The Youngest Greene (Carl Grimes fan fiction)

Chapter 10

My eyes flutter open. I groan a little, not wanting to get up. I'm tempted to not come out of my room all day, but I really have to pee. I look at my watch and realize it's only six in the morning.

I tip toe out of bed and remove the chair from under the door. I still don't have any pants on, just a long shirt.

I open the door and a sleeping Carl falls back when I do. I shriek a little taken by surprise. His eyes open and he groans a little.

"Oh, hey." He says sleepily and smiles at me.

"Hey." I say, crossing my arms and leaning against the doorway. "Were you out here all night?"

He nods and grins sheepishly.

"Why?" I ask.

"I wanted to make sure I got to talk to you." He says.

"Why?" I say again.

"I thought you were mad at me."

"Oh. Well I'm not."

"You aren't?" He asks, kind of shocked.

I shake my head no.

"How come you wouldn't talk to me last night then?"

"I was tired." I say and shrug.

I've never been good at lying, but this is easy.

"And why did you run away when you saw me with Jenna?"

"I didn't want to make an awkward situation." I say, almost bored and shrug again.

"Oh." He says almost as if he's disappointed. "Well I don't like her."

"It sure didn't look like that last night." I say, emotionless.

"I really don't." He says.

"Whatever Carl, I don't care if you do." But I really do care. "If that's all, I have to go to the bathroom."

I walk towards the bathrooms when he calls after me, "Do you realize you're not wearing pants?"

My face flames red, but I don't turn back to look at him.

"Yes, I do." I answer him.

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Surprisingly, the sun is shining today. Its not warm enough to not wear a jacket, but it's not to cold. I'm stuck watching all of the kids today, so I took them outside to play.

I'm starting to regret it though. Carl is doing something, I don't know what, with Rick across the prison, and Jenna is following him around like a lost puppy. Every once in a while he laughs at something she says, and let me tell you, I pretty much wanna go over there and slap her.

I glare at her and she glances up at me and gives me a 'sweet' smile. What is wrong with her? It's like she deliberately wanted to make me hate her. By hating her I'm doing exactly what she wants. I'm gonna have to pretend like I don't hate her. I have to beat her at her own game. I smile back at her as though nothing is wrong.

Carl laughs again at something she said, and this time he catches my eye. I raise my eyebrows at him and give him a 'oh-sure-you-don't-like-her look'. He drops his smile and turns around going back to whatever he was doing. It looks like he's ignoring her know.

Lizzie started a game of tag, and all the little kids are running around laughing. I simply sit on a blanket and watch them and Judith, wishing I was anywhere else in the world right now.

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I don't eat dinner with everyone that night, trying my best to avoid Jenna.

I simply spend the night in my cell under my throw blanket, reading 'The Hunger Games' and eating Oreos.

By time Carol comes to tell me It's time to take my turn in the watch tower, I've already read the whole book. My life is changed forever.

I have the night shift tonight so I pick up a few things to bring with me to the tower. My blanket and a hoodie.

I climb up the stairs to the guard tower and make myself comfortable.

The sky is filled with stars, and there is a full moon. It's so cold that I can see my breath in front of me. It's actually quite peaceful up here, aside from the continuous growling from outside the fences.

Nothing has ever actually happened while I was on watch, but for some reason I feel uneasy. Almost like someone is watching me. I take a few deep breaths and tell myself to calm down. I wish I had asked someone to take watch with me!

That's when I hear soft foot steps coming up the stairs. I grab the gun off the shelf and hold it up to the door. The door opens.

"I have a gun!" I call out, my voice shaking a little.

"Well don't shoot me!" a familiar voice says back.

I pick up the flashlight and shine it on what happens to be Carls face.

"Ow!" He says, because I shined it right in his eyes. I breathe a sigh of relief.

"You scared the crap out of me!" I shout at him.

"I'm sorry!" He apologizes.

"What are you doing? You should be sleeping." I tell him.

"I came to take watch with you." He says. "Now would you please stop shining the flash light in my eyes!"

"Oh. Whoops." I turn the flashlight off.

There's enough moon light that I can see him still though. I put the flashlight down and he comes over and sits against the wall next to me.

"How did you even know I was taking watch?" I ask him, looking up at the sky. I've never seen the stars so bright.

"I looked at the schedule." He says, not offering any explanation as to why.

"Wouldn't you rather be with Jenna?" I ask bitterly.

"I don't like her!" He protests.

"Then why did you kiss her?"

"I didn't. She kissed me. And between you and me, she's a jerk."

"I learned that lesson the hard way."
Whoops. I shouldn't have said that.

"What did she do?" He asks softly.

"Nothing."

"Just tell me."

"I told her something personal, and she used it against me. I shouldn't be having stupid teenage girl problems in the apocalypse anyway!" I protest.

"Anna, it doesn't matter what's going on in the world, people will always give you problems. They can't help but to be jealous of when they see someone who's happier then they are, so they try to make that person as miserable as they are."

"When did you become so wise, Grimes?" I say and smile at him.

"I've had a lot of time to think." Carl says and grins back at me.

I rest my head on his shoulder and he puts his arm around me. This is honestly the happiest I've felt in months.

We don't even say anything for the rest of the night. I ignore all the walker growls and instead watch the stars. Under the moonlight with Carl next to me I feel a feeling I haven't felt in months. I feel safe. Safe not only from the dangers of the world, but safe from all the people to.

I know that this feeling won't last forever. All good things come to an end, so I enjoy it while I can.

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(This chapter is kind of short but my inspiration for the second half of this chapter was 'Safe and Sound' by Capitol Cities. You should really listen to that song while reading this. Goodnight Lovelies :) Xoxo -Isabella ✨)