I know i know it's been forever, and i have no good excuse other than i totally fell out of the Rhythm of writing and the fact that season three so far has thrown me for a loop. if they kill Merle or Daryl i will Riot. i want to than A Darker Heaven And Hell, For beta-ing this chapter and the future chapters. Thanks! well i've said all i needed to say onwards to chapter 8!


Chapter 8

-3rd person-

Saying Shane was pissed was an understatement; he stomped around the pool house cursing Daryl and Hilary. He sits down on the bed and formulates a plan; a plan to lure Hilary away from the redneck, to make her stay with him. Rick walks in; the look on his face let Shane know that he was in for it.

"What the hell is your problem man?" Rick asks him. Shane runs his hand over his head and stands up.

"I don't know man. I just got overwhelmed by her; you have Lori, I just wanted someone." Shane lies through his teeth. He knew why he did it; he did it because he wanted to feel control over something and to replace Lori. Hilary is the complete opposite of Lori; and he thought if someone like Hilary would be with him maybe he could forget about Lori.

"You can't just go threatening little girls like that, man." he says raking his hand through his hair. "I have to protect our group! And right now you're a threat."

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?! HUH?! SHOOT ME?" Shane yells getting into Rick's face. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE TOO SOFT RICK! YOU COULDN'T PROTECT THIS GROUP IF YOU HAD EVERY CHANCE IN THE WORLD!" Shane did see it coming when Rick's fist connects with his face.

"You go near Hilary, Holly, or Claire I will let Daryl loose on you and I won't stop him when he kills you."

"That's so like you!" he snaps "Choose some Hick over your best friend."

"I'm not picking him over you Shane. In some weird way Hilary is Daryl's woman and he's going to do everything to keep her safe."

Shane scoffs and walks into the bathroom. Rick sighs and leaves; he makes his way back to the main house. Lori meets him at the door, a look of sadness on her face.

"He's changing Rick." she whispers. "Ever since you came back he's been changing."

"I don't understand why though. Before I got shot I thought we were on the same page, what happened between then? What did I do to upset him?" Lori looks down ashamed.

"Rick, we need to talk." she whispers. Rick stares into his wife's eyes, instantly knowing something wasn't right. He nods and follows her to their bedroom.


Holly watches as Carol teaches Sophia and Claire how to make oatmeal. A smile on her face as Claire poured the oats into the boiling water. Ever since the fiasco in Hilary's room, neither she nor Daryl has emerged from her room.

"Holly?" Andrea says coming to the kitchen. She looks up at the older blond. She motions to the living room and Holly follows.

"Is there a room that I can stay in? I don't want to share with Shane anymore." Holly nods and leads her to the room next to Claire and Sophia to find no bed. She sighs and knocks on Hilary's door. Her Aunt answers.

"Andrea needs a place to stay and there's not a bed in the room next to you. Can she have your old room?" Holly asks glancing at Daryl who casually lies on Hilary's bed. She nods and Andrea thanks her. Holly walks across the hall to Hilary's old room. Andrea gasps as they enter. Holly smiles as she hears Andrea say wow.

"Well here it is." Holly informs her. Andrea looks around at the photographs. "Aunt Hilly took photography in high school." Andrea smiles and thanks her. Holly nods and walks out of the room leaving her alone. She descends the stairs to find Glen, Sophia, Carl, and Claire staring at her.

"Yes?"

"Can we play Candy land?" Claire asks with doe eyes. Holly nods; they smile and run to the kitchen table. They start the game and laughs filled the room.


Lori looks at the man she had been married to for the last 13 years. She knew what she was about to tell him would tear him apart.

"When I thought you were dead, Shane and I started a relationship." She says. Rick's blue eyes pierce through her. He asks her when and if it ended. "Once you came back I stopped it; I thought you were dead. He told me you were dead. I'm so sorry Rick." Rick looks as if he is thinking it over and pulls Lori into a hug.

"I forgive you." he whispers in her ear. Lori whispers 'I love you' in his ear and he smiles.


Hilary watches Daryl as he watches the pool house making sure that Shane doesn't escape. Hilary frowns and lies back on the bed.

"Daryl?" She says. He grunts but doesn't say anything "Where were you when everything went to hell?" He turns to her and sits in a chair watching her as he began to tell her his story

"Merle and I were at a bar when it hit home. He went off with some woman from the bar. Then around three in the morning he charges in saying that her boyfriend was home and he looked sick as fuck. When she went to check on him, he took a chunk out of her arm. Merle got his ass out of there; said we needed to go to Atlanta that the Man on the radio said to. That's what we did. We met Rick's group, lost Merle, then I met you and here we are." Hilary smiles gets up and walks over to him. She settles herself on his lap. "What about you?"

"Holly had a play; she was Wendy in Peter Pan. We went out for pizza afterward and when we walked in the owner Joey was chomping on one of the waitress. That kinda put a damper on our plans we went home and locked all the doors then the next day my best friend Ashley, not the one who slept with Jake, came over yelling about how some of the nurses were eating the old people at the nursing home. We got the girls from school because some of the kids were acting weird, took them home and heard about Atlanta so we left. Before we got a chance to get away Ash was bit so I had to kill her." Hilary sighs as Daryl takes her hand. "Once we got to Atlanta we found out that was a line of shit. We started towards here, to Shelby. We met up with your camp and here we are, sitting in my parent's old room trying to live in a world that's gone to hell in a hand basket."

She turns from the window to look into Daryl's piercing blue eyes. She felt safe here on his lap, his hand in hers. She felt more safe here than anywhere else. Daryl's hand goes from her hand to the back of her head. His lips crash into hers.

Shane stood at his window staring up at her bedroom window. He could barely make out the kissing couple. He growls and punches the wall. He had to come up with a plan.


Please Review! chapter nine is being written right now; hopefully i can crank it out soon. oh and just a warning; i've become a bit obsessed with Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. so be warned i might be writing random Stories about some of their movies. again review please

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