Aye i'm back,
I have no words,
~ThatOneFangirl55
I didn't sleep after I got back to my cell, I couldn't. My mind was racing back and forth at a million mph.
I waited, staring at the top bunk for a painfully long time until the sun began to rise.
I changed into running shorts and kept my sports bra on, it was hot out and I could already feel it.
I took out my long hair and shook it a few times and attempted to get through any knots with my fingers before grabbing my comb and running it through my hair.
As I was debating whether to put it up or not I decided since nobody was up yet I might as well get some cleaning done.
After running my comb through my long hair a few more times I decided to leave it down throwing a black short sleeve on and leaving my cell.
I started with cleaning up all the garbage and sweeping the floor a bit, i'm sure whether the floor was swept or not would play a role in our survival during hell on Earth but why not?
"Hello Blake." I hear Rick say entering the main room in the cell block.
"Hey." I reply casually.
"You don't stop working do you?" Rick says and I stop what i'm doing.
"I would say the same for you."
"Well i'm a different story," He replies,
"Well we are in a zombie apocalypse, things have to get done." I say as I go back to cleaning,
"How bout' you take the day off or go on a run with Carl, i'm sure he would appreciate getting out."
"Why me?"
"You haven't left this place since you got here, it will be nice to get out, trust me."
"Okay, I will ask for requests at breakfast." I say giving in.
"I will tell Carol and Beth to tackle ALL the kids today." Rick exclaims getting up and I nod, thanking him.
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*skip to after breakfast*
I had changed into a tank and some jeans with my combat boots, holster strapped to my thigh for my gun and a belt to hold my daggers/throwing knives and shuriken.
(Review, shuriken are the formal name of ninja/throwing stars.)
I put my hair in a bun to prevent walkers from grabbing at it and made my way to the gate, waiting for Carl.
I had a large, empty back pack on my back and one for Carl at my feet.
A few minutes later Carl appears with Michonne and Daryl.
"You guys coming with?" I ask and Daryl shakes his head, 'no'.
"You know how to ride a bike?" Daryl asks and my eyes go wide.
"Once or twice when I had to." I say.
"Great, you get the bike Carl gets Michonne's horse." Daryl says.
"Wait what?"
"Did you listen?! We ain't trustin' y'all with the trucks so you is riding my bike and Carl get's Michonne's horse."
(A/N I don't know if Michonne has a horse or not but in this she does.)
"Uh okay."
"Don't reck it." He says patting my head before dropping the keys in my hand.
"Will try." I yell as he walks away.
"Where are we off to sheriff?" I asked Carl as I hopped on the bike.
"There is a strip mall about 30 minutes away, Michonne passed it and she said it looked pretty clear. We head there, if it is overrun we will head about 15 miles east and there is another one." Carl says and I nod and Glenn opens the gate for us.
"You got the note right?" He whispers to me and I nod.
"What he want?" Carl asks once Glenn was out of earshot.
"Nothing." I say and we head off.
We made it to the strip mall, it had a pharmacy, small general foods store, a couple of clothing stores, and a camping store.
"I have to grab some medical stuff at the pharmacy, go look for food or things for Judith, I will call if I need you." I tell Carl as he ties Michonne's horse to the bike.
We run into two walkers, other than that it is pretty clear.
I run to medical and grab pain killers, bandages, lotion, cold medicine, and for Maggie I grabbed what Glenn put on the note and some vitamins, she will need them. I also grabbed some disinfectant spray for Hershel's patients.
"Got everything?" Carl asks and I nod.
Next we move onto the food mart, grabbing canned food, rice, and some more baby food.
"Dude a bag of potatoes! Score!" Carl says and I laugh,
"Let's get going sheriff, let's check out the clothing stores real quick and head back." I say and he nods.
The first store we grabbed some clothes for Judith, I grabbed new boots and chucked my old ones off and slipping on the new ones that actually fit.
While Carl was off grabbing clothes for the boys I grabbed some new undergarments, clothes for Woodbury kids, and some sweats, a pair of jeans, and a pair of spandex shorts I found in the active wear section.
I walked along the back of the store checking for anything when I felt something grab my shoulder.
"Car-AH!" I yelp as I come face to face a walker, it had been so long since I had been so close to a walker.
I struggle against it's grasp and reach for a dagger, plunging it into it's forehead, shoving it to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Carl asks rushing up to me.
"Just a bit shaken up, let's go." I say in between breaths.
"Yeah, let's, let's try to get back before dinner." Carl says and I nod,
We made it halfway home when we stop, about 50 yards away we spot a herd of walkers, they seem to have noticed us too.
"Shit, they heard the motorcycle, we have to get out of here!" Carl says and I nod.
"I know another way home, we have to be fast." He continues,
"I will follow you." I reply.
"Do you think you can jump a small creek?" He asks and I shrug.
"I will have to try, let's go!" I yell and we are off.
We zoom off quickly and Carl trails a bit a head of me.
It takes twice as long to get home but we made it without being eaten so that's a plus, the downside is, it is dark now and I bet everyone is worried.
"Why were you gone for so long?" Rick asks as we head in the gates.
"Ran into a herd and had to go the long way, no bites, no scratches, except Blake ran into a walker at a store, she is fine though, just got a little blood on her." Carl says handing the horse to Michonne.
"How about you guys go wash up and we will get you some food." Carol says.
"I'm going to run some stuff to cell block D, take this food and stuff for Judith," I say and Carol shakes her head a bit and before anyone can protest I walk off.
"Hey kids! I got some clothes for you!" I say walking into the cell block.
I am distributing clothes to the younger kids when a few girls around my age begin to talk about me just loud enough for me to hear.
(A/N made up characters,)
"I heard she stays in cell block C with the people who got here first."
"That's not fair, she doesn't deserve to be with them and all the extra freedoms they get."
"They are like an exclusive little group, why does she get to be a part of it?"
"Maybe she is Carl's girlfriend?" I hear that and blush a bit,
"No, not that slut, I heard they hate each other."
'Okay that hurt.' I think to myself.
"Yeah I heard she is a real bitch."
"I bet she is un-grateful too, she doesn't realize how lucky she is to live with them."
"Probably just sits all day doing nothing."
"Lazy whore!" One of them sneers and I turn around.
"Excuse you?" I say, raising my eyebrows.
"You heard me, LAZY WHORE!" One of them shouts.
"Last time I checked i'm the one up all day and night taking care of the kids, taking watch when asked, I went on a run, risked my ass, to get clothes for you bitches! So if anything you are lazy!" I say crossing my arms over my chest.
"How else do you earn your keep? Sleeping around with the men in there?" One of them says slowly and my blood boils.
"You dare disrespect me or any of the people in cell block C! They run this place! They let you in! How dare!" I say getting dangerously close to the girl.
"Aw you are standing up for your pimps now!" She says and my fist meets her face faster than lightning, grabbing everyones attention.
"Goddamnit!" She says clutching her face as the other two girls lunge at me.
My bun has fallen out and my hair hangs in a ponytail. As one kicks me in the guts the other grabs my hair and in one swift motion she pulls out a switchblade and cuts it off.
"Y-you, no, no." I stutter as the hair falls on the ground. Tears of frustration gather in my eyes and everyone else is too stunned to stop the fight.
I grab the girl and chuck her knife across the room, slamming her against the wall, punching her hard enough to send her to the ground.
The other one comes at me and I kick her feet out from under her, I go for the one who I punched first when I feel two arms grab me.
Tears stream down my face and I try to struggle loose.
"What the hell happened?" It's Daryl. Rick and Glenn stand in the doorway with guns.
"I don't know! We were minding our own business when she came over and punched Jen!" One of them cries.
"Oh bullshit! You called me un-grateful, lazy, whore, slut, you said I slept with the men in cell block C just to stay there when I work far harder than all of you!" I shout.
"Glenn, get the girls to Hershel, Daryl take Blake back to C with me." Rick commands and they obey.
Daryl sits me down, still holding onto my shoulders so I can't get away.
"Before we start I want to say that I believe your side of the story, I highly doubt you would go up to someone and just punch them." Rick says and I slump over, looking at the floor, shoulders shaking in sobs.
"We are going to have Carol clean you up in the shower room, just calm down." Rick says and I nod, trying to calm my breathing.
"Carol!" He yells and Carol rushes in, gasping at the sight of me.
"Clean her up," Rick says and he walks off with Daryl.
"Aw, what happened." She coos she boils water to bring to the shower room.
"Fight with Woodbury girls, don't want to talk about it." I stutter and she nods.
"I'm going to grab you clothes." She says.
"Can you go give the bag of my run stuff and give it to Glenn for me?" I ask and she nods, walking off.
I reach up and touch the remains of my hair, it was all uneven and short. I let out another sob.
Carol sits me down in the shower room and I change into a sports bra and spandex shorts so she can help get me clean all the way.
"Carol, am I ugly?" I ask, tears continue to stream down my face.
"No honey, don't ever say that!" Carol says rubbing my head.
"Why would someone do this!" I sob and Carol continues to wipe the blood off my face.
"People are cruel, I have some shears, I will clean up your hair, you have the face shape for a pixie cut so it shouldn't look bad." She says softly, Carol was like a mom to me.
"Thank you, thank you for everything Carol." I say leaning against her.
"Your welcome." She replies,
"Oh dear, honey, you shouldn't be working with that large a bruise on your back!" Carol says as she takes notice of my back.
"It's fine really, doesn't hurt much." I say and she doesn't look convinced.
"Oh really?" She says and she touches it firmly and I suck in a breath of air.
"See?" She says.
"It's okay, I have stuff for it, Carl requested it when Michonne went on her last run." I say and Carol nods.
"Make sure you put that stuff on then at least twice a day!"
"Yes mom!" I sigh and Carol chuckles.
"I'm all finished, get changed and let's get you to bed!" Carol instructs and I stand up and dry off a bit and get into the sweatshirt Carol brought me and kept the spandex shorts on.
"I'm tired!" I say with a yawn as Carol and I walk back,
"I bet you are, get some sleep." She says and she kisses my forehead before turning to go into my cell.
I pull out a small pocket mirror from my bag and a tear rolls down my cheeks, hopefully once Carol cuts it, it will look nicer. No ballet buns for a while.
"Hey are you okay?" I hear someone ask and I look up to see Carl, I shake my head no.
"I heard what happened, oh my god! Y-your hair!"
"Ugh I know!" I say letting out a small sob.
"Oh shit! I didn't mean it like that! I didn't think it would be that short!" He says rushing over to me, patting my shoulder.
"It's o-okay." I say trying to calm my breathing again so I don't work myself up.
"I'm sure whoever did that got the shit beaten out of them." Carl says combing one of his hands through my hair.
"They did," I reply chuckling a bit.
"Glad it's them not me!" He exclaims.
"You better be," I sigh.
"You are probably tired, I just wanted to check on you, thanks for going on a run with me today," He says, after an awkward silence.
"Thank you, get some sleep." I reply.
"You too!" He says ruffling my hair before leaving the room, he seemed a little weird, is he okay?
I just shrug off my previous thought and the minute my head hits my pillow i'm out cold.
