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I came up to Carl's bedroom and I was still so upset. Rick had no right to say that Carl was off track. He was his dad! He was supposed to support and stand by him. Carl was sitting against his bed going through a magazine.
"Hey" I said and walked in and sat down next to him. He briefly looked up at me.
"What cha reading?" I asked and leaned over his shoulder to catch a glimpse of the book.
"Cars" He told me. I grinned and said "You still love them?"
"Doesn't matter. That world we knew is gone" He said and threw the magazine across the room in frustration.
"Dude, chill out" I said and put a hand on his arm.
"Sorry" He said and looked at me.
"So tell me, what did you do after the apocalypse?" I asked him.
"You tell me" He said diverting the conversation back to me again.
"Why?" I whined.
"Ladies first" He said. I pushed him lightly in anger.
"God, you hit like a girl" He said.
"Really? You want to feel how hard I can punch?" I said and leaned closer to him.
"You're just changing the subject" He said and I sighed.
"Fine, I was at home when it happened and then I got out and-"
"You're lying" He interrupted me.
"No, I'm not" I disagreed.
"I've known you since we were babies Nat" He said and crossed his arms across his shoulder, clearly winning.
"Okay, so I was at school when it happened" I said.
"Why? School was closed that day because of the sickness" He said.
"I was there because…" I trailed off "because Tom Parker had called me"
"What?" He cried and stared at me "Why? He finally asked you out?"
"Yes he did. He said he always wanted to but he didn't because he through you were my boyfriend" I revealed.
"So I was the only one who was holding you back from you dream?" He asked grinning. I nodded.
"I killed him" I said.
"Excuse me?" Carl asked bewildered "He was that bad?"
"Yes he was. He made me wait in pouring rain for two hours and made me ruin my best dress and then he tried to bite me" I said.
"Well, he should see you now. He'll definitely regret it" Carl said simply.
"Why is that?" I asked. Carl paused.
"Carl?" I asked "Why would he regret it?"
"You're really going to make me say it, huh?" He said. I nodded slowly.
"Well you're way more beautiful than his ex and you're pretty…cute" He said, hardly above a whisper. I laughed and said "Oh my god. That was awesome. I should have recorded that"
He narrowed his eyes at me and said "Shut up Nat"
"Well, if it makes you feel better. You're not bad yourself" I said, nudging him.
"Yeah. That's all I get. I call you the most attractive person in the world and you say I'm not 'bad'" He said.
"You think I'm the most attractive person?" I said and giggled. He turned red when he realized what he had said.
"Go to hell" He said and punched my arm.
"Oh, really? Well you're going to feel regret that very much" I said and hit his stomach.
"Ow!" He cried out and pushed me down. I tried punching him again but he made his way on top of me to stop me from getting up.
"You lose" He said and smirked.
"Get off me Carl" I said and lifted my leg so I could kick him but he pushed my leg down with his hand.
"You're heavy" I said. I noticed how close our faces were.
"Sorry Nat. But I have won again" He said. I giggled and then I heard Michonne. Both I and Carl glanced sideways and I realized what it must look like. Carl was completely on top of me pinning my arms down and I was giggling. I quickly pushed him off me and got up.
"Um, I didn't mean to interrupt you guys" She said but she was clearly enjoying herself.
"You weren't" I said and got up from the ground.
"Okey. I just wanted to ask if you wanted something to eat" She said.
"Of course she does" Carl said "She always does"
I groaned and got up "Whatever Carl, What's for dinner Michonne?"
"Rice and Beans" She said making a face.
"Thanks. I think I'll pass" I said.
"Me too" Carl added. When Michonne left, we sat down again but on the bed this time. I stretched my legs in front of me and said "Like I was saying, after I killed Tom. I went to your house but you guys weren't there"
"You came to me?" He asked.
"Yeah, I didn't want to go back to mine plus if it really was what I thought it was, I wanted to be stuck with you guys rather than my family"
"You never went to check on them?" He asked gasping.
"I didn't need to. They came to me" I said. Carl looked at me expectantly.
"They were corpses already so I killed them too. Then I killed our 3rd grade teacher Judith" I said. Carl's face suddenly softened and he slouched.
"Carl, what is it?" I asked and kept a hand on his.
"I-uh. My mom died giving birth" He said.
"What?" I cried. I didn't know this.
"Yeah, when we were at the prison. There was a lot of stress and mom died. The baby girl. We named her Judith" He said softly.
"I'm so sorry Carl" I said.
"Judith is dead too. When we were escaping the prison we found her empty car seat" He said. Oh my god. I quickly pulled Carl into a hug expecting him to cry. But he surprisingly wasn't.
"I'm really sorry Carl" I said into his ear. He pulled me closer to him and said "I'm sorry too. About your family"
I pulled away after ages and strangely, I had tears in my eyes. For Carl's loss. He was my best friend.
"Hey, why are you crying?" Carl asked in a soft voice and wiped my tears with his finger.
"I'm just… I looked for you everywhere Carl and every time I didn't find you, a part of me died inside" I said still sobbing and hugged him again. He was the only true friend I ever had. That should have been enough, more than enough but as I looked at him and he held me firmly in his arms, I realized I longed for something more. Something else. I looked at his face and its perfection. It really had changed so much. If someone had told me 2 years ago that Carl would turn out to be so attractive I would have laughed my pants off. But now I found myself grow more impatient. I felt incomplete.
"It's okay. I'm here with you now" He said and took my hands in his, gently rubbing the back of my hand with his finger.
I jumped forward and hugged him again I really didn't want to let go.
"I would do anything for you Nat" He said. It was so low that I hardly heard it.
"Me too" I said.
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