I Want (Carl Grimes x OC)

Strangers

My legs were starting to burn from all of the walking. We stopped for a little while and I sat down on the floor. Rick offers me a piece of jerky, I grab it and save it for as long as I can. "Summers gonna start I can tell by how hot it is." I tell Carl.

"Okay weather expert." He says smiling. He's holding Judith and giving her some water. I smile at him. I look down at my wrist and neck. I miss you both. I look down at Jacqui's bracelet and the necklace my dad gave me, I hold onto the necklace with the other hand. Footsteps come from next to me, Carol and Tyreese go to fill up the empty water bottles. When they come back we go on the road again. A walker comes our way.

"I got it." Michonne says and reaches for her katana, only thing is it's not there. She laughs and hits the walker with her gun. We walk until the sun sets. We find a spot to camp, I sit down next to Carl and Judith who are by the fire. "It feels like I've been walking for thousands of  years." I tell him leaning on his shoulder.

He nods his head and yawns. "I know. My legs hurt." He says smiling. I close my eyes and listen to the crickets around us. Judith starts to move around and whine. "What more do you want from me?" I hear Carl ask. "Can I see?" I ask sitting up straight. He nods his head and gives me Judith.

I tap her back and lay her on my chest. She moves around a little bit but eventually stops. Carl looks down and smiles. "You know how to take care of babies." He says smiling. I give him a confused look. "You put her to sleep." He says smiling. I look down and Judiths asleep on my chest.

"I still don't understand how you're always carrying her. She's kinda heavy." I say fixing Judith on my chest. He smiles at me and laughs. "I'm not sure how I do it either." He says stretching his arms over his head. Carol and Daryl go on watch which makes me feel a little bit better so I relax a little bit more.

"Do they hurt?" Carl asks me. "Do what hurt?" I ask him. "Your cheeks. Do they hurt? Like are they infected?" He asks me. I reach a hand up to touch my cheek. The cuts are deep. Holy shit. "They don't feel infected." I tell him. He nods his head and reaches behind him.

He takes something and shows it to me. I want that. It's a piece of jerky. "Shhh. Don't tell anyone." He says smiling. I nod my head smiling and pop the piece of jerky in my mouth. "Yummy." I say smiling. He smiles back at me and leans back on the tree. "Goodnight Mar." He says smiling. "Goodnight Sheriff." I say closing me eyes and leaning back.

I got a few hours of sleep that night, but it felt like minutes. Carl woke me up. "C'mon. My dad wants to get going." He tells me. Where are we even going? I get up and grab my bag. We walk through the woods for a while until a person walks through the woods. We all jump and aim our gun.

It's Daryl. "We surrender." He says holding up his hands and the squirrels in them. I have one bullet why am I even pointing? Rick and Daryl walk up ahead, they walk faster then before. "Why are they walking so fast. For no reason either." I say messing with my bracelets.

"I hav-." Carl gets cut off by a whistle. "Keep close." He tells us. "Would be easier if you didn't walk faster." Carl whispers under his breath. I laugh. I hear laughing and I turn around. Bob and Sasha. They're an unusual pair but they're cute together. "You're staring." Carl says. I turn and look at him. "Oops." I say looking down. Carl laughs a little bit.

As we're walking a man shouts for help. Me and Carl get ready to run to the voice when Rick stops us. "Dad come on." Carl tells his dad. He doesn't move. "Come on! Come on." Carl says. I end up running to the voice and I hear running behind me. The screaming gets louder and there's a man on a rock.

Carl shoots one of the walkers and I smash one against the rock. Walker blood goes all over my hands and splashes on my face. The man stops shouting and looks at us. He's shaking on the rock. Have you never seen a walker before? Why do you look so scared? I can tell I'm giving him a look because Carl nudges me with his arm.