Stay With Me

July 10, 5 PM

***A/N***
This may seem like a big time skip, but when you read, you see the two week time skip so enjoy!
***Amie's POV***
I was so happy to see Beth. I ran up to the porch in such a hurry that I don't remember any of the other people that were there. I hugged Beth, Maggie, and Hershel.

"I'm so glad to see you! I thought everyone I knew in the city was dead," Beth said with excitement. There were tears in her eyes. "I know. I almost didn't make it. I was so scared." She hugged the breath out of me. "Beth- can't- breathe- suffocating- aghhh! Hhhhh! It's good to see you, Beth."

"It's good to see you too, Amie. Will you join us for dinner? We're having pork chops. You can meet everyone! Pleeeeaaassse?? I just came out to call everyone in." My stomach rumbled just thinking about eating something that wasn't a creme filled cake or something canned. I had to use all of my self control to prevent myself from running inside and devouring everything edible in sight.

Everyone from the other group came inside and sat down around the enlarged kitchen table. After Hershel gave thanks and everyone had food, one of the guys from the other group started asking me questions.

"What's your name?"

"Amie Jacobs."

"How many walkers have you killed?"

"Probably between a hundred and fifty and two hundred."

"How many humans?"

"Five. My parents, my partner, and two guys that tried to mug me for my supplies one day."

"What's your weapon of choice?"
"Knife, sword, or bow. I'm not a huge fan of guns unless I have a silencer. The only reason I have one is because it was all I could get my hands on, other than a couple of knives. I lived a couple of miles away from an armory. There wasn't a lot left, just handguns, revolvers, assault rifles, and some ammo.That was pretty much it. I thought I saw some vests too. I could have been mistaken."

He considered my answers for a minute. "Alright. Welcome to the group. My name is Rick. This is my wife, Lori, and my son, Carl. That's Shane. Over there is Andrea. That's Carol, T-Dog, Glenn, Dale, and Daryl. At the other table is Maggie, Beth and Hershel, but I'm assuming you know them already. I looked at everyone. There was Rick, strikingly handsome, with chocolate brown hair and a little bit of beard scruff. There was a tall, skinny woman who was very pale; I'm pretty sure Rick said her name was Lori. I would be able to remember Carl if I was a walker. He was a few inches shorter than me, with the same color hair as Rick and Lori, with Rick's eyes and Lori's build; tall and skinny. He was smokin'. He was also very intently Not Looking at me. I knew what that meant. I've had a lot of guys from the skate park Not Look at me. Then they tried to hook up with me. Creeps. Whatever. I could tell he wasn't like that. How was this gonna work when we were around each other all the time? He can't just not communicate with me. We freaking live together! Sort of. Anyways. The tall baldish guy with a big nose was Shane. He gave me the creeps. He had that whole rapist demeanor going on.Then was Andrea. She was remarkably unremarkable. So in other words, she was a walking oxymoron. Carol was short and skinny, with short brown hair and what appeared to be the remnants of what appeared to be a bruise. Almost looks like a punch. Either a chick fight or an abuse victim. Hmm. Strange. T-Dog was a big burly black guy. Not much to say about him. Glenn was Asian. And no moustache. Zombie apocalypse going in for almost 2 years and he still doesn't have a moustache. Alrighty then. Dale was an old guy with a fishing hat and a Hawaiian shirt. He seemed very peaceful. Daryl was an entirely different story. He had medium brown hair and a little bit of beard scruff. He had brown clothes and shoes on. He had a knife in his shoe and in his belt. I can't say I blame him. You never knew what's going to happen in this world. He was a total badass. I'd have to get to know him.
***Time lapse, 8 PM***
"Amie!" Rick called out to me as I was walking around the camp, occasionally stopping to talk to everyone else. At first I freaked out, thinking there was a walker behind me, so I pulled out me knife and did a 360. Then I realized that he just wanted to talk to me. I got that guilty grin on my face, then put my knife back in my belt. "What's up?" He looked kind of embarrassed, even though he hasn't just pulled out a knife and tried to stab something that wasn't there. "I talked to Hershel, and I'm afraid the only place we have for you to sleep is in Carl's tent. I wish there was another option, but during the end of the world, no one really has a lot of choices. Will you be comfortable with this situation, or do you want to try to do something else?" I thought about it for a minute.
On the one hand, I would have someone to talk to.
But I had no idea if we would get along or if he would even talk to me!
"I'll give it a try," I said after a few seconds of mental debate. "If this doesn't work, don't worry about trying to find me anither situation. I don't want to put too much stress on you. You have better things to worry about than some newcomer."
He grinned at me. "Thank you. I'm sure everything will work out just fine. That blue tent over there is Carl's. Just be sure to knock first. He's kind of shy."
"Alright. Thank you, Rick." I hugged him and made my way over to the small blue tent.
"Knock, knock," I said as I walked up to the entrance.
"Come in?" I heard him say cautiously. I opened the tent flap and stepped inside. "Hi. Um, your dad said it would be okay if I stayed in here?" I said cautiously, not wanting to make him mad. "Well he should have checked with me-". He tried to step out of the tent, but I shoved him on the ground before he could do anything about it. "Listen dirtbag," I said, cutting him off. "I don't know if you have noticed, but it's the end of the world. You don't exactly have a lot if choices as far as roommates. So you can either get over the fact that you're sharing a tent, or you can go be my guard dog and sleep on the ground outside. What's your choice, there Sparky?" I was being sarcastic, but I don't think he picked up on it. I heard him swallow whatever had risen into his mouth. I couldn't help but chuckle. "Do you wanna play a game? Help get to know each other? I think it's a god idea, especially if we're going to share a tent. How 'bout it?"
I grinned wider than the Cheshire cat. "Alright. Full name? Mine's Amie Nicolle Jacobs."
"Just Carl Grimes. My parents never gave me a middle name. Weirdos!" He said rather loudly. "Sssshhhh! They'll hear us!" He giggled, which started me giggling. "I don't care. I haven't been able to do anything like this for two years! They'll live!"
We kept asking each other questions, and soon lost track of time. We were back on track when a very angry Rick came over to our tent and started whisper-yelling at us. "Are you guys insane?! You don't know how far your voices are travelling. What if you attract walkers? With everyone asleep, we wouldn't last a minute! Go to sleep, NOW! If I hear so much as a peep, I will cut both of your tongues out! UNDERSTOOD?"
Carl and I were both officially afraid to talk. We looked at each other and got the silent giggles, but I was laughing so hard I got the hiccups. Then I thought I heard Rick coming and almost had a heart attack. I didn't see any shadows or hear any moans, so I knew it wasn't a walker, which calmed me down a lot. I concluded that it was just the wind in the trees.
After I finally settled down, I finally fell asleep. It was the first time in months that I had slept without any nightmares.
***A/N***
Hai! Early update because I love y'all! . Will update again Sunday. Or before that. Idk. I'm writing this for a school project too! So I'm getting this done a lot faster. I'm taking character requests too. Comment name, age, and general description to be considered. Vote too plz! Makes me feel so good. If anything's wrong with the chronology, I'm sorry. I'm having withdrawals. Not fun. I haven't watched an episide in like a month and a half . So if I have anything wrong, any constructive criticism, anything, post it in the comments.
Also, I will post the link to the pink camo Winchester backpack in the next chapter.