The Walking Dead (Carl Grimes x Jamie Dabbs)

Chapter 2: Friends Dying

Preview of Season 1 Part 2

Episode 4

We were still waiting for Rick, Glenn, Daryl, and T-Dog to come back with Merle. Carl and I continued to hang out and get to know each other. Andrea and Amy went fishing and brought us many fish. Dale came down and let us know a little problem: Jim was digging holes in the ground. They were big enough to put bodies in. We were freaking out a little, but we went to confront him. He wasn't budging with his digging. He swung the shovel at Shane, but he pinned him down. He even explained how he lost his wife and two sons to the walkers. We had to tie him to a tree to make sure he wouldn't go back to digging. Turns out it was just sun stroke and he didn't know why he dug the holes. Carl and I continued to talk.

"So how did you like Ms. Meeler?" Carl asked.

"She was nice. She made me feel like I could do anything. But I don't think she knew something like this would happen," I chuckled.

"Yeah. But from what I've seen at school and heard from my dad, you're a fighter. Better than most of us would ever hope to be," Carl replied.

"Thanks. Oh and I got something in Atlanta for both of us," I responded.

I reached in my pocket and showed him the keychains. I held out both of them.

"Which one do you want?" I asked.

He looked and he got the one with my name.

"I wish I got to know you in school. And now that I know you, I don't want us to get separated. But if we do, we have each other's names as a reminder that we'll make it back to each other," Carl explained.

"That's sweet, Carl. Thank you," I answered.

We hugged and Lori and Carol called him, Sophia, and I to do some school work. Ugh! Jim apologized for scaring us and we even went to clean fish with Shane. I was hoping Rick and the others were gonna make it back by now. They've been gone a long time. I could overhear Andrea freaking out over finding something to wrap up Amy's birthday present. Sophia and Carol gave some fish and other things to Ed. We ate real good; those fish were delicious. Dale explained how a watch is given not to remember time, but to forget it. Not long after, we were attacked by walkers. Amy, Ed, and some other people were bitten or eaten. Lori got Carl and me to safety. Then Rick, Daryl, Glenn, and T-Dog showed up and the walkers were killed off one by one. We ran to Rick and hugged him, crying into his shoulders. Amy bled out and died. Andrea wailed into the night. When we saw the sight before us, Carl and I hugged each other and cried harder into Rick and Lori.

"I remember my dream now. Why I dug the holes," Jim said.

Episode 5

Rick went up to a hill to try to contact Morgan. The rest of us were shaken from last night. Andrea was the worst. She wouldn't leave Amy's side, even though she was dead. When Rick tried to talk to, Andrea pulled her gun out, this time with the safety off, and threatened to kill him. He walked away slowly. I was about to take a bullet for him if that was the case. The others were burning the walkers while the ones we loved were buried. Jacqui even let us know that Jim was bit. He was bitten on the torso. He just kept insisting that he was okay. The adults talked about Jim's fate while we kids were in the tents.

After that, Dale went to talk to Andrea. We realized it was Amy's birthday. She put the necklace she got for her around her neck.

While Daryl was putting holes in dead bodies' heads with a pickax, Carol did it to her husband.

Then Andrea saw that Amy turned. She told her that she was sorry for not being there for her. She said how she was there now and how she loved her, then she put a bullet in her head. We were planning a funeral for the ones we lost when Shane blamed Rick for the people that died. Jim wasn't getting any better. He was burning up, having hallucinations, and throwing up. We buried Amy and the others. Rick promised us that he wouldn't leave. We went away to let Rick and Lori talk.