New Faces

(Katie's pov)

I could see the camp now. The site was very basic, nothing special but seeing people alive sitting around the area was like a gift. It gave me a new feeling of hope, that if they could survive and take care of themselves even this much then why couldn't the people that I knew. My family back in Scotland would be fine, knowing them they'd be fighting like animals against the walkers and they were smart, they knew how to survive. But Rachel...she was still in the city as far as I knew, as smart as she was she needed people to stay sane...I need to know where she is, if she is okay or if she'd been bitten. Please god let her be safe, she's the last person I have in this country...she's all I've got left.

"I'm back! And I brought a guest." Glenn shouted throwing the rucksack to a white bearded man wearing a fishing hat. Not sure what to do with myself I followed Glenn up to the parked RV were the breaded man stood, searching through the bag briefly. I could feel curious eyes staring at the back of my head making me keep my head down trying to pretend the eyes weren't there.

"Nice work Glenn, this should keep us going for now." The bearded man gave it to a dark haired man, letting his attention fall on me. Even if I was nervous something about his eyes made me feel like there was nothing to fear from him. He looked very friendly, just your everyday calm elderly man. Taking a deep breath I stepped out from behind Glenn and looked up shyly at him. A friendly smile came across his face and he spoke in a kind voice, "Who's this?" I wasn't too sure if he was talking to me or Glenn but I chose to reply.

"I'm Katie Gray, I'm sorry that I'm coming into your camp like this but when Glenn saved me he'd said that you guys needed new members so..." It felt weird saying this to a bunch of complete strangers and even weirder asking to join their group. Heck before this had all happened I wouldn't have even asked to go out with my friends unless they had invited me too. To be honest I felt like I was being really rude doing this but I had no other option's right now.

Looking over to the dark haired man who after a second nodded, the bearded guy turned back to me with a quick nod. "Well I can't see why not, you look able and we could use more help and beside's we can spare some food for another person." A smile broke out across my face, "You'll take me in? Thank you! Thank you so much!" Overjoyed I stepped forward and gave the man a quick hug without even caring if I looked weird or silly.

"Woah! Haha, it's no problem there's no way we could leave you out there all by yourself. It's hell out there even in a group, sending you out there alone would be like killing you right here." Letting him go I continued to smile though I could feel the eye's of the others staring at me even more now. It didn't matter at this point I was going to live thanks to these people and Glenn most of all. And speak of the devil Glenn stepped up behind me and raised his voice to speak.

"So I guess we should introduce you to everyone, their all sitting there by the fire...come on." As soon as he mentioned the rest of the group I felt my nerves starting up again. 'It's okay their just people they aren't gonna kill you,' I thought as Glenn lead me to the others. Before I knew it I was staring face to face with them, standing uncomfortably next to Glenn. After a minute he'd realized I wasn't speaking so he went on and started the introduction's with ease.

"Okay umm first this is Lori and her son Carl," He motioned towards a very thin looking brown haired woman sitting next to a pale, brown haired little boy, "this is Amy and her sister Andrea," Two blond, pretty, strong looking women, "Ed, his wife Carol and their daughter Sophia," A mean looking big gutted man that looked at me up and down like he was studying me all over, an extremely thin short grey haired woman and a pretty little blond haired girl, "Morales, Miranda and their son Louis and daughter Eliza," A smiling big man with a very tired looking woman and a happy little girl and boy, " that's Jim, Jacqui and T-Dog," Another bearded black haired man with a cap on, a black pretty woman and a black man with a kind of hip hop look about him, "and that's Dale and Shane." The friendly elderly man and the dark haired man from before. "Guys this is Katie and she's going to be joining our group."

There was a bit of mixed reactions to the news but most of them either nodded or smiled at me making me feel welcomed. They weren't so bad at least not as bad as I'd thought they were going to be, just a group of normal people all trying to survive whatever the hell was going on. I struggled to remember all their name's so I just smiled and waved wordlessly. Before anything else could be said there was the sound of a twig snapping followed by the sound of approaching feet. Everyone's heads snapped quickly to where the sound had came from. Walking out of the tree's were two heavily built men carrying a huge dead buck by it's antlers and legs. They were very rough looking and sorta reminded me of those stereotypes you found in the southern states...rednecks I think they were called. They at least had the tough look of them. One was taller and meaner looking while the other while still rough, looked much more handsome than his friend. Looking at him I felt my face go hot but I quickly hid it with my hair as I quickly forced myself to calm down.

"Oh yeah sorry Katie I almost forgot, this is Merle and his brother Daryl their also part of the group." I was kinda surprised by his tone, like he wasn't really happy that they were or something. My eye's looked over to the pair as they dropped the buck to the ground and the meaner looking one, Merle I think, walked over to me and looked me up and down when he was standing in front of me. Something about him made me feel very uncomfortable and unsafe. It didn't get any better when he opened his mouth to start talking.

"Listen here sugar tits," I felt my temper starting to slip already. Sugar tits...you've got to be shitting me. " I ain't got a problem about you being here but lets get one thing straight. You and me 'ill get on fine and dandy as long as you keep your mouth shut and out of my business. We clear." What an ass. Glaring I bit back my tongue and replied back, nearly spitting venom. "Same to you." Merle raised his eyebrows for a second then snorted and started to walk back to the buck. As soon as he wasn't near the camp fire everyone went back to what they were doing before the brother's had came back and probably before I'd arrived.

God I've never wanted to hit a man so much in my life! Taking I deep breath I calmed down slightly but still not ready to completely let what he'd said go. Turning my head I looked over to where the men had dropped the deer and found myself locking eyes with Merle's brother Daryl. We stared at each other, standing still for a few seconds before I furrowed my brow and when I did he looked away and walked up to where his brother was making work on the deer. Before I could question that I felt a hand gently be placed on my shoulder making me jump a little. Looking up I met the tired and sad eyes of the woman I remembered was named Carol.

"We're about to start making lunch, if you want you could lend a hand." Feeling my temper nearly settling back to normal I smiled at her and nodded, it was kinda funny but I'm already starting to like Carol. Or it wasn't just Carol, but this whole group had been very welcoming, well most of them anyway. I felt myself smile as I helped Carol and the other girl's of the camp make lunch while others hung out the washing. If I hadn't gotten up the courage to get out of the car I would have probably still been out in Atlanta or worse. I was really thankful to Glenn and everyone here. They'd made me feel safe again and that's all I really needed right now, was to feel safe.

Author's Note - Woohoo! Third chapter ready? I'm feeling proud of myself haha. I hope the next two or three chapters will be up this weekend but I'm really busy. So please don't be too disappointed if I only get one posted. I'll update as soon as I can! It's 3:00 am over here and I have school today so be happy! Please review or favourite! It'll make me smile.