The Girl He Loved
Enid shot up in bed, breathing heavily and sweating.
It took her a few seconds to realize where she was.
"Easy Enid, it's okay." A familiar voice says and she turns her head and sees Aaron sitting next to her bed.
"You're back." She cries
"I am and I didn't come back alone." He says
"You mean you convinced the Oceanside's to fight?"
He nods, "Sure Did."
"That-" she stops what she's saying when she remember getting shot and her hand flew to her stomach.
"The baby is it?"
Aaron squeezes her shoulder, "The baby is fine…Siddiq, he saved both you and the baby."
Of course he did, just one more thing that's makes it harder to dislike him.
"That's good."
"I'm sorry about Carl, Enid…I know you loved him."
Enid shrugs, "Yeah well people die…he made me fall in love with him, knocked me up and then dies." A tiny laugh escapades her lips.
Aaron stares at her, ensure of how to respond.
"…He left me a letter." Aaron finally says and a look of Shock appears on Enid's face.
"He did?"
Aaron nooded, "Yeah…it was a pretty nice one too."
"Carl had a way with words," Enid smiled as she remebered how Carl had attempted to tell her he loved her.
"You're like the coolest girl ever."
"Thank you Carl."
"You're also pretty and smart and I think we'd have really cute babies."
Enid choked on her glass of juice, "What?"
"I uh-I uh…I really like you and I want a life with you."
She smiled, and laughed. "Are you trying to tell me you love me?"
His faced turned crimson, "I uh-"
She kissed him before he could say anything else. She'd already known what her answer was going to be.
"Did he know? About the baby?" Aarons question pulls her from her thoughts.
"No…I found out when I got back from Oceanside," she says sadly, pools form in her eyes and she tries hard to blink them back. "He would have be so excited and nervous and probably a little freaked out but mostly happy." She says.
"I'm sorry Enid."
"What did he say to you in his letter?"
Aaron leans back in his chair, "He told me he was sorry about Eric and that he would say hello to him for me in heaven," Aaron blinks away tears, "He thanked me for bringing him and his group to Alexandria, thanked me for giving them a chance at some sort of stability, he thanked me for giving them a home. He told me what a good man I was…he asked me to make sure that Alexandria would continue to welcome new people into the community. He asked me to look after his father and his group and his sister and you."
A faint smile appeared on her face.
"Did he leave you one?"
She nodded, "I have but I haven't read it yet…I just…I'm not ready you know?"
"Yeah I get it"
She yawned and he smirked, "Ricks called a meeting, I should get going. I'll see you later Enid."
"Thanks Aaron."
"Enid the last part of his letter…he thanked me for bringing him to Alexandria…For bringing him to the girl he loved…for bringing him to you."
A tear trickled down her face and she whispered a thank you to him before he left.
She wasn't ready to accept that Carl was dead.
What she could accept was that Carl had loved her and she had and always would love him.