Safe haven, Rick Grimes

064. THREE DAYS FULL OF WORRYING

Chapter sixty four

"Three days full of worrying." 

The next day, they all knew they had to go out and get more supplies, as Scarlett, Rick and Aaron stood in Carl's room, Carl was throwing darts at a dart board but missing a lot of them and hitting the door "you should come with us." Rick shared, as Carl sighed "someone's gotta be here for Judith.' Carl shared "I will be. Carl your too angry to be sitting in here doing nothing." Scarlett shared "we'll only be gone for a few days at the most." Rick shared, throwing another dart at the board, hitting the door "we need supplies. They're gonna be coming back soon." Rick shared.

"Is this how it's gonna be now?" Carl asked "yes." Scarlett and Rick told him, as Carl sighed "it is. You know that." Rick told him, as Carl threw another dart, hitting the door, he walked toward's them "see you in a few days." he said, collecting them "we should get going." Rick shared, walking out "he'll come around." Aaron told him, as Scarlett followed them out "I'll, uh, meet you downstairs." Aaron told Rick, as he headed off, Rick turned to Scarlett "if you change your mind or if you just wanna check in.." he shared, holding out the walkie "we're headed north." he told her.

As Scarlett took it "be safe." she told him "yeah. I'll see you soon." Rick told her, kissing her, Scarlett kissed him back, as the two made out each other, Rick put his arms around her, leaning his forehead against her's, he turned walking off.

Having gone and grabbed Judith from her bedroom, Scarlett was standing in the kitchen holding her, as the walkie was on the counter, Carl stood there watching her "why didn't you go with him?" he asked "like you said someone has to be here to watch Judith and clearly also you seeing when the saviors were here you couldn't stay out of trouble." Scarlett shared, pouring the milk into her cereal "because we can't do this. Not like this." Carl told her "Carl, me and your dad are trying to keep everyone else alive. And for right now that means getting Negan and the saviors whatever they want." she shared, taking a spoonful of her cereal.

She fed Judith some dry cereal "later on, I'll change your bandage." she told him, holding the box of cereal out "now do you want breakfast or not?" she asked, but as she did, Carl looked away from her and then went running out the house "Carl!" she called out, as the door shut behind him.

That night, Scarlett had put Judith to bed and as she did, she walked down the hallway and checked Carl's bedroom, but as she walked in, she saw that he wasn't in his bed "you've gotta be kidding me." she shared, turning and walking out of the room, she headed downstairs, and out the front door, heading down the street, she made it to the front gate "Rosita!" she called out, and as she did, Rosita looked to her "did you see Carl leave?" Scarlett asked her "no. But I thought one of the cars were gone." Rosita shared "he took a car. He doesn't even know how to drive." Scarlett shared, running her hands through her hair.

Where Scarlett didn't sleep that night, where the next morning, she was hoping that Carl would be back but he wasn't, as she looked at the walkie on the table, she knew she should tell Rick that Carl ran away but she knew it would be no use, there was nothing he could do and there was nothing she could do, she had no idea where he could've gone but she knew he was looking for a fight with the saviors that they really didn't need, Judith was sitting on the floor in the living room playing with the wooden horse Daryl had made her and as she did, Scarlett sat on the couch watching her, her knees were pulled into her chest as she cried.

Where that night, she had fell asleep on the couch with Judith in her arms and the walkie on the table and when she woke up, there still was no Carl, and having done nothing but stay in the house, she felt that worry come back on her that Rick could be dead and that Carl could be kidnapped or even worse, and as she was feeding Judith, someone knocked on her door, as Scarlett walked over to it, answering it, Gabriel was standing on the other side of it "I may be a priest but I am also your friend and I feel the need to warn you about Spencer." he shared "why? What'd he do?" Scarlett asked, fixing her hold on Judith.