Lee was sleeping in his full size bed under the covers. Before he went to bed, he decided to sleep in his boxers and a t-shirt. He was awoken by his bedroom door being closed. He sat up in his bed, startled. He looked at his watch on his left arm. 9:23 in the morning.
"Wow. This is the longest I've ever went since everything went to hell." Lee whispered to himself. He hopped out from under the covers grabbing his pants that were folded nicely on the nightstand next to his bed. He had to jump a couple of times to get into his pants. He went over to the door to grab his brown leather jacket that was hanging on the door. As he put it on, he opened up his bedroom door fixing the jacket collar. It looked like everyone was up. Lilly was on the lookout, Clementine and Duck were playing soccer, Ben and Carley were talking, Kenny and Katjaa were sitting on the couch watching Clementine and Duck, and everyone seemed calm. It was a surprise to Lee; he thought everything was back to normal. But in reality, he knew that would never happen. As he gazed around again, he realized everyone actually looked happy and calm for once. Lee wondered what was bringing that on.
Lee went over to check on Clementine first. "Hey Clem, are you having fun with Duck?" Lee asked, leaning on the side of the RV.
"Yep. Lilly found this soccer ball in one of the rooms for me and Duck. Do you want to play with us? You can be on my team!" Clementine asked anxiously, with a large grin on her face as she picked up the ball.
"Sure, sweet pea." As the three of them kicked the ball back and forth, Lee noticed Carley get up from sitting down out of the corner of his eye. He looked over to her, who had her hand in front of her mouth to hide the giggling of the sight of Lee playing soccer with Clementine and Duck. He smirked, and shook his head in embarrassment.
After a bit of playing, Lee wanted to talk to Carley. "Hey, I'm going to go talk to Carley. You two have fun and be careful, okay?" Lee said, kicking the soccer ball to Clementine.
"Okay," they both said at the same time, and went back to focus on kicking the soccer ball to each other. Lee walked over to Carley, who was still laughing at him.
"Was it really that funny?" Lee said, with a smile upon his face.
"Yes, it was. It looked like they were having a lot of fun too. The most they've probably both had in a while. I'll admit though, it was very kind of you to play with them." Carley said, as she gently wiped dirt off of Lee's face with her thumb with a sense of affection.
"Oh, haha thanks. Really aren't any mirrors here." Lee said, somewhat blushing.
"It's not like we need mirrors. I guess we can all let others know if they have something on their face." Carley said, looking up into Lee's cozy, warm eyes.
"I'll be the one to remind you everyday how beautiful you are." Lee said, gently brushing a part of Carley's hair behind her soft, warm, ear. Carley blushed, leaning to give Lee a tight hug. Carley wrapped her arms around his upper-back and Lee wrapped his arms around her waist. This is the most comfortable they've both felt in a while.
"I really love you, Carley. I really do." Lee said, being able to rest his head on hers because of the height difference.
"I love you too, Lee, even more than coffee." Carley said, to keep the mood upright. She leaned her head on his shoulder. They both laughed, not paying attention to the group looking at them. They didn't care about anything else at the time besides each other.
Lilly finally gave in with jealousy and yelled, "Lee, it's time for your shift." They let go of each other, looking up at Lilly.
"Alright, be there in a sec." Lee yelled back to Lilly, who was cautiously watching the two lovers.
"You heard the boss. Get up there before she gets pissed." Carley said, with a crooked smile.
"Okay fine. Stay safe, beautiful." Lee said, with a wink. Carley smiled back. Lee went to go take his shift on the RV and hazily looked at the outside of the motor inn. Everything was still besides the wind blowing through the trees. He looked down at the group to see Carley playing soccer with Clementine and Duck.
He let out a small laugh and turned back to the view of the forest in front of the motor inn and kept his eyes peeled for any movement. Breaking the silence, were two nearby gunshots that startled the whole group.
They heard yelling in the distance, "I told them not to fucking mess with our deal! Those bastards, they weren't going to last long anyways!" The whole group tried not to make a sound. The yelling faded, relieving the group. The first thing everyone heard was groans, and moans. They didn't sound human, nor animal. There was only one option left. It was the sound of walkers.
Lee's mind went blank. In the moment, Lee had no idea what to say. He quietly said under his breath: 'Oh, shit.' He jumped up, yelling, "Everyone! Get in the RV, now!"