Walking Dead: Building Your Own Hope
Chapter 7 of my Walking Dead story, enjoy.
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Boris Yeltsin: Thanks, maybe but not like Shane, that would jeopardize the investigation and be grounds for dismissal.
Parent12D: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, yup, hopefully it'll work out for them too and who knows, there might be more to the barn than meets the eye, or maybe it's just an old barn and nothing to do with the case. Yup, very much the case indeed with Shane.
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Now onto the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Walking Dead or its characters.
Season 2: Episode 7
Jamie smiled lightly as he sat with Andrew and Brian, the three friends were simply hanging out and passing time together.
"So, what have you guys been up to?" Jamie asked casually.
Brian smiled lightly. "Beth and I have been meeting each other's families and we had dinner too. It's been going pretty good."
Andrew smiled too. "Nice, that sounds pretty cool dude. Sounds like things are going well for you two."
"Yeah, it was cool, it's actually made things better for us too." Brian agreed.
Jamie nodded, a strange feeling inside him, something that made him feel a little, guilty he guessed. His mind went to Carl, specifically to the difficulties they were facing.
"What about you guys, haven't you guys done that yet?" Brian asked curiously.
Andrew shrugged. "Well, not exactly but...things have actually worked out to make that kinda quick for us. We're gonna meet each other's families together, they've arranged a dinner at a restaurant for all of us."
"Wow, sounds awesome." Jamie said happily.
Brian nodded and Andrew smiled, yet also felt his face heat up.
"Yeah, well, hope it goes okay guys." He admitted. "I'll admit I'm kinda nervous."
"It'll be fine dude." Jamie said. "I just wish...wish it was as easy for me. I mean, my parents aren't bigots and Carl assures me his aren't either. But...I don't know, we're just nervous. I don't know if it's meeting our families or...or coming out publicly, to the whole school."
Brian and Andrew shared a look, both concerned but did their best to ease Jamie's concerns.
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So it was that Andrew found himself taking a deep breath, trying to quell his nerves.
"Andrew honey, it'll be fine." His mother Mary told him softly.
His father, Benjamin Pierce smiled. "Your mother's right son, just take it easy. This'll be good, we want to meet this girl and her parents will get to meet you and I suppose we'll both meet each other too."
Andrew nodded. "Yeah, that's what I'm worried about actually."
"It will be fine, oh, is that them?" Mary said before suddenly noticing a family of three.
Andrew looked over and he smiled, managing to feel his nerves fading somewhat as he saw Marissa, smiling back at him.
"Andrew, hi, you all made it." Marissa greeted him warmly. "You must be his parents, it's nice to meet you both."
"Nice to meet you too, young lady." Benjamin greeted her. "I'm Benjamin Pierce and this is my wife, Mary."
"It's nice to meet you too." Marissa's father said happily. "I'm Greg Garland and this is my wife, Margaret."
"A pleasure." Margaret said. "I'm glad to finally get to meet you all."
"Me too, so, shall we go and eat?" Mary offered.
The others all nodded and together the parents all entered the restaurant. Andrew and Marissa lingered for a moment, then linked hands.
"I admit, I'm kinda nervous." Andrew said.
Marissa nodded. "I know, so am I. But I have hopes, I'm sure this will work out. They were already looking forward to meeting your parents and they all seem to be getting along already."
"I agree." Andrew admitted. "Well, let's go and join them."
They both grinned and, still holding hands, headed inside the restaurant too, already in high hopes.
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Jamie ran a hand through his hair and shifted his feet nervously.
"Jamie, are you sure you're ready, you've been uneasy all this time."
Jamie turned to Carl and smiled. "I know, I am uneasy, well, nervous. But I do want to do it."
"Alright, then after we've done this...it's my turn?" Carl asked softly.
"Only if you're ready." Jamie confirmed.
Carl smiled. "I am and while it's not the same as what we had been talking about, this is a good first step."
Jamie agreed and so, linking hands and preparing themselves, they headed into Jamie's home to meet his family and introduce Carl to them as his boyfriend.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
