𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗗 when she saw Maggie and Glenn. Ivy ran towards Glenn and jumped into his arms. Glenn picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. Just like how she did with Rick.

Maggie quickly appeared beside them and joined the hug. Ivy began to cry uncontrollably. Maggie and Glenn started to shed a few tears at the sight.

"Oh my god. You guys are here. And- and you're real." Ivy cried. Glenn rubbed this girls back and put her down. As she was put down, something fell out of her pocket. Carl was quick to retrieve it and walked back to his original spot.

Ivy looked towards Maggie and Maggie laughed through the tears. Ivy pulled Maggie into a bone crushing hug. Maggie bent down a bit and kissed Ivy's forehead.

"As real as can be." Glenn laughed. Ivy brought the both of them into a group hug before looking to Sasha and Bob. Ivy walked to them and gave Sasha hug. Ivy and Sasha hadn't really ever talked much, but Ivy only felt it was right.

"Thank god you guys are ok." Ivy said before hugging Bob. Bob smiled and patted her back. Ivy removed herself from the hug and stepped in front of the group. Maggie and Glenn moved out of the way so that the group could see the unfamiliar people.

Ivy was met with two very beautiful women. One of them she had never seen before, but the other one she had. Her mind went blank when she realized the familiar woman was one of the governors people.

But if she was with Glenn and Maggie, she must be good.

The other woman was hispanic, had two pigtails, and her beauty was indescribable. Next her, was a tall man with red hair. He had a Frank Zappa type mustache going on. There was also another tall man. He stood awkwardly, and had a mullet.

Yikes.

"They're our friends." Maggie explained. "They helped save us."

"Yeah, now they're friends of ours." Daryl said. Ivy walked towards the new group of people. Ivy first looked at one of the women.

"For however long that'll be." The red headed man spoke.

"We'll get out of here. I have hope." Ivy said as she smiled. Ivy looked towards the woman again. The woman stuck out her hand but Ivy pulled her into a quick hug.

"Thank you." Ivy whispered. Ivy pulled away. "I'm Ivy." She crossed her arms and popped her hip out.

"I'm Tara." The woman smiled. Ivy turned towards the other woman and pulled her into a quick hug.

"Thank you."

"Of course. I'm Rosita."

Ivy smiled weakly at the girl. "My moms name was Rosalie. I guess beautiful girls just have Rose somewhere in their name." Ivy mentally smacked herself for saying that out loud.

"Thank you." Rosita smiled. Ivy turned to the men and shook both of their hands.

"I'm Abraham, and this is Eugene." The redhead man introduced. Ivy smiled and waved to Eugene.

"Thank you guys so much for staying with Glenn and Maggie." Ivy said as she walked back over to Carl. Carl twirled the polaroid picture around in his hand and stared at the letters.

'C + I'. The letter engraved in his brain. She liked him back.

Ivy Castillo liked him back.

Carl wanted to scream, giggle, and kick his feet like a little school girl, but he kept his control. Carl slipped the picture into his pocket and looked at Ivy.

Rick, Daryl, and Michonne had started to talk with group. They introduced themselves and things like that.

Carl wrapped his arm around Ivy's shoulder and pulled her close. Ivy looked at him, their faces inches away.

"Are you not gonna go introduce yourself?" Ivy asked. Carl shook his head.

"I'd rather spend some time with my girl, we haven't really talked much since...." Carl trailed off. Ivy awkwardly nodded but she couldn't let go of his words.

My girl.

"We're gonna get out of here." Ivy said. Carl nodded and smiled.

"I love how you always stay so optimistic. I know for a fact everyone in here, except my dad, think we're gonna die here." Carl explained.

"What do you thinks gonna happen?" Ivy inquired.

"I think whatever you think." Carl whispered. Ivy smiled widely before getting interrupted by the voice of Rick.

"We're gonna get out. These people don't know who the hell they're messing with." Rick spoke. Ivy admired Rick a lot. Ivy left Carls side and walked towards Rick.

"I call killing that Gareth guy— he called me a bitch!" Ivy injected. A few people laughed before Abraham spoke.

"That was you yelling at him?" Abraham asked. Ivy nodded and Abraham walked forward. Abraham gave Ivy a high five.

"I think you're my new best friend."

⎯⎯⎯

The group all collectively agreed to make weapons. Ivy found every little thing she could use to make something.

Ivy used a stick that was in her hair to make a small knife. She had never felt so lucky to have shit stuck in her hair before.

She had also found a few rocks in her shoe so she sharpened the stick with that.

Ivy didn't know what to do, or what to use. She didn't have a belt, and she didn't didn't have much clothing to use.

Ivy walked over towards Carl. She bent down besides him and sighed in defeat.

"What'd you make?" Ivy asked. Carl held up a piece of wood that was made into a knife. Ivy sighed. Ivy held up her flimsy stick and Carl tried not to laugh.

"Use your shoe laces, you could easily strangle someone with them." Carl put his idea out there. Ivy shook her head no.

"I know this is a life or death situation but if we make it out of here, I need these boots." Ivy explained. An idea popped into Ivy's head. It was quite uncomfortable to bring up, but it could work. "Carl, unhook my bra."

"What!" Carl whisper-yelled. Ivy closed her eyes and sighed.

"Just do it! I can't reach it!" Ivy turned around Carls jaw dropped.

"Ivy— no! You're not gonna go fight someone bra-less!" Carl spoke. Ivy groaned and turned her head to look at him.

"Please!"

Carl sighed and slowly crept his hands up her shirt. He unhooked her bra and quickly pulled his hands away.

"Thank you!" Ivy patted his knee and slipped her out of her bra. Michonne had took notice of Ivy holding a bra and smiled.

"Smart." Michonne smiled. Ivy nodded. Carl was confused by the two women.

Ivy ripped both of the bra straps off and threw the strapless bra to the side. Carl nearly jumped as the bra flew past him. Ivy laughed a bit at the boy.

"I could easily strangle someone with one of these, too." Ivy raised her eyebrows and smirked. Carl laughed slightly. "I think that's a pretty cool death. I mean 'cause of death, strangled by bra strap.'."

Ivy wrapped one of the bra straps around her right wrist. Carls jaw dropped and Ivy laughed.

"The 8th grade boys used to do that. I used to see them on the bus with them." Carl said.

"8th graders? Jesus christ, talk about pre-teen mom." Ivy joked.

Suddenly, the group heard a noise from outside. Everyone jumped up and put there was weapons in front of them.

"Y'all know what to do. Go for the eyes, then the throat." Rick explained.

"Ivy— you come up from behind them, go for the neck. You know, wrap the bra strap around them, then i'll go for the eyes." Carl whispered. Ivy nodded.

"Put your backs to the walls on either side of the car now." A man said from outside. The group inched closer to the opening. The group looked up to the roof. They heard footsteps and suddenly the roof was opened.

A can was dropped down and the group's attention went to it.

"Move!" Abraham yelled. Carl grabbed Ivy and jumped back with her. The can exploded and some form of gas started seeping out.

Ivy covered her mouth and nose. She started coughing uncontrollably and she soon dropped down onto her knees.

Ivy couldn't see anything. She couldn't see who was taken out, or who had even came in.

After a few minutes, the smoke cleared completely. The group was standing by the door and banging on it.

Suddenly, they heard an explosion.

"What the fuck was that?" Ivy yelled. Screams, shots, and walkers was the only thing the group could hear.

"Maybe our people got free." Sasha commented. Eugene pushed past the group and crouched down to the floor.

"The hell are you doing?" Rosita asked.

"I might be able to use this shell to compromise the door. From the sound of things, there may not be anybody left to open it-" Eugene explained.

"Eugene, i'm sorry, but shut up." Tara breathed out.

"Ok." Eugene whispered.

"Hey." Carl spoke. Ivy's eyes quickly met Carls. Ivy was obviously the first one to look at him. Him and Maggie stepped forward. "My dads gonna be back. They all are."

"They are. And we need to be ready to fight our way out with them when they do." Maggie spoke.

A few minutes passed and the group worked on there game plan. Carl had been helping Ivy practice strangling someone with a literal bra strap.

Ivy put the bra strap around Carls neck, but it only hovering over his neck.

"You know, when this shit goes down— I wanna kill that psychotic wannabe Martha Stewart bitch too." Ivy laughed. Carl slipped out from under her touch and looked at her.

"Really?" Carl said. "We need to practice this a few times, I shouldn't be able to get out."

"Yup. Then maybe her cannibal friends can eat her." Ivy giggled. "Also, you're able to get out because I don't want to hurt you."

"How can someone look so pretty and giggle while talking about murdering someone?" Carl smiled. Ivy quickly turned him around and held it over his neck.

"You think i'm pretty?" Ivy whispered in his ear.

"The prettiest." Carl whispered back. Abraham walked towards them and Ivy put her hands by her side.

"Are y'all practicing or fuckin'?" Abraham asked, extremely blunt.

"We're 14 you dick weed." Ivy scoffed.

"I had my first time at thirteen." Abraham put his hands up in defense. Rosita walked up behind him and smacked the back of his head.

"Don't tell them these things. Rick would kill you I bet." Rosita muttered. Carl nodded his head.

"Yeah, he would. And besides, we're just friends."  Carl said. Friends.

Rosita laughed a bit before dragging Abraham away. Carl and Ivy got back to practicing. Ivy finally mastered it and Carl congratulated her.

As moments went by, Sasha had brought up the cure. She asked what it was and Eugene went into full nerd detail.

"Eugene, english." Ivy said.

"Sorry. All i'm saying is that the cure is going to die with me." Eugene concluded.

"I'm not gonna let that happen." Abraham noted.

"None of us are. We've all got your guy's backs." Ivy replied.

The group moved the conversation to Eugene saying he would not survive if he went outside the train car. Ivy assured him that he would be fine as long as he didn't do anything stupid.

Ivy had stopped paying attention as she used Glenn's watch to break off a piece of wood. She sharpened it against one of the rocks she had found in her shoe earlier.

The door of the train car began to open. Carl shoot right up and ran towards the door. Rick stood outside the door with a gun.

"Come on! Fight to the fences!" Rick yelled over. The group ran out the door and began fighting off walkers.

Ivy had never felt such an adrenaline rush. She was killing walkers left and right. She hadn't had this much energy in a while. Not to mention, she was stabbing them with a piece of wood.

Ivy saw Daryl come next to her. The two killed to many walkers to count. They ran over to the fence. Everyone was helping each other hug and Abraham went to help Ivy up.

"Nah! I don't need your help! Help someone else!" Ivy yelled over the noises.

"You sure?" Abraham double checked.

"No time for debate! I can jump really high!" Ivy yelled. Ivy made one swift jump over the fence.

Everyone was a bit shocked on how she just simply jumped over the fence like it was nothing. But only Carl knew it was because she had the highest Grand Jeté in her ballet class, so that mean't she could jump extremely high.

The group ran far, far, far away from terminus, never looking back.

The ended up back in the forest. Carl and Ivy were quick to re-attach their hands. There really wasn't a time of day where they weren't holding hands.

The group found their way back to where Rick had kept the bag of weapons.

"Right here." Daryl spoke. Daryl bent down and pushed some grass away from the shovel he had planted earlier. He threw it over to Rick and Rick began digging.

"The hell are we still around here for?" Abraham asked.

"Guns, some supplies." Rick answered. "Go along the fences. Use the rifles. Take out the rest of them."

"What?" Bob injected. Rick looked back towards Bob.

"They don't get to live." Rick said. Everyone looked around at each other.

"Rick, we got out. It's over." Glenn spoke. Ivy nodded in agreement.

"It's not over till they've all dead." Rick explained.

"The hell it isn't. That place is on fire!" Rosita seethed. "Full of walkers."

"I'm not dicking around with this crap. We just made it out." Abraham sighed.

"The fences are down. They'll run or die." Maggie stated.

"I'm gonna kill them even if it's the last thing I do-" Rick started but Ivy quickly cut him off.

"Fuck that, Rick! I'm always in your corner but screw this!" Ivy erupted. Everyone turned to look at her. Out of everyone, Ivy would be the last person to yell at Rick. Carl let go of her hand. "Your homicidal fantasy aren't gonna get us all killed!"

Everyone looked at Ivy with worried looks.

"Stop looking at me like that! I'm just saying what we're all thinking! It's done! It's over! We are alive! Hallelujah!" Ivy flared her arms around and walked past the crouched down Rick. Ivy looked forward and quickly stopped walking.

In front of her, there stood Carol. Ivy's eyes went wide and she looked towards Daryl.

"Daryl!" Ivy called. Daryl looked up and his gaze softened when he saw Carol. He quickly ran up to her and engulfed her in a hug. Ivy smiled at the sight and signaled the rest of the group to come closer.

After a few moments, Daryl released Carol from his grip. Daryl moved to the side to let Rick see Carol.

Ivy moved quickly and pushed Rick out the way. Ivy looked at Rick with a piercing look.

"I get the second hug, Grimes." The group laughed at the girl as she turned to look to Carol. Ivy laughed before engulfing Carol in a hug.

"Hi, sweetheart." Carol rubbed her upper back.

"Hey, Carol. Did you do this? Did you save us?" Ivy looked at Carol. Carol nodded and leaned in. Carol gave Ivy's forehead a gentle kiss and smiled. "What's up with all you guys kissing my forehead?"

The group laughed again and Ivy moved out the way. She allowed Rick to hug Carol. Ivy moved next to the crying Daryl. Ivy gave Daryl a side hug.

"Don't cry." Ivy smiled, dragging out the Y. Daryl wiped away his tears. "We got her back, that's all that matters." Daryl nodded and smiled at the young girl.

Carol removed herself from the hug and looked at the group.

"You have to come with me." Carol spoke. Rick nodded and the group started to walk.

The walked a bit and ended up on a dirt road. The road was up hill so they had to climb a bit. Carl and Ivy had reconnected, per usual. They held each others hands tightly and kept each other close.

Once they walked up the hill, they came into view with a cabin. On the cabin's porch, Tyreese stood there with a baby.

Judith.

Ivy gasped loudly and looked to Carl. The two teenagers started to cry and Ivy pushed Carl to go see his baby sister.

Carl and Rick ran up to baby Judith. Rick quickly took Judith out of Tyreese arms. Sasha ran up to her brother and hugged him tightly.

Carl and Rick had started to cry as the held Judith again. Carl looked at Ivy with teary eyes and motioned her to come with them.

Without hesitation, Ivy ran towards them. Ivy smiled and tears streamed down her face. Judith grabbed at her face and giggled.

Ivy took a shaky breathe before kissing Judith's cheek. Carl grabbed Ivy's waist and pulled her close.

"God, is it possible she got even more beautiful." Ivy cried. Rick and Carl smiled at the girls words. "Oh, sweet girl." Judith just continued to giggle and babble.

"She definitely loves her aunt." Rick spoke. Ivy looked up at Rick, who had a huge smile on his face.

"Aunt?" Ivy asked. Rick nodded and more tears fell. "Well, i'm gonna be Tití Ivy. Or Tití V."

"V?" Carl inquired.

"Beth used to call me it. She either called me Ives or V— and Ives is kinda hideous." Ivy laughed.

"Then Tití V it is." Carl spoke. Ivy cringed.

"Ew Carl, you sound so white. I'll have to give you some pointers on how to not sound so white." Ivy patted his shoulder.

"But I am white." Carl defended himself.

"Well you cant say something in Spanish and sound white. Cause then you sound stupid." Ivy told Carl. Rick laughed at the two teenagers. Ivy walked away so that she could give the Grimes family some space. She turned towards Tyreese.

Ivy looked at Tyreese with the biggest smile known to mankind. Ivy pulled Tyreese into a hug.

"Thank you. Thank you so much. I- I can't explain how much I thank you." Ivy cried.

"Of course. I'd do anything for that little girl." Tyreese assured her. Ivy pulled away and looked at him.

"By any chance... Did you see Mika leave the prison?" Ivy inquired. "I never got to teach her how to do fouettés...." Ivy trailed off when she saw a sad look on Tyreese's face.

"No...." Ivy sighed. Tyreese put his head down and Ivy blinked back tears.

"I'm sorry." Tyreese apologized. Ivy shook his head and wiped away tears. Carl had heard Ivy crying and turned around.

"No, it's not your fault. I'm sorry." Carl walked towards Ivy and tried to ask her what was wrong.

"When I was with her, she kept practicing the turns you had taught her. She was so excited that she could do two in a row. She said it was because you were such a great teacher, she understood it more and she could get to three." Tyreese said. Ivy started crying a bit more, but she controlled it a bit.

Carl pulled Ivy into a hug and Carl nodded at Tyreese.

"Thank you." Carl said to Tyreese. Tyreese nodded and smiled a bit. Rick had turned around and thanked Tyreese.

Ivy removed herself from Carls hold and looked up at him. Carl wiped away any tears that still remained on her face.

"It's Mika." Ivy said sadly.

"I'm sorry beautiful." Carl pushed a free strand of hair behind her ear. Ivy blushed and brought her hands up to Carls face.

"I love you, Carl." Ivy smiled. She pushed his head down gently and propped up on her tippy toes. She kissed his forehead and laughed.

"I love you too, Ivy."

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
where's my Carl, lol
this chapter name is fucking hilarious LMAOO