The Walking Dead: only trying to do the right thing

Chapter 12: tough choices

Here is chapter 12, folks. Sorry to keep you waiting a little while, but here it is. Enjoy the chapter.

A short-while had passed since Kenny had been checking on the boat, and everyone was waiting patiently as they were inside the house, trying to keep patient for Kenny to do his job.

All the members of the group were sitting down silently all except for Lee, who was pacing up and down nervously, hoping that the boat was in working order.

"Can you stop walking up and down, please?" Christa requested, every time he was walking up and down, it made her nervous too. "You're making everyone nervous."

"Sorry." he apologized, finally sitting down on the same couch with Carley, Clementine, Katjaa, and Duck. "I just seems to good to be true."

"Well, then let's hope it is in working order." Omid hoped, crossing both his arms together as he leaned against the chair.

"Yeah, lets." Lee agreed before turning his attention to the backdoor where Kenny had finally returned from checking the boat, and by the look of his expression, it did not look good.

"Do you want the good news or the bad news?" Kenny asked everyone, giving them two options of what they would want to hear first.

"Just cut to the bad news." Lee answered for the others, obviously wanting to cut to the chase straight away.

"Well, the boats got everything we need, gas, engines, works like a beauty, but..." Kenny trailed off as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "The boats only gonna hold five people-even with a kids on board. So, with me, Kat and Duck already on, there's only two spaces left."

"Now just hold on a minute!" Christa interpreted, standing up from where she was sitting as she made her way to the older man with an annoyed expression. "Why is it you and your family get to go on?"

Kenny was not going to take any more shit from anyone else. He had enough of it when he and Lilly were arguing all the time, and he promised himself that was the end of it. "Well, number one: all this was my idea. Number two: I'm the only one who can drive the boat. And number three: you ain't even been with us that long to decide!"

Christa was about to argue back until Omid had interrupted her, knowing how angry she can get.

"Christa, babe, he's right." Omid replied, obvious wanting to avoid any arguments that could turn to violence between his girlfriend and Kenny.

Christa growled slightly as she left the room before she would loose her temper. She walked away before calling back to them as she was almost out of sight. "Fine! Me and Omid will go out own way! It was a mistake to go with your group!"

"Christa." Omid called her back as he got up and followed her into the next room.

"Well, that's two gone." Kenny said, acting like he was not even bothered if anything happened to them. "That just leaves Lee, Carley, and Clementine. One of you isn't going to come on."

Lee thought about this for a couple of moments, knowing he was trapped 'between a rock and a hard place' as his father would say. He would not leave Carley after he and her were together now, but he would not leave Clementine behind either.

He sighed as he tried to make up his mind on what to do, but he knew Kenny was right, and having more than five people was not going to cover it.

He had three options he could think.

1. He, Carley, and Clementine decided to part ways and take their chances and let Omid and Christa take their places on the boat.

2. He stays and trusts Carley to take care of Clementine while he stays behind on his own.

3. He and Clementine take the boat's places and leave Carley on her own.

Lee could not decide right now, and needed a while to think this over. He sighed as he looked back towards his best friend. "Kenny, I need time to think about this."

"Well, better think fast." Kenny ordered, obviously not wanting to waste anymore time in this house with the walkers and that stranger watching them out there. "We're leaving first thing tomorrow morning."

Before long, Kenny and his family made their way upstairs to rest until the morning with Carley and Clementine. As for Lee, he had to stay downstairs and think this over now!

One of those three options was going to be the one he needed to pick, but which one? What could he do next?

Sorry this chapter is a little short, but now you people reading get to decide which one of these three options will Lee pick. You all decide by putting your vote in reviews, and I won't be updating until I get some votes.

So, what will Lee do.

1. He, Carley, and Clementine decided to part ways and take their chances and let Omid and Christa take their places on the boat.

2. Lee stays and trusts Carley to take care of Clementine while he stays behind on his own.

3. Lee and Clementine take the boat's places and leave Carley on her own.

You people get to pick, and I suggest pick wisely. :D