di·lem·ma
/diˈlemə,dīˈlemə/
noun
a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.
You and AJ walk out the door and head back into Clementine's room. You see Clementine sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee, crutches leaning against the wall next to her.
"Morning Clem!" AJ says running towards the exhausted looking girl.
"Morning AJ." she says with a small smile.
"We're back." you say walking over and taking a seat.
"I noticed." she says taking a drink, "You look good AJ."
"I was nervous he was going to cut all my hair off."
You chuckle, "Kyan would do something like that."
"That's mean to do." says AJ.
"He likes messing with people like that."
"Is that what he was doing to you?"
"What do you mean?"
"What he was asking you about, the for...... for-"
"Yeah. That was a joke AJ, a bad one. Which is why I didn't laugh."
You look over to Clementine who is looking at you curiously.
"What was the joke?" she asks.
You waive a hand up, "It's really dumb Clem."
She doesn't respond but continues to look at you with that glare you know all too well.
"You gotta answer, she's the Commander in Chief." adds AJ.
"Can I tell you later?" you say motioning your head towards AJ.
She turns her head back forward and finishes her coffee, "Very well."
She stands up and grabs her crutches.
"Need some help?" you say reaching out towards her.
"I got it." she says swatting your hand away.
"Everything ok?"
"Yeah." she says in a monotone voice.
"Oh......"
"Hungry AJ?"
"Starving." he says heading towards the door.
"We'll talk later." she says not looking at you and going to the door.
"Clem, I-"
The door closes before you can finish what you were going to say.
"Love you." you say defeated.
You sigh and take her cup to the sink and rinse it out.
"Y/N."
You jump slightly and turn around not seeing anyone. You turn back around and see Cern in the reflection of the water in the sink. You jump back as it crawls out from the water, it's body contorting and it's bones cracking.
"What...... the fuck."
It falls onto the floor and stands up to face you, "You forget about me?"
"How can I?"
You cough up some blood into your hand.
It looks at your hand, "That doesn't look good."
You don't respond.
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In the Willows
FanfictionYou're a traveler, free to move on your own. You ride from settlement to settlement hoping to help anyone you come across. Moving east you come across a boarding school of just kids. Can you help them? Or will the past come back to haunt you. Includ...
