Till Death Do Us Part

He's Something Else

Clementine awakes and finds herself covered with Louis' overcoat.

The rays of sunlight found its way through the torn oddly shaped curtains draped over the broken window.

Across the room to her left lays her boy who was sound asleep with half of the dark shaded blanket covering his 6 year old body. She found that he had a puddle of drool accumulating on the right side of his face.

Louis was already gone she thought to herself What a gentleman... sacrificed his sacred overcoat to warm me. She let a sighing smile break through her lips.

AJ's faint snoring turned violent and he coughed as if something got stuck in his throat. She was concerned but found that he didn't wake so she believed he was fine. His mouth was slightly open and she could see his crooked left lateral incisor slightly overlap his front tooth. She loved his imperfections.

The rays of sunlight hit all of his body but his face. Clem could hear her heartbeat due to the silence in the room. She thought about how much she loved her little boy.

He must've come back from patrolling late last night she thought to herself. She slowly moved her uncoordinated joints and turned her feet to the floor. She has always had problems with her joints when she wakes up. If she laid or sat for an extended amount of time, she found it hard for her joints to work properly. She bent her knees a couple of times while sitting on the edge of the bed. Her knees felt like sandpaper rubbing together.

The sun shimmered off of her light copper skin. Her golden hazel eyes looked like two individual stars. Her curly dark brown hair relaxed itself and moved freely. She had a couple of rouge bangs fall over the front of her face.

She stood her ground and walked over the the left side of the bunk bed. On its frame dangled her signature baseball cap. The D barley holding onto its fabric.

She placed her prized companion on top of her silky hair and adjusted it to fit comfortably atop her head. When she was satisfied she drew her attention back to her boy and tiptoed in his direction. She slowly lowered her hips onto his bed. His body didn't alert him of her presence and kept him asleep.

She ran her hands through his growing afro. I really need to trim your hair kiddo she thought to herself. His hair wasn't the softest in the world but it felt unique to her and she loved it for that reason.

To her right she heard the door start to creek open. Louis was moving as quiet as he could to not wake them. She saw that he had a bowl in his left hand and he was hugging onto two other bowls in his right arm.

He was so focused on his task that he didn't notice Clementine watching his every move. He struggled to get the door open with his one hand (that was barley free). He gently pushed the door with his left shoulder which caused him to hit his right shoulder onto the door frame. Some of the contents in the bowl overflowed it's container and spilled on his arm and shirt. He let out an angry and purtubed huff and puff. He cursed under his breath "Clumsy as always you fucking idiot."

His eyes where still fixated on the door as he turned his body towards it. He placed his left foot on the side of the old wooden door and pushed it shut. Satisfied that the door didn't make to loud a sound when it shut he turned to be caught by surprize with Clementine who was giving an evil smile in his direction.

He set his eyes on her. She did the same. "I brought you guys some breakfast." He showed the bowls of rabbit stew. "Trust me, I know it looks bad. But Omar made it so it should be fine."

She smiled at his remark "Thanks Lou." He exchanged a smile back and bowed to her "Anything for my beloved Queen and her Prince."

She carefully rose off of AJ's bed and walked over to Louis who had a bowl pointed at her direction. The rays of sun hit his face which highlighted the freckles on his lower face. She took the bowl from his outstretched arms and sat on their bed across from the sleeping boy.