|6 years ago
I stood by the doorway a huge grin on my face. It was my first teaching job and I planned on having a great career. A small family walked in a mother , a son and a father.
"Hello , I'm Abigail Lee."I smiled wide, my hand outstretched.
The man took my hand." I'm Rick this is my wife Lori and my boy, Carl."
"Nice to meet you. Carl you can go pick out a desk and your things can go into a locker, " I nodded to the wall of lockers I had installed. He nodded and ran off.
"You live on our street...right? " Lori said. "You just move into 340?"
"Yes, that would be me....."
That's how my friendship with the Grimes started. A year later I met Shane.
| 5 years ago
I had been invited to the Grimes' Christmas party . I laughed and gave Rick and Lori their presents. It was a great night I felt amazing in my new black dress. It hit just above the knee and was skin tight, 3/4 length sleeves and just enough cleavage to be considered 'sexy'. Lori came over with a man , he was tall , decent looking, nice hair... "Abigail this is Shane, he's Rick's partner." Lori introduced. Shane smiled and shook my hand.
"Nice to meet you," I smiled , he nodded and Lori walked away.
"They said you were a teacher, thats one hell of a dress for a teacher to wear." He laughed.
"It's a nice change from the Christmas sweaters."I joked. We spent the rest of the night chatting about everything.
| A few months ago
I walked out to Lori and her friend sitting in the school yard. They were talking about a fight she and Rick had.
"Lori, if you don't fight, there's a problem." I smiled reassuringly. "As long as you love him..."
"Do you still love him?" Her friend asked.
"I -" she was interrupted by the police cruiser."Excuse me." I watched her walk over to the car and Shane stepped out. No Rick,my heart sank and I ran over to Shane and Lori.
"Is he dead?" She asked. I glanced up at Shane.
"He's in surgery." He said."Shot."
The school bell rang and the kids poured out. Carl. My eyes welled up with tears.
"How am I going to tell my son, his father's been shot?" She sighed. After a moment she walked over to Carl and crouched down to his height. I watched as his heart broke. Shane wrapped an arm around me and I turned away and sobbed into my boyfriend's chest.
| 1 week before the outbreak
"Do you really have to go?" Carl whined, following me in and out of my house as I packed boxes into my car.
"Yes Carl. I told you I got a new job. Atlanta is a great city and this is a great job." "But who is going to babysit me? Mom will hire some old lady who doesn't let me eat candy."
"Look kiddo, I'm going to miss you. I promise to come and visit. Okay? "
He nodded and his mother walked over."Need any help?"
"I've got most of it, but if you want there's a few boxes in the kitchen." I led her inside and finished packing some plates.
"Have you talked to Shane?" She asked, looking up at me.
"No. He's still upset I'm leaving."
"Did you call it off?"
" Yeah, I did." I frowned lifting up my box and taking it out to my car.
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The Curl of Your Lips | TWD -Shane |
FanfictionAbigail Lee twenty-six year old school teacher had just moved to Atlanta when the outbreak hit. She survived in her apartment building with the others on the higher floors. Before the outbreak she had lived on the same street as The Grimes and the...
