The Cowboy who saved me ( Carl Grimes X Reader )

Chapter 5 The fence / first run

( Raven's pov )

I found a sticky note and a pen on a shelf near the tv which I used to write a note to Carl so he didn't think I ran away

Dear Carl ,

I'm with your dad he was going to ask you to go down to the fence with him but you were sleeping so I went with him

         see you soon , Raven🖤

With that done I rushed down and met Rick by the front door I learned of other community's they were called Hilltop , the Kingdom , Seaside , and then of course the Sanctuary on our way to the gate which I was grateful to learn about cause it meant I wasn't a complete idiot about what Carl's group was facing

Rick then met with a guy named Aron they started talking about going on a supply run when the dirty redneck guy from last night with the crossbow walked up to us I think his name was Daryl without any warning Rick turned to me and asked if I'd go on a run with him , Daryl , and Aron  I didn't want to seem useless or be kicked out for not pulling my own weight so I agreed to go that's when Michonne came up to me I asked if she'd tell Carl I was on a run with his dad when he woke up she agreed to before kissing Rick goodbye which I didn't see coming we then loaded into a small red car and left the gates of Alexandria behind

I would of guess that we've been on the road for about 15-20 minutes before we pulled up to a old school looking building once we all got out we split up in teams Aron and Daryl , then me and Rick we were looking for anything helpful such as food , water , batteries , clothes , weapons , medical supplies , and I was secretly keeping a eye out for comic books for Carl I use to the only be looking for me but now I have Carl as a friend

Me and Rick slunk over by a closed door at first we listened for the groans of walkers hearing none we slowly opened the door before looking around all I found was 3 AAA batteries , a flashlight , and some matches

While Rick found a handful of 22 bullets and a barely used candle soon we made our way to what looked like a kindergartners class room we did a quick search only finding a few boxes of seriously stale animal crackers as I grabbed the last box a Walker came hurdling out of a closet at Rick

lucky I'm a quick aim and smart I threw one of my throwing knives so we wouldn't attract anymore undead freaks Rick stared wide eyed at the fallen Walker and then to me as I was zipping up my bag

" Thanks " was all he said before making his way to the door I followed only stopping for a second to retrieve my knife from the fallen walker

Soon we met back up with Daryl and Aron outside of the cafeteria there had to be at least 45-50 walkers of the former students in   it

" there's bound to be food in there and a lot of it " I whispered looking towards the kitchen part that's when I noticed the air ducts

" we can't get pass that many Daryl whispered Rick and Aron looked as if they were agreeing before I came up with a plan
" but I can " I whispered getting all three of their attention

" how " Daryl whispered / snapped I just pointed at the air ducts and whispered " I'm small enough Rick then nodded as Aron gave me a leg up enough for me to crawl into the ducts then they quickly handed me their bags throwing them for me to catch

" be careful kid " was all I heard I knew it was Daryl by the roughness of the voice

so I kept slow safe speed while crawling towards the kitchen I could hear the loud groans of the undead students beneath me it seemed like forever before I was right above the locked kitchen I carefully jumped down trying to make little to any noise before slinking over to the stored food once I filled the bags with all kinds of food including junk food like rice krispy treats , Twinkies , candy bars which I stored in my bag that's when I saw a desert eagle just like mine just dustier next to it sat a box saying 50 rounds I carefully grabbed it stuffing it in my bag but a Walker noticed me signaling it was time to go grabbing all the loaded bags and crawling up into the ducts I was a little more then half way when a bunch of rats came barreling down towards me when a sudden ear splitting crack the air duct broke leaving me hanging on for dear life as it rained rats on top of the undead

I saw Daryl , Rick , and Aron's faces I didn't know if they were really worried about me or the supplies I had gathered ...with all my strength I had left I crawled back up it every crack made my heart skip a beat before long I was threwing the bags out into the hall before jumping down we all grabbed our now full bags and snuck out the school to our car and was on our way back to Alexandria

( Carl's view )

As soon as I woke up I saw the note Raven left me so I've been sitting at the gate all day Michonne gave me Raven's  message but I was determined to wait for her to come back I was worried what if something happened and my dad wouldn't try to help her and leave her for the walkers

I was snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of a car pulling up I quickly opened the gate as my dad pulled up after  closing the gate iy ran up to Raven giving her one of the biggest hugs you can I might of hugged her a little to Long but I quickly explained why

" I was worried sick about you I thought something might of happened to you " I noticed she was blushing and had a beautiful smile across her face

" you don't have to worry about me cowboy I can handle my own rodeos " she said before yawning I took her hand in mine as we walked back to my house were Michonne had cooked some stir fry with some rice they found on their trip

me and Raven took our plates and sat on the floor next to each other Raven quickly ate hers I mean being out there with nothing to eat  will do that to you

Dad began telling Michonne what happened he reached a part when a air duct that Raven was in had broke causing her to dangle over a small heard my mouth dropped open why would my dad let Raven risk her life for something as stupid as supplies  a sudden urge of anger filled me I quickly finished my food and went up stairs with Raven following closely behind