Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead.
Justice sat on the porch reading like she usually did, but this time she wasn't alone. Enid had decided to join her. Neither of them had really talked before, but Justice wasn't going to say no to the company. Enid took a deep breath and put her book down.
"What do you think of the new people?" Enid asked and Justice glanced at her over her book. "We all know you went to see them this morning."
Justice sighed and put her book down. "They seem like good people."
Enid rolled her eyes. "We all know you know on of them. There isn't really much you can hide from us. Small community and such."
Justice smirked. "Oh yeah. I know how that goes. Daryl. He was a family friend from before. He saved my life when all this started."
Enid tilted her head for a second. "Which one is Daryl? Is he the long haired grubby one?"
Justice smiled. "Yep that would be him."
Enid was silent for a little longer. "Why don't we go hang out with the others."
Justice shook her head. But Enid wasn't going to drop it. "Ok. Fine."
Justice followed Enid to Ron's house and led her up the stairs to Ron's bedroom. Mikey was more than excited to have Justice join them. Ron on the other hand seemed a little unsettled to have her there. He didn't say any thing as she and Enid took over the bed and once again opened their books. Enid leaned up against the wall while Justice took the foot of the bed and laid down on her stomach. They hadn't been there for too long when Jesse called Ron back down. A few minutes later, they heard Ron coming back up the stairs talking to some one.
"Sounds like Ron brought the new kid." Mikey said with a smirk. Sure enough, Ron soon walked in with Carl.
"Guys this is Carl." Ron said introducing them to Carl. "Carl this is Mikey and Enid. And I heard you already met Justice."
"Hey Carl." Justice said not looking up from her book. Mikey was a little more friendly than Enid and got to her feet
"Hey."
"Hi." Enid said less enthused.
"Enid is from out side too." Ron said as if that made her sound cool. "She just came a few months ago."
Carl seemed to be taken by Enid and Justice rolled her eyes. She had remembered what had happened when Enid first showed up. Ron and Mikey where running after her like a lost puppy looking for a cuddle. Carl reached back into his back pocket. "Oh, is this yours?"
Ron smirked and shook his head. "Sorry. We didn't know you guys got that house."
"We usually just hang out there and listen to music." Mikey said and Justice rolled her eyes having a sneaking suspicion that's not all that went on in the house. "That's Enid's."
Enid grabbed it out of Carl's hand as if its presence annoyed her and threw it on the bed next to her. Justice gave the girl an odd look, but received a glare in return so she didn't say a word. Carl looked like she had just broken his heart.
"You wanna play some video games?" Ron asked trying to quickly change the subject. "Or Mikey's house has a pool table. But his dad is kinda strict about it. So…"
"It's ok." Mikey said. "He's at work."
Carl shook his head and Justice knew exactly what he was thinking. All of this seemed so stupid to him. Worrying about a pool table, playing video games. Going to school. It didn't seem like real problems to him.
"Sorry, I guess we come on kinda strong." Ron said taking Carl's silence as confusion. "Or well we can just hang out."
"You don't even have to talk if you don't wanna." Mikey added.
Ron nodded. "Yeah it took Enid three weeks to say something. And this is the first time we've really talked to Justice."
Enid finally looked up from her book and looked up at Carl. "Pull it together, Sport."
Carl looked at Justice for a little support but realized she never took her eyes off her book. So he made his own decision. "Lets uh. Let's play some video games."
"Good choice." Justice said still not taking her eyes off her book. Carl knew why. Once Daryl had come back from his walk he pretty much kicked Justice out of the house. Carl wasn't sure what had made Daryl so mad, but he knew better than argue with him. So he had just taken Judith back from her and let her walk out the door. Now Justice probably thought he didn't like her. Justice read a few more pages than got to her feet.
"I'm going to go see my sister." Justice said getting to her feet.
"She's home." Carl said as he tried his hardest to stay on the road on the video game. "I saw some guy helping her into her house."
"Dark hair. Looks like a self absorbed asshole?" Justice asked and Carl nodded. "Great."
"My house is free. Except for Carol." Carl said as he crashed into a wall. "I'm sure she'd me more than willing to let you hang out there and help with Judith."
Justice shrugged. "Think I'll take my chances with my sister and her kissing face with Aden. Thanks though. I'm sure I'll be popping in and out though. Your dad asked me to baby sit if you where busy."
Carl gave her a confused look. "Good to know I guess."
Justice nodded and headed out the house. She said good-bye to Jesse and headed down the street. She really didn't want to go home. June and Aden's relationship had never left the heavy make out season stage and it was actually getting on her nerves. She was getting tired of walking in on them. So she just walked down the street till she ended up standing in front of Daryl. He was sitting on the porch messing with his cross bow as Judith slept on a blanket next to him.
"Find your way back I see." Daryl said not looking up from what he was doing. Justice slowly climbed the steps till she was sitting by his feet. She looked down at Judith and smiled.
"Where they surprised at how good you where with her?" Justice asked as she looked up at him. He just shrugged and kept playing with his bow. Justice knew he had been cleaning it before she got there, and now he was just messing with it to avoid talking to her. "I bet they where. June used to tell me how awkward you where with me the first couple of weeks. Like you where scared you would break me."
"I was scared I'd break you." Daryl admitted spitting something out of his mouth. "You where smaller than she was when she was born. And you where two months old. Not to mention you'd cry bloody murder if I even looked at you."
"You're a scary looking guy." Justice teased. "Although not as bad as you look now. With all that hair in your eyes. And that smell. Ick."
"I smell fine." Daryl said putting his bow down finally.
"You smell like the pig pen back home." June said with a laugh. "Like really man. Take a shower. I promise the water isn't going to melt you. You have to be a bit on the sweet side for that to happen."
"It's my protective layer." Daryl said trying his hardest not to smirk.
"Well your protective layer has got to go." Justice said looking up at him. Daryl sighed and looked down at the girl.
"Fine. But watch Judith." Daryl got to his feet, playfully ruffled up her hair and headed to finally take a shower. Daryl was in there for quite some time and when he came out Justice was holding a sleeping Judith while reading a book. Daryl watched her for a moment and smiled. He had witnessed June do the same thing when Justice was a baby.
"What?" Justice asked feeling Daryl's eyes on her.
"You remind me of…"
"June?" Justice said looking up from her book. Before he had the time to answer June was on the porch and she did not look happy. She put her hands on her hips and glared down at her sister, till she saw Judith.
"You all have a baby?" June said in awe. She looked up at Daryl and she slowly sat down next to Justice as if she was scared to get close to her. "Can I hold her?"
Daryl shrugged. "She aint mine. You'll have to ask Rick when he gets back."
Justice rolled her eyes and carefully put Judith in June's arms. She then looked up at Daryl. "You where the one that gave me permission to hold her when Carl didn't want to let me. Stop being a baby. You know June."
Daryl didn't say a word as he watched June hold Judith close to her. He didn't want to let June hold her, because the moment she did, he knew he couldn't be mad at her.
"She's precious. What's her name?" June asked looking up at Daryl.
"Little Ass Kicker." Daryl said with a smirk.
"Who in their right mind would let you name a child?" June asked then bit her bottom lip. "Sorry. I didn't mean too.."
"Your fine." Daryl said with a smirk. "Her name's Judith. And I seem to think I did good with naming Justice."
Justice looked up at Daryl in surprise. "Wait a minute? You named me? And all you could come up with was Justice?"
June burst out laughing. "Man, I haven't laughed like that in a very long time."
"None of us have." Daryl said with a smile. He walked up to June and placed his pointer finger under her chin. He slowly brought her head up till their eyes met. "Apology accepted."
Before they could answer, they heard a commotion at the gate. June rolled her eyes and carefully handed Judith back to Justice. She stood up and pointed to Daryl. "You may need to come see this."
"Let me guess. Aden's being a dick again?" Justice said. Daryl smirked but June glared at her.
"Language. You stay here with Judith." June said as she led Daryl to the gate. They could see Aden and Glen practically nose to nose and June let out another sigh. "Ok. So maybe I do have a type."
Daryl smirked but said nothing as he stood back and let the scene in front of him unfold.
"Aden? What is going on?" Deanna said coming down the other street with Maggie not far behind her. Aden only glanced up from Glen's face to see June walking up with Daryl.
"This guy's got a problem with the way we do things." Aden replied. He glared over at Daryl not liking how close he and June where standing. He then turned to his mother. "Why did you let these people in?"
"Because we actually know what we are doing out there." Glen replied. Aden took one last look at June as he saw Daryl put his hand out to stop her from getting any closer. That was the last straw for him. First Glen was trying to tell him how to do things, and then Daryl comes out of no where and tries to buddy up to his girl again. He wasn't going to have it. and he was going to show June who they where messing with. He turned on Glen and took a swing. Deanna yelled at him to stop just as Glen ducked and came back up fist ready and nailed him square in the nose.
"That's going to leave a mark on pretty boys face." Daryl said with a smirk. June didn't have a chance to respond before Daryl was getting in the mix and taking Nicholas down before he had the chance to attack Glen from behind. Rick and Carl had just come in from out side the walls when every thing happened, and he quickly went to get Daryl off Nicholas. Justice also joined in the crowd of on lookers as everything went down. Judith still sleeping soundly in her arms. Rick was finally able to get Daryl off Nicholas, but Daryl was ready for another attack, as he walked back and forth, waiting for an opening as Rick blocked him. June walked up behind Daryl and swiped the red hanky he had hanging out of his right butt pocket. He looked back long enough to see her wink at him and walk over to Aden. That's when he saw the hanky in her hand. He reached behind him to grab his and shook his head. Sure enough, she had taken his.
June went to walk away with Aden, but Deanna stopped her. "June, I'd like you to take your sister back to their house. I want a word with you after I'm done here."
June nodded and led Justice back to Daryl's house. They weren't there for to long when Daryl came storming back. He walked up to June and held out his hand. June shook her head at him. "You can have it back when you start trying."
"Or I can just take it back." Daryl said getting closer to her. He soon had her backed into the front door. June took a deep breath in as he placed a hand on her hip and slowly started moving it back. June looked deep into his eyes and saw no emotion there. Nothing to tell her what he was up too. Right before his hand started to make its way down to her butt, he grabbed his hanky from her other hand. He backed away, held it up, then walked back into the house. June turned towards her sister who had a slight smirk on her face.
"Don't look at me. You kind of had that coming." Justice said as she turned and walked into the house as well.
"June?" June jumped and turned to see Deanna standing behind her. "Come with me."
June looked down at her feet and started to wonder how much of that she had seen. But she never mentioned it. Instead, she took June into her home and was surprised to see Maggie there. She motioned Maggie to follow as well and both girls walked into the study. Deanna quickly closed the door behind them.
"I wanted Maggie in here as a witness that I'm not being an over protective mother here." Deanna said with a heavy sigh. "Both of you have a seat."
The girls obeyed and waited as Deanna played a moment on her computer then turned it around to show a video of a very filthy looking June and Justice. She played the video and June started talking. She introduced herself and her sister and told of where she came from. And of a man that had saved her sister's life from the dead.
FLASHBACK
"Tell me more about this man." Deanna said from behind the camera.
A frightened looking June nodded. "He… He uh was a close friend of mine before all of this happened. What I wouldn't give to see his face again. Just to hug him again."
"Is he gone?" Deanna asked and Justice shook her head frantically.
"No way. If any one was going to survive it was him." Justice said then sadly looked up at her sister. "I miss him."
"So do I." June said as she wiped her tears away. "He pretty much helped me raise Justice. He meant the world to us. I just wish he would have followed us."
"If we found him, and he didn't want to stay…" Deanna started, but she didn't have the chance to finish.
"I'd leave with him in a heart beat." June said wiping her tears away one more time. Justice nodded in agreement.
END FLASH BACK
"Is Daryl this man you where referring too?" Deanna asked. Maggie looked at the girl in utter shock. She was there when Justice had told a few stories about knowing Daryl before, but she didn't realize how well they actually knew him.
"Yes." June said as she looked away from the computer screen.
"Do you still believe what you said here?" Deanna asked. "I'm not saying that Daryl will leave. I'm asking because you are involved with my son, and I'm worried something will happen with him and Daryl."
June looked up at Deanna. And with out faltering, gave her answer. "No. This is my home."
Deanna nodded and let Maggie and Deanna go. The moment they where out side the house June turned on Maggie. "Daryl hears about none of this."
"Your secret is safe with me." Maggie said and June nodded.
"I just. I just don't want to let him know." June said with a heavy sigh. "Just some things don't need too be brought back up."
Maggie smiled and put a comforting hand on June's shoulder. "I promise. I won't tell a soul."
June smiled. "You know I think we could have been great friends once upon a time."
Maggie shrugged. "We still can be. Nothing in the law book that says we can't."
June smiled again. "I guess I don't really trust the people around Daryl. I feel like they'll tattle on me."
Maggie laughed. "We don't talk about you. We have all learned fast that it is a touchy subject with him."
June just nodded and walked away. She knew she had been a bit rude to Maggie, but she had a feeling Deanna was still listening to her conversation. She walked back to her house, and wasn't surprised to find it empty. Justice was once again hanging out at Daryl's house.