I'm Right Here

Chapter Ten

We spent the next day traveling. We camped out in the woods again.

The next day was certainly eventful.

We were heading towards Terminus, getting closer and closer.

I was excited.

Wait if Carl- I mean the rest of the group is there.

Then, we heard gunshots.

It freaked us out a little bit, but nevertheless, we kept on going. Eventually, we stumbled upon a guy who was launching fireworks.

He was talking to someone on a walkie talkie. I heard him say something about "The chick with the sword," and almost fell on my face.

Michonne? I wondered. What I'd something bad is happening to the group...?

My worried thoughts were confirmed as he said,

"Tell 'em I want the kids hat after they bleed him out."

I'll spare you my thoughts at this point. Let's just say they were a bit... Inappropriate...

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Tyreese and I stayed behind with Judith and our new "friend" Martin while Carol went off to say the day.

Martin spent most of his time trying to talk to us and get us to sympathise with him. And it totally worked.

After a while of listening to Martin talk, and talk and talk, I was getting annoyed.

I was about to start screaming at him to shut up, when we heard walkers outside of the little cabin. While Ty and I were distracted, Martin took the opportunity to break free, just before hitting me over the head with something.

While it didn't knock me out, it did temporarily daze me, and it did hurt. A lot. So I was left, laying on the ground, in pain. I figured it was best to just stay down for a moment.

I listened in a confused, state as he threatened to kill Judy.

As I began to realize what was going on, I slowly reached for my gun.

Martin sent Tyreese out, and after some struggling, there was silence.

No...

I thought. With all of the strength I had, I got up and aimed my gun at Martin, who was leaning down near Judith, about to kill her.

"You asshole." I hissed, my finger on the trigger.

Just then, as I was going to end Martin's miserable excuse for a life, the door burst open, revealing a very alive, and very angry Tyreese.

He attacked Martin, screaming "I won't! I won't!" again and again. While I didn't know what he meant by that, I figured it was best to pick up Judy and get out of the tiny little cabin.

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We stood outside of the cabin, Ty holding Judy, me holding my gun. Then, we saw them.

Dad. Carl. Rick. Maggie. Glenn. Michonne. Sasha. Bob. Some random people I don't know. They're here!

My dad ran forward and hugged me for a while. Sasha and Ty hugged. Rick, Carl, and Judy stayed together a while. I smiled, and almost cried tears of joy.

I looked at Carl. We started at each end other for a moment before somehow, we wound up hugging. After a moment, he looked at me, and without any warning, his lips met mine. It lasted for a couple of seconds. He looked at me and blushed, while I felt myself freeze up, incapable of doing anything but look back at him, while also blushing.

We stayed there for about a full minute, staring at each other and while looking extremely embarrassed, while Rick gave Carl a look saying

"Where did that come from."

While my dad gave Carl a look that said

"I want to kill you, but since we nearly died, I think I let this one go."

We could have probably stayed there a day if Rick hadn't grabbed his son's arm, while giving a small speech to the group about how we need to continue on until we find somewhere safe to live.

Carl followed close behind his dad, looking as though he had somewhat recovered from the embarrassment. I stayed towards the back, still in shock, wondering why he had kissed me.

Boys are freaking weird.