Episode 3: A Long Road Ahead Part 2
In The Van...
Ben Was Comforting Me in the Back of the Van
"Are You Okay?" Ben asked Me. I Smiled and Nodded
"Thank You Ben, You Kind of Saved My Life out there" I Said. Ben Blushed
"Well Lee was the one Shooting, I Was Just the Sissy Who Just Kicked the Walker Off And..." Ben Looked Down. I Used my Finger to Pick Up His Chin and Made him Look At Me.
"You Are Not a Sissy, You're a Good Boy, With a Good Soul, Hell You Were Brave Enough to Run Back Out Here and Get Me, That's What a True Man Does" I Answered as I Looked Deeply into His Blue Eyes, Looking at How Cute and Handsome He Was as He Did the Same, I Watched as He Leaned In and Did the Unthinkable and Pecked my Lips, Yep that's Right, He Kissed Me. I Gave him a Look Of Shock and Kissed Him Back
"Y-You Like Me?" He Asked After We Kissed. I Nodded
"Yeah, Life's Short For Us And I Needed to Tell You How I Felt About You Before Something Happens to Us" I Answered
"Alex, I Like You Too And I Feel Like Your My First Priority Besides Gaining Everyone's Trust" I Smiled And Wrapped My Arms Around His Neck as We Kissed Again For Like 5 Minutes.
"Is Everyone Here!" I Heard Lee Ask as He Ran Inside The Van
"Yeah! Let's Go!" Kenny Exclaimed Before Starting the Van as Lilly Eventually Hopped In.
On The Road...
I Decided Maybe I Was Ready to Be In Love Again, I Guess, I Know it Was Sudden But I Just Wanna See How Me and Ben Might Work Out, So Far (Even though We've Been on the Road For Like An Hour) He's Been Caring of Me and To Be Honest a Bit Clingy, But Right Now He Was Panicking Over What Happened Back at the Motel, I Sighed and Tried to Comfort Him...
"Oh Shit Oh Shit Oh-" Ben Panicked Before Getting Back Up Looking Up at Lilly "I'm Sorry"
"Everything's Fine, Ben" Carley Reassured
"Everything is Not Fine. We Need to Figure Out How This Happened" Lilly Demanded. "We Just Lost Everything"
"Well Were Lucky to Shit to have this RV!" Kenny Called Out as He was Driving
"And Nobody Died"
"Kat's Head is Split Open!"
"I'm Fine!"
"Somebody in here Caused this" Lilly Glared Down at Ben
"Settle Down Back there!The Bandits have had our Number For Weeks!" Kenny Called Out
"This is Different. Somebody Was Working for them. Whoever it was, Was Slipping them our Meds. They Didn't Get Their Last Package, so they attacked" Lilly Explained
"Calm Down Back there! That's Nuts!" Kenny Reasoned
"Lee Found a Bag of Supplies hidden Outside the Wall!" Lilly Said.
"It's True" Lee Spoke Up
"So" Lilly Turned to Carley "Carley, Is there something you want to say?" I Gave Lilly an Unapproved Look
"Please."
"We Have to Get it out of you then?" Lilly Suggested
"Back Off."
"You Are in NO Position to make Demands" Lilly said back
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa Your Just Pointing Fingers" Carley Defended
"I Didn't just come up with this, I've had my Suspicions" Lilly said
"Probably Not the Best Time, Lilly" Kenny Called Out
"If Not NOW, When?" Lilly asked "Look at what Just Happened!"
"Why Her? This Seems like a Stab in the Dark, Lilly" Lee Spoke Up
"She's always SO Eager to find out what Supplies We Found. She never talks about her family. She Could be related to those bastards for all we know" Lilly Explained Glaring at Carley. I Shook My Head
"Whoa My family's Not a Bunch of Meth-Riddled Forest People. They're Fucking Lutherans!" Carley Defended Angrily
"You're Not Saying it Wasn't You"
"It Wasn't ME"
"Like, Look, Maybe We Should Vote or Something like that" Ben Suggested
"Vote? What?"
"Just Look, Carley's a Stand Up Gal and Maybe this was just a Mistake!" Ben Explained
"We Need to look at the Facts. Let's Calm Down We'll Eat and We'll Deal With it" Carley Suggested
"Yeah Let's Do That" Ben Agreed
"Yeah Me Three" I Spoke Up
"Okay?"
"Guys We Have to Act Now" Lee Spoke Up, I Gave Him 'No Way Are You Siding with Her' Look. "I Know it Sounds nuts but we have a traitor You Guys Get that? Someone who puts their Insidious Shit above Everyone Else"
"Thank you Lee" Lilly Thanked
"Nobody was Stealing ANYTHING!" Ben Said. Lilly Looked Between Carley and Ben
"Was it both of you?" My Eyes Widen, Imagining the Thought of Ben and Carley, Together Just made my Heart Sank...
"WHAT?!"
"I've seen You two together. Was it both of you?" Lilly asked Again
"Look Just let Me and Alex Out, I Didn't Do it, But I Don't like this; I Don't like where this is Headed" Ben Suggested Scared of What Was Gonna Happen
Lilly Stared Down Ben "Look Me in the Eyes and Tell You Didn't have anything to do with it"
"Lilly Lay off of him" I Spoke Up, Glaring Up at Lilly
"I-" I Jumped When I Felt the Van Bump...
"Shit!"
"What's going on Up There?" Lilly asked
"I Hit Something We Gotta Stop!" Kenny Answered
"All Right We Can Deal With this Now, Then" Lilly Said
"Kenny Is it Safe?" Lee asked as We Stopped
"Should Be" Kenny Answered
"Everybody Out" Lilly Ordered
"Lilly-"
"Out." Lilly Demanded before Walking off. I Sighed as I Got Up
"Shit Were in Deep Shit Now" Ben Exclaimed Worriedly. I Held His Hand and Felt his Grip Get Tighter "Everything's Gonna Be Fine, If You Didn't Do it, Keep Saying it Until Lilly Get's Tired of Accusing You and Carley and We Can get back on this Van Like Nothing Happened" I Reassured. I Heard Ben Gulp Before We Walked off the Van
"Lilly's a Bitch Ain't She?" Carley Whispered to Me. I Smirked But it Soon Fell, Thinking About What Lilly Was Going through. I Stood Next to Clementine as the Interrogation Began...
"You Know What? We Shouldn't Just Kick You Out, We Should Hear What Everyone Else Thinks" Lilly Started
"I Think You Should Chill Out!" Ben Said back
"I'm not gonna take this, You can Push Ben Around But You can't push me around" Carley said
"I'm Really Sorry that You Feel that way, But I'm Starting to think maybe it was both of you" Lilly said
"NO!" Ben Denied
"Ah This Dumb Fuck Walker!" Kenny Exclaimed as he was Dealing with A Walker that was Trapped Underneath the Van
"You Okay over there?" Lee Asked
"Yeah Yeah Son of a bitch..."
"Ben, You Have no other Options..."
"Leave him alone!" I Spoke up.
"Your Gonna tell me it was Carley and then everything is gonna be right as ra..."
"There's No way it was Carley. It Was Somebody Else. It Could've been Someone Sneaking into our Camp" Lee Reasoned
"That's Ridiculous That's what you think?" Lilly Asked
"Yes."
"Okay then, Fine then, Kenny?" Lilly Called
"I Don't Know, Fuck! Just Stop, Would Ya!?" Kenny said Annoyed/Frustrated
"Well Your Vote Counts for you and Katjaa"
"We Don't Need all these VOTES! What Do I Have to Do For You to TRUST Me?! I'll Do ANYTHING! I'll-I'll-I'll do watchers for Months!" Ben Suggested. I Looked at Him with Sympathy Man I Felt Sorry For Him...
"Like Hell You Will" Lilly said Shaking her head
"I'll Get More Food, More Medicine, Anything! Just-"
"Do You think any of that is Good Now?!" Lilly exclaimed
"Just Let Me Stay! God Please! Please!" Ben Begged, I Held onto his Hand Tighter
"Your Pathetic, Look at You" Lilly Taunted. I Clenched my Jaw
"Shut Up Lilly!" I Exclaimed Angrily at her "You Have NO Right to Insult Him Like That, In my Perspective and Probably Carley and Clementine's, We think That Ben Is a Good Guy, Stop Giving him this Much Pressure! God, He's Just 17!" Lilly Looked at me Taken Back But Quickly Glared At Me
"Stop Panicking. Seriously Ben, You Need to Stop and Take a Breath." Lee Ordered Ben
"Do We Need Anymore Evidence than this?!" Lilly Exclaimed
"FUCK Evidence! Stop Treating Him Like This!" Carley Exclaimed Taking the Words Right out of my Mouth
"Shut up Carley! Ugh! I've heard enough out of you!" Lilly Exclaimed in Annoyance "Kenny What's it gonna be?"
"Just Give me a Damn Minute!"
"Ben You have until that Walker is Dealt With to tell me it was her and not you" Lilly Demanded
"Stop This! Your Torturing Him!" I Exclaimed Wanting this to Stop, This was Really Getting Outta Hand...
"NO!"
"BEN!"
"STOP!"
"This is about TRUST and I've never Trusted you" Lilly said looking at Ben
"Tell Her Just Do It Ben" Lee Said. I Gave him a Disbelieved Look
"Lee!" I Exclaimed Not Believing What He was Saying
"Lee!? Jesus Wha-Who Are You Right Now?!" Carley Exclaimed Looking at Lee
"Tell Her What?! She'll Kick Me Outta the Group!" Ben Defended
"We Won't. We'll Understand" Lee Reassured
"Tell Me. Now."
"THERE. I Got it" Kenny Said As He Pulled the Walker Out.
"Please Can We Just go back in?"
"That's Not Happening"
"You think you're some tough bitch, Don't you? Like Nothing Can Hurt you, But Your Just a scared little girl. Get the Fuck Over it" Carley Told Off. "Take a Page from Lee's Book and Try Helping Somebody For Once" Lilly Glared at Lilly. We Turned to See Kenny kicking the Walker's Head In Before Walking over to Us
"Now What the Fucks the Problem?-" I Jumped as I Heard a Gunshot and Carley was Down on the Ground with a Bullet in her Head. The World Just Stopped, I Just Stared Blankly at Carley's Body...Oh My God, She Was...Gone...I Felt Tears Roll Down My Cheek, She was the Only Person Who Helped Me Defend My Self, We Messed Around With Eachother, We Were Friends, She Helped My Situation With Ben...But Now She's Gone...I Slowly Looked Over at Lilly as Lee Pushed Her against the RV. I Went over to Carley's Body as Kenny and Lee Were Deciding What To do With Lilly...
"What Are We Gonna Do With Her?" Ben Asked From Beside Me
"Leave Her For the Walkers" Kenny said
"Why. Why Lilly?" Lee Pushed off of Lilly "Just Get In. We'll Figure out what to do with you" I Shook my Head in Disapproval
"That's a bad idea, Lee. She's Murderer for Shit's Sake!" Kenny Exclaimed Not Approving Lee's Choice
"Murderer? Lee's Killed Before and I FORGAVE Him. You Killed Before and I FORGAVE You. We Both Know What We Do has to be done" Lilly Explained as Kenny and Her Talked at Each other "I Was Trying to Protect All Of Us. I Don't Have Anything Left"
"Whatever. Just Get In" Kenny Said Before Walking Off
"Alex, Let's Go" Ben Nudged Me But I Just Froze, Staring at Carley, She was Such a Good and Reasonable Woman..."Lee A Little Help Here"
"Why Don't You Pick Her Up Like You did at the Motel" Lee Suggested
"I'm Kind Of Tired From All The Standing" Ben Answered. I Then Felt Firm Hands Wrap Around My Waist As I Was Pulled Up And Carried, Bridal Style But Not From Ben...But From Lee.
"Wait!" I Exclaimed as I Jumped Off Of Lee and Went Back Over to Carley and Pulled Something Out of Her Pocket...Her Gun "She Always Has it With Her, She Would've Wanted Me To Have it, I Think" Lee Gave a Weak Smile and Held Out His Arms
"Want Me To Carry You Or Do You Want to Walk By Yourself?" I Smiled and Leaped Into his Arms as He Held Me Bridal Style...
"Thanks Lee" I Said as We Headed For the Van
"For What?"
"For Finding Us When You Did and For Being a Good and Reasonable Person Like Carley..." I Answered as He Set Me Down On the Seat Where Carley Sat When We Were in the Van Before She, You Know...I Slowly Laid Down on the Seat as Clementine Sat Next to Me
"Hey Alex, You Okay I Was Worried About What Happened With You Back There" Ben Comforted
"We All Were" Kenny Called Out as He Was Driving again
"With Lilly-" I Cut Ben Off
"Don't You Dare Bring Her Up, I Don't Want to think about her, Talk About Her Or Even Look At Her Right Now, I Don't Care What She's Been Through She had No Right to Do That to Carley..." I Explained Clearly Angry at Lilly Right Now..Ben Nodded
"Okay, Want Me To Cuddle With You?" Ben Asked. I Nodded as I Sat Up, To Make Space For Ben as He Sat Next To Me, Putting His Arm Around Me As I Cuddled Up Into His Chest, Until Eventually I Fell Asleep Into His Arms..
Ben's POV...
Guilt was Written All Over Me, I Felt Dirty Not Telling Them the Truth But I Panicked Which Made Carley Loose Her Life...I Had to Eventually Tell Someone, But What If Alex Found Out? She Certainly Wouldn't Forgive Me, Probably Never Talk To Me Ever Again, She Bonded With Carley and Lilly, She's Probably Hate Me, I Can't Deal With That...
I Looked Down, I Gave a Side-Smile Seeing Her Fall Peacefully to Sleep. It Was Weird Seeing Her This Way Because, I Found It Really Cute and Adorable of Her State Sleeping...I Slowly But Gently Got Up as I Gently Placed Her on the Right Side of the Couch as Clementine Sat on the Left Side...
"Be Careful You'll Wake Her!" Clementine Warned. I Sighed and Went Back Over to Lilly Who Tied Up Like a Prisoner..
Morning...
Lee's POV...
"Is There Any Way to get around it?" Ben Asked
"Doesn't Look Like it. On Foot. Can't Really Afford to do that Now" Kenny Answered
"This Seems Like a Safe Area. All this Brush Will Stop Anything From Creeping Up On Us" I Said
"And I'd Like Everyone Out of the RV Except Her. I Don't Want Folks Trapped in there with her" Kenny Ordered Still Mad at Lilly.
"I'll Go Get Clementine and Alex" I Said As I Headed For the Van
"Wait! I'll Get Alex, She's My First Priority, I Know You've Been Looking Out For Her, And I'm Still Not Out of The Woods Yet, But Please She's The First Girl I Ever Really Like and Could Almost Say Love, I Know We Just Started Going Out But Still, I Really Like Her And I Would Never Hurt Her, Ever" Ben Begged Me. I Sighed and Gave Him a Stern Look
"Alright. But If You Ever Hurt Her Or Even Physically I Swear to G-"
"No Way! I Would Never Even Touch Her In That Way, I Care For Her" Ben Said Back Before Running Back into the Van. I Shook My Head Again, That Boy I Tell ya...
Alexander's POV...
"Hey Alex Wake Up" Ben Shook Me Gently As I Fluttered My Eyes Open And Stretched
"What Is It? Why Did We Stop?" I Asked Confused Looking Around "Where is Everybody?"
"There Outside, Come On Come With Me" Ben Said As He Took My Hand and Escorted Us Out of the RV
I Looked Over At Duck...He Didn't Look to Good
"What's Wrong With Duck?" I Asked Worriedly
"He's...Been Bitten" Ben Answered as I Saw Remorse, Guilt and Sadness In His Eyes as He Looked at Duck
"What?...No Way..." I Said In Shock "I'll Go Comfort Kat and Duck" I Finished Before Walking Over to Kat and Duck, Clementine Following Behind
"Is He Gonna Be Okay? Do You Have Some Way To Heal Him?" I Asked.
"It'll Take Time Alex, But Right Now I'm Just Watching Him, Taking Care of His Needs" Kat Answered. I Nodded
"Why Don't You and I Go Look Around?" Ben Asked Lee
"Yeah Everyone Else Relax. Clem, Stay Close to Alex, Kenny and Kat, Okay?" Lee Asked Clementine. Clementine Nodded
"Lee If You Come Across Anything to Drink. If There's a Dining Car or Something. I Think Duck's A Bit Dehydrated" Kat Asked
"It's a Freighter, Hon" Kenny Said. "Be Careful In There"
"What You think there might be something Dangerous inside of an Abandoned Locomotive? Hadn't Cross My Mind" Lee Joked as He Walked Off...
It's Been 5 Minutes Since Lee Started Looking Around, It was A Great Moment to Think...
About Life...
About My Parents...
About Calvin...
About Kenny...
About Kat and Duck...
About Clementine...
About Doug...
About Larry...
About I Don't Even Wanna Even Think About Her Name But Lilly...
About Glenn...
About Kelly and Bianca...
About Kevin...
About Carley...
About Mark...
About Surviving...
About Brenda...
About Andy...
About Danny...
About The Bandits...
About The St. John's Farm...
About Lee...
And Most Definitely Ben..
How Were We Gonna Survive? I Feel Like I Might as Well Give Up Since This Group Keeps Getting Smaller, I Always Wonder Who was Next To Leave the Group...But That Doesn't Matter Aslong as It's Not Clementine, Ben, Lee, Kajaa, Kenny, Duck and I Don't Know About Lilly...
"What Are Gonna Do With Lilly?" I Asked Kenny Who Was Beside Me
"I Don't Know, Hon. We'll Just Keep Thinking While Were Waiting For this Train..." I Looked Over at the RV as I Saw The Van Start Up and Lee Getting Pushed Out the Door, I Watched In Shock As I Saw Lilly Starting the Van...
"Holy Shit! She's Stealing the RV!" Kenny Exclaimed, Running after Her as Lilly Backed Up The Van
"Lilly!"
"Come Back Here You Crazy Bitch!" Kenny Called Out as Lilly Drove Away. I Watched After Her, Looking at her Go, Well I'm Glad She Left, I Never Wanna See Her Face Again...
"FUCK! STOP!"
"Let's Focus on the Train" Lee said
"Well Were Fucked if we Don't Figure out how this thing Works. Can't Spend the Night Out Here." Kenny Said Before He Looked at His Son, Sad Moment.."Duck is still Sick Ya' Know We need to get Back to the City. The Coast" Kenny Finished before walking back to His Spot...