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Christa put a defensive hand on her stomach as she waited in Dr. Logan's office. Christa sighed, she was currently taking a break from her work, with the pregnancy and all. One look at her and you would've thought she was ready to pop. She didn't want stress to harm her unborn child who had been conceived eight and a half months ago. But she had to make an exception for a certain little girl named Clementine.
Christa absolutely adored Clementine. She always looked forward to their visits. Clem (Even though a bit messed up) somehow brought a smile to her lips. Her constant rambling about her uncle Lee and best friend Duck, Occasionally about her two big brother figures, Luke and Nick. But they also made her very sad. All this admiration for her once loved uncle is literally driving her insane. All this talk of walkers and Lee protecting her, it's not real. It will never be real. In realty, Lee had murdered another man right in front of her.
Christa was forcibly taken out of her thoughts when the door opened and closed. In walked Dr. Logan, offering a warm smile, one Christa didn't return.
"Hello," Logan greeted, offering a hand, "You're Christa, correct?"
The woman hesitated before slowly taking the others mans hand, but then narrowed her eyes at him, "Yes. You called?"
"I did indeed," He responded, moving and sitting behind his desk, "I wanted to speak to you about one of your former clients. Her name is-"
"Clementine," Christa said for him, "Yes, I know. I haven't seen her since her parents brought her here. Everything alright?"
Logan shook his head slightly, "Afraid not. You see, whatever she told you about this world of hers, it's grown. You're even in it. She's mentioned you."
"Really?" Christa's voice softened a bit upon hearing that, "She remembers me? What did she say?"
"She see's you as... a motherly figure, kinda," Logan explained, "She said you took care of her along with a man named Omid."
"He's my fiancé," Christa put in.
"HIm," Logan nodded, "But, the two of you had been separated and she hasn't seen you since."
Christa put on a sad face and her eyes traveled to the ground, "It's been so long since I had spoken to her... could it be that? That she feels like I've abandoned her?"
"Most likely," Logan said, "Forcefully of course."
Christa paused for a second, taking this in. SHe looked back up at the doctor, "May I see her?"
"That wouldn't be wise," He quickly responded, to quickly... "I don't think she could handle you being there?"
Christa's shoulders tensed up as she noticed his sudden change of behavior. She squinted her eyes at him and her lips parted slightly, "What do you mean? You already mentioned the possibility of others seeing her, why not me?"
"She thinks you abandoned her," Logan shrugs and folded his arms, "The others she thinks are dead or still with her, you might shake that image from her head."
"Isnt that what we want?" Christa spat back, suddenly feeling defensive over Clementine, "To stop this insanity?!"
Logan shook his head, "Pushing it will only make this worse on her. You may later however."
"How long later?" Christa rose and eyebrow.
Logan stood from his seat and opened his office door, "I'll inform you of when that is. Now please, I have work I must tend to. I'll speak to you later."
Christa left that place with the feeling of suspicion. She entered her car and drove home with this conversation on her mind. She didn't know what to make of this Dr. Logan, but one thing was for certain.
She didn't trust him.
"C'mon Clem," Rebecca, another one of the nurses there, spoke softly to the little girl, "Aren't you hungry."
Clementine quickly shook her head, light tears in her eyes, "No! I don't want to go back in there! They'll blame me again!"
"Clem, nobody's blaming you for anything," Rebecca frowned and tried to persuade her, "We're having pudding. You like pudding, don't you? And I'm positive Sarah would love you're company. Isnt that right Sarah?"
Sarah, who was also in the room, offered a short nod and a smile.
"No!' Clementine folded her arms and held them close to her body, "No Kenny will be there! He's mad at me about Sarita! And Nick's angry about Pete! I dont want to be yelled at again!"
"Clementine," Sarah spoke up a bit, "Remember what Loga- what Luke said. Breathe in and out! Real slow!"
With glossy eyes, Clem nodded and obeyed. A deep rise and fall of her chest had calmed her down a bit. A couple more times. Clem closed her eyes and timed these. In, out, in, out. Her heart calmed down a bit, and she felt a bit less shaky. She opened her orbs and was greeted with Rebecca's smiling face.
"See?" The woman grinned, "You ready to go eat now?"
"Marilyn?" I voice filled with hope asked before Clementine could answer. Three heads snapped in the same direction and six eyes landed on a man. His eyes silently pleaded. He took a small step, not to close, "Marilyn, is that you?"
Bonnie came up from behind the man and put a hand on his shoulder. Her face taking a sad expression while muttering, "Come on Caine, just keep going."
Bonnie pushed him along, and he willingly left. He looked like he was about to put up a fight, but Clementine wasn't sure. He probably had just gotten his medication and it was now having an effect on him. Clementine looked back at Rebecca when the man was gone.
'Come on," She motioned to the door, "Lets go."
"Hello?" Katjaa answered the phone.
Diana smiled to herself on the other end of the line, "Kat! It's me, Diana!"
"Hey," Katjaa sat down on her couch, "How are you doing?"
"I'm fine, I guess," Diana sighed and rubbed one of her eyes, "I just wanted to ask a favor."
"Something you need?" The blonde asked while running a hand through her hair and making a mental note that she needed to go get it trimmed.
"I got a call from Dr. Logan today, and I was wondering if you'd be alright if Duck went to go see Clem," Diana felt nervous while muttering those words. She wasn't to sure if her friend had heard her.
There was a brief silence between the two as Kat considered this request. Though not visible to Diana, the other woman had bitten her bottom lip and looked up the stairs where Duck was.
"I'll... i'll ask. But Im not forcing him to or anything," Katjaa decided, "We can probably get him to next week if he agrees."
Diana gleamed, "Oh my god thank you so much! I don't know what I would do without you!"
Clementine was standing by after she had gotten her food. She still felt as though the people in the room were pointing at her and blaming her for everything. The eleven year old hated being in here. It always felt so lonely. She and Sarah sat in there usual spot, the last table in the back of the room. Sarah was putting a spoonful of chocolate pudding in her mouth as clementine was having a staring contest with her food. She hates eating. It feels like forcing stuff down her stomach.
Clems eyes drifted around, looking at everyone else in the room. She saw a familiar face at a different table. And that person was looking right back at her. Her eyebrows knitted together as she leaned a bit close to Sarah and whispered, "Isnt that the guy who passed us earlier?"
"Yeah," Sarah nodded when she saw who the other girl was talking about, "that's Caine. When you don't come by, he sometimes lets me sit with him. Calls me Marilyn though."
Clems eyes looked back at him, she recalled him asking if they were Marilyn. She wondered who Marilyn could've possibly been.
"Really?" Clem asked, "What's he like?"
"Kinda weird," Sarah shrugged, eating another spoonful of pudding, "Some small things set him off sometimes."
"Like what?" Clementine kept her eyes glued on Caine.
Like..." Sarha's voice trailed off, " Promises, he doesn't like those for some reason. Says promises are easy to not break if you don't make them."
"Can we look for my parents while we're in Savannah?" Clementine asked while looking up at Lee.
He wore his usual big smile and wrapped an arm around Clem, "Yeah, we'll find them."
She looked back up at him, her golden orbs landing on his face, "You promise?"
"Yeah," He chuckled, "Yeah, I promise Clem."
Clementine looked down and rubbed her neck before turning back to Sarah, "He's right."
next chapter will be about Ducks visit to clemmy!
thank z0mb3xor for letting me use his OC Caine! All credit to him!
speakibg of that giy, the chapter is out now, happy?
BATMAN OUT ;)