Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ -Carl GrimesXreader

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲

( Y/n)'s POV:

The next day Rick and our people were leaving to go to the sanctuary.My only hope was that they defeated them.I had already told Rick about Warrens kid,Gracie.I didn't really mention anything about keeping Warren alive,it seemed that he didn't care anymore so why should I?

Rick embraced Carl in a hug,knocking off his hat and messing his hair.I patiently waited for them to let go so that I could remind Rick about Gracie for the 100th time.And any other kids if there were any. "I know,I know.Nothing will happen to her.She'll be fine." Rick told me.
"Maybe keep the mom alive too? She can't do much harm if she's the only saviour left..."
Rick gave me that look that told me to stop worrying.I nodded,not entirely believing him even though I should've.Rick is a smart man,he's gotten us so far and I'm so grateful for that.
"This is the end of it." Rick told us.
He then got in the truck that was protected by rusty metal like all of the others vehicles.Watching them all leave,my eyes ended up meeting with an annoyed Rosita Espinosa sitting outside of the infirmary.She was pissed that she couldn't go due to her already healing from something else.
I believed that she could fight no matter what,that's the type of person she is,but it was probably safer that she'd stay at home.
I pulled a soft smile,Rosita face kinda softened but I knew I wouldn't of gotten anything out of her anyway so I went on.I turned to Michonne and Carl.They were talking about protecting this place. "This is your show." Michonne grinned.Carl just jokingly scoffed in response.
"Hey,whatever...But,you'll see."

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"Hey,I got a blanket incase things end up like last time.Couldn't find any sleeping bags..." I walked into the sitting room whilst folding the patterned blanket I found. "...I think the saviours might've taken them,not sure why though." I mumbled as I shoved the blanket into my bag.
"Alright,sounds good." Carl smiled and placed our water bottles in the cup area of the bags.
"Did you tell Michonne? Or someone?" I looked up at him.
"Yeah.I told Rosita to tell Michonne if she saw her since I couldn't find her." Carl explained.
I nodded slowly and soon pulled my bag on my shoulder.

"I also managed to find us a car outside of the walls.Works like it was made yesterday...Kind off." Carl said,looking so proud of himself and waiting for me to be too. "Wait,really?" I was quite impressed to be honest.
"Can you drive though? Last time I saw you in-charge of a working vehicle you hit two walkers and almost flipped the whole car." I laughed,rethinking the moment.
"I've been practising." Carl shrugged.We all knew that he didn't practice.Not one bit.

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I could hear the gates closing behind us as we slowly drove away.Frank gave us a whole lecture about driving slowly and carefully,even if we were being chased.Then we could go over his desired speed.I looked in the side mirror,the gates were completely closed and there wasn't even anybody on watch yet.I'm pretty sure that's when Carl decided to speed up.
"So when did you find out how to drive? You never told me how or when." I watched him carefully.
I wouldn't say he looked like a total natural at driving,because he didn't.Like any beginner,he looked quiet scared but I'm sure if the world was still how it used to be with cars everywhere he'd be shitting his pants.I know I would be. "Uh...Dad kinda showed me a few things.I watched other people drive whenever I could and just picked up the knowledge and movement.Like with a lot of other things." Carl leaned back a little in the chair.I placed my head against the head rest and looked out of the window.The breeze on my skin was nice.Especially when you've had a shower and washed your hair the night before.That's when I heard music coming from the cars stereo.I slowly turned to Carl with the most unserious but trying to act serious face ever.
"Stop it.." I hid my smirk with my hand.It was a song from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.I didn't know the name but I could tell it was them by the voices and genre.
Carl was lightly hitting the steering wheel as the song played.
I playfully rolled my eyes and turned the other way.
"I thought you liked them?" Carl teased me. "I said I liked,maybe...One or two songs." I laughed over the song.Carl shook his head disagreeing with me. "You won't admit it will you?"... "Nope!" 

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We found a new small town.
It looked pretty much untouched,but,that wasn't exactly clear.The car was parked in an alleyway and we pulled tarp over it to make an attempt at hiding it.Then we found ourselves in a drug store,collecting bandages and cleaning alcohol.There was a store across the street that didn't even look broken into.Well,through the windows anyway.We broke in through the back door to avoid any attention from smashing glass.The whole store was filled with dust.I coughed when I inhaled the air.We had our flashlights out even though we still had some light coming from the windows,but not a lot.
"It feels wrong for a store like this to be untouched." I spoke lowly.
Carl responded with a "Mhm."
We separated,wandering around the store.I figured no one had raided this place because the shelves were half empty anyway.
They must've been waiting for a restock or something like that before the outbreak.I got to the cash register and spotted a few things next to the conveyor belt.Things like gum,pamphlets,gift cards.There was a gift card for Forever 21,it used to be my favourite store.I'd go there whenever I had pocket money from my Aunt Mackie and Uncle Thomas.I reached for the gum packets. "You want some?" I held the gum packet in my right hand,lightly shaking it as I turned to Carl. "Flavour?" He asked.
I flipped the packet over and read the front. "There's two kinds..sour apple or mint?" I pulled a 'Ooo' kind of face and tone.Carl pulled an even more sarcastic one back.
"Sour apple? Ew,I'll have mint thanks." He scoffed.I smiled as I tore a single packet of mint gum from the rest of the packs.
"Catch." I said before tossing the gum packet over to him.He caught it successfully. "Are you trying sour apple?" Carl noticed I was still holding the green pack.
"Yep." I unwrapped a piece and put it in my mouth.The flavour wasn't even bad and it actually still had its flavour from all of the years of just sitting on a shelf.
I thought they would've lost their flavour.
"How's your...Sour apple gum?" Carl questioned,sounding slightly disgusted. "It's actually nice." I put the other packet in my pants pocket. "Weirdo." I heard Carl chuckle. "Yeah,I'm the biggest weirdo around...Even more of a weirdo than E-" I stopped myself.
I would've said Eugene if we were still on good terms with him but unfortunately we weren't.I sometimes forgot even though nobody else had forgetting.
"Nobody is more of a weirdo than him." Carl quietly laughed as he searched through shelves.
I was surprised at first that he knew who I was talking about,but,when we first met Eugene,Rosita and...Abraham all we could say was how much of a weird guy he was.Useful,but weird.Like when I used to call him Big Brains all of the time.

"I found chips,ramen,6 loafs of expired bread and 4 tins of beans...And Mac&Cheese." Carl shouted from across the store.All I had found was gum,bandaids,tinned tomatoes and flip flops. "That's great.It's better then nothing." I replied.Carl then asked me what id found."What you got?" I hesitated to tell him but I did. "Uh...Are flip flops any use to us?" I awkwardly smiled.Carl had a are-you-serious look. "If we're taking a trip to the beach."
"There's a clothes store next door...Figured we could collect something's for people back home." I said as I pulled my bag on my shoulder again after it slowly slipping off.
"There's nothing much here so yeah,let's go." Carl came from behind the shelves and headed for the door.When we left I shut the door behind us so that no Walkers could get in incase we needed it in the near future.Carl waited for me but he was still walking in front of me when we were walking to the other store.When I was walking behind him I noticed his gun in his holster.He had his hand lightly hovering over it.And for some reason I thought of my last day with the saviours...what could've happened when we got to Alexandria.When we were right outside.

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Guys man.I just googled how old Carl was in s8 and it said he was 15💀Meanwhile I thought this boy was like 15 in s5 or sum...
Let's just pretend they like 17-18.Chandlers age when he did season 8💔