As Lee opened his eyes, he awoke to darkness. He shook his head to wake him up, realizing he was on duty on top of the RV with the rifle sitting on his lap. He looked around, seeing no movement in the motor inn, or out. He smiled of relief, glad no one seen him sleeping on duty.
As he looked around, he heard a crash nearby Carley's room. His eyes quickly widened being so startled with the noise; he jumped out of his chair setting the rifle on the chair. He climbed down the ladder on the side of the RV, and quietly ran to Carley's room.
He knocked on the door, "Carley? Carley, are you okay?" After silence, he started pounding on the door. He remembered Lilly kept a master key that opens all of the doors. She kept it with whoever was on duty just incase anything were to happen. So, Lee went back to grab the keys that were next to the chair which was lying on the roof of the RV. He hopped back off the RV, making a clinging sound from the keys hooked onto his belt loop. He headed back to Carley's room, and he slowly unlocked the door to see Carley sitting on her bed, having her head in her hands.
"Carley, are you alright?" Lee said, heading to sit next to Carley. Lee put his hand on her back, trying to calm her.
"I'm sorry you have to see me like this, Lee. It's just getting so tough." Lee's eyes drowned in sorrow. She was sick of everything; the walkers, arguing, just all of this chaos happening around them.
"If you ever want to talk, about anything, I'll always be here for you." Lee went to give Carley a warm, cozy hug. He was surprised she didn't resist it, but she even hugged him back. After a couple of moments, Carley looked better than before, a lot calmer. Apparently, all she needed was a hug from a loved one to cheer her up.
"I'll take over the rest of your shift. You need a break." Carley said, patting Lee on the back and smiling.
"Thanks. I appreciate it." After they both left Carley's room, Lee headed to his and Clementine's room. He quietly opened the door to see Clementine awake, coloring on the wooden desk that was next to the bathroom.
"How come you're up this early?" Lee asked Clementine, with an eyebrow perking up in curiosity.
"I heard you calling and talking to Carley. I was worried something happened to her and I wasn't able to fall back asleep. Sorry, Lee." Clementine said, looking up at him. Lee smiled, kneeling down next to the desk.
"It's fine, sweet pea. Whatcha making?" He said, looking over at the paper with brown, purple, blue, yellow, and green scribbled onto it.
Clementine smiled, "I'm drawing you, me, and Carley. I wanted to make it for Carley so she can feel better." Clementine said, beginning to color Carley's vest purple.
"Awe, that's very sweet of you Clem. I'm sure she'll like it." Lee said, with a smile on his face looking down at the picture. They were all holding hands. Clementine was in the middle of Lee and Carley, smiling.
"I'm going to go wake up Kenny so we can go get some more supplies, okay? You stay here with the rest of the group until we come back." He said, about to head out of the door.
"Okay, be safe." Clementine said, looking up at her guardian with a smile.
Lee smiled back, closing the door. He went to go wake Kenny, who was sleeping like a baby. Kenny and Lee then went into the hell-filled world to scavenge for supplies to survive.
As they both reached the Drugstore again for the second time, it looked even worse than before. The last time they were here, the ladder to get in broke and hell broke loose with a girl that came out of an alley. They would be lucky if there was anything at all left for them to take.
There was a hole in the wall, about the size of a door, just quite smaller on the side of the building. Lee stepped in first, having his rifle by his side. He gave Kenny the signal that everything was clear. He stepped inside the building, looking at shelves completely empty.
"Are you sure anything is going to be in here? Last time we raided completely of anything that was here." Kenny said, looking around at the aisles in the store. Lee's face was missing a smile. You could tell he looked worried.
"There better be as hell something here. There's no where left to go if there isn't." Lee said, starting to check the other side of the store. With excitement, one of the last aisles at the end of the store had some energy bars, medicine, and canned foods. Lee grabbed everything his hands could hold.
Kenny looked over to him with surprise. "You found somethin'?" He said, with a quirky expression. He speed-walked over to Lee, who was gathering the supplies.
"Yep, some medicine and food, it can probably last about a week and a half." He said, with a smile on his face. He was glad that they found something so they didn't have to get lectured by Lilly.
Kenny had found some more supplies on the other side and a basket to carry it all. Though it wasn't that much, they were both two happy men.
They walked back to the Motor Inn, keeping their eyes peeled for any movement. Kenny carried the basket, while Lee was ahead of him with his rifle in hand.
After time, they reached the Motor Inn again to see Lilly on duty. Kenny raised the basket to her, and she smiled. That was the first time she had ever smiled ever since what happened at the St. John's.