A/N: This was a suggested idea. Hope y'all enjoy!
It has now been ten months since Michonne had left and one month since Enid moved in with Carl to help out Alexandria. Carl wasn't as stressed as he used to be now that he's getting help, but there was still one problem. He didn't know if what he was doing was right. He needed some more help. So he decided to go to someone.
Negan.
You might be wondering, why Negan out of all people? Well, Negan was the leader of a group once before so it wouldn't hurt to try, right?
"WAHHH!"
Oh no, RJ was crying again. He was about to check on him to see why he was crying until he saw his girlfriend, Enid.
"I'll take care of him." She said, "You can go do whatever you were gonna do."
Carl just nodded, "Ok." He said. He couldn't argue with Enid anymore, if she was willing to do something, then she was going to do it. Even if it wasn't her responsibility. Carl got dressed, took off the bandage for his eye and put an eye patch over it. He then walked out the door and headed off to the jail cell Negan was in and sat down on the steps outside.
"Hey." He spoke up,
"Well, what brings you here today Carl?" Negan asked,
"Listen, I was wondering if you could help me out with some stuff." Carl confessed, honestly.
"Help? From me?" Negan questioned, "Out of all people, you came to me for advice?"
"Yes." Carl replied, "About leading Alexandria. You use to be the leader of your community, so I was wondering if you could give me some advice."
"Oh, so you're STILL fussing about that bullshit, even after your girlfriend moved in to help you out." Negan joked,
"I'm being serious!" Carl lashed out at him, "Look, I'm getting help now but I don't know if what I'm doing is right..."
"It's not an easy job I'll tell you that." Negan started, "Being a leader means you put your people before yourself. You make sure your people are safe and healthy."
"Ok... anything else? I've been doing that for the past nine months." Carl informed him,
"Yes, I have some more advice up my sleeve, and this is very important," Negan said, "You can't just let your health drop down for your people. You need to take care of yourself as well."
Carl was stunned that Negan even knew about this, he never told him anything about this till now.
"How did you even know about that?"
"I heard you and Enid talking about it." He acknowledged, "Listen, I understand you wanna keep your people safe, especially Judith and RJ, but you gotta take care of yourself too you know. If you end up dying then who else is gonna take over? Your girlfriend would get super depressed, Judith is only like five-years-old now, right?"
Carl nodded, "R.J. is only a baby, your family and people need you, Carl, promise you won't make any unnecessary decisions or sacrifices?"
Carl never thought of all this, all he wanted was to keep his people safe, and his health was weakening in the process!
"I promise..." he sais, "Now I feel stupid for not thinking about this sooner, I can't put them through that, not after what happened with my dad, or Michonne…"
"Hey, look, I know I'm not the kindest person, but I do care more then you think I do." he confessed, "You don't have to believe me now, but keep in mind that this was your idea to not kill me and you're the one who was the first believe that I could be a good guy." he recalled,
"I know." Carl stood up, "And trust me when I say this, I believe you can be better, you've changed a bit these pastten months."
"I'm trying." Negan admitted,
"Thanks for helping me out." Carl said, "I'll come back down in a few hours to bring you lunch."
"Ok, make sure you eat too." Negan reminded him,
"I will, don't worry." Carl said and went back into his house.
Negan just sat there in his cell, thinking about what just happened, 'This kid may be a badass, but damn he has a big heart.' he thought to himself about Carl.
Enid was holding RJ in her arms, rocking him back and forth until she saw Carl walk back inside,
"That was fast." She said, amazed that Carl was back so soon,
"I wasn't really doing much," he admitted, "Just talking to Negan."
"Oh." was her reply,
"Hey, where's Judith?"
"In her room," she replied,
"Oh, well in that case-!" he was then interrupted by a familiar voice,
"Carl's back!" It was Judith, running down the stairs until Carl stopped her,
"Judith, what did I say about running up and down the stairs?" He asked,
"Not to do it..." she answered.
"Don't do it again," he said in a firm voice, "You could get hurt by doing that and I don't want that to happen."
"Ok..." Judith replied.
"Good," He said, "Now go play with Enid, R.J. needs to take his nap."
"Come on Judith," Enid called to her while giving R.J. to Carl, "We can go play in your room."
"Ok!" Judith cheered, taking Enid's hand, shuffling upstairs.
Carl brought R.J. up to his room and put him in his crib so he could go to sleep. After that, he went to his room and started thinking to himself, 'Negan, I promise you I'll take your advice and take better care of myself.'
I promise...
A/N: Hope you guys liked this chapter! Let me know if you want more of this story!
