𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟐. carl grimes

3 - IN

I sat beside Carl as he feeds Judith her formula. Ever since yesterday, we haven't leave each other's side. After the kiss we shared, we didn't talk about it but there was no awkward tension. I'm just glad to be here with Carl and everyone else.

Rick crouches down in front of us and checks on his children, then he smiled at me and patted my knee, before he stands up and talk to this girl named Tara. We got some new people in the group, saying they saved Glenn's life, so we let them stay. There's this redheaded redneck named Abraham, a guy with a mullet hair named Eugune and a fine lady named Rosita.

"She sure did miss you." I tell Carl as Judith holds onto his thumb tightly. "I did, too."

Carl smiles and his cheeks turn pink for a second. "I missed the both of you, too."

I laid my head on Carl's shoulder while gently pinching Judith's arm. Carl then leans down and plants a kiss on my head, making me smile. We also got clingy with each other and I'm not complaining. I slept beside him last night and for the first time in a while, I slept fine.

Our short stop came to an end and we started moving again. Carl walks beside me as I carry Judith in my arms.

"You know, I haven't seen in you in a while and when I do, you're wearing shorts." Carl quietly tells me before the both of us chuckled.

"I regret wearing it already. I should've worn jeans, but I thought we were gonna stay longer at the-" I stopped mid sentence as I remembered what went down in that place. I shook my head, dismissing the thought. "I'm gonna wear jeans later."

"You should keep 'em on." Carl tells me and I raised my eyebrow at him with a smile. "They look cute on you."

I rolled my eyes at him. "And that's another way of saying that you're checking my bum out."

Carl turns red and I snort, stiffling a laugh, making Rick and Michonne look at us. I pursed my lips into a thin line as Rick shakes his head with a smile, before looking forward again.

A sudden rustle of leaves startles all of us. Carl pushes me behind him and raised his gun, before Daryl comes out of the tree with dead squirrels around his shoulder.

He raised his hands up. "We surrender."

I shook my head, amused, then we all start walking again. I can hear people talking behind me and some chuckles, and it was good to hear. It's been a while since I heard other people talking and laughing, those two things remind me that we can still be normal. Just not all the time.

"Help!" I looked up ahead when we all heard someone yelled. "Help! Anybody, help!"

Rick signals for us to stop walking and Carl faced his father. "Dad, come on. Come on!"

Rick gives into his son and we all ran toward the direction of where the screaming is coming from. I saw a giant rock surrounded by a few walkers, and on top of that rock, was the man screaming for help.

Carl fires his gun and kills a walker while Rick, Michonne, Daryl and my mom kill the rest of them.

"Come on down." Rick tells the scared looking man, who shakily comes down from the rock.

His mouth was quivering when Rick asked him if he was okay. He held his finger up to him before throwing up on the ground, making me scrunch my nose and Judith starts pinching it. I pulled my face away from her little hands and she started playing with my top.

"Thank you." The man tells us. "I'm Gabriel."

"Do you have any weapons on you?" Rick asks the man named Gabriel right away.