Stay Alive ~ Carl Grimes

Chapter 13

I had to give him credit, he made a good argument.

"Fine, just be careful. Understand?"

Daryl muttered something and Carl nodded.

We kept walking a few minutes longer looking for the store. A little girl ran through the snow and fell.

"Dad.." Carl whispered.

"Who are you?" I asked the little girl. She started crying.

"Get away from my child!" A woman yelled as she ran to the girl.

"Who are you?" I questioned grabbing my gun out of the holster.

"Put the gun down." I heard a voice I would never forget say from behind me.

"Carol!" Daryl cried out.

Kaylie's POV

We sat in the snow for a while just talking. Avery talked about when she was little it was snowing on her birthday and she went ice skating.

I laughed when she said she fell like 20 times. Our laughing was interrupted when the gates were opening.

"Do you think Carol found any candy for us?" Ally asked.

"I don't know. Just wait sweetheart." I told her. She nodded her tiny head and grabbed my hand. Carol walked through with some people. I couldn't quite see who they were.

"Three men, I think." I whispered to Avery.

She nodded squinting in the distance.

"I'm scared." Ally moaned out.

I patted her head whispering to her not to worry.

Then I saw it. Those memorizing, blue eyes.

My heart stopped beating. I let go of Ally's hand and sprinted forward.

"Kaylie?" Avery yelled as I ran.

Carol was leading them through the middle to one of the houses.

Carl looked straight at me, then back to Carol. Then he immediately turned around looking again.

"Kaylie? Is-is that you?" I ran forward running into his arms.

I sobbed into his shoulder. We got stares from everyone. I looked up and smiled.

"I've missed you so-" He stopped me with a kiss.

I wrapped my arms around his neck. His lips were so soft. I pulled back and hugged him again. He stroked the back of my head gently.

"It's great to see you're alive, kid!" Daryl said picking me up.

"You too! I mean you are getting pretty old." I laughed. I was captured into another hug.

"I've missed ya around." Rick said letting me go. I smiled and went back to Carl's side.

Everyone's eyes still laid on us. I went with them to talk to Carol. She sat inside on the couch and offered them food.

"How do you know Kaylie?" She asked Carl, probably questioning out kiss back there.

"Well she joined our group.. and we got separated a while back." He told her while squeezing my hand.

"Wait.. When did she join your group?" Rick asked. Carol sat back and thought.

"Maybe a couple says before the snow started." She replied.

Rick nodded his head. "She must of been sick still, and you didn't burn her like the others?" Rick spat out.

Okay what?