If Lee Survived

Chapter 19:The War

Clem

Violet and I stepped inside the old rundown Bell Tower and we carefully made our way up the creaky stairs.

" Ready for a climb?" Violet asked as she grabbed a hold of the railings on the wall preparing to climb up.

" Looks a little... dangerous."  I hesitantly spoke looking up at her. She chuckled and glanced down at me.

" What's more dangerous than walkers? Or that deathtrap you called a car."  She questioned with a smirk.

" Falling to your death and becoming one of the walkers. And the car wasn't the problem, the walkers are why we crashed in the first place." I mumbled as I slowly began to climb up behind her.

We climbed until we were where the broken stairs began again. We carefully jumped onto the steps and made our way to the top.

From the Bell Tower, we could see the whole front area of the school. Our work had paid off as the place looked fully fortified. We could see Lee and Kenny talking by the fire as they relaxed on the couches.

" Barbed wire, traps, weapons. It's everything we planned." I sighed as I looked around.

"You made it happen. We couldn't have done it without you and your family. " Violet pointed out looking over at me. I smiled as she started to walk to the other side of the bell tower.

" You're on lookout duty tonight right?"  She questioned.

I nodded. " Yep, me and AJ. " I replied.

Violet got quiet for a second as if thinking about her next words, before looking back at me. " Do you... think you have time to hangout first?"  She asked.

I shrugged with a smile. " Sure, no problem. "

I followed behind her as we went to the side of the bell tower that faced the back of the school. We walked across a bridge and looked up at the sky.

" Wow.. it's beautiful."  I admired the stars in the sky as we stood at the end of the bridge.

" Sometimes I need the quiet. Just to get away for a while."  Violet spoke lowly.  We stood quietly staring up at the stars for a second before Violet spoke again.

" Clem?" She called

I looked over at her raising an eyebrow. " Yes?"

" When you and your dad found out about the raiders... You could have came back to get your group and left... Avoided all this bullshit. Why didn't you?"  She asked glancing over at me.

I smiled. " It would have been wrong to leave you all to defend yourselves.... Besides.. why would I leave? When you're here?"  I questioned.

Violet smiled and looked away. " You really mean that?"

" Ofcourse... I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it."  I smiled back. Violet looked up at the stars and sighed

" Do you know any constellations?"  I asked causing her to shake her head.

" No, do you?"  She raised an eyebrow.

" I learned a few when I was in school but... I can't remember them."  I sighed.

" Let's make up our own."  She suggested motioning for me to sit with her.

" If I remember right, everyone's born under a specific sign, right? It determines your personality?"  She asked causing me to laugh.