So before writing this I had a pretty clear vision of this chapter but once I started writing it this is what happened and I like this version of chapter 7 a lot more I just felt like it was important for Beth's storyline. Anyways more thank you's to all of you who have followed, favorited, and review I cant tell you how much it means! Enjoy :)

Greene

The library walls were bleak and Beth was starting to get a little stir crazy. Her emotions were on a flip card switching from angry to sad to worry. Being locked away wasn't ideal and she wanted to be doing more for her family but she knew her job was to protect Judith. As the little girl played with the stuff bear they found a couple of weeks ago Beth allowed her mind to wander to Daryl, when she heard someone at the door she just assumed it was Maggie so when she heard the low voice of Daryl telling her to stay safe she was more than shocked. She thought for sure she had ruined everything, that she lost him completely but his small omission at the door made her cling on to hope that maybe they could at least have a friendship. Having a small piece of Daryl was better than not having him at all, he was a good man and even though he hated people knowing it he was a caring man. Beth's mind drifted from one question to another as the seconds ticked by. Just as she was going over the worst-case scenario in her head for the hundredth time she heard a rustling at the door. Shuffling quickly from the ground she sat closely to the door with Judith in tow.

"Hello?" she asked unsure, hoping it wasn't just the rustling of overturned papers.

"Bethy how you and Judith holding up?"

Hearing the sound of her daddy's voice brought a small tear to her tired eyes. He was always able to bring her back, to ground her, he was home and right now she needed to feel the comfort only her father could give.

"We're okay, I'm worried daddy for everyone and I feel stuck in here not able to help anyone." Resting her head on the door she waited for his words of comfort, waited for him to make her feel better about everything.

"Bethy Dr. S is sick and those people aren't getting better. You in here is more help than you know, you gotta keep Judith safe she might need you more than ever after all of this."

His words were worrying her it sounded like he was saying goodbye, putting Judith on the floor she scrambled to her feet "Daddy?" she asked in a high pitch, worry lacing the familiar word.

"Now Bethy we all got jobs to do and yours is in here and mine, well mine is in there."

She could hear the sound of feet moving "Daddy wait please don't leave us, we need you."

Beth knew her plea wouldn't change his mind but she had to try, in a faded voice she heard the old man's tired voice whisper out "I love you" and then like a leaf in the wind he was gone.

Beth didn't even try to stop the silent tears falling from her blue eyes. Her heart has never felt as heavy as it did in that moment, she wanted to scream and yell, she wanted to stalk out of this musty room and stop her father from risking his life but she couldn't do any of that because if there was one thing people could say about Beth Greene it was she was her fathers daughter and she could see past her sadness and anger, she could see he was right. Dropping to the floor she held her head softly as her heart broke for her family.

Hours seemed to tick by as she fed and played with Judith and it wasn't until she got Judith down for a nap that she allowed her heart to weigh heavy, laying on her stomach next to Judith she watched the shallow breaths move her tiny body up and down. Using her index finger she lightly rubbed it over the baby's nose like a feather, and in a voice sweet and soft she hummed the melody of You Are My Sunshine. As she lay there humming she scanned the little girls features and in that moment her heart wasn't as heavy as before because even in this world of the dead and in this world filled with more sadness than happiness there was this perfect little innocence not yet affected by this harsh life. Judith was hope in this world; hope that it could be better, hope that in a world covered in darkness something so pure and beautiful could still exist. As the song came to an end Beth scooted closer to Judith's small body and allowed her puffy eyes fall shut and dreams of summer picnics and new babies filled her cluttered head.

Beth's eyes snapped open after she heard the first signs of a baby waking up, as the little girl began to coo Beth fixed her a small bottle and held her softly in her arms whispering sweet nothings, they're day went on pretty much the same as the first half had. They would play and thankfully Beth found a small storybook filled with old fairy tales, Beth would try to read and Judith would try to put the book in her mouth. It wasn't until the sun from the small window started to descend that she heard feet outside the library door, with Judith in her hands she slid down on the door and heard the familiar sigh of her sister. Both sisters sat silently for the first minutes, both wrapped in sadness.

It was Beth who spoke first "Daddy's gone, he left."

"I know. Did he tell you where he went?"

"Not exactly, but I know."

"How?"

"Dr. S is sick and we all got jobs to do." Beth's mouth was dry as she waited for her sisters' response and the tears that dried earlier started to swell in those sky like eyes.

"We'll deal right?"

Beth nodded her head out of habit and as the tears started to make their trail down her face, she chocked out

"We don't get to be upset."

"Glenn's sick." Maggie's words fell on Beth ears like lead, she though her dad going in there was bad enough but she was proven wrong once again. With fake confidence Beth responded, "He's got daddy in there, he'll make it Maggie."

Both sisters sat in silence after Maggie's omission, back to back with nothing more than wood between them; both had small tears resting on their cheeks and in their eyes. It wasn't until the sun had disappeared and was replaced by the moon that Maggie made her move to leave.

"I got to go check on Glenn." Standing up the older Greene sister leaned into the door separating her from her sister. With a half smile she gave her goodbye "I love you Bethy."

"I love you too Maggie."