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xix
𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 to reality and regain consciousness and look around in confusion. "What-" I look around more and realise there wasn't much of the group around now. I try sitting up more, until I knew I was leaning on someone. "Slowly." they speak softly, it was Alex. "What happened?" I croak. "You had an absence seizure." she tells. "What do you mean- where's Paige?!" I cut myself off. "She's fine!" Kiki turns around showing Paige in her arms.
"Where is everybody?" I ask. "Well, Maggie and Daryl have gone out on a run to look for more baby stuff for the newborns, Rick's... he's elsewhere." Kiki explains. I wonder what she meant by "elsewhere". "Jay, do you have epilepsy?" Alex asks. I cross my eyebrows. "No. Why?" "Well, you couldn't have had a seizure for nothing, it's happened for a reason." Sam comments as I stand with help from Alex.
"No, I'm fine." I stop all of the fussing. I remember Ma was still laying all on her own in the laundry room. "Where's T?" I ask. Everyone bows there heads. "Oh... Carol?" Still nothing. "Shit." I whisper to myself. I look around and see Zak wasn't around. "Where's Zak?" "He..." Letty trails. "Leticia... where is my brother?" I sternly input. "He went back inside to try find- her." Beth informs me. Oh no!
"For fuck's sake!" I burst as Paige and Lori's baby begin to cry. "He just needs time." Hershel soothes me. "He needs time?! I'm the one who-" I pause. "He doesn't know what it was like, he wasn't there! Having to do that to your mother, it's-" "Scary?" Carl finishes, with a sad expression on his face. "Yeah, I know." I keep forgetting that he isn't the only one who had to kill their own Mum.
"Carl, I-" I begin. "Don't worry about it." he murmurs. I see the door open from where I came out of with Paige, it was Zak looking pissed. "Zak!" Letty warns. "Zak, calm down!" "How can I when my mother is being eaten in there by five walkers, and you expect me to calm down?!" he fumes. He turns his attention to me. "This is your fault Jadelyn Moon, you left her there, by herself-" "Zak! She's recovering from a damn seizure, give her some space!" Beth shouts.
"She seems pretty all right to me!" he seethes. Out of no where, Carl shoves Zak away from me with an angry demeanour. "Carl!" I frown. "She's lost her mother, which is something you seem to have not realised, seeing as you just say "my mother is being eaten", remember she's the one that had to do it, it's not easy... I'd know."
"What do you think you can do, Little Man?" Zak steps up. I get between the two, even though I knew Carl wouldn't be able to take on a former wrestler, yet he had a gun. "Zak, walk away and cool off." Hershel orders. Zak stays stood, not shifting. "Zak, just go!" I shove him away. "Please." I was now on the verge of tears.
