Deception

Chapter 8

The night comes quickly. The sky suddenly turns a dark blue and the moon shines through the trees. I gather up the flowers I picked earlier and put them in a bunch for Beth. Since she had her hand chopped off earlier in the day, I though it would be a nice idea to get her flowers. You know since she hasn't got a hand anymore.

I open get up and walk over to the room where she is lying. I creak open the door and step inside, Beth lays there, a bloody stump where her hand used to be. Putting the flowers beside her I sit down and grab her arm.

She opens her eyes and sighs.

"Hi." she whispers

"Hey." I reply.

All the time that I have been here, I've never really talked to Beth. The only people I have really talked to are Carl,Rick and Judith. Well if you count her moaning and gurgling.

"Thanks for the flowers." She says, I don't want to were her out so I only nod.

"It's okay you don't have to answer, I sit want you to were yourself out." This time Beth nods and closes her eyes again, signalling the end of our conversation.

I walk back out the room to see the group all huddled in a circle. Everyone's there except Carl.

Carl hasn't talked to me since I confronted him about crying earlier. Occasionally he would glare at me but that's about it. It's weird him not talking to me, I mean ever since I got here, he would literally not shut up.

I miss his laugh and annoyingness.

Yes I did just make that word up.

Scanning the room, I see that a doors slightly open, thinking Carl is in there I walk over and enter the room. As I guessed Carl sits on the sofa, fiddling with his belt. He looks up to me.

"Hey." He says bluntly.

I don't reply, I mean why should I, he literally shoved me out the way earlier today and was really rude.

"What's up with you?" I groan.

"What do you mean?" He doesn't look at me when he says this, he just looks at the ground.

"I mean, where's the Carl that makes me laugh and irritates me and stuff, I mean as soon as I mentioned my Brother last night, you haven't spoken to me." I whine.

"I make you laugh?" He smirks.

"Whatever."

"Well I just think it was sad what happened to your brother and it's just th-." He cuts himself off.

"Well it's not like it's your fault, he's dead, nothing can bring him back." This comment comes out more bluntly then I intend.

Carl sits up, walks over to me and puts his hands on my shoulders. His face is near mine and my breath gets caught in my throat.

"I know that he can't come back, but it just upset me last night that you literally told your whole back story to the group. I saw that you didn't want to do that, and it made me sad." He whispers in my ear.

I finally catch my breath and talk "well you don't have to worry about me, I can handle myself, whether it's emotionally or against a group of biters."

"Biters? Do you mean walkers?" He releases his grip on my shoulders and laughs.

Dammit I have to ruin everything don't I?

"What the hell are walkers?" I laugh.

"There the things out there, why do you call them biters oh my god." He laughs and can't catch his breath, tears form in his eyes and he turns bright red.

"Well from now on I'll call them walkers, so you don't make fun of me." I fold my arms and pout.

"Awww that's cute." he walks up to me and ruffles my hair. I fix it quickly and laugh, he walks out the room and winks at me on the way out.

I finally have the Carl back that makes me laugh and never fails to irritate me.

You can't have feelings for him, your just lose him.

I don't have feelings for him, I mean he's annoying as hell. I think of him as a friend that's all.

Just a friend.