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THE SUN WAS BARLEY out, the camp grieving the ones they'd lost in their own ways. dawn had barely approached, colette had taken it apon herself to take carl to their tent.
deeming it necessary he got even a little sleep. so she sat beside his cot, her fingers gently running through his hair, his eyes barley open as he slowly drifted off. the nightmare from hours prior still lingering in his head, growing the fear of the dead.
his eyes barley opened, just enough the catch a glimpse of his sister who sat criss crossed on the tent floor. one hand in the boys hair and the other reached up to her face, gnawing on her finger nails. she too was scared, more afraid then she'd been since the beginning of the outbreak.
she'd never witnessed it, maybe that's why she never was afraid, but now she could barley leave carls side, fearful it'd all happen again. "are we safe now?" carl questioned softly, his voice barley above a whisper as he spoke, watching colette glance to him before back to the floor. she didn't want to lie to him, feed into the allusion that they were safe; because they weren't.
colette didn't feel safe at all, not even with her father back and the extra amount of guns in the camp. she didn't know if she ever would feel safe again. "i don't know" she mumbled sadly, glancing to her brother who nodded. "i'm scared, lottie" carl spoke softly, shifting to lay on his side to look at his sister. his hands folded under the side of his face.
"i know. i'm scared too" the grimes teen mumbled, looking to her brother. her heart aching for him, he was younger then she was, it had to of been harder for him to go through last night. his mind was still developing, colette felt the sudden surge of guilt. "but i won't let anything happen to you, ever. i'll always keep you safe." she mumbled, her hand gently grasping his own. watching him smile faintly, "promise?" he questioned, half asleep. the girl nodded her head, "promise" she mumbled, laying her head onto the cot. her hand still holding tightly onto his.
she wasn't lying about what she said, she'd do whatever she had to do in order to keep her brother safe. she felt as if it was her job as his older sister, she'd take a bullet for her brother if it meant keeping him safe. she had no doubt about that, she'd let herself get ripped to shreds if that meant he'd be safe.
colette knew she'd do anything and everything to keep her family safe, she didn't want to have to witness her family being ripped apart and waking as one of the dead. walking aimlessly ripping people apart, not a thought behind their milky white eyes. killing anything and everything they could get their hands on.
