Alice was not worried of the unknown. She was worried of what she already knew. She was worried of the promises that the new people were making to her-the ones bringing the people of a fallen Woodbury into their own settlement. The girl felt sorry t...
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C A R L
CARL GRIMES HAD NOT yet known what it was like to miss someone who was sitting right in front of him. This world was do-or-die and there was no time for petty disagreements or even the most tragic of betrayals to get in the way of what two people felt for each other.
But, in Alexandria, it seemed like he had all the time in the world to miss someone and not do anything about it. There was nothing to be done about it.
Despite what she wanted, Alice Dunlap needed to be rid of the boy. He felt guilty that the girl still cared for him even after all he'd put her through.
Carl Grimes had gone through a lot of hard things during his life, but not knowing how Alice was feeling about him, about Alexandria—all of it—was destroying him. There was so much he wanted to know and so much that he wanted to tell her about this place, but indulging in those selfish desires was not what she needed, right now. What she needed was to be safe, and as long as she was behind these walls, Carl couldn't find himself asking for much more.
Alice had finally gotten her cast taken off. The boy noticed that she'd often wiggle her fingers back and forth, not even realizing that she was doing it. It seemed like a new nervous habit that she'd picked up, upon the newfound freedom of her lower arm.
He watched as she concentrated on the textbook in her lap. The two were supposed to share the lone book, and Carl was silently waiting for his turn.
Carl figured that she could go first, as she would always finish their assignments exponentially faster than he did. Alice, overall, was much better at the whole school thing. It was just another one of the things that was so typical of her. Without anything to do trapped behind these walls, Alice had found a forced affinity with their schooling. Not to mention that she was naturally smarter than Carl.
The boy felt guilty for having gone outside the walls once before, knowing how captivity seemed to be treating Alice. He'd caught Enid making her escape and followed after her, to no avail. Carl wanted nothing more than to clue Alice in on the shenanigans, but was forced to keep yet another secret from the girl.
The focus on the girl's face as she tended to their homework led Carl to believe that she was actually making progress under his harsh stare, which the boy knew could never be true.
"D—Did you know that the eye is the fastest-healing part of the body?" Alice's eyes flicked to meet his.
Alice was finally speaking words to the boy. It was such a peculiar sight, and the familiar feeling of the girl waiting for a response had become foreign to him. "What?"
