"Ember, do you ever knock" Carl asks.
"Yea, okay, because knocking on a sheet sure is going to make a lot of noise," the girl, Ember, replies.
"Well there's a wall right next to it, isn't there," Carl says, "What did you need?"
"Well I was going to ask if you've seen my locket," she started, "but now I'm more interested in who this strange girl in our medical cell is, and why your in here with her, alone." She smirked.
I could feel my face heat up.
"Do you have to make everything awkward," Carl asked rolling his eyes. Ember just laughed.
"Well this strange girl happens to have a name, which is Alison, and I'm here because Carl is bipolar and doesn't know whether to kill somebody or save them," I told Ember. She stared at me like I was crazy. He blank face turned into a smile.
"I already like you," she said walking out of the doorway and into the room.
"Well I'm going to leave you two to be gossip girls," Carl said heading out of the room. Ember waited for him to completely leave the room.
"He's a handful isn't he," she giggled, "you still gotta love him though."
"Wait are you two, like...together," I questioned feeling even more awkward.
"Ewwww no no no," she said with a disgusted face, "he's my brother."
"Oh," I said relieved that she wasn't going to hate me. I started laughing because of the mistake I made and she joined me. We laughed for a good two or three minutes. I finally slowed down my laughter and caught my breath. "I haven't laughed in such a long time, or even talked to people," I said.
"How long were you alone," she asked tucking a strand of dark brown hair behind her ear. Her eyes were brown, unlike her brothers.
"Umm, didn't you say something about a lost locket earlier," I asked trying to change the subject.
"Oh yea, it's a golden heart locket, it has a family picture in it, can you help me find it," she asked hopefully.
"Of course," I said smiling.
"Thank you soooo much," she said smiling. She took my hand and lead me out of the medical cell and down the platform to another cell. "I had it in here last time I saw it, but I can't remember where exactly I put it." Her cell had a desk in it along with another bunk bed. She had a table to the right of her bed and a dresser was pushed up against the wall by the cell door. "Check everything," she said searching under her mattress. I went over to the dresser and pulled out the top drawer, which was just folded up underwear, which oddly enough, didn't make me uncomfortable. I pushed in the drawer and pulled out the one underneath of it. Inside was neatly folded jeans and shirts. Once again I went on to the next drawer which was nothing but a first aid kit, flashlight, batteries, and many journals. I finally pulled out the last drawer and I stared in awe. She had so many knives and a few pistols neatly aligned in the drawer. The knives were organized by size, along with the pistols. Out of the corner of my eye I seen a golden triangle. I looked over to see that it was the locket underneath a small pocket knife. I grabbed it by the chain and closed the drawer.
"Guess what I found Ember," I smiled holding up the locket and she turned around from the desk.
"Oh my gosh, where was it," she said happily taking the locket and putting it around her neck.
"In that bottom drawer," I said pointing at the dresser. Her face became pale.
"Please don't tell my dad," she said with a worried look on her face, "we're not aloud to have that many weapons. My dad would kill me if he found out."
"Don't worry, you're secrets safe with me," I smiled.
"Thank you," she hugged me tightly.
"Hey imma go find Carl and see where my cell is," I said, "I'll talk to you later."
"Bye," she waved. I seen Carl at the end of the platform so I started walking toward him. As I got closer I could hear him talking to his dad.
"Dad, we don't know who she is. What if she's just here so she can get information for the governor. If we keep her here we may not be safe," I could hear Carls voice whisper to the man in front of him.
"Carl, you need to at least give her a chance," Rick said trying to reason with him.
"I'm done giving people chances dad, it just hurts me," Carla voice started cracking, "I gave Shane a chance, and Merle, and mom, and look what happened. When's the hurting going to stop dad?" Carl was in tears. And so was I. I just got here and I'm already not trusted. Here I am and I already don't know if I have a friend or enemy.

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Okay so Ember is a character created by TWD_Obsessed_Teen and is played by Ashley Gerasimovich. Character requests are open by the way. I'll be doing descriptions and pictures of the cast/characters in the next chapter. 😊