I ran with her. Sometime along the way Beth had stopped running, hunched over with her hands on her kneecaps. She inhaled and exhaled, her body moving fast and her eyes wide open and alert.

"We have to go back.. Maggie.. Judith..", she gasped out, as if she'd just realized what happened. Her body had more than likely gone into shock. I shook my head.

"We'll die.", I said, grasping her hand and tugging her in the opposite direction. She frowned, and smacked my arm.

"Daryl!", She protested. "They could be dyin' right now!" She had a point. But to risk her life, hell no.

"Stay here. I'm goin',", I said as I finally gave up on arguing with her. I let go of her hand and started to walk but she stopped me with a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm not leavin' without you.", She said quietly, a trace of fear laced into her words. We exchanged a long look, and I bent down to kiss her.

"Stay.", I said firmly. "Go up the road, hide n' the first house you see.", she opened her mouth to protest but I stopped her again with my lips. "I'll try and get little ass kicker.", I promised her when I pulled away. "If there's trouble I'm gettin' out of there." She balled up her fist and bit the inside of her cheek, her eyes slightly blurred.

"Alright.", She turned abruptly, whispering be careful, and walked off. I took off in a full run back to the camp, hiding behind various objects when I arrived. There, I saw Maggie on her knees, gun pressed to her head with blood covering her arms. She was crying, silently, but her face was stone cold. Rick was no where to be seen, neither was Carl or the others- only Maggie. Behind me, I heard a distant cry from a child and took off again in that direction.

"Shh, Judith please.", I heard, assuming it was Carl. I walked out, crossbow ready in case it wasn't. The kid had his gun pointed at me as soon as I made sound, but lowered it.

"Where's Rick?", I asked, relieved to see little ass kicker in his arms. Carl stood, but was silent.

"Let's go, they probably heard Judith crying.", Carl said. I helped him in the right direction, and we both ran along the road Beth was once walking. We came up to the first house, and the door was open a crack. Beth. We walked in. I heard distant struggles and rushed upstairs.

There was a walker on top of her, and a bookcase on top of it pinning them both down to the ground. I didn't hesitate to shoot it in the head.

"You okay?", I asked while moving the bookcase. Books spilled out everywhere. Carl picked one up for some reason, stuffing it in my backpack. I pushed the walker off of Beth and helped her up, bringing her into a hug.

"I'm fine.", She told me, looking over to Carl and Judith. She ran over and hugged them both. Carl didn't look too happy to be treated like a kid, but accepted it nonetheless.

"They won't expect us to stop movin'.", I heard myself say. "We're stayin' here tonight.", I closed the door to this room, and pushed the bookcase onto it. The smell of the walker was disgusting, but we could deal with it for the night. We all sat under the window, so no one would see us inside, and finally got some peace of mind.

"Glenn's dead.", Carl said suddenly, his voice rushed. "One of the Termites shot him."

"Termites..", Beth repeated, playing with the word on her lips. She had a hard frown settled on her face, but again, didn't cry. "Maggie?", She asked. I wouldn't tell her what I saw, and exchanged a look with Carl.

"I didn't see her there.", I said, and pulled out some of the cooked deer. We each passed it around, tearing off chunks. Beth fed Judith, helping her get smaller pieces.

"Oh.", Beth said quietly, not really believing me. "Maybe she got away..", She pulled Judith into her lap and wrapped her arms around the baby's waist. Carl quietly ate his portion of the meal, watching us talk.

"I guess the group's separated again.", Carl said quietly, not happy he wasn't with his father I assumed. Beth placed her hand on his sympathetically, and I frowned.

"We found each other before, it'll be okay.", Beth told Carl. Just as I was about to clear my throat, there was a noise downstairs. I placed a finger to my lips and loaded a bolt into the crossbow. Beth slung the backpack onto her shoulders, and came to a crouch, handing Judith to Carl. She took out her knife, ready to fight if necessary. The footsteps came up the stairs, quiet and careful. If it had been someone from Terminus, I assumed they'd know this house already. The door to our room was pushed, and the bookshelf moved with the small shove. I looked through the crack of the door, crossbow ready, but stopped when I saw a familiar face.

"Michonne.", I announced, and moved the bookcase aside. Carl gave Judith back to Beth who'd sheathed her knife, and hugged Michonne.

"Seen Rick?", I asked her. She shook her head. "They have Maggie.", She told us. I glanced to Beth, who had a sad look in her eyes- because she knew we couldn't save her. That night we stayed in the house, separating rooms for the kids. Even though there wasn't a fireplace, it stayed pretty warm with Beth beside me. She and I sat with our backs against the wall for the longest time, just holding hands. I felt her head hit my shoulder, hesitant at first, then relaxed.

I put my arm around her. "Sorry..", I started. "'Bout Maggie.", she looked to me with confusion in her eyes.

"I saw her back at the camp. Glenn was gone and she just sat there.", I told her. This made her expression sadder.

"You knew and you didn't tell me?", She frowned, staring at me.

"Didn't have a chance to before someone else did.", I said. She nodded, and pulled me into a sudden hug.

"What are we going to do?", She whispered in my ear. "Look for the group? Are they dead? Should we even bother?", she let out a large sigh and buried her head in the space between my chin and shoulder. I wasn't sure how to comfort her, so I did the best I could by rubbing her back and pressing an occasional kiss to her head. She fell asleep like that, sitting up and on me. I held her there, getting looks from Michonne who was rooming with us.

I didn't care anymore about what the group would think of us. Maybe it was because the group wasn't here, maybe it was because I cared about her more than anyone, even my brother. She showed me more love daily than my family had in my whole life. Maybe I could've had something like this before everything went to shit, but maybe I didn't want anyone but her. I fell asleep to the sound of her breathing.

We were at the camp. We went back after last night, seeing if anyone left behind anything. We found Maggie, face down in the dirt, and Beth cried out when she saw her.

"Oh god.", She whispered, hand over her mouth with tears streaming her cheeks. "Is she dead?", I leaned down to feel her pulse. She was very much alive. Beth and I rolled Maggie over, finding her eyes open but not responding to us.

"Maggie..", Beth whispered, heartbroken over her sister.

"Glenn..", Maggie's eyes were red and dry. Beth took her sister's hand, sobbing quietly. "I know.", She told her. "Come on get up.", she coaxed. Maggie shook her head. "Get up!", Beth shouted, trying to tug her sister into a sitting position. Her sister again shook her head. I picked Maggie up instead. "No one else is dyin'.", I said with a grunt, putting Maggie's weight on my shoulder. She was limp, and unfighting.

"Daryl put me down.", She said after an hour of walking. My shoulder burned. I set her down, seeing as this was the first time she'd spoken since we found her. She ran to the bushes, vomiting. We waited patiently as she came back, holding her arms and staring at her feet. We continued.

"We need a car.", Beth suggested awkwardly. Her sister stiffened.

"We need to take down terminus.", she spat. "If none of you are comin' with me then go.", the look in her eyes was glassy and cold. Everyone exchanged glances.

"I'll come.", Said Michonne. I was about to say I'd go with when Beth pulled me aside.

"Don't even think about it.", She said. "I spent time without you not knowin' if you were dead and I'm not about to do that again, because we can't leave Judith with Carl, he's already got enough to deal with.", she took my hands and stared intently into my eyes until I spoke.

"I'll stay.", I said, pulling her into a quick embrace. Carl and Michonne were fighting over who else should go.

"Carl we need you here.", Beth frowned.

"Why so you two can have play dates while I watch Judith?", he shot back.

"Carl!", Beth scolded, frowning.

"You know he's way too old for you and there's always been me.", Carl said, moving towards the door. "I'm going for a walk.", he kicked a stray book and slammed the door on his way out.

[A/N: extremely sorry, my internet friends keep pulling me into games and stuff. -_-" I tried to get this written quickly, so excuse any mistakes and if this is shorter than the rest I'm sorry I haven't had time to think of what is going to happen. I'll update ASAP, thank you for the reviews :D hope you're having fun reading. -Sam]