"Clem?"

Luke looked shocked at Clementines abrupt halt as soon as Nick finished talking. Her eyes were hooded with sadness, regret, and alot of other emotions that Luke couldn't pick up on.

Clementine seemed to recover from her mood change really quickly and plastered a fake smile.

"I'm fine Luke." she answered as she started to walk ahead.

"That's not what I asked." Luke whispered to himself with a growing suspicion but nevertheless, he continued on with the rest of the group deciding he would get her to talk about it later.

Meanwhile Clementine was alone with her thoughts as she let the others pass her so she was in the back, not wanting to let others get suspicious either.

Luke gave her a concerned look as she started dropping back but Clementine gave him a encouraging smile that she was alright and he (reluctantly) passed her and let her be.

As she was alone with her thoughts she started thinking about how much she had been through with Luke and the others in the cabin group like Sarah when they snuck off one time when they made camp to play a game of tag. Clementine loved feeling like a kid again considering she had been forced to grow up. Carlos had gave them a stern talking to but when Sarah and Clementine both just shared one glance and a smirk after he was done, they knew it was worth it.

She thought about all the times Luke had been there for her. He had always been there for her if things got too tough and she needed a shoulder to cry on. She remembered when they were scavenging a gas station and Luke had found a few candy bars and shared them secretly with only Clementine and Sarah. It was possibly the best thing she had tasted ever since this apocalypse had started.

These memories brought a soft smile to her face

Please don't be one of them...PLEASE don't become a walker...

Her smile faded to a emotionless thin line as her memories of Savannah surfaced.

I don't know if I can...

Her lips formed a sad frown as her eyes started to sting as she held back the tears.

Maybe...maybe...maybe I shouldn't let you turn.

The regret surfaced as well with this memory and the silent tears started rolling down her face as her lower lip trembled.

I'll go...I'll...I'll leave you...I'll go as fast as I can..

A sob escaped her throat but she held the rest back as her knees started to feel weak as the memories assaulted her.

Don't go...

That did it.

She collapsed on her knees and fell to the ground with a loud wail escaping her, not bothering to try to be discreet any longer.

"CLEM!" Luke called out in alarm after seeing her collapse and ran to her. The others heard as well and turned only to be greeted by the sight of the little girl, they had started to see as a family member, wailing on the ground with Luke comforting her. They all rushed back and stood behind Luke to see what was wrong.

"Clem, are you alright," Luke asked with panic, "are you hurt?"

"Lee..." was Clementines only response as she continued to cry into her "brothers" shoulder.

Luke soon pieced everything together with her reaction to their destination and her short response of her former guardians name. He didn't know what exactly, but knew her deceased guardian was somehow tied to the city.

"It's gonna be alright Clem," Luke whispered.

The others caught on, even though they didn't know Lee being as she only told Luke about him. But they knew that this "Lee" was someone obviously important to her.

"Don't cry Clem," Sarah comforted her.

"Everything's going to be fine Clementine," Carlos added.

"We're sure he was a great guy," Alvin said with a comforting hand placed on Clementines shoulder.

"We're here for you Clem," Nick added, still recovering from his mother's death, he knew what she was going through.

"Every step of the way," Rebecca said with a sad look on her face.

Clementines sobs subsided into tiny whimpers as her new family comforted her.

"Thank you..." she said once she regained herself.

"Do you need help or-" Luke started.

"I can walk." she calmly interrupted him and stood up.

He didn't pry and knew if she wanted to talk, she would. Right now, she just needed some support.

"Alright," Luke began, "but if you need to talk, I'm here for you."

"All of us." Carlos said with concern.

Clementine gave them all a soft smile and a thankful nod. Luke got her up and they started on their way again, with Luke leading Clementine with a hand resting on her shoulder, should she need someone.

Clementine was deep in thought once again. She started to think about how unfair it was that THIS had to be the place that they had to come across. All those hopeful thoughts of finding her parents and that odd look Lee would give her when he said that her parents were probably fine. Only now did she realize that that look meant Lee KNEW that her parents were dead but went along with it for her sake.

She didn't blame him. How could you tell an 8 year-old girl that her parents were eaten by walkers.

Then an idea hit her. One that made her sad but a bit tranquil at the thought of it.

"Guys," she called out, "can I ask you something?"

The group stopped and gave her curious looks.

"What is it Clementine?" Carlos asked politely.

Her mind was made up.

She had to do this.

"Can we make a stop once we're in Savannah," she started unconsciously laying a hand on her pistol in her pocket, "there's something I need to do."

AN: And there is Chapter 2! DECISION TIME! I'm planning on ending it next chapter tomorrow because I have college classes starting back up and I won't be able to update often, but if you guys and girls REALLY want to, I can extend it a bit longer (I don't know how long, you guys can give me ideas if you want to keep it going and I'll give you a shoutout) with somewhere between common and rare updates. But anyway, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS ON THE FIRST CHAPTER! I didn't expect so much enthusiasm from you people on my story :) Be sure to leave a review and I await your word...