Okay guys, I have three things to talk about before the story starts; One, I actually just fell in love with Emma and Carl. Two, please leave more reviews. And three, There is a huge time jump from when the story left off plus the apocalpyse has been going on for two years now. Emma and Carl are in college; I know it's weird but bear with me guys.

Emma laid in bed all morning before turning on her side to look out her dorm room window. She lived on a coed floor so Carl's room wasn't far from her's. She looked out the window and sighed at the sight of all the walkers coming out of the tree lines.

She rolled away from the window and looked at her sleeping roomate. Emma wanted, badly, to go see Carl but she couldn't find any energy inside of her to physically move. She eventually forces herself out of bed to get ready for the day.

She puts on a pair of sweat pants and Carl's sweatshirt that says Grimes on the back of it. She pulled on a pair of brown fuzzy boots before looking at her self in the mirror. She looked at the clock and had five extra minutes to relax before going to class.

She raised her left hand and looked at her ring finger. Emma smirked as her memory brought her back to the night before.

Flashback

Emma and Carl cautiously and quietly walked infront of their school to the fountain that was built in front of it. They were holding hands, killing walkers only if they had to, and they were finally happy. They were always happy together no matter the situation. Carl lead Emma over to the huge fountain and they sat on the edge of it.

Their were lights on the bottom and the color turned the water purple and blue. Carl faced Emma and brushed hair off her cheek "Hi." Emma laughed quietly "Hey there." Carl smiled and kissed her cheek before grabbing her hand again "You know, from the day I laid my eyes on you in that crowded bar, I knew we would be perfect for eachother. I wasn't wrong.

I love all of our memories together from sneaking out to meet, to having sex in my bedroom with my parents downstairs." Emma laughed and blushed as the memory of her and Carl in his room came rushing back. Carl looked into Emma's eyes deeply "Besides that, I just felt a special connection with you. The way you take care of me and how you were there in my darkest times.

I just knew that you were someone who would stay and be trustable." Carl put his hand in his pocket "I could keep going on about how beautiful you are, and all the memories we shared, but that would take forever. I remember the time when you and I were fighting and you laid with me and told me just for that night and I agreed but the thing is, I don't want just one night."

Emma looked at him and widened her eyes in shock as Carl got down on one knee "W-what you doing there?" Carl just smiled and shushed her "I don't want just a night, I want a lifetime. Until death do us part." He pulled out a velvet case and opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond ring.

"Emma Marie Shepherd-Grey, will you spend a lifetime with me and marry me?" Emma covered her face in shock and excitement. She looked at Carl and felt tears sting her eyes. She looked at Carl and put her hand on the side of his face "Of course I will baby." She sat on her knees infront of him and pressed her forehead to his.

He cupped her face and stroked her cheeks with his thumbs. He grabbed the ring out of the box and placed it on her ring finger. She smiled and looked up at Carl, he gently pressed a kiss on her lips. She put her hands on the back of his head and pressed harder on his lips. They both stood up to head back to their dorm rooms.

Carl grabbed Emma's hand again and started to lead her inside when they noticed a hord of walkers. Emma and Carl looked at each other before running to their dorms. Once they stopped, safe inside, they both started laughing.

"Want to know what would have been even more romantic?" Emma rolled her eyes "Please don't say being naked." Carl laughed and shook his head "No, I mean yes but no! If it were raining out." Emma laughed at his comment "Like in the movies?"

He nodded "Yeah." Emma ran her finger through his hair "We can make rain." He raised his brow at her "How?" She whispered suductively in his ear "The shower." She pulled away and bit her bottom lip. Carl grabbed her hand and pulled her towards his room "Where are we going!?" She was laughing. "We are going to my room."

Flashback Over

Emma was snapped out of her thoughts by a knock at the door. She got up and looked over at her roomate, still asleep. She laughed in her head and got up to answer the door. She pulled the door open and looked at who was there.

"Well Mrs. Grimes, class is about to start, care to join me?" Emma laughed and kissed her finace on the cheek "Yes, I would love to." He grabbed her hand and their hands swung as they walked down the hallway.

Emma's and Carl's classes were finally over after a long hard day of studying. The walkers just kept coming, and coming. Carl and Emma signed up to help tutor little kids after their college courses. When they got to the class they were tutoring, they sat at the back table.

A group of three kids sat next to Emma and Carl. Carl always sat across from Emma so he could look into her light blue eyes. As they sat down with the kids, they started working on math until the school director came over the loud speaker.

Attention all students, there will be a manditory assembly, after all after school activites, in the gym. Remember, all students must show to the assembly, it is MANDITORY. Thank you.

Emma looked at Carl with a confused expression on her face. He placed his hand on her's for a short moment "Everything will be fine." He smiled at her and she nodded in response. The little girl sitting next to Emma pulled on her sweatshirt sleeve.

"Emma, is something wrong?" Emma looked at the little girl and smiled. Part of tutoring was to teach the kids and give them help, the other part was to keep them calm during scary times such as walkers breaking into the school. "Uh, no sweetie. Everything is okay." She smiled at the little girl before having her attention turned to the other little girl.

"Emma what's happening." Emma smiled at the other girl "Sweetie, the director of this school just wants to tell us something, that's all. There's nothing to worry about Sophia, okay?" Sophia nodded in response before looking at Carl "What's gonna happen to us?"

Carl scratched his neck "Nothing, we'll all be okay." Sophia gave him a sad smile and returned to her math. Everything was going fine before some kid in the class stood up and screamed "There's a walker in the window!" The zombie had been tearing at the blockade and broke it.

The room was filled with frantic screams as Sophia clung to Emma and the other little girl, Bailey, clung to Carl. Sophia looked up at Emma and cried "I'm scared Emma, I'm really scared!" She barried her face into Emma's stomach and cried.

"It's okay everyone, It's all okay! We wouldn't let anything happen to any of you!" Carl got up from his seat and walked over to the window. Emma distracted the kids while Carl stabbed it right between the eyes and pushed it out of the window. Out of sight, out of mind. Carl sat back down and looked at all the kids hiding.

Emma held Sophia's head to her stomach and shushed her. She picked up the small figure and craddled Sophia to her chest. She hummed her a song to calm her down, and Sophia's breathing eventually slowed down to a normal pace. She looked at Sophia in her eyes "It's all okay, see? We wouldn't let anything happen to you or anyone else."

The classroom teacher hung up the phone and looked at her class. "Okay class, change in plans. The kind man who runs this school wants us to go to the gym now. Single file line kidos." All the kids lined up except Sophia.

She looked up from Emma's grasp into Carl's eyes "Can I walk with you guys, please?" Emma hugged her tighter before putting her down "Of course." Sophia grabbed Carl's hand and Emma led them to the gym. When they got there, the gym was filled with gossip and talking.

Carl put Sophia with the rest of her class before walking up behind Emma and placing his hands on her shoulders "I really don't know what this is about." Emma leaned back onto Carl and nodded. She looked pale and ready to cry at any moment "Hey what's wrong." Emma turned to face Carl while placing her hands on his chest "Those kids, were traumatized. The way they all freaked out and cried, it broke my heart."

Carl nodded and pressed a kiss on her forehead "I know, we'll get through this." Emma breathed deeply and rested her head on Carl's shoulder. She turned her attention to the stage when the director tapped the microphone. "Excuse me, ex-excuse me." Everyone's talking immediatly hushed.

"I know this is really short notice but, there will be no more school. The situation we're in it's just, harder to keep you guys safe. We need all students to know that school enteries will be locked and borded up. No one can get in tomorrow, stay home and safe. Assembly dismissed."

Emma turned her head to face Carl "Holy shit. You know what this means right." Carl shook his head and raised his brow. Emma looked past him "The apocalypse just got a whole lot worse." Carl sighed and placed his hand on Emma's cheek "Em, we'll get thr-" Emma looked back at him.

"What if we don't! What if, god forbid, one of us gets infected! Carl, I wanted to have a family and, an-!" Carl tightened his embrace around her "Emma, we both know how to survive by ourselves. You were here for medschool so we have a medic if we need one. I am really good at killing walkers, it's my thing. And when we're ready to start a family, we'll protect them with our life."

Emma shut her eyes tight and cried "Where do we go?" Carl spoke softly in her ear "First, we find my mom and dad, then we'll go from there." Emma nodded and snapped her head towards the group of walkers entering the gym. Carl grabbed Emma's hand and dragged her the other way. He pulled her outside and then ran as far away from the school as they could.

They had been walking for hours trying to find Carl's dad. Carl knew where he had to go but it would take a while. They had no food, or water wich was exhausting with the heat beating down on them. Emma and Carl walked in silence until she nudged him "Look, I know that house! That's my sister's boyfriend's house!"

Carl stopped in his tracks "Hold up, you have a sister?" Emma smiled and pulled him towards the house. Carl grabbed his knife out and opened the door "Stay behind me until I clear the house." Emma nodded and followed close behind Carl. "Carl, I hear something in the kitchen." Carl nodded and held up a finger to his mouth to tell Emma to be quiet.

He turned the corner, into the kitchen, and sure enough there was a walker there. Emma walked into the kitchen "Emma what the hell are you doing! I said stay behind me! What are yo-" Carl was cut off as another walker missing its lower half grabbed his ankle and pulled him down.

Emma walked towards the zombie and grabbed the gun off the counter. It was a small pistol with three bullets left. She rose the gun to the walker with blond hair's head, trembling. Carl killed the zombie on the floor but his foot was stuck under a fallen piece of furniture. "What, are you doing shoot it!" Emma cried loudly as she put her finger on the trigger "I'm...so sorry Brookie!"

Emma turned her head away and pulled the trigger. When it went off, she cried and dropped to the floor. The zombie instantly fell to the floor, lifeless. Emma dropped the gun and covered her mouth from crying any louder. Carl eventually got his leg out from under the fallen furniture and grabbed Emma into his arms.

"What's wrong Em? It's just a walker. You've killed them before." Emma gasped for air as she looked at the lifeless body that laid on the floor. "Remember how I had a sister? Her name was Brooke, and she had blond hair. I think I just killed my sister." Carl heard noises from the back door and saw more walkers scratching at it.

He scooped Emma in his arms and ran out the door with her. He set her on her feet and pushed hair out of her eyes "We'll get through this, somehow." Emma nodded and wiped her eyes. Carl walked infront of her as they kept going in hope to find his dad. They saw the railroad tracks and Carl looked at Emma "I think we should follow them. I know they lead to somewhere, but I don't know where."

Emma nodded and followed Carl. By now, they were both exhausted from the heat and lack of food and water. Emma was getting extremely flushed now. She felt as if she was going to pass out. They kept walking until they stopped and saw three men standing near by. Emma wiped her forehead from the sweat and looked at Carl.

"We're not alone are we?" She sounded tired and sick. Carl shook his head no, as the three men approached them. One of the men stepped towards Emma and Carl "Well, ain't you just the pretties thing I've seen!" Emma looked at Carl and wobbled a little.

The older man looked at her and tilted his head "Little miss, you don't look to good." She faced Carl to say something, but instead past out, falling into the strangers arms. Carl tried to fight but felt to exhausted to, his body just gave up. He blacked out and fell onto the floor next to the rail rode tracks.

When he woke up, he was leaning on a kids more his age. He blinked his eye and looked around the woods. "I think he's waking up." The kid under him looked at Carl's eye as it shot open. Carl shot up from his place and looked around "Where am I! What's happening? Who are you people!?" The older man spoke and hushed Carl "You don't want to wake her up do you?"

The man looked down at Emma, who was resting on his chest under his arm. Carl grew infuriated by the sight of this "What did you do to her!? Did you hurt her!?" The man laughed and shook his head "Boy, I respect this fine lady. Now why would I want to hurt her?" The other men laughed and Carl was pulled down next to someone to sit.

Emma whimpered as the older man moved he smiled at her and looked at Carl "Ain't she just the cutest?" Carl tightened his hands into fists and bit his tongue from talking back. The older man stroked her hair "I think I just want to keep her! Now young man, I don't think we had a proper introduction."

Carl scoffed at his remark and rolled his eye "I'm Carl Grimes. The girl you're force-cuddling with is Emma." The man smiled and rubbed her back "Now, now,now Carl! I'm not force-cuddling her! She just happened to like laying here!" Carl rolled his eye again and glared at the older man. "Right, right. You want to know my name now, okay. I'm Negan."