The Broken But Strong

The Plan

(Clementine's Pov)

"Hey there sweet-pea." I hear and turn to look at Lee as he smiled to me. I walk up to him and I give him the biggest hug I could get as we both sat down in the RV seat.

"So, what's on your mind, you usually don't dream of me unless something is wrong." He asked and I look at him.

"I got mad again." I admit.

"It's ok to be mad sweet-pea, what did you get mad about?" He asked as I leaned my head on his shoulder. I felt comfortable by doing this.

"This girl Brody wanted to say I have no idea what it's like out there, beyond the walls, I just got mad I wanted to punch her."

"But did you?"

"No... AJ stopped me, and I couldn't." I tell him as I look up to see him smile as he placed his hand around my shoulder and I sigh a bit.

"You just got to remember they don't know what you've been through, not all of it, I know you've been telling them things about yourself but it's good to keep some things a secret unless you really need to talk about it." He explained and I sigh as I look over to Kenny and the others.

"I... they can't just act like they know everything." I mumbled and he laughed.

"Sweet-pea, you can't act like that either, you argued with Marlon about his safe zone, he's just trying o keep his people safe."

"What would you have done?" I asked him and he thought a bit and sighed.

"The same thing you did, I worried about you and Duck a lot when we were all together, I made sure both of you had food before us adults did remember?" He asked and I nodded at this.

"I worried about AJ, and Violet was worried about Willy and Tenn."

"That's a good thing, I mean... it's hard for me to explain." He says as he scratched his beard and I smiled.

"I know what you mean, being worried is ok, being mad is ok, even sad, it's ok to show emotions... it makes you human." I tell him and he nods.

"Exactly, see you're learning a lot." He says and I nod and I frown a bit.

"I wish you were still with me though... if I didn't listen to the stranger, you'd still be here... I don't know what to do anymore Lee." I tell him as I sit up a bit.

"You do what you think is right, and don't ever blame yourself for what happened to me, I know you didn't mean it, and I made things worse by telling you we couldn't look for your parents." He tells me.

"But it's all my fault, I should have listened to you."

"Sweet-pea." He says but I don't respond and we just sit there and I look at the RV side door for a bit and I sigh.

"After you died, I'd try to think, 'What would Lee do in this situation' but it's harder for me to ask that because I don't know what you'd think." I tell him.

"I'd always try to be neutral in these things, people don't like it but I could never pick sides, but I'd always think about your safety, think about others safety, and AJ's safety as well." He tells me and I nod as things started to fade a bit.

"I miss you so much." I tell him.

"I miss you too Clementine, and don't worry, things will be hard but they'll get better." He says and I nod as everything fades away.

I woke up to the sound of people arguing so I slowly sit up and I hear movement beside me, so I turn to see AJ getting up as well and I look to the door then back to him.