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Good chapter, can't wait for the next one

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The possibility are endless here but Lee will never jump into another relationship very quickly after what happened between him the Senator and his ex-wife. In his position Lee's mind will probably always associate sex with killing a State Senator.

Lee has been thinking non stop about everything that has gone wrong in his life from his wife, to Carly and to the Stranger. So at the moment Lee associates any relationship with loss and can't imagine anything truly coming out of being with Molly, but at the same time he knows he wants to be with her.

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One year later…

A walker shuffled through the woods groaning as it searched for it's next meal, suddenly an arrow pierced it's eye and it fell to the ground with a thud. Molly let out a little laugh and smiled widely, "Gottem." She said as she put her bow on her back. Over the year since the group had found the RV she had picked up the skill of archery and finally in the last few months it really started to come together,

"You're really getting good with that thing." Lee said with a smirk from right next to her. Molly let out a little laugh and turned back to him. Lee ran his eyes along her body, the months of travel had shown on her. Most notably Molly had let her hair grow out to the point that she now had to keep it tied up in a ponytail.

"Yeah well, I've had this thing for six months now. About time I started getting this shit down." Molly said as she motioned to the bow. Molly leaned forward and planted a small kiss on his lips before quickly backing away,

Lee raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What?"

"Your beard." Molly said with a little laugh, "It was fine when it was short but you're getting to be like Kenny."

Lee let out a short chuckle and ran his hand through his now bushy beard, "Yeah well I'm not a fan of the thing either. When we get to Wellington I'll shave this thing straight off."

Molly smirked and started walking over to the walker and quickly pulled out the arrow, "I swear to god if this place doesn't exist I am going to kill Sarita." She said jokingly,

Lee let out a laugh as the two of them started to walk through the forest, "Don't worry, it'll be there." He said after a minute,

"Whoa, that sounds like you actually thinking hopeful for once. What's the occasion?" Molly said with a little nudge,

Lee gave her a little annoyed look, "No occasion, I can feel it. Wellington is out there. Besides, i'm feeling good today." He said with a warm smile,

"Just how good?" Molly asked with a coy smile as she put her arm around him,

Lee clammed up a bit and he let out a sigh. Him and Molly had been in some sort of relationship for awhile now but they hadn't exactly closed the deal. Molly had been lightly pressuring him into finally having sex but Lee couldn't bring himself to move forward. "I, uh, I don't think that good." He stammered out,

Molly let out a little groan, "Oh come on Lee, it's been so long. Don't you think it's time?" She asked stopping him, "Don't you finally want to be with me?" She whispered out before leaning in and kissing him deeply,

Lee slowly pulled back and rested his head against hers, "I do, but timings got to be right."

Molly let out a small defeated sigh, "Fine, I get it." Molly looked up at him and gave him a sarcastic look, "I fucking wish we'd just do it but I think i'm starting to enjoy the anticipation."

Lee let out a soft chuckle, "Good, now come on. We should get back, Kenny and Sarita are probably waiting."

Molly let out a smirk and nodded, "Yeah last thing we want to do is keep moutain man waiting."

Lee and Molly jogged back through the forest until they reached a small clearing in the trees where their RV was sitting. Outside they spotted Sarita tending a small campfire, she looked up and her eyes lit up seeing them, "You're back," She said standing up and walking over to them, "How did your hunt go?"

Molly let out a grin as Lee took off his backpack and tossed it over to Sarita, "I know a few rabbits who aren't making it home tonight."

"Excellent, I'll start preparing them for dinner." Sarita said eagerly,

"Here let me help you." Molly said and ran over catching up to her,

Lee watched the two women walk back to the RV and head inside. He headed over to the fire and crouched down next to it before tossing another log onto it. He reached his hands out and warmed them, "'bout to hit winter again." Kenny suddenly said from behind him,

Lee jumped at the sound before turning back, "Jesus man, don't sneak up on me like that." Lee said standing back up and walking over to him,

"Sorry." Kenny said with a smirk,

"So, how'd it go? You find gas?" Lee asked with a hopeful tone,

Kenny's eyes narrowed and he tossed an empty gas can to the ground, "Hell no," He lifted his hat off his head and scratched it irritated, "Think our luck has run out, I must've checked thirty cars and all of them empty."

Lee's jaw locked and he let out a groan before he started to pace, "Well what the fuck Kenny? We are out of gas completely, we're lucky that we made it off the road before the thing stopped." Lee said motioning to the RV,

"I know but were fucked man, we'll have to just push on without it." Kenny said with a shrug, "We can't stop now, we're getting close."

"Push on without it? You mean we start hiking, in the winter?" Lee asked as he threw his hands up in disbelief,

"I know it ain't gonna be easy but we aren't stopping." Kenny said firmly, "So get your shit together we're leaving in the morning."

Lee let out an annoyed groan before heading back into the RV. Inside Sarita and Molly had just finished cleaning one rabbit and they were about to ask Lee to start it's cooking but stopped as they saw his face. He pushed past them and headed to the back of the RV, Molly watched him for a minute then turned back to Sarita, "Here you get this thing cooking, I'll talk to him." She said as she wiped her hands off with a rag,

Sarita let out a nod and started walking out of the RV while Molly walked over to Lee. She was surprised to see him loading items into a travel bag, "What are you doing?" Molly asked sitting down on the bed behind him,

"Packing." Lee said dryly as he packed his few sets of clothes into the bottom of the bag,

Molly rolled her eyes at the one word answer, "Why?"

"Were on foot tomorrow, Kenny couldn't find gas." Lee spat out before he turned back to her, "Out of all times for this to happen it has to be at the start of winter, we could freeze to death for god sakes."

Molly lowered her head into her hands now also pissed off, unlike Lee however she was already getting over it. She took a deep breath and stood up placing her hands lightly on his shoulders, "Don't worry, we'll get through this, just like we always do." She let out a small smile, "And come on can you honestly tell me that you're gonna miss this hunk of shit. I mean it must have broken down a dozen times since we got it."

Lee leaned back and let out a smirk before laughing, "Remember when Kenny got us lost in Tennessee for a week then as soon as we got back on track the radiator hose gave out."

"Oh trust me I remember, that when you lost your meat cleaver." Molly said with a giggle, "You threw that thing so far up the highway."

Lee rubbed his face embarrassed before laughing, "Yeah, well." He said giving her a shrug,

Molly kissed the top of his head before giving a pat on his shoulders, "So just stay calm, we'll be just fine."

Lee looked back at her with a smile, "Right, sorry about that. Still gotta work on that, staying calm." He said with a small shake of his head,

"Don't worry about it, you're kinda hot when you're mad." She replied with a grin,

"Stop." Lee said with a little laugh as he began to pack his bag once again, though this time a lot calmer. Molly crouched down next to him and started to pack her own bag, while she did she was hoping that she wasn't wrong about them being find without the RV.

Outside the RV, Kenny was breaking the news to Sarita, "Hun, I gotta talk to you for a minute."

"What's wrong?" Sarita asked concerned, "I noticed Lee was very upset."

Kenny nodded, "Yeah, he's got good reason. We're on foot as of tomorrow." He said a bit hardly,

"Why?' Sarita asked wide eyed,

"Couldn't find no fuel, and we ain't stopping here. Figure were almost out of Kentucky and without having to stop to backtrack or fix this piece of shit we'll be at Wellington in a month or two." Kenny explained then his eyes went soft, "Don't worry, ain't nothing gonna happen to us."

Sarita looked at him and let out a smile before walking over and hugging him, "I believe you, I know you know what you're doing." Kenny held her in a tight embrace before they finally shared a deep kiss,

"Whoa need a minute out here?" Molly exclaimed as she and Lee both walked out with the second rabbit,

Kenny quickly pulled back and let out an annoyed frown, "Hey we don't bother you two." Sarita said with a small laugh,

"Well we're packed." Lee said sitting down next to the fire as Molly put the second rabbit on, "Come on, let's eat." Kenny and Sarita both were surprised to see just how calm Lee was, most every time Lee got bad news it would ruin the rest of the day for him. They quickly walked over and sat down next to the fire and waited for the rabbit to cook while making small talk.

The four of them had a decently filling meal before heading back to the RV for their last night. Oddly they all had one of the most restful nights ever since they had found the RV and woke up completely rested early the next morning. Kenny made a final pass through the RV for any missed supplies before they headed out.

They walked along the highways for a few weeks before they finally got a decent sign. A few hours into their fifteenth day of walking Lee tripped over something on the ground. "Ah, shit." He grumbled out as he slowly got to his feet,

"You alright?" Kenny asked turning back to him,

"Yeah, just got my foot caught on something." Lee replied as Molly helped him up,

Molly let out a grin, "Good thing you did." She said staring at the ground,

"How is me falling a good thing?" Lee asked with a scoff as he dusted himself off,

"Because you found out where we are." Molly said with a grin as she picked up a small green sign that read out, 'Welcome to Ohio'

Alright so this was a pretty big jump in time but the only thing the four of them did was travel. Now some might be a bit confused to why it took a year for them to get to Ohio in a RV and honestly it was their own bad luck. Roadblocks, getting lost and breaking down help them up a few months at the least overall. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter and I look forward to reading some reviews.