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What Are The Odds?

"Shit," Luke said as he stared at the contents inside the kitchen cabinet. He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"What's wrong Luke?" Clem asked from the living room. She walked over to stand next to him.

"We've got a problem." He told her. "We're lower on supplies than I thought we'd be." He rubbed the back of his neck in thought. "Course, I didn't count on havin' two extra people livin' with us at the time."

Clem looked to the cabinet before them and furrowed her eyebrows in thought. Luke's voice pulled her back. "I know we've got those spears now for fishing, but...if that stream freezes over, we ain't got much of an option. I'd like to have more stocked up in case this winter is brutal. It's a lot harder to hunt now than it was back at the cabin."

Clem turned to face him. She didn't exactly like the idea she was about to pitch, but they didn't have much of a choice. "Well, why don't we go out today? Bring back whatever we can find. That last town we hit could still have something left over, plus whatever we find on our way back."

Luke raised a brow at her idea. "You sure you're up for a trip like that?"

She gave him a look that said, do you know who you're talking to? "Of course! Why wouldn't I be?"

"Just making sure you're alright." Then his expression turned to a slight frown. "I heard you scream last night, everything okay?"

"Oh." Clem felt her face flush as she avoided eye contact. She cleared her throat. "Y-yeah, I'm okay. Just another stupid nightmare." It was a bigger deal than that, but she wasn't about to tell Luke that.

Luke sighed. "Alright. If you guys are up for it we can see what we can scavenge."

Clem smiled. "I'll go tell Violet and Louis."

She walked up the stairs and followed the sound of the piano keys to the spare room, now called the "music room" thanks to Louis, at the end of the hallway. She opened the door to find Louis coaching AJ in playing a simple rhythm on the piano as the younger boy sat next to him and curiously watched his fingers glide across the keys. "See, it's easy!" Louis told him. "Now it's your turn."

She watched AJ hesitantly press the assortment of keys as Louis pointed to each one, a smile on his face every time he succeeded in playing the melody right. She looked and saw Violet standing off to the side. Arms folded as she watched.

She walked up to stand next to the blonde, who smiled at her as she approached. The two didn't say anything till the noise from the piano stopped. AJ looked up at his supposedly older sister and smiled. "Clem, I can play the piano now!"

She smiled. "Not bad kiddo."

Violet chuckled. "You already sound better than Louis."

"Hey!" Louis sent her a glare as AJ giggled at the teasing the two did.

"I'm gonna go tell Luke!" AJ beamed as he ran past the girls.

"Anyway," Clem started. "I've got a question to ask you guys." She told them, uncrossing her arms and leaving a hand on her hip.

"Shoot." Said Violet. Their attention now directed towards Clem.

"How'd you feel about going on a trip?" She asked them.

Violet raised a brow. "What kind of trip?"

"Luke doesn't like how low our supplies have gotten. He's worried if the stream freezes over we won't have enough to get us through the winter. I am too. It's better if we start saving up now than be fucked when it's December and there's a foot of snow on the ground." She explained.