I don't even hesitate to run towards him. I hug him tightly when I get to him.

"Glory, thank God you're okay, Rafe. They thought you were dead and I didn't believe that you were! I knew you were okay and here you are!"I cry and Daryl comes up and freezes. Now, instead of me being the humiliated one, they are. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just hungry."

"Where'd you find him?" I pull his face away from my chest and look at him. He's dirtier than normal. "Let's go get you something to eat."

"We found him getting food in the market. He looked glad to see us."Glen smiles and pats Rafe's shoulder.

"C'mon, love. Let's go get you food." We go into the house and Hershel checks to make sure Rafe is healthy, then he eats, or inhales, the food Patricia makes.

"Glen." I motion for the door to him and Maggie.

They follow me out and I fold my arms.

"I would like to thank you." Tears fill my eyes "For saving my little boy. It's a debt that I will never be able to repay."

"We're glad he's still alive. You knew all this time and no one would believe you." Maggie hugs me tightly "You helped with Beth and in my eyes, you don't have a debt."

"In my eyes I do." I hug Glen "I'm not taking my eyes off him for more than five minutes."

"I'm not either." Daryl says behind me.

"Daryl!" I jump and look up at him.

"It's time." He looks at Glen "We're deciding what to do with Randall."

I stand next to Dale with my arms around Rafe. As I said, I stand by Dale. No one does until the end when Andrea finally gives in and stands with us.

"You're right, this group is broken." Dale says, touching Daryl's arm before going out.

"Did you get what you want Shane? Way to prove you actually have feelings." I scowl and start to pass Daryl, but freeze and our eyes lock.

When the moments gone, I go out with Rafe by my side.

"What's wrong with Daryl?" Rafe asks and sits on the ground. "I like Maggie. She's nice. Patricia too."

"He was just upset he didn't find you." I explain the barn. "Like I said, I knew it wasn't you. Yes, The girls are wonderful."

"I tried to find my way back. I couldn't."

"It's not your fault." I hug him again. I can't seem to do it enough.

"I know I-" I heard screaming. "Get inside the house!"

I follow the sound of screaming and see Daryl standing by Dale. Beside him was a dead walker. Daryl sees me and catches me before I fall.

"No!" I sob "No, God, please!"

Everyone's here by now. I push Daryl away and hug Dale.

"You'll be okay, you'll be okay. Just like Rafe!" But I didn't have the feeling in my stomach

"Please, Dale!" I cry and Daryl rubs my back, I take his hand, he's in pain. "He's in pain, Daryl..."

"Do you want me to?"

"He won't hurt anymore." I look down at Dale, who's watching me " I want to do it."

"Here..." Daryl hands me his hand gun and I try to pull the trigger, but another round of sobs rack my body.

"Daryl, please..." I cry and Daryl takes the gun.

"Good-Bye, brother." Daryl says and I close my eyes before the gun shot rings out.

I start sobbing again and Leyna wraps her arms around my waist and hugs me. She stands up and walks away, but I stay there. One by one, they all leave. Why are they leaving? Soon it's just me and Daryl.

"We should go, it's not safe." He murmurs and I shake my head.

"Stop. Either you care or you don't. Pick one. So I have ONE less problem to deal with."

"Fine." He stays.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm choosing."

"Can you promise to stick by this?"

"I can promise one thing."

"Okay." I look at him.

"I love you." My breath catches.

"I love you too."

He helps me up and I reluctantly follow him to the house. I look back, tearfully and then go in. I hug Rafe and inform him on what happened. He takes it better than I do.

*******Next Day*******

"You can have my room." Hershel tells Lori as we start moving our stuff in.

I look back in the field where we buried Dale and I choke back tears. Daryl rubs my back and Rafe looks up at me with a goofy grin on. He's wearing a shirt that's too big on him.

"We'll go find some clothes soon." I squeeze his shoulder and help them carry more stuff in. Daryl, Rafe, Leyna and I share a room on the second floor.

"It's fine." Rafe sits on the floor of our room and starts reading the book I brought home for him from the CDC.

I go downstairs after I put on my long sleeve shirt and pants on. It was getting cold. I go out and stand by Merle's, now Daryl's, motorcycle.

"I'm going to drop the kid off." He scowls "I have an extra seat."

"I have to stay with Rafe."

"We'll watch him." Rick says and looks up around "Someone has to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."

"Okay. I'm trusting you to keep him away from Shane." I bite my lip and T-Dog comes up.

"The kid's gone!"

"He can't just be gone!" Rick says and we go to the barn, as he says it's empty.

"What's wrong?" Rafe asks and stands by me.

"The boy got away."

"RICK!" Shane calls and his face is bloody. I look at Daryl and he does the same. "Stupid kid! I chased him into the woods and he did this to my face!"

"Let's go find him. Lori, get the kids and everyone in the house. It's getting dark. Daryl, Caroline and Glen, you two go that way and Shane will take me the other way."

"I should go with you." I look at Daryl and he isn't buying the story as much as I am.

"She's right." Daryl nods

"I'll be fine." I fidget nervously "You three go on."

"But-"

"It's all good." Rick nods that he understands and I look down.

"Fine!" I play along and we turn and go in the other direction, against my gut.

We walk into the woods and the sun goes down. I stay in the middle and keep listening. Daryl trusts his eyes and I trust my ears.

"Look." He holds up a blindfold and I take it.

"Randall's?"

"Mine. I lent it to them." He puts it in his pocket. "There's blood on the tree."

"Shane said they had fought." Glen says and I keep my eyes on Daryl.

"Yeah. There's the leaves too. Had a tussle here also apparently."

"Shh!" I whisper and pull Glen behind a tree. I hear branches break. See?

"What-?" I put my hand over his mouth and the walker comes into view... Except it's Randall.

It comes over and Daryl shoots, misses and it lands on him.

"Daryl!" I grab Rafe's knife and throw it at the walkers head. Luckily, it hit the walker missing Daryl.

"Thanks!" He says and looks over the walker "Huh."

"What?"

"He wasn't bit." He looks all over, but shakes his head "Or scratched."

"That can't be right, you sure?"Glen says and shifts uncomfortably.

"One hundred percent. Let's get back and see if they're back. Need to tell them." We head back quickly.

When we get back, Rick and Shane aren't back. Lori was sitting on the couch worried. I would be too if it was Daryl out there. Leyna hugs me.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"Me too." I laugh and hear Rafe come down the stairs.

"Carl?" He grins and looks around.

"Carl isn't done here, babe." I look at Lori.

"He should be in our room."

"He's not." Rafe looks around "I looked, he's not there. Unless I got lost..."

"It's okay. Lori will go look." I put my hand on his shoulder.

He looks at Daryl and grins.

"Did you find him?"

"Uh, sort of." He looks at me and Glen.

"Sort of?" Andrea says confused.

"He was a walker."

"He got bit?" Hershel asks

"No, no bites or scratches."

"Carl isn't up here!" Lori freaks and we hear a gun shot.

"Glory, what was that?" I say and go out the door.

"Probably just a walker..." Daryl says, but we all know he doesn't believe that.

"Hey, Lori. It's going to be fine." I toss Andrea my gun and give Rafe his knife back "This saved you once, it can save you again. Lucky knife huh? Saved what Lori and Leyna tell you until we see each other again."

"Might want to come see this!" Daryl says with wide eyes.

We go out and see a whole field of walkers and the barn on fire. I toss Andrea a gun and give Rafe his knife back

"This saved you once, it can save you again. Lucky knife huh? Saved Daryl. Do what Lori and Leyna tell you until we see each other again."

I take my hand gun out and walk out with Hershel. We start shooting. Daryl goes out on his motorcycle and Maggie and Glen went in a car. Jimmy took Dales... My RV. Pretty soon, I get separated from everyone. It's starting to get over run when my ammo runs out. I cuss as two walkers show up, Andrea shows up and Shoots one of them, then another lands on her. I cry and start to run down the road, when everyone leaves.

I have two or three walkers on my tail. I continue to run and cry out for help, gasping for breath. I hear a familiar motorcycle and turn around. He stops and waits.

"C'mon! I don't have all day!"I get on quickly and he speeds away. "We're going to the highway. That's where we're most likely to see them again."

"Glory! Rafe!" I cry "I just got him back!"

"We'll find them. I promise, I won't give up this time."

"Good. Cause I'll need you. I don't have Dale."

We pass a corner full of walkers and then see a familiar blue car pull in front of us.

"Glen and Maggie!" I exclaim and Daryl nods. Someone drives behind us, a blue truck.

We continue to speed to the high-way. One by one, we pull onto the high way and park next to Hershel's red truck. I get off and he follows.

"Rafe? Leyna?" I look around and Leyna gets out of the truck, and Rafe out of Glen's "Thank God!"

I hug them both and follow Daryl to Rick.

"Where'd you find everyone?" Rick asks Daryl.

"Well, those guys' tail lights zigzagging all over the road - figured he had to be Asian, driving like that." Daryl smirks and we all laugh, as much as we can.

"Good one" Glen Chuckles

"We gotta keep moving. There have been Walkers crawling all over here." Rick says and rubs his forehead.

"I say head east." T-Dog points.

"Stay off the main roads. The bigger the roads, the more Walkers, more assholes like this one. I got him." Daryl shoots the walker and gets back on his motorcycle.

Everyone gets back in the cars and we start our journey east. When it starts getting dark, someone honks and we pull over.

"Out of gas." Rick says and looks at Lori, "We'll camp here."

"What happened to Shane?" T-Dog asks and looks around.

"I killed him. He had this whole plan to kill me, it was strictly defense. You guys saw how he was." "I thought he got bit! How else did he turn?" Carl says, confused and Rick looks down.

"How's that possible?" Lori says and looks at him.

"We're all infected." Everyone gasps.

"What?" Daryl says first.

"At the C.D.C., Jenner told me. Whatever it is, we all carry it."

"And you never said anything?" I say and hug Rafe.

"Would it have made a difference?"

"You knew this whole time?" Glen accuses.

" How could I have known for sure? You saw how crazy he was!"

"That is not your call. Okay, when I found about the Walkers in the barn, I told, for the good of everyone!"

"Well, I thought it best that people didn't know." I stay silent as they go on. When they finish, I take a breath in relief. I get nervous when people yell.

"I'm freezing." Carl says quietly.

"We'll build a fire, yeah?" Lori says

"You go out looking for firewood, stay close. Only got so many arrows. How you doing on ammo?" Daryl asks.

"Not enough." Rick rubs his forehead again.

"We just can't stand around here with our asses hanging out."
" Watch your mouth. Everyone stop panicking and listen to Rick."Hershel says and we go over to make a campfire.

Daryl sits on a log next to me. It's dark now and Rick's talking to Lori. My eyelids begin to droop and I vaguely remember hearing Rick say a speech, but I soon fall asleep.