Finding Hope [A Carl Grimes FanFic]

C14~ I Missed You

"Hope!" I screamed a little too loud. The girls head turned to me the same old smile she always wore plastered on her lips. Her hair perfectly wavy and cheeks rosy. Her eyes open and her smile fades. As soon as her jaw drops her lips curve into an uncontrollable smile again.

"Carl!?" She yells, her once happy eyes filled with tears. But the smile remained on her face as she ran into my arms. I felt my face lighten. A smile crawls to my lips. I hug her back as tight as I can. I felt a tear slip from my eye.

"I thought you were dead!" Hope says into my chest. Her voice was much sadder now.

"I thought you were dead too," I say another tear Rollin down my dirt stained cheek, "I can't believe you're here!"

"I missed you so much, being away from you just made me love you more," she mumbles quickly into my chest.

"I know how you feel, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I really love you Hope!" I smile kissing the top of her head.

She pulls away, her face was red and her eyebrows were furrowed.

"Carl, I," she looks up into my eyes, taking pause. I couldn't stand it. I had gone almost 5 months without kissing her. I'm not gonna wait any longer. I cup her face with my hands and gently and passionately clash our lips together. She kisses back, wrapping her arms around my neck. I missed thi-

My thought was interrupted by someone grabbing the collar of my shirt. I'm pulled away from the passionate kiss and come face to face with a boy about my age. He looked fairly familiar. He raised his fist. I looked to it in confusion. Then it came flying towards my face. I tried to stop it but before I could do anything. Everything went black.

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My eyes slowly open. My vision restoring and a pain in my nose. I look around, I was in a bed, In a small room.

I stand up from the bed making all of the blood rush to my head causing my vision to distort for a moment. I look down and notice I'm not wearing a shirt. Okay then. (A/N: every time I read this I smile because it's so freaking stupid)

I walk out of the room into the hallway, there was about three other doors and a stairway leading down. I walk to the top of the stairway about to come down when I heard her  voice. It was coming from downstairs. I start to walk down, a smile on my face but I stop when I hear another voice, from a boy... About our age, probably that asshole who knocked me out. I was about to go set him straight, but decided not to because they were yelling at each other. I sit down on the stair and listen to their argument.

"He's my boyfriend Ron!" I hear her voice whimper out.

"No I am!" A horses voice mutters back.

"The difference is, I love him, I mean I really love him! I know I'm only 15, but I really think I've found the love of my life. He's the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. Not you. Get that through your thick ass skull." She kindly yet roughly admits.

"Okay, I understand... You love him not me. I'm sorry for bothering you. But you know if that dick treats you badly I live right down the street" He wickedly says with a wink.

"You're gross. Besides I don't think he'll cheat on me like you did. Hey you're an...ok guy, and I think that Enid likes you. You should ask her out!" She kindly states softening her voice.

"Really think so?" He asks getting excited.

"Yeah," she says, I assume she's hugging him right now, "I'm going to go check on him." I hear her say, I stand up from the step and start walking down the stairs, as if I'd just woken up.

"Hey, sleepy pants." Hope says as I almost bump into her.

"H-hey, beautiful," I say with a smirk. Her face turns a deep red and she hits me on the shoulder.

"So um, everything with dip shit over there settled?" I ask motioning to 'Ron' who was leaving the house calling Enid's name.

"Uh, yeah, we decided to just be friends, I told him, you're the one that I want to be with the rest of my life." She said her face still flustered. She bites her lip and looks up to me.

"Good, because you're the one that I want to be with the rest of my life," I say wrapping my arms around her waist. She wraps her arms around my neck and closes the gap between us. I grab the bottom of her thys and she jumps up so she's sitting on my hips. She starts kissing me and I kiss back as I walk up to the kitchen counter. I place her down on the counter.

I rest my head against hers and I grab her hands and intertwine them with mine. I rest my lips on her forehead and kiss her. "I missed you, like a lot," I state.

I hear her chucke, "I missed you too,"

I feel her smile disappears. "Carl, what is this?" She asks worry lacing her words. She points to the scar from my gun shot wound.

"Oh, it's from when I got shot." I say nonchalantly, I thought she knew about that.

"What!" She yells looking into my eyes, "When did that happen! How much did I miss while I was gone?"

"It happened when I was like 12, after this whole thing. That's how we met...Hershel and Maggie and," I pause for a moment, it's going to hurt her to find out Beth is dead. I don't want to see her in pain, "Beth."

I saw tears coming to her eyes, "Why'd you say Beth like that?" She asks calmly.

"She was, shot" I say slowly.

"Who else?" She had tears about to flow down her cheeks.

"Lizzie, Mika, Beth, Bob, and  Tyreese," I say looking down.

She nods, trying to hold back the tears. "I was trying to find you," she said making me confused.

"After the prison. I got off the bus and I saw you guys walking off and I tried to follow you. I guess I got lost and ended up in this building near a water tower. I decided to rest there and then people came. I tried to escape, but I ended up fracturing three bones in my foot and breaking my ankle. When they found me they told me they had a place with walls and a doctor. I thought you might be there or eventually go, I went and that's how I wound up here. I kept waiting for you to show up. But after a couple months, I had given up all hope. But now you're here and I couldn't be happier. I love you Carl," She says making my heart melt. Knowing that she was hurt and I couldn't do anything about it makes me feel like a piece of shit. I force my lips to smile.

"I love you more," I say resting my forehead against hers again.

"That's not possible," she replies a smile forming on her lips. My lips curl into a grin. I'm happy. For the first time in almost 5 months I'm really happy.

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A/N

Sorry if this sucked! But they're finally back together again!!!!! YAYA! Just writing this made me happy. Like I wanted to comment on it myself and be like "aw so kawaii"

I love the awkward moment I put in this chapter where they're just full on making out. It's great.

If anyone noticed the hidden joke in this chapter comment want you think it was. I'll give you a hint.

"Eye wrote it after he got punched."

Okay well I'm really tired, and tomorrow I have to put effort into my outfit and appearance because it's the One day I have hope my crush will ask me out..... Haha not gonna happen though. Okey, goodnight!

Thanks For Reading

~ Kayla