Faith and Jared sat in the meadow near the Alexandria Safe Zone. In the meadow, grass surrounded them and they had a perfect view of an outline of a city once named Atlanta.

"Do you think you'll ever have kids?" Faith asks randomly.

Jared's taken off by the strange question of his best friend. "Yeah . . . Maybe some day." He leans back on his knees and Faith gives a small laugh.

She leans her head up to the hot Georgia sun and closes her eyes in bliss. "Jared," She laughs. "What are we doing out here?"

"Who knows, Dixon." Jared smiles. "I don't know anything but that I am never going to leave you."

Faith was confused by the strange turn of subject, but just went with it. "And how do you know that you'll never leave me?" She looks at her friend and sees him grinning. "What?" She asks as his smile fades slowly. He stares at her again and slowly leans in close to her ear.

"Oh." Faith whispers once he pulls away. She feels her cheeks heat up and starts to laugh. She playfully pushes him away. "You suck, you know that?" She stands up and laughs as he willingly flops into the grass. He sits up and stands to his feet.

"Don't push me!" He laughs as Faith starts to run away, laughing and prancing through the meadow. Jared follows suit and laughs along with her. Faith's braid bounces off of her shoulder and he is completely captivated by her when she turns and the sunlight completely swallows her. He shakes his head slowly and he finds his arms locked around her waist and then suddenly falling.

"Jared." Faith laughs as he lands partially on her. Flowers get in both of their hair, but he didn't care if it didn't look 'manly.' He just looks down at her and buries his face into the crook of her neck, kissing it softly.

"They're alive," Jared says. "They gotta be."

"We'll find them." Rick says as Carl walks by him. "Don't worry."

Jared swallows thickly as Judith walked beside him. "You know," Judith says. "What are you gonna do if we don't find Faith and Beth?"

Jared's eyes look at her coldly. He was half tempted to stop their walk along the railroad tracks, but decided against it. He knew Judith's question was innocent, but he felt like there was something more to it. He knew Judith and Faith weren't close, and he didn't know why, but ever since they had left the zone a few days back, Judith was getting a little too close to him.

She was incredibly beautiful, there was no denying that, and she could take care of herself. Her long blonde hair flowed down her back and her eyes could captivate anyone, but he just didn't like her that way.

"I don't know. I can't live without her though, that's for sure." Jared answers. "I gotta find her . . . She's alive."

Jared would be lying if he said he didn't have a crush on Faith. He always had. Now that she was gone, finding her was his only objective. Lord only know who she could be with besides her mom.

"If I didn't know better," Michonne said butting into the conversation with a grin. "I'd say you have a crush on her."

Jared feels his ears get read. Judith looks down slowly and then to her mother. "What?"

"I saw how you were with her back at the zone. Last time I saw a guy look at a woman like that was with Faith's parents." Michonne comments. Judith quickly hurries and catches up with Carl and Rick, rather rudely.

"What . . ." Jared pauses before moving on with his question. "What were Faith's parents like?"

"They were unexpected, I'll say." Michonne says. "He was the redneck and Faith's mother was the farmer's daughter. No one saw it coming, but after a while it was alright. They loved each other. That was enough."

"What was her dad like? Miss Beth is really sweet but . . . I've heard things about Dixons. About their past." Jared almost felt ashamed. Faith was a Dixon, and she was probably the most beautiful woman on the planet.

"Don't believe them." Michonne says flatly. "Daryl Dixon was a good man, no matter what anyone else says . . . He was Rick's best friend. Good man . . . Faith sometimes reminds me of him."

"How?"

"Her eyes and her crooked little smile. She used to smile a lot when she was first born . . . But it just stopped all of a sudden."

Jared looks puzzled by that thought. "Really? I never noticed -"

"We should probably head into the woods soon." Rick hollers back to the pair. "Go looking for food."

They take after his lead and after walking a few miles, they end up in the woods once more, surrounded by a can of beans. Jared had to admit, beans were not his favorite thing in the world to eat, but it was what was there. He didn't feel like hunting for anything, was darn right to hungry and tired to, so he stayed with the group as they surrounded their 'lunch.'

"How hungry are you on a scale from 1 to 10?" Rick asks.

"Fifeteen." Carl answers.

Rick looks to Michonne. "Twenty eight."

They group had set up a small camp and Rick had set up snares. Rick slowly stands up and looks at the group. "We're going to go check the snares." Carl and Michonne follow him and make their way towards the traps.

"Are you okay?" Judith speaks up in the awkward silence.

Jared nods. "Just . . . Thinkin."

"You know . . . I was jealous of your friendship with Faith for a long time." Judith's voice is soft and quiet. "I know I shouldn't be, she was my best friend, but now . . . She's gone and we're here, together. Faith isn't here anymore, Jared."

"You don't know that. Stop talking like -"

"You really got to have it spelled out for you don't you? Faith is dead. I hate to say it. She was my friend too, but there's no way she could've made it out alive, Jared. Hell, we barely even made it!"

"Shut up!" Jared shouted. The two stare at each other, fire in their eyes, and then they hear screams of agony coming from the distance. Jared grabs his knife and gun and runs towards the sound, Judith following behind. They come to see Rick, Michonne, and Carl standing behind a tree, watching a man get eaten by walkers.

"We need to leave, now!" Michonne orders. They all quickly make their way to the railroad tracks once again, stomachs empty and full of fear.

Once they're finally away, Michonne says, "We gotta find food somewhere." Out in front of them, a blue car comes into view. It looks abandoned and almost completely empty.

A walker is near, but is silenced by the slice of Michonne's katana. The three youngest start a journey through the car to find anything, praying for something useful.

Rick and Michonne sit on the ground, a small fire going. Carl is sleeping in the front passengers seat of the car, while Judith sleeps beside her father. Jared sits staring into the fire by Michonne.

"I forgot what this feels like." Rick comments into the chilly night.

"I'm hoping to be forgetting soon." Michonne answers back.

"Those people at Terminus . . . They have to be strong." Jared says. A sound from in the woods startles the group, but they slowly turn back to their conversation.

"Oh deary me." A man with a gun says. "You screwed up asshole."

He holds the gun to Rick's head and Jared slowly stands up, putting a hand on his gun. Judith starts awake when she hears the man's voice and other footsteps. Men with bows and gun start to come out from every direction of the woods. Jared can't make out any of the mens' features because of the lack of light, but he knew they were trouble.

A man holds a gun to Michonne's head while another holds one to Jared's. Judith shuts

her eyes tight and swallows when she hears a run being loaded and slowly pointed at her skull.

"Today's the day or reckoning, sir." The man behind Rick says. Rick has they crazy look in his eye, and Jared knows that that isn't a good thing. "Restitution." Behind Jared, he hears someone bang their fists slowly on the glass of the car.

"Shit!" The man says happily. "And I was thinking of turning in for the night on New Years Eve." He gives a hearty laugh and looks at the group. "Who's gonna count down the ball dropped with me?"

Jared feels anger rise in him as he's forced to watch his friend die like this. When he had the chance, he'd make his move.

"Ten mississippi. Nine mississippi. Eight missis -"

"Joe!" A new voice says from out of the trees. Joe and the other turn and look. Jared evan looks to see a man step out from behind the car. Rick looks pale, as if he's seen a ghost. Who was this guy, and why wasn't he liked the others? The only thing Jared could make out about him was that he was carrying a crossbow.

Jared watches as the new man steps in the center of the chaos about to unfold. "Hold up -"

"You're stopping me on eight, Daryl!" Joe says all but happy.

"Just . . . Hold up." Daryl pleads.

Another pair of footsteps emerge and Jared wants to rip the gun held at his head away and run to the next person. Faith walks behind the man, unafraid and fierce like Jared remembered her. "These are good people." She buts in.

"This is the guy that killed Lou! There's nothing to talk about -"

"Shut up!" Faith spits. Daryl shoots his head to her in a warning. Faith's eyes scan the faces and her lip trembles as she looks at her family.

"Well . . .We got nothing but time. Let the two say their peace." Joe sighs, the gun still at Rick's head and everyone still on edge with guns.

"You want blood . . . Take it from me man." Daryl drops his bow and lets it thunk on the ground.

"D - Daryl . . ." Faith is silenced when Daryl slowly raises his hands.

"These people are good people." Daryl continues. "Let them go."

"This man killed our friend. You say he's good and - And that right there is a lie!" Joe growls. Faith and Daryl don't even have time to think before Daryl is tackled to the ground and another tackles Faith.

"NO!" Jared shouts. He turns to look behind at the man who pointed his gun to him and stabs him in the head quickly.

Daryl feels a kick to the ribs and bruises were sure to form. Faith feels the weight of the man who tackled her on her. "Faith!" Daryl shouts as he gets another blow to the face right beside her.

"D -" The girl is silenced by another punch.

"You leave them be!" Rick shouts. "IT WAS JUST ME!"

Faith is punched in the face and cries out in pain as the man he tackled her tries to undo his belt. "Get off of her!" Faith hears Jared shout. Jared goes to tackle the man on Faith and yanks the man off of her. Blood from the man splatters and lands on FAith as she watches her friend beat on the man.

Daryl, who is still taking a beating, heard Carl crying in agony as something was going down with another man. Judith, who now didn't have a gun to her head due to the man running after Faith, grabs her gun and quickly shoots the man, who was beating on Daryl, in the head. The man falls off of him and Daryl pushes the dead being to the side, before standing up quickly.

Daryl runs to Faith just as Jared does. Daryl holds a protective hand out to Faith, warning her to stay back, as Joe and Rick face off now. "What are you gonna do now sport?" Joe taunts.

Faith, Judith, and Jared all stand behind Daryl as Rick sinks his teeth into Joe's throat and rips out his throat. They stand there stunned. Michonne doesn't hesitate, but grabs the gun on the man behind her and uses it against him. His brain matter splatters onto the forest floor.

The last man from Joe's group standing is near Carl. He backs up as Rick passes Michonne and the rest of the group. Michonne pulls Carl away as Rick can be heard slicing into the man, the group looking on horrified.

The sun is now rising and the group are still frozen in their places. Rick turns back to look at the group, face covered in blood.

"Daryl?" He asks, looking at the familiar face. "H - How?"

"That's not important right now." Daryl says. He looks towards Carl and Michonne and nods his respects that the boy was safe. He turns to see Judith. "Asskicker?"

"Huh?" Judith looks at her father confused. Her father just gives a slowly smile and shakes his head. Daryl's eyes shift to Rick's daughter, to his own, and he's shocked at what he sees.

Jared and Faith are looking at each other, like their each both glass statues, just about to break. Faith has tears in her eyes and she slowly reaches up and touches Jared's face. Jared cups her cheek and lets a smile spread across her face. "Hey there, Dixon."

Faith can't resist smiling and she slowly leans up and presses a kiss to his lips. "Don't ever leave me again." She whispers. He laughs, and then hugs her so tightly to him that he lifts her off of the ground. "Don't." She says as she lets a cry out as she buries her face into the crook of his neck.

"I won't." Jared answers.

Daryl turns to look at Rick. "D - Do you know?" Rick asks.

Daryl gives a small smirk and turns back to looking at the new couple. "Yeah, I know. She's a Dixon after all. Think I wouldn't recognize my own daughter?"

As soon as Jared heard those words he pulls away from Faith, tence and completely red. "Uh . . ."

Faith lets out a laugh. "Jared . . . This is my dad, Daryl Dixon."

Jared looks towards Daryl. "Sir . . ."

Daryl was confused by that. He never thought he'd be called sir. "Kid." He answers back. He looks towards Faith. "You Faith's boyfriend or something?"

"Uh -"

"Dad." Faith links her arm with Jared's. Daryl sighs and turns back to the group.

"Where's Beth?" Carl asks.

Faith swallows. "She's just gone."

Hi everyone. Okay, so I'd like to apologize for everything being rushed and my very bad writing. I can't write very good and I'm sorry. Anyway, I am very nervous about tomorrow's episode, and although I'm Team Deloutional, I still don't want to get my hopes up for Beth not being alive. Is that wrong? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, thanks! :)