Carl POV

Me, Beth, Dad, Shane and Daryl we're out looking for Sophia, the day after Daryl found her shoe. This was the first time I was allowed to look for Sophia as I desperately wanted to help. Us five was looking on the east side of the river while Andrea, Carol, T-Dog, Mum, Glenn and Maggie were on the west side. Dale has decided to keep lookout as he usually did. Jimmy for some reason refused to help coming up with some crappy excuse, Patricia was helping Hershel with run the farm and that was everyone.

So it was just me and Beth for the minute as my dad heard a noise coming from inside a house and they told me and Beth to stay here while they investigate it.

Just being alone with Beth made my heart beat quicker than usual, which was a good thing, right?

"I hope she's okay"

He looked at Beth as she snapped out of whatever daydream she was having, she was smiling so it must've been a happy one, and looked at me.

"I hope she's okay to"

"I'm just so sick of losing people, it happens so much now, we don't even get to properly mourn them, you know."

Her face dipped, and she looked really upset as she replied,

"Yeah, I know Carl"

I asked her a question, which I immediately regret,

"Who have you lost?"

She looked I to his eyes, then looked away tears coming out of both eyes.

"Oh god, I'm sorry Beth. I didn't know it would upset you, I'm really sorry!"

He handed her a tissue and she smiled at him, then thanked him for the tissue.

They say in silence for a minute before Beth said,

"My mom, my brother, my grandparents and all of my friends. I only have Dad and Maggie left."

"I'm sorry"

"That's ok. If you don't mind me asking, who did you lose?"

Now he could see why she started to cry, it was painful remembering everyone he had loved and knew that were dead. A few tears came out to.

"My grandparents, my aunt and uncle and all of my friends to."

"I'm sorry"

"That's ok, at least I have Dad, Mom and y-, everyone else"

Phew that was close. He had nearly just told his crush that he liked her. At least he didn't, there was no way she would even consider liking him in that way. He was four years younger than her, and he heard that girls like older boys, men even. They like big, strong, muscly men, and I was not any of those things.

Still, it didn't mean I couldn't like her in that way.

A few more minutes of them discussing there old lives then Daryl, Rick and Shane came out.

"Did you find anything" me and Beth asked together?

"Yeah, we found a little den with food and clothes" replied Daryl

"It could've been anybody's" Shane added.

"Or it could've been hers" my Dad said, looking at Shane annoyed about his lack of belief that they would find Sophia. Carl knew Shane wanted to stop looking for Sophia, and Carl told Shane that they were not leaving until she was found.

"Well it's getting dark, we should head back and catch up with the others and see if they've found anything" Daryl said

"Can we look tomorrow to?" I said

Shane replied,

"If your dad and mom are okay with it" he looked over at Rick when saying this.

"Yes Carl, you can" Dad said looking right back at Shane

They walked back and met up with the other group who found even less then they did. With everyone hungry and tired, they all ate dinner and went to bed except Carl. He just couldn't get to sleep that night, so he went out and bumped into Jimmy.

"Watch it kid" he said

"What are you doing?"

"None of your business"

Why was he acting like such as jerk?

"Why didn't you help look for Sophia today?"

Jimmy scoffed then replied with,

"I ain't gonna waste my time looking for a dead girl in the woods!"

That was it. First Jimmy acts like a jerk to him all day, doesn't even bother to help to look for Sophia and then says she's dead! That was it

"She's not dead!" I shouted as I pushed him

Jimmy stumbles and regained his stability.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!!"

Jimmy then proceeded to square up to Carl, who was about half his height.

"You know what you're not even worth it. You're just a stupid kid, a stupid kid who believes that a girl a lot older the he is would ever like him."

Oh shit, Jimmy knew he had a crush on Beth, How!!

I decided to play it dumb.

"I don't know w-what you're talking about" i said casually while shrugging my shoulders.

Jimmy smirked,

"Yeah, course not. Just to let you know though that you're secret isn't safe with me" he said

"What secret" Carl was still trying to play it dumb.

"Yeah, of course. Well I'll see you later Carl, Oh, and by the way, she doesn't even like you"

"What!?!"

"Bye" and just like that Jimmy has retreated to the house and closed and locked the door behind him.

Carl was certain that Jimmy was just trying to wind him up, if Beth didn't like him then why does she always smile at him, why did she help him up when he fell down. Why does she seem to enjoy speaking to him.

Jimmy was lying. Carl had made his mind up. Jimmy was definitely lying.

Beth liked Carl, maybe not in the way he hoped she would, but the way she likes him is well enough for Carl.

He got back into his tent, exhausted after his little confrontation with Jimmy. He drifted off to sleep, and while he drifted off, he was thinking about Beth.

The end is chapter 5

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