The Pain We Face

Stress Level Higher

He runs at Tonya and rips her away from me. He lifts her up and slams her on the ground. I start coughing like crazy, since she was choking me. He runs over to me and picks me off of the floor. Tonya gets up off the floor and runs at Carl. I scream and he turns around and stops her. He pins her on the floor.

"Don't EVER touch her again!!!" He yells. Tonya tries to struggle but Carl is too strong.

"GOT THAT? If you ever touch her again I will make you wish you were dead!!!" He yells. Tonya nods and whimpers. I start to feel dizzy and I lean on a chair. Carl gets off of Tonya and she runs outside. Carl comes back over to me, and picks me up. I cry in to his chest, and he sways slightly. And hums lightly. When I stop crying I look up at him. He looks really upset.

"What did she do to you? And why?" He asks trying not to get mad again.

"Not here." I say. "Lets go on a walk, we'll talk about it then." I say, with my voice cracking.

He nods. We both get some sneakers and put them on. We walk past the fire, Tonya and Tina are sitting there talking about something, probably about what just happened. Tina flips us off. I just roll my eyes and keep walking. Our house is a farm house. Well Julia lived here first, with her friend Anna. But Anna was bitten and Julia had to kill her, Julia doesn't like to talk about it a lot. But they went to vet school together and they used to work together.

Julia had five horses, but when she found Anna she was eating one of the horses. But we still have four. Sparkle Shower, Silver Star, Race Buddy, and my favorite Baby Bear. When my mom, brother and I came across this place Phil, Walter, Julia, and CeCe were here. They kindly took us in and took care of us. Julia showed me the horses and all the trails that were inside of the fences. I used to ride Baby Bear every day, that's why my nickname is Baby Bear. I still ride, but now that I'm older I have to help around the camp. But now I'm not going to be able to ride or do work.

Carl and I decided to walk on the trail that leads to a small creek. He takes my hand in his as we walk. I look up at the trees. The light filters through them perfectly. It casts little shadows on the soft dirt trail. I see a few birds fly from tree to tree. I sometimes get jealous of birds. One, they have no idea that an apocalypse is going on, and it doesn't affect them. Two, they are free and can fly any where they want.

I see Carl looking at me, I turn my head to look at him. He just blushes and smiles. I couldn't ask for a more perfect person to keep me safe, during all this. He can be tough when he needs to be, and caring and soft when you need him to be. And he's really strong.

"Soo can you tell me what happened?" He asks looking at me sympathetically. I sigh.

"Well I went to talk to Julia, then I went to get a small bag of chips, since Julia and CeCe wanted me to eat a little more, and Tonya came up behind me. She got mad that I was taking extra food, and she wanted me to take abortion pills, so we don't wast all the food and resources..... And when I started talking back she got mad and started to choke me. She was going to try to force me to take the pills." I say trying not to cry. He stops dead in his tracks. He spins me so I'm facing him, and he hugs me.

"I'm sorry, I should always be around you, incase something happens." He says. I just nod. He pulls away and a bunny hops across the path. Carl raises his pistol to shoot it.

"Carl don't!" I whisper.

"But Babybear we could use it for food." He says, readying his finger on the trigger.

"No!" I whine. He hesitantly puts his pistol down. The bunny continues hopping, and two baby bunnies hop out of the bushes and follows it.

"See?" I say.

"Yes, you were right, you're always right." He says with a laugh.

"Not always, but most of the time." I say. He sticks out his tongue at me. I laugh and we keep walking.

We get to the creek and take off your shoes and walk in to the creek. We splash around for a bit, then sit on a hill. We talk about before the apocalypse, baby stuff, that we kinda miss school, and a bunch of random stuff.

At about 6, we start to head back. We come across a female walker, that is missing an arm. She snarls and limps towards us. Carl raises his pistol and shoots her in the head. The brownish thick liquid gushes out of the small hole in her forehead. We walk around her.

"Must have gotten past the fence somehow." Carl says pulling me away from the rotting corpse.

We get back to the house and I see that the guys are back from their run, and Julia, CeCe, Jett and my mom are starting dinner. I run up to Daryl and Phil and hug them both. Phil is like an older brother, he's awesome. He's 22 so he's sorta close to me and Carl's age so we always used to hang out with him. Like I said before Daryl is like a father figure, and he's 36.

They both hug me and Carl. They take us in to the kitchen, which is where we mainly store food, and medicine. On the table there are about ten pill bottles. They explain what each one is for, and how often, and how many I need to take. Once they are done with that, Daryl pulls out a small bottle and hands it to me.

"Just in case." He whispers, while Carl is looking at the other bottles. Daryl and Phil both hug me again, then walk out. I look at the bottle that Daryl handed me, and I feel the tears coming back to my eyes.

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Authors note:

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