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 finished the game now, it was a different. If anyone would like to discuss the game my dms are open.

Sorry if some of my chapters are boring, I just want to do some random happy moments between Joel and Ellie before the heartbreak begins.

-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.

- Sorry for the late update, I've been busy - My laptop charger is broken, so I've got to type my fanfictions on my phone from now on until I replace it.

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!

Thank you for all the Faves, Alerts and Reviews.

- Hopefully this fanfiction website has sorted it's self out now, it was annoying when updates weren't showing.

Keep safe and enjoy!

Chapter 17!

Three Weeks Later

Ellie had waited a few weeks before she made her move to find out about where St Mary's Hospital was located, she used some maps from the community's library to find the hospitals location. It was a straight forward route and it wasn't that far from Jackson, she jotted down some highways though just in case she got lost.

Ellie had packed some sandwiches and some extra ammunition for her rifle, she made sure she had a canister of water with her. She took her journal with her too, it was something she liked to do now when she ventured outside of The Jackson Community. She managed to sneak out of the community with her horse Shimmer, luckily for her the guard who was meant to be on watch had fallen asleep at his post.

Ellie basically had rode Shimmer out of The Jackson Community's gates and into the unknown, she ventured forward without a second thought about Joel worrying about her. She knew she would be in trouble with Joel when he found out that she was gone, but she had left him a letter to reassure him that she would be okay. She wanted to find out the answers to her questions, this was the only way she would get them.

When she arrived at St Mary's Hospital she left Shimmer by a campfire she had made, she told her horse not to wander too far. She ventured forward and looked up at the abandoned building while she walked, it was overgrown with plants and there was still evidence that the military had been presence here once at this hospital. She walked up some steps and opened a glass door, it was pitch black inside the building.

" Here goes nothing..." Ellie said.

Ellie entered the building and she let the door close behind her, she then turned her clip on torch. The hospital's corridors were dark and eerie, the place had been abandoned years ago by the looks of it. Dried blood stained some of the corridor floors and walls, there was even the odd empty bullet shells on the floor. There were broken windows and scattered glass across the floor, the odd plant was growing through cracks in the walls. There were rooms full of boxes and medical equipment, it was disheartening to see so much medical equipment going to waste.

Ellie kept her rifle close and her eyes peeled while she ventured forward, she had no idea if there was any Infected people around here. It was quiet, too quiet for her liking. She shone her clip on torch onto a sign and noticed the word Pediatric, this was the right place. She peered through a connecting door's window before she opened it, she entered another corridor and ventured forward. She checked out one side room, there was nothing but boxes and a hospital bed. She kept moving forward until she reached another room, it looked like an office.

Opening the door she walked into the office, it looked like it had been hardly touched since the Flyflies had left this place. There was a desk and a couch, she also noticed a beautiful painting of a Chinese lady behind a box. She looked around the office and found some notes, there was a pictures of an arm with a rash on it. This hardly meant anything to Ellie, she left the office and carried on walking down the corridor.

Ellie looked at the wall while she walked forward, there was paintings on the wall of a seaside scene. She turned left into another corridor, the door to that corridor was barricaded with a hospital bed and some boxes. She noticed a side door and opened it slowly, it looked like a prepping area for the doctors before they went into surgery.

Entering the room a rat scurried passed her, she watched it leave the room. There was a scrub sink below a window and paper towels scattered across the floor, the windows of the room were covered with blinds. She opened another door and walked into what looked like an operating theatre, there was a table in the middle of the room.

" This as to be the place..." Ellie muttered.

Ellie closed the door behind her and shone her clip on torch around the room, it smelt musky. There was dried blood stains on the floor, it seemed like something bad had happened in here. She walked around the room and looked inside many boxes, she wasn't really sure what she was looking for in this room. She noticed a duffle bag near a cabinet and knelt in from of it, there was a Flyflies symbol on the bag.

Unzipping the bag Ellie rummaged around inside of it, there was a shirt and a pair of jeans inside of the bag. They looked familiar, she had seen these clothes once before. But her hand brushed up against something metal, it turned out to be a handheld recorder. It was still working, she pressed the play button on it and listened to the recording.

The recording turned out to be some kind of medical notes, the woman's voice sounded familiar too. The woman on the recording spoke about a smuggler and a girl, Ellie guessed that the smuggler was Joel. The woman spoke about going after them and seeing if they could find any other immune people, but the woman said the only person who could develop a vaccine was dead. Ellie didn't understand what she meant by that, but now she had some information that may answer some of her questions.

A Few Days Later

Ellie lay on her bed, her heart was broken. She was still trying to process what had happened at St Mary's Hospital, she couldn't believe that Joel had been lying to her for all of these years. Everything he had ever told her was just a lie, the trust she had for him was now gone. She loved him still, but she couldn't forgive him for what he had done.

Joel's words had destroyed her, if it wasn't for him she may have helped to find a cure for the infection. He had saved her, but at what cost? Everything was a mess, she had no idea how she would be able to live with the knowledge that she could have saved many people, her death could have found a cure.

Ellie sniffled and rolled onto her side before she cuddled against one of her pillows, she just wanted to be alone. The curtains in her garage apartment were closed, she didn't even want to look at Joel's house. Her eyes were sore due to all of the crying she had done, she hadn't even slept that much since she found out the truth. Everything was up in air, she just wanted to leave The Jackson Community and hide away from the world.

There was a knock at the door, she told whoever was at the door to go away. But the door soon opened and Cat stepped into the garage apartment, she told Ellie that it was only her. Ellie told Cat to close the door, she didn't want the outside world to see her right now. Cat closed the door behind her, she walked over to the bed and sat down next to Ellie.

Cat had been checking up on Ellie everyday, she made sure she was eating and she comforted her when she was crying. She had even seen Joel sitting on the back porch of his house, she had told Ellie that Joel was heartbroken too. But Ellie didn't care, she didn't want to see him or talk to him anytime soon.

" Hey sweetie." Cat said.

" Hey..." Ellie said.

" How are you feeling?" Cat asked, she tucked some of Ellie's hair behind her ear while she smiled at her girlfriend. " Do you want something to eat?"

" I'm not hungry..." Ellie replied.

" You've got to eat something, you need to keep your strength up." Cat said.

" I'm fine." Ellie said.

" No you're not, you're still upset." Cat said with a sigh. " What happened between you and Joel? You can talk to me Ellie, let me help you."

" It's nothing, I don't want to talk about it." Ellie replied.

" Okay sweetie, but let me fix you something to eat." Cat said.

" Sure, you can do that..." Ellie said.

Cat kissed the top of Ellie's head before she went to make her some lunch, she told Ellie that she would run her a bath and sort her some clean clothes out. Ellie wasn't going to argue with Cat, she sat up in her bed and ran her fingers through her hair. She hadn't changed her clothes or showered in days, she felt disgusting.

" Hey, can we finish my tattoo today?" Ellie asked.

" Sure, but all my tattoo equipment is at my house." Cat replied while she filled a saucepan up with cold water. " We can go to mine if you like, my Mom would love to see you again. You could stay for the night, a change of scene may do you some good."

" Yeah, that sounds good..." Ellie said.

" Go and get cleaned up, I'll make you some toast and tea." Cat said.

Ellie swung her legs over the edge of the bed and got to her feet, she felt drained. Cat had put the saucepan of water on the stove and took a loaf of bread from a cake tin, she then took a knife from a draw. She smiled at Ellie before she began to slice the loaf, she told Ellie that she would be with her in a few minutes. Ellie told Cat she was going to have a shower instead of a bath, it would be quicker.

" Take your time, there's no need to rush." Cat said.

Ellie thanked Cat and walked to the bathroom, she then closed the door to the bathroom behind her. She turned the shower on while she got undressed, her clothes were stinky and dirty. She threw them into a basket and climbed into the bathtub, the water wasn't too hot. She ran her fingers through her hair and rubbed her hands over her face, she just wanted to forget everything that had happened in the last few days.

After she was done she stepped out of the bathtub and wrapped a towel around herself, it wasn't long until Cat brought her some clean clothes. Ellie quickly got changed into her clothes and tied her damp hair up into a ponytail, she then left the bathroom. Cat was buttering some toast with a knife, she smiled at Ellie and told her that she had made her some tea.

" It's on the coffee table, no milk and half a sugar." Cat said.

" Thanks." Ellie said.

Ellie walked over to the couch and sat down on it, she picked her mug of tea up from the coffee table while she leaned back against the couch. She sighed to herself and wrapped her hands around her mug, her thoughts soon turned back to Joel. He had tried to talk to her a few times since the incident, but she told him to fuck off before she slammed her apartment's door in his face. That made things worse though, she soon had Maria and Tommy on her case.

Cat placed the plate of toast on Ellie's lap before she kissed her girlfriend's check, she told her that she would go and make the bed. Ellie told her that she didn't have to do that for her, but Cat said she wanted to do it. Cat went to make the bed, she was such a cleaning freak at times. Cat open one of the windows near the bed, she drew back the window's curtains and peered through it.

" Joel is sitting on his porch, do you want me to go and speak with him?" Cat asked, she turned around to face her girlfriend. " I can asked him to go back inside if you want, you know so we can go out."

" It's fine, we can use the back door." Ellie replied.

" Wait, you have a back door?" Cat asked.

" Yep, the garage door opens." Ellie said before she took a big bite of her of toast. " It's a tight squeeze since it doesn't open all the way, but we can get out that way."

" Ellie, you can't hide from Joel forever." Cat said.

" I know, but I'll give it a good shot for now." Ellie said.

Ellie ate the rest of her toast while Cat tidied the garage apartment, she got up from the couch and brushed the crumbs away from her shirt. Cat took the plate from Ellie and returned it to the kitchen, she then told Ellie she was ready to go. Ellie grabbed her coat from her coat peg, she put it on while she walked over to the garage's door.

" The garage handle is behind the couch." Ellie said while she moved the coffee table away from the couch. " I've just got to move it, give me a few seconds."

" Do you need any help there Wonder Woman?" Cat asked.

" Sure thing Batgirl, make yourself useful." Ellie replied.

" You're such dork." Cat smiled.

" Look who's talking, you're a mega dork!" Ellie smiled.

Cat wrapped her arms around Ellie and squeezed her tightly, she laughed when Ellie pushed her away. After that Cat helped Ellie move the couch away from the garage door, the gap wasn't that big but they would both be able to squeeze through it. Ellie turned the garage handle and pushed the door open, it squeaked until it jammed into one positioned. Ellie went first, she rolled underneath the garage's door while Cat watched her.

" Wow, look at those moves!" Cat smiled.

" You're next, remember to breath in and roll." Ellie joked.

" And you say my jokes are bad." Cat giggled.

" Shut up." Ellie smiled.

Ellie got to her feet and told Cat to hurry up, she didn't want Joel to see them. Cat got onto her knees before she peered through the gap at Ellie, she then crawled through the gap. Cat got to her feet and brushed some dirt away from her jeans while Ellie closed the garage door, the door squeaked as she closed it. Ellie made sure garage was locked, she didn't want anyone stealing any of her stuff.

" Let's get out of here." Ellie said.

Ellie and Cat hurried together along the street, they turned left into another street and jumped onto the sidewalk. Cat slowed down and Ellie walked ahead of her, she couldn't help but tease Cat about her being out of breath already. Her girlfriend soon caught up with her, they linked arms while they spoke together about finishing the tattoo design on Ellie's arm.