Together ~ A Carl Grimes Fanfiction

Chapter Five

By lunch time, we have to stop. We head to the cafeteria but this time separately. Carl leaves first and I go find Beth. "What's up? Why aren't you with Loverboy?" She taunts. I give her a push, a little harder than I ment to. She picks up Judith. "We can't go everywhere together. People will notice."

"Okay, okay!" she says, mock surrendering, "My lips are sealed. Let's go. "

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In the cafeteria, Beth, Judith and I sit down at a table with my family, Carol, Maggie and her fiancé Glen. Carl is across the room, with Rick, Daryl, Hershel, Tyreese, Sasha and Michonne. He gives me a look and I have to smile. Luckily, nobody saw.

I eat my lunch of venison and potatoes. Daryl shot a deer. Its the first time we've had meat in months.

After lunch Carl walks towards me. The butterflies start again. "Wanna go on a run with dad, Michonne and I." he asks.

"Sure. Just let me grab my knives. What are we going for?" I ask.

"Formula and toys for Judith. Plus other things as well. We've to meet Dad and Michonne at the gates. Let's go get the weapons."

We go back to Carl and my cell and lift our knives and his gun. He leans forward and kisses me once.

"Can we get toothpaste and a toothbrush while we're out. There' aren't any toothbrush trees in the woods." I say and he laughs.

"Sure. "

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It's early Autumn, although Georgia's Autumn is like Scotland's Summer. In the car, I try to look out of the window, but the glare of the sun in my eyes is hard to see past, so I give up. Rick is driving and he and Michonne are having a conversation. I turn to talk to Carl and he's already staring at me. We approach a town and get ready to get out of the car. I look around and see that the town has a library. I tap Carl and point. He nods. "Dad, can we go to the library. Kaitlyn needs books." he says.

"If we have time Carl. We gotta get Judith's formula first, then medical supplies. Lets hope there ain't many walkers here." says Rick.

The first shop that we come to is a furniture shop. No use. Next is Green grocer. Everything will be rotten anyway. Around the corner we see a lone corpse. "I've got it," Michonne whispers. She stabs the walker with her katana sword. We all have our weapons ready. They could be anywhere.

The next shop is a Market store. We open the door, and each of us take a different aisle as there is only four. Mine is clear so I check the next and find Michonne tackling about eight walkers. I rush forward and a decomposing hand wraps around my wrist. It gets ready to bite and I try to stab it but... BANG! I turn and Carl is holding his gun up. "Thanks," I say. He shouldn't have used his gun but he saved my life. I turn and begin to stab at the walkers, helping Michonne.We finish with those and we notice about twenty-five walkers entering the shop. We have to get them all.

"Walkers!" I yell. Rick comes running.

"There aren't that many. We can take them." He says. "Knock over the shelf and get one at a time."

We do exactly that and we succeed. Carl runs and finds the baby formula. He gets eight boxes and puts them in his bag. We search the shop for any medical supplies. We get everything we can and move. Next up is the pharmacy. It's pretty much empty. Well apart for some over the counter pain killers and laundry detergent. We pick those up and leave. "Can we go to the library now?" Carl asks.

"Michonne and I are gonna see what else we can salvage and if we can syphon any more gas, but you two can. Be careful." Rick says.

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Carl and I hurry towards the Library. It looks untouched, outside and in. We enter and look around. There doesn't seem to anything out of place. I head straight for the young adult section and Carl heads for the graphic novels. I pick up everything I can handle and then some. I look in the back for a sack or a big bag. I'm lucky and find an empty food sack and a knife set. I get both. I put everything I have in the sack. Then I go for the kids books. I have to find some books for Sammy. And Judith, when she's older.

Carl calls for me that he's ready to go and I head for the door. Something catches my eye.

There are two samurai swords, in a cross, above the door. I have to get them. "My mum has wanted one of those since this thing started, and Michonne would appreciate another one. We have to get them. Give me a lift," I say to Carl, and he does. The swords are heavier than I thought, so I get one at a time. When I get down, we head back for the car. Carl takes the sack and a sword from me, insisting that he carries it.

Michonne and Rick are waiting for us outside. We jump it the back of the car and Rick drives us home. Home.