A TWD fanfic: Carl Grimes

I'm a Mess

****3 nights later****

Carl's POV

It's Ella's turn to be watch tonight.

We've gone looking for a better place to stay, like somewhere with food.

As it gets dark, we decide to keep looking tomorrow and sleep now.

we're in part of the forest, where we lay down our jackets so we don't have to sleep on the dirt, and pine needles.

Everyone else falls asleep almost instantly, but I just can't sleep.

I haven't told Felix about Ella yet, and I just like her so much.

As I'm about to fall asleep, I hear someone softly crying.

I open my eyes and I see Ella turned slightly away, and crying.

I get up and softly walk over to her.

I sit down next to her and she jumps in surprise. She turns her head away, and rubs her eyes viciously, not wanting to let anyone se her cry.

"What's wrong?" I ask, softly.

"N-Nothing," she says, still wiping tears from her eyes.

"It's obviously not 'nothing', you're crying."

"N-No I'm not!" She half yells.

I raise my eyebrow at her.

"Okay, fine." She breathes deeply, "I'm upset about my old group."

I put my arm around her shoulders, trying to comfort her.

"I know it's been almost a month since I've last seen them, but I just can't help feeling sad."

"Do you have any good memories of them? Sometimes thinking of good memories of someone you miss, can make you feel better."

She sighs, "I-I do."

"Tell them to me."

"Okay. Well, there was a girl who was my best friend. She was a bit younger than me, but she was really nice. I remember, one time, she had found a bunch of snacks in the place we were staying, and we climbed up on the roof and ate gummy bears." She smiles, "And the 'leader' person of our group, had told me this story when we were trying to find a place to stay. It was about how he had made plans for this, when he was younger, and that's how he survived so long."

"That's nice. Do you want to lie down?"

She smiles softly, "That would be nice."

She lays back against the tree behind us.

"Oh c'mon! That's not lying down!" I tease.

"Fine!" She says, and lays down in between my legs on her back, and looks up at me. "Better?"

I laugh, "Sure." and play with her hair.

My heart speeds up.

"Anyone else in the group?" I ask

"There was another girl, who was kind of like my mom, but more of an older sister, and when she turned...I-I just

c-couldn't do i-it..."

She started softly crying again.

"No...don't cry!"

"O-okay, I'll try..."

She shut her eyes, and breathed deeply, and the tears stopped flowing.

"You don't have to tell me anything that makes you sad."

"I'm a mess, Carl."

"You're not! You're strong, and brave, and funny, and beautiful!"

Oops...did I just say the last thing?

She smiles, "Thank you, for calling me beautiful."

"I wouldn't of said it if it wasn't true."

She yawns.

"Do you want to sleep? I can take watch."

"Yeah, thank you."

Her eyelids flutter close, and she whispers, "Goodnight Carl."

"Goodnight Ella." I whisper back.

I press my lips to her forehead, and she smiles.

****the next morning****

"Good morning Carl! Did you sleep well?" Marzia asks.

"Yeah." I say

I look up at Ella, who's packing up her backpack.

I walk over to her, "Good morning, Ella!"

"Mornin'" she says.

"need any help?" I ask.

"No thank's Carl." She says, smiling.

"We're going soon."

"Okay." She smiles again.

"Ok bye!"

I have to talk to Felix.

I walk up to Felix as he announces that it's time to go.

As we start walking, I start talking to him.

"Hey Felix?"

"Hey Carl! What's up?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Sure, what's on your mind?"

"I-I like Ella."

"Really? That's great!"

"I want to ask her out! Any tips for me?"

"Well first, are you friends yet? What have you said to her?"

"Yes, we are friends. And I haven't told her that I like her, but we talked a bit last night."

"Well, what did you say?"

"I was almost asleep, when I heard her crying, so I got up, and asked her what's wrong. She said that she missed her old group, and I asked her if she had any story's for me about them. She told me a couple and laid down in my lap."

"How did she lay down in your lap?"

"She was on her back, and her body was in between my legs."

"Did you ask her to do that?"

"Not really. I asked her if she wanted to lay down, and she leaned back against the tree we were sitting under, and I told her that that wasn't laying down, and she did that."

He thinks for a moment, then says, "I think she likes you."

"Really?"

"Hell yeah! If you didn't ask her to lay down in your lap, she must've, like, at least thought about it!"

"Awesome! How do I ask her out?"

"Just go up to her, and tell her how you feel!"

"Okay! thanks!"

Ella's POV

I walk up to Marzia and say, "I think Carl likes me."

"Really? How so?"

"Well, I was upset last night, and he Tried to comfort me, and offered to take my shift, then I lied down on him-"

"You lied down on him?" She interrupts.

"Well, I was on my back and lied down between his legs."

"Ok, continue"

"And we talked, and when I was falling asleep, he kissed my forehead."

"Yeah, I think you're right. Do you like him?"

"I don't know, I haven't really thought about that. I think I do though."

"You should tell him."

"Okay..."

****Later****

(No one's POV)

"I have to tell you something."