I really didn't know what to do now. Hailey - I mean Firebird, said that me and my mom have to prove ourselves worthy of staying with them but it seems like my mom is already proving herself by tending to the wounded. What do I do? I'm more a guy that's on his feet. I'm not a healer like my mom and i'm definitely not a leader like Firebird but there's NO way I can go up to Firebird and ask her if I can go for a supply run. She might not let me. I can already feel it.
I sigh then heard a voice near me. I look over to see Firebird.
"Instead of standing there, why don't you go help out?" She questioned then looked over to Clint to see him working on the broken up fence."Why don't you go help Moonie?" She suggested and I nodded with a shrug. I was acting all nonchalantly infront of her but deep down, I felt my stomach twist into a knot. I've thought about helping Clint but...I wasn't sure if Clint wanted my help. It looked like he was almost done anyways but at least helping him out was better than standing around like an idiot so I decided to give it a try.
I walk over to Clint to see him almost done.
"Um...need some help?" I asked.
Clint didn't look at me.
"Nah, I got it. I'm almost done anyways."
I can already hear the record scratch. You know, the record scratch that happeneds when you say something really embarrassing and then nobody laughs or say anything so the record scratch happends? Yeah, that's what was happening right now. Except I didn't make a joke and Clint didn't laugh. But still, it was pretty embarrassing to even offer up and I KNEW he was almost done. Oh well.
"Oh...okay. I just thought....i'll be going now."
I turned to walk away when Clint stopped me.
"Wait."
I turned around and looked at him.
"Yeah?"
"What's your deal?"
I raised my eyebrows in confusion at him and narrowed my eyes in curiosity.
"Um...excuse me?"
"Your deal. What happened to you when the apocalypse went down?"
I breathed a sigh of relief and laughed lightly.
"Ooooh. THAT deal. Sorry, I didn't get what you meant."
Clint just shrugged."No big deal. So, your deal?"
I scratched the back of my head then sighed.
"Me and my mom lived together in a house in Morroway. We didn't really know what was going on until I saw one of our neighbors get eaten alive. Our plan was just stay in the house and board it up. My mom managed to go to the grocery store before shit started to happened so we were fully stocked with food but sadly all of our refrigerated food spoiled. Then today, a zombie crashed into our house and I thought I got rid of the problem but then we saw more zombies coming so we had to flee and....yeah. My story isn't that special."
Clint nodded."That's heavy. What about your dad? Any siblings?"
I shook my head. I'm an only child and my dad...he...died right before the apocalypse happened. A couple years ago actually."
Clint nodded again."I'm sorry. That must suck."
I nodded without a word."So...what about you?"
Clint smiled then chuckled."Do you REALLY want to hear my story?"
I nodded.
"Alright. Let's take a seat because it's going to be a bumpy ride."
I smiled then followed Clint over to the house's steps and sat on them with him. He then started to explain right from the beginning of what happened to him before the apocalypse and how his family made it out. He even talked about his mother and how he lost her too before the apocalypse happened. I know I only just met Clint but...I was starting to like him. Like REALLY like him. I dunno if it's as a friend or more but I do know that I want to get to know him more.
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