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It had been a few hours of walking and it was now night time as the group tried to find a place to sleep. Eloise felt bad for Carl have to haul her along so she tried to quicken her step but considering Carl had his arm wrapped around her waist to support her, he quickly caught up with her, tightening his grip around her waist so she wouldn't fall and get injured.
"What are you doing?" Carl questioned and Eloise shook her head, turning to look at him. "You don't need to help me. I can walk." Carl laughed and didn't move his hand from her waist. "Yeah, I doubt that. Sorry, you're stuck with me." Eloise smiled, looking towards the ground as the group finally found a little patch of empty grass a little off from the woods.
The group set up their sleeping arrangements, Eloise setting up her sleeping set next to Carl. She lied on her back, tracing her eyes over all the stars in the sky. Eloise watched the bright night sky and unconsciously started humming Yesterday by The Beatles. Her brother would always sing or hum the song to her, anytime she had needed to calm herself down, and now, she'd hum the familiar tune.
"Are you humming?" A voice brought Eloise out of her trance. She turned to her left and saw Carl watching her. She sighed and looked back up at the sky, a small smile growing across her face.
"My brother would always sing me that song. It's become like a habit, to sing it." Carl leaned onto his side, facing the girl. "You have a brother?"
Eloise nodded her head, reaching into her back pocket to pull out her photo. "Yeah. Jasper." Eloise slowly passed the photo to Carl and he looked over the photo, laughing at little Eloise's crazy expression in the photo.
Carl handed the photo back to the girl, still facing her and Eloise turned to face him too, both of them propping their heads in their hands. "Is he..." Carl trailed on, not knowing if he should say the d word.
"I don't know. We got separated a few months ago." Eloise looked down and her thumbs she was twiddling with, putting her photo back in her pocket.
"I bet you'll find him. Our group found each other. I'm sure you'll find him." Carl reassured, sending her a smile. Eloise smiled at the thought of reuniting with her brother as she felt her eyes droop.
"I sure hope so." Eloise cooed before looking up at Carl, his eyes already staring into hers. "Thanks Carl. I'm gonna go to bed. Goodnight." Carl smiled and mumbled a goodnight before both teens fell asleep.
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The next morning, everyone got up to walk around again when rustling was heard behind them. Everyone spun around, ready with their weapons. Daryl popped out from behind the tree carrying four squirrels. "We surrender." Eloise sighed, dropping her knife, feeling Carl rewrap his arm around her waist and helping her walk.
"Help! Help!"
Eloise shot her head up at the sound of a man screaming for help, before anyone could do anything, Eloise shifted out of Carl's grasp, running towards the voice.
