Don't Look Back - A Carl Grimes FanFiction

Chapter 8

Carl's pov

I enjoyed having Rayne by my side all night, up until the adults dove into their topic. Once that topic was brought up she bolted out of the room and up into the bedroom. Everyone laughed at her quick exit but continued talking.

I was still sitting there and people didn't really mind, they said, 'you need to learn' or something along those lines. Hershel, and a few others went to bed, I was getting tired as well and so I decided to go to bed. I got there and Rayne was already in bed, I noticed all of her stuff in here too, she must be staying here then, possibly permanently.

I changed into my p.j's and got into bed with her, I'm surprised nobody has said anything about this yet. But then again, no rooms were available since Daryl roomed with Dale.

"Goodnight, Rayne."

"Goodnight, Carl." I pulled her closer and she snuggled into me. I laid my head on top of hers and fell asleep. Yeah, I know we've only known each other for maybe two weeks, but I feel like this is becoming something good, and why not go for that chance?

In the morning when I woke up she was still sleeping, and still cuddled into me, I got up and replaced me with a pillow. She didn't notice so I got changed and went downstairs.

I ate breakfast and then went to check the fence, I took my pistol and a knife. I didn't dare touch Rayne's weapons because she loves them, a lot. There were a few walkers and I easily took them out. After the walkers were all killed, I went back inside to see what the plan for today was.

I sat in the kitchen with everyone else and saw Rayne come down with her hair brushed and some jean shorts and a light blue tank top. She had her Nike's on and ate breakfast. After a few minutes she went outside and started to stretch.

"What are you doing?"

"Going for a run, wanna come?"

"Yeah, let me get my running shoes on." I said going inside and getting my black adidas on.

"Now stretch, you can't run without stretching, or you'll get cramps."

I nodded and stretched. Once we were ready we took off, she sped ahead of me and I caught up with her. She kept this fast pace for ten laps around the property. In this heat and pace, I was pretty sure I was dying, after the last lap, she stopped and immediately started to stretch, and after she stretched, she did planks and after planks came push ups, she is a machine. I need to get in better shape.

I crawled and she walked into the house, everyone stared at me and started laughing. I asked for some water and Lyla threw a bottle at me and Rayne. After Rayne chugged her water down, she went up to my room. I was still dying when she came down.

Rayne's pov

I chugged my water and went up to my new room, I got a cloth and rubbed my face down, tonight I was going into that lake to properly bathe. I put on more deodorant to hopefully mask some of the smell and went back downstairs where Carl was still recovering.

"Are you ok?" I asked.

"No." He said still breathing hard.

"It'll get better, I promise."

"It better." He said I laughed and sat down beside him. A couple minutes later he had recovered and went upstairs. I grabbed an apple from Hershel's tree and sat down at the outdoor table. I was listening to Rick and Lori talk about something I didn't quite understand when someone stole my apple from me,

"Hey." I said turning around to see who it was, it was only Carl.

"You're lucky it was you, or else you'd face my wrath." I teased and went back to eating it. He took it once again and started eating it himself. I took it back and ate some more of it, and it was a back and forth competition for the apple. In the end, he won and got the apple.

"Hey, I won fair and square." He said smugly and I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, sure. You just reaped the benefits of my hard work." I said and he shrugged. All of the sudden there was a loud sound of commotion.

We both ran to the front of the house and saw only Shane, no Otis. They went on a run for more medical equipment and only Shane came back.

"Where's Otis?" Maggie asked.

"They came out of nowhere, we were getting there and a whole lot of walkers zeroed in on us, Otis tripped and told me to go on. I ran and ran, he didn't make it, I'm sorry." Shane said sympathetically.

"We'll have a funeral, tonight, once the sun starts to set." Hershel said. Well, there goes my swim in the lake.

I was sad that Otis died, he was a good man, although he did shoot Carl, but we all had forgiven him. We all went inside and Lori had called a meeting. We were all in the living room, me standing hand in hand with Carl, and Beth glaring at us, hasn't she got the message that she's not the one he chose? Anyways, Lori came in, looking like she was going to cry,

"I'm guessing you guys are curious as to why I called this meeting, and well, I'll get right to the point," She said taking in a deep breath.

"I'm pregnant." She said, Carl jumped up and my eyebrows shot halfway up my forehead. My mouth hung open, and Carl stormed out, punching the wall as he exited. I wasn't going to after him, he needed his space.

"How long?" T-Dog asked.

"About a few weeks, that's why Glenn and Maggie went on the run." Lori said, I now didn't like her as much as I did before, this seems irresponsible.

Shane looked like he was about to lose it and he did. He stood up and yelled,

"Are you fucking crazy?! You can't get pregnant in this world! That's a death wish for you and your child, do you even know whose it is?  When you thought Rick was dead and you threw yourself at me? Do you remember? And then you found out he was alive, you hooked back up with him? I am done with you, I am sick of your crap you put this group through!" He was getting really scary, his face was red and veins were popping out of his neck. Rick started yelling back and then everyone was yelling. I couldn't take it anymore.