During. This happens a few days after Clem and Tommy leave for Vegas.


Clem and Tommy have been on the road for a few days now and things have been peaceful. Every so often they'd stop at a town and ask a few people who lived there how they have been getting along for the past couple of years since the apocalypse has been over. None of the cities have been too bad, even the ones that used to be heavily populated. So far it seemed like everyone has been adjusting to their new lives pretty well. Occasionally they would run into a walker or two, but nothing major. Everyone has gotten a good start on getting the walker population down, especially know that they had cure for a walker bite.

They had made it to Nevada in three days time and had spent a day in Las Vegas asking around about how things where going this side of the country. Everything seemed good now, even some casinos where up and running now, which come to think of it is kind of weird, but hey it's Vegas. They where told that at first there where huge herds of walkers that would over run the city from time to time, but as the years went on there where less and less walkers turning up since a cure had been made to stop people from turning.


Tommy and Clem had just past the Oklahoma boarder a few hours ago. They where headed back to Georgia to let everyone know how the rest of the country had been doing. Clem made sure to take lots of pictures of each state they passed through to show the girls when they got back. They had been in the truck for a while now and going through Oklahoma wasn't very exciting. Most of it was flat farming land, but they where passing through one of the few forests on the road at the moment.

Clem was looking out the window watching the scenery go by clearly bored out of her mind. She liked it when they stopped and got to explore the towns and cities of the other states and talk to the people who lived there, but sitting in the car for hours was another thing.

Tommy saw her expression and frowned. He got to drive the car which technically was something to do, but he was getting tired of sitting in the car for so long as well. "Why don't we stop for a little bit and stretch our legs?" He asked.

Clem looked up at him and smirked. "Better than sitting in here." She joked.

He smiled and pushed the brim of her hat over her eyes. "That's my girl." He said as he pulled over to the side of the road and stopped the car.

Clem fixed her hat and hopped out of the truck. She walked over to Tommy's side to meet him as he got out. "Well we might as well see if anything's going on around here while where stopped." He said.

"What could happen?" Clem said as she gestured to the forest in front of them. "There's no one here! There hasn't been anything for miles."

"Well the sign back there said there was a gas station not to far from here." He teased.

She gave him a look, but smiled at the same time. Until they heard rustling coming from the bushes that where a few feet in front of them. Clem pulled out her knife from her pocket and turned toward the forest waiting for anything that could hurt them. Tommy pulled out his gun that he had just in case of trouble.

The rustling got louder as the creature got closer, then it stopped. Clem and Tommy gave each other a look. Then Tommy walked a little closer. He was almost there when suddenly something jumped out of the bushes, knocking him to the ground and causing him to drop his gun.

It had happened so fast that Clem's first reaction was to pull what ever it was off of Tommy until she herd him laughing. "Stop, stop, stop." He giggled. "Come on get off of me." She looked to see a dog was on top of Tommy licking his face. He looked like a Border Collie. He had a fluffy gray and white coat.

She started laughing too. Until Tommy managed to get the dog off him and sit up. Clem walked over and helped him up. "Well that wasn't what I was expecting." He said. "It sure beats fighting walkers though."

Clem knelled down and started petting the dog. She found a black collar around his neck, but no tags or anything as far as a name. "I wonder where he came from?" She said.

"Form the woods." Tommy joked with her.

Clem smirked at him. "I know that jackass." She shot back and stood up. "Still I wonder if he belongs to anyone. They could be staying in the woods somewhere." She looked off into the forest. "You stay here with the dog. I'll go check and see if I can find anything."

"Are you sure? It could be dangerous." Tommy said starting to get a little defensive.

"I'll be fine." She picked up his pistol from the ground and pocketed it. "I've got this."

"Alright just be careful, okay." Clem could tell by the sound of his voice that he was worried about her. Tommy knew that Clem could hold her own, but being in a different state is what worried him. They don't know what could be out here. After all he loved her and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Now your starting to sound like Luke." She told him as she started walking away.

"Please never say that again." He said after her.


Clementine had been walking around for about ten minutes, but she couldn't find anything. "This is stupid." She told herself. There weren't any people around for as far as she could see, no footprints on the ground, not any sign that anyone had even been here recently, there weren't even any walkers around as far as she could tell. Who ever the dog used to belong to must be long gone by know, or probably dead for all she knew. So she decided to head back.

Upon return she could hear barks coming from the dog and Tommy's voice in the distance. "Speak!" She heard him say followed by some happy barks from the dog.

"Good boy!" She came past the last few trees to the road and found the dog lying on the ground with Tommy rubbing his belly. He looked up to see Clem. The dog got up and ran over to her barking happily as he ran around her. She giggled.

"Hey Clem! You gotta check this out! He can do all sorts of tricks. Watch." Tommy called the dog over. "Here boy!"

The dog came over towards Tommy. "Sit!" He said, the dog sat. "Lay down!" He said again. The dog laid down. "Roll over!" The dog rolled over. "Good boy!"

"Wow! He sure is smart." Clem knelled down next to him and started petting him again. He was on his back again and was panting. He looked over towards Clem and it looked like he was smiling at her.

"So did you find anything?" Tommy asked her kneeling on the other side.

"Nothing!" She replied. "I walked for ten minutes in the same direction, couldn't find anything. Not even a single walker either."

"Huh, well I guess he's been on his own for a while then. Probably glad to have some company huh boy." Tommy said.

"What should we do now?" Clem asked.

"Well then, I'd say he's ours know." Tommy explained.

Clem lightened up. "Really we get to keep him?"

Tommy shrugged. "Why not? It's not like he's got anywhere else to go and besides I think he likes you." He pointed to the dog that had is head on Clem's lap as she continued to rub him.

"He wouldn't be the only one." She joked looking to Tommy. "You know I've always wanted a dog. My mom said we couldn't have one because dad was allergic to dogs."

"Then that settles it! Where taking him with us." Tommy said triumphantly. "He'll be our dog."

"Where will he stay?" Clem asked. "I'm not sure how pleased Luke and Rebecca will be if we bring a dog home."

"Well if he can't stay at you house, then he can stay with me. My mom loves dogs. I'm sure she'd be perfectly fine with letting him stay, that is until we get a place of our own." He added.

Clem looked up and met his gaze with a smile. She leaned in and kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." He said.

They sat there for a few more minutes. "Alright I guess we better get going." Tommy said picking himself up off the ground then helping Clem stand too.

He opened the back door to the truck. "Come on Blake! Let's go for a ride!"

"Blake?!" Clem said surprised as the dog jumped into the truck, excited to be going somewhere.

"Yeah!" Tommy said as he closed the door. "That's what I decided to call him when you left."

Clem bust into laughter. "Y-you decided to call the d-dog Blake!" She got into the car.

Tommy right behind her. "What! What's so wrong with Blake?" He wondered. He liked the name. "It was the only thing he responded to."

"N-nothing." She said as her laughter died down. "I like it. I really do." She looked back at Blake in the backseat, tail wagging at the excitement of going for a car ride. "You know he does kind of look like a Blake, don't you. Huh Blake." Blake barked in response and wagged his tail faster.

"Alright Blake it is!" Tommy shouted. He turned on the car and him and Clem buckled up. He rolled down the window in the backseat for Blake, who stuck his head out the window. And with that they where off.


A few hours later it had gotten dark. Tommy looked in the rear view mirror and what he saw made him smile. Clementine had moved to the back seat with Blake once it had started getting dark and had fallen asleep. Now she was laying down with Blake cuddled up next to her with his head on her chest, ready to protect the girl from anything.

Tommy smiled. They looked so cute together like that. He chuckled to himself. "That's my girl...and my dog."


Another great chapter. I thought this one was really cute, and I've been wanting to do it for a while. I actually got the idea from MidnightIsland. I was helping come up with ideas for the story "Clementine Is Adorable" (which you guys should totally check out) :) So I came up with the idea that they should find a dog. So it introduced a German shepherd named Georgie who Lee and Clem found. (That part was not my idea).

Then I came up with the idea of Blake. My friend used to have a collie like Blake. So I thought it would be cute if Clem and Tommy had a dog of their own. And earlier I did mention Tommy and Clem possibly living together. Remember Clem was 18 and Tommy was 20 when we left off of "Letting Her Go"

So let me know how far we should take this. I have an idea for when Clem turns 21, but that's as far as it goes age wise so far. But anyway let me know what you think. Hope you liked this chapter and don't forget to leave a review or PM me.