Chapter 4

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Everything was ready, the hole was dug, AJs body was in the hole. They didn't think it would be right for them to bury AJ themselves, so they were all going to put a hand full of dirt into the hole and then Clem was going to finish the burying him.

"You ready?", Vi asked Clem as she gave her hand a squeeze. To say she was worried for her girlfriend would have been an understatement, she was fuckin' terrified that she was going to lose herself and become a broken mess, but Violet knew she wasn't going to let that happen to her Clem. 

"Ready as I'll ever be", Clem replied. She wasn't as bad as she was a few hours ago, but her emotions were still high and she felt as if she could break down at any minute. When she first saw AJ walk out of the water she was relieved but when she took a closer look her heart dropped to her stomach. She had felt as if someone had stabbed her heart multiple times and then for good measure kicked her in the face. She was heartbroken, to say the least, but she wasn't going to give up on her life.

They walked over to the graveyard in silence, everyone else was already there and Tenn was already crying at the loss of his friend. Tenn was the only kid that was around AJs age, Clem was relieved at first to know that there was a kid AJs age because she wanted him to have some kind of friend his own age and he did but sadly it didn't last long.

"So....uh how are we doing this", Louis asked once Vi and Clem were in earshot.

"I was thinking that maybe all of us could drop a hand full of dirt into the hole and then maybe you Clem could...uh..ya know finish...burying him", Ruby says kind of hesitantly, not sure if Clem was okay with that.

"That would be nice", Clem says quietly and forces a small smile. She didn't care that much how it was done as long as he was buried and it was done properly she was fine with it.

"Do you...maybe wanna....ya know...say a few things?", Louis asks Clem just as hesitantly as Ruby did.

"Yeah, yeah that'd be great", Clem replies slowly as her eyes settle on the unmoving body of AJ. Violet sees this and gently tugs on her are to get her to look away. Everyone notices Clem staring but they say nothing.

"Okay...I'll....uh  start I guess", Clem says, she clears her throat and begins in a shaky voice already feeling the tears welling up."AJ you have been in my life for six years and over that time...we've been through...a lot together, from all the night time talks before you went to bed, the times when you would ask to cuddle because you couldn't sleep, and all the times that either you or I did something stupid." She pauses taking a deep breath and then continuing."Things haven't always been good, a lot of the time we spent together was on the road with no food, water or a place to sleep, but I wouldn't have changed a thing. You were one of the....one of the only things keeping me alive....but I'm not going to give up because I know you wouldn't want me...wouldn't want me to". She finishes with tears rolling down her cheeks, chest aching and voice trembling.

Violet reaches out and puts a hand on her shoulder silently telling her that it was okay, she gets a nod in return and steps away from the grave for Ruby to go next.

"I didn't know ya long kid...but you were a good"-"most of the time" Clem can't help but say causing all of them to give out a little chuckle. "As I was saying you were good most of the time...."

Clementine doesn't listen in after that she only gets snapped out of her thoughts by Vi who comes over to her and telling her that it's her turn to put dirt in the hole. She nods and walks over to the dirt mound and picks some of the dirt from it. She thinks back to a few years ago when Javi was burying Mariana, remembering how he had put her cassette tape in it with her and she freezes putting the dirt back in the pile and getting up and running into the dorms yelling a quick 'I'll be back to everyone else'.

Once she does come back out it all makes sense as she has Disco broccoli in her hand. "I wanted him to have something in there with him, this is the best I could think of", she explains slightly out of breath from running around the dorms. They all nod and offer her a small, genuine smile.

She walks over to the hole, bends down and places it in his arms. She didn't notice she was crying until she sees the teardrop from her cheek to AJs.

"Okay", she starts as she backs up," I'm ready", she tells them although she mostly looking a Violet, who gives her a smile. She gets down on her knees again and this time puts the dirt into the whole. After that, she gets up and starts to cover up the whole. 

"Wait", Clem freezes turning around to look a Tenn who had told her to stop so she did, putting the shovel down and giving him a confused look. "I thought I could go and one of my firefighters and put that in with him", he says shyly. Clem gives him a smile and a nod and he runs off to get his firefighter.

"So Clem, might be the wrong time to ask but....what's with that...brand that's on your are?", asks Louis out of the blue, he receives glares form pretty much everyone except for Rosie, who is obviously a dog, but even she gives him a wired look as if to say 'if I could talk I'd be telling you to shut up'.

"Can we talk about that later?", Clem asks you could see her mood drop by that one question, not wanting to remember any of it.

"Yeah, yeah, sorry that was a bad idea to ask", Louis apologizes quickly feeling stupid for asking.

"Hey, I'm back", Tenn says once he is in earshot of them all. Clementine gives him a small nod, giving him permission to put the toy into AJs grave.

"Okay, is there anyone else who wants to put something in?", Violet asks for Clementine because it's clear shes lost in her own mind again. They all shake their heads 'no', "Okay, Clem, you can carry on", she tells her softly.

Clem nods and then, finally starts filling in AJs grave.




A/N: I know I keep saying that I'll update later this week but I've got a lot of ideas and don't want to forget them so...yeah.

Hope you enjoyed, leave a comment if you want I'd love to read them but yeah..bye.

So yeah I changed it up a little I didn't really like the Minerva part so I changed it.

-Moo

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