I was thinking about doing random chapters of Ellie and Joel living in the Community in Jackson, I'm not sure how many chapters I will do but there will be random stories. There will be different events and holidays they may celebrate has a community, but be warned people who are sensitive... there maybe horror in some chapters.

I thought I'd begin where Ellie and Joel arrive at the Jackson Community, then we can venture through the years until the present day game. I'm still making my way through the game, hopefully I'll be finished by tonight. If anyone would like to discuss the game my dms are open.

-The Last Of Us is owned by Naughty Dog/ Sony Computer Entertainment

-Some of the parts of this fanfiction are in the game, other parts aren't in the game.

-Spoilers may happen.

Snowflake Warning

-Ellie grew up in a world of monsters, TLOU isn't about butterflies and rainbows... it's horror.

-If you're playing the game I know, I know the story has thrown heartbreak at us. I'll give us some happy times.

-Sensitive material, Ellie likes girls... get over it!

Keep safe and enjoy!

Chapter 2!

The lodgings Tommy had prepared for them wasn't what they were expecting, it was a beautiful old simple looking country house. The house had a porch and a stone pathway leading towards the porches steps, there was a white picket fence with a gate. A tree was growing in the front yard and the grass wasn't too overgrown, it was a fixer upper. They could plant flowers and make it more homely, Ellie couldn't wait to have a garden of her very own. Tommy opened the gate for Ellie and told her ladies first, but she piped saying age before beauty while she looked over at Joel.

" Hey Joel, do you need any help getting up the steps?" Ellie asked.

" Hey, I'm over the hill just yet." Joel replied.

" I'm just fucking with you." Ellie smiled.

Ellie walked up the steps to the the front yard and headed along the pathway, she couldn't wait to see what was inside the house. She peered through one of the windows but she couldn't see anything because the curtains were drawn, they would have some privacy from others at least. Ellie noticed a chair on the porch, she sat down on it and relaxed while she waited for Joel to walk up the pathway. Tommy opened the front door for them, Ellie got up from the chair and walked over to him. Joel entered the house first and Ellie followed after him, the sight that greeted them made Ellie speechless for once.

" What do you think?" Tommy asked.

" It looks comfortable." Joel replied.

" Comfortable? Holy shit Joel!" Ellie said, she hurried into the living room area. " Are you seeing this?!"

" I'm seeing it." Joel replied.

" It's like one of those showrooms you see in magazines!" Ellie said.

Ellie couldn't believe her eyes, the house was amazing. The living room had a bookcase and a leather creamy brown coloured couch with a matching armchair, there was a wooden fireplace with a clock on it's shelf. She hung her hoody over the back of the couch before she went to check out the bookcase, she tilted her to one side and read some of the book titles out to Joel. She could hardly contain her excitement when she found a pile of DVDs, she took one of the DVDs from the shelf and showed it to Joel.

" Have you seen this movie before?" Ellie asked, she looked at the DVD cases cover. " Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, it sounds delicious."

" About twenty times, it was one of Sarah's favourite movies." Joel replied.

Ellie looked up at Joel from the DVD case, she saw a flash of sadness cross his face for a brief moment before Tommy rested his hand on Joel's shoulder. Ellie apologized to him and told him she was such a dumbass sometimes, but Joel said it was okay. Tommy told them they had plenty of time to watch movies later, Ellie put the DVD back and followed Joel into dining room, she was drawn to the drinks cabinet on the other side of the room. She looked at one of the bottles and put it back when she heard Joel's voice, it wasn't like she was going to drink it.

" Now don't you be getting any ideas kiddo." Joel said.

" Please, drinking is for losers." Ellie said while she rolled her eyes at him. " Do you think I want to turn out like Bill or something? Some porno loving drunk living in an abandoned Church, I think not!"

" I beg your pardon?" Tommy asked.

" It's a long story, I'll tell you about it later." Joel replied.

" Alright then, let me show you the kitchen." Tommy said.

Ellie and Joel followed Tommy through an open doorway that led into the kitchen, Ellie stopped at the counter while she looked through the window above the sink. She could see some kids playing in a front yard a few houses away from them, she checked out the rest of the kitchen while Tommy spoke to them about the fixtures and fittings. She was impressed with everything that Tommy showed them in the kitchen, she had no idea what somethings kitchen appliances were used for but she liked the idea of having them around the kitchen.

" You've got everything you'll need in here, it all works too." Tommy said, he rested him hands on the breakfast counter. " The fridge is stocked up with eggs, meat and milk. You've got coffee and sugar in those cupboards over there, we've got a ration system but we've always got plenty of food to go around."

" You mean we can cook stuff with a working stove?'" Ellie asked.

" Yeah." Tommy replied.

" Well then, I guess our camping stove's days are over." Joel said.

" Rest in peace camping stove, you'll be missed." Ellie said.

" Do you want to bury it in the back yard later?" Joel asked.

" Sure." Ellie replied.

" I can take it off your hands, there's people who may need it." Tommy said.

" We can donate it, I don't mind." Ellie said.

" That's mighty kind of you." Tommy said.

" Hey Tommy, can I ask you what the catch is?" Ellie asked while she crossed her arms. " There's always a catch, right? Nothing nice comes for free, even I know that."

" There's no catch, you've just got to pitch in with daily cores and patrols." Tommy replied. " But you don't need to worry about that right now, just settle in first and rest up while you can."

Ellie checked out the rest of the kitchen with Joel, there were small jars of dried herbs and medium sized jar of pasta on one of the cupboard's shelves. Ellie took a jar of beans from the cupboard and showed them to Joel, she told him that she would do the cooking tonight because Joel was a terrible cook. There had been the odd occasion where Joel hadn't stirred the baked beans in the saucepan, they had eaten burnt food more than once on their travels. Joel didn't argue with her, he told her he didn't mind if she wanted to cook tonight and to make it fair he would do the washing up.

" C'mon, let me show you the rest of the house." Tommy said.

Tommy led them out of the kitchen and took them upstairs, Ellie couldn't help but admire the paintings on the wall going up the staircase. They were mostly of horses and mountain ranges with vast landscapes, she thought they were really cool. They walked across the landing together and Tommy showed them around the upstairs part of the house, he showed them the bathroom first. He told Joel he had an onsweet bathroom, Ellie didn't have a clue what an onsweet bathroom was until Tommy explained it to her. Next Tommy showed Joel his bedroom, it was very spacious and simple. There was a double bed and a set of draws, the room even had its own walk in closet with some clothes already hanging up inside of it.

" It's defiantly giving off the old man vibes in here." Ellie joked.

" Hey, I heard that..." Joel said while he placed his backpack next to the bed." This room reminds me of my old bedroom back in Texas, it's good enough for me."

" Why don't you go and check out your bedroom, it's the first door on the landing near the staircase." Tommy said.

" Wait, I have my own bedroom?!" Ellie asked.

" Yeah, Maria helped me pick out a few things for you." Tommy replied with a smile. " I hope you like it."

Ellie hurried out of the Joel's bedroom and headed across the landing, she opened the door across from the staircase. She gasped at the sight that greeted her, she yelled for Joel to come and check out her bedroom. She took her backpack off and placed it down by a desk, she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

There was a record player near the window with a box full of vinyls next to it, she had her own double bed and her own closet space. She wandered around the room and looked at every single thing Maria had chosen for her, she really loving the dream catcher hanging above her bed. She stopped at a box full of posters, she took one of the rolled up posters out of the box and held it in front of her while she rolled it out. It was a poster of the Solar System, she was mad about Space.

" Whoa!" Ellie said.

" Wow, it seems like you've got the best room in the house." Joel said.

" Don't I fucking know it!" Ellie said.

Ellie turned around the face Joel, she had the biggest smile on her face while she showed him the poster. She rolled the poster back up and place it back in the box, she then pointed over to a pile of comic books. She hurried over to them and flicked through one of the comics, she was in her own little world right now. She hadn't really had her own room since she was at the Military School in Boston, it would be nice having her own space she could make her own mark on.

Joel cleared his throat which caught her attention, he told her that Tommy wanted a quick word with them before he left. She put the comic book back and joined them on the landing, Tommy give Ellie a smile as she joined them.

" What do you think of your room?" Tommy asked.

" Dude, it's amazing! Thank you so much for everything!" Ellie replied.

Tommy spoke to them both about coming over to his and Maria's house for dinner tomorrow night, he said he could go through the patrol duties with them. He told them both to have a nice evening before he left, Joel closed the front door of the house while Ellie sat down on the staircase. She watched Joel bolt the door which confused her, they were both in a safe place while they remained in The Jackson Community. But the change would take some getting use to since they had always been on the road, it was the first time they would have a comfortable and safe place to stay for the night without worrying about Hunters or the Infected finding them.

" Alright, what shall we do first?" Joel asked.

" I don't know, I guess we could get cleaned up and then explore the rest of the house." Ellie said while she wrapped her arms around her legs. " We could watch some movies or go for a walk around the neighbourhood, you know do... something normal."

" Yeah, we can do that." Joel said.

" But how do I act normal after everything that as happened?" Ellie asked.

" Just be yourself." Joel replied.

" But what if no one likes me here?" Ellie asked.

" Ellie, who wouldn't like you?" Joel asked.

" I don't know, the other kids..." Ellie replied.

Joel sighed and walked over to the staircase, he sat down next to Ellie while he cupped his hands together. He told her that it would take them sometime to get use to living in a house again and mingling with other people, he told her it had been over twenty years since he had owned a nice house.

Ellie listened to him talking about his old home back in Texas, he told her about his old construction job and how Tommy use to babysit Sarah while he studied at college. He mentioned Sarah a few times, it was nice that he was beginning to be more open about his past with her.

Ellie decided to tell Joel about the Military School she use to attend back in Boston, she told him about how she use to get loads of detentions for being mouthy in her lessons and how one time she broke curfew because she was craving beef jerky. She even told him more about her best friend Riley, she mentioned that Riley had joined the Fireflies and how her friend believed that they were the right group to join at the time. She quickly changed the subject after a while though, she didn't want to bring up the Fireflies again after everything that had happened to them both at St Mary's hospital.

" I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a Mom." Ellie said while she tucked some hair behind her ear." I never got the chance to meet mine, Marlene told me about her while I was growing up. But it's not the same, I don't even have a picture of her."

" Do you ever miss her?" Joel asked.

" I guess..." Ellie replied with a sigh. " Sometimes wonder what her favourite food was or if she liked comic books, did she like rock or pop music? It's things like that I'll never get to know about her, all I have from her is a letter she wrote before she died. I hardly know anything about my Dad, it's like he never existed."

" A letter is better than nothing kiddo, she loved you and that's the most important thing." Joel replied.

" Yeah, you're right." Ellie said. " How about you Joel? Do you ever miss your old life?"

" You mean the life I had before the Apocalypse happened?" Joel asked.

" Yeah." Ellie replied.

Joel went quiet for a moment while he looked down at his hands, he licked his lips before he told Ellie that he would give anything to go back to the old days. He told her that he missed Sarah and his old job, he even mentioned how much he missed his Ex Wife. Ellie rested her hand on Joel's arm while he spoke to her about how he had brought Sarah up by himself with the help of Tommy, he seemed to be getting upset. He cleared his throat and got up from the step while he ran his hand over his face, he told Ellie he was going to get cleaned up.

Ellie watched Joel walking up the staircase, she got up from the step and followed him up the rest of the staircase. She stopped him on the landing and gave him a hug, she needed to tell him something. Ellie told him that if he ever needed to talk about anything she would always be here for him, he wrapped his arms around her and thanked her for being there for him.

Ellie snuggled her face into his jacket, she could smell sweat and damp leather but that was Joel's scent. It was comforting, she felt safe in his embrace. She had been traveling with him for over a year, he had saved her life more than once and he taught her how to shoot a rifle. Joel was Ellie's family now, they had each others backs in this crazy apocalyptic world.

" You're a good kid, Ellie." Joel said. " Don't ever let anyone else tell you any different."