We are the Walking Dead

Flashback...

We sat there in traffic at night and I watched Carl play checkers with a little girl named Sophia who was with her mom and dad as helicopters passed over, "Are we gonna go soon?" Sophia asked her mom Carol

"I don't know, baby. I sure hope so."

"I'm hungry." Carl tells Lori

"I know, Carl. We all are."

"Why don't I get him something to eat? Ed's into all this survival stuff. We've got enough MREs to feed a small army." Carol tells her and started to walk around their jeep

"I'd sure appreciate it."

"No trouble." Carol told her and I put my hand on Lori's shoulder

"You ok?" I asked her and she shook her head, "Me neither"

"You getting anything?" Lori asked Shane as he sat in he car fiddling with the radio

"There's nothing."

"Big surprise there." I point out

"No, I mean there's nothing. Emergency broadcast system stopped, and that recording about the refugee center. It's all gone." He says getting out, "I'm gonna go up the road, see what I can see."

"I'll come with you." I tell him and start to follow

"Ed must have forgot to pack those MREs. I found these in my purse." Carol said to Lori and I turned to look at them

"It's all right. Listen, do you mind keeping an eye on Carl for a minute?" Lori asked her

"No."

"Shane, Kate and I are gonna go scout up ahead a little bit and see if we can find someone that knows what's going on." Lori tells Carl and I walk back over

"I want to come with you."

"Huh-uh. Huh-uh." She says and Shane walked up to him

"Hey, we'll be back before you know it. Okay, little man, huh?" Shane asked him and I ruffled Carl's hair, he smiled at me and we started to walk up the road

"Why would they stop broadcasting about the refugee center?" I asked as we made our way through the cars

"I don't know." Shane answered

"Think they're turning people away?" Lori asked

"They're gonna have a riot on their hands if they try." He says and I hear an explosion in the distance then we make our way past a couple of guys who were fighting

"What do we do?" Lori asked Shane

"Come here. We're gonna do what Rick would have wanted us to do, get you, Kate and Carl out of here." Shane tells her and we stop when helicopters flew over us and I looked forward seeing red flashes behind a bunch of smoke

"That's not lightning." I point out and Shane grabbed my hand

"You both stay with me now. Come on." He tells us and we made our way through the woods, I helped Lori down the hill and we stopped seeing the helicopters drop something in the city and there's more explosions

"Oh my God." Lori says and I grabbed her hand

"They're dropping napalm in the streets." Shane says and I stare in disbelief

"Shane." I whispered and he pulled me to him

"Come here."

Now...

"Alright everyone's getting new search grids today. If she made it as far as the farmhouse Daryl found, she might have gone further east than we've been so far." Rick tells us as we gather around the hood of Carol's car

"I'd like to help. I know the area pretty well and stuff." Jimmy told him

"Hershel's okay with this?"

"Yeah yeah. He said I should ask you." He replied

"All right then. Thanks."

"Nothing about what Daryl found screams Sophia to me. Anyone could have been holed up in that farmhouse." Shane says

"Anybody includes her, right?" I asked him

"Whoever slept in that cupboard was no bigger than yay-high." Daryl pointed out

"It's a good lead." I add

"Maybe we'll pick up her trail again." Rick mentioned

"No maybe about it. I'm gonna borrow a horse, head up to this ridge right here, take a bird's-eye view of the whole grid. If she's up there, I'll spot her." Daryl mentioned

"I'll head to the highway and see if she went there at all then double back to the woods and look around." I told Rick and Daryl looked at me

"By yourself? You sure?" Rick asked me

"I'll take T-Dog."

"Good idea. Maybe you'll see your chupacabra up there too." T-Dog told Daryl and I chuckled

"Chupacabra?" Rick asked

"You never heard this? Our first night in camp, Daryl tells us that the whole thing reminds him of a time when he went squirrel hunting and he saw a chupacabra." I tell him and Jimmy laughed

"What are you braying at, jackass?" Daryl asked him

"You believe in a blood-sucking dog?"

"Do you believe dead people walking around?" Daryl asks and I lightly smack his arm

I see Jimmy reach for a gun and Rick quickly pulled it away, "Hey hey. Ever fire one before?"

"Well, if I'm going out, I want one." Jimmy says

"Yeah, and people in hell want slurpees." Daryl tells him putting his crossbow over his shoulder and I shook my head putting my gun in it's holster and followed him

"Don't be rude" I said to him as we walked to the stables

"How's Carl?" He asked changing the subject

"He's doing good, might be able to get out the house here soon"

"Good" He says and started to saddle up a horse.

"Well, be careful out there" I tell him and started to walk away but I feel him grab my hand and I turned to look at him, "What?"

"Just wanna do this" He says and pulled me to him into a kiss and at first I tensed then began to kiss him back. This one was different then the one at the CDC, it felt more passionate and not just in a heat of the moment thing.

"Well then" I said after we broke apart, "That was...unexpected"

He gave a small chuckle, "Didn't get a chance to do it yesterday."

"You asked me yesterday what I want, what do you want Daryl?" I asked him and he pulled me back to him.

"Isn't it obvious?" He asked and I smiled then kissed him again, "I better get going"

"Be safe" I tell him again and he nodded then got on the horse as I headed back to the others

"What's going on with you two?" I hear Rick ask and I turn around startled

"Jesus Rick. Little warning next time" I tell him and he walked over

"Sorry. Something going on with you and Daryl?"

"Is it a bad thing if there was?" I asked him and he looked down

"Kate.."

"Yes, something is just starting with us. Is that bad?" I asked and he looked at me

"What about Shane?"

"What about him?" I ask, "Nothing has been going on with me and Shane for a while now. And there never will again" I tell him and he moved closer to me

"Did he do something to you?" He asked and I sighed

"No. We just..we aren't meant for each other" I tell him and walked away

"Kate." Rick says and I look at him, "For what it's worth, if you're happy, that's all that matters to me."

"Thanks Rick"


Daryl POV...

I was riding through the woods on one of Hershel's horses, I didn't even ask if I could use one, I just saddled it up and took off. After I shot a squirrel and pulled it off the tree my mind went to Kate, she was the most beautiful woman I laid my eyes on, I don't why I am able to open up to her, but the first day we talked I felt like I could, she sparked something in me and I will do what I can to show her what she means to me and try to protect her, especially from that prick who thought forcing himself on her was the way to go. I know about their history, it bothered me how he still held on to her when she clearly doesn't want anything to do with him. I was taken out of my thoughts when I looked down the ridge and saw a doll down by the water, I hopped off the horse then took my crossbow off and made my way down over to it and picked it up, "Sophia!" I called but got nothing so I made my way back up and got on the horse. Some birds flew up from the ground and the horse started to spook, "Whoa. Easy easy." I tell it and ushered it to move again but suddenly and snake popped up from the ground scaring the horse and it started bucking, "Whoa whoa whoa." I said but next thing I knew I got flung off rolling down the ridge and sliding down the little water fall. I laid there trying not to move as one of my handmade bolts was stuck in my side, "Son of a bitch."

I managed to get up and made my way over to the sand taking out my knife and cutting the sleeves of my shirt off tying them together then tying it around my waist and around the arrow, fuck it hurt like hell. I looked up the ridge, I had a hell of a climb to go, I held my side and stood up grabbing a stick to support myself but then I hear a rustling sound from next to me in the woods, I reached behind me for my crossbow but realized it wasn't there so I made my way back over to the water using the stick to look for it, I finally found it and lifted it out of the water. I made my way out of the water again and stood at the base of the ridge then started climbing.

I looked down at one point seeing how high up I was then looked up, "Oh, come on. You've done half. Stop being such a pussy. Come on." I told myself then I pushed myself to grab hold of another tree but my foot slid a little on the dirt, I tried again but lost my footing and started to roll down the hill landing back at the bottom of the ridge knocking myself out.

"Why don't you pull that arrow out, dummy? You could bind your wound better." I hear my brother's voice tell me as I came to

"Merle."

"What's going on here? You taking a siesta or something?" He asked

"A shitty day, bro."

"Like me to get your pillow? Maybe rub your feet?" He asks

"Screw you."

"Huh-uh. You're the one screwed from the looks of it. All them years I spent trying to make a man of you, this is what I get? Look at you. Lying in the dirt like a used rubber. You're gonna die out here, brother. And for what?" He asked me

"A girl. They lost a little girl." I tell him

"So you got a thing for little girls now? Or are you doing this for someone else?"

"Shut up." I said

"'Cause I noticed you ain't out looking for old Merle no more."

"Tried like hell to find you, bro." I pointed out

"Like hell you did. You split, man. Lit out first chance you got."

"You lit out. All you had to do was wait. We went back for you. Rick and I, we did right by you." I argued

"This the same Rick that cuffed me to the rooftop in the first place? Forced me to cut off my own hand? This him we're talking about here? You his bitch now? Or his sisters?" He asked me

"I ain't nobody's bitch."

"You're a joke is what you are, playing errand boy to a bunch of pansy-asses, niggers and democrats. You're nothing but a freak to them. Redneck trash. That's all you are. They're laughing at you behind your back. You know that, don't you? That girl you are so hooked on, that Shane guy is gonna get her back, you know it's true. I got a little news for you, son. One day they gonna scrape you off their heels like you was dog shit." He says and I start to drift off again but he smacked my chest, "Hey. They ain't your kin, your blood. Hell, you had any damn nuts in that sack of yours, you'd got back there and shoot your pal Rick in the face for me. Now you listen to me. Ain't nobody ever gonna care about you except me, little brother. Come on, get up on your feet before I have to kick your teeth in." He stands up and kicked my foot then grabbed it, "Let's go."

He continued pulling on my foot but when I came to I see a walker trying to bite at my foot through my boot, I scrambled and kicked it in the head, as I reached for my crossbow it landed on me and I hit it in the side a few times then the face and rolled both of us over, it grabbed at my head rolling us back and I kicked it off then stood up seeing another one coming, I hit the one in front on me with a long stick knocking it back then I tackled it to the ground and smashed his head with the stick. As the other one gets closer I grab the arrow in my side pulling it out the front trying to ignore the pain, grabbed my crossbow, knocked the arrow and shot it in the head.

I sat at the bottom of the ridge taking my top shirt off, folded it and pressed it to the wound then tied it , "Son of a bitch was right." I said and moved to a log sitting down then cutting the squirrel open and started to eat the raw meat. I grabbed the doll, took the strings out of my boots, then cut the ears off the walkers putting them on the string then around my neck looking up at the ridge and started to climb again. I need to get back there, keep that asshole away from my girl.

I hear some birds squawk and I look up, "Please, don't feed the birds." I hear Merle's voice again and I see him at the top, "What's the matter, Darylina? That all you got in you? Throw away that purse and climb."

"I liked it better when you was missing."

"Come on, don't be like that. I'm on your side." He tells me as I grab a tree and brace myself to push up

"Yeah? Since when?"

"Hell, since the day you were born, baby brother. Somebody had to look after your worthless ass." He says and I scoffed

"You never took care of me. You talk a big game but you was never there. Hell, you ain't here now. Guess some things never change."

"I'll tell you what- I'm as real as your chupacabra." He mentioned

"I know what I saw."

"And I'm sure them shrooms you ate had nothing to do with it, right?" He asked me

"You'd best shut the hell up." I warned him

"Or what? You're gonna come up here and shut my mouth for me?" He asked and I continued to climb, "Well, come on and do it then, if you think you're man enough. Hey, kick off them damn high heels and climb, son." He says and laughed, "You know what? If I were you I'd take a pause for the cause, brother. 'Cause I just don't think you're gonna make it to the top." He tells me and I swung myself around a small tree, "Come on. Come on, little brother. Grab your friend Rick's hand."

I put my hand on the top of the ridge and pulled myself up, "Yeah, you'd better run."


Kate POV...

"Walker. Walker!" I hear Andrea yell from the top of the RV and we all grab our weapons

"Just the one?" Rick asked her

"I bet I can nail it from here."

"No no, Andrea. Put the gun down." He tells her

"You'd best let us handle this." Shane says walking over

"Shane, hold up. Hershel wants to deal with walkers." Rick tells him

"What for, man? We got it covered."

We make our way into the field with Rick following us shortly after

"Is that Daryl?" Glenn asked and I feel my heart stop as he looked at us stopping while Rick pointed his gun at him

"That's the third time you've pointed that thing at my head. You gonna pull the trigger or what?" Daryl asked and I sighed in relief but just then there's a gun shot and he falls to the ground

"No! No! No!" Rick yelled at Andrea as I knelt down next to him panicking

"Daryl? Daryl?" I asked holding his head and he moved

"I'm okay" He says and I sighed, "I was kidding" He said to Rick and both him and Shane helped him to walk as Andrea and Dale ran over

"Oh my God. Oh my God, is he dead?"

"Unconscious. You just grazed him." Rick told her

"But look at him. What the hell happened? He's wearing ears." Glenn pointed out and Rick took them off and put them in his pocket

"Let's keep that to ourselves."

"Guys, isn't this Sophia's?" T-Dog asked and I turned to see him holding Sophia's doll


"I found it washed up on the creek bed right there. She must have dropped it crossing there somewhere." Daryl informed us as Hershel stitched up his arrow wound and they looked at the map

"Cuts the grid almost in half." Rick mentioned looking at Shane

"Yeah, you're welcome."

"How's he looking?" I asked Hershel

"I had no idea we'd be going through the antibiotics so quickly. Any idea what happened to my horse?" Hershel asked him moving to a wash bucket to clean his hands

"Yeah, the one who almost killed me? If it's smart, it left the country."

"We call that one Nelly, as in nervous Nelly. I could have told you she'd throw you if you'd bothered to ask. It's a wonder you people have survived this long." Hershel tells Rick, him and Shane walked out of the room and I looked at Daryl

"I'll be right back" I tell him and he nodded then I walked out as well

"I hate to say it, but I'm with Hershel on this one. Can't keep going out there, not after this." Shane brought up and I looked at him

"You'd quit now? Daryl just risked his life to bring back the first hard evidence we've had." I told him

"That is one way to look at it. The way I see it, Daryl almost died today for a doll."

"Yeah, I know how you see it." Rick tells him and walked away

"I'm not out to be a hard case. Just being realistic." Shane adds

"We're not stopping until we find her so get that through your damn head." I told him and walked out of the house.


After I helped clean everything up after dinner I headed to the room Daryl was in, "How are you feeling?" I asked him standing by the door after I shut it

"Like I got thrown off a horse"

"Well next time maybe you should stay on" I joked and he scoffed, "Don't scoff at me mister"

He rolled slightly over and looked at me, "Or what?"

"I won't kiss you for a week" I tell him sitting down next to him

"Don't make threats you can't keep"

"Who says I can't keep it?" I asked him leaning closer and bit my lip

"I'll make it impossible for you to resist" He says leaning up to me so that we were close enough for me to feel his breath on my lips and I felt chills go down my spine as my heart raced.

"I think I can handle it" I said and he moved closer brushing his lips lightly against mine

"Are you sure?"

"Mmhm" I managed to say and he chuckled pulling away, "You're mean" I pouted and he leaned back up and kissed me

"Don't threaten me again."

I kissed him again, "Need anything?"

"Would you stay here?" He asked and I looked at him in shock

"Yeah, let me just go grab some clothes first. Should I grab you some?" I asked and he nodded, "I'll be back" I said and walked out of the house heading to my tent

"Kate" I hear Shane say and I sighed then looked at him

"What?"

"What's going on with you and Daryl?" He asked me and I rolled my eyes

"I told you, it's none of your business" I said walking into my tent but he followed, "Wat the hell Shane?"

"If you're doing this to make me jealous you've done it"

"You think I'm trying to make you jealous? Open your eyes Shane, I don't want you, I don't want to be with you, and I sure as hell don't love you. Not everything is about you" I tell him and went to move past him but he grabbed my arm stopping me and I looked at him

"You should stop trying to deny it Kate, a part of you will always want me" He said and I pulled my arm away

"Never" I said and walked out of the tent to Daryl's grabbing some clothes and headed back into the house to the room quickly closing the door

"Kate?" I hear Daryl ask and I sighed then looked at him

"I'm fine"

"Kate?" He asked again

"It's just I...I ran into Shane"

"Come here" He says and I put the clothes on the chair in the room then sat next to him, "I'm not gonna let that prick do anything to you again. Promise" I gave him a small smile then kissed him

"I'm gonna go change" I tell him and grabbed my clothes walking into the bathroom, changed then walked back into the room and Daryl moved over so I could lay down next to him and he put his arm around me, I was careful to not hurt him and we looked at each other, "Can I ask you something?"

"Anything?"

"Why do you open up so easily to me?" I asked

"Don't know, I guess maybe it's because you don't judge me, you see who I am."

"I never would, you're no different then any of us." I smiled and he chuckled

"You know, when this all started I saw you on the highway" He says and I looked at him confused

"What?"

"Mhmm. I saw you standing there with Lori, Carl and Shane." He said

"Huh, interesting"

"I never thought I would see such a beautiful woman in my life" He says and I giggled

"Oh stop it"

"No, it's true. You know what I thought about while I was out there today?" He asked and I shrugged, "You, wanting to get back to you so I could kiss you again, be here with you."

"Is rough and tough Daryl Dixon being sweet on me?" I asked batting my eyes and he scoffed

"You're my girl now, I'll be as sweet as I want." He told me and I kissed him which he deepened

"Before we go any further I think you should heal first." I tell him and he ran his hand down to my waist to where my shirt was up a bit and his finger lightly brushed my skin, and that small touch was enough to send shock waves through my body

"I can think of something else we can do" He said and I couldn't form a sentence, my breath started to come out heavy as I closed my eyes. His hand moved so it rested on my stomach, playing with the hem of my shorts.

His hand slid into my shorts, running over my underwear as he rubbed me through the material. I moaned, moving my hips against his hand.

"Daryl." I breathed, wrapping my arms around his neck, pulling him closer.

He groaned, his finger moving faster but not moving the offending material. "Hardly touched ya and you're already so wet." His voice turned me on more the way he spoke to me. I moaned, grinding myself against him hard.

He grinned as his lips moved to my neck where he sucked on my skin probably leaving another mark, his fingers pushed my underwear to the side before he rubbed the throbbing nub.

I groaned, pulling him closer at the contact. "God, Daryl!" I quietly screamed

His lips molded with mine, kissing me gently but urgently. "Shh. Can't have anyone hearing us" I nodded, trying to keep my moans down.

He slipped in a finger, and I nearly screamed at how good it felt. He pumped it in and out, curling his finger. He hit the spot that made my body shake with pleasure as I groaned against his lips. When he slid in a second finger I couldn't help but bite his lip and he growled, it was more pleasurable than painful. His tongue pushed into my mouth where it tangled with mine. He pulled back, panting as he moved his fingers harder. "Wish I was inside you right now. Make you scream my name if no one was 'round." His fingers kept rubbing against that spot, I bit my lip trying to stifle the screams of pleasure coming from my orgasm. When I came down from the orgasm I couldn't help but smile up at him, then kissed him, "You okay?" he asked, kissing my forehead and sliding his hand out of my shorts.

"I'm better then ok." I panted and he kissed me again

"We should get some sleep" He says and I nodded then laid my head on his chest listening to his heartbeat and I fell asleep.


After I helped get Daryl settled in his tent I went and helped Lori and Carl feed the chickens, "Don't look so worried." Carl tells her

"It's my job."

"No, it's not. You're a housewife." He says and I snorted

"Yeah, punk?" She laughed throwing seed at him, "You see my house around here? A housewife." She says and looked at me, I just shrugged with a smile as Patricia walked into the the cope

"They don't have a mother." Carl pointed out looking at the chickens

"She might be somewhere else." I told him throwing some seed

"Maybe she got eaten. Everything is food for something else."

"Morbid much?" I asked him with a smile and he giggled then I see Shane looking over at me, I ignored him and continued feeding the chickens


"Hey want a peach or some jerky?" I asked Daryl standing at the entrance to his tent

"You know what I want." He says with a smirk

"Shush you" I said with a smirk and walked away, "Hey Glenn"

"Hey Kate" He greeted and I grabbed a peach for me and some jerky for Daryl then looked at him

"You alright?"

"Yeah, yeah w-why wouldn't I be ok?" He asked nervously

"Ok then" I tell him and walked back to Daryl's tent giving him the jerky and a kiss then met up with Rick and Shane

"The creek flows south, past that farmhouse Daryl found. Maybe Sophia dropped the doll there, the current brought it downstream." Rick pointed out as we looked at the map

"So what, you think she took this road here and then she went north?" I asked him

"Yeah. What's up that way?" Rick asked Jimmy

"A housing development. It went in maybe 10 years ago."

"Take a run up there after gun practice. I'll hold down the fort here, but take backup. After what went down with Daryl, I don't want anyone going out alone. We stay in pairs." Rick says to Shane

"I'll take suggestions on a partner." Shane told him and looked at me but I stared down at the map

"See how they do on the range, then take your pick." Rick says as Glenn walked over with the peaches, "Thanks."

Glenn walked over giving one to Jimmy and I saw him look at Rick and Shane, "My binoculars." Shane says to him and he put the basket down

"Yeah yeah. Okay, bye." He walked away and I shrugged at Rick then Patricia and Beth walked over

"We'd like to join you for gun training today." Beth says to Rick

"Hershel's been very clear. I can't involve any of you in what we do without his okay."

"He doesn't like it, but he consented." She adds

"Otis was the only one who knew guns. Now that he's gone, we gotta learn to protect ourselves. Her father saw the sense in that." Patricia pointed out

"No offense, but I'll ask Hershel myself."

I headed to my tent and grabbed my bag after getting my gun from Dale then walked over to Daryl's tent, "Hey I'm heading out"

"Come here" He says and I walked over kneeling down next to his cot, "Be safe"

"Always am" I tell him and he pulled me into a passionate kiss, "You're not making it easy to leave when you do that."

"I know"

I gave him a quick peck and got up, "Rest, I'll be back" I turned to walk out and felt him slap my butt, "Hey" I smiled pointing my finger at him and he raised his hands and smiled.


"How the hell did this happen?" Lori asked walking over holding the gun my nephew had

"Well, it's my fault. I let him into the RV. He said he wanted a walkie, that you sent him for one." Dale tells us and pointed at Rick

"So on top of everything else, he lied." Lori says

"What's he thinking?" I asked looking at Carl

"He wants to learn how to shoot. He asked me to teach him. Now it's none of my business, but I'm happy to do it." Shane said and I looked at him, "It's your call."

"I'm not comfortable with it." Lori says and I see the look on Rick's face, "Oh, don't make me out to be the unreasonable one here. Rick?"

"I know. I have my concerns too, but..."

"There's no but. He was just shot. He's just back on his feet and he wants a gun?" She asked

"Better than him being afraid of 'em. There are guns in camp for a reason. He should learn to handle them safely." Rick defended

"I don't want my kid walking around with a gun."

"But how can you defend that? You can't let him go around without protection." Rick told her

"He's as safe as he'll ever be right here. Look, everything you're saying makes perfect sense. It feels wrong. I mean I didn't feel good about him following you out into the woods. And I wish I'd said something. I should've gone with my gut." Lori says

"He's growing up, thank God. We've got to start treating him more like an adult."

"Then he needs to act like one. He's not mature enough to handle a gun." Lori said looking at Carl who got up and walked over standing by me

"I'm not gonna play with it, mom. It's not a toy. I'm sorry I disappointed you, but I want to look for Sophia and I want to defend our camp. I can't do that without a gun." Carl tells her and I put my hand on his shoulder

"Shane's the best instructor I know. I've seen him teach kids younger than Carl." Rick tells her and I look over at Shane as Lori walked over to Carl

"You will take this seriously and you will behave responsibly. And if I hear from anyone in this camp that you're not living up to our expectations..."

"He won't let you down." Rick cut her off

"Now if you're gonna do this, you listen to Shane." Rick told him as we walked over to the vehicles

"Okay, dad."

"All right? You be careful." Rick says

"You coming?" Shane asked Glenn

"I gotta help Dale clean the spark plugs on the RV. He said he's gonna teach me mechanics. I should probably go look for him."

"You found me." Dale said from behind him and I chuckled, "He's a good learner." I smiled at Glenn then feel Shane put his hand on my lower back but I moved away and got into the Cherokee with Rick and we drove off.


Me, Rick and Shane watched as the others started to shoot at the targets Shane set up and smiled seeing they were doing pretty good

"Hey, come on, man. Don't give me that gangsta shit." I hear T-Dog say to Jimmy and I chuckled then we walked over to Andrea

"Don't be discouraged. You'll hit the target eventually." Shane told her

"Who says I didn't hit my target?" She asked and Shane looked through a pair of binoculars

"Try this one. It's heavy. You get better balance, twice the rounds." He says handin her a different gun and she aimed it up hitting the can, "I'd say she's got the hang of it."

"I'd say she's ready for the advanced class." Rick added and walked over to Andrea, "It might be worth your while after the rest of us head back to camp."

"Sure. Why not?" She tells him and he walked over to me as I stood by Carl and Lori, I see him look at me but I looked back at Carl who was shooting at the target with Rick's help.


"Hey you" I said peaking my head into Daryl's tent

"Hi" He grumbled looking at a book

I moved over and sat down next to his cot holding two plates of food, "Brought you something to eat" I tell him and he looked at me setting the book down and I handed him the plate

"Thanks"

I took a bite of my food and look at him, "How are you feeling?"

"Gettin' better. How was gun training?"

"Carl did pretty good, so did everyone else." I said and he nodded, "Okay, what's on your mind?" I asked him and he looked at me then set his plate down, he then went to sit up and I quickly put my plate down and helped him up but then he pulled me onto his leg

"Just thinking about you"

"Awe how sweet" I tell him with a smirk

"And Shane" He adds and I look at him confused, "You told me you don't have feelings for him anymore but I can't help but think that he's gonna..."

"Hey," I cut him off and wrapped my arms around his neck, "Nothing and no one will take me away from you, not even Shane. I want you, only you." I tell him and he captured my lips with his and pulled me close to him. Our kiss grew more passionate as he laid me down on his cot then shifted himself hovering over me, "Daryl.."

"I'm fine" He says and continued kissing me moving his lips down my neck lightly biting at the same time, I quietly moaned because the rest of our group was outside walking around.

"Kate?" I hear Lori say from outside and I groaned.

"You better go" Daryl told me and I kissed him again then he moved and I stood up then walked out

"Yeah?" I asked her and she turned to look at me

"Can you help me?" She asked and I nodded then followed her.


"Hey!" I hear Maggie yell as she stormed over to me and Lori, "We got your stuff."

"Maggie, hang on, please." Glenn yells after her

"Come on in here." Lori told her and I looked at her in confusion

"Why? Nothing to hide. We got your special delivery right here. We got your lotion, got your conditioner, your Soap Opera Digest." Maggie says throwing stuff on the ground and I see something else get thrown on the ground

"Maggie." Lori said

"Next time you want something, get it your damn self. We're not your errand boys."

"Honey, I..." Lori started to say but Maggie picked something us and shoved them against Lori

"And here's your abortion pills." She says and stormed away, Glenn looked at us then followed her

"Lori?" I turned and asked her, she looked at me and I saw tears in her eyes

"Kate I..." She says but I walked away. I couldn't believe she was pregnant, with my brothers baby, my neice or nephew and she wanted to get rid of it.