Know Where (A Walking Dead Game Contintuation)

Lessons

Clementine woke up as the sun was showing it's crescent in the distance. Light spread in from the window and painted a stripe of gold across her skin. Even though she was just waking. something felt off, she didn't feel right in her bones.

As she sat up on her bed with her legs dangling, rubbing her eyes, she asked, "Violet can you-?"

She then realized that Violet didn't come to wake her up or help her. This felt unusual, she enjoyed waking up to Violet; it was something that she wished she could experience more of.

She got her crutches from the side of the bed on her own and left her room. She liked the company Violet gave her when she woke up, they'd talk about their dreams if they had any. Clem decides that it was okay today, she didn't have any dreams last night.

She exited the building and walked into the courtyard, where she saw everyone brightly awake and eagerly talking at the picnic table. Louis, Aasim, and Omar were facing her direction and gave her a smile and a wave.

Clementine walked over to the table, "I see everyone is up bright and early."

"Anything is bright and early compared to when you get up," Aasim joked.

"Yeah but she still looks better than you in the morning," Violet appealed, not lifting her eyes from the task at hand.

Clementine received a hug from AJ from where he was sitting and sat next to him. Violet seemed to be too focused in the group conversation for Clem to get her attention.

"So we leave in about an hour or two," Violet started. "Ruby and Omar will stay with Clem, and the rest of us will get ready to go to the urgent care."

"Here's a map to where the urgent care is from the school," Ruby handed them an old map, pointing at a circled building. "Shouldn't be that far, it's about two and a half miles west."

"Do I get a say in this?" Clem asked.

"No." Violet remarked at her, looking at her for a second then turning away.

"You must've done something bad," Louis whispers to Clem.

"Like what?"

"Did you put a walker finger under her pillow?" Louis wondered. "That can get anyone mad."

Clem bumped Louis' shoulder enough to push him and shook her head, frowning.

"We should get back before nightfall, it shouldn't take us that long to be in and out and back home," Aasim said. "Omar, start cooking dinner around the usual time, we'll be back by then."

Everyone agreed simultaneously, with Clementine in the shadows of what was happening. As everyone started to leave the table to prepare, Clementine reached for Violet's wrist and stopped her from leaving.

"Can you please tell me what's going on?" Clementine frowned. "And I missed your face this morning waking up."

It hurt Violet to see her this way, she only wanted to protect her. "I-I'm sorry Clem... Ruby and Omar will stay with you in case something happens at home. The rest of us will go and get supplies for your leg and anything else we can find. We're preparing right now, and we're gonna leave in the next hour. I got so caught up in the plan I lost track of time. I promise I'll never forget it again."

Violet kissed Clem's forehead softly, pausing before saying, "Goodmorning Clemmy, we'll be okay. Talk to AJ, I offered him to stay but he really wanted to go."

Clementine smiled meagerly and agreed, turning to AJ with a serious look. "Are you sure that you want to do this? I know you're my brave boy, you have nothing to prove, I love you."