~Ashley's Pov~ ~few days later~

Its been about four or five days. Yes. I was stabbed. I lost blood but I'm strong enough to be on my feet. I was on the porch from the house Daryl and I were staying at. I was alone. I wanted to be alone for a while. I was sitting down with my knees pulled up a little. Just dragging my knife across the floor. Not to hart for my blade to be able to leave marks on the wood. (Picture of Ashley's blade will be at the end)

I was just thinking. Maybe even overthinking.... What if Daryl doesn't come back? Michonne was right. Glenn would have sent a signal already. And he was or is still with Nicholas. He has a partner. Daryl is stubborn, He didn't want to work with anyone. He's alone in this. If Daryl doesn't come back. I don't know what I'll do. He's the only family i have left. If Daryl doesn't come back i don't know what I'll do.

"Hey" I looked over to see Rick, Carl and Ron. "Hey" I said looking at Rick, "Cmon" He said. "Where?" I asked. "To get your mind off of it." He said. He knew how i was feeling right now. Scared. Of loosing Daryl. And he knew that it was distracting me. I looked down for a second and stood up and put my knife in my holster. I walked up to them and Carl come over to me and standing by my side.

"You alright?" He asked. I looked at him to see him looking at me. I nodded a little. "Yeah" I said. He looked into my eyes and he knew i wasn't okay. He always seemed to know when something was bothering me. Guess those are the perks of being together with your best friend. He held my hand.

We looked down to our hands. I smiled a little. He smiled a little too. Looking at our hands linked together. (Gif Above) I missed this. Walking through a neighborhood with no worries. I rested my head on his shoulder and we walked. Rick looked back the tiniest bit. He saw that we were happy right now.

He looked forward again but before he could i saw the slightest smile appear on his lips. I smiled too. We walked through the neighborhood and we saw father Gabriel putting a piece of paper up.

PRAYER CIRCLE BY THE SOLAR PANEL TODAY AT 1:00

Rick walked up to the paper and ripped it off. I looked up no longer having my head on Carl's shoulder. He started ripping Father Gabriel's poster down. I furrowed my eyebrows the slightest bit. "Dad." Carl said, Rick just kept on walking. Carl and i looked at each other for a while then we looked back.

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So Rick was teaching Ron how to use a gun. "Hand guns will be a little better for you to go first." Rick said and started showing Ron the safety and the release. "That's the easy part right dad?" Carl asked. "Yeah" Rick said. Carl and Ron looked at each other. There was some tension between them. Ron looked at me for a second but Carl seem to have gave him a look and he looked back at Rick.

Was Carl jealous?

"Now. Someones in front of you, they have a gun." Rick said. "You're gonna be scared. You will be." Carl said finishing his fathers sentence. Ron looked back at Carl. Carl looked at Ron. "Your body's gonna tense, You wont have time to think." Rick started. Ron looked back at Rick avoiding eye contact with Carl. I was on the other side of the table, I went over to Carl's side.

"You're just gonna want to pull the trigger when you get up right in front of you." Rick said and demonstrated. "But you'll miss and you'll be dead." Rick said. He looked at us. Carl and I already learned this from the beginning. This was all review for Carl and I.

~Later that day~

Carl and I were walking around the neighborhood. Carl took his hat off and looked at it. "I remember when my dad gave me his hat" He said. I looked at him. He looked at me. "When we were shot at. Remember that? Back at the farm, You saved my life" He said. "Yeah" i said smiling a little and looking down a little. The farm. I miss it. He put the hat on me. I smiled. He smiled. "Looks good on you" He said. We both smiled. We walked in silence for a while. It wasn't an awkward silence. It was peaceful in the walls.

"You don't really like Ron do you?" I asked looking at him. He looked at me and shook his head. "The way he looks at me and you. I don't but we cant to anything about that" He said. I looked at him and gasped a little. "Carl Grimes are you jealous??" I asked jokingly. Whispering.

I was smiling and he knew i was joking but he played along. "No..." He said. "Carl!" I said whispering/yelling. I couldn't hold back the giggle. "I'm not!" He said laughing himself. I nodded smiling and raised an eyebrow like telling him 'okay you're not'.  "stop" He said laughing a little more. "Hey I'm not saying nothing" i said innocently.

"Mhm" he said. We looked at each other but couldn't keep a straight face. We tried but failed. We both laughed. We haven't laughed like this in a long time. "I'm not though. Really. If i were to have been Jealous. I would have already told you" He said. "I know. But you're cute when you get like that" I said looking ahead. "Like what" he asked clueless. "Cranky... Jealous" i said. Nudging him a little. I saw that he did get a little jealous back there. When Ron was looking at me. He knew that too but he didn't say anything. "okay okay fine. Maybe a little..." He admitted. I smiled a little. "Told ya" I said. He smiled and nodded.

We kept walking but i was supposed to be resting. But i didn't want to stay locked up in a room.

"Whoa.." I said. I felt dizzy. I stopped in my tracks and closed my eyes. Everything was spinning. I brought my hand up to my forehead. "Are you okay??" Carl asked. His tone worried. I felt his hands on my shoulders.

"Cmon, you need to rest" Carl said. I nodded and opened my eyes to see Carl in front of me, "I'm okay, I just got a little dizzy" I said quietly. "Let's go, you need rest. You aren't even supposed to be up" Carl said. Carl cared about me. The whole group cares about me. About each other. And i loved that about everybody. I loved that about Carl.

I nodded, Carl nodded too. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes trying to stop the small headache.

"You sure you're okay?" He asked. "Yeah" I said. We kept on walking until we reached his "house".

We sat on the couch and we ended up falling asleep next to each other.

~few hours later~

I felt Carl hug me and hold me closer. He kissed my head and i opened my eyes. Carl had his arm wrapped around me. Holding me close to him. I snuggled up closer to him. "How long have you been up" I asked quietly. "Couple of minutes" He said. "Why did you stay here then?" I asked. "I enjoyed this. Still am" He said. I smiled a little. "I love you..." He said. "...I love you too" I said

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