The Third Dixon ~Revised~ (Carl Grimes) ✔️

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💗Most smiles are started by another smile. Make someone's day, give them a smile. You never know, that could be the highlight of their day.💗

~Aaliyah's pov~Later on that same night~

We were all at the house that Rick was staying at. We were all sleeping together since we still didn't know what to think of this place. We didn't want to be alone. This place seemed too good. These people seemed weak. I bet the majority of them can't fight. It was dark out and i still couldn't sleep. Deanna came in to check up on us earlier, Surprised that we were all under the same roof even though we were offered houses.

I stood up and Carl sat up. I looked at him. He wasn't sleeping either. "Can't sleep?" He asked looking at me. I shook my head, "No," I said softly. He put his hand next to him. I smiled a bit. "Cmon." he said looking at me. I went up and put my things next to him. After a while we ended up falling asleep.

~The next day~

I woke up pretty early, i looked around to see the rest still sleeping. But i also saw that Daryl wasn't in the house. His crossbow wasn't here either. I stood up, put on my shoes and walked around looking for him. Once i saw he wasn't here, I went outside to see him sitting on the porch, leaning against the fence.

He looked up to see me. I closed the door behind me and walked, sitting down next to him. "You okay?" I asked. "Mhm." He said nodding. "You don't look okay." I said looking at him. He looked at me and shook his head shook his head. "Is it- Is it Beth..?" i asked hesitantly. He didn't say anything, only looked away. "Sorry," i said resting my head on his shoulder. "She should've been here." he said.

I nodded. "I know." I said softly and held his hand. He cared about her, I know he did and he really didn't show it. Not until she died. But then again Daryl isn't one show other emotions than Anger. He held my hand back. "Daryl.." I said not taking my head off his shoulder. "Hm." He said. "I don't like this place." I said softly. "How come" he said. "They're- weak. And i feel weird without my gun. I don't feel safe even with the walls up. I need my gun." I said.

"You have your knife, Already told you too. Anyone touches you. I'll hurt 'em." He said squeezing my hand then letting me go. I nodded a bit taking my head off of his shoulder. I looked at him and he looked at me. "Like it or not, we're gonna have to stay as long as Rick does." He said looking at me. I nodded a bit. "Yeah, i know." i said softly.

"You don't need your gun. You can take someone down with a gun. I know you can." He said looking at me. I nodded a bit. "okay," I said softly. "Alright, go back inside." he said softly. I nodded a bit and got up leaving him alone since that's what he wanted.

After a while, everyone started getting up and we went around looking at the place. Looking at the houses. I saw Glenn walking with Tara and Noah. "hey," i said walking up to him. "Hey, doing okay?" He asked as they kept walking. I nodded. "Yeah, You guys?" I asked looking at them. They nodded. "Place is pretty sweet." Tara said. "We'll see you later actually." Glenn said putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Why? Where are you going?" I asked. "We're probably going on a run with Deanna's son." He said taking his hand off my shoulder. "oh, okay." I said nodding. He nodded. "We'll be back, Go back with the others" he said nodding. I nodded and i started heading back. I didn't want to be here. I didn't like being inside these walls. At least not yet. I don't like it.

"Wait." I said jogging up to them. They looked back. "C-can i go..?" I asked. Glenn looked at me. "Please..? I don't want to be here. I don't like it.." I said looking at him. He kept looking at me. "It's not up to me." He said looking at me. I looked at him, I really wanted to get out of the walls. "..But i can try to convince them.." he said after a few seconds. I smiled a bit and we walked.

"So you lied," Glenn said. I looked at him. "What?" i asked. "You're not doing okay, you don't like it." He said as we walked. "oh- yeah i don't like it." I said. "Why?" he asked. "This place is- fake." I said. "Fake.?" Noah asked. I looked at him. "I bet half of these people don't know how to shoot a gun. They're weak. This place is fantasy land for them." i said shrugging. "Not wrong," Tara said as we walked.

We turned the corner and saw two guys, one of them i recognized, He was the one that opened the door. "Glenn, Tara, Noah?" he asked looking at them, then he looked at me. "Aaliyah." he said. I nodded. "What is she doing here?" He asked looking at Glenn. "I'm right here. Don't pretend like i'm not," i said looking at him. Glenn put his hands on my shoulders, standing behind me.

"She wants to come along." He said looking at him. He looked at me confused. "How old are you?" He asked looking at me. "Does it matter?" I asked. "She's 16." Glenn said. He looked back at me. "You have an attitude." he said. "I know." I said looking at him. "Why do you wanna come with us, It's just a dry run." he said.

"Because i want to go outside," i said looking at him. He kept looking at me. "And i'm probably a better shot than you." I said. Glenn smirked a bit but it went away quickly. The guy raised an eyebrow, i did the same looking at him. "She is a good shot." Glenn said looking at him. "Just get her a gun.." He said. The man went back inside. After them explaining what we were going to do and talking a bit, Aiden handed me a gun.

"You're not my responsibility, stick to one of them." He said holding out the gun. "I never said i was your responsibility," I said taking it and checking the ammo. It was full. We started walking. "You don't like new people do you.?" Glenn asked. "Not them. They give me bad vibes." I said. He looked at me. "So if you don't vibe, you don't like them." He said. "Pretty much" I said nodding.