"I- I killed that woman, back on the boat..." louis whispered to me, as we walked the length to the bridge that would lead us home. we had just escaped off the delta, and had gotten separated with the others.
"its okay. it will get easier." I whispered back, draping my arm over his broad shoulders in comfort. my hand barely touched his other shoulder.
"you know... its fucked up, but I know it will." he muttered, guilty for taking another humans life. I knew what he was going through. the first person I ever killed had me in tears for days, and we are talking about the guy who could barely hurt a walker. I attempt to distract him, and take his mind off the horrific events of the delta. "what was life like before the walkers for you?" I said, looking at him. "it was... not great. I mean, before my parents divorced, I had everything. everything I could ever want. but then, after I broke my parents marriage... in that week before I went to Ericsons, it was horrible. they both hit me, at refused to feed me, and just did horrible things. they called me names, and just... I had to get out of there. so I went to Ericsons. it was about two years later when this all started" I gasped. I couldn't imagine louis being mistreated like that. just the though if it turned my stomach into knots. "lou im so sorry. nobody deserves that." I shook my head. "honestly Clem I did. I broke up my parents marriage. I deserved everything they did to me." "no lou. you was angry, and hurt. it wasn't your fault." he just shook his head in reply, before putting his usual face back on. "so what about you, Clem? what was life like for you before the world went to shit."
I thought for a second. what was it like? I had paid so little mind to it these days that ii hardly even remember what my house looked like. "well... we weren't overly rich, but we were comfortable. I remember I had a tree house in my back garden, and my bedroom was girly and pink. my parents didn't pay all that much mind to me, as they went on vacation together without me a lot, and just sometimes would plain ignore me, but I was happy. I had Samantha, the babysitter I would have when they both went away. I remember the day everything started. they were both in savannah, and I was at home with Samantha. I hid in the treehouse after she got bit by our neighbor, who was a walker, and she tried to attack me. then lee came, and you know everything from there." he smiled gently. "im sorry Clem. that must have been hard." I almost rolled my eyes at that statement, it was so ironic. my experience didn't even come close to how awful his was. "really? mine doesn't even touch on how hard yours must have been." he just shook his head again, making no further comment.
"ive never told anyone before. y'know, what happened. not even Marlon knew." I felt honored that I was the first person that he had trusted to tell his story to. I moved my hand and intertwined our fingers. he looked down and them before looking up at me, his chocolate gaze entranced me as he read mine. he blushed and smiled a little, squeezing my hand. I gently traced my thumb over his knuckles. the soft skin beneath mine sending tingles running up my arms.
"when we get back, we are building a tree house." he said, taking me by surprise. "you really think we can?" I rebutted with a grin, although on the inside, I was melting at the simple idea of being able to relive my childhood, just like before. "defenitely. and we can stay in it together. what do you say?" he said walking in front of me and stopping me. AJ and Tenn were quite far behind us, so I wasn't worried. "I say yes. thank you... " I blushed and placed my lips against his. "can I help?" a voice came behind us. I pulled away and turned around to see AJ and Tenn stood there. AJ looked confused, probably because I had never really explained to him what kissing was, and Tenn looked slightly awkward, as if he caught us doing something we shouldn't. "of course you can, your in charge of painting." louis replied. Tenns face washed over with a hopeful expression as we kept walking.
there was hope for the future. but first, we needed to get over this damn bridge.
I don't have too much to say today, other than if you guys want, I could do a pt 2 to this. just let me know. anyways, as per usual, don't forget to leave suggestions.
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