Hey guys. I'm so glad you guys like this story so much. As of when I'm writing this there are currently over 320 views, 5 followers, and two favourites for this story and I'm surprized and thrilled that it is doing so well. My friend has been on here with a story for several years and he didn't get anywhere near this much in the same amount of time. Speaking of which, I'd suggest checking out his story if your a fan of the walking dead, which you probably are if your reading this. His account is DinoLuc501 and his story is The Walking Dead: Survival in Illinois. He currently is at 19 chapters and is working on 20. I've seen how much he's planned out for his story and I've supported him for doing it. Both of us can get very busy with school though. He doesn't write too often cause he doesn't think there's many who'd be waiting for the next chapter. I thought since so many of you support me so far by coming back to keep reading that I might try to help him out a bit. Give him some reason to keep putting chapters out as quickly as he can manage. If some of you checked him out, I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't mean to sound like a guilt trip, but last thing I need is him finding out how well I did in the span of five days while he's work so hard for far longer for just a few more followers and a few hundred more views and just quit after all the effort he's put in. He may not quit, but I fear he might. Sorry about all this. I just wanted to get this out there so if he reads this, he knows I'm trying to help. Anyways I've kept you waiting far too long for this chapter, so I wont waste anymore of your time. Enjoy.

I had passed out pretty early that night because I was completely exhausted from swimming and fingering Sophia. I was prepared to get up nice and early to meet Sophia out by the tree and have some more fun. She told me that she'd be waiting for me today, but I told her I was planning on getting there early. I woke up and started to climb out of bed quietly, then realized mom wasn't in her cot. I thought "Why was she up so early?" I climbed out of the tent to see just about everyone was up doing work around the camp. I had slept in.

I felt so mad at myself. How could I have slept in. "Shit, I hope Sophia isn't still waiting for me?" I thought. I walked over by her family's tent to see if she was there. I saw her mom sitting on the chair next to the tent. She looked pretty sad. I walked over and said hi. She looked at me and put on a smile. I could tell she had something on her mind this morning, but I couldn't tell what. I could see in the tent from here and Sophia was in her sleeping bag with half her face in the pillow that I couldn't see. "Morning Carl." Carol said. "Sophia isn't feeling that well right now, so she's going to stay by the tent today." I looked in the tent again and she looked a bit pale. "Ok, well if she feels better after, can you tell her to come find me?" "I'll let her know."

I left Carol and walked back to the others. Mom had set aside a plate for me and waved as I walked over. "Moring honey. Sleep well?" "Yeah, I guess." I sat down and picked at my food. "Something wrong Carl?" she asked placing a hand on my shoulder. "Kinda, I guess." "What is it?" "Sophia's not feeling well. I'm worried about her." Mom gave me that look that said she understood how I felt. "Well you have good reason to feel worried. She's you're… 'friend' and if she's not feeling well, you get concerned." "Why did you say friend like that?" She gave me a chuckle. "No reason honey. Just not sure how to label you two." I caught on to what she was saying. "Oh, I see… well she wanted to be my girlfriend, so if that helps…" I didn't want to say it, but the jig was pretty much up. Only thing still hidden was our secret meetings.

"Oh, well congrats my boy. You're growing up so fast. It's like just yesterday I was changing your diapers and now you got your first girlfriend." She said hugging me. Shane was walking up just in time to hear that last part. "Now what's this about a girlfriend? You and Sophia finally hook up, sport?" I gave him a look that basically said yes to his question. He chuckled and messed up my hair. I pushed it back into place. "Come on, girls love the rugged, cool guy hair." "That why you've been single for years?" Mom asked laughing. Shane and I laughed too. "I guess I wasn't rugged enough for them." I finally took a bite of my food which was cold, but still good.

"So where is the lucky girl anyway?" Shane asked. "Carl says she's not feeling well." "That so. Well I'll check in with Carol then. Get an idea of what she has so we can check stock for the right meds." He walked off and I went back to eating. "I hope she feels better soon." I said. "I'm sure she's going to be fine. You'll see." After a minute or two, Shane came back. "So, what will she need? Cough medicine? Buckley's?" "Nope. Just some aspirin and several days of bed rest." "Are you sure? What if it's worse than you think? What if someone else catches it?" "Well I can assure you I'm not wrong. She's going to be fine. And trust me, I can guaranty you that there will be more people who'll get what she has, then it will go away and come back in a month."

It was the last part that finally clued me in. Here I was scared Sophia was deathly ill that I hadn't considered she was on her period. I felt a bit better and finished my food. I got up and walked back over too Sophia's tent. Carol was just stepping out when I got there. "Oh, Carl, I didn't expect you to come back. What's up?" "I just realized why Sophia isn't feeling well today." She Smiled as I blushed over trying to say it. "She's on her period, right?" "Yeah. She's still not used to it yet. She only started getting it a few months ago so she just about shuts down when it comes. Her teacher understood when I had to keep her home a few days in a row every month." "Is she asleep?" "At the moment she is, but she does wake up from time to time." "Can I stay here and wait till she's up?" "I don't see why not." She said patting on Sophia's chair, signaling me to sit down.

After about half hour Sophia woke up. Carol went in and got her what she needed. She told her I was here to see her if she felt well enough for a visitor. She wasn't sure, but wanted to see me anyway. I walked in and placed the chair right next to Sophia. She was just barely sitting up and looked like she was in pain. I would have jumped off a cliff if it felt better than seeing Sophia like this. I wished I could just take all her pain for her so she didn't have to go through this for several days. "Hey." I said as softly as I could. "Hi." She said like she was trying to recover from a punch in the stomach. I placed a hand on her head and smiled at her. She did her best to smile back. "I'm sorry I didn't show. Hit me pretty hard in the middle of the night." "It's ok. I kind of slept in so we're even."

She tried to laugh, but winced a bit. My face showed just how sorry I was. She noticed. "Hey it ok. It's not your fault." She glanced at Carol then leaned in to whisper in my ear. "You can blame fucking mother nature for that." She managed to giggle a bit. I leaned in to her ear to whisper too. "Yeah, she can be a real bitch sometimes." We both laughed after that, but she stopped when it made her uncomfortable. Carol looked in and smiled. She was happy I could bring a smile to Sophia's face at a time like this.

Then things took a turn for the worst. "Why the hell is that snot nosed brat here?" It was Sophia's father, Ed. Like I said before, he was an asshole. "He just came to see Sophia, Ed. Please, she's been so happy with him around. Let him stay Ed." I looked back at Ed. He looked mad. "So what, I can't be near her today, her own father, but this little shit can? Woman, I'm about two seconds from…" He lifted his hand. "Ok Ed. Ok. I'll make him leave." Carol looked like she was about to cry. "Carl, it's time you should go." I went to get up, but Sophia grabbed my arm. "Please mom, not yet." "It's ok. I'll come visit you after." I said placing a hand on her check. She was hesitant at first, but let go. "Ok." I walked out of the tent and passed Carol and Ed.

I really hated Ed. Just about everyone did. He was rude and obnoxious. And now I knew something else about him. He hit Carol if she went against his word. I hoped nothing more than to have Sophia to be spared of that abuse, but chances were she wasn't. If I ever saw him lay a hand on her, he'd wish he hadn't. I went back to see mom. I wanted to say something to her and Shane, but I was worried if I did, Ed might punish Sophia since I was with her. There was another group heading out for another run into the city. Glenn, Andrea, Morales, T-Dog, Jacqui, and Merle were heading out. Supposed to be back later this afternoon, but they didn't come back when they should have. We heard T-Dog contact us over the radio that they we trapped. Amy wanted for us to go help them, but Shane didn't want to risk more people to save them.

After an hour or two, I decided I wanted to talk to mom about Sophia. "Mom, I'm worried about Sophia." "What? Why's that carl?" "Well I think Ed isn't treating her well. He's trying to…" Suddenly, the sound of a car alarm was getting louder and louder. Everyone was looking out down the road to see who it was. Soon, Glenn pulled up in a red sports car with the alarm blaring. Dale and Shane yelled at him to turn it off and un-pugged the battery. Amy asked him where Andrea was and he said she was fine.

Moments later a large moving vehicle pulled up. The others slowly piled out. I tried to continue what I was saying. "Mom, please. Listen to me. I think Ed might hurt her." "Baby, he's not going to hurt her. We won't let him okay." She said kneeling down in front of me looking me in the eyes. I felt like she didn't realize what Ed did to them. I was about to tell her when I heard Morales say the new guy they found was a cop like Shane. I looked over, I don't know why I did, but I looked with the small hope in my heart that it was the cop I missed so much for the past few months. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it was.

I started to run over as mom looked at what I saw. "Dad! Dad!" I yelled as I ran. He ran up to me to and picked me up. He picked me up and held me in a hug as he walked us over to mom and pulled her into the hug as well. I felt so happy to have my dad back. Mom had told me he was dead, but I always hoped that one day I'd see him walk into camp alive. Now here he was. Safe and sound. Reunited with us. With all the commotion and my joy of seeing dad again, I didn't realize I forgot to finish telling mom about Ed.

I hope none of you are disappointed about the lack of any sexual things in this chapter. After seeing several of you asking for me to continue the story in response to my note in the other chapter, I've extended my plan and have to add chapters without any to compensate for that. Although I had planed to have Sophia deal with her period around this time. I wrote Sophia a bit happier that she appeared in season one and I wanted to give her a reason other than just her abusive father to explain why she wasn't very active with the other kids. I will start off the next chapter in line with how the show took it, but I'll jump forward a bit halfway through. By then, Sophia will be in much better condition to continue they're fun.