Thought this was a good place to stop for the first chapter, would like to say I don't own thw Walking Dead all rights go to the creators and AMC. I only own my original character Evee. Please review I love hearing what you guys think.
I was laying in my tent hoping to get a break from everyone in camp because they all act like we're in high school and I barely made it through once why would I want to do it again? but I knew I had to get up otherwise I would risk a rude awakening from someone else. I put on some shorts, my boots and a half-buttoned, sleeveless flannel over my sports bra and got out of my tent. Everyone here seems to be in a little clique of their own, mostly of families, moms with moms, men with men and the kids with the kids. The only people not in those groups were me and the Dixons. No one seemed to like Merle, the older sibling because he had the mouth of a sailor and Daryl the younger brother didn't seem to talk much at all. I usually hung out with them because depsite what the rest of the group thought they were cool dudes. We all found the group at different places and times and were now camped up on a little mountain that was hidden from walkers. When I was out of my tent I looked around; everyone was in their little groups except for some of the men who were discussing a supply run. I sat on the tailgate of their truck with Daryl who was fiddling with his crossbow as per usual. I sat down and the talker he is gave me a nod in acknowledgement and kept working on his weapon of choice.
" Where's Merle? " I asked.
" He's over there with the cop, volunteered for the run today. "
" Weird. " I said, Daryl nodding in agreement. I layed back in the truck bed and closed my eyes soaking up some sun when I started to feel hands traveling up my thighs.
" Watch it Merle or you'll lose 'em. " I said without looking up.
" Come on sweet cheeks, its the end of the world. Lets do it at least once. " He said hands still on my thighs.
" Oh a man after my own heart. " I sat up. " You must've been beating girls off with a stick with that line. " I said getting a snicker out of Mr. Strong and Silent Daryl.
" Evee, don't be so cold. " He said putting his hand over his heart trying to look like I actually hurt his feelings.
" You're my friend Merle but give up. You'd have better luck with Lori. " I said lowering my voice so only him and Daryl could hear and I got hearty laughs from both this time.
" So you goin on the run? " I inquired.
" Yea, figure it'll keep the pig off my back for a bit and get some good stuff while I'm at it. " He said winking.
" A bottle of Jack Daniels would be godly. "
" Oh yea, what do I get in return? "
" I should have seen that one coming. Nevermind. " I sighed making Daryl laugh again I was on a roll today. Merle smacked him upside the head so I smacked Merle making Daryl laugh even more. Merle was a good sport and chuckled a bit as well. I could feel stares coming from the rest of the camp but I ignored them.
" Hey Dixon you ready to head out? " Shane called out once our laughter died down.
" See ya later sugar. " I hugged him goodbye, gave a kiss on the cheek and told him to be careful.
I sat on the tailgate with Daryl for a while longer watching the guys and the blond bitch go. Andrea had a stick up her ass and whoever put it there made sure it was sideways, Amy on the other hand was a total peach, a little naive but a peach none the less.
" Hey you goin' huntin' today? " I asked him.
He nodded. " Prolly be back in the mornin'. "
" You Dixon's are leavin' me to the wolves. " I sighed.
" Sorry Vee got ungrateful people to feed. " He said hopping off the truck.
" Well I guess I'll stick to women's work today. I'm gonna grab stuff you and Merle need cleaned so hide anything you don't want me to see. " I called out to him cheekliy. He shook his head while getting in their tent to tidy up. After a couple of minutes I grabbed a basket and headed in calling out, " Ready or not here I come. " As I ducked into the tent Daryl was pulling on a new shirt and tossing the old one in a pile in the corner.
" You don't have to do our laundry Evee, you're not our mother. " he said giving me a look.
" Thank god for that, you guys have driven me crazy enough in the short time I've known you. But it keeps me busy and I figured I'd be the only one you'd let wash yer dainties. " I said laughing as he threw a shirt at me that I caught and put in the basket. He grabbed his pack and crossbow and began to walk out of the tent. I cleared my throat. " Ahem, forgetting something. " I said holding my cheek out making him chuckle and give it a kiss.
" Be careful. " I chastized.
" Yes mom. " He joked outside the tent. I smirked while pulling my shoulder length brown hair into a pony tail before picking up clothes on each of the Dixon's tent, making sure I got some of each I went back to my tent to grab some of my own clothes and walked down to the quarry with the other women folk. We all were at the edge of the quarry scrubbing clothes on ye old wash boards which I wouldn't have thought about bringing during this whole ordeal let alone know where to find one. Shane was playing in the water with Lori's boy, the other girls were talking about what they missed before hell broke loose.
" I miss my coffee maker. " Jacquie started.
" Texting. " Amy piped in.
" I miss my vibrator. " Carol whispered getting laughs out of all. I didn't really miss all the normal things because I had never been to attached to electronics all I missed was music. I never went a day without listening to music and I was starting to feel like a junkie withdrawing.
Carol's disgusting husband broke me out of my reverie by being his bigoted self.
" What so funny over there huh? " He asked inbetween sucking down a cancer stick.
" Just swapping war stories Ed. " Jacquie replied calmly.
" Well get back to work woman, them clothes ain't gonna wersh themselves. "
I surprised myself by keeping my mouth shut during this back and forth nonsense and kept scrubbing away at one of Merle's grimy T's when Amy hopped up to give him a piece of her mind.
" Why don't you shut your mouth Ed and keep sucking on cigarettes while everyone else does the work and you sit on your ass all day. "
" What did you just say to me bitch? " He said walking to over to her like a bull seeing red and decided me keeping quiet wasn't gonna work out so I jumped up before he could get violent.
" Hey hey lets calm down here before everything gets outta hand. " I tried to diffuse.
" Get outta my face whore, I'd keel over before I'd listen to the likes of you. Whole camp knows your fuckin' both the rednecks! " he spat at me.
" Watch it Ed I'm trying to play peacemaker here and you're insulting my friends. " I said keeping my cool.
" Shut up! " He said back handing me out of nowhere so hard I was seeing spots. Before I could react Shane hand him on the ground and was beating the snot out of him.
" What you do to your wife and kid is your business but you don't lay hands on a woman when I'm around ya here me? " Shane growled in between punches. Carol was crying in hysterics and the other women were yelling for Shane to stop beating Ed beyond recognition. Watching Shane beat Ed made me like him a little because most of the time he was a total dick but now he was at the very least chivalrous. After all the that drama ensued Carol brought Ed back to their tent to patch him up and everyone continued about their business. As I finished all the laundry I had and brought it back to camp to hang I could feel my face throb and begin to swell. And in that moment I realized I missed ice more than music. It was getting late and the group out on the run should've been back by then. I was hanging laundry and watching the group goings on when a voice came through the radio on top of the Winnebago. I didn't catch who it was but it sounded like Morales or T-dog. They said the group was stuck in a department store in Atlanta surrounded by zombies.
