Chapter 1
Emily and her older brother Dr. Edwin Jenner were sitting watching the security camera footage just like every other night when something caught their attention. "Holy shit." Jenner muttered. "Is that .. a group of poeple?! Living, breathing, talking people?" Emily asked with a slight hint of joy in her voice. "Yes, too bad they can't come in." Jenner murmered softly as he sighed. "Why the hell not? They have children." Emily exclaimed angrily as she glared at her big brother. Before Jenner could answer they heard footsteps coming towards them. "Mommy.." A tiny voice said quietly. "Yes baby?" Emily asked as she ran over to her little girl. "Why doesn't uncle Jenner wanna let the people in?" She asked innocently. "I don't know Lauren, don't you think its the right thing to do?" Emily asked softly. It was clear that Lauren was tired, she was rubbing her eyes sleepily. "Yes mommy, we should let the nice people in.." Lauren murmered. Emily began stroking her daughters hair. "You're such a sweet girl, after Uncle lets them in would you like to get some rest?" She asked the tired four year old. The little girl just nodded and hugged her mother. "Fine." Jenner muttered as he opened the main doors. All three of them headed towards where the group was. Emily was carrying her daughter in her arms while they followed behind Jenner. Once they reached the group everyone froze and looked at one another. They stood there in awkward silence for a while before Emily finally broke the silence. "Um.. hi. My names Emily and this little one.." She said calmly as she gestured to her daughter who was now standing beside her holding her hand. "..is Lauren, my daughter." She told them kindly as a small smile came to her face. "My names Rick Grimes." Rick said softly as he held out his hand, Emily took it and they both shook hands. "This is my wife Lori, my son Carl, Carol, her daughter Sophia, Shane, Jaqui, T-Dog, Andrea, Dale, Glenn, and Daryl." Rick said as he gestured to each person as he introduced them. "Nice to meet you all, I'm ." Jenner told him. "I think you all should take a blood test and I'll need to look you over to make sure none of you were scratched or bitten." Jenner informed them. "For fuck sakes Jenner, they're fine. I mean they look harmless enough .. except for those kids, we'll have to keep our eyes on them." She told him as she winked at the kids which caused them to giggle. Jenner softened his expression a little, but didn't give in completely. "Fine, you'll all submit to a blood test, that's my one condition. Also Vi close the main doors and kill power to this level." Jenner said quietly. Rick nodded in agreement. "We can do that." He replied. "Okay, while you guys do that I'll get dinner started! Hope you're hungry!" Emily exclaimed cheerfully. "I'm helping you too mommy.." Lauren murmered softly. "Well of course you are baby, you're mommys' favourite little helper! Wanna go get started then?" Emily told her little blonde daughter happily. "Yeah!" Lauren exclaimed. Emily then picked up her daughter and walked towards the kitchen and began making dinner.
Once everyone got to the dining room they noticed that dinner was out and waiting for them. Everyone happily took a seat and waited for their hosts. Emily sat down beside Daryl and Lauren sat down on the other side of her mom. "Hey Jenner! Make yourself useful and bring our guests some alcohol!" She yelled to him as she began to laugh. Lauren began to giggle and everyone else also began to laugh. "Aye aye Captian!" Jenner called backas he chuckled. "Alcohol?" Daryl said happily. "Yep, and not the girly shit either. Its mostly whiskey, but there's some wine and beer." Emily told him as she gave him a soft smile. "Damn girl, I like you already." Daryl muttered. Once Jenner came back with the alcohol everyone began digging in. "Mommy I wanna try some of that!" Lauren exclaimed happily as she pointed to her mothers bottle of whiskey. Everyone began laughing and Emily shrugged. "Like mother like daughter." Jenner pointed out. "That's true!" Emily said happily. She then turned her attention to Lauren. "Are you sure you're old enough baby?" Emily asked her daughter softly. "I'm a big girl mommy!" Lauren exclaimed as she smiled at Emily. "I say let her try it, you ain't gonna like it though darlin'." Daryl said softly to the little girl as he began to laugh. Emily smiled at Daryl then turned back to her daughter. "He's right baby you're not gonna like it one bit, but you can still try a little sip." Emily said kindly as she ran her hand through her daughters hair. Lori looked at her like she was crazy, but Emily just ignored her. She then poured a tiny bit of whiskey into her daughters cup and handed it to her. "Here you go baby." She said softly. "Thanks mommy, and thanks Mr. Daryl for helping me get it." Lauren said happily as she smiled at her mom and Daryl. "No problem girly, now drink up." Daryl told her cheerfully. "You, me and mommy on three?" She asked nervously. "Of course sweetie." Emily said calmly. "One..two..three!" Lauren exclaimed as they all took a drink. They all watched as Laurens face scrunched up and she spit the whiskey back into her cup. "Eww yucky!" She exclaimed as her mom handed her some juice to drink. Everyone couldn't help but to laugh. "Told ya you wouldn't like it girly." Daryl told her as he smiled at her. "Yeah, but now I'm a grown up like you and mommy. Does this mean I'm drunk?" She asked inocently. This made everyone laugh even harder. "No baby, it takes a lot more than that to get drunk." Emily explained happily as she kissed the top of Laurens head. "Okay, mommy I'm sleepy. I'm gonna go to bedy byes." Lauren said tiredly as she rubbed her eyes. "Okay baby, want me to come tuck you in?" Emily asked softly. "No thanks mommy, you stay and have fun! I'll take myself to bed, I'm a big girl!" Lauren said proudly. "I know you are sweetie, but no big girls too big for their mommy." Emily explained to her. "I know mommy, but I want you to have fun." Lauren explained softly. Jenner sensed that Emily didn't want her daughter to go to bed alone so Jenner stepped in. "I'll take her to bed, I was headed there myself anyways." He said softly. "Thanks Jenner." Emily said to him as she smiled up at her brother. "Goodnight baby, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite! Love you." Emily said happily as she planted a kiss on her daughters cheek. "Night mommy, love you too!" Lauren said as she hugged her mom then ran off with her uncle.
Everyone else was still at the table eating when Shane decided to speak. "So what the hell happened here? Are you two the only ones?" Shane asked quite harshly. Emily glared at him. "Us three actually, seeing as my daughters a person too." She told him flatly. They just stared at eachother glaring for a few minutes until Lori broke the tension. "What about the oter woman? Vi?" Lori asked nervously. "Vi? Say hello to our guests, tell them welcome." Emily said loudly. "Hello guests, welcome." An automated voice known as Vi said. "So what the hell happened here then?" Shane asked once again. "Well I came here once things started getting really bad, I mean I was only a bartender so I had no reason to come here until there was absolutely nowhere left. Kind of like you guys." Emily began to explain. "I don't know exactly what happened, but from what Jenner said a lot of people either ran or they.. well they killed themselves." Emily said flatly. "Shane you are such a buzzkill.." Glenn said. "Buzzkillington, just like from Family Guy." Emily muttered. Daryl began to laugh and so did she. After dinner everyone started heading to their rooms. "Okay guys the showers are working, just try not to use up too much hot water." Emily said happily. "Hot water?" Glenn asked in awe. "That's what the lady said!" T-Dog exclaimed happily. Emily began walking down the hall when she accidently bumped into someone. She looked up and saw it was Daryl. "Sorry 'bout that, wasn't paying attention." She said kindly as she smiled at him. "Don't worry 'bout it. You guys got anymore whiskey?" He asked. "Well I have a secret stash in my room, come here." Emily said happily as she grabbed his hand and dragged him into her room. "Here ya go." She said kindly as she handed him a bottle of whiskey. "Thanks, ya mind if I drink in here? Drinkin' alones pretty borin'." Daryl asked her. Emily giggled a little. "Sure, you can be my drinking buddy for tonight." She said happily as she smiled at him. They both sat down on her bed and began drinking. "So how olds yer little girl?" Daryl asked. "Four, almost five." Emily said happily. "You don't look old enough to have a five year old." Daryl pointed out. Emily couldn't help but to laugh. "I'm not, I had her when I was seventeen. Just turned twenty-two." She explained to him. "Well shit, looks like ya did a good job raising her." Daryl muttered. "Thanks redneck." She said teasingly as she playfuly nudged him. "Oh you did not just call me what I think you did." Daryl said playfuly. "Oh yes I did." Emily said equally as playfuly. Suddenly Daryl was tickling her. "Stop, stop, stop!" Emily said in between laughs. "Make me." Daryl said as he continued to tickle her. "Okay." She said happily. Then she kissed him and he kissed her back. Before they knew it he was on top of her removing her shirt and she was taking his off as well. Once they were both naked Daryl stopped for a minute and looked at her. "Ya sure ya wanna do this?" He asked quietly. She looked up at him and smiled. "Why wouldn't I?" She asked happily as she kissed him again. After they were done and dressed again they fell asleep holding eachother.