Carl
"As soon as I got home after they let us out of school for the last time, Mom had us pack our things. She was very upset, and Shane was there," I said.
She looked confused for a moment, and then she remembered who Shane was.
I continued. "She didn't tell me why she was so upset until we were safely in the car. We didn't leave anything; not even family photos. We packed everything and left. In the car, Shane told me that my father had died. I lost it. I was very upset. Of course, Shane was wrong about that. He knew that my dad was alive, but he'd figured that he wouldn't survive. So, he just saved himself some trouble and told us he was dead. On the way out of town, the cars were bumper to bumper. We had to spend the night on the highway. We met Carol and her family there. She had a husband Ed, and a daughter, Sophia. Then we found our first camp. We'd returned to that quarry we'd go camping at. Dale, Andrea, Amy, T-Dog, Glenn, Jim, Jaqui, Morales, his family, Daryl, and Merle were already there,"
She obviously didn't know who half of these people were.
"Half of them have died. Anyway, we hung out there for a couple days. Andrea, T-Dog, Glenn, and Merle went to Atlanta on a run. They were gone for about a week. Glenn found my dad while they were there. Before they left, my dad showed Merle his place. He didn't come back. They brought my dad back, and we were in shock. Shane wasn't happy to see him, though. He wasn't right since then. Then, the quarry was overrun. Amy, Jim, and Ed got bit. We had to move on after that. Morales and his family split when that happened. We got to the CDC, and we stayed there for a few days. The place had to get blown up though. Jaqui stayed, and Andrea almost did, but Dale stopped her. We find a place after that, but it was overrun, and Sophia ran off. That's when my accident happened. A man named Otis shot me. My dad brought me to the farm. Herschel took care of me. Maggie, Beth, Patricia, and Jimmy were there too. I think Otis died on a run with Shane to get some supplies for getting the bullet out. Zombies started showing up more and more often. One day, I started messing with one stuck in the mud. I didn't kill him, and it ended up getting free and killing , Shane lost it. Tried to kill my dad, so he killed him. He came back, and I killed him. Again. After a while, we were overrun yet again. The farm was destroyed in a fire. Jimmy, Patricia, and Andrea died then. Then, we were on the road. For a while. We found the prison, and we were set. We just recently got attacked. Maggie, my mom, and I got trapped in the boiler room. Mom decided to suddenly go into labor. Something went wrong. She, uh, she died. I was the one to make sure, though. T-Dog got bit then. After we all got together again, and Dad found out… he totally lost it. I…"
I trailed off. I needed to steady myself. I'm almost done. I can do this. I blinked back tears and continued.
"Then, it's was just us. Me, Dad, Carol, Daryl, Herschel, Glenn, Maggie, Beth. Then, I found you. Now, you can see why I was so happy. And now, we have Chandler."
I finished my story. My heart was racing, hoping. I hoped that she wouldn't judge me. She just looked at me.
"I get it. It's alright. I will make sure that you won't ever have to do that again," she whispered.
Then, she did something totally unexpected. She kissed me on the lips. It was only for a second, but it was one of the best seconds of my life. We fell asleep together again. It took me awhile to fall asleep, because I was still swimming in emotion. I dreamt the kiss, replaying in my mind, over and over, until I woke up.