The Other Dixon || c.g

•fourteen• impossible

*Ellie POV*

After Carl's dramatic exit in the shed and Addison going after him, Rick and Michonne kept talking and coming up with a plan on what to do. I'm still trying to figure out a way to tell everyone about the bite on my forearm... I don't feel a fever coming on and i don't feel any other of the symptoms people get before they turn, everyone turns after they get bit in roughly 12 hours so i don't have much time left. I was bit this morning and now its the middle of the afternoon so I'm most likely not going to make it through the night.

"Okay so this is whats going to happen" Rick started. "We're going to stay here for the night, tomorrow we're going to leave, we're going to follow the train tracks to the first town we come across and figure out where to go from there." Rick said to me as Michonne went outside. I nodded my head in understanding.

I couldn't speak, all i could think about was that I'm going to die soon and there's nothing i can do about it. Addi and Carl came in.+

"Michonne told you?" Rick asked them.

"Yeah, what will we be doing at this new town?'' Carl asked.

''I don't know, what we always do. Go somewhere new and wish for a miracle to happen" Rick answered trying to be sarcastic but it was easy to tell that he was broken, whatever happened to these people before they found me utterly destroyed them.

''Come on, its going to get dark soon.'' Michonne picked up a bag with food in it from what we collected this morning and grabbed out something to eat. I can't tell them about me, i don't want them to kill me or throw me out. I know Addison and Carl wouldn't do that but i don't know about Rick. I look up from the spot on the ground i was staring at too see a black car that had a roof and wasn't opened up like all the others. That's where i'm going to sleep tonight, I can lock myself in and if i turn tonight i can't get out and hurt any of them. They can find me in the morning and put a bullet through my head. If i don't turn then I'll tell them tomorrow I've been bit.

*Addison POV*

We sat and ate some of the food we had collected this morning for dinner, Ellie has been quiet all day. As soon as she finished eating she got up and went to a black Skyline and sat inside.

''Night guys'' Was all she said, closing the door shut before we had the chance to say goodnight back.

"She's been acting weird'' Carl whispered in my ear, i warmed my hands over the little fire we made on the floor of the shed, Michonne and Rick occupied in they're own conversation on the other side of our fire.

''I know, i was going to talk to her tonight but i think she just wants to be left alone'' We went quiet, the only sound was the mumbled conversation on the other side of the fire. I started daydreaming and wishing everyone was back together.

"You've been acting weird too'' Carl said, i could feel him staring at me.

"Weird, how?'' I said not looking at him.

''Well first of all, you don't talk unless someone talks to you first. That's not like you at all, its hard for me to get you to shut up most of the time. You're always staring out to space much more than usual, you've just been so distant-" I cut him off by turning and planting my lips on his.

"What was that for?'' He asked taken aback.

"To get you to shut up" I smiled and took his hands in mine, starting to play with them. "Im just thinking about the prison and what will do now? We've got nothing"

"We don't have nothing... We have each other and that's all we need"

"You're right i just hope we find others from the prison, I hope we find Daryl'' I looked at the ground and we were quiet again.

"Pick a car'' Carl stood up and held out a hand to help me up.

"The red mustang'' I smiled as Carl pulled me up.

''You're going to bed too? Its only 6:30" Rick said as we started walking to the car.

"We're super tired'' Carl called over his shoulder. He opened the back car door for me before following me in. He sat comfortably on an angle before pulling me to him and cuddling me protectively into his chest.

''I love you" He mumbled into my hair.

"I love you too" I looked up at him and kissed him.

"Hey, no funny business back there" Michonne sarcastically warned making us laugh and cuddle back in, falling asleep quickly.

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*Ellie POV*

I woke up calmly in the backseat of the car, to the sound of birds singing outside, I sat up abruptly when I remembered what should have happened to me last night. I pull up the sleeve of my shirt to look at the bite on my forearm, it was red and sore with holes where the teeth went in. But it wasn't rotting or spreading it just stayed how it was yesterday. I'm not complaining about being alive but this shouldn't have happened, what's going on?

"Everyone get up, we're going to start walking so be ready" Rick said as he slung his bag on his shoulder.

"Carl I can see you're awake, wake up Addison" Michonne said after she shook Carl who was pretending to be asleep in the back car seat. She looked over into the car I slept in and saw I was awake so she didn't bother coming to shake me. I should be one of the undead but i didn't turn, I just repeated those three words in my head over and over again. I didn't turn.

*Addison POV*

"Babe, get up. Dad wants to leave" I heard Carl say in my ear as he nudged me awake. I sat up slowly and turned to face him.

"Morning" I mumbled and he laughed.

"Good morning sleepy. Come on, you know how impatient my dad is" He stood up and jumped over the car door instead of using it to get out and held out a hand for me to jump over as well. I took his hand and stood, jumping over the door and landing beside him. He didn't let go of my hand as we started walking over to Michonne and Rick that were talking near the door, i turned and looked at the hooded car that Ellie slept in last night which she was still in.

''Come on Ellie, we're leaving" I said before she opened the car door and got out stumbling a little, she kept mumbling something under her breath, not looking at me, with a look of disbelief on her face.

"What? I can't here you" I said after i let go of Carl's hand and took a step towards her, her weird behaviour got the attention of the adults and they started staring.

''I didn't turn, whats going to happen to me. I-... I didn't turn" She was looking at the ground as she stuttered the sentence.

"What do you mean you didn't turn..?" she looked at me for the first time since getting out of the car as if she had just noticed i was there. She looked down at her arm and started pulling up her red shirt sleeve to reveal a bite on her forearm, she looked back at me with water in her eyes.

"When did this happen?" I asked refusing to cry, I've already lost almost everyone else and now I'm going to lose the friend who I became so close too in such a short amount of time..

"Yesterday morning, when i got attacked by that walker in one of the houses. I lied about being okay, i should have told you guys, i don't know why i didn't.."

"Impossible, everyone turns within 12 hours" Rick spoke up from behind us, none of them had said a word until then.

"Not impossible, i should be a walker right now but im not" Ellie sniffled.

"It's been over 24 hours since then, she could be immune" Michonne said, i looked back at all of them staring at the bite on Ellie's arm. I looked at Carl who was staring at the bite until he looked at me in disbelief before he said something that filled me with hope again.

"She could be the key to a cure"