Chapter two-

Rick stood in front of the group rubbing his eyes with his hand. Shane was looking cross and kept looking at Rick and shaking his head.

"Rick…this is why we can't have him in the group. He is causing trouble with the rest of the group. We can't keep having him do this…even if it is with Daryl.," Shane said standing up facing Rick.

"As opposed to what? Do you have an idea of where we can put him? Or is your idea just to throw his out on his own and hope he lives?," Rick said as he crossed his arms and started pacing.

"Rick's right, we can't just dump him somewhere, he could just die and that would be on us," Angela said looking back and forth from Rick to Shane.

"I'm not saying just dump him off somewhere, I'm just saying that the more he stays here the more he causes trouble. He needs to just go …he just needs to leave," Shane said shaking his head.

"He is staying, that is the end of it. He just needs something to do, he's bored that's all, " said Rick as he glanced at the RV.

"When you go on your rounds, take him with you so th-", Rick started but was interrupted by Shane.

"Take him with me? Are you crazy!? Can he even shoot a gun? Let alone a Walker?," Shane asked raising his eyebrows.

"We will never find out if we don't let him try, so go get your gear I'll get him an-," Rick stopped in mid-sentence when he saw the kid standing a few feet away staring at the group.

"Ace….", Rick started then stopped at a loss for words, he stood warily as Ace approached the tense group. He knelt and picked up a gun, cocked it and held it out looking at it. He turned to Shane.

"You know, I graduated school at 16 and joined the Army at 18…I think I know how to use a gun." with that said he turned and walked into the woods with the gun. He stopped at the edge of the clearing and turned back around, "Are you comin or not man? I haven't got all day you'know.", He said as he gestured toward Shane.

Shane looked at Rick who was merely looking at Ace with a small hint of a smile playing on his lips. Shane sighed and then picked up his own gun and walked with Ace into the woods.

Rick gave a small chuckle, "What a kid…what a kid," shaking his head. The group also started to laugh, it was the one thing that would brighten their day.