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Chapter 2

Rick didn't meet up with Dixon or Walsh again until lunch. He was with Glenn and Lori again. Maggie was sitting with them too. He'd also met this nice kid named T-Dog and his friend Tyreese. They were sitting at a table when the group from the morning came over. Dixon sat down next to Maggie and smiled, "Hey beautiful." The blonde kid from the morning made gagging noises but hit Dixon on the head, "Stop it. Everyone's going to throw up." Walsh laughed and sat down next to the blonde girl from the morning. Another kid joined them and the blonde boy grinned, "Hey Phil." The tall kid smiled, "Merle, Shane, Andrea." Walsh waved at him, "Hey, do you got a girlfriend yet?" Dixon laughed, "Shane lay off the guy. It's not his fault that we're so much better looking." The blonde kid, who was now identified as Merle, laughed. Glenn rolled his eyes, "I hate these guys." Rick nodded, "Same." Dixon was laughing again, "Shane and I here got everyone a present." He pulled out a stack of cookies from his backpack; "A kid in our first hour was nice enough to donate us some money." Merle laughed, "Great job brother." Rick looked at the blonde girl there who must be Andrea, the girl Dixon had said he would talk with to make Maggie and Shane mad. Shane and Andrea must have something going on. He turned back to the conversation with Glenn, T-Dog, and Tyreese. Tyreese was talking, "The bad thing about coming in now was that you missed all the spring sports." Rick raised his eyebrows, "I'm not a sports guy. I'm not good at them." T-Dog shrugged, "I'm not either but I still play baseball. I made the team last year…" Rick shrugged, "Just not my stuff." Glenn nodded, "Same here." He nodded at Dixon, "Dixon plays baseball and Shane too." Rick glanced over at the two boys who were laughing again, "How old are they?" Tyreese stepped in, "Shane and Dixon are your age. Dixon's older brother, Merle, is a junior, along with Andrea, and Phil is a senior." Rick nodded, "Ok. What's Dixon's first name?" The three guys actually stopped. Did they really not know? Maggie turned to them, "His name is Daryl, Rick." Rick nodded. Daryl. Dixon had a better ring to it. The bell rang and Daryl yelled, "Thank God, only two more of these pointless classes!" The group separated and Rick managed to find his class on his own. He ended up sitting next to Shane, and Daryl was there too. Why? He was so mad that they were in the same class as him. He heard them whispering the whole class time. At the end of the hour Shane walked up to him with Daryl in tow. "So you're the Sheriff's kid huh?" he asked with a smirk. Daryl was grinning at him, "Sorry if I dented your piece of shit car yesterday." Rick rolled his eyes, "Like yours is any better." Daryl grinned wider, "You just wait."

After school Rick walked outside searching for his dad's car when he heard the gunning of an engine. He turned to see everyone watching. He heard yelling and a motorcycle turned into the lane to get out of school. It was the Dixons. Merle was driving and Daryl was on the back yelling crazy things. As they passed Rick, Daryl gave him a wicked grin, "Whose ride is better now Grimes?" Merle laughed as they waited on the road. Rick guessed that Merle had gotten a parent to drop the bike off for them to ride back. Merle must have gotten it over the weekend and it needed some fixing up. All the students were watching the two Dixons. Apparently, motorcycles weren't something seen turning out of the school. They probably weren't allowed. Shane appeared at the front and started clapping. The waiting kids joined in and soon half the kids were whistling and cheering the two Dixons on as the principal appeared to yell at them. Merle grinned through his helmet, "Oh shit, it's the big guy. Better move Daryl." Daryl laughed and the bike sped up to pull out of the school. Rick saw Shane glance back at the approaching principal. The Dixons wouldn't make it with the traffic. Shane moved a bit and stepped into the principal's path. It was the slightest falter of a step as the two collided but it was enough for the Dixons to get out.

Rick got a text on his phone, from his dad, telling him to walk to the station and they'd drive home from there. The police station wasn't far from the school, so Rick set off quickly. He was surprised to see Shane a good distance ahead of him. Since everyone seemed to live in the same spot, Rick thought nothing of it. He was actually very surprised when Shane turned up the drive of the police station. Rick followed him but Shane didn't really notice. The kid walked into the station and Rick followed. A big deputy stood up and greeted Shane, "Shane, are you ready to get going?" Shane shrugged, "I don't care. If you have to stay longer that's fine." Rick ducked away before Shane could see him and headed towards his dad's office. His dad smiled at him, "How was school Rick?" Rick shrugged, "It was alright. There are some pretty cool kids there." His dad nodded, "The deputy here has a kid in your grade. I think he walked in with you actually." Rick nodded, "Yea I saw him a few times today." His dad got up, "Alright. How about you get to the car and I'll be there in a few minutes."

Rick nodded and left the office. He headed towards the doors when he heard yelling. "When are you ever going to come home? You've been at the station for five nights straight!" Was that Shane? He couldn't tell. "I'm sorry I have a job Shane. If you want to try your luck at earning some money, go ahead. We need the extra money," the deputy said coldly. Shane went off again, "Yea? Well I bet when I'm your age I'll have a job too. It won't make us enough money but I'll still make time to visit my kids at home!" Rick went for the door but was too slow. Shane came stalking out of the deputy's office and saw Rick standing there.

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