Carl's POV
I then noticed that my dad had become very protective of Lainie since she came to the prison. Normally he greets people and let's them introduce themselves to others and find their own way around the prison. But, with Lainie he took the time to introduce her to others and give her a tour of the prison. Maybe it was because when she had shown up at the front gates she had human blood drops over her shirt that appeared to have dropped from her mouth and bruises up her arms alongside cuts around her wrists and bruises that appeared to be in strips lining like rings around her neck, as if someone had tried to choke her with a rope...
Or she had tried to choke herself...
My dad is very good about telling others emotions and finding out how to keep them safe with those emotions. I think that's what he was doing with Lainie, finding our what pains her and trying to help her stay away from it yet give them room to grow on their own and do things at free will. Like a father to all trying to help them yet giving them a respectful amount of space.
I think he roomed me and Lainie together because he could tell we both needed to communicate with others and make friendships that stand strong, or relationships with people who are more then just friends...
Then it hit me, was that the boy she told me about, Derek?
Lainie POV
"Who the hell just came in here and tried to kill you?"
Ricks words replayed in my head over and over again. How do I explain it all to him? I'm so shaken up right now...
"I knew this would happen," was all that I would manage to say.
"Do you know who it was?" Rick asked again, his voice sounding more stern this time. I wince slightly and shut my eyes. I didn't want Rick to be mad at me...
"Lai," Carl said, oh Carl please don't be mad at me either.
"Was that Derek?" He asked. I nodded, tears forming and falling faster in my eyes. I covered my face with my hands and layer back down.
I felt ashamed and I didn't know why. I hadn't done anything wrong but I feel like I had hurt others even though it has been one of the others in particular who hurt me.
"Who's Derek?" Rick asked his voice still stern but he seemed angrier now.
Carl looked over at me and saw that I was in no state to explain do he told Rick what I had told him about Derek earlier that day.
Holy shit. This has all happened in one day.
After Carl's explanation Rick checked his watch and said that me and Carl should be getting to bed. He called over the man with the long white hair, now known as Hershel, and asked it I could return to my room.
Hershal said yes but to avoid any major issues and just be spatially aware. Don't fall and hit your head or anything like that he instructed me.
"Goodnight sweetheart." Hershel said and I simply responded by telling him goodnight.
10 minutes later
Me and Carl returned to our room and I realized I had nothing to sleep in. He tossed me one of his tee shirts and told me that I could just wear it to sleep and I went and secretly asked Beth for a pair of underwear and thanked her as I left to go return to my room.
I got back to the room and Carl was laying on his bed in nothing but boxers. Umm, okay then.
"Hey," he said casually as I entered. "Hi." I responded, not wanting to be rude.
I went to go change in the corner and as I turned back around after sliding his shirt on I saw that he was staring at me.
"Umm, Carl, you okay?" I asked his as he looked up at my fave and just replied "yeah I'm fine."
I climbed up onto the top bunk and lied down.
"Hey Lainie?" He said questioningly, staring at the top of the bunk. I just stared at the ceiling as I responded to him.
"Yeah,"
"Do you know that I really care about you?" He asked, calmness and sweetness in his voice.
"Yes, yes I do."
Do you guys like it???? I'm trying to slowly develop a relationship, I want to have Maggie + Glenn and Beth become bigger parts in the story
Btw if this story gets 100 reads by next Monday I will go through and make all of the previous chapters better ( longer, more descriptive, etc,) but when I got off the bus this afternoon this story had 8 reads (😂) and right now as I update this (8:29 pm) it has 42 reads!! That's insane! I love you guys😘
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