pulse || c. grimes TWD

22.

It's been a week since everything happened, I had rarely been home since I was too scared of Mark, I hadn't told anyone about him yet but I'm sure I will, It's what Jayce wanted, I had already told Deanna about Jayce and he was buried and his name was put on the wall, almost everybody was out because they were trying to deal with the massive herd of walkers a quarry filled with walkers. The quarry exits are being blocked by several large trucks, one of which teeters on the edge of a cliff, It's a stupid thing to do I tried to tell Rick but he wouldn't listen

I decided to go to Carl's house I had to tell him about Mark, I can't keep living like this I thought to myself, It's what Jayce said, If I told Carl he'll tell Rick and he'll make Deanna kick him out or even kill him, It's been a week now and I think I was ready I think anyway since Max has healed up Mark constantly beats on him, Max hasn't even been outside for weeks

Mark grabbed my throat last night and threw me against the wall when I tried to stand up for Max leaving a slightly red bruising on my neck, I had arrived at Carl and Rick's house and walked up the porch steps, I knocked on the door and Carl answered, he offered me inside and I accepted, "Carl, I have to tell you something" 

"What is it?" He asked, I hesitated for a moment it was easy to tell Ron but that was because he was going through the same thing, "Um- well, You know like um, me and Ron's agreement, I never told you what we both agreed on" I told, "Yeah? well, what was it?" Carl asked

"If I didn't tell anyone about Pete, He wouldn't tell anyone about Mark" 

"What about Mark?"

"He's like, Pete"

He furrowed his eyebrows and looked at me with a concerned face, "Mark...hits you?" Carl breathed, I nodded, and his confused expression froze in place, it was like all the planes of his face had suddenly hardened into ice, Oddly he was more beautiful like that he stayed frozen so I felt compelled to explain the rest, "And Max" I added, I felt a pit in my stomach like I would've regretted what I had told him, I looked back at him "Nyla I had no idea Mark was like that, Do you want me to tell my dad? I mean, if that's what you want?" Carl offered, His eyes gazed into mine 

"Yeah" I breathed, "Come in the living room and tell me about it," He said and we both walked into the living room and sat down on the couch, "Before when I was on the road with Max and Rio, it would be rare for him to hit us, it was still bad but uh it's worse now, Why do you think Max hasn't been out in weeks? He cracked his ribs and was in pain all the time, He's healed up now but Mark is now beating on him every other day" I told him about Max first so I could avoid telling him about me but I knew I'd have to

"Uhh, Just yesterday he grabbed my throat and pushed me against a wall" I admitted, He looked at my neck and saw the bruising, "Jayce, He was a part of our group before I don't know if you knew that, He left me a note, you can read it if you want, I don't really like talking about stuff like this" I grabbed the note out of my back pocket, no it hasn't been in my pocket all this time I put it in there just before I left 

"Are you sure? It's probably kind of personal" He asked just to be sure, "Go ahead" I handed it to him, He began to read it, I was staring at him looking for some kind of reaction, after he read it he handed it back to me "You want me to tell my dad?" He asked, "Please, you'd be doing everyone a favour" I muttered

"I will when he gets back, I promise" 

I smiled at him and realized it was never gonna be the same anymore, Carl smiled back, We were both staring at each other for a bit until I breathed in and said "I should probably go now"

"You can stay if you want" Carl offered did he really want me to stay or was he just offering to be nice because of what I just told him, "It's fine" I smiled at him one last time and made my way out the door, I stayed outside for a while 

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I found a dock to sit on there was nobody around now, Rick was back now so that meant Carl must've told him already, I was fidgeting with a lighter and then I heard footsteps approach behind me I turned around to see Carl and then I looked back to the lighter, He sat down next to me, His hand was right by mine, I looked at him and then placed my hand on his I looked up at him and saw him slightly smiling, more like a smirk his face was turning a shade of pink, Was he blushing cause of me? I felt a warmth in my stomach like I had been punched but in a good way, not a painful way, I felt my cheeks heat up, was I blushing too? I looked away and began fidgeting with the lighter again, my hand still on his

He flipped his hand around to hold mine, I smiled this was nice, He turned to look at me "I told my dad" He told me, "Thank you, Carl" I smiled, even more, and then kissed his cheek quickly "Woah" He chuckled

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