SEASON 1, EPISODE 1, CHAPTER 5: Ode to sleep

(Written by J)

Dempsey's POV

I put a cigarette in my mouth. I light it. Just breath.

I used to be a pussy when it came to smoking cigarettes. Now, I go through at least 10 packs a day. Well, I mean when I can. It's hard to find a clean pack. I still manage to keep a stash.

"Can I have a light?" I hear from behind me. I turn around to see who it was I heard from behind me. It was the girl. Clementine.

"Fuck off," I say, letting out a breath of smoke, almost like a dragon. I've fought those before, you know.

"Whatever," Clementine says. She then takes her hair out of her shitty pigtails and lets her hair down. I knew from that moment on she was gonna be a babe when she grew up.

"Why are you even still here?" She interrogated.

"None of your business," I answer. She gives me a hard stare.

"Me and Sarah wanna go for a walk, but fucking Carlos won't let us go without an adult. Will you take us?" Clementine asks.

"Why should I? After the way you've treated me…" I say with anger in my voice.

"Don't be salty, you dumbass. Can't we just move on?" Clementine asks.

"I'll take you on the walk, but not for you. For Sarah," I answer. Sarah then walks outside.

"Are we going for a walk Clementine? I love walks! Walks are fun. I remember this one time we went for a walk and I saw a tree!" Sarah says out of nowhere.

"We are going to go for the walk, now chill out," Clem says irritated.

The three of us walk into the forest. We walk for what seems to be hours. I actually seemed to be getting tired while, but Clem and Sarah seemed to be almost picking up the pace.

"Wait, up" I say, but now they started to run. I try to run, but I trip and get stuck.

"Clem! Sarah!" I yell out. I hear nothing. Everything started to get dizzy. I could barely see.

It all stops as I hear a scream. I can see and hear again. I look around quickly and see some smoke in the distance. It was the first sign so I run to it.

On my way I realize that my lighter was gone. I knew Clem must have taken it.

"Clementine…" I run up to see that Clem was staring at a fire.

"Stay away!" Clem yells, but it was too late. I could see that in the middle of the fire was a body. It was Sarah!

"AHHHHHHHH!" Sarah screamed from within the flames.