Ok just to clear up a few things, I changed a few things from the show by accident as I just re-watched some of the first few episodes to remind my-self of the setting. So to fix it I've just decided to say in this universe Glenn wasn't the only one who goes out on supply runs and Carl didn't get a haircut just before Rick showed up. Plus, his hair was hardly any shorter anyway so it's not like it changes much. I only did the whole Carl trying to tell Lori about Ed thing to try to explain why Carl seemed like he was on the verge of tears when the supply group got back, as there didn't seem like any real reason too. Unless merle was like his best friend and never talked about it, but I doubt that. So now I've got this covered, I'll get into this chapter.
That night was an interesting time. After dad put me to bed, he and mom talked for a few minutes. I tried to fall asleep, but I've never been good at falling asleep quickly, but mom usually figured I was out in just a minute or two. They were talking about how good it was that he was back. Then about the photos mom held on to. Then about if dad wanted something back. Then I could hear them kissing. There was a pause as the light went out. "He won't wake up." It took a second, but I realized what she meant. "Were they actually going to fuck each other right there four feet away from me without checking if I was actually asleep." I thought to myself.
Sure enough, they were at it in moments. Typically even the thought of your parents having sex is gross to think about, but with the lack of any visuals, I was finding myself getting hard. Since it was dark and Sophia wasn't really in any condition to do anything in the morning, I figured I'd minds well take care of myself as I put if off for a day and a half. I felt really weird for jerking off to my parents, but it was kind of pleasing in a way. I tried my best to forget it was my parents, but that instead it was me and Sophia. I got pulled out of it hearing "Rick…" or "Lori…" every now and then, but continued none the less. I finished about a minute before them and it was to be expected because my hand moved faster than mom and dad could on each other. The only thing I could do to clean up was wipe it up with my boxers and be done with it. It felt odd on my dick as it cooled down, but I hardly noticed as I passed out after such a great pleasure high and tiredness kicking in.
I woke up and dad was still asleep. I got up and went to see Sophia. She seemed a bit better today, but said that it wasn't over yet. She was able to actually come hang out with me, Eliza, and Louis today. We played over by the trees on the edge of the camp. We thought we heard something and walked over to see. We ran yelling for our parents after we saw one of the dead eating a deer. Sophia was in a bit of pain, but she put up with it so it wouldn't attack her. The adults came running and started beating it to death. Daryl, Merle's brother, came back and got mad because it was his deer. Then dad told him about Merle and hatched a plan to go get him back. I agreed with Shane that Merle was a douche bag, but dad was a good guy, so he wasn't going to abandoned him.
I spent the day hanging out with Sophia, helping her with anything if she was in too much pain to do it herself. She got tired later on and went to rest in her tent. I went with Shane down to the lake to catch frogs. I doubted we'd find any as I hadn't really seen any at all, but it was possible. While we did, Carol, Andrea, Amy, and Jacqui came down with Ed to wash the clothes. Mom had a few things to do so she didn't help out. After a bit, mom came down and got mad that I didn't stay where dale could keep an eye on me. She got into an argument with Shane as I walked up the trail. As I walked, I heard the women saying things to Ed. I looked back as he slapped Carol so hard that blood leaked from her lip. Shane quickly got on him in an instant and beat the shit out of him. I silently cheered him on.
As the sun started to set I sat with Sophia by the fire place. She rested her head on my shoulder and told me "I'm glad to have you here with me Carl. I'm never once had anything to smile about when I go through this, but you've been here for me the whole time. I questioned your love for me slightly, thinking it was like one of those childish crushes. This proves you do actually care." She sat up and kissed my cheek. "It's nice to have someone else who cares about me so much. My mom is the only other one. I could tell he doesn't love me. He…" she stopped as Ed walked up to the fire. "Hey, girl you move away from him. I don't want you anywhere near him." he said clenching his teeth. The bruises Shane gave him were swelling and infected.
"Leave her alone. If she doesn't want to leave she doesn't have to." I said narrowing my eyes. Sophia sat up with a worried look on her eyes. "No it's ok Carl, I'll go." "No, I won't let you." I stood up, putting a hand in front of Sophia. "I won't let you mistreat her anymore." "Carl no." "You little shit." Ed said walking over and grabbed my collar. "You're going to regret that." He said before throwing me off to the side of the bench. "Dad no, please." Sophia said grabbing his arm. He shook her off and backhanded her across the face knocking her over the bench, crying in pain. I jumped up and punched him in the face before he looked back at me. It didn't hit very hard, but it sure hurt with those infections. He fell back and cursed away as he held his face. "You fucking brat."
As he went to get up, Shane showed up and pinned him to the ground. "Ed I told you never to do that again, and after what you did to Carl, you're so dead." He said just before started to beat Ed's face in. I rushed to Sophia. The right side of her face was bright red and a gash had blood pouring down her cheek. I helped her onto her feet and pulled her into hug. "Sophia, are you… where does it hurt?" She cried and placed her head in my chest as we sat back on the bench. "He'll never touch you again." Dale, Carol, Jim, Andrea, and mom came running and tried to pull Shane off Ed. When they did, Ed was still alive, but barely. "Shane, what the hell's gotten into you?" Dale yelled at him. "Oh, god, Ed I'm so sorry." Carol said kneeling next to Ed.
"He threw Carl across the fire pit and seriously hurt Sophia even after I told him to never do that again." They looked over at me and Sophia sitting on the bench. My shirt was stained with the blood coming from Sophia's cheek as I used it to clean her up. "God… Carl, baby are you alright?" "Don't worry about me, Sophia needs bandages, quickly." Andrea turned round to her sister. "Amy! Get the first aid kit from the R.V! Hurry!" Amy quickly ran to the R.V. and looked around. "Where is it?" she yelled over. Suddenly a walker, as dad called them when he came back, bit down on Amy's arm. "Amy!" Andrea yelled as she ran to her sister. Another one came and bit her on the neck.
As we looked around, there were many more. They started attacking the other people in the group. We quickly got up and tried to defend ourselves from them. As we were trying to get away, Shane pulled Carol away just in time to avoid being attacked by the walkers that started to eat Ed. One by one we made our way over to the R.V. A lot of the others hadn't made it over to us yet and were being killed. I held on to Sophia, acting like a shield. I'd let them rip me apart before they could get to her. Just as things were looking like we might not make it, Dad, T-dog, Glenn, and Daryl came back and shot at them with the gun they got in the city. We fought them off the best we could and eventually killed them all. Dad was thankful me and mom were ok.
We got Sophia inside and patched her up. Dale let her stay in the bed in the back of the R.V. I lied her down and sat on the bed next to her. Dad tried to get me to come back to the tent with him and mom, but I wouldn't budge. I wasn't going to leave her. I was going to stay by her side all night. Mom convinced dad to give up and they left. Carol stayed in the R.V. by the table while I watched over Sophia. I placed a hand on her left side. She twitched to the pain. I lifted her shirt a bit to see a large bruise from the bench. "Sophia, I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you from him. If I had just…" "No, Carl… don't blame yourself. He would have done it sooner or later. Now he can't hurt me or my mother ever again." I kissed her on the lips as she cried. I laid down next to her and held her all night. She was asleep throughout the night, but I was up most of it. I slept here and there, but it was hard to sleep knowing how much pain she was in.
It was only when I saw her curl up next to me and smile in her sleep that I fell asleep and stayed asleep.
Ok I put off the sexual fun for one more chapter to kind of try to wrap up some things and to have Carl prove he's willing to go to lengths to protect Sophia, even if it puts himself in danger. Now I'm not saying she's going to be the death of him, but that he's willing to do what it takes to see they both stay alive. I promise that next chapter will see them finally sharing some fun between them, just Sophia won't be getting too much as she'll still be in some slight discomfort from the tail end of her period, but Carl will make sure he can at least do something for her. Anyway I hope you guys liked the chapter, and I'm going to try to have the next one out by the end of the week, but I do have a project to work on too, so it may take longer.