"Thank you." Lee said with a smirk, watching her as she looked away with a blush.
"You're welcome." Carley replied simply, walking back to the store section of the drugstore. Lee looked over at the pile of stuff guarding the door and pulled back a pallet blocking it all. Once he did that, a cane slipped out and onto the floor. He picked it up and smiled.
"What's that?" Clementine asked, twiddling her thumbs.
"This was my dad's old cane." He said fondly.
"Was he sick?" She asked curiously.
"Nah, I actually saw him whoop shoplifters with it. This old thing could protect this place than any guard dog ever could. Plus it made him look cool, like you with your hat." He complimented, patting the cap.
"My dad gave it to me!" Clementine said excitedly, smiling wide.
"See, dad's are smart like that." Lee remarked, opening the drawer that covered the door to the pharmacy. "Huh, the remote to my Dad's TV." He picked it up, turning on the TV. No signal.
"I miss TV.." Clem muttered, sighing.
"It won't be gone forever, Clem. Hopefully." He replied, putting the remote in his pocket. "Better get this door cleared, huh?"
"Can I help?" Clem asked. Lee nodded.
"Sure, just be careful not to hurt yourself on the drawers." Lee warned, placing his hands right under the desks edge.
"Okay, I won't." She replied, doing the same. The two pulled the desk back a bit when Lee started talking again.
"You don't need anything, right?" Lee asked, looking right at her.
"Mm.. I get hungry a lot!" She replied.
"Still, huh? How about allergies, asthma, any general malodies?" He quizzed. She paused before responding.
"My friend Alfred has a peanut allergy." Clementine brought up.
"But you're cool?" Lee asked, shifting the drawer a bit. She nodded.
"I think so." The two smile at each other before moving the drawer a bit more to the side. He stops when Clementine asks him a hard question. "Do you have kids?" He cringes at the question and wishes she wouldn't bring it up.
"No." He said directly.
"Do you not have a family?" Clem asked again.
"..What do your parents do?" Lee asked, opting to change the subject.
"My Mom is a doctor and my Dad is an engineer." Clem informed. "What is your job?"
"I uh, teach history and writing, stuff like that." He answered decently honestly.
"Like social studies?" She asked.
"Yeah, kinda. Now c'mon, let's finish moving this thing." Lee said, moving forward as the two moved the desk vertically from the door.
"Why don't you wanna talk about your family? Do they, like, hate you?" Clementine probed, stopping the movement of the desk.
"I wouldn't blame them.." He said with a sigh, shaking his head as he felt himself getting emotional.
"Why? Did you fight? Me and my mom fight sometimes." She asked, still wanting more answers.
"Not really.. Look, Clem.."
Choices:
I killed someone
I'm not a bad guy
I got into a fight once
This is their store
Relationships:
Clementine likes you a lot.
Carley respects you and is glad you trust her.
Doug and Glenn think you're cool.
Kenny views you as a loyal companion.
Katjaa thinks you're very sweet.
Duck thinks you're awesome.
Lilly thinks you're a good guy.
Larry is pissed at you but appreciates you looking after his daughter.
((Reviews:
Doctor Who: "I really like how you say at the bottom how the relationships are, adds to the characters. Wonder if we can actually save Larry this time around, though if we do he better be grateful of Lee. Another good chapter by the way, hope next update's just as good."
Okay, firstly thanks! The relationships aspect helps me make the choices that aren't big enough to warrant the end of a chapter but still affect the way Lee talks to others. Secondly, Larry's death gets brought up a lot here and in all honesty guys, you can save everyone in episode one. Everyone. You'll just have to figure out how. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Thewriter014: "I'm really loving this story, and hope you continue it to the very end! Just one question though, depending on our choices can we save someone who we weren't given a choice to like Duck? Like, could our choices save him or is stuff like that unpreventable?"
Yes is all I'll say to the no choice saves. You can prevent it, but not directly, your choices would have to snowball into each other in some cases. Thanks for the feedback!
Worker72: "Thank you is always best. I wonder if you will give the option to save both Doug or Carley though? It might be nice to have them both around but if they are than that eliminates Carley as a love interest since she is obviously smitten with Doug first. Of course that still leaves Lilly and Molly as possible love interests and Carley could play close confident but who knows."
Careful, he's learning..))