Clem, Lee, Christa and Omid sat around a small fire, in a large open field. They had been at this camp for a week, one of them kept a lookout each night, but so far had no trouble with walkers or invaders. Clementine sat next to Lee picking grass out of the ground, with a smile on her face. Lee looked at her with a small chuckle, reminding him of when he was younger, he and his friends would always rip the grass out of the ground and throw it at each other, thinking it was the funniest thing ever until the teacher would yell at him.

He picked his pocket watch out from his jeans and looked at the time, it was nine in the evening. The sky was already dark, the moon and stars barely even visible through the thick clouds. "Alright guys, we really need to come up with a plan. We can't just keep walking around, hoping to look for a vehicle, we need to come up with a place, a safe place where we can settle." Christa said.

"Alright, let's take a look. I snatched this map from the shopping village." Omid said, picking a small creased booklet from a plastic bag full of various items, food, and water. He opened it and sat closer to Christa. "What do you guys think?"

"Well, where would the most logical place to go?" Lee said, going through different places in the US.

"Mexico?" Omid asked. "It's where criminals go after they scammed someone."

"I don't know, sounds hot. I don't do heat, besides we don't have enough water as it is. We'd get dehydrated." Christa said.

"We could go west," Lee mentioned. "Of course, there's all the earthquakes…maybe not."

"What about Canada?" Clementine asked, brushing off her hands from the grass and dirt.

Lee, Omid, and Christa looked at each other for a second, all getting the same idea. Plenty of snow and ice, meaning a large supply of water, a much smaller population compared to the U.S, colder climate, meaning slower walkers.

Lee ruffled the back of Clem's hair. "That's a great idea, sweetheart!" Lee said.

"Good girl, Clem," Christa said, inspecting the map.

"What's the safest way to get there?" Omid asked.

"I suppose…uh…well we're here…" Christa said, pointing at the highway they'd been following just north of Savannah. She traced her finger up the highway, running into various obstacles the group would find using the route she was mentally following. She closed her eyes and sighed, giving in to the inevitable safe route. "The safest way has to be back the way we came…"

"What?!" Lee gasped.

"Huh?" Clem reacted.

"You're kidding me…" Omid groaned.

"We go back passed Savannah, where we left the train and back on the main highway, through Macon than go around Atlanta…" Christa said, putting emphasis on the word 'around'. "Then through Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois, Iowa, Dakota…after that we should end up in Manitoba…"

"That doesn't sound like an easy trip..." Lee said.

"Worth a shot. We need to try and go as far as possible, at least. We may even find a safe place to stay on the way." Christa said.

Lee looked around, with a semi-confident smile. He thought about it for a minute, then nodded to himself. "Alright. It sounds like a plan. If it means keeping you all safe. I'll do anything." Lee said, hugging Clementine towards him.

"I say we wait here for another week or so and get moving again. It'll be a long road back through to Macon. I'm going to bed." Christa said.

Omid followed her closely as the two clambered into their tent. It was Lee's watch that night, so he stayed up.

Lee sat by the fire warming himself by it. Clementine, like she did the two other nights Lee was on guard, snuggled up to him by the fire until she began to fall asleep. Lee put his arm around her waist and Clem lay her head on his shoulder.

Lee adored these kind of moments with Clementine. He loved the chances he got with Clementine. The past two times Lee had guarded the camp had both gone exactly the same, she'd cuddle up by the fire and almost fall asleep. This time was no different as Clementine yawned, trying to keep her head up. "It's alright, baby you go to bed, I'll be right out here if you need me," Lee said.

Clementine smiled, giving Lee a final hug before putting her pink hoodie on over her new little summer dress and went back into her and Lee's tent.

Lee pulled out his revolver and laid it on the ground beside him, warming his hands by the fire. He kept checking back to his pocket watch every ten minutes until an hour had passed. He heard a zip from behind him. He shot his head backward and saw Clem stumbling out of the tent with tears pouring down her face.

Lee threw himself off the ground and walked quickly over to Clementine, picking her up and hugging her. "What's wrong, baby girl?" Lee asked.

"I…I…I miss them…everyone." Clementine whimpered, sobbing into Lee's shoulder. Lee closed his eyes and rubbed Clem's back, in an effort to comfort the crying child. "I…I wanted to tell you but I was afraid I'd get in the way." Clementine cried.

Lee sat down again by the fire, still cradling Clementine in his arms. He was somewhat relieved by this, glad Clementine was finally opening up to him after she had been quiet and shy towards everyone. Now Lee knew why. "Ssh, don't cry, sweetheart," Lee said, placing the tiny kid in his lap. "I don't want you to keep anything from me. When you need me I'm here." Lee said.

Clementine was silent, only making a noise to sniff under shaky and sad breaths. "I'm sorry…" Clementine said. "I know I need to be tough. But…Ben…Duck…Kenny…Katjaa…Carley…Lily…everyone…"

"I know…I know…I miss them too, y'know? They were our family. Now it's just us left and I'm not going to let my family down. I'm going to keep you safe, sweetheart. I…I love you." Lee said.

Clementine smiled to herself. She had wanted to hear Lee say that since they left Savannah. "I love you too…" Clementine said.

Hey! Man, that was cute…I hate saying that about my own work but AWWWWWWWWWW.

So, I wanted to bring up a couple things, one I was thinking of bringing back my story Glenn and Clementine, so I can sort of alternate stories that I write every day or two. (Which reminds me, make sure to check back every day for a new chapter, I write often ;3) So, let me know if that's something you want to read and if I should bring it back :D

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