Apocalyptic Love

Relationship- Chapter 38

After about a month that Leslie was gone, Carl was really sad. He hasn't seen her. Fate hasn't thrown them together, he was losing more hope each and every day that passed by. He would stay with the kids all the time instead of scavenging. Everyone was worried. One day, Judith finally started talking in full sentences. Judith walks over to Carl and sits next to him and says "Mommy?" Carl says "M-mommy...?" Judith nods her head and says "Yeah! Lessie is my mommy!" Carl looked down but then smiled at Judith. "That is the first time I have ever heard you say her name." Judith giggles and says "Where is mommy?" Carl sighs and says "Looking for a whole bunch of food and water." Judith says "A lot?" Carl nods his head and says "Yeah, Mommy is looking for a lot of supplies for us so we won't have to scavenge for days." Judith stretches her arms out as much as a 3 year old can. "This much?" Carl says smiling "Oh, way more." Judith takes Carl's hands and makes him stretch them out as far as he can making Carl laugh. Judith says "That much?" Carl says "Yeah, like that." Judith then lays her head on Carl's chest and closes her eyes. Enid peeks from where she is at. She smiles at the scene. Carl then has a flashback.

FLASHBACK

Carl was laying on the bed staring up at the ceiling. Leslie came back from a long day of work and taking care of Judith and playing. She put her backpack down and crawled in between Carl's legs and laid her head on his chest closing her eyes. Carl smiled and rubbed her head so she could fall asleep faster.

END

The flashback stopped and Carl got teary eyed and rubbed Judith's head like he used to do to Leslie. When Judith fell asleep, he laid her on the couch and covered his face. Enid walked up to Carl and hugged him, he looked like he really needed one. Carl still covered his face while Enid stayed there hugging him for as long as she needed to. Then Enid left, she went up to the roof. Carl sat on the couch with a tear rolling down his face. He really loved Leslie, very much. He just wanted to see her again, he wanted to rub her head like he used to. He wanted to kiss her and hug her. He wanted to hold her hand like he always did, for 7 years he always held her hand. He wanted to kill walkers with her. He wanted to lay with her and wake up to seeing her beautiful face every morning. He just wanted to be with her so much, so badly he craved to just hug her one more time. He craved to see her smile so much. He craved to laugh with her once more. He wanted to just smother her in kisses whenever she was sad. He wanted to see her wear his hoodie again, his signature hoodie that he always wears in winter time. Now, he has to sleep in a bed alone, sometimes he even cries himself to sleep. He has nightmares of her dying. Nightmares all about her. He would wake up and realize it was all just in his head, which made him even more sad. Carl would day dream of her every day and he would always snap out of it. He always cried at the thought of her, he really loved her. He wanted to continue his journey with her, they have gone through hell and back. They have seen people die, they have gotten hurt together, they have killed walkers together, they have been sad together, how he craved to just touch her cheek one more time, or to hug her once more. Just to see her one last time, he would kill himself if he had to just to see her once more. She was the most beautiful person Carl ever got to meet. She is his everything, his whole world. He would die just to protect her.

Carl decided to join Enid on the roof. Enid was just sitting there staring down at the ground. Carl sat beside her. Enid noticed Carl was with her and looked at him and said "I'm sorry..." Carl looked at Enid and says "Sorry for what?" Enid sighs about to cry "I-I'm sorry for doing everything I have done...I almost got you killed, I always hated Leslie, I kissed you when you didn't want me to, I'm just sorry for everything I have ever done!" She starts crying and says "I am just such a horrible person!" Carl pulls her into a hug and says "Hey, hey, hey...Calm down...that's the old you...you can change yourself, you can turn the other cheek, you can become a new person..." Enid buries her face into Carl's shoulder and sniffles. Carl rubs Enid's head and Enid starts to calm down. They stop hugging. Enid and Carl both leaned in for a kiss and they kissed. They kissed just at midnight. They spent the rest of their day, relaxing on the roof. Carl says at one point "I miss Leslie very much..." Enid holds his hand and says "Yeah, I know you do...she will come back, I know she will." Carl says "I'm trying to get over her, I am trying so hard to do so..." Enid says "I know, It's very hard, and you may never get over her, but that's okay, she is a part of you, you can't get rid of that..." Carl nods his head and he stares into the sky. Admiring the stars.

THE END