~Please, Say You Won't Let Go~ Clouis

Chapter Eleven: Help (Louis' POV)

The sky was bright and blue and Adam had already packed things up. I knew I had fallen asleep when I saw that everything was tidy now, the fire had been put out, and Adam was looking at me with a bag slung over his shoulders.

"C'mon. Let's go find your girl." He smiled and helped me up.

I threw my backpack on my back and we headed out of his small camp together.

"So... what's this girl like? I figured I should know what she's like if I'm going to help you out." He asked as we started walking back to the highway.

"Gorgeous. Absolutely stunning. She's smart... happy... she gives good advice. She's amazing." I signed shortly, reminiscing every amazing memory I had with her.

"She sounds amazing." He spoke and trailed off before picking back up. "I used to have a... partner. My group threw her out some time back... now I don't know if she's dead or- I'm sorry." Adam choked up.

"I bet she's alright, she's gotta be somewhere." I signed back to him, hoping my little bit of encouragement would get him through the moment.

"Tell me more about your girl." He replied with another sniffle and a half smile, getting off the topic of his.

"Her name is Clementine. She's pretty short... and she's got beautiful eyes. She gives really great advice and she's so smart. She was out on the road since the apocalypse started and eventually, she had to start taking care of a newborn a woman in her group had but died after giving birth." I chuckled lightly before getting lost in thought of how dearly I missed my Clementine. "Aj is the most wonderful boy I've ever met."

"Sounds like they're great people." Adam smiled again.

Our conversation had once again fallen short. As we walked in silence with only the sound of crunching leaves and breaking branches under our feet. It felt eerie. I'd never really been outside of the safe zone besides when Clementine took Violet and I past it to get food. But this time was different. I could still talk and I wasn't alone then.

"So, do you remember anything about how far you might've run, any landmarks? Specific rocks or trees we can find?" He asked.

"A highway." I simply replied as my eyes focused ahead of me, scouting for any walkers.

"A highway... we're about 10 minutes from there... if we can find it, maybe you can help lead me the rest of the way back to your camp?" He smiled at me with hope for me in his eyes.

I nodded my head yes and we continued through the forest. It all looked the same. Even though I was God knows how far away from the school, everything looked the exact same.

About ten minutes into our journey with short yes or no questions flying and branches continuing to break under our feet, we finally spotted the guard rail that was normally on the sides of highways and we both picked up our pace.

As we flung our legs over the thin metal rail, I scouted the cars that were now weirdly scattered about. Things were carelessly tossed out and thrown onto the ground. In caution, I warned Adam to try to stay behind a car at all times, at least until we got to the other side. I thought back to the herd I saw when I first came across this road. 

Walkers don't rummage through cars...

As I dodged behind cars and other vehicles, I did my best to look up and down the street without making my appearance known. I saw a little speck of something moving; most likely a human. Dead or alive was the question.

We quickly rushed to the other side of the road and sprinted a little ways into the woods, trying to go unnoticed by whatever was still around from the herd.