The Boy In The Hat ♡

[7] Injury

We started walking through the herd, it was as if we were one of them. Carl had his arm around me, pulling me closer to him in a protective way.
"close your eyes if you want" he whispered "I've got you and I'll lead you"
"I'm fine Carl, if you keep trying to be the hero you'll get yourself killed"
"I understand" he mumbles and focuses his attention on where he is walking
Sam starts to panic and freezes where he was standing
"Sam, we have to keep going, you can do this" Jessie desperately tells him "come on Sam, we have to go"
Sam's final words to his mother left his mouth but I couldn't make out what he was saying and then he was gone, devoured in seconds.
Jessie was still holding his hand, overwhelmed with sadness she began to scream despite Carl trying to calm her down so we could carry on.
Jessie was bit, right in the neck and also devoured. So many thoughts going through my mind, I feel guilty knowing there was nothing we could do for either of them.
Somehow in all this chaos Ron had found a gun
"what are you trying to do Ron?" I ask
"kill them, they just killed my whole family-y..."
Michonne had stabbed him mid speech, causing the gun he was holding to go off and hit Carl in the eye.
As Carl collapsed to the ground every memory I'd ever had with him flashed through my mind, seeing him for the first time, his compliment on my name, saving his life and him saving mine, holding his hand and of course kissing him earlier today... my eyes were focused on the blood dripping from his.... his beautiful blue eyes. I shake my head and snap out of my thoughts before rushing over to Carl and picking him up, I rush him over to Denise while Michonne and Rick clear a path for me through the walkers.
I storm through the door back at Alexandria, my breath shaking
"pl-please save him" tears streaming down my face "if it's only for a few minutes just let me tell him what I need to tell him and let me say goodbye, please"
I watch as his eye gets cleaned up, it's actually gone, his entire eye is gone. I should've listened to him about Ron, he was weak and he didn't know what he was doing with a gun and now he's caused this because of it. Carl's face has been bandaged up and he's lying in the bed, I walk over and sit by him.
"Grimes... you're missing something"
I smile while putting his hat back on his head where it belongs. Of course he can't respond to anything I'm doing but as long as he knows I'm here. His hand is open next to him so I take the opportunity to put mine there, just like that moment with the gun.
"I love you Carl"
I looked down at him and gave a small smile as his hand closed to hold mine. Rick walked into the room at this exact moment
"he's alive?" I say to Rick with doubt
"yeah, he will wake in a couple days" Rick said in a happier tone which I totally understood, I mean this was his son after all.
"I'll leave you alone with him"
I walk slowly into the living room of the house where we'll be staying tonight and lay down deep in my own thoughts, thinking of Carl.