Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ -Carl GrimesXreader

Forget

(^That's the dress that Y/n wears to the welcome party,sorry the quality is crap.)
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(Y/n)'s POV:

"You've got to be kidding me." I laughed.
Jessie stood in front of me with a blue dress on a hanger.
"It was in the wardrobe when me and my family moved here,it's not like Ron or Sam are gonna want to wear it." She smiled.

I'm not going to lie I was scared of coming back to Ron's house but once I heard there was a welcome party Jessie found me straight away.Jessie had a small cut on her jaw,it was easy to see that she tried covering it with makeup.
I was trying to figure out what Jessie and Pete would've been arguing about,it wasn't any of my businesses but I was kind of worried about Jessie,Ron and Sam.Not as much Pete.

Jessie snapped me out of my daze when she started talking again. "So...? Are you gonna wear it?" She waited for my answer.
"Well you won't stop asking me until I say yes,so yes." I stood up and took the dress from her.

"Why are you being so nice? You could just ignore me,you know." I said.
She stood and smirked. "Truth is,I've always wanted girls...but I am grateful for my boys." She whispered.
I smiled brightly and went into a bathroom across the hall to change into the dress.
I folded my clothes and placed them on a small table,then I slipped into the dress and zipped the back up.I wore the necklace that Carl gave me over the top of the dress.Turning around and looking in the mirror I realised that I actually looked nice for once.It felt weird to look this nice in the middle of an apocalypse.

I went downstairs to where Jessie was and as soon as she saw me she cupped her face and grinned.She was dressed up too and just finishing off with Sam's shirt collar.

"You look beautiful." She came over to me with a hairbrush in her hand. "Thanks,I feel it too." I replied.She stood behind me and began brushing my hair for me.I started thinking about my mom.
I missed her,she could've been sat right here doing this for me.Things would've been a lot different if she was here.

"We need to do something about your shoes.Sneakers don't go well with a dress like that." She wondered off after finishing my hair and soon came back with a pair of blue ballerina slip-on shoes to match with the dress.
"They were my old ones from years ago,they'll probably fit you." She handed them to me.I nodded at her in thanks and quickly changed into them.

"Are we going or...Hello,(Y/n).What a nice surprise to see you here!"
Pete was stood in the hallway.His sentence trailed off once he saw me.
I gave a forced smile and looked down at the floor.It was awkward being in the same room as them after what happened yesterday,Jessie I had just gotten used to.

"Are we going yet,mom? We'll miss all the good food." Ron rushed down the stairs.
He just wore a smart shirt,jeans and sneakers. "Yeah,just helping (Y/n)." She picked up her purse and headed to the door.
"Since when did we start taking in random girls?" Sam stood weirdly,staring at all of us. "Since your mom wanted to dress me up." I faked a sigh and headed out the door with everyone else,Sam slowly followed behind me.

"Your family will already be there,right?" Ron walked beside me.I glared at my house at the bottom of the street and saw that the lights were off. "Yeah." I said.

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By the time we got to the party it was starting to get dark.

As soon as I saw Carl on his own I practically ran over to him. "Hey!" I said.
"Hi." He almost whispered.Everyone else was being so loud,I don't know why he felt the need to whisper.
"You look strangely nice." He furrowed his brows at me while looking at my new dress and shoes. "Thanks,I guess.You look strangely nice too." I awkwardly laughed.

"Where is everyone else?" I looked around and saw no one I knew. "I don't know,I last saw my dad standing in the corner with Carol." Carl pointed to where Rick was stood by himself now.Jessie called him over to talk with her and Pete.
When I was looking around I noticed Ron stood with Mikey,not paying any attention to him and staring at me and Carl,I brushed it off and smiled gently.