Clementine was on top of a boulder, looking through binoculars.
"See anythin' kid?" Luke called up to her.
"There's a bridge ahead that leads to the the other side. There is a big house at the top of the mountain that the bridge leads to." Clementine said.
"Might be a nice place to hole up for the night." Luke contemplated.

"There's also...some kind of lift thingy." Clementine said after a minute.
"Chair lift? That buildin' must be some kind of Ski Lodge, then." Luke said in realization.
Clementine climbed down from the boulder after a few more minutes. Luke turned around to face the rest of the group.

"A'right, ya'll. Clem and Ah will go up and scout that there ski lodge. Becca, Omid, you two get some rest." Luke told everybody
"Fine by me." Omid said, taking a seat on a stump, Rebecca doing the same.

Luke looked over at Pete. "Pete, Ah better take that rifle of yers. Just in case Clem and Ah run into some trouble." Luke said.
"All right." Pete said before tossing the rifle over to Luke.
Luke slung the rifle over his shoulder and began walking towards the bridge, Clementine following him.

Luke and Clementine walked on the bridge for a little while, talking about stuff before they noticed a couple of walkers coming up. Clementine pulled out her silenced gun and shot them both in the head.
"Hey, Luke. Don't walk on the wooden part, it looks rotten." Clementine said.
"Aren't the adults supposed to tell the kids to be careful?" Luke said teasingly.

Clementine rolled her eyes playfully in response to that. They kept walking for a bit before they slowed to stop. They saw a guy walking towards them.
"Ya see 'im?" Luke asked Clementine.
"Yeah. Do you think he's with Carver?" Clementine asked Luke.
Luke squinted to look further in the distance. "Ah don't know. Ah can't tell from here." Luke said after trying to examine the approaching man.

"I'll do the talking." Clementine said firmly.
Luke shrugged. "All right. Ah'm not really good at that kind of thing anyways."
Soon, the man came to a stop a couple yards in front of them. "Well? Who are you?"

"Who's askin?" Luke said, putting his hands on his hips.
"I am."
"I'm Clementine, and this is Luke." Clementine introduced the two of them.
"Clementine, and Luke." He repeated before walking forwards a few feet.
"Huh. You don't look like assholes. Are you assholes?" He asked the pair. "No offense or anything. But you know how it is out here." He said after a few seconds of silence.

"I'm not an asshole." Clementine said while crossing her arms.

Luke looked at Clementine. "Are you calling ME an asshole?" He asked with a joking tone.
The guy chuckled at the scene before him and walked the rest of the way up to them. "You folks headed north like everyone else?"
"Everyone else?" Luke echoed.
"I see at least one group a day move through here." The guy clarified. "You all look the same. It's like the great migration of the dazed and confused."
"Do you know Carver?" Clementine asked him.
The guy looked at her with a confused look. "Carver? Like George Washington Carver? The peanut guy?" He asked her.
"What? No, he's a man." Clementine said with a shake of her head.

The guy shrugged. "Never heard of him. But now I want some peanut butter, though." He said with forlorn look on his face. "I gotta say, you two look like shit. If you need food, I've got some canned stuff in that station back there." He said while gesturing to the small building at the end of the bridge.
"Well, that's uh...awful nice of ya. What's the catch?" Luke asked as he crossed his arms.
"No catch. I've got plenty." He insisted.
"Well alright then, thank ya." Luke said gratefully.

"Hey, no problem. Nice running into friendly faces out here. Like I said, I've got food and supplies back in the station. And if you want..." He trailed off as he looked past Luke and Clementine, his expression growing into a shocked one.
"What the fuck, man?" He exclaimed.

Luke and Clementine turned around to see Nick running over to them on the bridge, Pete chasing him. Nick came to a stop and aimed the gun he was carrying at the guy. The guy in self defense aimed his gun back.
"NICK NO!" Luke screamed.

"DUCK!" Clementine said tackling the guy as a gun shot rang out.

Pete finally caught up to Nick and grabbed the gun from him. "Dammit Boy! What the hell! I said not to run over here!" He shouted.
Clementine looked up to see that the guy was breathing fast, but otherwise was okay.
"Nick! What the fuck man?! You almost shot that guy!" He shouted, poking his chest as he did.

"I...I thought you and Clem needed help..." Nick said sadly. "I thought that guy was holding you up."
"So you were going to shoot me because I was asking a few questions?!" The guy said angrily from the ground.
Clementine got off of him. Pete ran up to the guy and offered him a hand up. "You'll have to excuse my idiot of a nephew who can't seem to follow the simple direction of 'Luke and Clementine got this.'" Pete said as the guy took his hand.

The guy sighed. "No sweat, man. The girl saved my life, so I wasn't hurt." He said.
Nick looked at him with a sorrowful look. "I'm sorry, I didn't think straight."

"No, you didn't." Pete said as he crossed his arms.
"Really, it's fine." He said. "My name's Matthew." He introduced himself to everybody.

"I'm Pete. This is my nephew, Nick." Pete introduced himself.
Everybody else from the group caught up to them. "We heard a gunshot. What happened?" Alvin asked them.
"Nick was being an idiot." Pete said, making Nick feel even worse.

"Pete, lay off of Nick. He gets it." Clementine defended him.
Nick gave Clem a small smile. "Thanks, Clem. But I WAS being an idiot." Nick said.
Clementine looked at him with a concerned expression.
"Anyways, this guy is Matthew. He's got some food in that station he's willing to share."

"Actually, not that much." Matthew said.
Luke turned to look at him. "Ya said ya had plenty!"
"I do, enough to feed everybody here, just not in the station. The real haul is in the lodge."
"Why didn't you lead with that, man?" Alvin asked Matthew.
Matthew shrugged. "Wanted to pull ya'll's legs. About as much revenge as I was going to enact." Matthew admitted.

"How much food DO you have in the station?" Clementine asked Matthew.
"A few cans." Matthew admitted.
"Do you mind if Becca takes a couple?" Alvin asked him.
Matthew nodded. "Go ahead, she's eating for two it seems."
Alvin smiled. "Thanks, man."

A little while later, the group was approaching the ski lodge finally. Rebecca had to sit down on the stairs on the side of the ski lodge. "I need to sit down for a minute." She said between breaths.
Omid did the same. "I need to rest for a bit too. My leg is killing me.
Matthew walked up to the door of the ski lodge and knocked on it. "Walt! I'm back! I got some guests with me!"

The group walked onto the boardwalk in front of the ski lodge. "Clem." Rebecca called from her spot on the stairs.
Clementine stopped walking forward and stood next to Rebecca. "Yeah?"
Rebecca sighed. "Clementine, look. I was a major bitch earlier. I'm sorry, I'm just under a lot of stress lately." Rebecca apologized.
Clementine looked at her sympathetically. "It's alright, really. I get it." The five foot tall eleven year old said, accepting her apology.

Rebecca gave Clementine a soft smile. "Thank you." She said gratefully as she stood up. "Ooof. This baby is gonna be the death of me."
Alvin looked over at Rebecca when she stood up.
"You alright, Becc?" Alvin asked her as he ran to help her up.
"I'm fine, honey. Really." Rebecca said, trying to get him to lay off.
Alvin shook his head. "Just lean on me if you need to." Alvin said, wrapping his arm around her side.

"Omid, are you coming?" Clementine asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Go on ahead, I just need to rest for a minute."

They made their way around to the front of the lodge. An elderly looking man opened the door. "You're back pretty early, I guess that's on account of the guests you said you brought." The man Clem assumed was 'Walt' said to Matthew.
"Yep. Hopefully the other two don't mind sharing the lodge for the night." Matthew said.
Walter dismissed the concern. "We have plenty of room for some more people." He said.
There were footsteps behind Walter. "What's going on out there?" A voice that made Clementine perk up in shock asked.
She started pushing through everybody towards the front.

"These guys aren't givin' you any trouble, are they?" The voice said, the man it belonged to seemed to aim the gun he was holding at Pete, because Pete slung his gun over his shoulder and raised his hands.
"Easy, we aren't here for any trouble." Pete said.
Clementine pushed her way through everybody, when she saw the man who the voice belonged to, her eyes widened.

"Kenny?!" She gasped.

Kenny did a double take at Clementine before he lowered his gun. "Clementine?" He mumbled in disbelief.
"Wait you know this guy?" Luke asked Clementine.
Clementine's response was to hug the bearded man, who hugged her back.
"I'll take that as a yes." Walter said as he surveyed the scene before him.

"Sorry for the trouble, ya'll. You folks come right inside." Kenny said after a few minutes as Clem and Kenny separated from their hug.
Walter grinned at those words. "Great. I just started dinner." He said happily.

Clementine ran off back to the side of the lodge, which concerned Kenny.
"Clem? What's the problem?" He asked as he followed her, gun ready.
Before he could round the corner, Clementine came back with Omid. When Omid and Kenny saw each other, both of their eyes widened.

"Son of a bitch. How the hell are you alive?" Omid said as he placed his hand on Kenny's shoulder.
"Cause I'm a mean sonuvabitch." Kenny said with chuckle. "Come on. We'll talk more inside." Kenny said before he headed inside.

Clementine and Omid followed. When everybody got inside, they looked around in awe at the light's strung up everywhere.
"Kenny and Sarita have staying with us for several weeks. Used to be a ski lodge, obviously, so we have plenty of food. And believe it or not we still get some power from that wind turbine out front." Walter explained before walking further inside.
"We tend to keep most of the lights off during the night to avoid drawing attention. But after we found this stuff in storage, we couldn't resist making an exception."
As Walter was talking, Kenny made the talking gesture with his hand, making Clementine giggle.
He turned around to see Clementine covering her mouth. "What's funny?"

"Oh nothin', Walt." Kenny said with a chuckle as he walked up to him. "Walter here is one smart sumbitch. Makes a mean can of beans, too." Kenny said as he smacked Walter's back.

"Well why don't you two catch up while I get some dinner started?" Walter suggested as everybody else walked inside.
"Please, make yourselves at home. You can leave your things over there." Walter said, gesturing to a bench near the door.

"The hell we will!" Rebecca said with a glare.
"I think I'll hold on to my rifle if you'll excuse me." Pete said, Luke had given his gun back to him earlier when he had caught up with him and Clem down at the bridge.
Clementine glared at Walter. "You'll have to pry my stuff out my cold dead fingers." She said coldly.

Walter smiled softly at Clementine. "Clem there's no need to worry." He said as he reached for Leeya which was clipped on to Clem's belt.
Luke's eyes widened, having seem where this was going. "Uh, Walter? Ah wouldn't-"
Clementine cut off Luke by punching Walter in the balls, causing him to fall to his knees in pain. "DON'T TOUCH LEEYA!" Clementine screamed, placing a hand on Leeya protectively.

"...Do that if Ah were you..." Luke finished, all the males present winced and crossed their legs.

"Jesus, Clem. Did you have to do that?" Kenny exclaimed in shock at what the sweet girl he knew had just done.

"Anybody who touches Leeya without my permission I usually stab. He's lucky." Clementine said coldly.
Omid nodded. "Trust me. I tried to take it from her when she was in bed one time and she almost stabbed me in the neck." Omid told them.
Clementine looked at Omid apologetically. "I said I was sorry for that." Clementine said sadly.
"I know, I know. And I forgive you, I was just warning them is all."

"It's -cough- it's fine." Walter said with a squeaky voice. "I shouldn't have pushed her." Walter said.

Kenny looked at Clementine with a mix of impressiveness and shock.
"Clem, when the hell did you get so violent?"

"Two years ago." Clementine huffed as she unclipped Leeya and began twirling her idly.

Matthew ran over to Walter and helped him up. "Come on, honey, let's get you some ice." Matthew said as he walked Walter over to a chair.
Clementine looked at Walter before sighing. "I'm sorry I did that, but just a warning when it comes to me. There are two things of mine that nobody fucks with. My hat, and Leeya."

Kenny looked at Clementine with confusion. "Leeya?" He asked her.
Clementine gestured to the climbing pick she was twirling like a band flag. "It's her name. Don't judge me." Clementine said.
Kenny couldn't help but chuckle at that. "Oh Alright, Clem." He said as he slung his rifle over his shoulder. "So how old are you now?" Kenny asked.
"I'm eleven." Clementine answered.
Everyone who didn't already know her age looked at her in shock. "You're only eleven?! But you're like, five feet tall!" Matthew exclaimed.

Clementine looked at Matthew. "I'm five foot two." Clementine corrected Matthew.
Luke whistled. "Damn. Yer like, six inches taller than the average height of an eleven year old girl."
Clementine smirked at that.
"You're going to be one tall bitch when you grow up." Nick said.

Kenny gave Nick a warning glare. "Watch it." He said.
"Give him a fucking break, Kenny." Clementine said, causing everybody to laugh.

The two of them walked over to couch and sat down. Clementine looked at Kenny and reminisced about when she was traveling with him, when Lee was still... Clementine's expression fell.
Kenny noticed and decided to try and drag Clementine out of wherever she was in her head.
"Still wearing this dirty old thing, huh?" Kenny said as he poked Clementine's hat.
Clementine gave him a blank stare in response.

"You know I half expected to see Lee walk up next to you. You guys were like two peas in a pod." Kenny said as he looked off to the distance.
When Kenny mentioned Lee, Clementine's expression fell even further than it did before and tears stung her eyes.
Kenny noticed this and instantly regretted what he had said.

"Oh, shit I didn't mean to... It's just hard not to think about, you know?" He said apologetically.
Clementine looked down sadly for a few moments before looking back up at Kenny. "He saved me." Clementine said woefully.
"I knew it! I knew he would. That guy had a fire in him sure as shit!" Kenny said with a reminisce smile.
His expression fell a little as he looked at Clementine's forlorn face.

"Hell..." He said before pausing for a few moments. "He was a hell of a guy."
Kenny looked down for a moment. "...When my son...Well... he took care of him. I'll never forget that." Kenny said before refocusing on Clementine.
"So...Where'd you end up?" He asked the eleven year old.

"I was with Christa and Omid. Christa, well. I was with both of them for awhile, but these guys caught us. Christa is gone." Clementine said sadly.
Kenny glanced off to the side before looking back at Clementine with a sad expression.
"Sounds like it ain't been easy for ya. I'm sorry darlin'. I wish I coulda found ya sooner. But everything is gonna be fine now."
"Where have you been?" Clementine asked, using her curiosity to change the subject.

"Oh hell. All over after Savannah." Kenny answered.
"How did you get out of there?" Clementine asked, remembering how fucked the city was.
"For some reason I tried to save that fuckin' shitbird Ben." Kenny said, remembering how everything happened. "Then it turned into a damn cluster" Kenny continued, remembering how he threw Lee out of that alley way when things got screwed and tried to save Ben himself, before using the only bullet he had to mercy kill him.

"Couldn't help the kid, but I got out." He said before turning his expression into a grin. "Long story short, I got lucky. Real lucky." He told Clementine, his expression changing once again.
"Spent a long time alone after that. It, uh..." He trailed off as he looked to the ceiling before closing his eyes, trying to forget the pain.

"And then I met Sarita, thank God. Gosh, it's great to have you back." Kenny said with a giddy grin that for some reason unnerved Clementine ever so slightly.
Sarita came over to them and placed her hand on Kenny's shoulder.
"You two catching up?" She asked with a warm smile.
Kenny turned over to look at Sarita.

"Clem, this is my girl, Sarita. Ain't she beautiful?" Kenny asked the eleven year old.
"Nice to meet you Clementine." Sarita greeted.
"Hey Matt! Are you going back out to scrounge around some more?" Kenny asked Matthew as he grabbed his gun and headed towards the door.
"Yep! I'll probably camp out in the station again tonight. See everybody later."

"Bye honey! Be safe!" Walter called from his chair before he sat up with a grunt. "Welp. I'll start dinner." He said after he sat up.
Kenny looked at him with concern. "Are you sure you should be moving after that nut punch?" Kenny asked him.
"I'm fine, really. Though I won't be making any babies anytime soon, I can assure you of that." He said as he inched towards the kitchen area of the lodge.

Sarita went over to Sarah and Carlos.
"It's Carlos, right? Mind if I steal your daughter for a secret mission?" She asked the Hispanic man.
Sarah looked at him with an expectant look. Carlos sighed as he gave into his daughter's eyes.
"Stay in sight, Sweetie." He said before walking off.

Luke and Nick walked into the main area where everybody else was.
"Can we do anythin' to help?" He asked Kenny.
Kenny stood up from his chair.
"Could use a hand outside. We got a lotta supplies to bring in before that storm hits." He told them.

Luke and Nick looked at each other before looking back at Kenny.
"Sure." Luke said simply before he and Nick walked outside.
Kenny look over at Clementine.

"Clem, why don't you do whatever you like for a bit?" Kenny told the eleven year old before walking away.

Clementine stood still for a few minutes before deciding to help the guys with the stuff outside. When Kenny heard the door open he turned around to see that Clementine had came outside.
"Clem, while I appreciate the thought, why don't you leave this to the..." Kenny trailed off as he stared in disbelief as the five foot two eleven year old lifted one of the big boxes and carried it inside with no trouble at all.
"...grown ups." Kenny finished staring at the sight of Clementine's retreated form with a dumbfounded expression.

Luke and Nick couldn't help but snicker at Kenny's expression.
"That girl is one badass mother fucker." Nick said as he picked up a box.

"Last time I saw her she was a little eight year old that always stuck to Lee's side." Kenny said as he picked up a box and started heading inside.
Luke snickered as he did the same thing as the three before him.

"Yeah, well that was two and a half years ago, old man." He said as he opened the door with his foot and held it open for Nick and Kenny.
Kenny looked unsure. "Yeah, but still. I don't think she should be doing all this. She is a little girl still." Kenny said to Luke.
"That 'little girl' has half a foot on most girls her age. Plus, Ah've seen her do some shit Ah would be scared to do." Luke admitted.

Kenny scoffed at that remark. The next thirty minutes was spent with the four bringing all the boxes inside of the Ski Lodge. Clementine was keep a wariness of Kenny, something that went completely unnoticed by him.
Clementine had decided to stop ten minutes earlier, as she had brought in a good chunk of the boxes on her own. She helped Sarita and Sarah find a tree topper for the big Christmas tree. It was an angle.
"Beautiful. I used to love this time of year." Sarita said happily as Clementine descended the stairs.
"You know, now that you and your friends are here, this place is starting to feel like a real home." Sarita said with a warm smile.

"Matthew and Walter are amazing people." Sarita told Clementine. "Honestly, it's dangerous to be this kind. But they can't help it." She said before looking off to the side for a minute before apprehensively walking towards Clementine.

"Clem, I wanted to ask you...Does Kenny seem different to you? I didn't know him before. And well...I'm curious." Sarita asked the eleven year old.
"He does seem different than I remember." Clementine admitted.
"In what way?" Sarita asked, wanting clarification.
"I'm not sure." Clementine admitted.

"Well you three've been busy." The man they were talking about said as he approached them.
Sarita turned around to address her lover. "Kenny! Isn't it great?" She said, referring to the tree.
She turned over to a rather heavy looking box and picked it up.
"I've got it, hon." He said as he moved to take the box from Sarita.

Sarita chuckled. "I think I can manage, Ken."
"I said I got it!" Kenny said angrily as he yanked the box away from Sarita.
Clementine's eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she witnessed the spectacle. The bad vibe she was getting from Kenny started growing after that.

"Always has to play the gentleman. But I'll tell you, when I met him, he couldn't lift a fly. You should've seen his beard then." Sarita said with a small laugh.
Clementine nodded with a forced smile, not that Sarita could tell the difference. "Yeah, I'm sure." She said.

"Well everyone, dinner is served. C'mon let's eat!" Walter announced.
Everybody headed over to the dinner tables. Clementine grabbed her plate of food and walked towards the tables.

[b]"Over here, Clem!"[/b] Luke and Kenny exclaimed at the same time.

Omid walked next to Clementine, deciding he'd stick with her wherever she chose to sit.
Clementine walked over to Luke and sat in front of him. Omid sat next to Luke.

Luke smiled at Clementine before taking a bite of his food.
"So what's the deal with yer friend here?" He asked Clementine.
"Yes we were just talking about this, Kenny. What do you make of him, Clem?" Carlos asked her as he sat down.
"Well it's been awhile, but he seems a little different." Clementine admitted.
Luke glanced at Kenny before turning back towards Clementine. "Walter was tellin' me his family died."
Alvin looked at Luke when he heard him say that. "He lost his whole family?"

Luke nodded. "Wife and Kid." He answered.
Clementine sighed as she remembered the whole ordeal.
"He lost it a little after that." Clementine admitted.
"Lost it how?" Luke asked the eleven year old.
"Well, he drinks." Clementine informed him.
"Oh. Well."

Kenny got up from his seat and moved over to Luke's table and sat in between Nick and Clementine. Clementine instinctively scooted towards Alvin. Kenny smiled at her, taking it as her giving him some room.
"Hey there." He greeted.
"Oh, hey." Luke said, sounding a little nervous.
"Hope you like the food." He said before he continued eating.

"Oh, it's...it's great. Thank ya." Luke said, minding his manners.
"Peaches and beans. Great for nutrition. Not too great on the way out, though, I tell ya." Kenny said before guffawing.
Clementine looked at him nervously as she scooted a little further away from him.

"So it's Luke...and Nick. Luke and Nick. You guys sure do look like a match." Kenny said, accentuating his sentence with a wave of his hand
Luke looked at him with a mix of confusion and offense.
"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Nick demanded.
"I'm just sayin you look like good friends, that's all."

"So, what was yer plan here, hold out for the winter?" Luke asked the bearded man.
"Actually we were thinkin' of movin' on. Somewhere up north." Kenny admitted before turning to look at Clementine.
"Ya ever heard of a place called Wellington?" Kenny asked her.
"Wellington? The hell is that?" Luke asked with curiosity.
Kenny gave him an annoyed look. "A place." He said simply.
"Well what kinda place?" Luke prodded further, annoyance seeping into his voice.

"A good place, Einstein." Kenny said with an irritated tone.

"Christa was trying to get us there, despite us knowing nothing about it." Clementine answered honestly.

"Supposed to be a big camp up near Michigan." Kenny informed everybody.

Nick perked up at that. "Michigan?" He echoed curiously.

Kenny gave him an annoyed glare.

"You got a hearing problem, kid? Yeah, Michigan. Think about it. Fresh water, lots a land, and cold ass winters so the walkers get slow." Kenny explained.

"Sounds like bullshit." Nick said, giving his two cents.

Kenny glared at him heatedly. "Listen, Vanilla Ice. I don't know what your problem is, but you're more than welcome to take off in the morning!" He shouted.

Clementine scooted away from him even more after this exchange. She wouldn't scoot anymore unless she absolutely had to, though. Because if she did, she would be pressing right up against Alvin.

"Well that'd be just fine by me." Nick said defensively.

"What's the deal with these guys, Clem?" Kenny asked her with a 'Can you believe this shit?!' look and tone.

"Hey fuck you, buddy." Nick said angrily.

"It's fine, Nick. We're not stayin'." Luke said, trying to calm down his friend.

"She's stayin'." Kenny said angrily while pointing at Clementine.

"Wh-'Scuse me?" Luke asked the bearded man.

"Who are you to decide that?" Clementine asked Kenny.

Kenny looked at her and shock and looked like he was going to say something, but Clementine cut him off.

"Last time I checked, your name isn't Lee Everett." Clementine said as she crossed her arms.

Kenny looked pissed after she said that, but kept his mouth shut. He sighed angrily as he kept eating.

"Pass me that can, Duck." He said, before he gasped.

"Duck? Who's Duck?" Luke asked in confusion.

"Duck was his son." Clementine answered honestly.

The rest of dinner was eaten in silence.

Clementine and Walker were having a conversation outside.

"They say the world is over, but, I'll tell you a secret: It's not." Walter said as they stopped walking. "People are more political now than they ever were before. In the end, we can't change the world. All we can do, is continue to learn from each other; to emphasize and use our heads." Walter told Clementine.

Walter looked at Clementine with wistful look.

" "All war is a symptom of a man's failure as a thinking animal." " He quoted. "Steinbeck. Have you read him?" He asked Clementine with a grin,

"I'm eleven." Clementine deadpanned.

Walter chuckled as he put his hands on his hips.

"Well we have plenty of time to catch you up on your reading. Matthew is amassing quite the literature collection." Walter informed her. "In any case, the point is: as long as we have our wits about us, we can always make the right choice. Right?" Walter asked expectantly.

"Maybe. Maybe not."

"Hey kids. What are you two talkin about?" Kenny's voice called as he stepped outside with them, rifle in hand.

"Oh, politics." Walter answered.

"The hell?"

"Well being from Florida, I'd imagine you know all about politics, Kenny." Walter told the bearded man.

"Man I know that one advantage of livin in the apocalypse is not dealin with that shit no more." Kenny said as he smiled at Clementine.

Clementine forced a small smile back, glad she was really good at hiding her emotions. Kenny started walking off.

"I was just gonna check the windows round back before this storm hits. Give us a hand?" He asked Walter.

"Sure."

Clementine was annoyed that Kenny automatically assumed she was going to help him when he said give US a hand, but went to help anyway.

When three of them rounded the corner, they saw a woman peering inside a window to the ski lodge. Kenny looked like he was going to act hostilely, but Walter put a hand on his shoulder.

"Miss?" He called, getting the woman's attention.

She turned around and jumped back when she saw that Kenny had a rifle. She looked at the trio nervously.

"Please, do ya have any food?" She asked. She had a thick southern accent.

"Are you okay?" Walter asked her in concern.

"I saw the house and...I have a family. We're starving. We live down there." She told them as turned to point, Clementine could tell immediately that this woman was lying.

Clementine pulled her gun out but didn't aim it at her just yet.

"Of course. Why don't you come in, miss...?"

"Bonnie."

"Walt, I don't know. Ya just gonna let her in like that.?" Kenny asked the balding man.

"It's fine, Kenny." Walter insisted.

"We don't know this girl." Kenny persisted.

"Then we'll have to get to know her, right Clem?"

"Check her for weapons." Clementine said cautiously.

"Yeah." Kenny agreed.

There was a few moments of silence before Bonnie responded.

"Thank ya, really, but that storm'll be on us soon and I gotta get back to mah family." She said.

"I thought you just said you were starving." Clementine said, her eyes narrowing.

"I'll bring something out to you, then." Walter said, turning around to go inside, but stopped when Clementine blocked him.

"Clem? What're you doing?" He asked in confusion.

Clementine looked at Bonnie and decided to test her.

"Do you know a man named Carver?" Clementine asked her.

Bonnie's eyes widened and she took a step back in shock. Clementine's eyes narrowed as her suspicions were confirmed. Clementine raised her gun, aiming it at Bonnie. Kenny following suit.

"Don't you fucking move." Clementine said coldly.

Author's Note: This chapter was long as FUCK. I had a lot of fun typing it out :D. I hope everybody enjoyed it, be sure to comment any ideas you have for this story if you don't mind sharing.

I hope I did a good job of portraying Clementine's wariness of Kenny. The Clementine in this story is much smarter and much more perceptive than how she was in canon. She was able to pick up on all the signs Kenny was giving that he was still a little unhinged. Plus I want to make Janentine as natural as possible in this, and if loose cannon Kenny accomplishes that, then that's what I'm gonna do.
Also, the reunion with Lee is coming up real soon. When it eventually does, Clem will almost always be seen next to Lee, Molly, or Jane. Luke will be like that cool uncle, and I can't decide if Lee's presence will help Kenny or hurt him yet. I would like it if some people commented and told me what THEY think Lee's presence should do to Kenny.