You and Clem are in her truck, on your way to school. Since Lee's now working at Ericson's, he left early in the morning for work.
You hope that your dad isn't trying to find you. Your head's leaned against the window. Clem looks at you for a sec, then back at the road.
Clem: You alright?
You: Hm? You say, looking at Clem. Oh, uh, yeah, just...thinkin'.
Clem: About your dad?
You nod.
You: Yeah. Hopefully, he doesn't try going to school to try and find me.
Clem: Has he done that before?
You: A lotta times. He'd always tell the school the same bullshit story. "Please, ma'am. I need to find my son! He's the only thing I have left! Blah, blah, blah." Sometimes I wonder if he's PAYING them.
Clem: Why does he even wanna find you at all?
You: I--I don't know, Clem. Dude's always looking for my money, so he can either pay rent or lose it by bet on horse races...or both.
Clem: He takes your money? What the hell kinda bullshit is that?
You: Your guess is as good as mine.
Your phone buzzes. You pull out your phone to see an alarm for your first class. Under that notification is a bunch of texts and missed calls from your dad.
You: Shit.
Clem: What's wrong?
You: Class has already started.
Clem: Damn.
You: Might as well not rush it.
Clem chuckles.
Clem: I think you're a good bad influence on me. But we still need to--
Her phone starts ringing. She pulls it out and answers the call.
Clem: Hello...? What...? Okay, yea, got it... I love you, too... Bye.
She puts the phone away.
You: What was it?
Clem: That was my dad. He said your dad's at school looking for you.
You sigh.
You: Fucking figures.
Clem: He said that we should skip school for the day. He said he'll give us an excused absence.
You sigh.
You: Thanks, Clementine.
Clem: For what?
You: Having an awesome family.
She smiles.
Clem: Well, we have a whole day to ourselves--what do you wanna do?
You: Um... I got an idea. Turn this puppy around.
Clem stops the truck and turns it around. She starts driving.
Timeskip
Clem pulls up in the alleyway that you use for graffiti. She turns the truck off and you both get out.
Clem: You gonna explain why you brought me to a creepy alley?
You: Just wait.
You walk up to your spray cans. You pick up a blue spray can and you turn around to Clem. You shake the can.
Clem: You're gonna vandalize the building?
You: This building's abandoned.
You turn back to the wall.
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Always Here, a Clementine x Male Reader Story
FanfictionY/N L/N. An abused child, who never had anyone to relate to. His mother died during childbirth, ever since then, his father's blamed him. Everyday Y/N would go to school with bruises. He never got to talk to anyone about it because no one noticed Y...
