I need you here with me // Carl Grimes [EDITING]

Fifty Three - One Day.

A lot can happen in one day, you might lose someone you love but then when you think everything is going to be okay, in the click of the fingers, it's worse than before.

I wasn't expecting it to happen, I don't think anyone really expected to lose either of them, but we did. But if I had known that if he had gone in that "safe zone" and it would be his last hour, I would have volunteered in his place.

-2 hours earlier-

"We're gonna split into two groups, Michonne, Noah, Glenn, Tyreese you're with me. The rest of you hang back in case things aren't what we expect them to be. And no matter what stick together." Rick demanded, climbing into the car he was taking with the others.

"Hey carol!" I yelled, walking over to her

"Yes hunny?"

"Did Mika and Lizzie ever make it out of the prison?"

"Uh...yeah they did..."

"Carol?"

"Yes?"

"They're dead. Aren't they?" I sighed, kicking a pebble across the dirt.

"They are."

"Who put them down?"

"I did."

"Thank you." I smiled glumly, wrapping my arms around carols waist and hugging her as tightly as possible. "They would have wanted it that way..."

"It's okay sweetie, go find your brother, I need to talk to Daryl."

"Okay, bye carol."

I quickly walked along the ground, making my way towards the others. Carl was suddenly very cautious of me being around the others, not wanting me to try and hurt myself again. He was especially angry at himself, thinking he caused the whole situation, when it really wasn't him, it was just me being me.

"Luke?" I questioned, tapping his shoulder "can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Uh sure..." he mumbled, quickly standing from his seat on a log beside dani. We walked a short distance away from the others, making sure they weren't able to hear us.

"We haven't spoken since the church, why the sudden change of heart?" He said

"I realised after losing beth that if I lost you...I wouldn't be able to handle it, sure I didn't like the way you killed those people, but I've come to realise that you did it for the good of the group, I would hate myself if I lost you and I'm sorry."

"I care about you more than anything in this world, it's my job to protect you, I know I've made mistakes and one was letting beth get away that easily, but the biggest mistake I could ever make would be losing you, so please don't be upset." He smiled, kissing my forehead sweetly, "come sit with me and the others and don't worry if Michael, Sophie or Connor try anything, I'll make them walker bait."

"Okay..." I bit my lip nervously, following Luke over to the others. I sat in between him and Carl, almost immediately Carl wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pressing his lips to my temple and muttering a I love you, before going back to poking a stick at the fire.

"I'm going for a walk." Sophie spat, walking to the edge of the forest. She just stood there for a while, kicking a glass bottle across the dirt. Almost immediately a walker stumbled out of the trees, grabbing on to Sophie's shoulders in an attempt to bite her.

And in that moment I didn't care that she hated me, all that was on my mind was saving her.

She fell backwards to the ground the walker climbing ontop of her, I swung my axe, driving it into the walker's skull, watching it fall limo beneath my grasp.

"Were you bit?" I asked

"No...thank you." She muttered, simultaneously hugging me.

"We might be fighting, but I would never let you get hurt." I smiled, smoothing back her brown hair.

"I was so sc-" she began but was cut off by carol's walkie talkie

"We're here. There's nothing left." Rick stated

Everybody went silent and for the next consecutive half hour, every body spent it in silence listening for the sound of Rick's voice. Carl chewed on his bottom lip nervously, taking my hand in his own and ran his thumb over my bruised knuckles.

But just when we thought all hope was lost, things became worse than ever.

"Don't let Sasha or the kids see this. Tyreese was bit, he's dead."

And in the space of one day, I had lost both beth and Tyreese and I couldn't help but think that the person I loved most could be next...