I can't help it! I want Dale and Jenna to be friends... but then again things could change. I don't wanna stop ;)
Enjoy this one :D
" Well no one can blame you." Dale said after a long pause. " I'm sure you had a perfectly good reason." Dale said.
" Yeah I guess you could call it that." She rolled her eyes. " Come to think of it. There wasn't a good reason. Drunk wedding night mistake." She said under her breath. Dale looked at her with shock.
" You don't seem like the type…"
" Yeah well I'm not, but a lot of things were going wrong and well he was there." She explained.
" Good reason." He pointed out. " Well I'm sure things will be alright. Just between you and me, I would rather you stay. You seem like the type to trust with a gun." He smiled at her.
" Thanks Dale." Jenna smiled at the man. He smiled back.
" Goodnight Jenna. Try and get some sleep." He said as he walked back to the RV.
The next morning was chaos. Rick and Hershel had come out of the woods leading walkers to the barn. Shane snapped and opened the doors to barn and started shooting the walkers that came out. Jenna and Beth stayed back. Quiet spread around the farm when it was all over. There was one last walker in the barn no one saw coming. The little girl everyone had looked for. Her mother ran to her but Daryl stopped her. Jenna watched Daryl hold Carol and she felt bad for the women. Sophia and Beth did look-alike in some ways and it made Jenna uneasy. She held onto Beth tightly.
The day was mellow after that. The other buried the dead and had a service. Beth stayed close to Carl and Jenna stood up by the house. She noticed how heart-broken Hershel was. His whole family was in there and he had hope that they could be cured.
Jenna had been getting looks from Lori all day and she knew it was time to leave. Jenna was about to get Beth she saw Hershel get in a car and speed off. She had heard he was a drinker. Maybe there was a town.
" Bethy? Come here." She called her over from Carl who was sitting with his mother and Dale. Beth walked up quickly. " I want you to stay close to Carl. I have to go out for a little while. I have to check on something okay?" She said to Beth.
" But I don't want you to." She said with a sad face.
" I know. But I'll be back. Don't tell anyone that I'm going ok? Just stay close to Carl." She said. Beth nodded and walked back to Carl. Dale looked up with a worried smile. She smiled back because she was going into the town to follow Hershel.
She walked away and no one was watching. When she did walk away she noticed Daryl standing at the top of the hill. She wasn't sure if he was looking at her but she suddenly felt her self smile. He looked at her and then walked away. Neither of them knew what was happening but both of them had just shared a moment. A moment of no anger or worry. How was it that she had just yelled at him and was so angry so happy to see him. When she saw him first she wanted to run into his arms but she couldn't.
She shook her head and her thought of Daryl left. She took one of the cars and made sure her gun clip was reloaded. She had ten bullets left. She prayed she wouldn't have to use them. She drove down the same road Hershel did and noticed the town was small and looked empty. She parked next to the beat up pick up Hershel had driven here and looked around. She got out quietly and then she saw the bar.
She walked in and he was sitting at the bar drinking out of a small glass drink. He didn't even move when she sat next to him. " hi." She said. He didn't say anything. " Taking up drinking?" She asked grabbing a glass and taking a drink as well.
" Might as well." He said.
" Why you say that?" She asked.
" You not looked around lately?" the man said. " There is no more hope." He said and Jenna said nothing. They sat and drank.
" Jenna?" Rick called for her outside of her tent. There was no answer.
" Rick…" Beth's voice said from behind him.
" Hey sweetheart." He smiled. " Where is your sister?" he asked.
She looked down. " I don't know." She lied.
Rick kneeled down looking at the girl's nervous face. " Bethy, I know when you lying." He said. " Where did you sister go?" He asked again. " I won't be mad." he said.
" She followed the man to the town. She told me not to tell anyone." She said.
Rick sighed. " Damn it." he swore.
" Rick!" Maggie came running out of the house. " Have you seen my daddy!" The older girl asked. Everyone had gathered around.
Rick shook his head. " Yeah. He and one of ours are in the town." He said.
" Jenna?" Shane asked. Lori got angry.
" Well one problem solved." Lori said rudely.
" Glenn come with me. We are going to get those two." Rick said ignoring his wife.
" WHAT!" Lori yelled.
" Lori not now." Rick said waving her off.
" Give me a sec I'll be right back." Glenn was more than happy to go after her and Hershel.
" No." Maggie protested.
" He'll be safe. I'll be with him. I'll bring him and your dad back." Rick ensured Maggie.
" Rick!" Shane and Lori yelled. He ignored them.
" I'm coming with ya." Daryl said.
" No. I need you here. You're the only one I trust right now. Carol needs you and honestly if anything happens Beth will need someone." Rick said which surprised Daryl. IN all the time the two have known each other Daryl thought he only trusted Shane.
" What?" he asked.
" walk with me." Rick said walking away from the group. Daryl followed. " Look I know exactly what you two used to be and I know exactly what happened." He said as Daryl stared the man down. " Now I realize it don't matter no more what our lives used to be like but I know one thing for a fact that if anything were to ever happen to Jenna in that life or this she would still want Beth to safe. I know she would want Beth to be safe with you." Rick spoke. Daryl had no idea where this was coming from but he didn't argue. " Shane has been different lately and you're the only one I can trust with keep these people safe." He said.
" Yeah and why would you think that?" Daryl asked in a low angry tone.
" You looked for Sophia." Rick said looking around for Carol. " You think I didn't realize how much Beth looked like that little girl." Rick said and Daryl looked at him.
He nodded. " Just bring her back." He said and Rick nodded.
Daryl watched as the two drove off down the dirt road. Lori was watching in anger. Lori was glaring at him and couldn't understand why he didn't go with them. Everyone separated. Lori waited. She waited for hours before she had enough and stole a car and took of making Shane go get her.
Things could never just be normal anymore.
