"How did you guys find this place?" I ask as I run into Carl's arms accidentally smashing out lips together. I pull away but Carl pulls me in more. I pull away and this time I succeed. "Where were you, we looked everywhere. I thought I lost you you." Carl says letting a tear fall. I wipe it away with my thumb and before I could say anything else my stomach drops. "Where's my dad?" I ask. Carl looks down. "We lost him and Beth." Rick says pulling me out of Carl's arms and into his. "There... dead?" I ask. "We don't know. Daryl is a survivor. He'll come back." Rick says. "But he doesn't know where WE are!" I say starting to shake. Then Deanna walks out if the crowd. "You know these people?" She asks. "There my family." I say looking at Rick, then Carl, Maggie, Glenn, and a few new faces. "We are all family." I whisper to Rick. He smiles and I smile back.
"Your a really good artist." I hear a voice from behind me say. I whip around to see Carl looking at my drawing. I flip the paper over in a second flat. "Oh really?" I ask him. "Ya, better then Beethoven." He says. "He is music smart one. Do you mean Van Gogh?" I ask. He blushes and nods. "I came to tell you that my dad is going to see if he can find Daryl." Carl says. I smile at him faintly then lean in and kiss him. He deepens the kiss and slowly lays me onto the bed. Carl puts his hands under my shirt to me back and I push off his sheriffs hat, running my fingers through his hair. We pull away in unison for air. "If my dad knew we were doing this I would be in so much trouble." I say in between breaths. He laughs and leans back in for another kiss. Carl slowly leaves a trail of kisses down my jaw and into my neck. I quietly moan his name as he got to my sweet spot. Carl laughs as I whither away under his touch. "You like that?" He asks me seductively. I look at him and laugh a little. He pulls his hand down my body to land on the back of my knee. Slowly he pulls it up to him.
"Wake up. We have a surprise for you, Eli." I here Michonne say through the door. Slowly I get up to realize Carl is asleep next to me. I kiss his forehead to wake him up. His deep blue eyes flutter open tiredly. I smile at him and he returns it. I stand up making myself presentable and walk out of the room. I slowly make my way down the stairs and see the whole group is back. I don't see Dad or Beth though. I walk over to Rick and hug him, we let go and I hug everyone who went to look for my dad. "My turn." A voice from behind me says. I turn around to see Merle. "What are you doing here?" I ask him. "Oh you know the usual. Just chilling with my baby brother." A smile appears on Merle's face as Dad walked in. " Daddy!" I yell running into his arms. "I think its my turn." Dad says. We stand there crying into each other's arms. Me and Dad fell onto our knees but still hold our hug. I glance toward the stairs to see Carl standing there smiling at me. I send him a wink and close my eyes feeling Dad shutter from crying. "I thought Dixon's don't cry?" I say making everyone in the room laugh. Dad quickly stands up wiping away the tears then pulls me up next to him. Carl walks over to his dad and hugs him too. Carol walks in and gives Dad a hug. They stood there in each others arms for what felt like forever. I slowly wrap my arms around Dad and Carol. "OK, OK. Enough of that lovey dovey stuff." Dad says pulling away. "Not for me!" I yell running back into his arms. He laughs and hugs me back with one arm. Dad places a small kiss in the top of my head and wraps his other arm around Carlo's shoulders. ""I love you, Daddy." I say quietly looking up at him. "I love ya too." He says smiling down at me.
"Hey, we're going to have a bonfire if you wanna come down?" Carl asks me. I look at him and smile. I stand up and walk to the door next to Carl and he calmly shuts it making sure he locks it. "What are yo-?" I don't finish because Carl jumps in. "I never said when we were having the bonfire." He says slowly walking toward me. I hold my ground as Carl runs his hands down my stomach and pulls at the seam on the bottom of my shirt. I slowly reach down and pull his hands away. "Sorry. We never finished what we started so ya." He says. Calmly I look at his pleading eyes and pull off my shirt. Pulling his hands back around my now bare waist. I smash my lips into Carl's and it starts to get a little heated. Carl pushes me against the wall and kisses my neck. I scramble to get his shirt off and in this wild mess we never heard anyone knocking on the door. "You alright in the, Eli?" Maggie asks through the door. I pry Carl off me, throw my shirt on and walk to the door to open it. "Ya I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I ask her. She walks in to see Carl with his shirt half on. "No, you didn't. Did you?" Asks Maggie. "No. He... I... we." I didn't finish because Maggie starts laughing. Me and Carl stand there in shock. "You're not mad?" Carl asks her. Maggie shakes her head no. "We're starting the fire soon." Maggie says then walks out.
"Glad to see you to finally came." Glenn says with a smirk. We ran into him on the way down. "What did she say?" I ask playfully. "Who says what?" Glenn retorts. I shoot him a playful glare and he puts his hands up in surrender. I laugh and so does he. I walk through the back door to see everyone sitting and laughing with one another. I walk over to sit next to Dad, resting my head in his shoulder.
