Carl's POV
Ting ting ting, my alarm was going off.
Lai woke up as I turned off the alarm, causing the noise to cease. Before she could sit up I sat up and turned over to be on top of her, supporting myself by my arms and my knees. I bent my elbows, leaning in towards her face, kissing her as she kissed me back. She lifter her head up slightly, ruffling her fingers through my unkempt hair. Pulling away I rolled off of the bed, putting my hands in my pockets and looking down at her, smirking.
"Well good morning to you too." She said laughing slightly as she twisted herself upwards and sat on the bed, I at down beside her, still staring at her beautiful face.
"Lai," I said as she turned to look at me, diverting her eyes from the wall in front of her. "Last night when you were asleep I told you something that I've never told you before." I finished, leaving s question for her to ask.
"Well what did you say?" She asked.
"I told you that I love you." I said smiling as she pulled me in by my neck, and kissed my. I raised my hand and used it to brush the stray hair out of her face.
"Carl," she said, pulling her lips away from mine. "I love you too." She said, pulling me back in.
4 hours later
Lainie's POV
Me and Carl walked into the dining room. I was still in shock by the fact that he said he loved me, and he really meant it.
"Uh hey Lainie, can you come here right quick?" Carol asked as I walked away from Carl and behind the food line.
"Would you be interested in becoming a cook too? We've been needing some more help stout the kitchen since less people now have a kitchen duty chore." Beth asked to me and explained.
"Yeah sure!" I agreed happily. "I used to cook all the time back in my house." I told them, trying to show that I had some kind of skills with cooking.
"Wonderful!" Beth said as Carol smiled brightly.
"When you make the meals you work in the kitchen full time which means it's your only chore. Plus, we get a double break period. You can start tomorrow." Carol informed me, which made me happy because it guaranteed that I would have slim to no interaction with Liz, and a double break, period!
"Thank y'all so much!" I said smiling as I walked away.
"Actually, thank YOU." Beth said giggling as I walked away to go tell Carl about what had just happened.
"Oh, awesome!" He replied after I told him the good news. "When did you used to cook?" He asked, genuinely wanting to know the answer.
"When I was little I would cook dinner with my mom almost every night." I informed him.
"Hey, can you meet me at 7:30 tonight? I want to go on a walk around the prison." He asked me. I responded with a simple "gladly".
7 hours later
Me, Beth, and Miku sat in Beth's room and talked about girl stuff.
"Sooooo..." Beth said in a girly voice which made me lightly giggle. "What's the deal with you and Carl?" She finished.
"I think we're dating...? But nothing is set in stone." I replied. Almost on cue, Carl popped from around the doorway. He stood in the doorway and rested his arm above his head against the frame. I had forgotten that he wanted to go on a walk tonight.
"Hey babe," he directed towards me as I stood up to leave Beth's room. "Hey Carl!" I happily responded as I walked out of the room and into they hallway with him, not before waving goodbye to Miku and Beth.
"What's Up?" He asked, sticking his left hand in his front pocket on a relaxed way and grabbing my hand with is other hand.
"Not much," I replied, staring at my feet as we walked through B Block. Should I tell him about my dreams? Should I tell him that he had been the one hurting me...?
I continued to stare at my feet, the sound of someone saying "Lainie" soon became recognizable in my head. I looked up and turned to face Carl.
"You okay?" He asked looking concerned.
"Oh, yeah sorry, I was just...thinking." I lied to him, should I tell him about my other dreams?
I closed my eyes for about 10 seconds, keeping my head down as we walked through the hall. Flashbacks from my dreams about Carl came back, flooding into my head.
My eyes popped open and I looked up to see him looking at me, a confused expression on his face. Wait, I had dreams about Derek hurting me and he used to abuse me almost everyday. I have dreams about Carl, so does that mean that he will hurt me sometime?
I dropped his hand and starred into his face, pure shock on mine, I slowly walked backwards and then bolted for our room. What was I going to do?! I started to break down in tears and sat down on the bed, burying my face in my hands. I heard foot steps coming from down the hall but didn't react, I am in no state to.
Carl's POV
I ran into the room to see my Lai sitting on the bed where I first said I loved her, breaking down into tears over something I wasn't aware of. I walked over to try to comfort her but I was pushed away.
"Get away from me!" She yelled as loud as she could, so loud that my dad came into my room to find me confused, upset, and in disbelief standing on the wall opposite of the bunks and Lai sitting on the bed, bawling her eyes out until she finally looked up at me and frantically scooted as far back on the bed until she was pinned up against the cinder block wall and then began to cry again, what had I done to her?
Again, not much to say but I hope y'all loved the chapter☺️😁 I do need to mention that before you read anything else in this book (this is for my original readers or anyone reading this before 12-13-15) GO BACK AND READ CHAPTER 7
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Macy <3
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