Chapter 10 – where were you when everything was falling apart?

"Where have you been?"

Penny looked up to find Maggie waiting on the porch, her arms crossed with an angry expression.

"I went for a walk."

Maggie's expression went from pissed to incredulous. "So Beth's goes into shock, Dad disappears and you just decide to take off? What if something happened here?" Penny had just passed by her sister to head inside but turned back around to face her again. She had drained during her argument with Daryl and now she just felt tired.

"Maggie there was six people in that room. At least half of them had a better clue of what to do than I did," she replied calmly, she really could not get into another argument tonight.

"You still shouldn't have left. I was gonna come looking for you, Penny you can't just walk off without telling anyone." It didn't escape Penny's notice that their roles seemed to be reversing- it was usually her who was reprimanding someone for going off without saying anything.

"There were too many people in the room. I needed a minute to myself ok?"

"Fine, take a minute. Not an hour."

"An hour?" Penny repeated. "I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was that long."

"Where did you even go?" Maggie asked, seeming to have calmed slightly.

"I told you, I walked. Ended up down by that stone wall we used to run to when we were kids… ran into Daryl," Penny muttered, distracted by the thought of how bizarre that conversation was. The argument went just as well as any argument did but once they'd both spat out what they needed to, there was nothing really left to argue about. Penny had no idea why she had asked Daryl about carving the arrows- her eyes had focused on the way his large hands ran the knife over the wood with such precision, she couldn't help the words falling from her lips. Daryl had answered her questions surprisingly enough but she hadn't stayed long after that.

"Daryl? What was he doing out there?"

Penny rolled her eyes at the thought, "He's pissed at the group so he moved his tent away."

Honestly, to her it seemed a little childish and she hadn't hesitated to tell him that before she had left him to which he replied with his infamous scowl and a "min' yer own fuckin' business". It was obvious he cared about the group though, whether he wanted to or not, as despite the words she had thrown at him in her anger, she knew for a fact he could handle this world on his own- he must have some other reason to stay other than a need for protection. He had also gone out of his way to look for Sophia which only confirmed the thought.

After a further warning from Maggie to try not to run off, they'd both returned to Beth's bedside. Her condition hadn't changed and there wasn't anything else Patricia could do for her- it was on Rick and Glenn to bring back Hershel now. They'd taken to making dinner, naturally Patricia had said there was enough for everyone and so the group had joined them too- all including Shane who Penny down right refused to allow in the house but Patricia had already Ok'd it. It led to a rather heated discussion between Penny and Maggie as since they weren't going to throw him out, Penny refused to eat with them. She wasn't being childish and immature like Maggie was suggesting, she was respecting her father's wishes. Plus on her own moral grounds, she couldn't eat with a man who had started this whole thing that led to half her family being shot, Beth breaking down and her father going missing. It was not a pathetic excuse.

Penny had taken her food and gone to sit with Beth; someone should be staying with her anyway and she figured she'd already taken her break. It was quiet in the room now but it was almost too quiet and Penny found herself glancing down to Beth's chest every couple of seconds just to make sure it was still moving. She would hold her own breath every time she failed to see the subtle rise or fall, then release it and return to her meal when she finally caught it again. Around the seventh time this happened though, Penny made the mistake of looking up at her sister's face and staring into her blank eyes. Her appetite suddenly disappearing, she placed her unfinished food on the floor and took Beth's hand in hers.

Penny had felt an overwhelming sense of guilt when she looked at Beth. This wasn't her fault, and she knew that, but she still felt as if this was something she had known was going to happen- she had promised herself that she would look out for Beth and make sure she didn't suffer through the loss of her mother. But that was exactly what was happening.

"Hey, can you hear me in there?" Beth remained still, Penny clutched her hand tighter. "…I'm sorry, Bethy. I promised to protect you, protect you from this. Lot of good that did, huh? Couldn't even stop one guy…"

She dropped her head to rest on her hand, leaning her elbow on the bed.

"I need you to come back Beth… come back to us."

Removing her hand from Beth's after once again there was no response, Penny reached up to push a lock of hair behind Beth's ear; a movement Beth herself would have done if she could have.

"Penny?"

Startled, her head snapped in the direction of the doorway- it was Andrea that called her.

"Sorry… have you seen Lori?" the older woman asked.

"Erm, not since this afternoon," Penny answered. "Is she missing?"

Andrea nodded, "No one's seen her for hours."

"I'll help you look," Penny said as she stood up and moved towards Andrea. The blonde glanced at Beth, her eyes lingering.

"Sure you wanna leave her?"

"She'll be fine."

-8-

Shane had taken off in a car after they'd searched every place they could think of to find Lori only for Carol to inform them that Lori had asked Daryl to go looking for Rick and Hershel- he'd refused of course and most people seemed to come to the conclusion that Lori had gone on her own. Even though Penny seemed to have taken a liking to the older woman, she couldn't deny it was a stupid move. Taking off into town, on your own, not knowing where to go or what you'll find there was the definition of irresponsible. That wasn't even mentioning the fact that Lori was pregnant and had a son at the farm. A son who was not at all happy that both of his parents had taken off.

It had gotten dark by the time Shane had left and still there was no sign of anyone returning. Most people had taken to sitting or standing on the porch, watching for approaching headlights- except for Carol, who Penny had seen walking back off in the direction of Daryl's make-shift camp. The woman was consistent with him, Penny would give her that.

T-Dog had spotted Penny sitting on the steps after a little while and decided to keep her company. She had only ever spoken to the man properly once and that was when the group had first arrived and T-Dog was slightly out of it from the blood loss and infection that came from slicing his arm on a car door. He'd been nice enough- Penny just hadn't been a very sociable person for the past five days.

"Look kinda lonely over here," T-Dog said taking a seat on Penny's right.

"I'm fine," Penny answered, not looking away from the step below her. It must have been around eight, Rick and Glenn had been gone for hours. The trip into town should have taken maybe two at the most, so where were they? Obviously something had gone wrong.

"What happened at the barn…" T-Dog began. He'd thought that was probably what was getting her so down, she'd lost a lot that day and a lot more had happened since then.

"Can we not talk about that?" Penny replied, a bitter edge to her tone. She lowered her head again, resting it in her hands which were propped up by her elbows on her knees. She ran a tired hand through her messy ponytail; all she could think about was lying down somewhere and taking a very long nap. She had no desire to discuss the events that had happened leading to this whole nightmare.

"Sorry," T-Dog replied whilst wringing his hands in an almost nervous manner. "But I just wanted to say I'm sorry about what happened to your-"

Luckily for Penny, a car turned onto the driveway then saving her from further discussion. She jumped up, cutting off T-Dog's words, and walked towards it, following after Andrea. It was Shane's car that much was obvious and she found herself forgetting about her missing father for a moment as she worried about whether or not Shane had found Lori.

Her question was answered as both doors opened and Lori and Shane both stepped out. Lori was holding something to her head, looking a little worse for wear from what Penny could see with the lack of light.

"Oh my god, are you alright?" Andrea asked, running towards the injured woman to place a hand on her arm. "What happened?"

"I'm fine. I just had an accident," Lori replied. Shane tried to see to her but she pushed him away, repeating that she was fine. "Where's Rick?" Penny looked up, a little startled at the question. Clearly she thought he was back and Penny couldn't help but look at Shane in confusion as he stepped by her. "They're not back?" No one knew quite how to answer Lori and so she turned to Shane, asking him again where they were. He hesitated for a moment before answering and it was obvious what he would say before the words came out.

"I had to get you back here."

"You asshole," Lori muttered as she walked towards him, furious.

"Lori," Shane began as he stepped back, out of the way of the assault she began on his chest, beating her hands against him all the while shouting about Rick. "I will go after them but first things first, I gotta look after you… make sure the baby's alright, ok."

His words hit everyone as they turned shocked eyes to Lori, all except Penny who glared furiously at Shane. He'd done that on purpose- shifting Lori's attention from Rick to the baby, knowing that she would have to deal with the group reaction to that. It was a low move, one that was completely unfair.

"You're having a baby?" Carl spoke from the back of the group. It was clear how annoyed the kid was. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I-I…" Lori began but couldn't seem to find the words. She was truly speech-less.

"Come on, let's go get you checked out," Dale said, reaching out an arm to Lori in an indication for her to go with him. Andrea too left with them; Lori threw Shane another furious glare.

-8-

The sun streaming directly through the thick red curtains caused Penny to stir. The room was thrown into a mixture of red and yellow light from the gap in the curtains that was letting through the morning sunlight. The single ray that filtered through was landing directly on her cheek, causing her face to heat up, it was enough to make her uncomfortable and so she raised her hand to cover her eyes as they opened.

Penny was slightly surprised to see that it was morning. She was even more surprised to see that she had fallen asleep in Beth's room last night. The last thing she remembered was sitting on the bed after Maggie had left for her own room and straining her ears to catch every little sound from outside. Penny had been sure that her father would be home that night and so she was determined to wait up for him even if it was only to give him a piece of her mind. Eventually though, as the hours continued to pass with no sign of them, Penny's eyes had begun to flicker from the sheer exhaustion of the day. She could vaguely remember curling up into Beth's side but after that her memory was blank.

Suddenly remembering that Beth was beside her, Penny looked down to her right to see Beth in the exact same position she had been left in yesterday and Penny was left wondering whether Beth had slept. Was she asleep now? If she did sleep, did her eyes stay open? Surely keeping your eyes open for so long without blinking wasn't good… or even possible. She had too many questions and with only a high school education in biology, a first aid course and the basics from her dad behind her, she had no clue at all.

The door opened and Patricia stepped into the room, surprised when she saw Penny lying there with Beth. She sat up immediately.

"Did you stay in here last night?" Patricia questioned, though she already knew the answer. Even if Penny hadn't been lying on the bed, her crumpled clothing, messy hair and the slight bags under her eyes were clue enough. Patricia proceeded to open the curtains, causing Penny to flinch from the direct light.

"I fell asleep waiting for Dad," She answered, still waiting for her eyes to adjust.

"Please tell me you did not stay up all night," Maggie said as she entered the room, taking in Penny's dishevelled and still somewhat exhausted look which wasn't surprising since she had probably gotten three hours sleep, if that.

"I did not stay up all night," Penny muttered in reply, running a hand across her eyes in an attempt to make them stay open.

"Good, then you won't be too tired to get dressed and help me with chores today since we did nothing yesterday," Maggie said.

Penny sighed in response to Maggie's words. She knew Maggie was goading her slightly to get Penny to accept that she needed to sleep but Maggie was right about the chores needing to be done. With everything that happened yesterday, there were a dozen more things on top of the things that already needed to be done that day. Sometimes, she really did regret moving back to the farm. Penny raised her hands to rub at her eyes once more before she stood up, wincing slightly as her tired muscles protested the movement.

"Alright, let me shower quick and I'll meet you back in here," Penny told Maggie, not bothering to wait for confirmation before dragging herself out of the room.

Maggie watched her walk out before turning to Patricia, "Why does it feel like I'm the only one of us still coping?"

Patricia merely smiled sadly at her as she too watched Penny leave.

-8-

There was a reason Penny had chosen to move to Atlanta to go to college and not some remote place that was a lot cheaper- Atlanta was busy. Growing up on a farm, it was pretty secluded apart from the neighbouring farms but even they were miles away. Thinking back now Penny wouldn't change where she spent her childhood but at the time she hadn't been thrilled with having to walk for an hour just to see her school friends. Now she would give just about anything to be able to do that. It was true that the farm was a little more crowded now with the group's arrival and she still had her family but even whilst surrounded by people, it was easy to feel lonely. It was even easier to feel lonely and bitter, especially while the only thing keeping you awake was a quick cup of very strong, black coffee.

After literally forcing herself into a cold shower, in the hopes of waking herself up, Penny had managed to pull on clean clothes that matched before digging into the farm work - steaming coffee in hand.

It was a lot easier than she expected to be able to forget about the day before when she was properly absorbed in her task; clearly she had other things to worry about now. It wasn't just that though, whenever she thought about the barn incident she found that it wasn't the actual act itself that made her mad- it was Shane that was getting her mad, not what he had done. She wasn't even sure if that sounded like sense in her drained state. That was kind of what it was though, Penny only felt tired- she wasn't furious or depressed by the thought of what occurred. Honestly, it felt like one weight had been lifted from the many she was carrying on her shoulders. Maybe it was just because she was beyond worn-out and she wasn't thinking properly but it was one less thing she had to worry about. Of course she missed her family but she missed the people they were, not the things that had tried to eat both of her sisters now.

Carefully stacking the final two eggs in the basket balanced on her hip, Penny left the chicken coop. a quick glance to her right put the barn in perfect view and Penny was vaguely aware that they were going to have to clean that out properly at some point if they ever planned on using it again. Walking back to the house, she didn't know if she was happy about running into Carl or not. She'd talked to the young boy alone a few times when he had been on bed rest. He was one of the few people she had talked to in the first couple of days- he was a kid and it was kind of impossible to be mad around a twelve-year-old that had just been shot. Carl seemed particularly energetic that day though- something Penny was feeling far from. The whole way to the house he babbled about how he was going to be 'Big Brother Carl' and it was particularly sweet when he was saying how he was going to protect the baby from everything. Half way through though, Penny's mind went into shut down and she wasn't really focusing on Carl's words anymore. She was barely even focusing on keeping the basket of eggs in her hand.

"Penny?"

She blinked as she heard Carl call her name and gripped the basket a little more firmly once she finally realised it was slipping. She also became aware of the footsteps slightly behind them and her head turned on instinct only to be met with a rather familiar pair of blue eyes. Daryl didn't hold her gaze; he simply looked to the floor and picked up his pace a little to walk around her. Even if he was ignoring her, Penny felt like he was still in a better mood than he had been the day before.

"Decided to break your self-imposed exile I see," She called out as he passed her, gaining a scowl and narrowed eyes in response.

"Saw one a the cars drivin' up," Daryl replied. "Figured I should see who made it back."

One car. Penny's breath picked up as Daryl muttered the words- why would they only come back in one car? She hadn't spent much time worrying about her father in the past couple of hours and she refused to feel guilty about that -he was the one who ran off- but still the thought of him not returning in that car was unbearable.

"My Dad's back?" Carl asked, causing the two adults to remember he was actually there. His face lit up at the prospect of Rick's return and Penny hoped for his sake and everyone else's that Rick was one of the people in the car. In fact, she didn't think she could accept the death of any of the three men that had gone into town.

"Why don't we go find out?" Penny replied. She waved Carl ahead of her and he took off but she walked at a much slower pace just behind Daryl. Penny was in no rush to get there. If her father was there, she didn't know how she would react to him just taking off on top of drinking again but if he wasn't there… she couldn't even think about it.

Reaching the front of the house, Penny watched with apprehension as she watched the passenger door of the red truck open. The relief she felt when she saw her father standing there was instantaneous. She wanted nothing more to run to him and have his comforting presence there but she just couldn't do it. The anger she felt at his abandonment and the sheer exhaustion returning froze her in place. She watched as Maggie skirted around their father, ignoring him completely as she made her way to Glenn. Hershel found Penny's eyes a minute later as he looked at the people in front of him. Penny made no move towards him or away from him; she simply held his gaze until Hershel was the one to break the contact. He knew his daughter's disappointed look and it hit hard to know he caused her to feel like that.

"Patricia, prepare the shed for surgery," Hershel said as soon as he was clear of the truck. Penny wasn't so sure she had heard him correctly. The three of them looked perfectly fine, minus the fatigue that hung over them, who would need surgery then…?

"Who the hell is that?" T-Dog asked, drawing everyone's attention to the last person in the truck.

"That's Randall," Glenn replied.

The person was a boy- definitely a boy, not a man. He was young, that much was obvious from his smaller frame and teenage features. There was a piece of material acting as a blindfold tied securely across his eyes and his head was lolling from side to side- he really didn't look too good.

-8-

"We couldn't have just left him behind, he would've bled out… if he lived that long," Rick stated as everyone sat in a group 'meeting'. Penny was sure that if she had enough energy left, she would have been furious. There they were, sat having a meeting about another stranger they had just brought onto the land. And this one was definitely a little more trigger happy.

"It's gotten bad in town," Glenn spoke quietly, drawing the attention of Maggie who stood against the wall beside Penny. It wasn't difficult to notice the way Glenn's eyes would dart past Maggie and not really look at her.

"What do we do with him?" Andrea asked but before Rick was able to answer, Hershel re-entered the room.

"I've repaired his calf muscle as best I can but he'll probably have nerve damage. Won't be on his feet for at least a week."

"When he is, we give him a canteen, take him out to the main road… send him on his way," Rick told them in that tone that suggested he knew exactly what he was doing.

"Isn't that the same as leaving him for the walkers?" Andrea spoke again. She had a very valid point. Rick had been adamant that they rescued the kid because it wasn't right to leave him there as a meal on a stick.

Penny briefly looked around when the door creaked and noticed Daryl's entrance… their eyes connected as he nodded in greeting to T-Dog and Penny sent him a small, rather strained smile, again receiving a duck of his head in response. Maybe he'd decided against distancing himself from the group after all. Penny didn't miss the way Carol copied her actions a few seconds later.

"Least he'll have a fighting chance," Penny heard Rick respond as she refocused on the matter at hand.

"So we're just gonna let him go? He knows where we are," Shane interrupted causing Penny's jaw to tighten, mostly because at that moment, she had been thinking the exact same thing.

"He was blindfolded the whole way here. He's not a threat," Rick insisted.

"Not a threat, how many were there? You killed three of their men, you took one of them hostage but they just ain't gonna come looking for him…"

"They left him for dead. No one is looking."

"We should still post a guard," T-Dog interrupted. The whole meeting was starting to feel like more of a battle and Penny was just too tired of it. She leaned her body back so that the wall was supporting her.

"He's out cold right now, will be for hours."

"You know, I'm gonna go get him some flowers and candy," Shane declared in his typically subtle way. "Look at this folks, we back in fantasy land."

"We haven't even dealt with what you did at my barn yet," Hershel spoke up, surprising Penny a little as she re-adjusted herself on to her feet. She wouldn't put it past them to start another fight. "Let me make this perfectly clear once and for all. This is my farm and I wanted you gone. Rick talked me out of it but that doesn't mean I have to like it. So do us both a favour, keep your mouth shut."

Penny couldn't help the small rise of her eyebrows as she looked at her father, rather impressed with his outburst. She honestly didn't think he would do that right then. It was even more impressive when Shane simply turned around and walked out of the door. As her father turned around, Penny caught his eyes and the small nod she gave him was indication enough to Hershel that she didn't completely hate him.

"Look we're not gonna do anything about it now," Rick stated, placing a hand on Hershel's shoulder. "Let's just cool off."

-8-

Penny stood in Beth's bedroom once more as she fought back yawn that threatened to overcome her. She had been planning on sleeping when her father got back; just for a couple of hours at least but then Randall happened and everything was a disaster again… she was sure that if there was a God, he hated them all.

Hershel entered then, glancing at Penny once before he moved to take the seat at Beth's bed side. Penny found she had nothing to say to him. She wanted to yell at him, find the answers to the questions that had been running through her head since yesterday but she just couldn't find the energy.

"You look exhausted." Hershel stated as he reached a hand to feel for Beth's pulse, pulling out his pocket watch at the same time.

"I'm fine," Penny snapped. It seemed her temper wasn't holding- not that she thought it would.

Hershel chose not to comment- forcing Penny to do something while she was in this state would only ensure the opposite was done. Instead he focused on Beth, asking if she had eaten and saying he was going to give her a sedative but Penny already found herself losing focus. She couldn't have cared less at that point what he was going to do as long as he did it and it made Beth better.

"Sure you're sober enough to be doing that?" The sudden outbursts of her anger were becoming less easy to identify as she tried to stay awake long enough to actually have the conversation. Hershel simply hung his head at the accusation in her voice. "You were drinking."

"That was the least of my worries," Hershel replied and it did nothing but make Penny narrow her eyes at him.

"Your worries? You left us! You left and I didn't know what to do!" Penny almost yelled in reply. But she received no answer- that didn't stop her from carrying on. "Beth collapsed right in front of me and I couldn't do anything apart from put her to bed. Me and Maggie were here tryna look after her while you were off getting drunk. Well I hope you enjoyed it, Daddy."

She spat the last word like some kind of insult and Hershel couldn't find it in him to respond. He'd failed his daughters, he knew that but then again he'd known that for a while now. Penny scoffed and shook her head at his lack of reply before she found she didn't even want to be in the same room as him.

Deciding that now was as good a time as any, Penny slowly made her way up the stairs and into her room. The window was open slightly, allowing a soft draft to float into the room. She thought she wouldn't be able to sleep with everything going on in her mind, it should have kept her awake but the little sleep she'd had the night before last added onto the drama of yesterday and the lack of sleep the previous night finally caught up to her and it was easy to say she was relieved when she finally drifted to sleep.

-8-

The soft scrape of the blade on wood was the only sound Daryl focused on. Back in his isolated camp, it was easy to wallow in the anger he felt towards the world right now. He wasn't even sure why he was so angry. He'd left his camp earlier to see if Rick and Glenn had made it back and that was it but then he'd seen the kid and they just had to have a group meeting, one that Daryl felt pretty obliged to attend. He shouldn't have gone but he had found himself going even as he remembered thinking that he really didn't want to go.

It was that comment the girl had made earlier about his 'self-imposed exile'. Daryl didn't really know why the comment stuck with him- that was after all, exactly what he was doing; deliberately exiling himself but having someone else tell him that… it was almost an instinctual reaction for him to deny it. To show she was wrong. He didn't like people knowing about him. It was bad enough that Carol had decided to take him on as her new project; he didn't need someone else to suddenly become interested in his life too.

It was Carol that had spurred his irritation when the meeting finished. She'd looked happy when he had shown up and he could almost deal with that, even if it was a little confusing to him, it was the way she seemed to rush up to him afterwards as if everything just changed because he had walked through the door. It hadn't- he was still pissed. At her, at everyone.

The feeling of anger was a little strange to Daryl though. Not because he hadn't experienced it before or he wasn't accustomed to it but simply because no matter how much he yelled, it just didn't seem to be disappearing. It would, for a little while, and then come back again when the slightest thing triggered it. Maybe this place was messing him up.

Last night he'd shouted at Carol- yelled all the things to her that sometimes he wished he could yell at himself. He'd been an utter asshole to her but still she was there the next day. He'd had an argument with Penny too which turned into an almost conversation, if it were possible for the two of them to have an actual conversation. They'd both shouted insensitive things at one another but again, she had spoken to him… smiled at him even.

This was the feeling Daryl wasn't accustomed to- forgiveness. Both women had seemed to forgive him for his outbursts and that just wasn't something he was used to; a smack across the face or a fist to the stomach, sure, but not forgiveness. That just made him all the more bitter. They could forgive him for the things he'd said to them but he still couldn't let go of his own problems.

Daryl sighed heavily as he looked around his make-shift camp before glancing back up to the distant farmhouse. He couldn't even pretend that he wanted to leave anymore- there was no life for him away from here.

So I seriously lacked motivation for this one which is why I kept putting off writing it. Not my favourite chapter and I will admit the main reason I wanted Penny to go into town was because this episode is pretty boring once you take the action out of it.

Anyway, as we all know after this episode is a week-long gap before Rick and Shane drive Randall out. I plan on putting my own stuff into that week to extend the chapters and get this to where I need it to be before they leave the farm. I have a few ideas floating around but if there's any scenes/ideas anyone can think of, I'll try to fit them in. You guys responded to the voting thing so well last time, maybe we'll do some more of that.

Thanks for reading/fav/alert… you know the drill. Plus this was added to 'The best of Daryl Dixon' community. That's just crazy. Special thank you to whoever did that.

Leyshla Gisel: I was honestly just sick of all the arguments ending on a bad note. You're right about her not walking away though. Thanks for reviewing again!

Piratejessieswaby: It's going to take a while for Daryl to let her in but they're heading in the right direction.

Emberka-2012: I always think that when you put two angry people together, they're either going to burn each other out or end up attacking each other. They're definitely better when they're not fighting even if it fun to write.

Stardustismagic: where am I starting? Is it wrong that I'm glad it made you sad? That was the little bit you inspired. Carter wasn't her fiancé originally and then it just found its way in there. I'm kind of trying to balance out Denny and 'coffin dodger' time. I'm glad liked the argument, it was a lot of fun to write. Love you toooo!

Hapi Graveltoes: Wow, thank you! I'm really glad you like the Daryl/Penny moments. I'm not one for jumping in straight away, they need to have some sort of connection first. I haven't read Rise of the Governor for some strange reason but I have looked into Penny and well, I won't lie, I was a little surprised by the character. Sounds really good though! Thank you, again, for reviewing!

Honeyconcha: your review made me smile. It's great how much of a grasp of this you have! I felt like the trust thing between Rick and Penny was a big thing. She doesn't trust easily but if she trusts Rick, she'll trust him to keep the group in check. They definitely need to start working together and I think we start to see a bit more of them doing that in the next couple of episodes.

Padme400: Firstly, your use of 'Denny' made me smile so much! Really glad you liked that bit. I could see her doing both as well which was why I was having so much trouble with it. In the end, it was the trust conversation that won me over- it felt like something that needed to be done. Thanks for reviewing again!

Hope you all like this one, drop me a review if you feel like it!