Light- Clementine/Louis, Clouis, Louisentine

Chapter 2

"Rosie! Where the hell is she?"

Louis and Clementine approach side by side with AJ trailing slightly behind as Marlon looks around the courtyard of the school, upset at being unable to find his trusted friend.

Upon hearing their approaching footsteps, Marlon turns to the three.

"You give her her weapon back?" Marlon asks Louis, looking to see if she had it on her.

Louis doesn't even bother to answer as he hears the sound of steel on cloth and sees Clementine had pulled out her knife.

He wasn't going to lie, seeing her with it does make him feel slightly nervous...

"Good, we're gonna need you to put it to use. We've got a hunting party out there trying to get back inside. They're gonna need our help to clear the way."

Louis looks out beyond the gate, quickly assessing the number of walkers roaming around. There was certainly a large amount, enough that made him worry. There hadn't been this many in a while.

"Seems to be a few more than usual these last couple days." Marlon notes out loud, also turning to observe the walkers nearby.

"It's almost like something drew their attention. Something like... I don't know... An explosion. Or a car crash." Violet barely turns from her position to throw a look at Clementine behind her.

Oh, boy.

"Vi..." Marlon attempts to calm the riled girl down

"What?"

Louis crosses his arms, giving Violet an unimpressed look. Violet had always been slightly withdrawn, but ever since... Ever since Minnie and Sophie...

He shakes his head, not wanting to lead his thoughts down this path. It never goes anywhere good.

"There's got to be some explanation to this" Violet continues sarcastically

"I don't think we've met. I'm Clementine"

At least someone is trying to make nice.

"Yeah, I know. Your kid won't stop talking about you"

Louis internally winces, knowing it's just not like Violet to warm up to strangers. Looks like it's up to him.

He clears his throat

"Hello, Clementine. I'm Violet. Nice to meet you." he smiles over at Clementine who simply stands, arms crossed with an irritated look at Violet.

He then looks over to Violet, who looks similarly unimpressed with his attempts

"What he said."

He tried.

Truth be told, he's been worried about Violet for a while. She's had no one to properly talk to for nearly a year. Sure, he's always offered himself for her to talk to, but he could tell that his slightly over joyous personality irritated her sometimes.

Like the music room, Violet had her safe haven. But for her, it wasn't a room. It was a person. And when Minnie died, Violet just... Shut down. Contact was kept to a minimum, except for Tenn of course. They helped share their grief, both able to mourn over those they had lost.

But maybe Clementine could change that. Someone else, someone new for her to talk to, maybe open up to. So he had to try. For Violet.

"Alright, boys and girls. They're starting to fill in." Willy's voice interrupts his thoughts, his attention brought back to the problem at hand.

"Come on" Violet finally snapped, wanting to get out of the situation as she pushed the gate open and stepping out

"Be careful out there." Marlon tells Clementine, drawing an arrow out of his quiver as he jogged to join Violet.