Safe haven, Rick Grimes

058. I UNDERSTAND

Chapter fifty eight

"I understand."

It had been two months since then and they had expanded Alexandria, Scarlett had showered and as she walked out of the bathroom with her robe on, she could hear the sound of a ball bouncing against a wall, along with music playing as she walked into her and Rick's room, Judith was on the floor playing with her cups, Rick was putting his holster on "we are out of toothpaste." Scarlett shared "yeah." Rick told her, as the ball bouncing continued "Carl!" Scarlett called out "what? You said it's PT." Carl said "I can't hear you. Come on out." Rick shared, as Judith fussed.

Carl came walking out "what?" he asked, looking at Scarlett "you said it was PT." him and Rick said at the same time "you heard me." Carl said "yeah." Rick said "we just wanted to see your beautiful face." Scarlett shared, putting her hand on his face, knowing he was still adjusting to the way he looked now "it's also time to change your bandage." she told him "okay." Carl told her, tossing the ball to Rick, Rick caught it "bye dad." Carl told him, turning and walking off "I'll see you later." Rick told him, as he bent down, picking Judith up "come on, sweetheart." he told her, as he walked out of the room.

Scarlett walked with him down the hallway "you come back to us, alright?" she asked him, as Rick turned to her "you know I will." he told her "yeah but there's still people out there. Just want you to be.." Scarlett was telling him, as Rick leaned down kissing her, Scarlett kissed him back, as the two pulled away, Rick handed Judith to Scarlett "you stay safe, too." he told her, as he turned walking off, Scarlett looked at Judith "just us girls." she told her, turning and walking back into the room, closing the door behind her.

Having gotten changed for the day, Scarlett had went downstairs, grabbing the box of lucky charms, she made a bowl for herself and poured some out for Judith as the two sat there eating together, Carl came walking in "hey. I made you a bowl." Scarlett told him, sliding it over "thanks." Carl told her, as he walked up, grabbing the milk, he poured it into the bowl, and as he did, the three sat there eating in silence, until Carl spoke up "so I was thinking about going into the woods with Enid today." he shared, as Scarlett looked at him "you sure?" she asked him "you don't have to worry about me, mom." Carl shared.

"It's not that I don't think you can handle yourself. I just know you've been adjusting and Enid's..Enid's not exactly the best company for you. She's reckless and likes to spend time alone." Scarlett shared, as Carl sighed "I don't want you to be like that, Carl." Scarlett told him "I won't. I promise." Carl told her, continuing to eat, Scarlett watched him.

As the day continued on, Judith was sitting in the living room playing with her wooden horse, as Scarlett was sitting there watching her, she had a smile on her face, as someone knocked on the door, Scarlett stood up, getting up from the couch, she walked to the door, opening it, Enid was standing there out of breath "Enid? Where's Carl?" she asked "we..we were out there reading comics and we heard a noise in the woods and we thought it was a walker but it turned out to be Michonne and Spencer. But then.." Enid told her, catching her breath.

Scarlett stepped out, putting her hands on her shoulders "Enid, breathe." she told her, as Enid took a deep breath "there was one of them out there and he didn't want to leave it. So he whistled at it. But then he didn't shoot it but started calling it over to us. And when I asked him what he was doing, he told me to go home. So I then said we should kill it, he told me no, and then I told him it was bullshit and that it should be dead so I went to kill it and he stopped me and told me to leave. Where even when the walker came up to us, he just shoved it to the ground. And when I asked what was wrong with him, he said I wouldn't understand." she shared.

And when she did, Scarlett recalled how nobody could find Deana, which would make sense why Spencer was out there and seeing as Michonne was on watch at this time, she would've seen him go, which meant the walker Carl had found was Deana, as she nodded "I understand. Thank you for telling me Enid." she shared, turning and walking into the house "you understand? What the hell does that even mean?" Enid asked, as Scarlett closed the door, knowing it was none of her business.

That night, Scarlett was sitting on the porch with Judith in her arms, Carl was sitting next to them "you see that bright one?" Carl asked, pointing out to it, Judith then pointed out, as Scarlett chuckled "yeah, that's the north star. It's at the end of the little dipper. Yeah. If you get lost at night, just find that star." Carl shared, as Scarlett looked to him "I heard about your day in the woods. Enid came here freaking out." she shared, as Carl looked to her "if it was any other walker I would've killed it. I wasn't gonna leave her out there like that. You wouldn't. And I couldn't kill her. Because.." he shared.

"Carl.." Scarlett told him "because it should be someone who loved her, someone who's family, and I'd do it for you." Carl shared "I understand. You don't have to explain yourself to me, okay?" Scarlett asked, standing up "come here." she told him, as Carl stepped toward's her, Scarlett put her arm around him, as Carl hugged her back, Scarlett kissed him on the head.

Having gone inside, Scarlett had put Judith to bed, as she was holding the baby monitor in her hand, she was laying next to Carl in his bed, the two were looking at the ceiling "you really didn't have to come put me to bed." Carl shared, as Scarlett turned and looked at him "the moment I knew Ron was gonna kill you I didn't take my eyes off you. I stood in that doorway and watched you sleep that night because i was so afraid. I couldn't protect you from him and I'm sorry." she shared, as Carl turned and looked at her "you did the best you could, mom. I'm just glad he didn't kill you." he shared, and as he did, Scarlett nodded, putting her arms around him, Carl leaned his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes as he began to fall asleep.

Where once he was asleep, Scarlett snuck out of there, heading downstairs, she went into the living room, finding Rick asleep on the couch, she walked over, lifting his feet up, she sat down "hey." Rick told her, putting his feet over the couch "I wasn't trying to wake you." Scarlett told him, as Rick sat up "yeah." he told her, looking at the baby monitor in her hand "her and Carl are asleep." Scarlett shared, putting it down on the table "it's good to be home." Rick told her, taking off his boots "how's Daryl?" Scarlett asked "watching over a guy till some other guy can take over." Rick shared, putting his boots down as he leaned back into the couch.

Scarlett furrowed her brows "when I said there were people out there..I didn't mean bring them here." she shared, as Rick sighed "crazy day." he told her, as Scarlett hummed, knowing what that meant especially since his eyes were closed "I'll leave you here." she whispered, standing up to leave, Rick grabbed her hand, pulling her down to him, Scarlett laughed, as Rick kissed her, Scarlett kissed him back "for the record I found toothpaste. A crate of it. It's just currently at the bottom of a lake." Rick shared "I told you to be safe." Scarlett told him, as Rick chuckled "yeah.." he told her, flipping the two over, where he was on top of her, the two began making out.

Having made it upstairs, their clothes were all over the room, as their guns were on the nightstands, Scarlett and Rick were naked and entangled within the sheets, sleeping "Rick." a man said, but neither of them moved "Rick, wake up." the man said, as Scarlett and Rick pulled away from each other, they grabbed their guns and stood up, aiming them at the man, the man was looking at Rick "we should talk." he told him, holding his hands up.