TWD ~ The day it happened

Hey guys! I am doing a few small summaries's on a few of the characters, mainly the day that the whole outbreak happened or the day it was noticed at least. I may end up doing it for some of my made-up characters or not. I am not sure yet. So far I am not doing them though. If you want a the day it happened for my characters then just review or message me and tell me if you want them. I will get back to you or post it if I get enough requests. Also I will not be doing one for Rick because he was in a coma, also just to let you guys know one of my theory's about TWD is that all of this is just a dream that Rick had while he was in a coma. I have not read the comics so I do not know how it ends. But I am not sure if he could just make up all the other characters. Sorry about my small rant lol. So here goes, Thanks for reading!

M

I do not own any material from the walking dead.

Lori's story

Lori's POV

It was like any other day; I got up at 6:30. I tossed over to the other side of the bed, painfully aware of my husbands missing spot. I stared at his pillow, I leaned in close, I could smell his wonderful aftershave, and I miss him terribly. I get up and shed my pajamas on the bathroom floor and get into the shower. I get out and change into a pair of jeans with a t-shirt. Then I head downstairs and turn on the morning news while I get pancakes ready for Carl. I watch the news while drinking my usual cup of coffee. A new virus spread? Huh… I will have to watch the 4 o'clock news to find out more. Maybe I should make an appointment for Carl so he can get a check up and get the vaccine for this mysterious virus. I hear his alarm go off and he goes down the hall into the bathroom. I turn off the TV. I get his plate ready and am pouring a cup of orange juice when he comes down the stairs.

"Hey mom."

"Hi honey, sit down and start eating, is that what your wearing to school?" I look at his stained blue T-shirt. It looks like he has rolled down a grassy hill about 9 times.

"Yes why?"

"It's dirty."

"Fine, I will change into a different one after breakfast."

"Ok, make sure it is clean this time, alright?"

"Yup." He mumbles.

I get the home phone and call the doctors office.

"Hello, Doctor Louis's office how may I help you?"

"I am looking to set up an appointment for my son Carl?"

"Ok, we have an open schedule for tomorrow at 4:15?"

"Ok, that will work."

"What kind of appointment?"

"Just a regular check up."

"Ok that will be fine, you will be seeing Doctor Kelly instead for Doctor Louis is out of the office tomorrow, is that alright?"

"That's fine, ok thank you."

"Good bye."

I hang up the phone seeing it is 7:15; I look over to where Carl was sitting to find an empty plate with half a glass of orange juice left. I put them in the dishwasher.

"Carl almost time to go are you ready?" I call upstairs.

"Yes, I just have to brush my teeth." He calls back

"Did you change your shirt?" I say, there is a pause then a reply

"I am getting on that right now." I laugh then tell him to hurry returning to my spot by the window with my cup of coffee. I listen to my son's feet parading to his closet then running to the bathroom. The faucet turns on. I look outside to see a beautiful sunrise, the trees in our backyard a magnificent shade of green. The faucet turns off and I hear tennis shoes clomping down the stairs. Carl comes into view with his backpack and jacket on ready to go. We get into my Honda and drive to the school; I stop the car in the drop off lane.

"Have a good day Carl."

"Ok, see you when you pick me up, Bye mom."

"Bye sweetie." He closes the door then runs off with some friends towards the door. I drive to the grocery store. I walk in purse in hand and grab a cart. I buy my groceries, I look at the magazines for a while then decide to finish so I can go home and relax. I head towards the frozen aisle. I open up the door and grab some milk. While my hand is still in there I feel the coldness inside the machine stop abruptly, that's weird. But I put the milk in my cart and check out. As soon as I pay the lights start flickering. Maybe this store is having some electricity problems. I leave and unpack the groceries when I go home. I turn on the news and eat some lunch. I see that there is a news alert coming up.

"An unknown virus is spreading through out the United States; the legion has no known cure. It is very dangerous, the dead is walking. There will be a safety group in….." The news mans voice starts fading away. I can't hear the rest of the words as the lights go off. I decide that I should go get Carl and bring him home, or call Shane. I hop in my car and quickly start pulling out when I see Shane's police car drive up, he stops and gets out heading towards me.

"Lori, hurry, we have to get Carl and get out of here. There is something bad going on, I don't like the feel of it. The radio says there is a support group in Atlanta. We need to pack up and go there. The dead are walking, Lori." I am shocked and stare at him.

I shake my head but can't say a word.

"The dead are walking! There is some unknown disease, virus, legion whatever you want to call it! Anyone who is bit by these things die and turn into one. Zombies, Lori!"

"Ok. Come on lets go pack, we will get Carl and pick up Rick on our way, we can carry him to the car in a stretcher." I say nodding to myself as I spoke.

"No, Lori. I was just at the hospital. Its crazy in there, Military men were shooting alive people, with bite marks, I saw some people that weren't alive eating another person! We can't go there we have to get you and Carl out safe that is what Rick would have wanted."

Shane says exasperated.

"We have to Shane; he is my husband I can't leave him there with all of those things!"

"Lori, that's the thing, he is my best friend I would have brought him with me if I could have, and there was no point. The hospital had a blackout; I listened for his heart…. Lori there wasn't one. He was dead." Shane says looking at the ground, I gasped.

"Lori, we don't have time to mourn right now, we can save that for later we have to get us and Carl to safety." We rush in and pack then head to the school, after literally fighting our way in through the crowd of mom's, we found Carl and took him to the car and headed to Atlanta, crying the whole way.

You like? I decided not to add in the whole trip because this was long enough anyway. So I will be doing Carl's situation at school, or Shane's situation at the hospital for next chapter. Next chapter may be uploaded tonight or not, I am not sure yet. So review please and read the first chapter of my story 'Everything is gone now' Thanks for reading and hoped you liked it!

M