The plan Kenny had in storage for deciding if they would stay at Richmond was completely thrown out the window the moment Clementine walked through those church doors for the meeting deciding if they could stay.

Not only had Clementine walked through those doors very much alive, she walked in as Richmond head general for the guard department.

Her presence alone sent shivers down everyone's spines. Lee would be proud if he was here to see his little girl now, Kenny sure was.

Since Lee was no longer able to care for her, Kenny would do it in his place. That also meant protecting her from the likes of boys.

The moment Louis asked if she was single he felt his blood boil. Clem walked away shorty after her little display leaving him to deal with the aftermath.

It was funny really how fast Louis face turned from pure astonishment to scared shitless when not one but two guns were pointed at him.

Gabe's little glare was nothing compared to Aj's and Kenny's glare that they sent the boy and Gabe by extension. They didn't forget that little flirty line he did in the church.

"I don't want anyone of you getting any ideas. I better not see anyone of you sending her Googly eyes. I don't even want to see you so much as breath in her direction with your little teenage hormones. Do I made myself clear?"

They all glanced between him and the gun before they all agreed with various versions of yes sir.

By the time Clem returned, the guns were put away and the threats laid out. She explained how a rookie guard was placed to guard the area while they fixed it up after a pile up a while back, but left to get a snack leaving the wall unattended.

She assured them that it'll never happen again. Shorty after that, Kenny whisked her away with the kids following close behind to find a place to get cleaned up since Gabe mentioned something about working showers during the tour.

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Weeks passed, and many things changed. Things always changed. The hellions were put into training in order to defend themselves. 

Clem worked them so hard many of them were discussing how to sneak out of the fortified walls and back to the school which could hardly be called a school with how badly it was crumbling down before their very eyes.

Kenny wished he could be of more use when he wasn't out working. He couldn't even help teach the kids how to shoot since he couldn't aim well with his missing eye.

He managed of course— if he had to use a gun, the likely hood of hitting the target was rather slim, but not zero. Clem picked up on that fact rather quickly, even with a few years apart she still managed to read him. She knew how much it killed him to just sit around.

That's why whenever he came back from a supply run she'd immediately monopolize his time. She'd take him with her on her duties as head general and even forced him to spend time with Kate and Javi.

They weren't all that bad, rather nice people really. What he really liked about them is how much they dotted on Aj, to the poor kids demise.

Even with all the change, some things stayed the same. He still had Aj with him, Violet still came to him for advise to fix her relationship with Brody. Brody... she was adjusting after the damage to her hand.

Things were good, too good.....

Kenny frowned, his eyes narrowed. Nothing seemed out of the norm. The frown on his face only deepened. That's when he heard it, the sound of a body falling onto the ground, a series of curses following shorty after.

Aj, he shook his head, he must have fell asleep during breakfast. "You good kiddo?" He asked.

Aj only gave him a look that translated to what do you think? "I think should get more sleep instead of staying up with Clem"

Clem snorted from her place behind the counter, a spatula in hand with little bits of egg stuck to it. "I don't think he'll be joining me on late night patrols anytime soon"

Aj sent her a glare. "Don't look at me like that, it's not my fault you have short little legs"

"It's not my fault your super human!" He raised his voice a bit.

Kenny shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, both of you settle down"

Said kids both blew him a raspberry before going back to poking fun at each other. "Both of you guys are unnatural" Violet yawned, her hands stretched out above her head, much like a cat. "Seriously?! Who the hell wakes up at the butt fucking crack of dawn"

"Ha ha, funny, real funny. It's like 2pm" Violet blinked at her before Turing around to grab his hand. His watch did indeed read 2pm. 2:13pm to be exact.

"Where's Tenn?"

"Oh, he's in the garden. Something about sunflower potato's?" Kenny furrowed his brows, his old brain not quite remembering his exact words.

"Someone planted sunflowers on top of his potato's and now he has to harvest said potato's without ruining the flowers" Violet explained, her head firmly planted on top of the counter with her eyes closed.

Clem hummed in acknowledgement. Kenny on the other hand simply pushed a plate of eggs quesadillas towards her.

Those homemade tortillas were a god send, he'd have to thank Mrs. Ortiz later for letting them have some. Violet who was previously dead to the world turned her head to the side, her cheek pressed up against the table with half lidded eyes.

She blinked a few times, then sat up slowly enough he was half sure she was just as asleep as Aj was when he fell off the chair. "Thanks da—"

In an instant, Violet sat up straight, the sleep that rested heavily on her eye lids seemed to be flung off. "I-Um, promised Brody I'd water her! I meant I'd help her water her FLOWERS! Yeah! Flowers! Bye!" She practically screamed, her hands frantically trying to scoop up her food while trying to run away at the same time.

Clem watched her leave with a dumbfounded look on her face. "Clem"

She turned to look at Aj "your quesadillas are burning

"SHIT!" She yelled, as she tried to salvage the poor quesadilla.

In the end, that quesadilla was pan seared, toasted, brunt, whatever you'd call that mess of a quesadilla. "Rosie! Are you up for seconds?"

Rosie whined, her head barley raised above the arm of the couch. She eyed the crisply quesadillas, as if deciding if it was worth getting up for.

The want must have out weighed the risk of whatever side affect it would give her because, in a matter of minutes she was jumping down from the couch and heading straight for Clem.

"You'll eat anything won't you" Kenny signed. "Clem, do you what was up with Violet?"

Clem froze. Her entire body going as stiff as a board. "Are... are your ears okay?" He raised an eyebrow

"What's Violet got to do with Grandpa Kens ears?" Aj asked clearly confused.

"You two..." she pinched the bridge of her nose "wow, you guys are dense"

She sighed, then closed her hands together like she's about to pray, but instead she pointed them directly at him. "Violet sees you as a father figure" she told him quite bluntly.

"You've been watching over her for a while now, and more so than the other kids. You're not just an grandpa to Aj, and an uncle to me, your a father again; a father to Violet, to Tenn"

Kenny felt his heart stop. His ears were filled with Cotten. Duck made his way into his mind, he saw him with his wife's hands wrapped around his chest. Just beside him Violet stood with her chin held high.

Tenn was smiling beside her. Even Sarita was there. Most importantly he saw himself standing behind the two with his own wide smile. Lee, Clem, and Aj were there too.

"I think.... I need... to find Violet"  Kenny murmur quietly before sprinting out of the apartment and to the greenhouse.

He received many strange looks as he ran, but that didn't matter. He needed to find her. The greenhouse was a little bit away from where they lived, however it was close enough that he reached it in mere minutes.

After practically throwing the doors open he saw Violet standing beside Tenn, their hands deep in the ground a stack a potato's next to them.

Kenny couldn't help the smile that spread across his face. Nor could he help the feeling of relief he felt when he crashed against the two kids, his kids.

"Kenny?" Tenn's muffle voice reached his ears.

"What's going on?" Violet added, the tips of her ears turning a rosy pink.

He didn't let them go, he hugged them tighter. "Nothing, it's nothing, just your my kids" the words left his mouth too easily. They just rolled off the tongue, it felt right.

"Your kids...." Violet hand clenched around his coat

"Mhmm" he hummed, not trusting his voice.

Tenn sniffled against his chest "you want us to be your kids?" He asked meekly.

"No..." he confessed, feeling them tense up. "You're already my kids."

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I'm not dead yet! Here's the chapter  you've all been waiting for! Thanks for waiting! Hope you have a wonderful day or night

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