Hey guys! Great to be back!
Sorry I've been gone for so long. So much just happened in such a short amount of time. Some really good friends of mine moved away, I had my brothers birthday to worry about, I caught pneumonia, we had to put my dog down, and school took up a lot of my time, I had my church festival, went up north, then I took a trip to Canada, and now my dog has puppies. So a lot has happened. Again sorry it's been so long. Here you go!
Before
It had been a couple of months since Tommy had asked Clementine out and Luke still didn't want them dating, saying how Clem was still to young. Luke had nothing against Tommy, he actually really liked him, thought he was a great kid, even if he wasn't always the smartest out of the group, but he still wouldn't except the fact of him having a relationship with Clementine. He wasn't ready to let his little girl go. Despite Luke's thoughts on the matter Clementine couldn't care less even though Luke had told her no. She had begged and pleaded with him, but Luke said she wasn't ready.
"Please Luke! Tommy's a good guy, he'd never do anything wrong."
Luke sighed in frustration. "Clem I don't think it's a good idea." He shook his head.
"Please." She begged with her hands folded putting on her best puppy dog face.
Luke chuckled as he stood up from leaning against the counter. "It's not going to work this time Clem."
Clem sighed in defeat falling back into her chair. This wasn't the first battle shed lost in trying to get Luke to say yes. Shed just have to come up with another plan.
Rebecca sat across from her at the other end of the table. "Come on Luke why not give her a chance. It can't be that bad."
"Sorry I haven't given up just yet. The answer is still no." He said. Then left the room.
"Dammit!" Clem said as she hit her fist against the table.
Rebecca had gone back to her paper, but was still listening to the conversation. "Hey, I think you almost had him that time." She told Clem.
"Ha ha very funny." Clem pouted yet she still had a smirk on her face.
Rebecca chuckled. "Go on Clem go see him. Will work on Luke another time."
She smiled. "Thanks Rebecca!"
As she was about to run out the door Rebecca stopped her. "Hold up!"
Clem turned around and walked back to take the object that Rebecca had picked up from the table. "You know Luke will have both our heads if he finds out you didn't take it."
"Yeah I know, thanks." Clem rolled her eyes as she put her gun in her back pocket.
When they had first moved hear Clem was relentless about keeping her gun on her afraid that she might run into a walker, or something else would happen. She even had it sit on top of her night stand while she slept. But after a while she got used to this life and didn't feel like she needed to take her gun everywhere. But Luke was also relentless about her safety and wanted her to take it if she ever went anywhere outside of or near the edge of town. Not knowing what they where going to do today she decided to take it so she wouldn't have to listen to another one of Luke's lectures when she got home. So with that thought away Clem headed for the front door.
Now it's true that Luke didn't want Clem and Tommy dating, but that didn't mean she wasn't allowed to hang out with him. Practically everyone knew that Clementine and Tommy where still technically together anyway, well except for Luke. The girls knew it, Sarah knew it, and Rebecca knew it too. Clem didn't understand what Luke's problem was, but honestly she didn't care. She still cared about Tommy and he really cared about her and as long as she still got to spend time with him she didn't care what Luke's decision was. Getting him to except it was just a bonus.
She walked down the road headed for the same place she always went. Tommy's house. Sarah had gotten up early today and gone out. Probably to buy more books, Clem thought. And Wendy was camping with her family today. As for the other girls they where all busy too. But Clem didn't mind. She was happy to spend time with her "crush" as everyone called him. Seeing how they weren't supposed to be boyfriend and girlfriend, at least not yet.
She soon arrived at Tommy's house and knocked at the front door. A few seconds later the door opened and she was greeted by Kelly, Tommy's mom. "Hey there Clementine, Tommy's in the kitchen."
"Thanks." Clem replied as she made her way past Kelly and through the living room to the kitchen where she found Tommy seated at the island in the middle of the room.
He looked up as she entered. "Hey there's my girl." He greeted.
Clem blushed slightly at Tommy's words. "So make any progress on Luke lately?" He asked as she took a seat next to him.
"No, not yet."
Kelly had come in after her and was know taking some cookies out of the oven. She loved to bake, making Tommy's house always smell like baked goods. "That's too bad hon." She said laying the tray on top of the oven to let them cool.
Kelly had always known of Tommy's little crush on Clementine and thought they where adorable together. She even gave him advice when he was going to ask Clem out on their trip to the drive-in. So of course she was in on the whole dating thing and she was also keeping it a secret from Luke.
"So what did you want to do today?" Tommy asked Clem.
She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I thought you would have an idea."
Tommy thought about it for a moment while Kelly poured them both a glass of sweet iced tea. "Well," He started. "We still have a little bit more wood to move at the edge of the forest by your house. What if we finish that up and then we could go down to Old Red's and hang out?" Then he took a sip of his drink.
Clem smiled at him. "That sounds like a pretty good idea."
Tommy looked over at Kelly. "Mom is it okay if we take the truck?"
"It's alright with me." She said. "I'll be in the backyard if you need me." And Kelly walked out of the kitchen.
Tommy drove himself and Clem back to her house in his white truck. Clementine's back yard started out as short green grass then turned into a field, much like the one she had to cross when she got out of Savanna and was looking for Christa and Omid. After that the forest met up with it creating a sort of boarder line of there property. The kids had been given a job to move all of the logs and branches that where out there so they could be used for other purposes. They had almost completed it last time when it started to thunderstorm. With just a little left to move it shouldn't be a problem for Clem and Tommy.
They where almost finished. They had loaded all the logs into the bed of the truck and where now working on the branches that had fallen. Clem grabbed one of the last ones and handed it to Tommy. "I'll get the back." He said. So Clem went to the front of the truck and leaned up against it to rest after the work they had done.
Meanwhile Luke had come home and had seen Tommy's truck from out the window. He was going to go over and talk with them. He walked out the back door and stared off into the distance, but was alarmed when he spotted something they haven't noticed and started to run toward them. hoping he could get there in time.
Clem had started a conversation with Tommy about the last time they did this and how Abigail and Wendy got into an argument of who could carry the most wood. Busy with the conversation Clem didn't realize the danger she was in.
Tommy had just gotten the tailgate on the truck to close, and he started his way back up to the front. When he spotted it. "Clem look out!" He ran and pushed her out of the way, with the teeth of a walker missing her and grazing the side of his shoulder, ripping through his white t-shirt and into his skin. He fell to the ground wrestling the walker and eventually pulled it off of him.
Startled by what had just happened, Clem didn't hesitate to bring out her gun and pull the trigger as Tommy pushed it off of him. Sending a bullet through the walkers skull and killing it instantly.
Tommy sat up gripping his shoulder letting out a hiss of pain and cursed under his breath. "Tommy!" Clem called out in worry and dropped her gun on the ground. She kneeled down beside him.
"Clem, I-it's okay, it's okay." He reassured her.
"Clem!" She heard a voice call out to her. She stood up and looked to see Luke run up to them. "Luke!"
"Clem you alright? Did it bite you?" He looked her over.
She pulled away. "No I'm fine Tommy stopped it from biting me."
Luke had seen the walker coming but hadn't been close enough to help them. Instead he saw Tommy push her out of the way to save her. He saved his little girl and had willingly put his life at risk in doing so. Luke couldn't believe it.
Tommy called out to Clementine. "Clem I have a bottle in the truck on the side of the door, can you grab it?' He asked, still clutching his shoulder.
"Oh right." She opened the passenger side door and pulled out a spray bottle with a green substance in it and brought it over to Tommy. She knelt next to him again.
Luke was on the other side. He had Tommy remove his hand seeing the ripped shirt now had some blood on it. Luke had him take it off and could now see the bite wound. Luckily the walker had just grazed his shoulder and hadn't taken any chunks out. Making the mark look kind of like the one Lee got when he was bit.
Clem took the bottle in her hands and unscrewed the top. She reached over and poured the green substance on his shoulder making sure to coat the bite marks where it had punctured the flesh.
Tommy flinched at first and let out a hiss in his breath from the stinging pain of the antidote working to kill the bacteria of a walker bite. "Damn that hurts." He said.
Luke Chuckled. "Yeah well at least you aren't gonna end up like that guy over there."
"Yeah I guess that's one good reason." Tommy replied.
Then Luke looked to Clem. "See, I told ya it was good idea to keep your gun with you."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah I get it. You don't have to rub it in." She looked back at Tommy. "How do you feel?" Clem asked.
"Better.." He paused. "Now that your safe."
"Oh shut up!" She playfully punched him in his good arm.
"Come on." Luke said. "Let's get you home so you can get that arm bandaged." Clem and Luke helped him up and into the truck and Luke drove him home while Clem went back to the house. At Tommy's house Luke let Kelly know what had happened. And after an initial shock Kelly had calmed down and understood what happened thanking Luke for helping him and to let Clem know she thanked her too. Luke said his goodbyes and headed home.
While walking home Luke had time to think about all that had just happened. He was thankful that Tommy had saved Clementine. He must really care about her to put his life in danger in order to protect her. Luke figured he'd better repay him.
Luke came home finding Clem waiting for him. "Is Tommy okay?" She asked jumping up from her seat on the couch.
"Easy Clem." He smiled. "Tommy's fine."
Clem sighed a breath of relief. She was about to leave the room when Luke stopped her.
"And Clem...I've made up my mind."
She looked at him funny. "About what?"
"You can date him." He simply said.
Clem's eyes light up. "Really?" Luke nodded. "Oh my gosh thank you!" She ran up and hugged him, which he returned.
She ran half way up the stairs on her way to get her phone from her room to tell Tommy when Luke stopped her one more time.
He put up one finger. "Just one rule." He explained. "You aren't allowed to kiss him."
And that ends chapter seven. This chapter actually turned out longer than what I thought it was going to be, but I'm happy with the way it came out. And I figured this story had to have at least one walker appearance, so why not have some one get bit. And again I'm sorry it took so long to post this. I normally don't take such long breaks in between chapters. I'll try to work on that. Anyway hope you liked it. Remember to leave a review or PM me and let me know what needs to be improved I know it's not perfect. :)
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