* Please Review even though this story is finished. I am redoing it, fixing the problems with it.*

I'm going to follow part of season 2 but this story is going to feature mostly Jillian, Daryl, Sophia, Merle and Carol. The other members of the group will be sprinkled in here and there. Jillian is Sophia's sister. Her and Daryl had nothing much to do with each other during the first season. He was wrapped in the shit with Merle, she was mixed up with her dad, Ed, being a dick. When Sophia goes missing, Daryl and Jillian sent out to find her alone.

Daryl gets hurt and Jillian has to take care of him. They make their way back to the old farm house they had found while they were looking for her. Their first night there they are alone. But the next day, they find Sophia in company of Merle and he is completely unstable. Can Jillian keep her sister safe? Can Daryl keep them all safe? If he is forced to choose between Jillian and Sophia or his brother, who will he pick?

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Jillian's fingers drummed on her steering wheel while she waited to see what was happening. The caravan had come to a stop on the highway. Her car was the last in the line. Her little sister, Sophia, was trying to look around the cars and RV but Jillian knew she couldn't see anything. The little girl was getting nervous and moving around in her seat. Jillian clicked on her radio and the Britney Spear's CD started up right away. Sophia looked at her and the girls smiled. They started singing and swaying to the music.

Daryl rode his bike down the line of the cars to tell everyone what was ahead, why they were stopped. He came up on Shane's car but it was Jillian's car that caught his attention. She and Sophia were singing to each other while smiling and dancing slightly. What the hell was with this girl? He wondered. Didn't she know there was walkers around waiting to eat them? This was no time for singing. He pushed forward until he reached her little blue Honda.

The closer he got to it the more he could hear the music playing but the two girls inside were so wrapped up in each other, they hadn't noticed him. They were still singing and dancing together. He knocked on the window, making them both jump. Jillian started to laugh as she reached towards her radio. She clicked it off then rolled down her window.

" Look Officer, " She started. " I don't have a driver's license and yes, I have been drinking today." She said.

" What's wrong with you? Ain't you takin nothin serious?" He snapped.

Jillian looked back at Sophia and winked. But when she looked back at Daryl, her face was completely serious and dark. She unclicked her seat belt and rolled up her window. She came out of her car, shutting the door behind her. Daryl was squinting from the sun. She raised her head to meet his eyes as she stepped up close to him.

" I take plenty serious." She said as she stared him down. " But excuse the fuck out of me if I'm trying to make things a little lighter for my sister. I thought my mother and sister were dead until you guys found me. Imagine for a minute if you can, how you would feel if we found your brother and he was alive and well. Imagine how grateful you would feel." She saw his shoulders sag and heard him sigh. " Now you feel me on what I'm trying to do?" He glanced at Sophia who was looking up at them through the window. He looked back at Jillian.

" Yeah, I feel ya." He said. She nodded as she started to speak again.

" Now, why are we stopped?" She asked.

" Road's blocked. Have to move the cars out of the way." Daryl said.

" Okay. Is there something I can help you with?" She asked. He shifted on his bike.

" Figured we could maybe go through the cars, check for supplies." He said. She nodded again.

" That sounds like a good plan, Daryl. I will get my sister and we will meet you in the front of the line." She said. He nodded as his tighten his mouth. Without another word to him, she got back into her car. He started up his bike and drove around her car to start up to the front of the line again.

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Daryl glanced up at her as she moved past him. She was looking into the windows of the cars around them. She moved like she was gliding, like she walked on air. He could hear her humming like she was out looking for berries, not shifting through dead people's stuff. He looked back at the group then at her before he started after her.

" You always in such a good mood?" Daryl's voice came up from behind her. She didn't even turn around.

" No." She answered.

" But you're always playin around and shit." He said. He watched as she slipped her fingers across the window of the car.

" Do you watch everyone as much as you watch me?" She asked. Daryl stopped walking and cleared his throat. His face flushed slightly.

" I don't watch you." ' Much, ' he finished in his head. A whistle came from behind him. Daryl looked back and saw Rick signaling for everyone to get under the cars. Daryl faced her and rushed forward. "Get the fuck down!" He hissed as he grabbed her arms.

" What?" She asked as he pushed her to the side of a van.

" Get under that fuckin van!" He hissed.

Jillian did what he ordered without question. They crawled under the van together. They were on their backs, side by side. Jillian closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The sound of shuffling reached them quickly. She looked to her right side as she saw the old shoes of the walkers coming up on them. Without thinking, her left hand took a hold of his right one. She just needed to touch someone who was alive.

Daryl's head snapped around the second she touched him. He looked down at his right hand as she interlaced their fingers. She tighten her hold and moved closer to him. She didn't stop until her left side was completely against his right, arm against arm, hip against hip, leg against leg. Jillian turned her head and they locked eyes. He brought his left hand up to his mouth and held his fingers to it, telling her to be quiet. She bit her lip and nodded. They both turned and watched the walkers as they went by. One walker bumped into the van, making her jump. She brought her right arm around her chest and took a hold of his bicep. They waited there for a several minutes, neither one breathing hard, her hands tight on him, before Daryl turned his head to look in front of them.

" Hoard's gone." He said. Her entire body relaxed beside him. She turned and looked at him.

" Why are they moving together like that?" She asked. Daryl opened his mouth to speak but a scream rang out. Jillian ripped away him quickly. " Sophia!" She called out as she slid out from under the car.

" Ah fuck." Daryl swore. He pulled himself out from under the car.