My Only Shining Star (A Violetine Story)

Ch 1 Be Careful

Clementine P.O.V

You know, life... life is alright, for once in a very long time, I feel, safe, no longer alone, I can finally take a breath and chill out, stretch my legs... urgh, well leg. I'm getting used to it, I keep thinking it'll just grow back or something, but it never does, wish it did, wish I didn't have to use crutches to to get around, plus I feel i'm always in the way, like i'm not doing anything whilst everyone is doing all the hard work, I get tired from moving to my bed to the desk and if we have to run, I will slow everyone down and could get someone killed, I feel... useless.

Don't get me wrong, I am so happy AJ cut my leg off, if he didn't, I wouldn't be here, just a corpse six feet under, long forgotten, I am thankful I am still alive. Despite this negative awful feeling inside of me, there is so many things to be happy about, I have AJ, Vi, all of my friends, this amazing place I can call home, i'm happy and sad at the same time.

It is the positives that get me out of bed, it's the positives that make me feel alive, get me the confidence to do anything and I just hope that the positives STAY positive. I don't know what i'd do if something happened to AJ, if something happened to Vi, I don't know if I could cope, I don't know if I can live if they died or left, or... walkers.

"Hey, you look deep in thought, you alright?" Vi asks, looking quite concerned "i'm ok, just thinking about this caravan outside the old safe zone" I lie, I don't to worry her about my feeling crap nonsense. "Don't worry about it, me and AJ have it covered, and if anything happens, than you get to kill me if I die" she jokes but it doesn't make me chuckle, it was nothing to joke about.

"I know you're joking, but please don't say that, it upsets me to think you could get hurt" I say as she cups her hand onto my cheek, looks me with a soft yet serious look "nothing is gonna happen, I have survived worse, and AJ has definitely survived things like this for breakfast" she reassures me, it kind of worked but I am still really nervous.

"I hope so, I don't know what I would do if you two just... just" I feel like breaking down into a million pieces thinking that they'll die, Vi pulls me in her arms, my head on her shoulder "I promise, me and AJ aren't going anywhere, I won't let that happen, I will fight for my life to make sure that it doesn't happen" Vi says, calming me a little, she has such a beautiful voice, it soothes my mind.

"I know you would fight, I know you will protect AJ, I wish I could come with you guys" I say "who says you can't?" she asks, she knows why but she still asks "you know why, I would slow you guys down, and if they chase us, I could get you two kidnapped or... killed" I explain as she looks at me as if I said that I eat a plate filled with slugs, worms and beetles... I don't by the way.

"You will never get anyone killed, and if they did chase us, I'd pick you up with all the strength I have and run for as long as I have to, plus AJ would have our back, so we would be fine anyways" she says as I chuckle a little "what?" she asks "you couldn't even pick up a bowl of soup" I joke "is that so?" she says as she puts one hand on my back and the other on my good leg and swoops me off the bench.

She picks me up with ease, so she just had to prove me wrong on this one "see? you're a lot lighter than I thought you'd be" she says as I give an overdramatic gasp "where you thinking that I was fat?" I ask in a jokingly angry tone "no no no, not at all, you're very skinny, I didn't call you fat" she says looking noticeably stressed "i'm joking you goof" I reassure her, "oh thank god" she breathes a little as I laugh.

Nothing could ever ruin this moment, NOTHING "EW, get a room you two" Willy ruins the moment as he looks slightly disturbed, but there is some sort of enjoyment in there, I can see it in his eyes. "Why will? It looks like you enjoyed it" I say as Vi couldn't hold in her chuckle and Willy's face turns red "ah, no I - no no I di- no..." he runs away before he digs himself a bigger hole.