The wind blew, twigs cracked, leaves fell and or turned and slight red. I continued my hunt for whatever's out there. "Did you hear that?" I asked, holding my hand up leveled with my head for Jessica and Carter to stop. "Hear what?" Asked Jessica. "Voices." I said. "I didn't hear any vo-" started Carter but I stopped him. "This way."
We walked farther into the woods. The voices got louder and louder by every step I took. We finally reached the voices.
"Who the hell are you!" Yelled one of the men, who was holding a crossbow at me. "Who the hell are you!" I yelled back, pointing my bow at him. "Drop the weapon!" Yelled another man, holding a gun up to my head. "Put the fucking gun down!" Yelled Carter pointing his bow at the man who held a gun to me. "Don't swear little boy!" Yelled another man pointing a gun at Carter. "Put the gun down!" Said Jessica. "Woah little girl." Said a boy, putting his gun up to Jessica. "Put. The gun. Down." Said the man who was pointing the gun up to my head.
I hesitated before putting my gun on the ground. The man put his crossbow down and everyone put there guns down. "Sorry." I said and started to walk away. "Hey come here for a minute." Yelled a man. I sighed and turned around. "Name?" He asked. "None of your business." I said sternly. "Seriously are we going to fight about this!" Yelled the boy who was pointing the gun at Jessica.
The boy turned to me. "Can you please tell me your name?" He asked nicely. "Melanie." I said. "See all you had to do was ask." He said, turning to the men. "I'm Carl." He said, turning to face me again. I shook his hand. "This is Jessica and Carter." I said.
"Nice to meet you. This is my dad Rick, Daryl, And Tyreese." Said Carl. I just glared at them. "You gotta camp around here?" Carl asked. I nod. "Just up there." I said, pointing the direction of our camp. "You gotta bathroom?" He asked. I laughed and nod. "Good cause I gotta pee." He said. I laughed and brought him and his group to our camp.
Carl ran to the bathroom and I walked to Carjule. "Yo Carjule we found survivors!" I yelled. "No way!" He said, jumping down the rv. I pounded on the door. "Yo Rosalyn and Jessel it's me let me in!" I said. They unlocked the door and opened it. They jumped on me and hugged me tightly.
"I missed you!" They said in unison. I laughed. "I missed you too." I saw Carl looking at us with a grin on his face. I stopped smiling as the kids climbed off of me. Carl walked over to me. "Melanie. Can we talk for a minute?" He asked. "Yeah sure. Um girls ho shout you go sit with Carjule okay? Don't argue." I said. They walked over to Carjule and sat by the fire he had started.
"So what's up?"I asked as we walked into the rv. I sat down on the old couch. I patted the couch, motioning for Carl to sit. He sat down kind of closer to me. "I'm sorry about my dad and the rest of the group. He doesn't really trust anyone." He said. "It's ok."
"Um have you lost anyone lately?" He asked. "Yeah. Three." I said suspiciously. "Do you want to come live with us in our group. We have food and shelter and plenty of water and warmth. Theirs other kids." He said, persuading me. I though about it for a moment. "Listen. Carl. I really appreciate it but I don't know any of you." I said, tangling my fingers.
"I asked my dad he said alright. Think about it. We have many survivors. Fences are put up. Imagine everyone making it through this mess. If you don't you could possibly lose more people. C'mon please?" He asked. "I don't know." I shrugged, rubbing my arm.
"Please?" He asked again, grabbing my hand and doing the puppy eyes. I jerked my hand away. "First of all don't touch me if you want to keep your hand." I said angrily. "Sorry. It will never happen again." He said, backing up a little. "Sorry for snapping." I said. "It's alright." He laughed, looking at his knees.
"Ok." I finally said. "So you'll go?" He asked. I nod. He sighed a sigh of relief. "Thank you." He said.
"Sense when we met we threatened to kill each other do you think we could start over?" He asked. I smile and nod. "I'd love that." I said.
He grabbed my hand and kissed it. "I'm Carl. And you are?" He asked. I laughed. "Melanie." I said. "Well Melanie. It's lovely to meet you." He said. We busted out laughing. "Wow. Just. Wow." I laughed.
"I'm sorry." He laughed. I nodded and got up. "So. When are we leaving?" I asked getting serious again. "Um tonight." He said. "Alright." I said as he got up. We walked out and informed Rick on what's happening.
We packed our stuff and Carjule drove the rv. My group, Daryl-crossbow dude- and Carl all rode in the RV. Daryl sat up front with Carjule, the group playing monopoly in the bedroom, so Carl and I were in the living room area. We sat at the small round table by the window. Rick and the rest of his group rode in their car.
Carl and I got to know each other a little bit. We found common interests and other stuff that we like. I think Carl and I could be good friends.
