"Mom?" Snapping out of her thoughts, Katherine looked down at Julie. "Sorry, what?" She asked curiously. "Are you alright there?" Shane asked an amused look on his face. "Yeah, sorry. I was just thinking." Kat replied as she carried on brushing Julie's hair and putting it into two French plaits. She'd been thinking about her mother a lot since they'd settled in this camp. What would she have thought of it? Did she beg Kat not to go because she knew she was about to die? Did that sickness take her, or did she kill herself? The questions kept going through her head and it bothered her that she would never know the answers. "Right, all done. Come on then Carl; let's get your hair cut." Kat said with a smile as Julie moved out of the way and sat down on the ground beside Shane and started watching him with a curious look on her face. Taking out her scissors, Kat wrapped a towel around Carl's shoulders and started to trim it. But it wasn't as easy as that, Carl fidgeted, moved his head around, and shifted in his seat. "The more you fidget, the longer this will take." She told him with a grin pulling at her lips. "Wait till you start shaving, then you'll be begging for a haircut instead." Shane told him with a soft chuckle. "I'll believe that when I see it." Carl retorted. "I tell you what, you get through this with some manly dignity and tomorrow I'll teach you something special."

The conversation carried on, as Kat continued to cut Carl's hair. It was a strange feeling, everything just felt so natural, she didn't really know how to feel about the world ending. The discussion about cutting hair turned to catching frogs and how soon people would need to eat frogs when beans run out. Kat's eyes drifted from Carl, over to Julie. She could see the look in Julie's eyes; she was really starting to admire Shane, that she was getting very attached to the man from Katherine's past. She wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not, then again Shane might've changed since they were younger. "Mom, can I catch frogs with Shane and Carl?" Looking up, Kat grinned and nodded. "As long as it's alright with Shane, I don't have a problem with it." Catching Shane's eye, he smiled at her and then nodded. "Of course you can, you need to learn as well Julie." The conversation trailed off, as she finished cutting Carl's hair. "All done Carl, you two go play." Her eyes met with Shane's once again, nothing was said, but he had an intense look in his eyes as he looked at her. "Kat…"

His trail of thought was interrupted by the sound of an alarm, getting up alongside Shane, the pair of them moved over closer to Dale. "Talk to me Dale?" Shane shouted. "I can't tell yet." Amy looked around excitedly. "Is it them? Are they back?" Katherine could feel her palms becoming sweaty as nerves started to bubble inside of her, her eyes looked between Dale and where the sound was coming from. "Well I'll be damned, stolen car if that was my guess." The car pulled up and Glenn popped the hood for Shane, and then climbed out, a grin on his face. "Thank God!" Kat rushed over and hugged him. She and Glenn had met at the camp and honestly, she'd found a connection with him. Not a romantic one, no, something deeper, like a friendship that was so intense that one couldn't be without the other. She leaned on him and he leaned on her, she knew what he did before this, she knew about his family and he knew all those things about her. "I thought you were dead." Katherine said as she hugged him tightly, Glenn let out a small laugh. "Me? Never." Everyone started talking at once, asking him where the others were. Chaos seemed to break out while Amy was trying to find out where everyone, well Andrea, was.

Moving away from Glenn, Kat patted him on the shoulder, before making her way over to the kids. "You both alright?" Bending down to their height, she looked at them both as they nodded. "You sure?" They nodded again. "You can tell me if you're not, you know that right?" Both of them nodded, Carl moved to hug her tightly, but as he was about to wrap his arms tightly around her. He paused, his eyes looking up toward the van that had just arrived. "Dad?!" Kat's head shot up as Carl started to run; her mouth fell open in shock. "Rick…" She uttered softly, surprise clear on her face. Hugging Julie as she moved over to her, Kat stared at the heart warming scene of father and son being reunited a small grin pulling at the corners of her lips, unaware that someone else was currently watching the reaction on her face and finding themselves rather jealous. "Mom, are you alright?" Looking over at Julie, Katherine smiled softly and hugged her daughter slightly tighter. "I'm fine Princess; it's just nice to see Carl has his father back."

Honestly, Katherine didn't expect Rick to remember who she was, so instead she stood up and walked over to Shane who stood in shock. "I thought he was dead." She whispered, looking over at Shane. "I never heard a heartbeat, I thought he was." He whispered as he moved away and hugged Rick. "It's good to see you; I thought we'd lost you." Kat looked over at Rick for a moment, as Shane pulled away from him. Her stare caught his gaze for a moment, earning a smile and a nod from him. Nodding back, she grinned softly, then turned to walk off quickly with Julie to go and check her blood sugar levels.

As evening fell, Kat found herself glancing at Rick, she'd found herself far too nervous to approach him so far, she'd chosen to step back and leave him with his son. She'd spent the afternoon helping Carol out and now she sat with Julie on her lap listening to Rick talk about when he woke up. "I felt like I'd been ripped out of my life, put somewhere else. For a while I thought I was trapped in a coma dream, something I might never wake up from." Carl looked up at his dad. "Shane said you died." He mumbled softly. "He had every reason to think that, don't doubt that for a second." Kat watched the interaction between the group, a small grin on her face, as Dale spoke up. She found herself being quiet the more the group spoke; it wasn't that she was shy, far from it. It was more that she liked to hear what people said.

"Hey Ed, want to rethink that log?" Shane spoke up; changing the subject to Ed and the rule he was breaking. "It's cold man." As the deputy went to stand up, Kat's hand reached out and grabbed his hand. "Shane." The pair looked at each other for a moment, and Shane gave a small smile. "Don't worry Kitty Kat." Letting go, she watched him walk over to Ed, Carol and Sophia. Katherine knew what Ed was capable of, the whole camp knew what Ed was capable of, and no one really spoke about it however. But no one wanted to see Carol with fresh bruises tomorrow and Katherine couldn't help but worry that Shane was about to make it worse. Looking away from the direction Shane had gone, Kat found herself looking over at Rick; it was as if she saw the cogs turning in his head as he stared back at her. A smile formed on his lips, one that she instantly returned across the fire. Maybe he knew who she was, maybe. She wasn't sure however. As Shane sat back down beside Kat and Julie, Rick pulled his eyes away like the pair of them had been doing something naughty. Wait, did he think that they were a couple?

"Have you given any thought to Daryl Dixon? He won't be happy hearing his brother has been left behind" Looking up as they started to discuss what to do. "I'll tell him, I dropped the key. It's on me." TDog said. "I cuffed him, it makes it mine." Rick replied. "Guys, it's not a competition, I don't mean to bring race into it, but it might sound better coming from a white guy." Glenn pointed out; letting out a sigh Kat looked around at the group for a moment then spoke up. "I'll tell him, he doesn't know Rick and like Glenn said, TDog telling him probably won't go down well. I'll tell him. It will be the easiest option." The group slowly nodded. "But you weren't there." Rick replied looking across at Kat. "It doesn't matter, when they arrived in the group Katherine treated a nasty cut on Daryl's arm, he sort of trusts her." Dale pointed out with a nod saying he agreed with the idea. "Word to the wise, we're gonna have our hands full when he gets back from the hunt."

Looking up as TDog started to talk about the fact that he'd padlocked the door, and how Merle was still alive, Kat glanced at Rick seeing a look in his eyes that said it all, he wanted to go back. "Anyway, it's time for bed Julie." Standing up, Kat walked Julie to their tent and hugged her tightly. "I'll be right in to check your meds alright?" Kissing her on the head, Katherine turned around to look up at the sky for a moment or so. "Kat?" Looking back down, Katherine smiled as Rick approached her. "Go on into our tent Carl, I'll be right there." Carl paused for a moment and ran over to hug Katherine, before disappearing into his and Rick's tent. Looking at Rick as they stood there alone in the darkness, she smiled. "Is something wrong Rick?" She said awkwardly, why she felt awkward she didn't know… Then again she wasn't sure if he knew who she was, so she did feel awkward. "I just want to say thank you for looking after Carl, Shane said that you helped a lot." She shook her head softly "I didn't do anything, gave him a haircut, and watched him once in awhile… Nothing other parents wouldn't do." She explained. Rick reached over however and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Whatever, even if you don't think you've done enough. Thank you." Giving him a smile, she slipped into her tent and then paused for a moment. "Good night Rick."

The next morning the place was a hive of activity; Kat was busy setting up the fires for the morning as others prepared food and water. "Morning Rick." A voice rang in her ears, causing her to look up and see Rick coming up. "Morning." She said offering him a smile, before returning to what she was doing. "Good morning." A small grin appeared on his face, as he stopped in front of her. "Carl didn't want to wake you so I looked after him." He nodded and smiled. "Thanks, I appreciate it." Katherine simply nodded and grinned. "It's no problem, I'm sure you'll do the same for me at some point." As she finished speaking there was the sound of screams from Carl, Sophia and Julie reached their ears. "Baby?" Running as fast as she could along with Rick, she reached the kids and checked over both Carl and Julie while Sophia was checked by Carol and the others went on to see what was out there. "Come on; let's get you both back to camp." Escorting the two of them back, she looked at them and Sophia and smiled. "Why don't you all go play one of Dale's board games?" She suggested with a grin, which grew as the kids ran off. Glancing at Carol, Katherine sighed a little. "They're safe, don't worry." She said as she placed a hand on her shoulder with a look of reassurance.

"Well here goes." Katherine mumbled to herself, as she heard Daryl calling for his brother. Walking across as Daryl she bit down on her lip, feeling rather nervous, she wasn't good at this sort of thing and to be having to break the news to him, why did she suggest that she do it? "Daryl… I need to talk to you." Shane and Rick had joined her as back up the moment she approached Daryl, she didn't think she'd need them to be honest, but it did seem like they thought differently. "About what?" Letting out a soft sigh, Kat looked up at him. "It's about Merle. There was a problem in Atlanta." She broke the news gently, knowing everyone was watching the exchange between them made it feel rather awkward, maybe she should've taken him to the side and told him while they were alone. "Is he dead?" Daryl questioned with an emotionless look on his face. "I'm not sure." It was then that Daryl snapped the anger clear on his face. "He either is or he ain't." It was then that Rick felt the need to cut in, he moved forward to place himself between you and the red neck. "There is no easy way to say this, but I'll just say it." The pair of them started to argue. "Let me process this, you say you handcuffed my brother to a roof and you just left them there?" A moment later, Rick was pulling Kat out of the way as Daryl started to lash out and Shane moved to grab Daryl in a choke hold until he calmed down.

The fight stopped and everyone started to relax once again, Daryl however was still angry. Looking over at Rick an angry and upset look on his features, made it extremely clear that he was planning something. "Just tell me where he is, so I can get my brother back!" Rick let out a sigh. "I'll show you, I'm going back!" Glancing toward the RV, Kat was glad the two kids were in there still, happily playing unaware of the drama that was unfolding outside. Although she'd made her mind up already, just from seeing Rick's actions and Daryl's reaction she knew in her heart that she was going too. Rick walked off to get changed, and Katherine walked inside the RV and bent down beside Julie. "Sweetie, there is something I have to do, I promise you I will be back though, alright?" Julie looked at her with a sad look on her face, but slowly she nodded. "Okay." Hugging her tightly she kissed her head. "I love you." Julie said softly hugging her mother tightly. "I love you most." Kat answered kissing her head. "You do everything Dale and Shane say, alright?" She nodded, before Katherine got out and walked off to the tent to get her bag with medical supplies inside.

"What do you think you're doing?" The voice from behind her caused a small yelp to leave her lips. "Shane, you scared the crap out of me!" The look on his face was one of anger and annoyance as he stepped inside and closed the tent. "You're going too, are you fucking insane?" He snapped. "Shane, you wouldn't understand…" She said softly. "This isn't high school Katherine; this isn't the time to be chasing after Rick!" His tone was stern as he looked at her. "Get over that goddamn crush, you're needed here!" Slamming the bag down on the floor, Katherine turned to look at Shane and shook her head. "I'm forbidding you from going!" It was the last straw, how could he be doing this? "This isn't about Rick! This isn't about high school or any crush I may or may not have!" She snapped. "This is about a man in a building who is going to need medical attention; I'm not going to just sit here while he needs me!" Shane grabbed her arm and looked down at her. "This is Merle Dixon; nobody really cares about him Katherine, you know that." Pulling her arm away she shook her head. "These days, a person is a person. No matter if they're a racist, homophobic asshole."

Walking out of the tents, she made her way over to the group. "I'm coming too." Katherine announced. "I'm not happy about this." Shane announced, looking over at Rick. "Shane, give it a rest." Katherine snapped, her eyes not even looking over at him. "Rick, tell her she shouldn't be going." You looked between Rick and Shane, a look of frustration on your face. "Rick, I'm medically trained, Merle is up there dehydrated he's going to need someone." She said shaking her head softly. "Rick, it's bad enough that you want to go out there again, but for Katherine to go as well." Pushing a hand through her hair, Katherine was close to just stamping her foot on the ground. "I wasn't aware that you or anyone on this damn camp was in charge of me." She snapped once again and shook her head softly. "She's a god damn adult, she can make up her own mind, now can we hurry up and go!" Daryl shouted getting frustrated.

"Kat, Rick and Daryl, that is the big plan?" Rick looked at Glenn. "You've been in and out with no trouble, you said so yourself. Please." Glenn agreed and Dale looked around. "So that is the four of you then?" TDog instantly spoke up. "5." Daryl rolled his eyes and let out a sigh. "My day just keeps getting better and better." Kicking Daryl with her foot, Katherine looked at him with a serious look. He went quiet and nodded. Bending down, Kat hugged Julie tightly and kissed the top of her head. "I'll be back, I promise. Stay with Dale, he'll look after you." As she stood up, she caught the disapproving look of Shane once again. "Please, just look after my daughter." Shane nodded, but sighed softly. "Don't do this, please." Looking at him, seeing the pleading look in his eyes, she let out a sigh. "I have to." He nodded with not even an ounce of understanding. "You better come back." Climbing into the back, she nodded softly and looked around the group, looked at her baby girl who gave a small smile and wave.

She grinned and waved back. As the door went down, she saw her daughter falling to the ground. "Julie!" Grabbing her bag, she jumped off of the truck, leaving them to go without her. Rushing to Julie as Shane moved to bend down beside her, Katherine checked her vitals. "Shane, get my bag. Now!" Looking over at Carl and Sophia who were stood clinging to Carol looking scared, Katherine looked at them with a worried expression. "How has she been today? Was she shaking at all? Was she confused or angry? Katherine questioned as her hand touched her daughter's head. She was clammy, how could she have not seen that her daughter was suffering from hypoglycaemia? Rolling her onto her side, she checked her airways as she tried to stop her hands from shaking.

Shane ran back and handed Katherine her bag, pulling it open she checked her daughter's blood sugar level and then asked for someone to bring her some water and also a damp cloth. "Shane, can you help me move her to her bed?" She asked as she stood up. "No, move her into the RV!" Nodding, she got up and moved into the RV with Shane and Julie. "Here, Katherine." Looking up at Jackie, Katherine smiled softly. Injecting her daughter with her insulin, Kat then placed a cloth on her daughter's forehead and let out a sigh. Stroking her daughter's cheek, Katherine waited until she was alone with her daughter to whisper soft apologises, how could she have missed this? "I'm so sorry baby." She uttered feeling the tears running down her cheeks.

Once she was sure that her beautiful little girl was stable, and once again awake and had eaten, Katherine left her little girl and made her way to her tent. Standing alone in her tent, she ran her hand through her hair as she felt tears trickling down her cheeks. "Kitty Kat." Shaking her head, Katherine wiped her eyes. "Not now Shane." She whispered softly. "I need to ask you something." Shaking her head once again, she slowly turned and looked at him. "Please, not right now. I don't need to hear your I told you so." Biting down on her lip, Shane took a step forward. "I understand, but that isn't why i'm here. I need to ask you something." Feeling his hand running over her arm, she looked up at him curiously. "What is it Shane?" He took a deep breath, she could see he was nervous about whatever this was."I need to ask you something important." Looking up at him, Katherine shrugged. "Well seeing as you won't listen when someone tells you it's not the time, clearly I have no choice. What is it?" Shane's hand fell down; he let out a small sigh. "Is Julie my daughter?"