The Darkness of The Heart
Chapter 5 of my Walking Dead story, enjoy.
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Chapter 5
Violet bit her lip as she paced outside the room. She looked down absently at her clothes, after the skirmish at the barn she had been sent home to change, but the moment she had, she had rushed to the hospital. She now stood, clad in grey sweatpants with a white tank-top, dark blue unbuttoned jacket and white sneakers, waiting frantically for any news on Clementine's condition.
'After all she's been through, after what's happened, for her to just, pass out like that, I...fuck...' Violet fretted as her mind raced.
She turned as she heard footsteps and her stomach clenched, approaching her, dressed respectively in black pants, a blue shirt and brown shoes and a black mid-thigh skirt, pink blouse, tights and black flats, was Lee and Carley. Just behind them, clad in black jeans with a dark blue T-shirt and white sneakers was AJ. All of them were frantic.
"What happened, did she, is she…?" Carley blurted out.
Violet shook her head. "I-I don't know all the details, but...they've not said, still, still waiting for news."
She was nearly knocked off her feet as an obviously distraught AJ suddenly hugged her, clearly distressed. At that moment however a doctor emerged and saw them.
"Ah, Mr. Everett?"
Lee turned to him. "Yes, is Clem…?"
He nodded. "She will make a full recovery, but she needs time to rest. She will be fine, I'll let you know when she's ready to receive visitors."
Violet let out a sigh of relief at that, glad that something was going right at last.
Violet shifted, uncomfortable, not used to being the centre of attention, but shortly after hearing that Clem would be alright, the others arrived too, it was clear that all of them had been caught off guard, so their clothes all had that just thrown on look. Louis, Brody and Ruby were the first to arrive.
Louis in khaki pants with a white shirt and black sneakers, Brody in white knee length shorts with a black tank-top under a pink unbuttoned blouse and white flats and Ruby in jeans, a dark grey tank-top and brown boots. Aasim and Duck then arrived, clad respectively in khaki pants, a white shirt, dark green jacket and brown shoes and cargo pants, a grey tank-top under a white flannel shirt and black boots.
It was at this point that, while still under observation, the recovered Becca and Sarah, and even Rondi, joined them, all clad in the same white hospital gown as Clem. Finally, Mitch and Omar arrived, bringing Tenn and Willy with them. Mitch was in jeans, a red T-shirt under an unbuttoned denim shirt and black sneakers, Omar wore black pants with a dark grey shirt and black shoes.
For the younger two, Tenn was in blue sweatpants, a dark blue tank-top under a red and black unbuttoned flannel shirt and white sneakers, finally Willy wore black jeans, a blue and white striped shirt and black sneakers. Even with help filling in the blanks, from Rondi, Becca and Sarah, Violet found it hard, but she soon was able to tell the whole story, revealing the truth to everyone present.
For Violet, the hardest part was knowing how devastating the truth would be for Tenn, learning about his sisters and sure enough, his horror was obvious for all to see. But before anyone could say anything else, to offer any words of comfort, he fled. Reassuring the others that they'd make sure he didn't do anything rash, Louis and Aasim ran out after him.
Violet sighed. 'Can't be easy for everyone here, especially people like Louis, Mitch, or Brody...knowing Marlon was involved too. But at least he's coming clean, he might have a chance...'
It was then the doctor emerged again to tell them that Clementine was now ready to receive visitors and, with Violet insisting that she would wait, Lee, Carley and AJ hurried inside to see her. Sitting up in her bed, Clem grinned upon seeing them.
"Hey..." She began.
At that moment AJ rushed over to the bed. "Clem, you're awake!"
She laughed. "Yeah, I'm okay now goofball."
Lee and Carley both smiled and moved up close to the bed too.
"We're certainly glad of that." Lee remarked. "You scared us, sweet pea."
Just like AJ had let 'goofball' slide, most likely due to the emotions of the moment, Clem opted to do the same for Lee there, she just grinned, glad she was feeling safe and back with her family again.
Clem's smile widened when Violet finally entered. But faded slightly at the contrite look on Violet's face.
"Clem, I..." She began, sitting down heavily.
Clementine sensed what was going on and tried to nip it in the bud. "Vi, if you're thinking of blaming yourself, don't..."
"But if I'd just listened to you, believed you about Minerva then, maybe...maybe it wouldn't have, gone this far, things wouldn't have..." Violet stammered.
"We don't know that and we can't, it's all in the past now Violet." Clem insisted. "All we can do now, is look to the future, to push past this, together, for all of us."
Violet sighed. "I...yeah, you, you're right...There was something else though, something I've been meaning to say for a while now and..."
"Ah, I..." Clem grinned. "I think I know."
Violet looked up sharply at that, but then, without words, they finally admitted the truth, admitted their feelings for each other, as their lips met and they shared their first kiss.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.