Forever and ever (sequel to the redneck has feelings?)

Too close

My heart was pounding as I ran as fast as I could,

"Connor! Elaina!"

I felt myself shaking as I followed their screams. Daryl and Carl were close behind me as we got closer. I rounded the corner and froze. 4 walkers were surrounding my babies. My breathing hitched and I screamed in pure terror,

"no!"

i immediately grabbed my knife from my boot and and charged at the walkers. The kids were huddled up against a tree crying. I tackled the closest walker to the ground as I heard the kids scream,

"mom!"

daryl and Carl had each taken a walker and were all fighting to kill the small herd. The walker I had taken down was a lot stronger than I was. I was struggling as it fought against me. Finally killing it, I heard the kids cheering. I turned to look at them with a smile. Carl and daryl had also finished taking down their walkers. I was so relieved knowing they were safe. I started to walk over to the kids when a hand reached out and grabbed elaina. She screamed as the walker threw her on the ground and towered over her.

"no!" I screamed in pure terror.

elaina screamed as loud as she possibly could. I bolted for her and daryl immediately brought up his crossbow, but before any of us could do anything, a knife was thrown and hit the walker Inbetween the eyes making it fall over dead. My eyes blinked the tears away as I ran and pushed the walker to the side and grabbing my daughter. She was crying and shaking as I held her tight. I kept rubbing my hand through her hair as she sobbed into the crook of my neck. We were both shaking and crying. I finally looked over my shoulder and saw daryl was holding onto Connor like I was elaina. Then I looked to the side and saw who threw the knife. Taylor. She was standing by the walker as she retrieved her knife from its head. I wiped tears from my eyes and mouthed"thank you" to her. She nodded and walked past Carl. Carl's eyes followed her in shock. Normally I would have called him out on checking her out. Daryl walked over to me with Connor and I pulled my boy into our hug. I kissed both their heads repeatedly as they cried. This had been their first experience with walkers. I pulled away and made them both look at me,

"are you alright! No bites or scratches?"

they both shook their heads,"no"

i sighed with relief and pulled them into another hug,"thank god. You guys are not to ever leave mine or your dads sight again. I mean it"

they pulled away and nodded,"we're sorry mom"

i sighed,"it's alright just don't ever scare me like that again"

they nodded and we headed back to the group. Nightfall came quickly and we put the sleeping kids in an old pick up truck we had found. Daryl covered them with his poncho. I looked down at them and sighed.

"ya alright?" Daryl asked.

"that was close today daryl. Too close" I said.

"ya it was" he agreed.

"that can't ever happen again. I can't take that feeling of almost losing them again" I said.

"it's how I feel every time ya turned up missin" he said.

i took my eyes off the kids and starred into his. He looked down at the ground nervously and then back up to me. I kissed him lightly on the lips as he grabbed my hand and shut the door to the truck. He led me around to the back and opened the tail gate,

"come on ya need some rest"

i nodded as he helped me up and got in after me. He lay down next to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. Today's events had really shaken me up and I know he noticed.

"hey" he whispered.

i turned to him and he said,"they'll never get that close to one again. I promise ya. You three are the only things keepin me alive"

i nodded and kissed him as we both fell asleep.

carls pov

ive been trying to go sleep for hours, but I just can't. I keep starring at the ceiling of the car we are in. Dad and Judith are asleep, but here I am awake. My body is shaking and it's not cause I'm cold. I keep thinking about today. I sigh and run a hand through my hair as I sit up. I look back at my dad and then back towards the truck the dixon's are in. Then I look at the jeep where taylor is. I sigh and open the door of the car quietly to not wake up dad or Judith. I get out and shut the door softly and make my way to the jeep. I peer through the window and see her sleeping. I sigh and knock on the window. She immediately jumps up with her knife raised. She calms when she sees me. She opens the door and yawns,

"hey, something wrong?"

i gulp and shake my head,"no, but can I talk to ya for a second?"

"it's late can't it wait..." I cut her off,

"no it can't"

she arched her eyebrow and said,"ok......what's up?"

i starred nervously down at the ground as I began kicking a pebble,"thanks...ya know for today with the twins"

"it was nothing. I didn't do anything you or your dad wouldn't do" she said.

"no it is something. She's family to us and nothing to you" I said.

she sighed,"it's the least I could do after what my dad did to her and I have to say the twins have grown on me"

we both chuckled and just starred at each other. The way the moon was hitting her made her skin sparkle. My heart sped up as she smiled at me. Before I could even realize what I was doing I had leaned in and brought my lips to hers. She tasted like honey and what surprised me is she didn't pull away. She actually began to kiss back. My arms wrapped around her waist as I felt her arms go around my neck. It felt like fireworks were going off in my stomach. Once I finally realized what I was doing I pulled away and starred at her. She was wide eyed and blushing. I didn't know what to say or do so I just turned around and walked back to the car. I didn't look back as I lay down by my sister. What just happened?