Alexandria (not finished :/ )

Chapter 9

Sorry for not updating lately!❤️

~A few weeks later~
My arm has completely healed now! But not there is a scar there... oh well. Now I have two to match. But, more importantly, people have been acting weird lately.... Rick is butting heads with Diana and Father Gabriel is claiming that we shouldn't be here! ( I was with Maggie and we over heard him talking to Diana.) And SASHA don't even get me started about her! She completely flipped at Diana's welcoming party! Well, maybe the outside world messed with her head.... Anyway, I tried to put that behind me and take care of the little ones, and I've become close with little Emily. Noah and I have become great friends too, now he is like a big brother to me. Oh, and I probably shouldn't be telling you this... I think Pete beats Jesse.... I saw a bruise on her left cheek. I asked her about it, but she just said she fell and hit her face on a table. I didn't believe her at all but I didn't want to pester her about it.
The next day, Rick and Pete got into a fist fight, and went through a window! Once some people broke up the fight, I rushed over to Rick to try and help him when I saw the blood, but he just shoved me away, then he pointed his gun at me and yelled,
"Get BACK! Everyone needs to BACK UP!" Then he gave this whole speech on how things should be done in this community. Carl tried to get to him too but he just did the same. I just backed up, tears threatening to spill over, when Michonne can and punched him in the side of the head, knocking him out. I backed up even more, until I ran into a tall figure. I turned around, about to apologize, then I noticed it was Noah. He saw how scared as I was, and understood, and just embraced me in a hug. I clung on to him, full on crying now. Rick...... he scared me..... I always thought of him as a friendly father, that could be tough when he needed to but..... I never thought he would point a gun at innocent people. Once I calmed down I looked up at Noah. He just look down at me, his dark brown eyes looking strait into my (e/c) ones. In a way, it was very soothing. He gave me a sympathetic smile, and I smile sadly back. We walk back to the house, we have dinner together with Carl, then I take a shower and put on a (f/c) tank top and matching plaid shorts and go to bed. But, after what seems like only minutes I wake up with a scream, sweating and gasping for breath. I had a nightmare... Rick was there... and we were back in the middle of town, but when he pushed me away, he paused, looked me in the eyes, and then shot me in the chest. Noah came rushing in with Carl, worry all over their faces. But once they saw that I was physically O.K., they calmed down a little. They both came to the edges of my bed and sat down, looking at me sympathetically. I bring my knees to my chest and cry, and they both hug me. I eventually stop, wiping the tears from my face. They release me and look at me. They know not to question, because it's so familiar to them, nightmares are a usual thing for them. Noah yawned and stretched upwards, squinting his eyes. He looks to Carl. "You got her?" He asks. Carl sleepily shakes his head 'yes' and looks back to me. Noah says "Goodnight (Y/N) . I hope you sleep better." he smiles tiredly and walks out the door. I look to Carl, "Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes it helps." he says. "No thanks. I think I'm ok now." I say with a weary smile. He looks at me, like he is reading my mind, making sure I'm actually ok. He seems to think I'm fine and smiles back. "Ok. Well, I think I'm gonna go back to bed now." he says and gets up and starts towards the door. But I'm not ready to be alone again, I grab his wrist and he looks back at me. "Do you want me to stay?" He says, a faint smirk on his face. I look down, blushing like mad. "Maybe..." I mutter. I hear a light laugh come from him, and I feel weight on the edge of the bed. "Ok, scoot over." I can just hear the smile in his voice. I look up at him, an eyebrow raised in confusion. "What? If I'm gonna stay with you, I can't sleep sitting up." he said, with a light grin. I blushed madly.... I've never slept with a guy before. "O-ok." I say looking down at my lap as I scoot to the left, and I feel the right side of the bed weigh down slightly. It feels so awkward, I can't even look straight at him. I lay down on my side, as close to the edge as I can get. I hear a soft chuckle from him, and he lays down also. After I hear Carl's snores, the awkwardness subsides a little and I turn to my other side and face him. He looks so peaceful while he sleeps. He must have not been fully asleep, and felt my staring. He cracks his eye open. "(Y/N)? Whatchya doin?" He said smiling widely, in his deep sleepy voice. My eyes widen, and I feel like a tomato as I turn quickly around. "Ha.... oh (Y/N)? What's the matter?~" he coos teasingly, and he wraps his arms around my waist. I stiffen and he feels it. He just chuckles into the crook of my neck, and my face gets even redder, if it can. "C-Carl....are you sleep t-talking or something?" I say stuttering like Piglet from Winnie the Pooh. I get no response, just slow, warm breathing into my hair. I sigh and try to get out of his embrace, but soon figure out it is useless. If I did get out of the involuntary hug, I would fall off the bed. Despite the risks, I tried anyway, but that was also in vain. He just held on tighter. Great. I just gave up and tried to go to sleep. Eventually I drift off to sleep, accepting Carl's warmth.