A House Divided Part 1

'You Could Have Saved Him.'

'How Could You Just Leave Him...'

Clementine's POV

Walkers, Were Everywhere. Me And Nick Both Ran As Fast As We Could Until We Found A Shed and Ran Inside, Pushing The Door Close As Walkers Were Trying to Barge In, But I Knew We Could Just Stay Here In This Position Until The Walkers Cleared...I Then Panicked And Pushed Harder As A Walker With Such Force Barged In, As Nick Pushed Even Pushed Harder...

"Nick! Find Something!" I Urged As Nick Eventually Got Off The Door Leaving Me to Keep The Door Close, And Walked Somewhere "What Are You Doing! Nick!" I Exclaimed As The Door Opened A Little From The Force Of The Walker As I Tried Pushing It Harder Until Nick Hopefully Helped Me Out, Which He Did When He took A Crate And Pushed It Against The Door As It Close Shut...I Sighed In Relief, As We Adjusted Ourselves..

"Are You Crazy?" I Asked Him As He Just Stared off Into Space...

"Maybe..." He Answered Emotionless, As I Just Gave Him A Look "Why'd You Leave My Uncle? Back At The Stream. Why'd You Follow Me?"

"Pete got Bit." I Answered

"What?"

"He Got Bit. Back In the Stream. He Wasn't Going to Make it" I Answered, Telling The Truth. I Saw It With My Own Eyes, We Were Trapped By Walkers Back There And I Had to Choose Whether to Go To Pete And Help Him Or Go to Nick, I Saw, Pete Got Bit And I Couldn't Go To His AID And Help Him, It Was No Use...He Was Gone. Silence Formed Around Us As I Looked Around The Shed..."What Do We Do Now?"

"I Don't Care"

"If Were Stuck Here, We Should Atleast Look Around." I Suggested As He Gave Me A Solemnly Look "Maybe We Can Find Something to Help Us Get Out of Here."

"Knock Yourself Out."

I Walked Over to A Crate And Some Pack Of Food. "All This Food Is Rotten" Silence. I Glared Back At Nick As I Repeated "I Said, All This Food Is Rotten." He Just Stared Depressingly Ahead Ignoring My Statement, My Face Softened, Realizing He's Not In The Mood. I Sighed And Got Up, Looking Around Some More And Walked Over to A Big Piece Of Plywood And Moved it Aside to See Many Jars On The Shelf Behind Placed, Like It Was A Store Or Something

"What Is That Stuff? Let Me See." Nick Spoke Up As His Eyes Looked Over My Direction As I Grabbed A Jar And Handed It to Him As He Took A Sip And Another Before Grunting In Disgust "Whiskey."

"Now What?" I Asked

"Oh Fuck, If I Know. We Wait, I Guess" Nick Answered Carelessly I Walked Over to A Spot, Setting My Bag I Found In The Stream, Down Before Sitting Down, Waiting...

Alexander's POV
"Where The Hell Are They!?" I Asked In Anger/Fear/Worriedness As I Was Pacing Around The Living Where Everyone Except Sarah Who Was In Her Room, Were Figuring Out Where Could They Be Or Waiting If They Might Show Up Late...

"Calm Down, Alex. They Might Be Late, That's All, You Know How Nick And Pete Are..." Alvin Reassured Me As He Was Looking At My Pacing State, And Also Reassuring Rebecca Who Was Feeling A Worried Too Because Carver Was Still Hunting For Us...That Jackass Is The Lat Thing On My Right Now...All I Care About Is Clementine, My Boyfriend And Pete Right Now...What If They Don't Make it, How Will I Be After That?

"Don't Tell Me To Fucking Calm Down, Alvin. Atleast You Don't Have Anyone You Deeply Care About, Out In The Woods Where Any Bad Shit Can Happen, So It's Best You just Shut It Before You Get On My Bad Side, Please..." I Said In A Surprisingly Calm Voice...

"What If it's Carver? What If They Found Them Already Have Them Hostage At The Camp...And They're Already On Their Way Here..." Rebecca Said But I Shook My Head Not Wanting to Believe That One Second...

"No Way! Listen Why Doesn't Everyone Just Chill, If They Don't Show Up By Midnight, We'll Go Scouting For Them, Meaning Me And Alex" Luke Suggested.

"I Just Can't Loose Her Anymore, Not Again...Not Ever..." I Trailed Off Sadly As I Was Tangling My Hands Into My Now Long Brown Hair Before Moving My Hands to My Face And Slumping On The Couch, Covering My Face So Nobody In The Room Wouldn't See Me Or Catch A Glimpse Of Me Crying...Not Long Before I Felt Warm Arms Wrap Around Me As I Moved My Head In The Person's Chest, Not Really Caring Who I Am Snuggling Up With...

"It's Alright, I'm Sure There Fine, They ARE Fine, We'll Go Look, Hey, I Know When You're Not Or Are Crying, Everything's Gonna Be Fine...Were Not Loosing Anyone Today..." I Heard Luke' Voice Reassure Me As I Felt His Hands And Arms Snuggle Up to Me Closer...It Was Luke, Of Course, He Always Does This When I'm Starting to Cry Or If I'm Having A Stressful Day, Like Once At The Camp, Carver's Camp...One Of His Guards, Troy..He Nearly Raped Me Before Nick And Luke Came to he Rescue And Saved Me, But Afterwards It Wasn't Really Worth It, When The Both Earned A Beat Down from Troy, And Us Three had to Do More Stuff And Duties Around The Camp...It Was Like Hell Living There...

"I Just Wouldn't Know What To Do With Myself If One Of Them ..." I Cried Even Harder In Luke's Chest, As He Rubbed My Back As His Hand Was Trailing Up And Down My Back...

"I Know, I Know, I Know, Al...Why Don't We Just Go...Look For Them, It Wouldn't Hurt, And If Anything Thing Shitty Happens..." I Sighed And Pulled Myself way From Luke As I Secretly Wiped My Teary, Red Ad Wet Face...

"Whatever, Let's Just Get Ready" I Said Before Going Up to My Room, Taking My Equipment, Like My 2 Guns, And My Third Gun Stashed Under My Shirt Behind The Waistband Of My Jeans. My Crossbow Wrapped Around Me From My Right Shoulder Down To My Left Hip, Like Luke's...

"Al, You Ready?" Luke Called, I Narrowed My Eyes As I Adjusted My CrossBrow

"You Bet..."

Clementine's POV
It Was Getting Dark Already...Waiting Here For Somebody To Save Us, Turning Out To Not Be a Good Idea...

CLASH!

Was What I Heard As I Looked Toward Nick Who Throwing Whiskey Jars, Ahead Of Him As Each Jar Was Being Broken Down Into A Million Pieces...I Turned to See A Walker Outside As It Faced Us Before Going To back Where He Was Going, I Glared At Nick Before Walking Over to Him...

"What's Your Problem?" I Asked After He Was Done Throwing His Last Jar, Slumped Against The Wall...I Guess It Wasn't His Last Since He Threw Another jar Making It Clash Again

I Watched As Hesitantly Threw Another Jar But Put It Down, As He Looked Down, Sadly At His Jar..."I Had to Kill My Mom." I Gave Him A Look "It Sounds Weird When I Say It Out Loud, Huh? Luke Always Used to Push Me. I Never Wanted to Go Into Business With Him. I Remember When He Sold Me On It. His big Plan. Some Fuckin' Plan. A Case Of Beer In He Just Said 'Nick, Were Burnin' Daylight' And That Was That. After Six Months, We Were Flat Broke. But I Didn't Care. We Were Havin' Fun. You Know, I Started Dating Alex, She Was Just Like Him...Out There And...Had A Build Just Like Him...But She's Much More Hotter than Luke..." Nick Smirks And Chuckles A Little Before Going Back to His Sad Expression "I Wish I Was Like Him. I Wish I Could Just Keep Movin' all the time...But I'm Just Not...Built Like That. Even Alex, You Think And Know She's The Most Beautiful Girl In The World..." I Smiled

"She Is, And I Know She Really Likes, I Heard What Pete Said About Alex Being too Good For You But It's All Wrong, She's Dealt With So Much With Being Her Heart Broken By Guys And She Gives You A Chance And That's Saying Something" I Smiled, But Nick Just Scoffed And Looked Down At His Jar

"Tell That To Luke Then, He's Had A Thing For Her Ever Since We Stumbled Upon Her, Unlike Me...I Was Still Having A Hard Time Back Then Before My Mom Even Turned...But I Felt Something With Her, I Really Did, She Helped And I Guess I Kind Of Helped Her, But I Still have to Remember Everything Is Still turning to Shit In This World...Luke And Alex Are Basically Made For Each Other, I bet Their Both Messing Around While Were Still Stuck Here...Probably Never Ever Gonna Be Saved. Pete Was Right, Alex Does Deserve Better...I'm Just A Low-Life, The Total Opposite Of Luke, With No Family Around Me To Support, Do You Realize How Fucked Up That Is..." I Looked Sadly At Him...

"I Know Alex, She's Everything A Guy Sees In A Girl, She's Funny, Awkward, Beautiful, Smart And She's Out There, You Know What? You Remind Me Of Someone..." I Nodded As He Glanced Up At Me "...Ben, Always Thinking Highly Of Himself, He Tried to Keep His Relationship With Alex Work But In The End It Didn't Work And He...Ended Up Dying...Leaving Alex Heartbroken" I Said As My Face Softened "What I'm Trying to Say Is, Do You Love Her?" Nick Sighed And Hesitated Before Nodding, I Gave A Faint Smile

"Well I Bet She Wouldn't Want You Sitting Her, Thinking Poorly Of Yourself...I Know I Wouldn't"

"Ugh, You Don't Get It...Everyone I Grew Up With, It All...Happened to Them. And Now...It's Gonna Happen to Us We're All So Fucked" Nick Doubted

"We'll Make It"

"Bullshit" Nick Said Back "I Mean, What's The Point? We Just March To Some New Place And Somebody Else Will Die. It's Never Gonna Stop. And Eventually It'd Be Our Turn. I Can't Believe We've Been Here A Day. A Day! It's Been A Day, Right?" I Just Looked At Him, Of How He's Become..."Hey, Kid. Have A Drink With Me, It's Gonna Be Your First And Your Last." Nick Chuckles

"No Thanks" I Declined As I Stood Up.

"Ah, You're Just Like Alex, Always Wanting to Stay Healthy And Shit But...Look At Us, How Were Living, Nothing's Healthy Around Us Anymore..." I Sighed "But I Still Think of Her, Like You Said, I Love Her But That Shit Will Soon Be Over When She's On The Floor Being Devoured...Shit, It'll Happen to All Of Us..." Nick Sighed "Listen. They're Not Coming For Us. You Should Go. Run For It." My Eyes Widne

"Wha-What Are You Going to Do?" I Asked

"Stay Here, I'm tired. Go Find Luke, Alex. And The Rest. They'll Take Care Of You" Nick Urged/Reasoned

"We Can Make It, We Have to Try" I Reasoned

"I Don't Have to Do Anything"

"Come With Me" I Knew What Was Going On His Head, He Was Drunk, I Guess. But I knew He Was Still Thinking Of Her, Alex. He's Just Putting All These Unnecessary Doubts And Bad Thoughts About Him. If Only I Make Him Remember That Alex, Still Needs Him And She Loves Him As Much As He Does...Maybe...

"Are You Kiddin'? And Leave All Of This?" Nick Asked In Disbelief

"You Can't Just Sit Here And Die" I Explained

"Why Not? Why Does It Matter?"

"You still Have Luke, And Everyone Else. They're Family. And What About Alex?" I Asked, Nick Shot His Head Up At Me, Narrowing His Eyes At Me Once I Said The Word 'Alex'

"Yeah? What About Her?" He Asked Curiously

"I Know You're Thinking Of Her And All The Negatives, Well I Want You to Take Out All Those Negatives And Think Of Only Alex, She Needs You, She Loves You, Do You Think She Would Survive With Out You Here? You Know In Your Heart, You Don't Wanna Hurt Her, You Know In Your Heart You Still Love Her And She Does The Same And You Know In Your Heart, You Should Right Over At That Cabin, By Her Side, Comforting Her And Making Her Happy Cause You're Her Boyfriend...You Know You Want to Be With Her Forever..." I Reasoned As I Watched Him Look Down, Probably Thinking Of My Words "Nick. I Need Your Help. Please."

"You're Right." Nick Decided As He Took Another Sip And Getting Up. I Smiled At Him, Glad That I Helped Him "If We Get Separated. The Cabin's Only Half A Mile From Here. You Can't Miss It." I Nodded As He Took Another Sip From His Jar "You Ready?" Next Thing I Knew We Were Walking Out Of The Shed Until We Heard A Walker As Nick Slashed It With His Jar

"Ha! Fuck You Motherfucker!" We Then Turned Around As Walkers Were Everywhere "Oh Shit..." I Watched As Nick tried to Wave The Walkers Over to Him, What Was He Doing? "Get The Fuck Outta Here" I Hesitantly Dd What I Was Told And Made A Run For It, Slashing And Slipping Away From Walkers On My Way...

Cabin...

I Ran For My Life As I Ran All The Way to The Cabin, Looking Back I Couldn't Believe I Left Nick...Finally There, I Catched My Breath Before Entering...

"Clementine? You All Right?" Carlos Asked, Facing Me Before Looking Out The Door "Luke Or Alex Not With You?"

"Where's Alvin?!" Rebecca Asked

"What Happened? It's Been Hours. Where Are They?" Carlos Asked Me

"Clem?!"

"We Got Attacked" I Answered

"By Who?"

"Walkers."

"Jesus." Rebecca Said In Agony "Pete Got Killed" I Watched As Their Faces Went Into Sorrow...Pete Was A Good Guy

"I Was With Nick, But..." I Looked Down, Thinking About Nick. I Knew I Shouldn't Have Left Him, It's Gonna Be Hard Telling Alex The News

"My God..." Carlos Said

"Where Were You? Where Were You Exactly?" Rebecca Asked Me Roughly

"Down By The Stream..." I Answered

"We Gotta Go!" Rebecca Urged Carlos

"Just Hold On A Minute"

"My Husband Is Still Out There. GET. THE. GUNS." Rebecca Ordered As Carlos Hesitantly Did What He Was Told "Luke, Alex And Alvin Went Out Looking For You. I Told Them Not to Go. Damnit, Luke." Rebecca Cursed. I Watched As They Grabbed Their Guns And Started to Head Out When Carlos Turned to Me

"Clementine, Can You...Can You Please Watch Sarah. She's Upstairs. Just Distract Her. And Don't Tell Her Anything" Carlos Ordered

"I'll Take Care Of Her, You Can Trust Me" I Smiled

"Thank You. You'll Be Safe Inside" Carlos Thanked "Just Don't Open The Doors For Anything, We'll Be Back Soon And...Thank You" Carlos Finished Before Heading Out

I Guess It's Just Me And Sarah...Great...