If she dies tonight
He was a walker.
I gulped and backed away.
"C-Carl...n-no... NO!" I screamed. He started walking towards me, and I just fell to the ground in tears. He looks just like he did in my dream.
It's all coming true.
"NO!" I was shaking and crying. My dad ran in.
"Melissa? What's wrong?!" He bent down so he was level with me. I pointed a shaky finger at the walker.
"C-Carl... W-walker..."
"What do you mean..? Carls right here... Nothin's wrong." I shut my eyes and blinked a couple times. When I looked back up, Carl was perfectly fine, standing back a little bit.
"Carl..." I ran up and hugged him. My dad walked out of the cell. "I'm sorry..." I cried. Carl lightly pushed me off of him. I looked up at him, confused.
"I'm sorry... I don't think it's... I-I don't think w-we should... See each other any- anymore..." Carl backed away a little bit.
"W-what?" My heart shattered into a million pieces.
"I don't wanna hurt you. I'm sorry-"
"I'm sorry but that's just bullshit!" I yelled with tears coming from my eyes. Carl bit his lip and shook his head.
"Melissa, it's so I don't hurt you!" He yelled.
"THEN WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME RIGHT NOW?!" I yelled. He opened his mouth to say something,then closed it and looked to the ground, trying to find the right words.
"Melissa-"
"Just... Save it. I don't wanna hear your voice... Ever again..." I cried.i turned around and ran out of the cell. I ran towards my cell, when I ran into my dad. He held onto my arms so I didn't fall.
"What's wrong, Mel?" He asked, noticing the tears in my eyes.
"C-carls an idiot." I looked up at him. He looked over to carls cell, and back to me.
"What happened?"
"He pushed me off of him when I hugged him... He said he doesn't want to be with me so he doesn't hurt m-me... If he didn't want to h-hurt me, he wouldn't break up with m-me...he hates me, dad." I cried. He didn't say anything, probable not knowing what to say.
"Just take some time apart, he's gonna miss ya a lot more than you're gonna miss him, trust me." He softly said. I nodded.
"Please don't do this to carol." I whispered.
"What?"
"I saw you two kiss." I smiled. "You two are cute together. Don't do what Carl did..." I whispered back. He smiled and hugged me.
"Mel, Don't beat yourself up." I smiled and nodded.
"DARYL! WALKERS ON THE FENCE!" Someone yelled. My dad ruffled my hair and ran outside.
I slowly walked into my cell and sat down, crying into my hands.
Carls POV
I just broke her heart. I just lost my love. I lost the best thing that's ever happened to me.
And it's all because of me.
I slammed my fist against the wall as I walked out of my cell. I hears muffled cries coming from Melissa's cell. It took everything in me not to run in there and make out with her, but I can't... I broke her heart and she hates me. Damn I messed up this time.
Right now I'm just hoping she didn't tell Daryl, or I'm in even deeper shit.
I just want To re-do this whole day.
Just after my mother does, I loose my whole world. I walked into Melissa's cell slowly. I had to apologize.
"Melissa?" I stopped in the doorway.
"What do you want, Carl?"
"You."
"What do you mean?"
"I need you. I messed up, I know that. In ever meant to hurt you. I miss you already. I need-"
"Carl, save it, okay? You're not doing this for me, you're doing this for you. I don't want your stupid apologies. Like you said, we shouldn't be seeing each other."
"God dammit, Melissa-"
"JUST GET OUT OF HERE! Please..." She cried.
"GIVE ME A CHANCE, MELISSA!" I yelled. She stood up, crying harder.
"No. Never again! I hate you, Carl! Just get out! Please!" She yelled. "There's no reason to get me back. I'll just ruin your life. I'm worthless!"
"Maybe you are! Maybe I will never talk to you again because you hate me! I was trying to get you back because I love you, Melissa! But obviously you don't!"
"You're right! Maybe I don't love you! Maybe not anymore! But it's your OWN FAULT, CARL! I didn't ask for you to break up with me! I didn't ask for any of this! Maybe I shouldn't have fallen for you in the first place, because if I didn't fall for you, I wouldn't be this upset!"
"Don't say that, Melissa!"
"Don't say what, the truth?! Carl, you don't need me in your life! Just leave me alone and you won't get hurt! Mentally or physically!" I pulled out my knife, he didn't move. "I HATE MYSELF AND YOU HATE ME TOO! EVERYONE HATES ME! IM BROKEN! IM WORTHLESS! YOU DONT WANT ME BACK!"
Carls POV
"Melissa! You don't know what you're saying! Put the knife down!" I yelled. She pointed the knife to her stomach.
"Leave me alone." She whispered. I took a step towards her.
"Leave me alone!" She screamed. She took the knife and stabbed herself in the stomach.
"MELISSA!" I ran over to her and caught her before she fell to the ground.
"Melissa..." Her breaths were shaky from blood loss and crying. I wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"I... Deserve... Thi-this..." She whispered. "I deserve...to- to die." She took another shaky breath. "I want...I wanted to-to die..."
"No you don't." I cried. She slowly nodded. I shook my head.
"Hershel! Daryl! Help!" I screamed. "Mel, I'm so sorry. I am. I love you. I really do. Please don't do this to me. I really do love you, I wasn't thinking when I broke up with you, and I regretted it as soon as I said it, I-" I was cut off by her lips meeting mine. I kissed her back.
"I love you... I-I'm sorry..." She whispered before collapsing into my arms, shutting her eyes.
"N-no... Melissa! HERSHEL! DARYL! Help..." I cried and put my forehead to hers. She was ice cold. I grabbed her icy cold hand and heard footsteps running to the cell.
"What the hell?!" Daryl yelled as he saw his only daughter lying unconscious in my arms with a knife in her stomach.
"W-we got in an a-argument... It got u-ugly... And-and she stabbed her-herself." I whispered.
"Well if you hadn't broken up with her this wouldn't have happened!" Daryl yelled, attracting more people.
"IT WASNT MY FAULT! IM AS UPSET AS YOU ARE!"
"FUCKING BULLSHIT!" He screamed and got up in my face while glenn carried Melissa into the infirmary.
"She said she deserved it... That she wanted to die..." I let the tears stream down my face. I walked off to the infirmary, Daryl following behind me. I walked into the infirmary and saw Hershel stitching Melissa's stomach up. Her face was pale and she looked lifeless. Daryl walked in and almost broke down once he actually got a good look at Melissa.
"M-m-Melissa..." He walked up to her and grabbed her hand.
"Daryl...I'm so sorry. She just gets shot and then stabs herself in the stomach because of me... I feel like shit for it."
"Nah, it wasn't anyone's fault. She does get emotional sometimes, she always did." Daryl smiled slightly. I nodded and walked out of the infirmary.
If she dies tonight, it's all my fault.