The Walking Dead Telltale Season 1(With Joel and Ellie)

A change and a plan

Joel's POV

How? How could she do it? I look down at Ellie and she hasn't said anything since Lee and Kenny came back. She's just been sitting, quietly, staring at the trees that we pass by, without making any jokes or awful puns. Poor baby girl. We hear the door open and I turn my head and see Lee entering the cart. He walks toward Clementine and sit next to her. I look back at the forest.

Lee:"You want to talk?"

Clementine:"Uh uh."

Lee:"You understand what happened?"

Clementine:"Yes."

Lee:"Okay."

This is all god damn similar.

Months ago

I walk to the ladders with sleeping bags in one hand. I climb up and see Ellie playing around with the hay with her fingers. I lay down the bags and sit down next to Ellie.

Me:"Listen, I know that it's been difficult, but we got to keep going, not just for ourselves, but for her as well. Okay?"

Ellie:"Okay."

Me:"Do... Do you want to talk about?"

Ellie:"Not really."

Me:"Okay. Let's get some sleep."

We walk to the sleeping bag and lay down on them.

Present

Lee:"What are you thinking about?"

Clementine:"What Chuck said."

Lee:"What'd Chuck say?"

Clementine:"That what happened to Duck would happen to me."

He said what?

Lee:"The fuck he did."

Clementine:"Swear."

Lee:"Sorry. I'm gonna go talk some sense to him."

Clementine:"Don't be mad."

He leaves the cart.

Ellie(Whispered):"That's fucked up."

Me:"Mm-hmm."

Lee POV

I finally get to Chuck.

Me:"Hey."

Chuck:"How ya doin'?"

Me:"I don't care what reasons you had for doing it, no reason to go and tell my girl she's gonna end up dead!"

Chuck:" 'Cause she is."Asshole! That won't happen."I don't know much about you folks, but I can tell you, sure as the sun's gon' come up tomorrow, that y'all keep going on like this and that girl ain't gonna make it."

Me:"What do you know?"

Chuck:"I know that you don't have a goddamn plan. We get to Savannah and then what?"

Me:"We find a boat."

Chuck:"You think that's a new idea? You got even the foggiest idea 'bout where you're gonna find one of those? Look, sit down with the girl and hash it out. Find a map for Christ's sake--I'd give you one if I had it. And if something were to happen to you..."

Me:"It won't."

Chuck:"If it WERE, you gotta prepare the girl. Teach her to use a weapon, and for criminy, cut that hair."

Teach her to use a gun? Make her an accidental murderer? No! I... I can't teach her something that she might make a mistake later. She can not live with the weight of guilt like me. She won't.