Grace's Pov
I placed my suitcase down and sighed, rubbing my face hard, it wasn't that I was tired... not physically at least, mentally I was drained. I plopped down at the kitchen table and rested my face in my hands, looking down at the hard timber surface, tracing some dents with my fingers.
"Hey" Carl said gently "Are you okay… nothing happened did it… you got what you went looking for"
"Yeah" I nodded before I grabbed my bag and rifled through it, grabbing David's old clothes. "Here, I got these for you… those old clothes of yours need a wash and I thought these would fit you"
"Thanks" he replied grabbing them off me and walking towards the bathroom
When he returned I couldn't help but smile at him, he fit perfectly into David's clothes, almost better than David himself did.
"They fit really good, thank you" Carl smiled "And they are clean which is another bonus"
"Mhmm" I nodded, not knowing what to say
"Who's were they?" he asked curiously "You said you didn't have any family that were guys my age"
"I didn't… they were my friends David's, he was like family but you know… I don't think he really needs them anymore" I said quietly moving over to my mattress that I had pushed against the wall, I didn't sleep in my room anymore. I just found it too spooky, if walkers did get in I would be trapped… if I was in the living room I would have a better chance of getting out and would have more space to move around.
I pulled the mattress down onto the ground and climbed in when suddenly I realised that I didn't have anywhere for Carl to sleep, I looked at him and he must have realised what I was going to say and he said;
"Don't worry, I was just going to crash on the couch"
I nodded and got up, the temperatures here dropped ridiculously low and he would be freezing come four o'clock. It was just like the saying 'The darkest part of the night is just before dawn' except it was 'The coldest part of the morning is just before dawn'.
I passed it to him and wriggled back under my covers, looking momentarily at Carl before I rolled over onto my other side and closed my eyes…
I looked at my watch and realised that I hadn't been asleep all that long, I was shivering, it would have had to be the coldest night so far. I realised with a groan that I didn't have any more blankets either, I had given the rest of them to everyone who was staying here. I didn't fancy going on another run either.
"Are you awake?" I heard Carl rasp, he must have been freezing, he probably had the lightest blanket of everyone on
"Yeah" I rolled over to see him and I knew exactly what he needed, a hot chocolate.
I pulled myself grudgingly from my covers and hissed at the feeling of the frigid tiles on my feet. I moved over to the gas cooker that I had set up for occasions just like this when I couldn't be bothered to light a fire. I filled a pot with just enough water for two of us and put it onto boil, I looked outside to see Pearl and the pup curled up together. I frowned, what was I going to call him?
I was thinking for a while when a spark jumped out from the base of the gas cooker and burnt me, I hissed and rubbed my arm where it landed. The light went off in my head, Sparky, yeah… that's what I would call him. I left the dogs alone and looked at the pot of water, it was almost done boiling.
I rummaged around in the cupboard when I heard the creak of the leather couch and the slap of feet on tiles, I snagged the tin and turned to find Carl shivering. I felt bad, I should have picked up some more blankets at one of the houses I went to yesterday. I put some of the powder in two mugs and poured the water in, adding some of the milk I get from a few of my cows that I kept.
"Milk!" Carl gasped and I just smiled and nodded, passing him the mug of chocolaty goodness. I hardly ever treated myself to it… it was more for special occasions...
He gave me a grin that I knew I wanted see more of… it was just so light and full of life, not death. I sipped it slowly and couldn't help the giggle that escaped my mouth, he had a chocolate froth mustache.
"What?" He asked giving me a look of annoyance
"Chocolate mustache" I smirked but wiping my hand over my own lip, checking that I didn't have one
He snorted and wiped his face with the back of his hand, it was in that moment that I thought about David. I realised that if David was up there or whatever this was him looking out for me… he was being my guardian angel, he wanted me to move on with this group. Carl still missed a bit on his cheek and before I knew what I was doing I had reached out stroked over the side of his cheek, wiping the milky mixture off his cheek. He offered me a gentle smile and I returned it, it felt like it had been a long time since I had smiled like it did in that moment.
Hope you guys like it, please review, just thought i should put a disclaimer in so yeah...
I don't own Walking dead or any of the characters, i am just using them too ease my crazy imagination...