Eloise was lying on her bed, throwing a little tennis ball in the air back and forth as her records played on a loop.

Ever since the night of the block party, only one thing could go threw her head. Carl. Or more specifically, the way she felt when his arms. She knew the feeling, she had never felt it before from the world crumbling around her at a young age but she knew what it was from books and movies. She started to have a crush on Carl Grimes, her best friend.

Her mind started to replay moments that didn't give her butterflies when it happened but looking back on them, she practically melted.

A sudden knock on her door rang through the air as Tara and Noah peaked their heads into the room. "Hey, we're heading out for a run with Glenn. I just wanted to tell you so don't go looking for us, not knowing where we are." Tara told the girl and Eloise smiled, sitting up, propping her self up on her headboard.

"Okay, see ya!" Eloise smiled and Tara immediately returned the gesture before walking down the hallway and out of the room but Noah stayed, opening the door a bit more.

"You know, I'm expecting an uno rematch when I get back!" Noah declared, pointing an accusing finger at Eloise. "You're just mad that I always win." She taunted, a big smirk growing on her face, making the boy immediately shake his head no.

"Are you accusing me of being a sore loser? I swear you cheat."

"I don't cheat!" Eloise screamed, trying to defend herself. "Really? Then how do you manage to get every +4 card in the deck? Every round?" Noah questioned, raising his eyebrows as he leaned on the doorway, arms crossed.

Eloise innocently shrugged. "Guess it's just Lou's Luck." Noah scoffed, pushing himself off the doorway. "Yeah. I call bullshit on your 'Lou's Luck' but whatever." Just as Noah was about to walk away, he peaked his head back into the room, tapping the side of the doorframe to get Lou's attention.

"Also, Carl's here." Eloise furrowed her brows, sitting up, crossing her legs to face the boy. "Carl's here? How long has he been here?" Noah pursed his lips and squinted his eyes as he looked at the ceiling, pretending to be thinking. "He's been sitting on the couch for... about an hour."

Eloise practically shot out of bed. "An hour?! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I told him you were asleep, I wanted to see how long it would take for him to just barge in here."

Suddenly a voice broke down the hallway. "Did she finally wake up?" A sarcastic Carl asked as he walked up to stand beside Noah before turning to face Eloise who was still sitting on her bed.

"I should get going. See you guys later." Noah said, giving each of them a final smile as he walked out the door. A smirk grew on Carl's face as he jumped on the bed beside Eloise, putting his hands up to the back of his head as he lied down. "Good morning." Carl sarcastically greeted as Eloise immediately smirked back at him. "I've been up since before you go here."

Carl's smile dropped as Lou's grew twice as wide. "You're joking." Eloise shook her head as a laugh escaping her lips. "You think it's funny?" Carl asked, a smile growing on his face at her laugh. "A little." Eloise giggled out and Carl sat up from his spot on the bed and tackled Eloise, making her grunt as her back hit the mattress but she continued laughing.

"Why are you still laughing?" Carl asked, trying to hold in his own laughs. "In my defense, I didn't know you were here." Carl looked up, as if thinking before shaking his head. "Nope. Not a good excuse. Because then, you should've come over to my house and said hello which you didn't."

"Well, I'm sorry." Eloise said, playfully rolling her eyes before looking back at Carl. She froze. She didn't realize how close they were, Carl was still on top on her, propping his elbows up by her sides to keep him up.

Carl and Eloise stared into each other eyes as they felt as if time froze, just the two of them in the awful world. Carl started to lean down, getting closer and closer to Lou's face. The two could feel their noses slightly bump each other's.

Eloise felt a flutter in her stomach as their lips were about to touch but another knock on the door broke the two apart. Carl jumped back, lying down back in his spot before, almost falling off the bed in shock as the door opened.

Carol opened the door, smiling at the pair. "Hey you two. Sam and I made some cookies and I wanted to know if you wanted some before I gave them to our neighbors." Carol sang, showing the cookie tray to the two kids but they stared at her, confusion and a little bit of fright laced through both of their faces. Carol's obvious fake smile dropped. "Why are you two looking at me like that?"

"Why were you talking like that?" Eloise said, putting her hand to her mouth to stifle her laughs, Carl letting out quiet chuckles from beside her. Carol sighed although, Eloise thought it sounded more like a groan as she leaned into the room more. "He can hear me from down stairs. I'm supposed to be a smiley, happy, book club lady."

"Who wears pink sweater vests." Eloise mutters under her laughs but Carol heard her, shooting her a glare. "You keep giving me attitude like that and you're not getting a cookie." Carol slowly spine, making the young girls eyes go wide as she shook her head, mumbling a string of apologies and snatching four cookies, two for her and two for Carl. Carol gave the two a final smile before closing the door and heading back down stairs.

Eloise handed two cookies to Carl, not meeting his eyes as he took them, their fingers brushing against each other's. "Do you know what type of cookies these are?" Carl asked as he took a bite out of one of them. Eloise shook her head, biting into the warm snack. "No clue. But she keeps making them and they're good so I'm not complaining."

Eloise felt an awkward silence go over the room, doing the only thing she could think of to end the silence, she snatched the hat off of Carl's head again, making him groan as she hopped off the bed. Carl sat up, ready to grab the hat back from Lou but stop at the sight of her. She was standing in front of her body length mirror still in her pajamas. Her checkered print pajama pants longer than her actual legs as she cuddled into her black knit sweater, placing the hat on her head. As soon as it was on, she had a huge smile on her face and did a quick superhero pose, a fluttering feeling went through Carl's chest as he watched her.

Eloise spun along to face Carl again an evil smirk placed on her face. "You know... I think you're hat likes me more than you." Carl laughed at her words, turning his body to face her. "And, How does that even work?" Carl asked and Eloise jumped on the bed beside him. "Because it looks better on me than you." She taunted and Carl scrunched his face, shaking his head. "No." Carl smiled as he took the hat off her head, placing it on his own. Eloise let out a loud, exaggerated gasp as she placed her hand over her chest. "How dare you?!"

Carl, playing along with Lou's game, sat closer to her, a fake worried look on his face. "I'm so so sorry, Louie. How do I ever repay you?" Eloise shut her eyes, waving her hand around, not realizing how close they were to each other again. "You can nev-"

SLAP!

Eloise and Carl both froze as Eloise accidentally hit Carl with her flailing hands. She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth as Carl placed a his over his check where she had slapped her, his jaw dropped.

After a few second of silence, the two immediately started to laughs again, both of them laughing so hard they fell backwards onto the bed side by side just laughing. Eloise felt something soft touch her hand and she looked down, Carl's hand pressing against hers, his pinkie sticking out farther than his other fingers. Eloise slowly linked her pinkie with his as they continued to laugh, Eloise feeling her heart practically leap out of her chest.

But she wasn't the only one that felt it.

—This chapter has me😳🦋

this was kinda a filler chapter cus carl want in this episode but if y'all didn't recognize what happened in this episode based on who left to go on a run at the beginning... it's where my fear of revolving doors come from.
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