Till Death Do Us Part

Scars From The Past

Clem strapped on her boots and put her jacket on. Hopefully Vi will talk to me now. The thought made her depressed.

It has been a little over a month since she got her friends back from Lilly and the Delta. Vi and Minnie rekindled their relationship and they both shared extreme hatred for Clementine.

Clem took a glance back at AJ's peaceful body one final time before she leaves. Under her breathe she whispers "Sweet dreams goofball." She turns her body to the old wooden door and turned the knob. She exits the room into the hallway.

To her amusement she always found new insults and disgusting remarks imbedded into the walls around the school. Most of them where directed to either how shitty the school was or how shitty the staff was. Sometimes both.

The halls where empty since it was early hours, most of the kids where either sleeping or outside on watch.

As she walked down the hall she rubbed her thumping eyes with the palm of her hands. She didn't get much sleep last night and the sleep she did get wasn't in the best conditions especially since she slept with her back against the torn up wall.

As she approached the double doors that lead out the admin building the blinding waves of sunlight beat her eyes and gave her a headache. She whispered to herself "Get the fuck out of my eyes. Ugly ass sun." Agitation clouded her mind. Her insults to the sun only seemed to backfire as the light source seemed to intensify.

She opened the double doors and strolled out a few paces and was disturbed by Willy running out of the basement screaming bloody murder. He tripped over his uncoordinated feet and then Ruby came hightailing out of the basement with a metal pipe at hand aiming it at Willy.

"Willy! I'm goin to whip your ass!" Willy scrambled to his feet and took off. "I told you no more bombs!" Willy running frantically accidentally ran into Aasim causing himself to fall on his face. Before he could get up he was met with the redhead standing over-top of him with the pipe pointing at him. "Please! Ruby! I won't make anymore!" She cocked back the pipe and hit his arm, a loud thud echoed through the courtyard. He let out a screech. "No more bombs or it'll be worse next time." Willy shook his head violently and ran past Clem into the admin building.

The fear in his eyes disturbed the young light-skinned teen. She knew that he was still upset with Mitch's death which is something she could relate to. There was still a empty void in her heart with Lee gone, seeing Willy in distress only brought back the mental pain of loss and grief.

As the door behind her slammed, a piece of glass broke off of the window causing it to fall to the ill-shaded concrete floor.

The 16 year old cast her face towards the red-headed Ruby who was hunched over near the flagpole. Ruby's body struggled for air. It was a wonder how she was able to stay so plump after all these years, especially since the school had been struggling to get rations sorted out for the past year. If a stranger where to see Ruby they would believe that the school was rich with food.

Clementine makes a short journey to her. As she approaches, Ruby lays the old rusted pipe onto the earth. Ruby caught a glimpse of Clem's signature baseball cap and she quickly adjusted herself to begin conversation.

As she patted down her clothing she projected her face to Clementine "How ya doin Clem." Her voice was in an agitated state. Clementine cleared her throat.

"Damn Ruby. You really scared the shit out of him." Clem gave her an impressed but perturbed face. "I told 'im no more bombs and he ignored me." The sweat running down her brow. Clem came to Willy's defense "You should probably go a little easier on him... he's still hurting with what happened to Mitch and making bombs was a Mitch and Willy thing." Ruby shot a stern face at Clem but meeting her eyes caused Ruby's face to soften "I know... I just don't want 'im to get 'imself hurt or killed." Clem's heart warmed and a slight weight on her chest seemed to be relieved.