There were shouts and screams from everyone, but Louis's seemed the loudest. "We could get medicine- from the nurses office-" Ruby suggests before she's cut off by Mitch. "He's dead, Ruby! Medicine won't do shit! The kid blew his brains out!" Mitch backs up a little away from the dead body. Luckily Marlon can't reanimate since the bullet went straight through his brain.

"He's gone, you killed him. You're a murderer." Louis points a finger in AJ's direction. "You promised Marlon! You said you'd help him fix things! What the fuck did you teach this kid?!" You look over at Mitch who was now glaring over at the kid. Everyone was gathering closer to Clementine while staring at AJ. It was just like earlier with Marlon. You notice Mitch's fist tighten like he was about to do something.

You look over at Violet who brings out her cleaver slowly, staring at you back. You take out your knife and walk over to AJ, shielding him as Violet does the same. "Back off! All of you!" She points her cleaver around at the group now in front of you. You raise your knife towards them, never once pointing it at Mitch who was now staring at you. He looked disappointed in you, something you didn't want. AJ was a kid though, and you were willing to protect him. Even if he killed Marlon.

"It was all under control! I talked Marlon down and then.." Mitch finished Louis's sentence for him, "He murdered my fucking friend." You'd never heard him so aggressive before if you're being honest. There were small moments but to be fair, Marlon was just shot dead. "He fucking deserved it." You put your left hand in your pocket, keeping your knife in your right hand directed at the group. Some of them looked at you shocked. Louis looked like he was going to beat you to a pulp, but you know he would never do it. He's too sweet to start a fist fight.

"Take AJ and go back inside." Violet motions to the school. Clementine nods at her, you move aside so Clem could reach AJ. "Oh you're letting them just go inside?! What happens the next time when one of us does something this kid doesn't like?" You give Clem a light shove to keep walking. She looks at you for a brief moment before putting her hand on AJ's back and walking into the school quickly. You watch the two leave silently and then turn back to the group. Willy stood in the back with his arms crossed. And when he glanced at you, you knew he wasn't going to want to talk to you for a while. Louis started ranting at this point, and it was starting to annoy you. "Louis shut the fuck up!" Violet puts a hand on your shoulder. "He's a little kid! So shut your damn mouth already!" Louis steps closer to you, "What do you think will happen if you yell at him like that? You'll get shot like him!" Louis motions to Marlon. "You're starting to act like Marlon, Louis." Your voice deepens and your grip on your knife tightens. You wouldn't strike him though. You're not like Marlon. "Forgive me for not wanting people to die!" He didn't seem to want to stop yelling yet. You've had enough though, you toss your knife at his feet and shove Violets hand off your shoulder, pushing past her and inside the house.

You just needed to cool off. A lot has happened tonight. And right then when you reach your shared room, you realized you share a room with Mitch. And you'd probably be one of the last people (Minus Clementine and AJ) he wanted to see. Maybe you'd sleep somewhere else tonight. When you step inside, you quickly grab the pillow and the blanket that resided on top of your bed and exited just as fast. You supposed you could go to AJ and Clem or Violet. Probably not Clem and AJ since there wouldn't be enough room and they probably don't trust anyone at the moment. So Violet it was.

You finally make it to Violets room and open the door without knocking since you know she's probably still outside or on her way. You look towards the other bed which is covered in clothes and stuff. Most of it wasn't hers, she just had the job to clean them and give the ones that need stitching to Ruby. Under the bed it is. It's still comfy anyway. You throw your pillow and blanket under it and stand up to wait for Violet. You don't want her waking up in the middle of the night having a heart attack when she sees you there.

It didn't take long. Violet entered the room shortly after you did. "Need me for something?" She sits on her bed now noticing the blanket and pillow under the bed you were at. "Mind if I stay a night or two? I don't think Mitch would want to talk with me and I trust you the most right now." She smiles, "Yeah. As long as you need, go ahead. I can move the clothes if you want." You shake your head, "Thanks." She nods and kicks her boots off, throwing them somewhere random. Next was her slightly puffy jacket which she threw on the ground. You kicked your boots off but didn't bother to throw them.

You crawled to your spot and rested against the pillow. You could see Violet staring at you with a grimace. "You alright?" She lays down on her bed, waiting for your response. "Sorry about my little fits. I try not to be as rude as I come off." She just shrugs, "Clementine thinks your nice. Regardless of your outbursts. She thought I was too. Even though I was a little cold towards her a while ago." You smile, "That's good." She nods. "The group doesn't seem to know her as well as I do. Besides Louis. If they could've actually seen her personality, they'd probably let her stay." That was probably true. You didn't know her extremely well. But you already liked her. AJ seems cool too. Even though he did just kill Marlon like an hour ago.

"I miss Minnie." Violet blurts out. You sigh and lean on your knuckle to keep your head up. "I know. I'm sorry Vi. She would've loved to see how you are now, an amazing, caring person who protects her friends no matter what." Violet smiles, "I appreciate it ya fuckin' moon." You raise a brow, "New nickname?" She nods, "You mainly prefer to be in the shadows, you're mysterious, and not to mention you got a kind of aura that I think makes you a great friend."  You chuckle, "Thanks Violet. I think your a great friend too. Maybe one day you'll find another girl to fall in love with." She nods, "Maybe." Her face slowly turns into curiosity.

"Do you like anyone?" She asks in more of a whisper voice. "If you don't want to say, that's alright, I'm just curious." You hesitantly nod. "Yeah, I do." She smiles, "Well I hope you end up together with them." To be fair you never told her your preferences so it was nice she used them rather than assuming it was a girl like your parents always did whenever you had a crush. They didn't like your ex boyfriend. Always tried to get you two to break up and when you asked why they just said something about it not being a good choice. Yet when you were with your ex girlfriend they didn't give two shits and were happy for you.

"They better look good too. I can name everyone who isn't good looking right now." She huffs as you laugh, "Damn, that's all of us then?" She shrugs, "I don't know." She does know.

"Well.. thanks for the talk. It's always nice chatting with you. I'm going to sleep." You wave even after she turns around and throws her blanket over herself. "Night." It's been one hell of one. You close your eyes. Tenn once told you about this one place where everyone would go after they die. He said everyone would be there and you wouldn't encounter zombies or anything bad, just a happy world full of good people. No deaths. Just like the original world. Maybe you would get to see Brody there. You could only hope that you would go there when you died. Hopefully not soon though. You may not have a lot planned for the future, but you would rather stay with the people you have right now.