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When I woke up, I was almost shocked to see Carl in front of me. Apparently, we'd tossed and turned and ended up facing each other. He was still asleep but I felt color overcome my cheeks. Our faces weren't even inches apart and I suddenly wanted to close that distance too.

"Carl, get up!" Someone yelled and I let out a little yelp as I was startled by the noise and I fell down on the floor.

"Ow" I mumbled clutching my hip. I turned to see Rick laughing at me.

"What's so funny?" I grumbled and got up. Carl shifted and opened his eyes too.

"Why were you sleeping with him?" Michonne asked appearing. I saw Carl glance up at me surprised from the corner of his eyes and said "You were sleeping with me?"

I nodded slowly and said "Uh, it was cold upstairs and there was no blanket"

God, that was a stupid reason.

"How could you two both fit on that couch?" Michonne asked, raising an eyebrow. They were never going to let this go, were they? I moaned and said "I fit in with him"

"To fit in with him, you'd have to be on top of him" Rick said and I felt like killing them both. Carl was quietly observing my embarrassment.

"Are we done with this conversation?" I said with my hands on my waist. They both smirked and went back to their own business. I looked at Carl and forced a smile. He had a confused look on his face.

"I'm going out" Michonne interrupted our gaze.

"I'm coming with" Carl said and got up.
"Fine. You slept in that?" She asked him, pointing towards his skinny jeans. He nodded and said "We don't have the luxury of PJS"

"Certainly seems like you two went shopping last night" Rick appeared.

"I needed new clothes" I said, embarrassed.
"Right, I'm coming too" Rick said and hobbled over to where they were. He was still a bit injured.

"No, you're not" Michonne told him "You can't run worth shit, you'll get us both killed"

"Come on" Rick said.

"No, dad. It's fine. You can stay here with Nat"

"I'm sorry what?" I asked.

"You're not going" Carl said sternly and my shoulders drooped. He couldn't let me not come. I guess he could see the hurt look on my face so he added "Please, Nat. It's dangerous"

"Whatever" I shrugged and sat on the couch, wringing my hands. I stared down at them and I could sense Carl staring at me but then he sighed and they both left.

I groaned as I leaned back on the couch. What did he think I was, a baby? Last night he definitely didn't seem to think it was dangerous when he led me out on a fake run but today he wouldn't let me go with him?

"I'm going to go to the bed upstairs" Rick said to me "To lie down, alright?"

I nodded and he left.

CARL

"So Carl" Michonne said "Where were you guys last night?"

"What?" I asked her.

"You had gone out. I would have followed you but I decided to give you two a little privacy" She smirked. I gave her a glare and said "We went out to the clothes shop"

"Why at 3 am?" She asked. I looked at her questioningly and she said "I was awake, I saw you two leave"

"Well, I couldn't sleep" I told her, not telling her the actual reason. I thought about when she had pecked my cheek. It had felt strange yet completely right.

"Are you guys caught up on all your gossip?" She asked me and I just shrugged.

"Fine, let's not talk about that but tell me this" She said "How'd it feel?"

"How'd what feel?" I asked and turned to face her.

"When you kissed" She said chuckling.

"We didn't kiss" I stated and my cheeks flushed.

"Uh, so what was that last night?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"What?" I cried.

"I saw her do it Carl. You were on the couch and she leaned down to kiss you. Don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about.

"She ki-kissed me?" I asked her. What? Why?

"You didn't know. You were asleep" Michonne said, a look of understanding coming upon her face.

"What are you talking about, Michonne?" I asked her and gripped her arm. I needed to know.

"Okay, when I was in the kitchen last night. I saw Natalie come down the stairs to the couch. She sat down next to you and stared when I thought you guys were actually talking. But then after along time of gazing at you in a total trance, she snapped out of it and just as she was about to get up, she put her lips on yours. Then she curled up next to you and slept"

I could feel myself gasp. This could not be possible. Nat would never have kissed me. Michonne must have had a dream or something.

"Are you sure that's what she did?" I said taking in a huge breath. Michonne nodded immediately and added "I saw it with my own eyes Carl and also the way she was staring at you was so completely weird. Like she was in a dream like state or something. I've only seen that look she gave you one another place before and that was the look the bride gave the groom at a wedding I went to. The food there was so terrible"

I could feel my palms sweaty and I thought about everything that had happened between us since we reunited. Why didn't she wake me up? Why did she have to kiss me when I was asleep? I didn't want my first kiss to be when I had been unconscious.

"You thinking about her?" She asked. I nodded slowly.

"Why'd she do that Michonne?" I found myself asking.

"Fear of rejection" She said and continued walking.

"From me? I would never reject her. She's my best friend" I told her.

"That's not the kind of rejection I meant. She might have thought that you would not want to be with her or you didn't like her that way. She must have kissed ya when she thought she had the chance"

"But I do like her" I said and stopped walking. She turned and knelt down to my height.

"Are you sure Carl? Because if you do then you got to tell her that" She said simply.

"How do I tell her?" I said, completely clueless.

"Duh. Kiss her" She said, smiled and we entered a house.

I nodded. I definitely would. When I got back.

NATALIE

I screamed when I woke up. I felt a pain shot up in my left leg and I snapped my eyes open to see a group of men staring at me. One of them had put a knife in my leg.

Oh my god. I felt a tear trickle down my cheek. They were going to hurt me. They didn't look friendly. They were exactly the people you needed to fear.

"Tony, go on" One said and a man approached me. He pulled my hair up and I screamed again as I was yanked from my couch. He threw me towards the wall like a rag doll. I smashed into it and I knew it. I was going to die.

"Look what we have here" He smiled and bent down to look at me. I groaned and touched my head. I was bleeding. I started to feel dizzy. The man in front of me suddenly diverged into two. What was going on?

"Don't" I whimpered as I felt myself slip out of consciousness.

"Come on, take her Tony" I heard and handed the man in front a rifle. I started crying as he tugged at my shirt asking me incoherent questions. It's like everything was spinning.

"Please, don't" I said and he turned the butt of the rifle towards me. The last thing I remember is it coming down on me, smacking me across my forehead, as hard as it could before everything went black.

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