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~𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕~

When I woke up the next morning harry was still knocked out asleep. I put my shoes back on and took out my pocketknife. I opened the bedroom door and closed it quietly. I did a quick check of the house and all the doors. When I was done, I put my knife away and went to the bedroom. I sat next to harry and when I looked at him, he looked like he was crying. I gently shook him to wake him up. "Harry, wake up." He sat up and immediately started crying. I gently picked him up and bounced him on my hip. "Shh its ok. It was just a dream." After a couple of minutes, he stopped crying and just rested his head on my shoulder. "What's wrong kiddo?" He sniffs draw things on my arm with his finger. "I had nightmare." I wipe the tears of his face and kiss his forehead. "It's okay kiddo. Can you tell me what it's about?" He nods. "There was a monster, and it was ugly and was biting people. It was so scary." I took a moment to realize what he said. He had, had a nightmare about walkers. "Don't worry kiddo it's okay, I will make sure no monster ever comes for you. Except.... The tickle monsters!" I started tickling his sides and the room was filled with giggles.

 When I stopped, he had a smile on his face that even made me smile. I kiss his head and hand him the bag of cereal for him to snack on. "Have some breakfast. But after that I need to talk to you about something." He nods with a mouth full of cereal. I start organizing my backpack when I hear a small bang on the window and see harry going to it. "Harry come to me, okay? don't go near the window." He looks confused on why. He slowly walks towards me. "Harry, I need to tell you something." He nods. "There are bad people outside. They are going to try to hurt you. When you see someone immediately tell me okay?" He nods and I pull him into hug. "Why do bad people want to hurt us?" I sigh and pick him up. "Not everyone wants to hurt you, but a lot do, so that's why I have these." I say mentioning my gun and knife.  

He looks like he wants to ask me something. "Do you want to ask me something?" He nods. "When can I get a backpack, and cool toy like yours?" I was confused about what he meant by my 'toys' but then I realized he meant my gun. "I will get you a backpack tomorrow, and when I get you one, I will put one in your backpack but don't touch it unless I tell you to." He smiles and nods. "Yay!" I smile and set him down. "Then I will teach to use it."  He smiles and nods. "Thank you, Reggie." I mess with his hair and kneel down to kiss his forehead. I go to the living room with my backpack and finish organizing it. I grab the watch that Sirius bought me when we were younger. It was 2:57pm. Harry sits next to me with a children's book. "Where did you get that kiddo?" He smiles and holds it out to me. "I found it in the other bedroom! Can you read it to me?" I take the book and look that the cover. 'The Giving Tree' I look at it with a smile. My brother used to read my bedtime stories. "Of course, kiddo." I tap his nose with my pointer finger, and he giggles. I get comfortable on the couch and sits on my lap. I start reading to him and he plays with terry. 

When I finish the book, I check my watch and its 3:26. Harry is slowly falling asleep, so he gets comfortable by cuddling into my chest. I gently play with his hair. I can't help but smile. Harry is a very kind and gentle child. I may have just met him a couple day ago, but I will protect him with my life. I kiss his forehead and tuck his hair behind his ears. Before I know it, an hour has passed by. I should probably wake him up, so he sleeps tonight. He will need it since we are going to be on the road. I gently shake him awake and stand up with him in my arms. "Harry time to wake up." He groans and rubs his eyes. "What time is it, Reggie?" I tuck his hair behind his ear and check my watch. "It is 4:30." He nods and stretches. His hair is getting pretty long now. It is almost as long as mine and mine is long, but not as long as Carls. "Do you want a haircut?" He touches his hair and nods. "When I am done can I play with yours?" I don't really like people touching my hair, but I nod. I used to cut Sirius's hair when mom said it was too long. But I never cut it too much. "Sit in front of the couch so I can cut it." He nods and I set him down so He can do so. I go to the kitchen and grab the scissors and head back to the living room. I sit behind harry and get ready. I take off my flannel and set it right on his shoulders, so the hair didn't go down his shirt. "How short do you want it?" Harry put his finger on his chin as if he was thinking. "Like your daddy in the picture!" I take out the picture and look at it for a second. The picture was when we were still looking for Sophia.

I nod and put my back. "Okay kiddo." I slowly cut off some of his hair. When I am done, I set down the scissors and take off the flannel. "Turn around for me buddy." He turns around with a smile on his face. "What does it look like?" I mess up his hair and he giggles. "It looks amazing." He immediately stands up and drags me to the bathroom. He sticks his hands up, so he gets picked up since he is too small to look at himself in the mirror. He has the biggest smile on his face. "I look awesome!" He hugs me tight. "Reggie I'm hungry." I walk back to the living room and set him down on the couch. "What do you want?" He thinks for a second than answers. "I want some carrots!" I nod and open the can for him. I hand him a fork and he start eating. We don't have much food left so it is a good thing we are leaving tomorrow. I check the time and it is 6:58.

Wow time went by really quickly. "Reggie I'm full." He looks sort of upset. "What's wrong buddy?" I kneel down in front of him. "Where is your daddy?" I was confused by the question. "Oh, he is just busy." Harry nods at the answer and hands me the corn. "Did you adopt me, Reggie?" I was about to eat some of the carrots when he asked me that. "Uhm I-I don't know harry." I may be only 16 but I realize I have been treating harry like how rick treats Judith. Like a parent. "Well, you should adopt me!" I ruffle his hair and smile. "I'll think about it buddy, okay?" He nods. "Can I play with your hair now?" I nod and lean my back against the couch. 

He gets behind me and just plays with my hair. When I finished the carrots, I just let harry play with my hair for a while. When harry yawns I check the time again and its 9:23. Time goes by really fast. "It's time for your bed buddy." He nods and picks up terry. I clean up everything and pick up my bag. I also pick up harry. When get to the room I set my bag down and set him on the bed. "Reggie, if you do adopt me what do I call you?" I paused what I was doing for a second and look at him. "Whatever you want, you can stick with Reggie, or decide something else, okay?" He yawns and rubs his eyes. I help tuck him in and lay next to him. "Song?" I smile and kiss his forehead. 

When I finish the song, he is knocked out again. How could I take care of a toddler all by myself out there. And should I adopt him? He would probably be heartbroken if I don't. But then again, I would be heartbroken if I lose him out there. I feel sleep consume me slowly. I hope everyone is okay. I miss them.