A/N~Hey guys! In this chapter they get to Alexandria. And there may or may not be a love triangle between Carl, Enid and my OC. XD. Aaaanyhoo... Hope y'all enjoy the chapter. Please review and tell me whatcha think. Byeeeeeee.
~CarlTheLegitChickenNugget~
As we walked up to the gates of Alexandria we heard something behind us and we all turned around with out guns ready to fire.
It was just an opossum. Daryl shot it and the guy at the gate looked wide eyed. It made me laugh. But I laughed quietly.
"We brought dinner." Daryl said and I couldn't hold it in anymore and I just started laughing. Every one was staring at me. And Carl started to smile. He looked like he was about to start laughing any second too.
"Sorry." I said still slightly laughing. I know... I'm a dork. And it's weird cause, I haven't laughed like that it what feels like years. It was kinda nice.
As we all walked into the community, I looked over at Carl who was staring at a girl through a window of an old church. They have people our age? Sweet. Then she literally just disappeared when Maggie walked in front of us and Carl just looked back ahead of him. Weird.
Then the adults started talking and I wasn't even paying attention. I was just watching a bunch of kids run around like the world never ended. I bet most of 'em have never been outside the walls.
I walked up to Carl and nudged his shoulder with mine and he jumped. I pointed to the other kids and he knew exactly what I was thinking. They probably don't know how to protect themselves. They're probably all weak. And he nodded and nudged my shoulder and pointed at even more kids running around. I nodded and nudged his shoulder for no reason. And he just did the same and we kept doing it 'til I almost knocked him down and everyone stared at us. That was embarrassing. And he just smiled. And I returned it. Lia walked up to me and grabbed my hand and leaned against me.
"Can I go play?" She whispered to me.
"Um, no sorry Lia, we don't know these people. So I don't want you going anywhere by yourself. Do you understand?" I asked looking at her. And she just sighed and said;
"Okay." And she walked over to the other side of Carl and leaned on him instead. Now I'm jealous. We've only known these people for two days and she already likes him more than me. That's just rude.
Then she stood up strait and started pulling on his shirt. And he looked down at her and she told him to come closer so he bent down and she whispered something in his ear. And then he stood back up and she leaned on him again messing with his shirt.
After about five more minutes of talking the people led us to a small white house. And Aaron knocked on the door. And an older lady with red hair opened the door and she looked surprised to see us.
"Come on in." She said smiling and we all walked into the house. It was a nice house it kinda reminded me of our old house, from before all this happened.
I turned over to Carl who was holding Judith. Maybe he'll let me hold her. It's worth a shot. I walked over to him and nudged his shoulder again and he looked at me.
"Can I hold her for a little bit?" I asked watching Judith hide her face in his chest. She was so adorable.
"Um, sure." He said handing her to me. I gladly took her and started making stupid faces at her.
"Hi there." I said as she giggled.
"You're so adorable. You know that?" I asked her. And she turned away as if to ignore me.
"That's just rude." I said laughing.
Then after a little while I found out that we were all gonna get interviewed the girl with red hair, who's name is Deanna.
First she interviewed Rick, then Glenn, then Daryl, then Maggie, then Abraham, then Eugene, then Rosita, then Gabriel, then Carol, then Tara, then Noah, then Michonne, then it was my turn. Carl let me take Judith with me.
I walked into the room with Judith on my hip. She was kinda heavy but no where near as heavy as Lia. She's twelve and she still likes to be held. But I don't hold her anymore. I stopped about seven months ago. Cause she's too heavy.
I sat in a chair across from a couch. The room was nice. There was a coffee table in between the chair and couch.
"Do you mind if I record this?" Deanna asked standing behind the couch.
Record?
"Uh...," I said looking at her and she smiled.
"It's alright." She said about to sit down.
"Y-you can if you want to." I said quietly.
"Thank you." She said smiling. She turned the camera on. Then she sat down and crossed her legs then clasped her hands on top her lap.
"So is this you sister?" She asked motioning to Judith.
"Oh, um no. She's Carl's sister." I said smiling at Judith. "Well, you haven't met Carl yet, so.. she's Rick's daughter." I said nervously laughing.
"It's alright. Shes adorable." Deanna said smiling.
"I know right? She is." I said still smiling at Judith. I've never been nervous around strangers. Even though I should be cautious, I'm not. But I should be, especially in this world.
After she asked me a few questions I left the room and sent Carl in. But he took Judith with him so I was bored.
"I'm bored..." I said sitting on a couch with Lia and Maggie.
Maggie just smiled at me.
"You remind me of Beth." She said smiling. Even though I didn't know who that was, I still smiled at her.
"Before all this, she'd always complain about being bored. Shed be like, Maggie, let's go ride the horses, Maggie, let's go swimmin' in the pond." She said laughing.
"Was she your sister?" I asked quietly.
"Yeah, she was about 19 when she..." Maggie said looking down at her lap.
"Sorry." I said quietly.
"When she what?" Lia asked curious.
"Lia..." I was about to tell her she was being rude but Maggie cut me off.
"It's alright. She passed away." She told Lia.
"Oh... When?" She asked. She's gonna make Maggie sad maybe even cry if she keeps asking questions.
"Lia it's..." I started to talk but was interrupted by Maggie again.
"A bout a week ago." She said quietly. Wow. Only a week? Poor Maggie.
"Maggie I.." I was about to talk but heard a door so I flung my head back and saw Carl walking out of the room holding Judith.
"Hey." I said quietly.
"Hey." He said walking up to the couch. Then Aaron came and and said he'd take us to see our new houses. Wait houses? Plural? More than one house? Awesome.
We all got up and followed Aaron outside.
He showed us our houses then he said we could explore. Lia and I got our own house. It's pretty cool. Of course Carl, Rick and Judith share a house, cause well, there family.
I walked over to Carl's and Rick's house. I was gonna see if Carl wanted to go exploring with me.
I knocked on their door and I heard footsteps. I backed away from the door so I wasn't right in front of it. And Rick opened the door.
"You know you don't have to knock right?" He said smiling.
"Well, okay." I said laughing.
He let me into the house.
"I wanted to know if Carl could explore the Community with me?" I asked messing with the zipper to my jacket.
"Um, if he wants to yeah. He can." He said. "He's upstairs. Probably in his room." He said smiling.
"Mkay, thanks." I said running up the stairs. I don't know what room is his, but I'll find it eventually.
His room was the third room I checked and I found him lying on his bed. He had one hand behind his head and one on top of his stomach.
"Hey." I said standing in the doorway. He jumped a little. And he turned his head over and saw me.
"Oh, hey." He said going back to his position. It looked comfy.
"Can I come in?" I asked motioning to his bedroom.
"Uh, yeah sure." He said right before he closed his eyes.
"Sooo..., I was wondering if ya wanted to explore with me?" I said rubbing the back of my neck. That's what I do when I'm nervous. I don't know why I'm nervous. I'm just asking someone if they wanna explore with me. It's not like I'm asking him on a date or anything.
"Sure." He said sitting up.
"Yay, I don't have to do it by myself." I said laughing.
"What about Lia?" He asked smiling. I don't really wanna have to keep an eye on her. Carol is doing that for me.
"Ehh." I said smiling.
"I know." he said standing up.
We walked down the stairs and said bye to Rick then went outside.
"Which way?" I asked him. Standing next to him on his front porch.
"Ummm, that way." He said pointing east.
"Mkay." I said hopping down the stairs.
We walked for a little bit in silence. We saw a lot of people. A lot of kids. I'm sure most of them will be Lia's friends. She's never had trouble making friends. Usually she'd just walk up to them, smile and say "Wanna be friends?" And they'd be friends, just like that.
"So how'd you meet all of the people in your group?" I asked breaking the silence. I never really liked being quiet. It always bothered me.
"Well, I've known Carol and Glenn since the start, we met Maggie not to long after that. Then we met Bob. Then Tara, Abraham, Eugene and Rosita. Then we met Gabriel, then Noah. But we Met Maggie when we found the farm while we were looking for Sophia. She was Carol's daughter. She ran off when a herd of Walker's passed through." He said looking at a few of the people passing by. They waved and we waved back.
"Then, while we were looking for her I got shot and the g..." He started talking but I interrupted him.
"Wait... You were shot?" I asked stopping.
"Yeah. When I was twelve." He said looking at me. Woah.
"Woah, did it hurt?" I asked. Well duhhhh of course it hurt... He was shot how stupid could I be?
"Well, I mean of course it hurt.." I said trying not to sound like an idiot. And he laughed.
"Yeah, it hurt but I'm fine. Well, obviously I'm fine since I'm standing here talking to you." He said laughing.
"Where'd you get shot?" I asked a bit curious.
"Right here." He said pointing to his chest.
"Woah, how on earth did you survive?" I asked laughing.
"Cause the bullet went strait through the deer. So it slowed it down." He said as we started walking again.
"Wow, poor deer." I said laughing.
"At least you survived. But what about the poor deer?"
"It probably got eaten." He said laughing.
"That's just mean." I said playfully pushing him and he almost fell.
We walked for a little bit longer 'til it started getting dark and we decided to turn around.
Once we got back to his house we stopped at the porch.
"My dad wanted everyone to sleep in the same house tonight." He said sitting on the top step and I joined him.
"Mkay. I'll have to get Lia from Carol first." I said laughing.
"Wanna come?" I asked hoping he'd say yes. But before he answered Rick walked out of the house holding Judith.
"Hey, Dad. Jen and I were about to go find Carol and Lia. Do you know where she might be?" He asked standing up. So he was going to say yes. Cool.
"Yeah, they're in the house getting ready for bed." Rick said sitting on the railing.
"Mkay." I said standing up and brushing the dirt off my pants.
"Do you always say "Mkay"?" Carl asked grinning.
"Yup." I said smiling.
"Always. Mkay?" I said laughing.
"Mkay." He said walking into the house and I followed behind him laughing.
"Hey Jennie! I met a lot of new kids today!" Lia yelled jumping up from her spot next to Carol.
"Cool." I said smiling at her.
"Yeah. Sam is my new BFF. He has an older brother who's your age. But he has a girlfriend so you can't date him, unless you ask him to dump her." She said with a huge grin on her face. Seriously? I've never met the dude.
"Uhh." Was all I could say. She is the most embarrassing sister anyone could ever have.
I hear Carl laughing behind me. And I turned around and pushed him and he fell onto the couch.
"What?" He asked laughing
it made me laugh. His laugh is so weird.
"That's for laughing at me." I said crossing my arms.
"Sorry." He said standing up. He was still laughing, so I could tell he didn't mean it. So I pushed him back down.
"What did I do this time?" He asked still laughing.
"Nothing. I just wanted to do that." I said grinning.
"Fine." He said grabbing my arm and pulling me onto the couch and I screamed.
"Hey!" I yelled laughing. Now everyone was staring at us. Well, this is embarrassing.
Then we heard a knock and everyone looked over at the door as Rick opened it and Deanna walked in.
"Rick I.." Deanna started to talk but stopped when she looked at Rick. Huh, I didn't even notice he shaved his beard.
"Wow. I didn't know what was under there." She said as Rick rubbed his chin. And I started to laugh.
And Rick looked at me like he thought I was crazy.
"Sorry." I said laughing. "I'll just go in there." I said grabbing Carl's arm and dragging him upstairs.
"Why do I have to come with you?" He asked as I dragged him to his bedroom.
"Cause, I'll be bored by myself." I said laughing. I sat on his bed and crossed my legs. And he sat across from me.
"Show me your scar." I said staring at him.
"What?" He asked still kinda laughing.
"You said you got shot, show me your scar." I said smiling.
"Um... Why?" He asked looking at me like I was crazy. Which I kinda am.
"Just do it." I said smiling.
"Okay..." He said taking off his at. Then he lifted his shirt and I saw the scar.
"Ouch." I was running my finger across it.
"Yeah." He said putting his shirt back down. Then he put his hat back on.
"So, why the hat?" I asked motioning to his hat.
"My dad gave it to me, after I got shot. He said if you get shot, you get to wear the hat." He said messing with one of the buttons on his shirt. I looked up at his hat and I took it off his head and ran down stairs.
"Hey!" He yelled running after me.
Deanna was still in the house. I ran up to her and gave her the hat.
"Hide it from Carl." I said trying to catch my breath.
"Jen!" I heard Carl calling my name so I took the hat from Deanna and ran outside. I ran behind the house and found a bush so I tossed it into it.
"Jen!" I heard Carl yell my name again.
"Coming!" I yelled back at him. I ran back to the house and saw him standing on the porch.
"Yes?" I asked smiling.
"My hat?" He asked holding out his hand.
"Hat? What hat? I've never seen a hat in my whole life." I said smiling. I walked past him and went inside. And Deanna walked past me waving goodbye. I waved back. I sat on the couch trying to catch my breath. I saw Carl come into the house and Rick walked up to him and gave him Judith.
Then he sat down next to me.
"Seriously, Jen, where's my hat?" He asked bouncing Judith on his leg.
"I'll give you a hint." I said scooting closer to him. I saw him blush as I leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"Ok. Look in a..." I whispered. Then I got an idea
"BUSH!" I yelled in his ear and he immediately jumped back. And Judith giggled.
"Jen!" He yelled. And I laughed.
I leaned over again and whispered to him; "Follow me."
"Ummm. No." He said staring at me. Seriously? What am I gonna have to do to get him to follow me?
"C'mon let's go." I said grabbing his hand and dragging him outside and he just groaned. It was actually pretty easy to drag him since he's so light.
I brought him to the back yard and pulled his hat out of the bush.
"Here ya go." I said handing it to him. He took it and wiped all the dirt and leaves off of it then put it back on his head.
"Thank you." He said turning around to walk back into the house but I grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Let's stay out here for a little bit, it's nice out." I said smiling to him.
"Okay, but no more yelling in my ear, or grabbing my hat. Okay?" He said smiling.
"Ooookay." I said sighing. He's no fun.
"C'mon." I said leading him down the street.
We walked for a little while and I hadn't even noticed I was still holding his hand. We just walked in silence.
"I think we should head back." He said as he stopped walking. I just pulled on his hand and we kept walking.
"They're gonna wonder where we are." He said and I just ignored him. I leaned on his shoulder as we kept walking.
"Okay, but if we get in trouble, it's your fault." He said and I just nodded. It's nice not having to worry about anything. Just walking here with him. Not being chased by anything or anyone. It's nice.