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GREY KINGSTON
"my god!" negan exclaims, eyes drilling into mine. "you give me the same side-eye as he does," he points to carl. "and that's the same look rick gives me!"
carl glances at me from across the table. he subtly shakes his head, implying for me to stop staring at negan.
"did you enjoy your spaghetti?" my tone is coated with annoyance as i lean forward, placing my elbows on the table.
"i did! thank you for askin'!" a wide smile spreads across negan's face.
muffled voices outside of our house cause all of us to look in that direction.
negan jolts up from the table and opens the front door like he lives here. i catch the tail end of nicholas on our porch before negan steps out and closes the door behind him.
"you two need to stop talking to him like that!" olivia whispers.
"i heard you slapped him in the face, what's the difference?" i ask.
she shakes her head in disapproval as she stands up from the table, "maybe rick did rub off on you, grey. you're just as mouthy as he is."
"where're you going?" i ask.
"gonna go check on judith. he doesn't know about her, right?"
carl and i shake our heads quickly.
"good." she says before disappearing up the stairs.
"why were you at hilltop?" i turn to carl. "i thought you were looking for enid."
"yeah, she was there. she went to check on maggie and sasha, but the saviors were there for pickup. jesus and i hopped in the back of a truck that was goin' to the sanctuary."
"is enid still there? at hilltop?"
carl nods his head, "she's safe."
"why would you go to the sanctuary?"
carl shushes me, "come upstairs with me."
"what if he comes back in?" i ask, so carl quickly goes to peak out the window to see what's going on.
he shakes his head, "he's havin' a drink with nicholas. we've got time."
i follow behind him as we run up the stairs and into his bedroom.
"i went there," he starts as he shuts his door behind us. "because i tried to kill him."
"carl!" i scold. "what if he didn't bring you back home and make you spaghetti? what would you have done then?"
"but he did!"
"none of us knew you were there! i thought you were in the woods this whole time."
