I tie my laces up And head outside where Carl is waiting for me. It was the day of our 'date' and to be honest, considering I have never been on one before, I'm pretty calm. Carl told Rick we where going out, so when I pass him, he just smiles at me.
When I get outside, the wind hits me and I shiver. Carl sits on the steps, his head in his hands. I cough, grabbing his attention. He looks me up and down and smiles. I didn't bother getting changed for two reasons.
Number one- I don't have any spare clothes,well if you consider a brown t shirt and a beige shirt covered in walker blood, an outfit to wear when meeting up with a boy.
Number two- this wasn't a date, so there was no point in getting dressed up.
Carl holds out his hand, laughing I grab it and we walk further into the woods. Carl try's to make conversation with me, but I just laugh at him.
God I'm such a nice person.
We reach a tree and Carl stops walking. The tree is broad and it's branches point out straight and they look pretty strong. He points at me and then points at the tree.
"If you think I'm going to climb up there, then you've got another thing coming." This isn't parkour, no way am I climbing up a tree.
"Oh come on it will be fun, I'll catch you if you fall." he winks.
"What makes you think I'm going to fall?" I cross my arms and raise my eyebrows.
Carl laughs.
"Oh I know what's up, you don't think I can climb up the tree by myself do you? Well watch out and back the hell up because I'm doing this shit." I put my foot on a small branch and start to climb, it gets easier the higher I get.
"I'll catch you if you fall." He shouts up at me again.
Yeah right, Im not going to fall.
I come to one of the last branches and put my foot on it. It snaps under my weight, and, to my surprise, I start to fall.
I tumble towards the ground and I brace myself for the impact with the forest floor.
But I don't feel it, instead I feel two warm arms catch me. I look up and see Carl smirking at me. Patting his chest I smile back.
"See, told you I could do it, if it wasn't for that stupid branch, I would of proved you wrong." I laugh.
"I told you I would catch you." He smiles. Carl puts my feet onto the ground, and I start to climb again. "Your going to hurt yourself." He shouts.
I stick my middle finger up at him.
I finally reach a thick branch and I perch myself on it, Carl comes up shortly after.
"Wow you actually looked pretty hot while climbing up here." He smiles like a Cheshire Cat.
I hit him and he laughs.
"Have I ever told you that you have a really nice ass?" He teases.
"You look at my ass?" I question
"Well yeah, with a nice ass like that how could I not look?"
"Well this wasn't what I thought my first date would be like." I say.
"This isn't a date." Carl says bluntly.
"Oh give it up you." I push him lightly.
"Okay okay this is a date, but this is your first one? that surprises me since you know your you" he stutters.
"Thanks." I laugh.
I was never popular in high school. In fact I was probably one of the biggest losers. I never went out on the weekends or any week day in fact. Girls would call me a freak and draw rude remarks on my locker. People like Carl would take advantage of me and break my heart, so I didn't really hang out with boys or anyone in general really.
my high school life was a living hell.
I know Carl wouldn't take advantage of me like I was worried he would, he just wouldn't.
Over the next couple of hours we sit up in the tree and talk, we talk about our lives before the accident, we talk about are favourite foods, music and all that kind of stuff. We also killed a couple of walkers that found us up in the tree, but that's the cost of coming outside these days.
"Do you miss him, your brother?" Carl asks me quietly.
"Of course I do, but that's only natural you know, ever since i met you, you kind of made me forget about him."
Carl leans back on the trunk of the tree, from this distance I swear I can see tears in his eyes, but that's probably the suns rays.
"I told you I fix broken people." He says after several minutes of silence.
Damn this boy is Smooth to bring up an event that happened over three months ago. I'm guessing if we were still in school, he would get all the ladies, and most probably the teachers as well.
Including the male ones.
I laugh.
"We should head back, it's getting late." I start to shuffle towards the trunk were Carls back is resting. He doesn't move out the way when I come near. Instead he shuffles towards me. I don't move.
He's so close to me now that I can feel his breath in my face. He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me closer into him. I don't recoil when he touches me.
Carl stares at me for a while then whispers "God your so beautiful." I blush, he lets go of my waist and puts his finger under my chin and tilts my head up to him. After a few seconds I speak.
"Carl what are you doin-" before I can finish, he squishes my lips to his, his hands cup my cheeks that have flushed a dark shade of crimson. He kisses me with such intensity that I gasp. Carl tangles his fingers through my hair, I ease into his touch and start to do the same. I put my hands round his neck and play with his hair. He takes a minute to breath and he releases his grip on my lips. I gasp again and smile.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't of done tha-" before he can finish he's sentence I interrupt him by putting my lips to his, butterflies fly around my stomach and I feel dizzy. He locks his hands around my waist again and I tangle my hands through his hair. I've never felt this way about a boy, ever. I know I shouldn't fall for him but I can't help it.
As much as I hate to admit it I really, really like this guy.
He places his hands on my cheeks and I gasp I lose balance and start to tumble, once again, towards the ground, but this time, with Carl. We both land on the ground in a heap and groan.
"Oh my god my back." I scream.
He laughs and picks me up in his arms. "Looks like its time to take you home."
"I don't want to leave." I whine.
"Oh you little rebel, I sure do like you." He takes the sheriff hat off his head and places it on top of mine. " Would you look at that, it actually suits you." He chuckles and we start to walk back to the church.
While Carl carries me back towards the church I look at the setting sun and think.
I don't want to be, but I am. I didn't want to but I have.
I have completely and utterly fallen for him.
Fallen for Carl.
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Deception
Fanfiction[dih-sep-shuh n] the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. When a girl falls in love with a boy like in all cliche romance novels, but with zombies and misleading personas.
