[Sorry this took a while to get out! I've been busy with school, homework, etc. It might take a couple of days to get out Chapter 8 too, but thank you so much for being patient with me. (:]
Lee blinked a couple of times, being awoken by Bear who had jumped on the bed with Lee.
He rolled over, to see his sleeping partner missing.
Bear hopped over to Lee to give him a kiss on the face.
He laughed, "Hey, Bear. What are you up to?" He asked, petting Bear.
The dog jumped off the bed and stopped at the doorway waiting for Lee to get out of bed.
Lee sat up, and pushed the covers back, getting up out of the bed. It didn't seem so cold outside today, so Lee didn't put on his jacket. He left it laying on the desk.
Bear led him downstairs into the living room and kitchen to see the group eating snacks that must have been in the cabinets.
Carley looked over to Lee, who was still not fully awake. "Who's the sleepy head now?" She said, smiling.
"Haha, funny." Lee said, sarcastically with humor.
Everyone was either sharing a bag of potato chips, crackers, or fruit roll-ups.
Lee went into the kitchen to see a small bag of saltines crackers sitting in the middle of the table. He grabbed a handful, eating them one by one, trying not to make a mess.
"Hey Lee? I think we're going to have to search for some supplies today. The sky's been gloomy and it looks like it might storm later and I don't want to be stuck in a house with not that much food." Kenny said, grabbing his gun off the kitchen counter.
"That's fine with me. When do you want to go?" Lee asked.
Kenny walked over to the backyard door, looking outside to the sky. "As soon as possible."
About 30 minutes later...
The two men were cautious of any movement around them as they walked down the street.
Lee had spotted a brick house that had the front door slightly open.
He pointed to the house, signaling Kenny to follow him as he ran over to the side.
"Do ya' hear anything?" Kenny asked, kneeling down on the grass.
There was silence between the two, Lee trying to see if he can hear any movement.
"I... I don't hear anything." He said, slowly heading to the front door.
He pushed it open to see a blood track leading upstairs.
"Shit. Do you think anything's up there?" Kenny whispered.
"I hope not." Lee responded.
They followed the track upstairs, which led into a room with the door closed.
Lee put his finger to his lips, "Shh."
Kenny nodded, staying behind Lee if anything happened.
Lee opened the door to see a girl in her teens laying on the bed, a gun in her hands.
"God dammit. It's another one gone." Lee said, shaking his head in disbelief.
"...Another?" Kenny said, closing his eyes not wanting to look at the corpse on the bed.
"Yep..." Lee said, walking over to the girl.
There was a blanket on the ground. He picked it up, and slowly covered the girl.
"Let's just look for supplies, okay?" He said, patting Kenny on the back.
The walked back downstairs, grabbing their guns out of their pockets.
"I'll check the kitchen, you check everywhere else, okay?" Kenny said, tip-toeing down the hallway to the kitchen.
Lee nodded, walking into the living room.
He examined everything in the room. There was a portrait of a family. Two parents and a teenage girl. They looked pretty wealthy.
"Must of been her, then..." Lee whispered to himself, looking at the other pictures on the walls.
"God damn. This world just keeps getting worse and worse." He said, sighing.
He heard a crash in the other room, where Kenny was.
"Kenny? You over there?" Lee asked, looking at the other pictures on the wall awaiting Kenny's confirmation.
There was silence, Lee didn't hear anything. "Kenny?"
Lee heard some sort of groan that sounded the same from the time at the Motor Inn. "No, no no-no."
"SHIT! LEE! LEE HELP ME!" He heard someone holler.
Lee ran into the room to see a broken plate on the ground and Kenny's gun.
"WHERE ARE YOU?" Lee hollered back, running into the hallway to see Kenny laying on the ground with the girl's corpse tangled on his leg.
"SHIT!" Lee grabbed his gun out of his pocket. Lee knew this was going to be a tough shot, he didn't want to blast Kenny's leg.
He lined the top of the gun with the girl's head, put his finger on the trigger, and boom.
There was silence.
Lee was afraid to open his eyes. He was afraid that it was too late for Kenny.
He lifted one eyelid, the other following.
Kenny was sitting up on the ground, pushing the girl away from his leg.
"Fuck. That was close." Kenny said.
Lee gave out his hand for Kenny, to help him up.
"Thanks, you literally saved my life from that girl. I thought she was... dead. Like, officially."
"Me too." Lee responded.
They started to go through the cabinets in the kitchen as it started to storm outside.
"Shit. Of course it would start raining." Kenny said, rolling his eyes in frustration.
They grabbed some snacks and headed back out the door.
They started heading back to the ranch house they were staying at when they heard something, or someone behind them.
Lee and Kenny turned around to see the a horde of walkers.
"RUN!" Lee yelled to Kenny, who already began.
Lee kept looking behind them, to see the horde following back behind them.
"This would happen to us! We're just that lucky!" Kenny yelled, being sarcastic.
The reached the ranch house, running into the backyard and immediately closing the gate door.
They had to take a couple of breaths before they said anything to each other.
"Do you think they seen us?" Kenny said, still breathing heavily.
"I really don't know, but I hope not..." Lee responded back.
Lilly ran outside to the two of them, leaning on the fence.
"What took you guys so long?" She asked, with a frustrated face.
"A lot." Lee responded, looking up at Lilly with the group that had walked out behind her.
Kenny sighed, "We went to go look for supplies and met a girl that we thought was gone already but she wasn't. I almost had my leg chewed off. Also, while we were leaving, the horde was after us. I think the fucking storm stirred 'em up." He said, handing the supplies to Lee who had straightened himself after leaning on the fence.
"Well, you guys better get back inside before you get sick. It's gotten pretty cold outside." Carley said, taking Duck and Clementine back inside with Bear following.
Everyone went back inside the ranch and went through the supplies.
It wasn't really that much food, but it was enough to last.
Everyone was eating the rations around in the living room while Lee was sitting in the kitchen watching Clementine draw on the table.
From what it looked like, she was drawing the group together holding hands with Bear. Lee smiled at the sight of the drawing.
"L-Lee? I've been thinking lately." Clementine said, looking up from her drawing.
"About what?" Lee asked, looking at Clem curiously.
"A-Are we ever going to find my parents? I know they're in Savannah... They stay at the same hotel every time they go. Maybe they're there, waiting for us to come find them."
Lee wasn't sure if her parents were still alive. It wouldn't have been very likely, but he didn't want to let Clementine down.
"I'm sure we will." Lee said, smiling at Clementine.
The two of them could always take the RV and go looking for her parents. It wouldn't have been that long of a ride.
What would the group do if Lee wasn't there for them, though?
If it wasn't for him today, Kenny wouldn't of been alive.
He's saved almost everyone's life that's here now.
They'd be in trouble if he wasn't here for them.