I agreed to Kenny's plan somewhat reluctantly. It sounded like a death wish, but if it meant that we wouldn't have to stay at Howe's doing forced labour for a killer then I couldn't really complain.

I learned about a man named Luke who was helping the group escape from the community, and we had to help him to get a radio. The only way we could do that would be for Clem to steal one when nobody was looking. I wasn't happy about that one bit, but as I saw the young girl climb up the ladder on her own that went to the roof, I knew that she'd changed a lot in the past week.

Rebecca, the pregnant woman, had moved to sit on the mattress that was her bed because her back hurt. Sarah had also gone to sit in her 'bed', which was actually just a poorly constructed bunk bed without even a pillow. Mike stayed at the foot of the ladder to await Clementine while Jane, a short haired woman that only spoke when she realised we were going to escape, sat further back at the beds to watch the roof.

I sat nervously on the chair beside the fire, tapping my feet on the ground as I waited for Clementine to return. I moved my eyes from the roof to Travis, who was on the chair opposite me with his face balancing on his hand as he slept. I couldn't blame him for sleeping, I knew that we'd been through a lot. I felt a hand on my shoulder before someone sat on the seat next to me.

"Hey, Marce," Kenny greeted.

"Hey," I smiled back weakly. I thought about what I wanted to say, then met his eyes with sadness in my own. "I'm sorry, Kenny."

"For what?" He questioned.

"Back in Savannah," I explained. "You said we should plan for... for what we'd do if Lee didn't make it. I should have listened to you but instead I was snappy and horrible. I thought you'd died thinking I hated you."

"Aw, Marcey," he shook his head. "I never thought that. When those walkers appeared, I didn't think there was any chance of getting out alive. I didn't expect to survive, but I knew I wasn't ready to die, not when I had you kids to look out for. You were all my priority, I couldn't think you hated me."

I smiled more genuinely then, before I saw Travis move slightly from the corner of my sight. Out of instinct, I quickly observed him to see whether he was okay.

"So, you two..."

"What?" I asked, feeling my face blush.

"What's the situation there?"

I let out an awkward giggle. "Nothing. I mean... well, I don't know."

Kenny let out a little laugh. I narrowed my eyes and smiled slyly.

"So, Sarita, huh?"

Kenny chuckled more. "Yeah."

"She seems nice."

"She is," Kenny confirmed, his gaze moving to her as she lay in her own bed. "I don't know if I would've lasted this long without her."

I thought about that for a brief second. In a way, I knew that it was the same for Travis and I.

"What happened to you guys, then?" Kenny wondered.

I bit my lip. "After Christa... the three of us ran. One guy grabbed me and Travis tried to get him away from me but got his eye slashed with a knife. The only way we could escape was by water, so we let the stream carry us away. We found a dog then, but the poor thing was starved and bit Travis' hand when we tried to give it some food. That's when the walkers arrived and I told Clem to run. We must've gone the wrong way or something. Fuckin' mad cannibal guy tried to kill Travis next."

"Sounds like you've been through hell."

"We've seen worse," I shrugged. "After I killed the guy, we found a girl who was alone- or rather she found us. Walkers got her too. I thought we were safe. Then Tavia brought us here."

"Damn."

"I know."

We fell into silence and my eyes moved up to the rooftop again to expect Clementine.

"She's always been a brave girl," Kenny told me. "She'll be back soon."

"I know," I mumbled. "I just... I was so worried that I'd lost her. I guess I'm scared of it happening again."

Kenny nodded and then looked into the fire. I hadn't realised how much I missed Kenny. I could see in his face and how he spoke that he was practically a new person, memories of his old self fading away. I noticed that he only seemed like the Kenny I knew when he talked to one of us 'kids'.

"I'm gonna get into bed," Kenny groaned. "We don't wanna be getting on Troy's bad side."

"Yeah, okay."

Kenny ruffled my hair as he went to the bed that he shared with Sarita. After a few more minutes, a movement drew my attention and I identified Clementine descending the ladder before jumping into Mike's arms.

Clem smiled at me as she waved the radio in her hand.

"You little devil," Kenny proudly smiled from his bed.

"That's great, Clem," I grinned.

She crawled into her own bed and I realised I should probably do the same, so went to wake Travis up while Kenny continued his talking about the plan.

"Huh?" Travis asked, rubbing his eyes.

"Get to bed, sleepy," I smiled.

Travis stood and followed me towards the rest of the group, then rolled into one of the beds on the floor. I lifted myself up onto the one above it, sighing at how uncomfortable it was to sleep on.

Everyone fell into silence, some people asleep. As my eyes closed, I heard Kenny speak.

"I thought about Duck today- about his dumb little face. First things that come to mind are always the dumb little things he was doin'. Kid was always runnin' in circles, every damn place he went he'd just run, you couldn't stop him... Makes it harder to remember he was a good boy."

I processed what he was saying, my mind jumping back to the little boy that was always hyperactive. I missed his positivity that brightened the days at the motor inn. Poor Duck... Poor Kenny.

"Well, long day tomorrow. One long day."

I rolled over and drifted to sleep, dreaming about all those who I once knew and lost.

I feel like this chapter is sort of short, but I'll make up for that with the next few. I just had this little calm chapter to take a break from all that drama!

Can I just say I loved that end bit with Kenny talking about Duck. I'm really glad they put that dialogue in, because obviously what he went through really altered his character and I'm glad they didn't just forget about Duck. Kenny is actually probably one of my favourite characters in the game, despite all his flaws.

Anyway, thank you for your reviews of the last chapter! They made me so happy to know you all liked how I wrote them being reunited. I look forward to seeing what you think of this little one, but prepare yourselves for the upcoming chapters because that's where things are going to get tense. See you next time!