat in complete silence while glaring with complete contempt for Larry: as he actually had the nerve to hurt her girlfriend by trying to take away the one person whom had been like a secondary father to Clementine after her own parents were dead.
"Clem...whose Kenny?" AJ asked softly after hearing his name and Clem's eyes widened after realizing she mentioned his name multiple times.
"...A good man...and a better friend. He and Lee had each other's backs while they were out on in the woods hunting or salvage runs: making sure we had enough supplies just to survive and importantly, to protect us from both the walkers and bandits." The younger teenage girl answered, revealing to her adoptive son that Kenny was a good friend to her and Lee: as the two of them worked together as a team while out hunting for food, scavenging for supplies and protecting their group from threats: mainly from the walkers or bandits.
"How do you mean...she lost it?" Mitch asked as he, Louis, Aasim and Omar were curious by what Lilly did to be thrown out from their group.
"She shot and killed a member of our group: Doug, during an argument. Lilly had suspected that another member of our group, a college kid named Ben was stealing and giving our supplies to a small group of bandits that had been attacking us. She gave Ben a choice: confess or she would shoot him if he continued to lie...and she shot Doug when he shoved Ben out of the way. That was the final straw for Lee and Kenny: we left her on the side of the road and drove off after that. No wonder she didn't hesitate to point that gun at me." Clem answered truthfully, revealing to her friends what had happened on the day Lilly was thrown out of their group: she had accused a member of their group, Ben of stealing/selling their supplies to a band of bandits that had repeatedly attacked the motor inn they had been living in and killed Doug by accident as she was trying to intimidate a confession out of Ben...and how Doug's senseless murder was the breaking point for Lee and Kenny: they kicked Lilly out of the group and left her on the side of the road to fend for herself.
"Damn, that's...gotta suck Clem." Tenn said softly as he glanced down, after learning how his adoptive sister's new secret girlfriend knew the leader of the raider's whom Marlon gave Minnie and Sophie away to.
"Yeah it does. But we'll take her down when she comes. I'm not letting her letting take anybody else from this school." Clementine said to her friends, reassuring them that she wouldn't let Lilly and her people kidnap and train them into soldiers to fight a war they don't want any part while also glancing toward Violet, who smiled at her younger girlfriend's determination to protect them from the raiders.
"Since the raider's haven't shown themselves for three weeks, we can assume its safe for us to send hunting parties out in the woods. We'll be running low on food soon enough and we don't want to be caught in this fiasco with a food shortage." The older blonde stated while moving on to a different subject: pointing out that they were burning through a lot of food and since they hadn't seen the raider for three whole weeks, the kids felt it was safe for them to send out hunting parties back in the forest.
"I agree. We don't want to be caught with our pants down when the raiders come. There's no telling when they'll attack." Mitch said, as he rarely agreed with Violet and that was more than enough to earn 'surprised' glances from Aasim and Omar.
"Whoa...Mitch agreeing with Violet? Somebody stop the fucking presses." The Indian-American teenager stated sarcastically, while the the 2nd African American teenage boy chuckled at his friend's choice of words...while Mitch didn't find it amusing one bit.
"Dude, shut the hell up." The hot headed and combative teenager muttered, while rolling his eyes in annoyance and glancing away.
"We can send 3 people at a time. The rest of us can hold the fort down while they're gone.' Louis stated while suggesting how they could send out their hunting parties for deer or any other animals that would provide enough meat to last them before the raiders would finally attack them, with the others nodding in agreement.
"What about the fishing spot AJ and I went with you and Brody, Violet? Is that still viable?" Clementine asked while turned to her girlfriend, wondering if the fishing spot near the creek was still safe for them to use.
"I think so. The catch hasn't been great lately but I guess we could still check it out." The older blonde answered, confirming that they could still use the fishing spot in the woods to catch fish.
"Great! We can send out a hunting party tomorrow. Which leaves 5 of us to guard this place, so we should be good." Aasim stated after hearing that the fishing spot was still valid and pointing out they would have more than enough people to protect the school while the hunting party was out in the forest.
"Perfect. Clem, Aasim and I will go. We were there last time too and Clem was really good at it. Plus there are some things I'd like to talk over with her along the way." Violet replied while choosing who would head out to the fishing spot tomorrow: Aasim, Clem and herself while the others stayed behind to protect the school.
They dispersed for the night after everyone agreed that Violet: how she, Clementine and Aasim would go check on the fishing area to see if they could catch any fish. As everyone made their way back to the dorms, Violet softly caught Clementine's hand and pulled her aside in the corridor.
"You can't just go to bed without seeing me first." The older blonde casually stated as she planted her lips on Clementine's and her younger girlfriend chuckled softly as she broke away from the kiss.
"Well, looks like someone's getting bold." The African American teenage girl playfully teased, which earned a blush from her blonde girlfriend in return.
"Yeah, well...you know you bring out the best in me." Violet replied softly, while admitting that she just somehow brought out the best in her and was glad to have a girlfriend that was more loyal and understanding towards her.
"Oh, really?" Clem playfully replied as she and Violet leaned in and locked lips in another sweet innocent kiss again, wishing the other good night before pulling away and smiling softly before heading for their own dorm rooms to turn in for the night.
Morning had arrived much sooner than planned, as night passed rather quickly and the sun had slowly began to rise. Clementine was still sleeping in her own bunk bed, until she slowly woke to the strong aroma of the fresh cup of coffee that AJ was making for her in their bedroom.
"Hey Clem. I made some coffee for you." Her adoptive son and surrogate brother stated as he handed her the freshly made mug, which she happily accepted.
"Thanks AJ. Why are you up so early?" Clem replied, as she was glad that her boy was more than capable of being independent all of his own, which he had shown the past few years when it just them on the road and was surprised to see him already up before her.
"I'm on lookout with Tenn soon. Ruby and Willy will be tired by now." AJ answered honestly, stating how he and Tenn would be relieving Ruby and Willy of their lookout shift in a few moments.
"Alright, but don't do anything stupid. If you see anyone that's not us, make sure you hide and let the others know. It could be the raiders." Clementine replied, as she nodded her as she understood how her kids and Violet's adoptive younger brother would be taking switching places with Ruby and Willy on the lookout wall.
She also reminded the younger boy, that he wasn't supposed to do anything foolish while he and Tenn were on the wall: if they someone they didn't recognize, they were too alert Louis and the others and he nodded in agreement.
"Clem. What if I have to shoot one of the raiders when they do finally show and attack us? Will Louis and the other call me a murderer and have us kicked out again?" AJ asked softly, while bringing up a very good subject: when Lilly and her people finally did arrived to attack the school and he had to kill one of them to protect Tenn or the others...would Louis label him a murderer again especially if he saved his life?
"Oh AJ, come here." Clementine said gently while patting the bed mattress, asking him to sit beside her and he did as she reached for and held his right hand.
"As much as I'd rather you not be involved in the fight, but if you do kill someone, especially if their threatening or trying to kill someone you care about, that's not murder. It's called self-defense. So, if you're in danger and have to shoot them, you just acted to save yours or someone else's life. Understand?" She replied softly, telling AJ that she didn't want him involved in the fight against the raiders and explained that having to kill a bad person who attempted to hurt or kill someone he cared about was called self-defense.
"I'll have a serious talk with Louis before Vi, Aasim and I head out to the fishing spot, alright?" Clem added, saying she would have a serious talk to Louis before she, Violet and Aasim headed out to check on the fishing spot by the creek.
"Okay, thanks Clem." AJ nodded with soft smile, glad that his adoptive mother would have a talk with Louis to help relief the guilt that was plaguing him ever since the other kids kicked them out after he shot Marlon.
"We should be back before evening. Be on your guard." Clementine stated, reassuring her son that she, Violet and Aasim would return to the school before night fall before she finished her coffee, packed her bag and gave AJ a hug before she left their room and dorm building.
"Alright, we ready to go?" Aasim asked as he and Violet had been waiting for her in the courtyard, while the older blonde was talking to Tenn as he was waiting patiently for AJ to join him on the wall.
"Yeah, but...I need to talk to Louis first." The younger African American teenage girl answered, showing her hunting party that she was ready to head out into the woods but needed to Louis first.
"What about it?" Violet asked, as she was surprised that her girlfriend needed to talk to the older African American teenage boy before they headed out to the fishing spot.
"Aasim, could you and Tenn give me and Vi a moment to talk alone?" Clem asked softly, turning to the Indian-American boy if he and Tenn could give her and Violet a moment to talk in private.
"Yeah, you got it Clem. Why don't you come with me, Tenn?" The older boy answered, as he could tell that what she needed to talk to Louis was a very delicate subject...and he had a gut instinct to what it was before grabbing Tenn by his shoulder and they both walked away to give the two girls their privacy.
"What I need to talk is Louis...is...is complicated Vi." The younger African American teenage girl started off weakly, saying that what she needed to Louis was a rather sore subject.
"Clem, why don't you just tell me what's bothering you? Maybe I can help." The older blonde replied softly, asking her girlfriend to tell her what was bothering her so she could help in someway.
"AJ...AJ is worried that when the raiders finally show to attack the school and he has to kill one of them to make sure no gets taken...that Louis...Louis and the others will call him a murderer and have us exiled again." Clementine answered softly, revealing to to her blonde girlfriend that AJ was afraid that when Lilly and her people showed up and he had to kill one of the raiders to make sure none of them were captured and taken away...that Louis and the others would call her son a murderer and have them kicked out again...which surprised and angered Violet.
"If those idiots so much as even think about it, I'm going to fucking skin them alive. If Mitch or Louis even try to hurt you or AJ, I'll hurt them." The older blonde snarled, showing she wouldn't let Louis or the others exile her girlfriend and her kid from the school again, especially if AJ had to kill one of Lilly's people to make sure she or their friends weren't captured to be turned into soldiers against their will.
"But we wouldn't." Ruby stated softly and both girls glanced surprised to see her and Willy standing a few feet away, along with Louis as he had exited the admin building for target practice to improve his archery skills and overheard Clem and Violet talking.
"How much did the three of you hear?" Clementine asked softly as both the redhead and younger brunette glanced away nervously and Louis rubbed the back of his head softly.
"All of it." The younger brunette boy answered softly, admitting that they heard everything she and Violet said before they knew he, Louis and Ruby were standing a few feet away from them.
"AJ's really that scared of us?" Louis asked as he was surprised to hear that the younger boy was afraid of him and the others although he couldn't really blame him...especially since he and Mitch were incredibly harsh and cold towards AJ when he tried to apologize for killing Marlon when he and Clem attempted to attend his and Brody's funeral..and they voted to kick them out over a simple mistake.
"...Yeah. Look Louis...I know you, Ruby, Willy and the others aren't angry at AJ anymore, but what you guys need to know is that he's been beating himself up about shooting Marlon the night he killed Brody. He felt terrible about it the second he pulled the trigger and he's afraid that you guys will kick us out again, especially if he has to kill a raider when Lilly and her people finally show." Clem stated, explaining to Louis, Ruby and Willy that AJ had been plagued with guilt the second he killed Marlon and was afraid that they would have them banished from the school again if he had to kill one of the raiders when whey finally showed.
"Clem...thank you for telling us this. Ruby, Willy and I will tell the others and then we'll talk to AJ, alright?" The older African American teenager stated softly, showing he deeply appreciated Clementine's honesty and how they would have a heart to heart with AJ and would reassure him they wouldn't banish him and Clem once they survived the attack on the school.
"Alright. Thanks Louis." The younger African American teenage girl replied, with a soft smile before she and Violet went to get Aasim so they could head out to the fishing spot by the creek.
"And Clem? We're so sorry...that we kicked you and AJ out after he killed Marlon. We...had no right do that. You tried to tell us what kind of person he was, especially after what he did to Sophie, Minnie and Brody...we just ignored it and made it about what AJ did. We blamed the wrong people...and we're...we're just so sorry." Ruby asked while apologizing for herself, Willy, Mitch, Louis and Omar for banishing them after Marlon's and Brody's funeral: showing they were also plagued by guilt due to their actions that led to the little boy being shot by Abel shortly after Violet and Louis escorted them out to the woods.
"Thank you Ruby. I appreciate it." Clementine stated softly, showing she forgave the redhead and the others for kicking her and AJ out of the school after Marlon's and Brody's funeral...even though she never blamed them since AJ shooting Marlon was partially her fault as well: since she never taught her son how to restrain himself from making brash and incredibly foolish decisions.
"You two ready to go?" Aasim asked as he and Tenn returned from their small walk, wondering if the African American and blonde girls were ready to head out into the woods.
"Yeah let's do this. I just hopes this works out." Violet answered, as she and Clementine were indeed ready, but was also hoping that them heading out into the forest wasn't a mistake: especially if the raiders would be waiting to ambush and capture them the minute they were too far from the school.
"Let's just hope that nothing happens." Clem softly stated, showing she shared her blonde girlfriend's concern about their plan to check on the fishing spot, along with Aasim as they knew Lilly and her people would be watching them and they wouldn't even know it.
She, Violet and Aasim had exited the main gate and started making their through the woods over to the fishing area. The rising sun had cast an orange glow over the trees as they walked along the forest trail.
"This might sound strange, but I've always loved waking up at dawn. There's just something about it that makes me feel at peace." The African American teenage girl stated to start a conversation, revealing to her hunting party that she would usually wake up at the crack of dawn to admire the beauty of watching the sunrise.
"Yeah me too. It feels good to be out here with you." The older blonde replied, revealing that she also used to wake up at the crack of dawn to watch the sunrise and admitted that she was glad to be out in the woods with her younger girlfriend...while Aasim glanced at her, baffled by her choice of words with raised eyebrows.
"I meant with both of you. It feels nice to be out here with both of you cause…... it's a good distraction from the raiders," Violet stated as she quickly corrected herself, hoping that the Indian-American boy had bought what she said and fortunately for her, Aasim did as he merely nodded in agreement.
"That was close. I sure as hell wasn't going to waste valuable time explaining things to him right now." She whispered softly as she gave a light breath sigh of relief as she walked closely beside Clementine as they walked directly behind the Indian-American teenage boy.
"Yeah, but we should tell them soon though. There's no point of us trying to hide it, especially from AJ and the others. They'll figure it out themselves sooner or later, if they haven't already." Clem answered as she whispered back, while pointing out to her blonde girlfriend that they would have to reveal their new romantic relationship to the others since it would be pointless for them to try to keep it a secret.
"I know. I just can't wait to see their reactions, since keeping them in the dark will make it more worth it" The older blonde replied, agreeing with her girlfriend that there was no point in them trying to keep their romantic relationship a secret from the others and chuckled softly, since she could already imagine the deeply shocked looks on their faces, along with Clementine as they continued walking through the forest.
As they neared the fishing storage room, Violet and Aasim were arguing over what was better: chicken nuggets or chicken sausages while Clem simply listened the entire time and smiled, while shaking her head since they were arguing over something ridiculous like chicken.
"I'm telling you, nuggets are the best. We used to have them a lot at home." The blonde teenage girl stated, claiming that chicken nuggets were way much than sausages with Aasim disagreeing with her.
"And I'm telling you, there's nothing as great as sausages. Nuggets are good but not the best for sure." The Indian-American teenage boy argued, stating that sausages were far better than nuggets.
As they neared the creek, Clementine was walking a few steps ahead of them when she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks, as she spotted something that didn't belong near the shack where they kept the spears they used for catching fish.
"Guys, stop top talking." She stated softly, telling Violet and Aasim to quit their bickering, but unfortunately they didn't hear her as they continued arguing and decided to end their idiotic argument.
"Guys! Shut up and look over there, by the shack." The younger teenage girl tried again in a more firm voice, which made her girlfriend and the Indian-American boy end their childish argument and glanced in the direction that Clem was pointing at. It took them a second but they saw what had made her stop in her tracks.
"A cart? That's…...not ours." Violet stated as she and Aasim didn't recognize the cart near the shed before they ducked for cover behind several bushes.
"Who could it be? There can't be too many people out here with carts, unless... It's gotta be the raiders!" Aasim whispered, as he pondered who the cart could belong to before it instantly hit him: it must've belonged to the raiders!
"Could be. Let's check it out quickly." Clem whispered back, as she agreed with her friend that the cart must belong to the raiders and knew the only way to confirm their hunch.
"Aasim stay here and watch for anyone else. Violet and I will check the shed." She girl added while instructing the Indian-American teenage boy to hang back while she and her girlfriend would approach the shack to see if anybody was currently inside.
Aasim nodded in agreement as Clementine and Violet slowly made their way to the shed. They walked along the side until they heard three different voices from inside: two different men and a single woman.
"The school should be...somewhere close by in this area. Man these fucking kids. Lilly told me she and Abel had a deal with the kid in charge there. Took Minerva and Sophie from them in exchange for the others' lives." The first male voice stated, showing he wasn't familiar with the area and bringing up the deal that Lilly and Abel made with Marlon...along with the day he gave both Sophie and Minnie to them in order to 'protect' the other kids...which they knew was a lie.
"Yeah I heard the same thing. I just arrived here and the first thing Lilly tells me is to check this place out. Like seriously, why aren't we attack the school and kidnapping those fucking brats right now like we should've 3 weeks ago?" The second male voice stated, suggesting he was a new addition to Lilly's crew and demanded to know why they were wasting time gathering useless supplies while they could be attacking the school.
"We will, in due time. I don't know why we're waiting though. Looks like she's got some unfinished business before she attends to this." The female voice answered, showing she was also growing impatient in having to postpone the attack but fairly guess the reason why Lilly hadn't led them to raid the school was because she had some 'unfinished business' that she needed to attend to first.
"Could be...or maybe she's fucking losing it. Either way, let's get out of here. This place is a real shithole." The first male voice countered, stating their leader was losing her touch or sanity before ordering his group to load up what they found in the shed so they could return to their base of operations.
Clem and Violet turned to each other before they silently scrambled back to Aasim in the safety of the bushes. Seconds later, the two men and woman had stepped out of the fishing cabin and started walking in the opposite direction, but not before glancing around as they heard footsteps.
"Who were those people?" The Indian-American teenage boy asked, as he already knew the answer as they loaded whatever they kept in the shed into the cart before heading back to where they came from.
"They were raiders." Violet answered, confirming that their hunch was correct and repeated the conversation she and Clementine overheard through the wall to Aasim.
"Damn. So they are coming for us after all. We'll have to be ready for them." He replied while shaking his head in disbelief, showing he couldn't believe they nearly walked right towards the raiders if Clem hadn't alerted them ahead of time.
"We should head back to school. If the raiders were here, there could be more of them around. We don't need to face them right now. Let's double back and let the others know." Clementine stated, knowing that they needed to return to the school to warn the rest of their friends about the raider, with her friend and girlfriend nodding in agreement.
It hadn't taken them long to return to the school and Louis immediately opened the gate to let Violet and her hunting party back in, so they could inform their friends on what they saw while out in the woods not too long ago.
"You guys...the raiders were at the fishing spot. We saw them loading supplies we kept in the fishing cabin into one of their carts." Clem stated, informing Louis and the rest of their friends that she, Violet and Aasim saw the raiders at the fishing spot and witnessed them loot the cabin where the kept their fishing supplies from the bushes.
"So, they were out there? Fuck!" Mitch asked, not believing that the raiders were out in the woods and was pissed to hear they actually looted their fishing spears and other supplies they kept in the fishing cabin!
"We gotta be really careful, especially if plan on doing anymore supply runs again. Otherwise we're fucked if they catch us outside." The African American teenage boy stated, reminding his friends that they needed to be extra careful, especially when they were out on supply runs or they were screwed after the raiders caught them out in open.
"We'll also have to keep the school guarded at all time." Aasim added, as he agreed with Louis that they needed to be extra careful whenever they sent teams out on salvage runs and how they needed to double their look out posts, especially if the raiders grew bored and decided to attack them without Lilly's knowledge.
"Basically, what we've been doing all along." Ruby stated as she agreed with both boys, along with everyone else since they couldn't take any chances that the raiders would attack them without their leader's permission.
"Let's hold off on supply runs for a couple days. They could be waiting for us out there." Violet said replied, as she felt that they should postpone any supply runs or fishing/hunting trips since they couldn't ignore the possibility that the raider's could be waiting to ambush them the moment they were far away from the school.
"Agreed. We can go over our defenses again tomorrow and make sure everything is in place." Clementine nodded in agreement with the older blonde, stating they could go over the defenses tomorrow to make sure they were prepared for the raiders when Lilly finally led them to attack the school.
"We can take care of that. You guys look tired. Why don't the three of you have dinner and get some rest? Don't want Clem sleeping in on her lookout shift." Louis stated while seeing how tired Violet, Aasim and Clem were from their close encounter with the raiders and suggested that they had some dinner before turning in for the night...and playfully teased the younger African American girl while bringing up her habit of sleeping in from time to time.
"Fuck off Louis. She's still more useful sleeping than you awake." Violet automatically defended her younger girlfriend, by countering how she had been more helpful in planning and setting up their defenses, which was more than he did the past three weeks.
"I'm going to have to agree with that. I'm an artist, not an apocalypse expert." The older African American teenage boy nodded in agreement as he mockingly puffed up his chest, much to everyone's amusement.
Violet, Clementine and Aasim had sat down for dinner as the others occupied themselves with their work. AJ appeared out of the dorms with Tenn and sat down next to Clem, whom smiled after seeing her kid setting beside her.
"Hey there goofball. How's it going?" Clementine greeted, playfully calling AJ by the childish nickname she had given him...much to his annoyance.
"Come on Clem. You know I don't like that name." The six year old boy protested, reminding his adoptive mother that he didn't like that nickname
"You'll always be my goofball. Alright, I'll just call you AJ." She playfully teased before agreeing to only call him AJ by the annoyed look he had given her, which caused him to smile in return.
"Tenn and I spent the day on watch. It was fun. He even told me about the Count the Walkers game. I'm good at counting." Her adopted son stated, claiming that he had fun hanging out with Tenn on the wall, as they spent most of the time counting how many Walkers they spotted wondering around outside the gate.
"Oh, that's really good. Hope you're good at math, 'cause I always hated it." Violet replied, showing she was glad that the two smaller boys had fun counting how many walkers they could see out in woods while she, Clem and Aasim had gone to the fishing spot and sharing that math was never her favorite school subject.
"Yeah, me too. Although I didn't get to learn much of it...even though Lee did teach me some of the advanced stuff." Clem stated, showing she was also glad that AJ had fun hanging out with Tenn and agree with her blonde girlfriend, as she didn't have that much love for math even though Lee did find the time to educate her as they attempted to reach Savannah.
"It's okay Clem. I can teach you." AJ stated while offering to teach her on the most basic form of math, by counting the walkers out in the woods from the lookout wall with him and Tenn.
"That would be nice, AJ." Clementine stated, as she appreciated her son offering to help her brush up on her basic math skills before turning to Violet.
"Do we know whose on look duty for tonight?" She asked, wondering if her girlfriend knew who was supposed to be keep an eye out for the raiders.
"I'm pretty sure Mitch volunteered to take the first watch." The older blonde answered truthfully, claiming that Mitch had volunteered to keep an eye out for the raiders while they and the others turned in for the night.
"Hey Clem?" AJ softly interrupted, as he needed to ask his adoptive mother a rather important question.
"Yes, AJ?" The younger African American teenage girl answered, wondering what her kid needed to ask her.
"Could I sleep in Tenn's room tonight? He's going to teach me to become an artist." He asked softly, explaining that Tenn had invited him to sleepover in his and Clem's dorm so he could give him some pointers on improving his drawing/painting skills!
"Of course AJ, but there's only one condition: you and Tenn can't stay up too late. We're going to need everyone for when Lilly and the raiders finally show." Clem answered, allowing AJ to spend the night with Tenn in his and Violet's room, much to his delight as he nodded happily.
"Good then. I'll see you tomorrow morning." She stated as AJ hugged her before he and Tenn got up from the table to go back to Tenn's dorm, while she and Violet smiled at seeing the two younger boys run towards the dorm before Aasim eventually stood up as well, as he had finished eating.
"Goodnight ladies. I'm too tired to stay up any longer." The Indian-American teenage boy stated, wishing the two the two teenage girls a good night before heading towards the dorm building shortly after AJ and Tenn as Violet and Clementine looked at each other as they resumed eating,
"Hey Violet. Since AJ's going to be hanging out with Tenn in your dorm room...would you like to come over to our dorm?" Clem asked softly with a blush slowly showing on her face...especially since she was asking her girlfriend if she would like to spend the night with her in her's and AJ's dorm.
"You mean...to sleep together? Um, yeah of course. I'd love to." The older blonde asked with a blush on her face equal to her younger girlfriend's, as she didn't expect Clem to be ready for them to sleep in the same bed together...and yet, Violet couldn't help but entertain the idea since she never took that step in her previous relationship with Minnie when they were a couple and before Marlon gave her and Sophie to the raiders.
The two of them had finished their dinner and were secretly grateful that Louis, Ruby, Mitch, Willy and Omar weren't nearby to see them entering the dorm building together.
"We've never done this before. I guess we're really being romantic now." Violet stated while commenting that they had never slept in the same room or bed together before as they walked to Clementine's room.
"I know. This should be very...enjoyable." Clementine said softly as she agreed with the older blonde, that them sleeping together for the first time would be an interesting moment before she opened the door to her's and AJ's dorm room and closed it behind them once they stepped inside.
Violet walked to the window and looked at the bright moon outside with Clem standing right beside her and silently slipped her hand into the blonde's as their fingers instinctively intertwined together.
"The moon really does look beautiful, doesn't it?" The younger African American teenage girl asked softy, as she couldn't help but admire the beauty of a full moon shining brightly in a star filled night sky...which was a perfect reminder of when they confessed their feelings for each other.
"It does. It makes me feel peaceful just standing here next to you and watching the moon." Violet stated, agreeing with Clem that the moon did look beautiful on a clear starry night and confessing that she felt at peace, especially with her by her side which earned a soft squeeze from her younger girlfriend.
The two girls had soon embraced as they turned to each other and stood in complete silence in front of the window. They pulled apart and looked into each other's eyes before leaning forward to press their lips together. As the two teenage girls continued to kiss, they softly moved their lips as their tongues intertwined. Violet had instinctively let her aggression seep into their kiss as she held Clementine's face in her hands until the need for air became great. After they pulled away, the older blonde had softly pushed Clem onto the bed and seductively climbed on top of her as she kissed her again, but a bit more roughly than before. Clementine had felt a strong and deep sensation stir inside her as she returned the kiss with an equal sense of urgency, while seductively wrapping an arm around the older blonde's neck to keep her from pulling away. Violet had pulled away from the rather heated and passionate kiss after several minutes and they both breathed heavily, while smiling from their very heated make out session.
"Wow. I...I honestly didn't even see that coming." Clem stated while panting softly, as she was completely unfamiliar with the deep sense of arousal that she felt coursing through her body as she and her blonde girlfriend had kissed the way they just did.
"Me neither, but...but I, I just couldn't hold myself back. With you, it just feels...completely different." Violet confessed, agreeing with her younger girlfriend that she didn't expect them to kiss so erotically like they just did...and yet, she enjoyed every second of making out with Clem and knew she was right to pick her as her new girlfriend and soon to be lover before she rolled off Clementine as they stared at the bottom of the upper bunk.
"We are so definitely doing this more often." The younger African American teenage girl stated with a soft smile on her face, before placing her head into the croon of Violet's neck, as her head was directly between the older blonde's left shoulder blade and underneath her neck. Violet had smiled softly before playfully tangling her fingers in the curls of Clem's hair while gently running the back of her head as they both slowly fell asleep.
A/N: There it is everyone, the second chapter to a A World with You: A Violentine Story. The third chapter will be posted sometime next weekend or sometime before that. Until next time, bye.
