Alone Again - TWDG/TWD

Arc 3: Chapter 5

The next morning I wake up and get ready for my first day. It kinda felt like school, I missed school.

I walked into the bathroom and took my hair ties out. I brushed through the thick curls.

"It's getting pretty long, maybe I should cut it?" I say to myself, debating if I should let it grow out a little or cut it and keep the eight year old look. I take my hair ties and put them back in like usual.

"C'mon Clem, time to go." Luke walks out of his room.

I follow him out the door while he guides me to the diner.

"Okay Clem, come back to the house when you finish, you get out a few hours before me." he says.

"Okay." I say.

"Good luck." he says as he leaves the diner.

I look around and see many tables, there's meat, water, all the food that was in the basket.

Trenton approaches me, "Hello Clem. You ready for work?" He asks.

"Yeah." I smile.

"Okay follow me, luckily for you a couple of kids around your age choose this job too." he says as he guides me into a room with about 5 people.

They're older kids, around 16 or 17.

"Everyone, this is Clementine, she's new to our community. Try to make her feel welcome." he says as he pats my back.

I hear a few people snickering. "Clementine? What kind of a name is that?" One girl laughs.

I rolls my eyes and find an open seat next to a guy, he looks older, but not that much older.

His blue eyes stared into mine. His black hair fell over his face slightly. He was cute!

He looks at me for a moment before saying "Here I'll show you what to do."

I nod my head.

"Okay, all you have to do is take the grapes off of the vine and place them in a bowl until it's filled." he says.

"That's it?" I ask.

"Yeah, pretty self explanatory actually." he says.

A weird feeling came across me when he talked to me. Butterflies fluttered in my stomach, I felt nervous for no reason. This was an odd feeling that I'd never experienced before.

"So, how old are you?" He asks.

"Thirteen, how old are you?" I ask.

"Fifteen, well... fifteen in a few days, I think. I don't remember my exact birthday but it's sometime around now." he says.

"Me either. I just have to guess." I say.

"I like your hat, it's pretty cool." he says.

"Thanks." I blush.

"I'm Carl." he says.

I nod, not giving him my name. I don't want him to think its stupid.

I continued placing the grapes into the bowls. We didn't talk much, we just kept to our work.

"Girl, hey girl? Uh... Clementine!" An older girl says from across the table.

"Huh?" I say.

"How'd you get that big blood stain on your shoulder?" She asks.

"I was shot." I say.

"Oh my god! Did it hurt?" She asks.

"Yeah." I roll my eyes.