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(Chloe's POV)


"Officer Rick?" My voice trembled as I stared at my old neighbor. He looked about the same as he did when she saw him a few days before he was shot. Only much dirtier due to the fact that showering wasn't a high priority during this time. My eyes raked over everyone else and the next person I saw that I regconised was Shane. "Officer S-Shane?" My voice began to crack because I knew I was going to cry at the sight of them. Some one stepped from behind Rick and I couldn't stop the tears in my eyes. Lori, who has been my second mother since I could remember. Carl was even with them.

"Chloe." Lori breathed out at the sight of me and I couldn't hlep it as I rushed at and hugged her tightly. She hugged me right back and I couldn't help the sobs that racked my body. I wasn't crying out of sadness but happiness. I couldn't help that I reacted this way. Lori was always there when my father decided to not be and my mother was off shopping. I couldn't seem to stop crying and Lori jsut held me while stroking my hair and telling me it is okay. Of course it's okay! It's more than okay! Shane just seemed shocked to see me as well as Rick but he gave me and Lori and awkward side hug. Rick wasn't as close as Lori was with me but he tried. I mean I was the one to baby sit Carl all of the time. After my moment with Lori ended I took a step back and looked to Merle to find him chatting with a rather attractive guy. The two seemed to be arguing and Rick followed my gaze as well as Shane.

"You got to meet Merle then." Shane mumbled and I looked at him. He held a weird expression on his face and I didnt bother to place it. I nodded before glancing back to Merle before looking back at Shane.

"You knew him?" I asked him. He nodded as a reply.

"He was apart of our group, some things happened and he got left behind. When his brother Daryl and a few others including Rick went back to get him he had cut his hand off and left." Shane explained. I giggled though and looked at Rick. The ones around me that were listening gave me a strange look.

"Rick, you're the one who cuffed him to the roof?" I giggled even harder. "This whole time I thought he was complaining about a cop wanna-be." That made the others smile that Merle is complaining about Rick instead of just dealing with Rick himself.

A blonde woman wa giving me a strange look and walked over. "I'm sorry, who are you?" She asked and her tone kind of offended me. She sounded mad, or annoyed.

My smile faded and I glanced down. "Chloe." I murmured. "I was Rick and Lori's next door neighbor before this whole zombie thing." I explained to her and Andrea sighed before walking away. I had a feeling I wasn't going to like her.

Someone else moved and I looked in that direction to see Carl. I smiled to him and he smiled back. He stepped forward and grabbed my hand and my smile couldn't help but grow. "I wanna show you something." Carl said to me and I let him pull me away from the group, with some of the others watching.

(Hershel's POV)

Stepping towards Rick I whispered in a voice only he could hear. "You trust her enough to be alone with your boy?" I asked. After the bar thing I wasn't too keen on outsiders to their group. Rick nodded and looked at me.

"I've know that girl since she was a baby. She's proably the most trust worthy person left on the planet." Rick replied and looked to Lori.

I guess I had to agree with Rick but some of the others I wasn't too sure about. A coupel mroe of them seemed to know others in the group and I guess that is alright but I really did not want a whole bunch of new people on my property.


Thank any readers still reading! The next chapter will have a slight time skip ahead a few days but I will update as soon as I can! Please review?