A New Beginning (Carl Grimes Fanfiction)

Chapter 14

I have decided to continue writing this. I feel like I should at least finish season 2? Or just until they get together idk. Tell me what y'all want:)

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Chapter Fourteen

Danielle's POV

I couldn't get what Lori said out of my head. "Maybe this is how it's supposed to be." Lori's words were still echoing in my mind. She thought kids couldn't survive in a world like this. I know Sophia is currently still lost, and Carl got shot, but I still disagree with her. She thought it would be better if Carl just died from this gunshot. I have to admit, it is more preferabe compared to being ripped apart by mindless cannibals, but I couldn't just let him die. Carl isn't allowed to die, not anytime soon. Maybe I'm being selfish, but I just cant stand the idea of attending his funeral. Him and Sophia are my only friends in this world.

Carl started coughing and he opened his eyes. he was looking around the room, trying to figure out where he was. I let go of his hand quickly, unsure what he would think about that. He might think that I was a creeper. Rick and Lori rushed into the room from the hallway where they had been sitting silently for the past half hour.

"Where are we?" Carl asks.

"Hey little man." Rick asked.

"You're awake!" I said with a huge grin on my face.

Carl looked towards Hershel who had walked into the room a few seconds ago. "That's Hershel." Rick explained. "We're in his house. You had an accident, all right?"

"It hurts. A lot." Carl said, pain apparent in his voice.

"Oh, baby, I know. I know." Lori said, moving towards him to give him a kiss on the head.

"You should have seen it." Carl said.

"What?" Lori asked, confusion all over her face. I however, do know what he's talking about.

"The deer," he said, "It was so pretty Mom. It was so close. I've never been." he stopped suddenly, and his eyes glazed over, like he was staring at soemthing that nobody else could see.

"Oh my God! What happened!?" I asked Hershel.

"Carl? What's happening?" Rick said.

Carl's body started shaking wildly and he was gaspng for air. Lori and Rick tried to hold his flailing lmbs still, but Hershel stopped them. "Don't. It's a siezure. If you hold him down, you could hurt him."

"You can't stop it?" Lori asked.

"He has to just go through it." Hershel said.

Lori grabbed on to Rick and he held her close to him, as if he could protect her from what was going on around her. Both of their faces shw the same expression: Fear. I wish someone would hold me close like that, someone to shield me from the horrors of this world. I wish I had someone to protect me like that, but the one person who I want to do that with is currently having a siezure. I didn't want to start crying again, but I couldn't really help it. When he woke up, he was so happy. The light had returned to his eyes when he talked about the deer. When he woke up, it was like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders, and I was once again filled with hope. I thought he would actually be okay, and after a few days of rest we wuld be able to go look for Sophia again. Obviously, he wasn't as close to recovery as I thought.