One Last Try

Chapter 7: Deal

"Come in," Carl says. "Hey, it's me.." I say. "Megan!? You're alive?!" Carl says excitingly. "Yeah.. How's your eye?" I ask him, "gone, " he says. "Oh my god, does it hurt!?" I ask him in a panic, "not really, I'm just not used to it." I sit on the bed beside him. "When you left.. was it because of me?" He asks. "Mainly, no. I didn't feel like I belonged here.." I told him, "Well, you do belong here!" He tells me. "So I guess Maggie won the bet then?" I asked jokingly. "Surprisingly not. they just put it on hold." He told me. "Who do you want to win?" I asked again jokingly. "Glenn." He said. "Carl.. you hardly know me, what do you mean Glenn." I ask, confused. "Then let me get to know you!" He said, getting a bit annoyed. "Fine." I said. "Thank you, I'll knock on your door in like two hours, and we will hang out," He told me. "I've got to find my dad, I'll see you in two hours. Bye, " I say as I leave. "This is batshit crazy. Maybe I should just leave again." I told myself, "No, although this is crazy I can't leave my dad again and.. I can't leave Carl again." I told myself again. I knock on Carol's front door. She opens it, "Megan! It's great to see you! Are you walking, alright??" Carol asked. "Hey Carol, yeah, I'm walking, okay? Have you seen my dad?" I ask her. "Yes, I have, I saw him about 5 minutes ago, and he said he's going to the armory," Carol told me. "Thanks, Carol! I'll see you soon, " I said as I ran off, limping as I went. I get to the armory and go inside. I can Daryl inside talking to Michone about me. Apparently, by their conversation, they don't know I'm awake. I walk in and hug Michone from behind. "Guess who!" I said. She wiped her head around and hugged me back. "Megan, you're awake!" She said while smiling. I leave the hug and walk over to Daryl, who is speechless. "Hey.. Dad, " I say. "Megan.. You're.. here?" Daryl said. "Yeah, I'm here." I told him. Daryl hugged Megan tight. "I'm sorry I left!" I told him, "Hey, it's okay. I'm just glad that you're back." Daryl and Megan go on a short run, and then Megan goes back to her house to wait for Carl to show up. After she waited for about 20 minutes, Carl showed up. "So what do you wanna do?" I asked Carl, "Oh, I have something in mind, " Carl told me. Carl took me beyond the walls to a spot, with logs and a nice area. "How'd you find this?" I ask him. "Oh, Enid showed me it!" He told me. "Oh.. ok, " I said under my breath. The two spent hours there every day sometimes with Enid and sometimes with just them. "So we've read almost every comic in Alexandria. What should we do now?" I ask him. Right before he was about to answer, we saw a man we dont recognize holding a gun. "Follow me!" He whispered. He grabbed my hand and led me to a hollowed out tree stump. While hiding in the tree stump, Carl says, "Just so you know back when I kissed you, i'm sorry,"Don't be, it was just weird, yk we hardly know each other" I told him. "And we just need to -" He covered my mouth with his hand. :I hear them. " He whispers. About a minute later, he takes his hand of my mouth. "I think they're gone," he said, "we should probably head back now, we have to bring Maggie to Hilltop." He told me. "I'll see you in twenty minutes then," I said. "No, you're not coming." He said. "Yes, I am," "No, you're not!" He started yelling, "Shut up! They will hear!" I put my hand over his mouth. He rips it off. "I don't care!" He started yelling about stupid things. In a spur of a moment to shut him up, I kissed him. He stopped for a second. "Megan.." He said. "Don't make a deal about it." I began walking away, and he grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him and kissed me. I laughed. "I'm still coming." I told him, "Megan.." Carl said. "What will make you let me come?" I said jokingly. "Be my girlfriend," He said. I looked at him. Kissed him again and said, "Deal." I walked off and gathered my stuff for the mission. About ten minutes later, we set off, me, and I Carl in the back of the RV, we jusy talked and joked around for most of the time making the most out of a stressful situation. After a few hours of driving and multiple groups of people blocking our paths, we made a spur of the moment decision to run a few miles and bring Maggie to the hill top. While we are running Maggie to the hill top, Carl puts his hat on me while we laugh and continue running rushing Maggie. Suddenly, we stopped at the sound of whistles and ran another way, right as we thought we were in the clear we were surrounded by dozens of men and women all with weapons and all whistling. Just as their trailer door opened, a man walked out. "Are you pissing your pants yet!?!" Said the man. Carl immediately put me behind him and secured the hat on my head.