"Beth... this is an Ikea," Carl said walking in the door with her. Beth nodded happily as if this were the sainest idea she'd ever had.
"We live in a prison Carl, we have a baby on the way I mean come on she'll need a crib and a high chair and other baby stuff," she said rolling her eyes knowing he didn't understand. "And I miss my intable," she muttered opening the door. Carl smiled at that and followed her in the store.
"Real beds!" Beth shouted flopping down on one. Carl smiled and jumped on the one next to her. Beth stood up and jumped with him.
"Ugh, I've missed this!" She said happily jumping from mattress to mattress. Carl followed her along until they reached the end and he hopped down. He helped Beth off the bed and she smiled at him.
"You keep helping me, like I'm defenceless or something," she told him. Carl widened his eyes with worry, he wasn't aware she was upset by his helping her he just thought he was being a gentleman. She realized she had upset him and quickly added, "not that I mind!" Carl smiled and they started walking through the store. Everytime Beth would point at something that meant for Carl to add it to the cart. Strangely enough everything kind of matched, like his furniture back home did.
A few hours later the two pushed the heavy cart back to the van and were huffing and puffing. Carl smiled at Beth as the two loaded up the van. Carl wondered if this was what it was like to be newlyweds getting your first apartment and buying furniture together. He supposed he would never quite know that feeling. Something sparkled in the corner of his eye and suddenly an idea struck him.
"Hey Beth, take your gun and run back to the Save Mart. I just remembered mom was having a craving for... jelly beans!" He said quickly. Beth raised an eyebrow but shrugged and pulled out her gun running back to the store. Carl smiled devilishly and ran across the parking lot to the store that had caught his eye.
Carl sighed not knowing what Beth would really want. Everything was so pretty. Carl found himself in a jewelry store looking at necklaces for Beth. He just wanted to get her something nice and simple. There were some strange open heart things he wasn't sure Beth would like much. Carl walked past the engagement rings, no way, and passed something that caught his eye. Promise Rings. Usually promise rings ment like I promise to remain a virgin until I'm married or I promise to marry you. But what if he promised something else...
Carl ran out of the shop with the ring in he had grabbed in his pocket. Just in time he thought as Beth walked out of the store with a bag of candy in her hands.
"Sorry it took so long, I really wasn't sure what kind to get her so I just got them all," she informed him. He nodded quickly and coughed nervously.
"Um... Beth. I, I have something to tell you," he sputtered out. She looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? What's that?" She asked him with a smile. He reached nervously in his pocket. None of the down on one knee thing, that might scare her a little too soon.
"Beth I... I found something. For you. And it's a promise," he started awkwardly pulling out the ring. Beth looked up at him nervously.
"Before you freak out, I'm not asking you to marry me," Beth looked a little relieved at that. "What this is, it's a promise ring. And what I'm promising is..." I am so lame he thought in his head, "what I'm promising is... I promise to keep you safe. I will try as best as I can to protect you from walkers and to make sure that no one will ever hurt you." Carl honestly felt like the biggest loser in the world until Beth smiled at him and started crying.
"I'm sorry!" He said quickly rushing to her. "I didn't want to upset you!" Then he realised Beth was laughing while she cried.
"Carl... that. Is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me," she admitted with a smile.
"So you accept!?" He asked happily. She covered her mouth as her tears streamed down her face and nodded. Carl gave her the ring and she slipped it on her ring finger and smiled at him. She wiped away her tears and bent over slightly kissing him lightly. She quickly broke the kiss.
"Your dad," she remembered "come on lets get back." She hopped in the drivers seat and Carl sat next to her happily.
"So are we... like. Dating now?" He asked her. She giggled and nodded.
"I guess we are," she said.
A/N: Defiantly not to sure about this chapter. I'm just worried you guys might not like it and that it's just sappy and lame, but they always say you are your worst critic.
