I wake up in Carl's twin size bed, and immediately I start to remember what happened last night.
I passed out last night after playing video games, Carl must've carried me to the bed.
On the floor next to the bed is a glass of water and a purple and pink polka dotted diary. I climb out of bed and skip the glass of water, I pick up the diary and flip through the pages and the beginning of it I recognize handwriting.
Because I like you...or whatever.
And undoubtedly, I know that it's Carl's handwriting. I chortle, fingering the white and blue pages and flipping through excitedly.
I grab the pen on the floor next to the glass of water and I start writing my first entry.
Dear diary,
You have the burdening responsibility of keeping all of my dirty little secrets to yourself, you lucky thing. You belong to me now, and should anyone take you away or rip your pages or read them, I'll have their head.
-PV.
Later that day, after running errands Carl and I jump the gate and we sit in a hollowed out tree and eat rice cakes and pudding and read comic books. I thank him for the diary and when I ask him how he got it, he only says he went scavenging late at night and leaves it at that.
Another day goes by, Carol, after being ambushed by a man with Maggie when Rick's group attacked the saviors, sits on her front porch swing smoking a cigarette and fingering some rosary beads.
Gabriel walks the perimeter with a rifle.
Eugene assumes his position at the front gate and Sasha stands guard at the platforms.
Morgan practices with his staff.
Enid and I hang out on her front porch and Carl injects himself in the conversation.
Carl and I jump the gate, come back, and I visit Ron.
We go to bed.
The next day, Carol sits on her porch swing smoking a cigarette, Tobin kisses her.
Gabriel patrols.
Eugene assumes his post.
Denise, Daryl, and Rosita go scavenge but only Daryl and Rosita return which leads me to conclude that one of them has died.
The next day, Carol's porch swing is empty, Rosita guards the front gate, Carl stays at the house to watch over Judith and I hang out with Ron.
Sasha and Rosita guard the gate, Carl idles with a gun and pockets it unaware of my presence, Abraham takes over Sasha's position at the gate, Daryl, Glenn, Michonne, and Rosita take off, I eavesdrop on a conversation between Rick and Tobin Carol's boyfriend about a farewell note that Carol had written before she took off.
Rick and Morgan leave to find her.
...
Enid takes Maggie's shift, forcing me to hang out with Ron for the evening.
After Maggie unexpectedly falls ill when Enid gives her a chop, Rick and Carl plan to take her to hilltop to get medical care.
Carl quickly stashes guns in his bag when Enid and I walk in. We beg him to let us come along, especially me, knowing Jesus would probably be there already and he gave me an invitation a couple months back at the church.
But he does not comply with either one of us, rendering us both frustrated and angry at Carl.
This leads to an altercation and Carl locks me and Enid in the armory to our shock, Enid questions what will happen if no one comes back and replies with a cryptic message, "have to survive somehow." Enid turns noticeably red in the face, and my curiosity starts to build up but she looks like she doesn't want to talk about it.
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Alone
Fanfiction"It takes two to survive in this world. It's an I save you, you save me kind of thing." He said. ""No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."" After losing her parents to a traumatic experience, Prisc...
