The Broken But Strong

Worried For You

(Clementine's Pov)

I was watching Violet as she was sleeping. I moved some hair out of her face and I think a bit as I moved my hand away from her face and I rubbed the back of my neck. I then look to the woman as she was sleeping and I kissed her head gently. I go over to the kitchen and I start working on dinner. AJ was able to get a few fish and I look to the side. I had to go with him so we can have more.

"Hey Clem." I hear and look to AJ as he comes over to me.

"Are you ok?" I asked and he nods.

"Yeah just... is Violet ok?" He asked and I nodded at this.

"Yeah, she's just tired, her wounds are uh... I think her side wound is worse." I tell him and he looked to Violet then to me. He helped me with dinner and once we filled the bowls, I look to see Violet still sleeping. I go over to her and I checked her wounds again just to be safe. She didn't move in her sleep and I look up to her. When all was good, I then went to the couch with AJ and we looked to the flames and ate our food.

When Violet woke up, I got her a bowl and gave her some food. She ate a little and then went right back to sleep. I grabbed the bowl and then mine and we go and put the bowls up. AJ then went up to his room and I stayed with Violet and watched her. Months would pass and Violet was getting better. But she said she would feel a little sick here and there. Her side wound was more irritated than the abdomen it would sometimes bleed more so we had to work on it more. She even got stubborn and was able to rip her stitches.

"Violet, come on I need to sew it-."

"I know just... fuck it hurts and." She says and then stops and I look to her.

"I know, I know, just lay on the couch and I will try my best." I tell her. She shakes her head a bit and then looked to the couch then to me. I look to her and she sighed as she slowly takes a seat and then lays on the couch for me. I grabbed the first aid kit and I lift her shirt up and look to see the bloody bandages.

"How deep is it?" I asked as I grabbed the needle and got to work.

"Hmm, fucking... the hilt of the knife touched my side... it was a hunter knife." She tells me and I look to her and she looked to me sadly.

"I'm sorry." She says.

"Nothing to be sorry about, just need you to stop and relax." I tell her.

"I can't... I have to help." She says and I look to her.

"You know I thought the same thing... even if I was hurt, I had to help or do something right." I tell her and I stopped and looked to her as she nods. Her eyes were shut and she lays her head back a bit as she leaned her head to the side.

"Fuck... I just... I should be better but I feel like... I feel like I should be better but I feel like shit." She tells me and I nod and get back to work on her side.

"It'll be like that, I'm just glad she didn't hit anything vital... you'd be dead by now if that was the case." I tell her and I feel her grab my hand and I look to her. She looked to me and I see the fear in her eyes and I look to her hand again.

"I'm sorry... I... I." She stopped and I move my hand from her but kept the one with a needle near her wound.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." I tell her and she shakes her head a bit and then lays her head back on the couch.

"I... I shouldn't be scared... I mean I shouldn't be, we're in a world of Walkers and this should be the least of my worries." She tells me and I keep an eye on her and I shake my head and finished stitching the wound and cleaning it. I place a new bandage on it and I look at her.