The Pain We Face

Dinner Deer

I wake up with a major head ache. I slowly open my eyes to see that I'm in my room. The bright sun light coming through the widow stings my eyes. I drape my arm over my eyes and let out a small groan. I hear someone snap up, but don't look.

"Nikki?" I hear someone say.

"What?" I manage to squeak out. Someone rushes to my side and sits one the bed. I uncover my eyes and see that it's Carl. I smile slightly and grab his hand. "What happened?" I question looking around as if that would give me and answer.

"We don't really know.. You got sick and passed out." He began. "Julia said you were probably just dehydrated." He continued.

"So nothing serious?" I gulped.

"No. Do you want some water?" He asks. I nod, and he disappears into the hallway. As I wait, I look around and see Carl's sweatshirt laying on the ground. I reach down and grab it. Soon enough Carl comes in with a glass of water, and Julia follows close behind. I slowly sit up with the help of Julia and take the glass of water from Carl.

The water feels refreshing on my dry tongue. I take small sips, even though I feel like pouring the whole glass down my throat. I let the cool water glide over my tongue. Once I'm done with the water, I set the glass on a table next to the bed.

Julia comes over and feels my forehead. "Hmmm... No fever." She informs taking her hand away from my head.

I nod and look to Carl, who is twiddling his thumbs. I give him a small smile to show him I'm ok, but he doesn't buy it.

"What time is it?" I ask Julia. She sits down on the bed and looks at me.

"It's almost dinner time, Daryl caught a deer, so we're having deer meat. If you don't feel like eating that I can make you something else." She assured.

"No no, I'll have deer." I squeal, it sounds a little more desperate than I wanted it to be. I haven't had deer in forever, I can't miss out now!

"Are you sure?" She questions. I nod my head, with a smile on my face. "Ok, well, I'm gonna go help with dinner. I'll call you guys in when it's ready." And with that she left the room.

Carl quickly takes the spot that Julia was sitting in. "I was so scared! Insist know if you were gonna be ok and-" before he could finish I pressed my lips to his. At first he is stiff, but then he relaxes and wraps his arms around me, making me feel safe.

I pull my lips from his, and lay my head on his shoulder. He kisses my head, and I let out a small sigh. What would I do with out him? We sit there in silence for what seemed like hours, but it was only minutes, until the silence was interrupted by a knock on the door. Carl slowly gets up and opens the door.

On the other side of the door I see Daryl, I automatically smile. "There's my girl." He says walking over to me and encasing me in a bear hug. I laugh at his sudden affectation.

"Someone's getting soft I see." I tease him. He just rolls his eyes and sits on the bed next to Carl.

"So I caught a huge deer, just. For. You." He laughs poking my nose.

"Julia told me, I'm sooo excited I haven't had some good deer in forever!" I cheered.

"Well it's gonna be a nice juicy one tonight." He smirks.

I throw my arms up and squeal with excitement. All of a sudden I hear someone yell Daryl's name, he jumps up and runs to the door, but before he leaves he turns to me.

"Feel better buttercup." He sings, then walks away. Carl closes the door behind him, and returns to his spot on the bed.

"Only fourteen more days until your birthday." Carl smirks.

"Yeah and..?" I question, with a bit of a laugh.

He just laughs, and turns too look out the window.

"Whaaaaat?" I whine, shaking his arm.

"Nothing." He smiles.

"You're so difficult." I fake whine.

"I know." He teases before tackling me into the bed, and pulling me close. I rest my head on his arm and close my eyes for a bit. Again we sit there in silence until someone came in and told me it was dinner time.

I slowly tried to sit back up but I was feeling slightly dizzy.

"Nikki stay here, I'll bring you your dinner." Carl cooed stroking my hair.

"No no, I'm fine." I protested trying to get the covers off of me.

"Nikki, no. Stay here." He demanded tucking me back in.

"Okkk." I huff. He kisses my forehead before leaving the room. I wait for about ten minutes before Carl returns with two plates of food.

"Thank you." I smile taking one of the plates. Carl also places another glass of water on the bedside table, and takes a seat on Max's bed.

I eat slowly savoring each piece. Daryl was right this deer was absolutely amazing! Once I was done with the deer, I ate the small amount of canned peas. I hated peas, but it was one of the only things we had and I didn't want to be difficult. Once Carl and I we're done, he took our plates and stared to get up.

"I'm on dish duty today. So I'll be back in a few. I love you." He assured before walking out again.

I drank the rest of my water, and suddenly felt very tired. I laid back down and closed my eyes, before I knew it I was asleep.

~~~~~Author's Note~~~~~

Hey guys!!! I'm soooo sorry I haven't updated in like forever.  I feel horrible for making you guys wait this long.  I tried to update earlier today, but wattpad deleted my update for some reason, and I didn't realize until like five hours after.  oops O.o    So anyway I feel like don't interact with you guys, so I have a question for you; What is your favorite chapter so far? Oh also I'm sorry this was such a sucky short chapter, I had MAJOR writers block.  Well I hope you liked this chapter, thank you for reading!