What if it's us~ Carl Grimes Gay

Chapter 2

Max Dixon's POV

I woke up to the sun shining through my tent. I groan and roll over before sitting up because I had to pee. I get up and throw on my shoes before stepping out of my tent and heading towards the woods. I find a tree and do my business on it before I head back to camp.

My dad should be back from his hunt today. I was still upset with everyone for leaving my uncle behind. I just hoped he was still alive. I get back to my tent and grab my bag and crossbow before sitting on the rock outside my tent. In my bag was my book, some granola bars, 2 bottles of water, a picture of Merle, Dad and I and some extra arrows and knives.

I had one knife on my belt along with my machete and my crossbow was on my back. I also had a handgun holstered to my right thigh. I was one of the first people awake so I decided to go for a hunt. I slung my bag over my shoulder after taking my crossbow in my hand and heading out into the woods.

I quietly walk through the woods as I look for any animal tracks. Soon I see a squirrel in a tree up ahead of me. I take aim and shoot it with an arrow. Bullseye. I then collect it before continuing on my hunt.

~1 hour later~

After just over an hour of hunting I had caught 2 rabbits and 6 squirrels. So I start to head back towards camp. I'm sure everyone was awake by now. Dad would probably be back soon too. Suddenly I hear a scream and Carl's voice yell my name. I quickly take off towards his voice soon coming up to him and the other kids.

I grab Carl and make sure he's okay as he clutches on to me. Then all of the other parents break through the trees and grab onto their kids. Lori comes over and grabs Carl from me while all of the males run to whatever the kids were scared of. I quickly follow them only to see a roamer eating a deer.

I then notice my dad's arrows sticking out of the deer's side. The guys surround the roamer without it noticing them. Then they all start to hit it with their weapons. I roll my eyes at their stupidness. You have to stab it in the brain to kill it. Then Dale chops it's head off and it's body goes limp while the head keeps on biting at us.

Then we heard footsteps in the woods behind us. Everyone quickly raise their weapons towards the noise. Then my dad steps out. Everyone relaxes until my dad sees the deer. "Son of a Bitch. That's my deer! Look at it. All gnawed on by this Filthy, Disease-bearing, Motherless Poxy Bastard!"My dad yells as he kicks the dead roamer.

"Calm down, son. That's not helping."Dale says. Then my dad walks up to Dale getting in his face. "What do you know about it, old man?"Dad asks. "Dad, calm down."I call out getting his attention. He turns around and looks at me before coming up to me and giving me a hug.

"I'll calm down when I want to."He says before collecting his arrows from the deer. I smirk at his childness. "I got us some squirrel, about a dozen or so. That'll have to do."Dad says before seeing the head moving. "Come on people. What the hell."Dad says as he shoots an arrow into the roamer head and then pulling it back out.

He starts to walk back up to camp with us following him. "Merle! Merle! Get your ugly ass out here! I got us some squirrel! Let's stew them up!"Dad calls out. "Where's your uncle?"He asks me. "Ask them."I say pointing at the others. Dad looks at them angrily.

"Where's my brother"he asks. "Look Daryl, there was a problem in Atlanta."Shane says. "He dead?"Dad asks. "We're not sure."Shane answers. "He either is or he ain't!"Dad yells. "There's no easy way to say this so I'll just say it."Carl's dad says walking closer.

"Who are you"Dad asks. "Rick Grimes."Rick says. "Rick Grimes, you got something you want to tell me?"Dad asks. "Your brother was a danger to us all, so I handcuffed him on a roof, hooked him to a piece of metal. He's still there."Rick explains. Now this just pissed me off even more. They didn't just leave him there. They handcuffed him on a roof!

"Hold on. Let me process this. You're saying you handcuffed my brother to a roof and you left him there?!"Dad yells. "Yeah."Rick says. Then my dad throws his dead squirrels at him just to have Shane shove him down. I quickly tackle Shane down and throw a few punches at him while my dad starts to fight everyone else off. I might be 15 but I am 5'11 and I have a built frame.

Before I could hit him anymore, Morales pulls me off of him and holds me back. Then Shane Got up and grabbed my dad before he could do anymore damage too. "You'd best let me go!"My dad yells as we both struggle with our holders. "Nah, I think it's better if we don't."Shane says putting my dad in a choke hold.

"Hey, let him go! A choke holds illegal!"I yell at Shane angrily. "You can file a complaint."Shane says back. "Let us go and I will!"I yell. "Come on, man. We'll keep this up all day."Shane says to my dad as he continues to struggle. "Okay, let me go Morales. I'm calm."I say as I relax my body. Morales let's me go and I stand there for a few seconds to show I'm okay. "Now let my dad go you asshole!"I yell at Shane.

He looks at me before letting my dad go. I help him up as we glare at Shane and Rick. "What I did was not on a whim. Your brother does not work and play well with others."Rick says to my dad. "Its not Ricks fault.I had the key. I dropped it."T-dog says. "You couldn't pick it up?"My dad says angrily.

"Well, I dropped it in a drain."T-dog says. "If it's supposed to make me feel better, it don't."Dad says. "Well, maybe this will. Look, I chained the door to the roof so the geeks couldn't get at him, with a padlock."T-Dog says. "Its gotta count for something."Rick says. "Hell with all y'all! Just tell me where he is so's I can go get him."Dad says.

"He'll show you. Isn't that right?"Lori asks Rick. Rick sighs as he looks around. "I'm going back."Rick says. Lori than angrily walks into the RV. Dad walks towards our tents so I follow him. We get to our tents and dad grabs some more arrows. "I'm going with you."I say. Dad stops and turns around to look at me.

"No you ain't."He says as he closes his tent and stands up. "Yes I am. He's my family too."I shot back. "No, you're gonna stay here."Dad says. "Why? Huh? Why can't I go?"I ask angrily. "Its because I don't want to take the risk of you getting hurt. Something could go wrong and I don't want you to be the one to suffer."He says back. I stop as I realize that he's worried about me and just wants me to stay safe.

"Fine, I'll stay here. Just please be careful."I say. "Always am."He says before hugging me. "How about you cook up that squirrel while I'm gone so it don't go bad?"Dad asks. "Okay dad, I love you."I say. "I love you too."Dad says before heading over to the others that are going.

I head up there as Rick, Glenn, T-Dog, and dad get in the white van and head off. I stare after then as they drive away. Please be safe dad. I can't lose you both.