Apocalyptic Love

Chapter 19 This is the End

WARNING: ATTEMPTED RAPE!

Carl stayed with Kagome for the rest of the afternoon. He helped her hang up the laundry that she was was working on when he showed up. It was an odd thing to do, considering he had never done that for his mother. While they worked, Kagome told Carl the legend of the Priestess Kikyo, who was in love with the Hanyou Inuyasha. Carl listened to intently story. He found the story exciting and tragic to see how the two lovers ended up.

While Kagome was telling Carl the story, they didn't notice that Rick had shown up that Kagome's camp and watched both of them with a smile on his face. He was glad that Kagome had been able to calm Carl down after learning that he and Lori were splitting up. Rick was worried when Carl ran off, but when he saw that he had gone to Kagome, he let out a sigh. If anyone could help Carl right now, it would be Kagome. But Rick still needed to talk to Carl about telling his mother that she hated her. It didn't matter how angry he was at her; Carl shouldn't have said that to Lori.

Rick pushed off the tree he was leaning on and walked towards the duo. He cleared his throat, so he didn't frighten them. Kagome and Carl turned around. Carl smiled at his dad, "Hey Dad; Kagome was telling me a Japanese legend, it was pretty cool."

"I heard part of it; it sounded cool. Maybe later, Kagome can tell the story again to you and Sophia."

Carl's eyes lit up, "Yeah! Will you, Kagome?"

"Of course, Carl."

"Hey, Carl, I need you to take a walk with me. We need to talk about some stuff." Rick told his son.

Carl frowned, "Is it about what I said to Mom?"

"Yeah, it is."

Carl sighed, "I know, Dad. Kagome told me that I shouldn't have said that to Mom. I was just so angry that she did that to you. I wanted to hurt her as she hurt you."

"But, Carl, that isn't right."

"I know, Kagome explained it to me. I'll go apologize to her, but if it's okay, I'd like to stay with Kagome for a while longer."

Rick looked at Kagome, who smiled. Rick's heart skipped a beat at seeing that beautiful smile, "It's fine with me, Rick."

"Alright, but you need to come back before it gets dark."

Carl smiled and hugged his dad, "I'm going to go get Sophia so that you can tell her the story too."

"Okay, Carl," Kagome said.

Carl hugged Kagome and took off running towards the RV, calling for Sophia. Rick looked at Kagome and nodded his head, "Thank you for being there for him."

"Anytime, Rick, I love that little boy as if he was my own."

"I'm glad you feel that way."

"So, what are your plans?"

"For now, I'm gonna stay as far away from Lori as possible and only help her when it comes to the baby. That's the only thing that concerns me now."

"Well, as I told you from the beginning, if she's willing to accept my help, I'd be happy to take care of her as well."

"Honestly, I don't think she will. Lori thinks I broke up with her because of you."

Kagome gave him a queer look, "Okay, that's insane."

"She's not entirely wrong, but that's the main reason. I'm not gonna put up with adultery."

"Rick-"

"No, it's okay, I understand. You think that I want to use you as a rebound, but that's not the case at all, and I'm gonna prove it to you."

"Rick, why don't you worry about healing first and about making things alright for Carl."