Chapter One – I'm Fine.
Ever since he woke up that morning, Glenn didn't feel like himself. Every time he moved his head, he would feel dizzy and nauseous; each move he made was agony as his bones ached all over and when he touched his forehead and face he could feel himself burning up. This frustrated him immensely as he knew that the group often counted on him to make runs into town to gather essential supplies, the last thing he wanted was to let the group down as if he was sick, they may see him as too weak to go. He decided to keep quiet about his condition, until someone finally took some notice.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Dale as he watched him stumble from the RV.
"Yeah, just tripped that's all." Answered Glenn as he wiped the sweat from his forehead, trying desperately to hide his symptoms.
Dale wasn't convinced. He walked a little closer to Glenn, who tried to avoid looking the older man in the eye, so that he wouldn't notice that they weren't healthy-looking.
"It's just that, you're not usually this clumsy" said Dale "You feeling alright? You look horrible."
"Gee, thanks! You're not exactly a vision of beauty yourself." Glenn laughed meekly in a desperate attempt to seem as normal as possible. "I'm fine, don't worry."
Glenn decided to walk away before Dale could ask any more questions. As he made his way through the camp he noticed Ed Peletier, once again, yelling at his wife for some stupid reason. Not wanting to cause conflict, he walked by them without saying anything, though he hated to see Carol being treated so badly and he totally thought that Ed was a bastard. He made his way to where he could see Rick, Shane and Daryl discussing the lack of supplies they had and how they'd have to make another trip into town.
"I'll go!" he declared, jumping into their conversation.
"You sure?" Rick asked him "It'll just be you and Daryl"
"Yeah, no problem." Glenn answered.
"Thanks" smiled Rick as he patted him on the back "All you guys need to get is food, clothes and anything you could find that can be used as weapons. Think you can do that?"
Both Glenn and Daryl nodded in unison. Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through Glenn's head, almost like a migraine. Rick must've noticed him wincing in pain as he then asked if he actually felt up to it.
"Of course I am!" Glenn replied "I'm just gonna go get my backpack."
On that note he walked back to the RV.
Once he was inside, he started looking for his backpack underneath one of the travel beds. As he looked, he felt faint once again. He sat on one of the sofas and placed his head in his hands for a few seconds in order to stop his head spinning.
"Come on…get it together!" he told himself.
"Glenn, you okay?" called a female voice
"Yep, never better!" he called back to her
Just then, Jacqui entered the RV. She looked rather concerned.
"Hey, Rick said you're going into town with Daryl. Are you sure you're up to it?"
"I guess you've been talking to Dale huh?" he smiled as he realised that Dale had noticed that he wasn't himself.
"He's not stupid, Glenn" sighed Jacqui "He can tell you're sick. Now let me feel your head."
Jacqui placed her hand on Glenn's forehead and was alarmed at how hot he felt.
"You should not be going out there!" she scolded "There are walkers all over that city and you can barely stand up, let alone run or defend yourself."
Glenn simply shook his head and pulled himself to his feet. He spotted his backpack in a nearby open cupboard and grabbed it.
"Thanks for the concern Jacqui but I'm totally fine" he lied. "I gotta get going now. Seeya."
Glenn felt bad for lying to people, it was something that he never liked to do but he felt that he still had to prove himself to the group. He saw people like Rick and Shane and he admired them for how strong they seemed. Being so young, he knew that there were plenty of opportunities for him to screw up and let the other's down and he wanted to avoid that no matter what. Fever or no fever, he wasn't gonna let himself fall behind.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay so this is my 1st ever Walking Dead fanfic. Glenn is my all-time fave character in the series and I've noticed that there aren't really that many fics on here that are about JUST HIM. (usually pairings) There are more chapters on the way so please keep reading if you like the look of it so far :)