Ally's dad drinks alot. He gets really mean and hits us.... James tries to stop him but he ends up beating James.... I wake up to Bo barking. "Shut that fucking mutt up!!!" John yells, pulling out his gun. I jump off the bed and grab Bo just as John shoots his gun. He fires it three times. It hits me in the leg twice and hits Bo once. I fall to the ground screaming in pain. I see Bo is dead. I start crying. "Shut up or I'll give you something to cry about!" he yells. James hurries over to me and picks me up and lays me on the couch. He inspects them. "The bullets went through." he says. I sigh. That means he doesn't have to dig the bullets out. He hurries and gets the first aid kit and hands me a stick and I bite it. He pours alcohol on it and I scream and bite down on the stick. He holds a towel to the wounds until they stop bleeding then he sows them up and wraps them real thick. He holds me and let's me cry. "I'm so sorry sis." he says. I keep crying.
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I wake up and Anna is crying. James is yelling at John and Ally is laying unconsous on the floor. I climb off my bunk and limp over to Anna and pick her up and quiet her. John hauls off and starts beating James. I scream and lay Anna down and run over and jump on John's back, making him fall to the ground. He rolls over and starts beating the crap out of me. I start screaming and. crying in pain. James starts fighting
John. I lay on the ground in to much pain to move. I watch as James falls to the ground unconsous. John walks over to me with a half empty bottle of vodka in his hands. He sits on me and straddles my waist.
James's POV
I open my eyes and see I'm on the floor of the camper. I groan. Abby! I sit up and look around. Anna is asleep, Ally is unconsous and so is Abby! I see John passed out on the couch. I hurry over to Abby and look at her. She's covered from head to toe in bruises and her cloths are gone. She 's only wearing her underwear and braw. I gasp. That bastard! I walk over and start beating the crap out of John. He starts fighting back. He growls at me, and throws me off the camper. He hands me Anna and throws the now awake Ally off and the unconsous Abby off then drives off. She doesn't have any cloths! I left my shirt in the camper! I hand Anna to Ally and I pick Abby up. "Come on." I say. We start walking down the road.
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Abby moans and her eyes open. Well one of them the other one is swollen shut along with the right side of her face. "James?" she moans through busted lips. I stop walking. "Abby?" I ask. She starts crying. "It hurts." she sobs. I nod, "I know sis. I know." I say. She sits up and I put her down and she wobbles a bit and falls. I pick her up. "I got ya sis." I say. she hugs me and cries.
Abby's POV
We've been walking for days. I wish I had some cloths... I lay my head on James chest. He hasn't put me down in days. Suddenly we come across an old dirt road. A car zooms past us and stops and backs up. We look inside. Its a girl with short grey hair and a girl with shirt brown hair. "Need some help?" the older one asks. James nods, "Please. Our parents are dead." he says. They nod, "Climb in." the younger one says. We nod and climb in. I sit in the middle. James lays me beside him and I whimper. "I'm Maggie." the younger one says, looking at me sadly. "I'm Carol." the older one says. We nod. I take Anna from Ally. "I'm James and these are my sisters Ally, Abby and Anna." he says. They nod and start driving. Carol looks at me, "What happened to you sweetheart?" she asks. I shake my head and start crying into James chest. I eventually fall asleep.
-*-
I open my eyes and see were pulling into a prison. I look at James who shrugs. We pull up by the door and James climbs out and picks me up and Ally grabs Anna. We follow Maggie and Carol inside and they lead us to a bunch of cells. "Don't worry this is just like ihr rooms. Everyone here sleep in cells." Maggie says. We nod. James lays me on the bed and I whimper. Just then a man in a cop suit walks in. He freezes when he sees us. Him and Carol stare at each other for a minute. "Carol can I talk to you?" he asks. She nods and follows him down the hall. Just then a boy walks into the room. "Hey Carl will you show James, and Ally to there rooms and give them a tour of the prison?" Maggie asks. The boy nods and James looks at me. "I'll be fine." I say, taking Anna. He nods and follows Carl with Ally following shortly behind. I lay Anna beside me and she lays starts chewing on her fingers. "Abby?" Maggie says. I look up at her. "Yea?" I ask. "What happened to you?" she asks, concern laced in her voice. I shake my head, "Nothing." I say, above a whisper. She sighs. "Did James do it?" she asks. I stare at her wideyed. "No!" I yell. "No! He tried to protect me! He tried to protect us but he was to strong!" I yell, crying. "Who? Who Abby?" she asks. "John." I sob. Maggie hugs me and let's me cry. "Who's John?" Carol asks. I realize she listened to the entire conversation. "The man that took care of us after my parents were killed." I sob. They nod, "Come on honey." she says helping me up. I stand up and Maggie takes Anna. I follow her to a room full of showers. "I just thought you would want a shower." carol says. I nod."Thank you." I say. "Here's you some clean cloths and a towel." she says, laying them away from the shower head. I nod, "Thanks." I say. "Well be out here." They say leaving the room. I turn the shower on and take my underwear and brawl off. I step under the water. I instantly relax. I wash and wrap a towel around myself and get dressed. I look at the cloths they gave me. A tank top and shorts. I go out and see Maggie playing with Anna. Carol looks at me and smiles. "Come on sweety." she says, leading me to a room. I see a man with white hair and crutches. One of his legs are gone. "Hey Hershel." Carol says. Hershel looks up. "Hi girls. What can I do for ya?" he asks, sitting in a rolly chair. He looks at me, "Come over and take a seat." he says. I nod and walk over and sit on the bed. "Prop your leg up." he says. I lean down and lift my leg and whimper laying it on the bed. He cuts the wrap off and inspects it. "Its infected." he says, cutting the stitches. I whimper. He gets a rag and wipes around it then pours alcohol on it. I scream and watch as it bubbles. He restitches it and wraps it really thick then looks at my other cuts and bruises. He puts two butterfly band aids on my forehead and pulls a wheelchair out of a corner. "This should help ya get around easier considering we do t have crutches your size." he says. I smile and climb in it. "Thank you Hershel." I say. he smiles. I follow Maggie out into a large room. I see a bunch of people sitting around. I go over to James.
Six months later.....
I get to go on a supply run with Rick and his son Carl. Me and Carl are the same age. We climb in the car and drive off. We drive for a while then Rick cusses, "I told Maggie to put gas in it!" he says, pulling into a gas station. "I'll be right back." I say, climbing out. I run into the store and grab three Hersey bars and three waters and climb back in the car. I toss a water and candy bar to Carl and Rick. "Thanks." they say, as Rick drives off. Carl scoots closer to me and I blush. He grabs my hand and holds it. I blush more. "Abby..." Carl trails off. "Where here!" Rick says, stopping the car. We climb out and he hands us our guns. "Carl you stay with Abby. Meet back at the car in an hour." he says. We nod and split up. We walk for a while and Carl grabs my hand. "Abby...." he says. I look into his big brown eyes. "Yea?" I ask. Before I can react he kisses me. I stand there shocked before I start to kiss back. After a minute or two we pull back. "I love you." he says. "I love you to." I say. he smiles, "Will you be my girlfriend?" he asks. I nod, "Yes." I say. He smiles and kisses me again and puts his sheriff hat on me. I smile. We gather supplies and
head back to the car. I see Rick tending to a man with a beard by the car. I look at Carl and smile. I can't stop smiling. He takes my hand and walks towards the car. The man looks at me and I freeze. No. He grins and I stand there staring at him wideyed. No no no no no! Flashbacks of what happened flash through my head and I start crying. Someone touches my shoulder and I flinch. Its Carl. "Are you okay?" he asks. I shake my head. "Its him. Its John." I say. He goes wideyed. He knows about John. I didn't tell anyone else other then Carl Maggie and Carol. He walks up to John and pulls out his gun and shoots him in the knees. He screams and falls to the ground. "Carl!!!!" Rick yells. Carl aims for Johns head, "Go to hell you sick bastard." he says, pulling the trigger. Rick stands there wideyed. I run over and hug Carl and cry. He hugs me back and kisses the top of my head. "Well talk about this later." Rick says, climbing in the car. Carl leads me to the car and we go home.
Five years later.....
Me and Carl are seventeen now and Anna is six years old. She thinks I'm her momma..... I dont have the heart to tell her the truth. "Come on babe. We need to go on a run." Carl says, walking into the cell. I nod and lay the now asleep Anna down on the bed and kiss her forehead and cover her up. "But we just went on a supply run." I say. He nods, "I know. But its almost Christmas. I thought wed take the truck and stop at a Walmart and get stuff for everyone." he says. I nod. "Everyone does need new....well everything." I say. He nods. We leave and drive to the local Walmart. We go in and grab a buggy. "You shop for the guys and I'll shop for the girls." I say, handing him a list. He nods and walks off. I push the biggie around and collect stuff for everyone. I grab toys, brushes, hair dryers, coats, gloves, scarves, blankets, coats, hats, pillows, food, all kinds of stuff. I also grab all the wrapping paper and tape they have. I meet Carl in the employee lounge and we start wrapping.
Christmas day....
Its midnight and were sneaking out to get the trailer full of presents and the tree. We carry the tree in and put it together. "I'll decorate while you unload the presents." I say. He nods. I out the lights on and the star and all the little decorations then I help Carl unload presents. By the time we are done its five a.m. Everyone should be waking up. I shoot off a blank in the gun and everyone rushes down to us. They smile when they see the tree and smile. Then they see the presents and go wideyed. Everyone hurries downstairs and sits down. Me and Carl pass out presents to everyone. Rick got new cloths, shoes, guns, coat, gloves, hat, scarf, etc. Carol got clothes the same thing plus girl stuff and a blow dryer. Her hair is growing out. Maggie and the women get the same thing. the guys get the same as Rick. Now its Anna's turn. She's the only kid. She walks up to me, "Mommy did I get anyting?" she asks. I nod and hand her her presents. She got new cloths, dolls, Barbies, candy, a bike, a new coat, gloves, shoes, scarf and hat. She smiles. Everyone puts on there coats and stuff and they follow me outside. "We got everyone new beds and stuff!" Carl yells. "And I made a Christmas dinner!" I yell. We bring a new bed to everyone's cell and we est Christmas dinner. Then everyone goes to there cells. I grab the new pillows and blankets and me and Carl go give them to everyone. Afterwords I go lay down in my cell with Carl. We snuggle up on our new bed and new covers and I lay my head on his chest. He wraps his arms around me and holds me close. "There's uh....one more thing." Carl says, reaching under his pillow. He hands me a box. "Will you marry me?" he asks, opening it. I see a beautiful diamond ring. I smile and put the ring on, "Yes yes a million times yes!" I yell, hugging him. He kisses me and I kiss back.
