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"Doesn't mean we can't stop her" Lori replied, "Or let her know I care".
"Tell me, Andrea, when you wanted to die… Yes, Dale did talk a little bit about it, he is very proud he helped you live… are you still trying to die?" Eva asked, she glanced from the side of her vision to Andrea who now looked a little uncomfortable.
"If the time comes, then Dale won't be able to stop me" Andrea sighed, "Beth only has so many choices in front of her, and she believes the best choice is suicide".
"That isn't an option" Lori argued.
"Yes, it is" Andrea countered "She doesn't need to be yelled at or be treated like a kid" Andrea looked at Eva.
"Uh, yes she does! She's only 16, she is a child still" Eva hissed.
"So, what does she need a loaded gun?" Lori asked sarcastically, "You'll understand when I don't send you in there, right?"
"I came through it" Andrea defended.
"And became such a productive member of the group" Lori put the used dishes in the sink, "Let Maggie and Eva handle this"
"I contribute, I help keep this place safe"
"The men can handle this on their own. They don't need your help"
Eva was going to but in that they were still short on 'man power' but she wasn't going to let Lori's wrath rain down on her.
"I'm sorry. What would you have me do?"
Both Lori and Andrea bickered for a couple of minutes longer, mostly how Lori felt like Andrea was trying to play Annie Oakley rather than cleaning clothes. Eva sighed, Andrea would rather act like one of the guys rather than help others. Eva felt like Andrea would rather be on her own.
"I'll just be with Beth and Maggie" Eva excused herself to go be with Maggie and Beth.
"Mom would be so ashamed that she raised a coward" Maggie declared, "And what about Dad?"
"He's clueless" Beth countered, "He had us waiting for a cure"
"Not so much, be believed what we all did… well almost all of us" Eva butted in from the room. The girls looked at Eva, Maggie nodded her in. "We all thought our family would make it out alive"
"He knows he was wrong" Maggie added, "When has Dad ever admitted he was wrong? He's just telling Rick's group what they want to hear."
"And Jimmy?"
"We went out for three months, and now I'm married to him?" Beth asked.
"No, but he is choosing to survive the apocalypse with you and not searching for his family"
"And me?" Maggie asked, hoping Beth would have a better answer, "You could do that to me? I can't take another funeral, it'd kill me"
"You can't avoid it." Beth said as if she came to some grand realization during the period when she was in shock, "What are we wait'n for?" Beth sincerely asked, she looked torn, "We should all do it" Beth glanced at Eva. "All three of us."
"What?" Maggie asked, horrified.
"At the same time, we can help each other" Beth suggested.
Eva shook her head, "it's not that easy B, it's not that easy"
"It's hard to do it, no one wants to but—"
"No, please don't" this time Maggie was begging.
"We can do it so it's peaceful, easy"
"Stop talking like that!" Maggie tried to talk over Beth, to give her the voice of reason. Eva was now by Beth's side, she had kneeled by the bed.
"Beth, you can't talk like this, people will hear you" Eva tried to talk some sense into her, but it wasn't working.
"It would be our choice and then it would be over. Or we will be forced to do it when the farm and this house is overrun"
"There is no guarantee that, that will happen B. This house can stand for years to come"
"No one can protect us."
Maggie shook her head, "That's not true"
"Who? Glenn? I heard what happened, Rick will save his family, the others too but we're alone"
"Shane, Glenn, Dale, your father. They will protect this farm even if it costs them their life" Eva argued.
Maggie shook her head, not wanting to hear what Beth was saying. "You, me, Eva, Patricia. With only Dad and Jimmy against the whole world of those things" Beth shook her head, "I don't wanna be gutted. I wanna go. In this bed, tonight, with you beside me. Please" Beth stressed the 'please' painfully.
Eva rubbed Beth's leg, "I can't B. I can't die, I won't go down like this. If I wanted to die, it would be in a blaze of glory, not something peaceful and sappy like this"
Maggie shook her head, "Beth, sweetie I won't let you die, not tonight, I will protect you now and forever."
A knock was at the door and Andrea peeked in, Eva glared at her for a second. Maggie went out to greet her, "Hey"
Andrea was whispering, Eva leaned in to hear but couldn't. "You can't sit on top of her"
"I can't leave her by herself"
"You're gonna have to." Andrea argued. Maggie shook her head in a negative way, "you're exhausted, take Evangeline and go get some air, I'll sit with her. Go ahead"
Maggie glanced back to Beth and Eva. "Wash up, get something to eat." Andrea persuaded, "I got it"
Maggie nodded, "Okay. Eva want to come with me?"
Eva didn't particularly want to, she didn't trust Andrea as far as she could throw her. "Sure?"
Once the two left Andrea shut the door and began to tell Beth about how she should either do the suicide or not, that pain would last forever.
Eva stuck close to Maggie, "Do… do you think she will?"
Maggie sighed, "I'm not sure, but with Andrea there she will be fine"
"I'm not so sure. Andrea is suicidal herself, I really didn't want to leave Beth with her."
Maggie glanced at Eva and then did a 360 outside of the house and went back to Beth's room. The door was open. "Beth?" Maggie called out, Eva was right behind her.
The girls heard Beth sobbing and glass shattering. Maggie immediately went to the bathroom and was pounding on the door, "Beth? BETH!"
"Wait I'll break down the door" Eva offered.
"Maggie?" Lori came in, hearing Maggie's distress.
"She's in there, I heard glass!"
The three woman inside could only hear Beth's sobs, "Beth, are you alright?" Lori called out while trying the door.
"Don't do this, Beth. Don't do this" Maggie commanded, as if her words would magically make Beth stop, "Open up please! God, I left her with Andrea." Maggie was looking on the vanity for the keys, "where are the keys?!"
"I don't know" Eva said, she didn't even know if the rooms could lock" she went to the door and pounded, "Beth! Open this door!"
"Beth honey, please open the door" Maggie said while trying the handle again, "I'm not mad. I'm not mad, Beth". Lori grabbed the fireplace poker and shoved it into the door frame to break the door.
"Hang on" Lori instructed as she pushed on the poker, the door swung open to reveal that Beth had slit her wrist.
"I'm sorry" she wept, Maggie walked forward while Eva and Lori were stuck in the doorway.
"Okay. It's okay" Maggie tried to console her younger sister. Eva frowned, Andrea…. That stupid bitch, Andrea was going to pay. Eva didn't notice that she was clenching her jaw till her whole mouth hurt, and it was that time she released her breath and relaxed her fists.
Maggie ushered Beth through the door, "Help me clean this up" Lori said while bending down to pick up the pieces.
"Sure" Eva said through clenched teeth. Eva wasn't paying much attention as she cut the palm of her hand on a shard. "Shit" she hissed, "I'll be right back" she went to the kitchen to grab a rag and a trash bag. Thankfully the cut wasn't deep and she tied the rag around her palm. She returned to Lori, "Here"
The two spent a few quiet moments cleaning the glass, Eva was fuming still while Lori tried her best to keep Eva from cutting herself again, "Andrea is gonna get it" she declared.
"I'm sure she'll get enough from Maggie and Hershel"
"Stupid…. So stupid, we shouldn't have listened to her, she told Maggie to take me and get a breath of fresh air… she…." Realization dawned on her face, "She was pushing her own agenda. She wanted to force Beth's hand"
Lori bit her lip, "Well, it's over now"
"It's not over just yet." They finished cleaning the pieces.
"I'll throw it away" with that, Eva was left alone in the room. She took a deep breath to calm herself that was when she heard Andrea and Maggie talk.
"She wants to live. She made her decision" Andrea said with a little glee. Eva stood and made a B-line to the front steps.
"She tried to kill herself." Maggie hissed.
"No, she didn't"
"My father is stitching her wrist right now!" Maggie spat. Eva was now next to Lori, Lori put a hand on Eva's shoulder, trying meekly to hold her back.
"She'll live" Andrea tried to go inside the home, Maggie blocked her.
"Stay away from her. From both of us" she ordered. Eva took this time to shake off Lori's hand, "Don't you dare step foot inside this house again"
Andrea looked betrayed, like her decision was being judged. "And on that note, Andrea" Eva hissed as she clomped down the steps, she cracked her knuckles, Andrea backed away. "You will never be welcomed as a group member" she stood toe to toe with Andrea, and for the first time Andrea saw murder in Eva's eyes. Eva reeled back and slapped Andrea as hard as she could.
Sending Andrea to the group. Andrea stood as she rubbed her cheek, she had never gotten into a bitch fight before. Eva came at her again but this time with a fist. She landed one hit in Andrea's shoulder before Andrea grabbed a handful of Eva's hair.
Andrea wasn't much of a fighter, and instead resorted to kicking and attempting to scratch and bite Eva. With Eva's head in Andrea's hand she began to scratch at Andrea while trying to escape Andrea's hold. The girls ended up on the floor.
Maggie and Lori were shocked and rooted to the floor as the two women brawled in the front of the house.
Eva was able to gain the upper hand as she was able to straddle Andrea's torso however, Andrea still hand a death grip on Eva's hair as she scratched at Eva. The two women were screaming and shouting, it almost sounded like to feral cats that were fighting.
"You stupid bitch!" Eva hissed as she continued to scratch Andrea as well as punch her. Andrea was able to get one good punch on Eva's cheek. That sent Eva back on her ass, and in turn hitting her head on the ground hard. Giving Andrea time to recover and let go of the pulled hair she had in her hand.
Andrea wiped her lip which had gotten cut, "The Hell?!"
"You let a suicidal girl attempt suicide!" Eva roared as she launched herself at Andrea again, she never got to Andrea however. Strong arms wrapped around her torso holding her back from attacking Andrea who had fallen again on her ass.
"Let go of me! You ass!" Eva growled, not knowing who was actually holding her back. She glanced back to see the silent Daryl holding her back.
He was able to grab her arms in a bear hug. She struggled a bit longer till she had no fight left in her and slumped against his grip.
Andrea was being tended to by Lori, Maggie didn't even try to help. "If you even think about talking to Beth, I will come back and finish what I started, and it won't be with my hands, I'll bring my pitchfork!" Daryl let her go, Eva stormed away and towards her family's home, but not without stumbling and hitting the railing with her hip. Eva was still angry, but couldn't come back and finish the job, she was fairly certain she was bleeding from multiple places on her face and arms. She could also feel a bruise swelling on her cheek.
Maggie followed behind her, she slammed the screen door in Maggie's face. Maggie followed Eva to the main bathroom.
"What do you want Maggie?" Eva growled.
"I agree with you Eva, here let me look at it" Maggie offered. Eva sat on the tub as Maggie wetted a rag and began to dab at the cuts on Eva's face. She flinched at the contact, her whole head was sore.
"Tell me, is it as bad as it feels?"
"Worse, you know face cuts bleed like a stuffed pig"
Eva sighed, "I shouldn't have done that, she… she just pissed me off so bad!"
Maggie smiled as she cleaned Eva's face, "I think you put the fear of the Lord in her, I'm glad Daryl stopped you though. You were totally winning"
Eva put her hand on her swollen cheek, it hurt, her tongue checked if there were no broken teeth, she was lucky. She then tenderly probed her scalp, it burned and was throbbing "Maggie be a doll and get me so aspirin?"
Maggie smiled as she stood, "Sure, I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail"
Eva was left alone in the solace of the quiet room. She closed her eyes and felt dizzy, she leaned into her hands as she tried to breathe normally. That was last thing she could remember from that afternoon.
Eva woke with a start, she sat up quickly bit fell back down, this was when she realized that her head had fallen on something soft. She peeked her eyes open to see everything around her was dark. She groaned as she put her hands on her face, she could feel the Band-Aids littering her cheeks and forehead.
She felt around for something to tell her where she was. Her fingers found the nightstand and instant knew that she was in her room. "H-Help?" she called out, her throat was immensely dry.
She heard movement in the other room and a door opened, "Hey sweetie, how you feeling?"
"Water, ma?" she felt the cool refreshing taste of water. She gulped greedily. "I'm exhausted, what time is it?"
"Almost dinner, would you care to join us?"
With Patricia's help Eva was able to sit up, "How'd I get to the bed?"
"Right when you passed out Rick and Shane along with that Randall kid showed up. Daryl was able to pick you up and carry you to bed"
Eva blushed, "Really?"
Patricia smiled, "Mhmm, now c'mon up and at 'em"
Eva stood on wobbly legs, it took her a moment to gather her strength. They took their time getting to the house, Eva glanced to the RV and saw Andrea on top. Taking the look out, "Is she okay?"
"She'll be fine, just a couple of scrapes that's all"
"I'm not going to apologize you know"
"I wasn't expecting it"
They came inside, the light seemed to bright. "Hey Eva is here" a chorus of 'heys' greeted them.
Eva sat beside Beth and Maggie, Beth smiled at Eva and squeezed her hand. Eva glanced down at her wrapped hand, anger boiled down in her stomach again.
A sharp pain shot through her brain, she groaned and put one hand to her head.
"You okay?"
Eva glanced up to see Rick looking at her. She nodded.
"Yeah, just a head ache is all"
"A concussion is nothing to brush off, you need to take it easy" Hershel said from the head of the table, "Once you're up to it, we need to have a long discussion"
Eva glanced down, "Yes, sir"
A hush fell over the crowd, till Glenn made a toast, to Beth and her will to live, 'here here' was echoed around the table. Little did Eva know that her movements were being watched from two different people.
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