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Everyone had gathered outside as soon as they had seen the station wagon pulling up. Jillian was holding Avery, her back to Jillian's chest. Daryl reached out and took a hold of Jillian's arm when he saw the van following the station wagon. He narrowed his eyes as he pulled Jillian closer to him. She looked up at him and saw his eyes following the van as it parked far away from the house. He leaned down and kissed her forehead without looking at her.

" Stay by me til we get to know the new person. I don't want Avery out of your sight unless she's with me." He said softly. Jillian looked over at the van as the girl came out of it.

" It's a girl." She said softly.

" Don't mean she ain't dangerous." Daryl said as the girl started towards them. Jillian took her figure then looked back at Daryl.

" I don't want you out of my sights." She said. Daryl looked down at her serious face then smiled.

" What the hell? You worried?" He asked.

" Ah, did you see her tits? They are huge, plus she's tall, thin, and pretty." Jillian said.

" Have you seen your tits? They're huge. You're tiny, sexy as hell, and you had my baby. I prefer my women little like you, " He said. "Plus, I already put all this time into you, got you just the way I want you." He finished with a grin.

" What the hell does that mean?" She snapped.

" Means, I got my woman trained, no sense in starting over again with another woman." Jillian readjusted Avery and looked away.

" Fuck you." She said. Daryl laughed and put his arm around her shoulders. He kissed the side of her head.

" Come on, Babe, you know you got me trained so calm the fuck down." He said.

" You're damn right I do." She said.

" So this is our group." Rick said when the girl reached them. " This is my wife, Lori, our son, Carl. There's Andrea, Dale, Carol, Sophia, Nick, his wife Amanda, their son, Nicky. That's Daryl, Jillian and their baby Avery." Everyone waved or said hi quietly, most in the group shocked the men had brought back a new person.

" I'm Maya." The girl said.

" Maya, why don't you get your stuff and we can show you to a room." Shane said. " I can help you." He said.

" No, that's okay!" Maya said quickly. " I can get my stuff. I don't need help." Shane held his hands up.

" Yeah okay. No one here is going to hurt you." Shane said. Maya was backing away from them.

" I'm not worried about that. I'm just a private person, that's all." She said. " I will just get my stuff and meet you back here." She said before she turned and jogged back to her van.

" Well that was weird." Jillian said. " You'd think after being alone for so long she'd welcome meeting other people."

" I don't know about that. I'm a pretty private person and I had a hard time when I found this group." Daryl said. " I kept to myself, only talked to my brother, didn't want a bunch of people I didn't know lookin at my shit. Wasn't until Merle was gone and I was forced to interact with them that I started coming around and bein nice."

" Look, we don't know what she'd been through so let's just give her a break." Shane said softly. Daryl moved his arm to Jillian's hand. He tugged on her hand.

" Come on, Babe. Let's take Avery to the back yard." Daryl said.

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Maya opened the van door and held her breath. She got in and looked to the back. She grabbed four bags then got out quickly. She locked up the van than carefully made her way back to the house. Some members of the group had disappeared, either back into the house or the backyard. Shane was waiting where she had left him. He had his shot gun over his shoulders. Rick was standing beside him and they were both looking at her. She sighed but quicken her pace.

" You could park closer to the house." Rick said as she reached them.

" Ah, no. Thanks." She said.

" You sure?" Shane asked.

" Did you mention that you had a shower?" She asked. Shane and Rick glanced at each other.

" Yeah, come on. I will show you to the bathroom." Shane said.

Maya followed Shane into the house and up the stairs. She knew they were going to start asking questions. Even in the end of the world, it was in people's nature to question others. She just wanted to take a shower. She'd take a shower and come up with answers to the questions she knew they'd most likely ask. Where had she had staying? How had she been able to make it on her own? How had she been providing for herself? Those were easy to answer.

Shane reached the top of the stairs and showed her the bathroom which was right off the staircase. She had towels and soaps so she thanked him and promised to meet him down the stairs when she was done. Shane said he would fix her up some of the stew the group made. She thanked him again then walked into the bathroom and closed the door quickly.

Jillian was carrying Avery upstairs to change her when Maya came out of the bathroom. The girls meant eyes then both looked away quickly. Maya started down as Jillian came up. Avery reached out and made a grabbed for Maya's hair, causing her to stop. Avery cooed as Maya smiled at her. Jillian took Avery's hand and pulled it back.

" Sorry, she thinks everyone likes her." Jillian said.

" That's okay. Who wouldn't like her? She's beautiful." Maya said. Jillian smiled.

" Well thank you very much." She said.

" How old is she?" Maya asked.

" She turned a year old yesterday." Jillian answered.

" Wow, I can't image having a baby without doctors and a hospital. You were pretty brave." Maya said. Jillian laughed.

" I don't care about brave. She wanted out, she came out. She's just like her daddy, completely impatient." She said as she lightly bounced the baby.

" Da!" Avery explained. Jillian kissed her cheek.

" Mention her daddy and the kid goes wild." She said. " She just learned how to say that." Maya smiled.

" Well at least you have someone with you." Maya said softly.