Season 5/Chapter 12: Loved Ones

                                    

                                          
Y/N Pov. 
We've been on the road for a while now and I doubt it'll be long before we're back. We took a break last night in order to rest but now we should be close to the School. I know Molly is not trying to expressly show just how excited she is, but I can easily tell that she's ecstatic. I know she's going to be so happy to meet our family again. I wonder how she'll react to Violet and us being a throuple? 
Molly: This school, how was it when you three first made it there? 
Y/n: It was just living and surviving by the time we were there. The previous leader, Marlon, had actually ran a pretty tight ship. But turns out, it was just because he was a coward who was too damn scared to go beyond the forest. 
Molly: Marlon's that prick who sold out his people, right? 
Y/n: Like two girls he gave to those assholes we killed off, but then you've got Brody who he did just straight up kill by himself. 
I told them a lot but not everything. 
Molly: Sounds like a real piece of work. AJ... you said he'd killed Marlon by shooting him in the back of the head. 
Y/n: (Nods) That's right. 
Molly: How was it after? 
Y/n: Everybody was pissed besides Violet, Aasim, Tenn and us of course. He might've been a cowardly asshole that Marlon, but he was still their best friend. They were too blind to see a threat even though he was standing right in front of them. They acted like we had raised some monster but truth is he's a survivor. 
Molly: I know you and Clem had a hard time raising AJ by yourselves. You did what you had to in order to survive and for him to survive on top of that. It's never easy. By myself, with my sister, or when I first met you guys so many year back. 
She looks at me. 
Molly: I'm proud of you and Clem, I want you to know that. I know that Carley, Lee, Kenny, and his parents would be too. You raised a survivor, a strong kid. It takes a special type of person to do that, especially when those raising that kid are also still kids by the way. 
Y/n: I... Thank you, Molly. 
There's a moment of silence. I've never really thought about it before but when we took on the roll of helping to raise him then raising him by ourselves... We essentially became teen parents. Minus the doing it part and also minus either of us being blood related to him. I mean, AJ might not be Clem or I's blood, but he's still our family. Like our son. God knows we've tried be better and there for him but as he's gotten older, it's kind of been harder. Our boy is a stubborn bastard just like me. I guess I have myself to thank as well as Clem's "Don't take shit" attitude on top of it or whatever. 
Y/n: Y'know, like I've said. We've been telling him about you guys for a long time to make sure he remembers you. You, Kenny, everyone who helped to make him get this far. Who helped us get as far as we have as well. I just wish he could've grown up being raised by his actual parents who didn't get to know him too well. 
Molly: Well I doubt he feels the same. I know AJ loves you and Clem, I know he does. And I bet if you asked him for real, he'd probably say that Clem and you are his real parents or something. I mean it makes sense. 
I shrug. 
Y/n: I never wanted him to forget Rebecca or Alvin because God knows I sure haven't but I guess over time we took their place as his parents. 
Molly: Either way, I'm still proud and excited to meet my family.
We continue on down the road by the right side until finally... I can see the train station in sight. As I do, it almost feels like my heart is racing. We continue to drive up until the Train Station is in our sight fully. We look by the station and it's empty but just as fucked up as it had been since I'd last been there.