OnexOne (Anna/Luke)

Shielding her eyes from the warm morning sun, Anna picked up the pot of water she had collected from the stream and walked back to the crackling campfire, setting the pot just above the flames.

"C'mon now, just boil for me..."

Luke was just getting up to see if anyone else had risen to make breakfast. If no one had risen then he would go and make it. He got up and went outside and saw Anna and just stopped to look at her.

She didn't seem to notice him, but if she did she didn't indicate it. The water came to a boil and Anna dumped in a few cups worth of beans. She stood up and turned around, startled by Luke's sudden appearance.

"Luke! Shit...I almost put a bullet in your head."

He blushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head, "Hehe...sorry...just...got caught up by your...beauty..."

He was kind of a smooth talker...when the time called for it.

She let out a small sigh and shook her head "If I hadn't already agreed to go out with you months before this whole thing happened, I'd probably have told ya t' get lost a long time ago..."

"Watch the fire for me, will ya? I need to get more wood."

He nodded and looked after her as she went to look for wood. She was something he loved...she was really a blessing to him.

As she turned away once again to get some wood, however, she did finally smile. Luke was such a dork sometimes, but she loved him.

Walking back, she tossed the logs onto the fire and took her seat back on the stump next to it.

He smiled and just looked at her. He was glad to be with her and he was happy he protected her from a walker about to eat her.

She glanced at him and shook her head again, smiling this time "You gonna keep starin' at me like that?"

He blushed and laughed, looking at her, "Sorry...hehe...I just can't help it at all..."

He looked out into the woods and he was just thinking about everything.

She looked back to the fire, thinking about how much her parents would have loved Luke - they had only met once she'd been far away from home, and she'd only had the chance to tell them a little about him.

"Can I ask you something?" she said suddenly "If you thought headin' back to my parent's house was a stupid idea you'd tell me, right?"

He looked at her and nodded, "Of course I would...but it's not...really...I would do it...if I could do that with my parents..." he seemed sad now.

"Hey..." she got up from her position and walked over to him, grabbing his hand as she stood next to him "I'm still sorry about your parents. But you know that, no matter what happens, I'm right here with you. I'm always gonna be."

He looked down at her and smiled slightly and kissed her head, "I know...thank you and I'm here for you too..."

"Good. Always gotta have someone to watch your back. Now, c'mon and get some breakfast...I mean, unless you don't want beans again. I wouldn't blame ya."

He laughed and kissed her head, "Nah...beans are fine...better than starving to death you know?"

He sat down and took some beans and began eating them and thinking again.

She sat next to him and ate some as well, thinking about everything they'd been through. She wondered if they would find anyone when they got to her parent's place - if they did, she hoped they were friendly.