Prompt: While in the mansion, Lee hears a phone ring. He answers it and he hallucinates that it's Carley(she says she's alive and fine), like what happened to Rick in the show. OOC Dark! Lee
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Lee thought that he was going insane when he had heard that phone ring. It just wasn't possible. People couldn't call people anymore, right? Wrong. Lee had heard the phone ring loud and clear. Nobody else had seemed to hear it, because they didn't even bother to answer it.
Lee approached the phone and picked it up. He examined it, as if it was a ticking time bomb. He still didn't know how the hell it was ringing.
"Who is this?" He barked into the receiver. At first, he some sort of static on the other end. He contemplated hanging up, when just then someone actually spoke on the other end.
"Lee?" The voice said, a woman's voice. Lee couldn't help but think that it was familiar. He couldn't a finger on it though.
"Who the hell are you?" Lee asked the woman. "How the hell are you calling me?"
"Lee... It's me..." The voice said. This other person sounded sick and groggy, but she still sounded familiar to Lee.
"Who's me?" He asked. An answer didn't come. "Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Lee... I can hear you..."
"Who are you? Answer my question!" He demanded.
"Lee... You know me... Come on..."
When Lee didn't answer, the woman continued.
"It's me Lee... It's me, Carley."
Lee was speechless. After Carley died, he never thought that he would hear from her again. He wasn't supposed to. But wait... If she was dead, how was she talking now? It was the strangest thing ever, but deep down it made him happy as all hell. He loved Carley, and didn't even get to say goodbye.
"Lee, you there? Lee? Answer me, can you still hear me?"
"Carley." He said, happiness filling his voice. "It's really you?"
"Yes Lee... It's me. Why would I lie to you?"
"My god... It is you. How did you... How are you still alive? You got shot..."
"Lee, I'm alive and fine."
"Yeah, but how..."
"I got shot. That doesn't mean that I died."
"Carley... I can't believe it... I'm so sorry..."
"Why are you sorry?"
"I could've checked the body and made sure that you were alive... But we just left... How could I have done that?"
"You didn't know. It's not your fault."
"So wait... How did you know to find me here? If you know that I'm here, why don't you just come here with us?"
"I don't know how to get where you are..."
"I can tell you where to go. Where are you now?"
Carley didn't answer right away.
"Carley? Carley? Don't leave just yet!"
"Lee... You'll be fine without me..."
"What are you talking about? If you're alive, you can come here! Please, just hear what I'm saying!"
She didn't answer right away, making him nervous. "Carley? Carley?" He yelled desperately into the receiver.
"Lee... I have to go now..."
"No. What? Why? You don't have to. Just keep talking. Carley! Carley!" He shouted. When she didn't answer back, he realized that she was gone. For the second time, he didn't get to say goodbye.
"No... Don't leave... Not again... CARLEY!" He shouted, throwing the phone down. He didn't even notice Kenny, Omid, and Christa run into the room, that is until Kenny was pulling on his arm.
"Man are you okay? What the fuck is going on in here?" Kenny asked.
"She was talking to me man. She was here. I heard her. She's alive." Lee said. He sounded as if he was stuck in trance.
"I'll go watch Clementine." Christa announced. She didn't know what the hell was going on and what the hell he was talking about, and it kind of spooked her out. She gestured for Omid to come with her. She was sure that he didn't want to get involved either.
"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Kenny asked Lee.
"Carley. She was here, and she was talking to me. On that phone. She told me that she was alive and well. I told her to join us, but she didn't know how to get here. Then, she just left. She said she had to go. Why didn't she want to join us? I said that I'd give her directions. I feel like a fuck up. First, I don't realize that the gunshot didn't kill her. Then, she's alive and I couldn't help her to get to us. I swear, man. I'm the biggest fuck up there is. I loved her, man. And I couldn't save her either time."
Kenny stood still did a few seconds, stunned. He didn't know what to say. He didn't believe that his friend had actually talked to Carley. He just didn't know what to say about it. "Slow down, man."
"Slow down? I can't! She's alive! She's alive and she won't answer me. She's alive and I don't know what to do."
"Man, she's not..."
"She is! Don't you get it? I wish she would call right now so you could talk to her. Then you'd see. I'm not crazy. She was speaking to me. Could I make up a whole conversation on my own? Huh?"
Kenny let out a sigh. This was going to take awhile to sort out. Then again, he might never get Lee to actually believe that Carley wasn't there. Maybe he should just let Lee believe what he wanted. He tried to imagine himself in this situation. What would Lee do?
Lee picked up the phone and stared at it. "I'm waiting for it to ring again. She'll call back, I know it. And I don't give a shit if you believe me or not."
Kenny simply shrugged. "Whatever you say, man." He decided that it would be best to wait a bit before telling Lee the truth. It would be better for everyone. Kenny was sure that if he told Lee the truth, he would try to fight him. And he didn't need that. He knew how it was to get aggressive when the ones that you had lost were brought up. It was all part of the grieving process.
