((Last time, you guys chose to go before dark. From here on chapters will be a lot more bite sized and released every day. Enjoy!))
"We need to find help before it gets dark." Lee said, looking at the dusk from outside.
"Yeah, it's not safe at night.." Clementine agreed, watching Lee stand up from the floor. He held her hand and smiled at her.
"Let's go. Stay close to me." Lee told her, opening the sliding door. The air felt just as dirty as it did a couple of minutes prior. Clementine led Lee to the back gate and he limped behind her until he noticed two men pushing a car in the middle of the street, or at least trying to.
"Aw, man. I ain't never getting home to momma at this rate." Chet, the bigger man told his friend.
"This sucks.." Shawn, the skinnier of the two responded, wiping sweat from his forehead.
"Yeah, it's hot dish night." Chet added, continuing to push, but to no avail. Lee feels a bit luckier after seeing the men and is ready to head out, but checks with Clementine.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asks, kneeling down.
"Should I stay?" Clementine asked her now guardian.
"What?"
"I don't want to sleep in the treehouse tonight, but I don't know if I should leave. What if my parents come home?" The question lingered a bit before Lee answered.
"I won't leave you alone." He reassured, causing her to smile.
"Let's go somewhere safe that's close, okay?" Clementine said as Lee rised back up.
"That's a good idea." He replied, opening the gate and limping toward the two boys with Clem right behind him. "Hey, man!" Lee called out, startling the boys.
"Holy shit!" Shawn covered his body with his arms.
"Don't eat us!" Chet pleaded, still not understanding the walkers.
"We're not gonna hurt you." Lee calmed, raising his hands in defense of himself and the girl.
"Oh thank god, for a second there I thought you and the little one were both gonna give us the chomp." Shawn sighed.
"Do you know what the hell this is?" Lee asked the men who shrugged.
"No clue. So you've seen them then?" Shawn looks over at a dead walker, shivers running down his back. "I'm Shawn, Shawn Greene." He introduced.
"I'm Chet." The man kneeled down at Clementine and waved. Clementine smiles at Chet and he gets up.
"Look, we shouldn't be out in the open like this. How about you help us move these cars out of the wave and we can get you and your daughter out of here." Shawn proposes, looking around for any more of the dead.
"I'm uh..
I'm her Dad, yeah.
I'm actually just some guy
I'm just the babysitter
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((Relationship stats:
Clementine trusts you
Chet and Shawn just met you))