Trapped (Carl Grimes fanfic)

Part 11

"Welcome to the new age"......

Six years.

Angelina is now twenty two years old. Rick went missing about six years ago and she stood by Daryl's side in looking for his brother. When their search first began she would visit her home frequently, she would see Enid, say hi to Judith. But going back time and time again without any leads only became harder, it was hard to see the hope in the young girl's eyes be crushed. Little by little Angelina began to drift further and further from the people she had began to call family. So had Daryl.

Angelina and Daryl are walking through the forest when they hear something approaching, Daryl lifts his weapon and so does Angelina, but then a familiar face spears in front of them in a vehicle. Carol and Henry. Angelina puts down her weapon and looks at Henry, this is their first encounter in about four years. The blonde boy get off the vehicle and rushes towards Angelina, quickly wrapping his arms around the short girl. She doesn't react she just slowly moves her arms lightly hugging the boy back then pulling away. Henry looks down at the girl to see no reaction out of the girl

"Angelina oh my god I've missed you so much"  Henry tells the girl

"Yeah it's been a while" Angelina says quietly and looking over at Daryl to see him staring back at her

"You guys need a ride?" Carol says

..............

Daryl, Carol, Angelina, Henry and Dog are all sitting around a fire that she and Daryl built. Daryl is cooking a rabbit that they found and Henry is sitting beside Angelina. The girl doesn't turn to face him, she doesn't acknowledge that he is there at all. She just stares blankly into the fire until his voice rings through the air.

"You look different, it suits you" the boy says

Angelina removes the old, beaten down sheriffs hat from her head and runs her hands through her hair, setting the brown object aside. She wraps her arms around herself to keep warm from the harsh wind flowing through the air. She shrugs and keeps her eyes on the orange flames before her

"Yeah I guess" she says quietly

"Why'd you stop visiting home?" The boy says

There it is

She thinks to herself as she picks at her fingernails. She knew he would ask the million dollar question eventually but she was hoping he would hold off just a little longer, Angelina's personality had changed quite drastically since the last time she visited home, and if she was being honest, she really didn't know who she was anymore.

"I guess that's just how life turned out" she says vaguely

"Did something happen? Something that made you not want to come back home?" Henry says looking at the reserved girl

Angelina doesn't answer, she just proceeds to reach into her pocket to pull out a cigarette, she lights the nicotine and inhales blowing out the smoke. She looks into the darkness and inhales once more, when she blows it out she looks over to see Daryl looking at her, she then rises from her spot and walks away from their small camp, footsteps are heard behind her.

"I'm fine Daryl" she says sitting on the ground against a log, the Dixon man sitting beside her

"You're being quiet" he says