Michonne Gavins watched the young girl sitting across from her pull at the fringe on the pillow nervously. Enid Hale often came to her office when school became too much which had become more and more frequent since the shooting. They didn't talk much, Enid would usually sit on the couch quietly while Michonne did work. Some days Enid would stay for a couple minutes before slipping out of her office and there were other days that she would stay for a whole class period.

Michonne recognized that the girl among with many other students at King County High were suffering from PTSD. Michonne had only been working and living in King County for a little under a month a month now. She was transferred to this school after the shooting due to her excellence in grief counseling with student survivors of school shootings.

Enid Hale was one of many students who came into Michonne's office throughout the day to cry, talk, or vent. She made sure she established her office as a safe haven for the students who were suffering a great deal. Not only had they witnessed great violence in their school they had lost classmates. They had lost their innocence.

Michonne had experienced a lot in her twenty-seven years of living but she will never get over having to watch a child have to cope with a school shooting. Having first hand experience of the devastation of school shootings fueled Michonne and helped her find her purpose.

Pulling herself out of the memories of the day. Michonne stood up and grabbed a candy bar from behind her desk. She unwrapped it and offered it to Enid. The girl shook her head and continued to play with the pillow.

"I hope you don't mind that I packed us left overs today," Michonne began as she reached into her lunch bag to hand Enid a wrapped sandwich, "I had made this chicken pesto sandwich for Andre forgetting how picky four year olds can be about food." Michonne joked quietly hoping to get a smile from the girl but all she did was nod which made her long brown hair fall into her face.

"Is there anything you'd like to talk about today?" Michonne asked cautiously and like most days Enid shook her head no. Having anticipated that answer Michonne moved back behind her desk to continue with her work.

"Do you think Carl will ever wake up?" Enid asked suddenly and Michonne's head snapped up at the question. In all her days of coming in here Enid hadn't mentioned Carl Grimes. She knew the two were close friends and that the girl was suffering a great deal of trauma having witnessed her friend being shot.

"Honestly Enid?" Michonne asked and Enid nodded eagerly as she wiped her eyes violently. "I do. I think we just need to let him wake up on his time, and not our own." Michonne replied gently and Enid nodded again seeming to accept that answer.

"I just miss him is all." Enid whispered and Michonne moved to sit next to her on the couch. She wrapped her arms around the young girl and took a deep breath trying to keep her own emotions at bay. Enid's body shook with tears for a moment before pulled away almost embarrassed by her display of emotion.

She composed herself quietly before unwrapping her lunch and smiling slightly.

"Smells great Ms. Gavin." She complimented quietly and Michonne smiled as she watched Enid take a small bite of the sandwich.

Sometime after Enid and Michonne finished their lunch Michonne's cell phone rang. Michonne took a break from trying to explain Enid's math homework to her and accepted the call.

"Hey Sasha, I'm with a student can I call you later?" Michonne greeted as she gave Enid a quick wink.

"Hey Michonne, actually I called to tell you about another one of your students. I know I'm not exactly supposed to tell you this but I thought you might want to know."

"What's going on Sasha?" Michonne asked suddenly growing anxious about her call.

"Michonne, Carl Grime just woke up."

The news knocked the air out her lungs and she suddenly felt weak in her knees. She surprised herself, Enid, and Sasha, with the sound that came out of her mouth. It was the most peculiar mix of a joyful laugh and a relieved sob.

"Michonne?"

"Yeah- yes I'm here." Michonne said as Enid observed Michonne quietly. "Thank you for letting me know." Michonne ended the call and turned to Enid with a large grin.

"Are you okay?" Enid asked cautiously and Michonne shook her head as her grin grew even wider.

"Enid, Carl is awake."