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A/N: This is a continuation to the Clementine x Violet fanfic published by Winter Baron. I asked if I could continue to work on it and he agreed to. The first four chapters will stay the same, but there will be a few slight changes. The story takes place halfway through Episode 2 of The Final Season and will be generally focused on Clementine and Violet's romantic relationship amidst other events.
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A WORLD WITH YOU
Chapter 1: The Tower
The sun shone through the boarded-up window into the dorm room stirring Clementine from her sleep. She pulled herself from the comfort of her bed as the day stared her in the face. She glanced at AJ's bed to see him still fast asleep. He had recovered well thanks to her's and James' efforts and the school's supply of medicines. She stretched and looked looked over the map on her table. She had spent the last 2 weeks with the rest of the kids preparing for the attack by Lilly and her group. The school's defenses were prepared and everyone was on edge waiting for the raiders. They'd even put up 'Fuck Off' banners all over the courtyard, which happened to be Mitch's idea. He had Violet all over his workplace, pressuring him to finish preparing the bomb, which wasn't going to happen with her breathing down his neck, so he'd made a sign with 'the words 'Fuck Off!' written on it...which he'd flash every time she got too close to his work table.
They had a lot of good moments in the time that they prepared. Things had gone awfully wrong when AJ shot Marlon after he murdered Brody and tried to fool everyone into thinking Clem had killed her. Even though Louis and the others were scared and pissed that the little boy murdered their 'leader'...Violet was the only person whom wasn't angry at AJ, since Marlon deserved it after everything he did: selling out Sophie and Minnie, killing Brody, lying to everyone about the twins and being willing to sacrifice all of them to the raiders. She knew it. But AJ was young and the others were scared of him pointing the gun at them the next time. But when Clem stepped up to lead the defense along with Violet, everyone had naturally fallen under her command. It had taken time but the others had come realize they were wrong to exile her and AJ and began to see her for what she really was: a teenage girl who knew how to survive with a good heart and strong sense of honor.
She left AJ to rest as she headed out to meet Violet. As she walked to the office, her thoughts wandered to Violet. She and Violet had spent a lot of time together lately as they planned out their strategy. She had developed feelings for Violet. She was unlike anyone Clementine had ever met. Violet had a strange aura of attraction that Clementine couldn't quite place her finger on. She cleared her head as she reached for the office's doorknob.
"Hey Clementine. You sleep well?" Violet asked, as she greeted her friend and 2nd in command as she got up from her chair.
"Uh yeah. I was really tired last night. AJ's still asleep. He's just about fine though now". Clem answered honestly, stating that she did sleep well last night and how AJ was still asleep but would be more awake shortly.
"Great." The blonde teenage girl answered with an understanding nod, showing she was glad that to hear that Clem and her kid slept peacefully last night before they looked over the map on her table.
"I think we're pretty much ready for the raiders when they attack but could you check in on the others, make they're holding up?" Violet stated as they went over the map of the school grounds together, seeing that their defenses were set and asked Clementine if she could check in on the others: just to make sure they were ready for when the raiders did finally show.
"Yeah, no problem. I'll be back once I've made sure everyone's ready." The teenage African American girl answered, showing she didn't mind checking in on the others to make sure they were mentally prepared for when the raiders finally arrived.
"Thanks Clem." The blonde teenager replied, thanking her friend for agreeing to check on the rest of their friends...and stated before she exited her newly acquired office.
"It hasn't been easy sitting behind this chair. But knowing I have you by my side makes me feel way stronger." She added with a soft blush, along with Clem as she didn't expect her friend and newly appointed leader to admit she felt safe and stronger with her by her side.
"I have your back, Violet. You don't need to worry about being alone." Clementine answered, showing she would always support whatever decision Violet made as her leader with the same light blush on her face.
Violet nodded in appreciation, as she was glad that the younger girl would back up whatever decision she made as the two of them stood in silence.
"You should go Clem. I'll see you soon," The blonde girl stated, breaking the silence them and Clem nodded before she turned around to leave the office.
Violet leaned back in her chair with a sigh. She had fallen for Clementine the moment she and AJ had showed up at their gates. After Minnie's supposed 'death', she had distanced herself from everyone, being unable to cope with the pain. She had spent the past year bottling her emotions until Clementine came. She never had the strength to move past Minnie, but Clem brought out the best in her. The way she laughed, the way she was so sure of herself, the way they got along, all of it just wheeled around in Violet's mind. She wasn't sure if Clem shared the same feelings as she did and had stopped short of confessing her feelings for the African American girl the past days when they were alone in the office.
'Maybe she does...maybe' Violet thought before she pulled her thoughts away from Clementine to the task at hand.
Clem had spent half of the day working with everyone, trying to set them all up and boosting their morale. They had no indication of when the raiders would turn up. It could be hours, it could be days or it would be weeks. When they were preparing, everyone was occupied with their own thing: Tenn and AJ acting as their eyes on the lookout wall, Mitch sitting behind his work table, struggling to get the igniter to his bomb working and Louis firing Marlon's bow for target practice which helped relief some of the tension while waiting for the upcoming battle.
But now that they were done preparing, everyone was on the verge of a breakdown: as two weeks had passed and the raiders never showed, which caused everyone to be on edge. Needless to say, there were several conflicts that arose due to their tempers, the most recent being between Willy and Aasim: as they were arguing over what traps to place in the admin building. Willy wanted to set up a swinging log, which Aasim thought was idiotic while he wanted to set up duffel bags filled with bricks, which the younger boy claimed was 'stupid and boring'. Knowing she needed to put an end to their childish bickering, Clementine had sided with Willy's idea about the swinging log trap, much to the younger boy's delight and smiled that she decided to use his swinging log idea.
However...Aasim wasn't thrilled that they would be using a log against the raiders and continued to insult Willy, having the nerve to say he never actually contributed or did anything useful the past eight years: which was what pushed the younger brunette to his breaking point. The younger boy had landed a surprisingly strong punch to Aasim's groin while Violet, Clem and Louis looked on deeply startled, along with Willy as he ran off in complete shock due to his actions as Aasim was doubled over, attempting to keep himself standing straight! Louis then decided it was a good idea to play some cards to ease the tension between them.
"So, it's pretty easy. We use cards to play Truth or Dare." Louis stated as they all sat down on the couches in courtyard. The area was dimly lit with burning logs as the sun had almost set.
"Truth or Dare doesn't need cards, dumb ass." Violet interjected, while pointing out the most obvious fact: how people who normally played Truth or Dare didn't use cards.
"This one does. We each pull a card from this deck. The player with the highest card asks and the player with the lowest card answers. Ready." The older African American teenage boy countered casually, stating that they would be playing with cards in this version and explaining the rules, which were similar to the card game that Clem first played with Violet, Louis and Marlon before the latter's death and discovering his true colors.
Louis passed the deck around as all of them picked a card: seven cards were drawn as Clementine, Violet, AJ, Louis, Tenn, Omar and Aasim had drew a card while thinking of suitable questions and dares to ask the small group.
"And looks like Clementine picks the highest card and Aasim the lowest. Go ahead Clem." Louis stated playfully, pointing out as Clem had shown the others her card after drawing it from the deck and handing it Violet for her to draw.
Clementine looked at Aasim as she thought of a dare...and smiled as she thought up of a perfect dare for the Indian American teenager.
"I dare you to go kiss Ruby." She stated with a sly smirk as Aasim simply went pale as a ghost before glancing towards the redhead's direction.
Amidst a chorus of oohs and laughs, he walked up to Ruby near the front gate. They others witnessed a silent exchange of words and the unmistakable sound of a slap, which increased the laughter as Aasim walked back to the group sulking and sat back down next to Louis.
"Oh God, that was so worth it." Violet stated with tears in her eyes as she shook her head from laughter.
"Alright, alright. The poor guy tried. Let's go again." Louis stated after getting his laughing fit under control and telling the others to back off Aasim, as he was embarrassed enough and they continued with the game.
They felt themselves getting relaxed as the game progressed. They hadn't had time to sit down and talk about other things amidst their preparations. Tenn gave his vision of a world without walkers, Clementine answered a Marry, Fuck and Kill question, Louis was dared to kiss a walker head and Violet talked about her most embarrassing moments. Time passed by quickly and they decided to call it a day after a final round as Louis handed the deck to everyone one last time.
"Oh, so it looks like I win and Clem loses." The African American teenager stated with his casual smile before thinking of a perfect Truth or Dare question and his smirk grew as one came to mind.
"So, Clem...anyone here that you have feelings for?" He asked and the others, with the exception of Violet, chuckled by the flabbergasted expression on her face after hearing his question!
Clementine flushed red, being caught off-guard. She certainly hadn't expected this question. She looked up to the staring faces.
"Wow. Uh yeah. Definitely do. No names though." The teenage African American girl answered honestly, admitting that she did developed romantic feelings for someone...but refused to reveal the name of the person.
Violet took a sharp breath. Could Clementine be referring to her? All those times that they had spent together, did she actually feel the same way towards her?
"Oh, so that's how it is huh? Well, no worries. I hope they feel the same for you." Louis stated playfully, feigning to feel 'hurt' that Clem refused to name whoever it was she had feelings for before softly patting her shoulder, hoping the person she had feelings for felt the same way.
"Let's call it a night. We need to be alert for the raiders." Aasim stated before he got up from the couch, with Omar right behind him only to be stopped by Clem calling out to them.
"Yeah? Well, before you turn in for bed, you'd better apologize to Willy for what you said before." She firmly replied while telling Aasim to apologize to Willy for being such a jerk towards him before he went to his dorm room...which he softly nodded in agreement, since he indeed owed Willy an apology.
As Aasim walked towards the younger brunette, whom was sitting on the steps to the admin building to apologize for the hurtful things he said before, Violet's heart was beating fast. She had to tell Clementine about her feelings and decided that the bell tower would be the perfect place to confess her feelings for the younger teenage girl.
"Hey Clem?" Violet asked softly, which was more than enough to her attention.
"Yes Violet?" Clementine answered, as she attempted to hide the blush that was still on her face as she turned to look at the older blonde.
"I'm going to the bell tower to get a look of everything from above…. you know like, a vantage point? Would...you like to join me, maybe?" She answered truthfully, explaining how she was heading to the bell tower to get a much better look of their defenses...and nervously asked if she would like to join her.
Clem felt her heart flutter. When Louis had asked if she had feelings for anyone in the group, all she wanted to do was get up and confess her feelings to Violet. She loved spending time with the her and enjoyed every second of all those late-night meetings in the office.
"Yes, I'd love to." The African American teenage girl answered, showing she would be more than happy to accompany her the bell tower...especially since tonight was the perfect time for her to confess her feelings for the older blonde.
Violet smiled as she led the way to the bell tower with Clem right behind her. She had never been up to the tower before, especially in the dark and after they entered the tower, she immediately noticed the broken stairs and the peeling paint.
"Careful here. We'll have to climb up this side of the wall till the stairs are sturdy again, okay? Follow me." Violet said before she started climbing up the steel beams along the wall with Clem cautiously climbing up the steal beams, especially after witnessing her friend almost slipping and falling off the wall. After the two teenage girls reached the top of the tower safely, they walked onto the roof.
Both Clem and Violet smiled as they admired the night sky, as it was full of stars and a bright moon. They then turned their attention to the school grounds and felt a strong sense of security, everything was set in place and they were more than ready to face the raiders. The two girls sat down side by side as they gazed at the stars together in silence. Violet looked at the moon before she felt that it was time to confess her feelings for Clementine.
"You know, I'm kinda glad you came back. I've spent a lot of time isolating myself and it's only after you came that I've felt alive again…. I couldn't have done any of this alone. I've wanted to tell you but I never found the right time to do so. These past weeks that we've spent together…well I've… uh…. developed feelings for you. What I mean to say is...I like you Clem. A lot." The blonde teenage girl stated softly, although a bit awkwardly since she wasn't usually open, especially when it came to her true feelings towards someone...but whenever she was with Clem, she felt so comfortable showing a much softer side she never knew she had.
While she listened to Violet confess that she had romantic feelings towards her, Clem couldn't help but smile warmly as she felt her heart racing.
"Violet, I feel the same too. The time we've spent together has been some of the best times I've had and I was hoping you felt the same way too." The younger teenage girl answered with the smile on her face, as she was elated to hear the blonde reveal that she shared the same romantic feelings as she did.
Violet couldn't believe what she was hearing. She had never dreamt that Clementine would feel the same ways towards her, especially the way she treated her before when she and AJ first arrived to the school...and smiled softly as she turned to face the younger teenage girl.
"Really?" The older blonde asked softly, as she was relieved to hear that Clem actually felt the same towards her.
"Really." The teenage African American girl answered softly, assuring Violet that she truly did share her romantic feelings, the same as she did towards her.
As the moon bathed them in its silver light, Clementine moved closer to Violet as her hands reached for her face. After pulling the older blonde in closer, she softly pressed her lips to Violet's, basking in the moment. As they shared their first kiss, Violet slowly wrapped her arms around Clem as their tongues met. As the need for air became great, the two girls pulled apart breathless and hugged each other with a warm smile on their faces.
"Holy shit." Violet whispered softly with the warm smile on her face and Clem couldn't help but chuckle softly at her new girlfriend's choice of words as they continued to embrace each other with the moonlight shining down on them.
A/N: There it is everyone, the first revised chapter to A World with You: A Violentine Story. The next three chapters will be posted soon shortly after New Years. Until next, bye and have a Happy New Years!
