Sorry about the wait; I was having a close friend spend the weekend over, and I don't go online when I have a guest.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead
"We need to make her feel more welcomed," Carley said after a moment of thinking.
"Okay. We can do that, but how?"
"You notice how she's been trying to stay isolated? Well, I don't think she feels like a part of the group, and I think she's stable enough to give her jobs. If she feels as if she's pulling her own weight, her will to survive will get stronger." Lee nodded in approval.
"That's smart."
"Well, yeah!" She answered in her cocky, joking tone.
"Christa!" Lee and Carley turned in the direction of the yelling. It was Omid; he had clearly heard of his fiance's plans. He didn't sound angry, just frustrated, as if she had been consistantly pursuing him of leaving. "Where would we go? How would we keep a baby safe?"
"I told you what he did! It's not safe here, either."
Omid's voice got gentiler. "Remember all the times Lee's been there for us. Do you really think that would change now? You see how he is with Clementine, too. I trust him, I think you should, too."
Christa stayed quiet for a moment, before, finally, responding. "Alright. I'll stay. Just for the baby's safety."
The two watched them hug.
"Well, I'm glad that's taken care of," Carley said. "Now, on to Lilly..."
As leader of the group, Lee decided who stayed to watch the camp, and who went out to collect water, occasionally hunting or a supply run, which was Molly's job since she offered, and on scout patrol. Since the encounter with the walker, the team couldn't be too careful. There had to be a scout patrol sent out several times a day to ensure the safety of their group.
"Okay, today Kenny and Christa will stay with the camp. Omid and I will collect water. And scouting the area will go to Carley, Molly... And Lilly."
"Huh?" Since Lilly had arrived here, her name hadn't even been mentioned in the patrols. It was Kenny's first morning here, but his was mentioned. Even if it was just to say he staying. She never even expected to earn their trust back completely, so she usually didn't even show up after the first few days.
"Is there a problem, Lilly?" Lee asked, calmly. She hesitated for a moment then shook her head no.
"No, I'm ready."
"Good. You all know the drill, if anything goes wrong, return to camp immediately.
"You're beginning to sound like a drill sargent," Carley said playfully to Lee and leaned up to plant a firm kiss on his lips before heading out with the rest of her patrol.
Walking along the plains, Molly walked a few meters infront of the two adults.
"So, why did Lee send me out for the first time?" Lilly asked, giving Carley a suspicious look. Carley quickly picked up on it, but decided to play dumb for Lilly's sake.
"Maybe he just thought that you needed to get out of the camp for awhile." The former Air Force worker obviously didn't buy it; she knew she was lying, but she appreciated it.
There was one question that had been burning in Lilly's mind since the two girls' talk yesterday afternoon. She knew she should keep her mouth shut; everyone seemed to be finally warming up to her. All except Kenny, who was purposely avoiding her, and Christa, who still seemed wary. She had to ask. She needed to.
"Who was it?"
"What?"
"Who was slipping the pills?" Anger flooded through Carley; she was still pointing a finger at her andshe hadn't done shit! She was just beginning to trust her, and she asks her that?!
"Are you kidding me? You're not over that?!" Lilly squeezed her eyes shut tightly, as she realized she'd made a mistake.
"I'm not accusing you of anything... I just want to know."
"You don't need to know anything," Carley snapped. "You have to learn how to get over it, and move on with your fucking life. " She walked past Lilly and caught up to Molly, who had heard everything.
"I'm sorry," Lilly thought, "I'm so, so sorry!" Lilly then turned and ran back in the dirrection of the camp, racing past it, alerting the attention of Christa who sat atop of her watching post on the roof of a van that sat in the center of the lot.
The two girls ignored Lilly until Carley had remembered the knife that Lee had trusted her with. She then sped off after her, calling her name, frantically trying to catch other women before she did what Carley was sure she was going to do.
She kept running. Deep down, she wanted someone to stop her, but in another sense, she wanted to save herself. She wanted to end it all. Ignorring the disstant calls, and the extreme presure in her lungs, she kept running. She allowed tears to flow freely down her cheeks, and she finally, without realizing it, began to slow down. Only to be tackled to the ground by Carley, who hadn't stopped chasing her. She held her, ripping the knife from her hands.
"What the Hell are you doing?! How the fuck do you think this is going to help?!" Lilly started sobbing into the other girl's shirt, as the others had just began to catch up, gathering around the two women.
"I didn't know she was this unstable," Lee whispered to Omid.
