The Walking Dead Imagines *TAKING REQUESTS*

By KeepingYouClose: Carl Grimes Imagine for MrsCarlGrimesTWD

-Claudia-

"Dad, can we come out yet?" Carl asked his father as he stood beside me. We had both been locked away over in this wing of the prison to keep us away from the sickness that was spreading. I was ok with it, seeing as getting sick was not the way I wanted to go out, but Carl hated being over here. He hated being treated like a child.

"Not just yet," Rick told him, giving us a both a small smile before walking away. I turned around ready to walk back to our little room when Carl spoke up again.

"You can't protect us from what always happens,"

"No," Rick started his voice losing the softness it had moments ago and becoming hard and serious, "but I think it's my job to try."

With that he left our area of the prison and I angrily grabbed Carl, shoving him into our room and slamming the door behind us.

"What the hell Carl!" I screamed at him, frusterating clear in my voice. He could probably see all my anger and frusteration in my brown eyes, but he needed to, "You can't say things like that!"

He rolled his eyes, both of us ignoring the gun shots we heard off in the near distance, "Claudia, we both know what always happens! Everybody dies at some point and in some way, and I don't want to sit around and not do a damn thing!"

"But we're safe in here! I'm safe and you're safe! That's what should matter right now Grimes!"

"I want help! I want to protect the people I call my family, not sit around while they could be dying!"

"So you want me to go out into that quarentined cell block, risk catching the virus and dying to save people?"

"NO!" he finally screamed at teh top of his lungs, looking me dead in the eye. I shook my head, looking down at the floor. I saw Carl's boots come into my line of sight as he placed his hand on my cheek, making me look up at him. He pushed parts of my golden-brown hair out of my face as he looked me dead in the eye.

"I said I wanted to help, that I want to risk my life out there. I never said you would come with me,"

"Why, cause I'm a girl?"

"Because I love you too damn much to let you risk dying,"

I looked him in the eyes, shock clear in them right now. We both turned to look at the door where Rick was frantically calling Carl for help. I looked back at Carl quickly, and the minute I turned he placed his lips on mine, kissing me for as long as he could before pulling away.

"Please, stay here, Claudia," he begged, holding his gun in one hand as he ran out the door.

Stay here? What the hell does he think this is! I'm not gonna let him do this alone!

I walked up to the door, placing a hand on it before thinking again. What if somethign did happen to me? What if I did die?

"Go," Beth said, looking out of her door while holding Judith.

"Why?"

"What if he dies out there? You never said you loved him back,"

I nodded, grabbing my katana and running down towards the fences where Beth told me they went.

"Carl run!" I heard Rick scream the minute I got to the door of the watch tower next to them. Carl was running towards the now open door, almost stopping in his tracks when he saw me standing there. I looked behind him to see Rick stumble to the ground, no weapons on him.

"Dad!" he screamed, turnign to run towards him until I shoved him back. I whipped my katana off my back, slicing through the walker that was a mere second away from killing Rick. He grabbe dmy outstreched hand and rose to his feet, running with me into the guard tower as Carl threw the door shut.

"I thought I asked you to stay behind!" Carl shouted, pulling me into a tight hug, causing my cheeks to turn red as I hugged him back.

"I never got to tell you that I loved you too,"

"I was coming back,"

"Nothing certain Grimes. That out there is what we might have used to call YOLO,"

He giggled a bit, grabbing my hand and pulling me along towards the prison behind Rick.