Are You Sure?

Chapter 13

Emma's P.O.V.
I slide out of Carl's arms at 5:30am. I pull the blanket back up over him as he tosses. I walk into the bedroom where Gabe is and see him laying just as I left him. I climb in next him quietly, and go back to sleep.

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I wake up at ten and Gabe is gone.
My heart starts racing. I start thinking that he left. I walk out to the living room to find Carl and Gabe sitting at opposite sides of the table, cleaning their weapons.

"Carl, Gabe?" I say, "You know the rule here, no weapons in the homes." I say, laughing.
They both just look at me, and then go back to what they were doing.

I thought it was odd, but I blow it off and had some cereal. I got dressed and as I was heading out, Carl stopped me, "Where are you going? And with my hat on?" He asks.

"I'm gardening with Carol today. I just assumed it would be okay. You can have it if you want." I say reaching up to take it off.

"No. No. It's fine. Take it. Have fun." He says, smiling.
"Okay. Thanks." I reply.

---THREE MONTHS LATER---

Glenn and Enid have been gone for a while now. Maggie's a complete wreck and pregnant. Ron has been extra sexual. And well, Gabe and I still haven't talked about us. Carl has been distant lately. Who knows why. I sure as hell can never figure it out.

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Night was coming, and quickly. I ran outside after hearing a loud crash. The wall had fallen and walkers were flooding Alexandria. Carl and Gabe were at Jessie's and I had been home alone. I took off toward the house before the walkers could make their way there, killing all the ones to get into my way. I burst through the door and Carl ran up to me. I slam my back against the door. My whole face was covered in blood, but what else is new.

"Are you okay!?" Carl asks. I was surprised. Carl hasn't said this many words to me in the past tree months.
"Yeah. I'm okay." I say, shoving my gun into my holster and sliding my knife in next to it.

I walk up the stairs to check on Judith just as Carl and Ron go out into the garage.
"Hi baby!" I say lifting Judith. She smiles, and I look over to Deanna. She is pale, and bleeding.
"Oh my God. Deanna! Are you okay? Wh-what happened?" I ask.
"I got bit." She says.
I put a hand over my mouth. "Deanna, I'm so sorry."
Deanna shrugs, "It's not like I'm the first one." She says.
I give her a sympathetic smile and set Judith down in her playpen. Before, the door was closed, but when I left, I left it open. I can't take the chance.

I heard a banging coming from downstairs. I pull my gun, and run down. I hear Carl yelling. "Carl!" I yell, "Ron!"
Rick, Michonne, and Jessie, come running next to me. "Hold on!" He yells. He lifts up his axe and starts hitting the handle since the door was locked. Carl and Ron slide through. Michonne grabs a couch and throws it against the door. We all push the couch against the walkers. "You good?" Rick says. "Fine." Carl replies. Then, Carl makes up this bullshit lie, I could tell, that Ron was trying to help him out of there.

The walkers come through the front door and we all take off up the stairs. Rick takes out one and drags it's body up stairs. We all make bloody ponchos out of them to get passed the walkers. Sam looks like he is going to blow chunks and I know he is going to screw all of us.

As we depart down the stairs, we all hold hands. I look at Carl and he looks back at me. He grabs my hand and holds it tightly. I grab Ron's hand and Michonne grabs his. We walk down the stairs and out the door. Judith is under Carl's poncho in a baby carrier. Sam looks around as says, "Mom? Mom? Mom?" We run to the side and Gabriel takes Judith. I silent;y swear to myself that if anything happens to that baby girl, I will personally kill that man. I look up to see Glenn and Enid in a tree. Enid leans forward and screams, "CARL! CARL!" Glenn reaches out to grab her, but it's to late, she falls out of the tree and the walkers surround her. I look around and there is no one to help except Maggie. Maggie starts shooting at them, which causes all of them to crowd her at the bottom of the tower she was in.

"Maggie!" Glenn yells. He climbs down what is left of the wall and falls down shooting the walkers. He shoots all of the ones around him. But the ear ringing noise of a sniper shoots. All of the walkers around Glenn are dead. The worst part being, he is sitting on top of Enid's chewed up head and body. Abraham and Rosita saved his ass.

Sam breaks the line, grabbing my attention. "Come on, Sam. Get it line. Sam." Jessie whispers. "it's okay." She says.
All of us silently repeat her, trying to get Sam back in the line. "I-I can't do this." Sam says. "No, come on honey." Jessie says. "Take my hand." Jessie says again. But Sam flinches away. He gets bit straight in the head and down he goes. Jessie refuses to let go of Sam as he goes down. She starts screaming and crying, which draws more attention. She goes down and is holding on tightly to Carl. I notice, and let go of Ron's hand to start pulling on Carl. Carl is trying to pull away and Rick is completely out of it. "Rick!" I whisper to him. As does Carl. Rick pulls out his axe, and with two swift hacks, Jessie's hand is off her body, and more importantly Carl. Jessie is down and Ron pulls out his gun. Rick shakes his head and I lean down to rip out my knife out of my boot. Ron fires just as Michonne slides her sword through his body. I stand back up and see the back of Carl's head. Hole.

"Dad." He whispers, and he falls. Rick picks him up and we run to the infirmary. Michonne and I cover him as he runs. We are approaching the infirmary when I go down. There is a walker on top of me. I rip out my blade and start to try to slide upward. I make it, but my boot slides off. I flip over to stand up and I'm am two inches away from puncturing his head with my blade, he bites off my foot. Michonne realizes I'm not with them and turns around, slicing off the walker's head.

I bite down on my lip, trying not to scream. Tears are rolling down my face as Michonne picks me up, carrying met inside. She lays me on a gurney. "Carl!" I scream. They are patching up his eye, and momentarily I forget I don't have a foot. I fall off the gurney and to Carl's side. I stroke his face. "Save him! Please!" I beg. "Denise! Denise!" I sob.

"CARL DON'T LEAVE ME!" I scream. "I can't- I can't. I can't do this without you! Carl Grimes! DAMNIT! WAKE UP!" I scream. Tears are bursting out of my eyes. Everyone is crowded around Carl and my gurney is next to his. "Get her out of the way!" Aaron yells. Michonne picks me up and puts me on the gurney. I grab Carl's limp hand and hold it to my chest. "CARL!" I scream. "I LOVE YOU! DON'T LEAVE ME!" The words even surprise me. My words are barely understandable. They come out in sobs. And everyone looks at me. Aaron takes a needle and shoves it in my arm. The next thing I know, everything is dark.