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Emma's Pov

Me and Daryl get back to the farm and go to find Jamie. We need to give him this cherokee rose, give him hope that his mother is still alive out there.

We find Jamie in the RV with Carol and Sophia.

"Carol... Sophia? Ya mind giving us a minute with Jamie?" I ask them and they both nod.

"Come on, Sophia." Carol takes her daughter out of the RV. That's when we noticed how clean it was.

"Carol cleaned up, she says that my mom would want it nice when we find her." Jamie informs us and I smile.

"For a second I thought I was in the wrong place." Daryl states and I snort in amusement. Of course he loves to crack jokes about this RV.

Jamie notices the flower in my hand. "A flower?" He looks to me curiously.

"It's a cherokee rose." I inform him and his face scrunches up in confusion.

Daryl takes over, he knows I don't know the story. "The story is that when American soldiers were moving Indians off their land on the trail of tears, the cherokee mothers were grieving and crying so much 'cause they were losing their little ones along the way... from exposure and disease and starvation. A lot of them just disappeared. So the elders, they said a prayer; asked for a sign to uplift the mothers' spirits, give them strength and hope. The next day this rose started to grow, right where the mothers' tears fell. I'm not fool enough to think there's any flowers blooming for my brother. But I believe this one.. bloomed for your mom."

Jamie grins. "Thanks Daryl! Thanks Emma!" He exclaims before running out of the RV. I laugh and look at Daryl.

"That was sweet of you. I was about to go shower... care to join me?" I ask him with a small smile. He nods to answer my question so I found a black tank top, a shirt with sleeves and denim jeans. We quickly went in the house and up to the bathroom.

I dump my clothes on the toilet seat and Daryl places his on top of mine. I turn on the shower and strip off my dirty clothes. I step in and watch the dirt and grime wash off me. That is until Daryl steps in and wraps his arms around me. I run my hands through his hair and he hums in pleasure.

I grab the shampoo bottle and pour some in my hand. I rub it through Daryl's hair and hand the bottle to him who does the same thing for me. After he does the conditioner we stayed in there for a while, just enjoying each other,'s company, before we step out of the shower. I quickly dry myself off because I hate it when I get out. I put on my clothes while Daryl waits for me. Look at him being all cute. Well he is good looking. He opens the door and gestures for me to go first. I smirk and shake my head but step out anyway.

Ashley's Pov

I see Maggie and Glenn return from their run, but I notice that Glenn is smiling like an idiot. Oh gosh, what did Maggie do?

Maggie leaves Glenn and comes towards me.

"How did the run go?" I ask her and she looks at me suspiciously.

"F-fine. It went fine. Why?" She stutters as an answer.

"No reason." I smirk at her.

Her eyes widen and she quickly walks into the house, avoiding me. She must have had sex with him. Why else would Glenn smile like an idiot? It's a boy thing to smile after having sex. I learnt that off my friend from high school because I'm still a virgin.

I hear the door close and I watch the sun set. I sit down on the porch swing and pray.

God, I want to thank you for listening to my prayer last night. I see a lot of hope in Melanie's eyes now, ever since Emma has come back to us. But I also want to thank you for letting Emma fall in love, even though the world has gone to crap. She deserves it. Thanks for bringing us back together.

Emma's Pov

I wrap the blanket over Jamie's sleeping form and kiss his forehead. I lay down next to Daryl, he wraps his arms around me.

"Hey Daryl?" I whisper and he hums.

"Can you teach me how to hunt? I know how to track but I can't hunt for the life of me." I question him.

"Yeah, we'll go out tomorrow." He tells me and I nod and fall into a dreamless sleep.

We walk into the stable and get a horse for Daryl. I strap the saddle on the horse and pulls the reins around it's nose and lead the horse outside of the stable and hand the reins to Daryl.

"You know how to ride one?" I joke with him.

"Shut up." He grumbles with a scoff and I laugh. He climbs on top of the horse and looks to me. "Wait twenty minutes then find me." Then he was off.

I looked at my watch and waited until it has been twenty before I head off and follow the tracks.

I walk on forever when I hear a horse's freaked neigh and see Nelly sprint past me. Daryl's horse... but no Daryl. Where is he?

I quickly follow the prints and found the creek where Sophis dropped her doll. I peer down the hill and see Daryl in the water with a stick. And an arrow through his side.

"Daryl!" I call to him and see him look up at me. "I'm coming down!"

"No! Stay up there, I'll come to you!" He shouts up amd I wait.

I see him climb the cliff, he uses the stick for most of it and he ends up not far from me where he struggles.

I hook my foot to a tree root, lean down and reach my hand out.

"Daryl, take my hand." I order him.

He tries to reach for my hand but he slips but he steadies himself.

"Come on. You've done half. Stop being such a pussy." He mutters to himself.

"Daryl." He looks up at me and he jumps up but he slips and tumbles all the way back to the ground. "Daryl!" I shout and I hear a thud.

I quickly stood up and carefully climbed down, well mostly sliding because it was a pretty steep hill. I look down when I was half way and I see Daryl, lying there unconscious, I look in the distance and see a walker stumbling towards him.

"Shit." I hiss and climb down faster. I was near the bottom when Daryl kicks the walker in the face. I jump the rest away and land awkwardly on my ankle.

"Fuck." I grumble but have to ignore the pain. I see Daryl killing the walker with a stick and I see another two walkers stumbling towards us.

I unsheathe my machete and limp towards the closest walker. I brought it down into its head quickly. I look up and see the walker stumbling to Daryl... ignoring me. I guess he smelt more delicious than me. Daryl pulls the arrow out of his side and loads up his crossbow. I was about to take a step when another two walkers came out of the bushes. Daryl will have to deal that one on his own.

I quickly stab the closest one in the eye and struggle to pull it out. I try to yank it out but it won't budge. That walker must have recently turned. I drop the body on the floor and take my knife out of my boot and I stab it in the head. I look over to Daryl who is on the floor panting. I limp towards him when he was tying his shirt around his wound.

"Daryl, we've gotta go." I say to him and he nods. We begin to climb.

But before we do that he removes his laces from his boots and ties them together. What is he doing? He then cuts off the ears of the walkers. Well... that answers my question. He cuts open a squirrel and eats the insides. I walk over and sit on the log, our meal in between us. I grab a hand full of insides and eat it. The blood dripping down my chin. This has turned into a very interesting day.

Ashley's Pov

I see Jamie coming towards the house. The kid that Emma saved. I carry on drawing in my book. I love drawing. I'm currently drawing the landscape, with Emma and her group of friends in it. I want to remember everyone who I meet. I guess I'll have to draw close ups of them too. I hope they don't mind that.

"I'm sorry for what happened to your family." I voice to the boy.

"Thanks..." He looks to me in confusion.

"Ashley. Sophia is inside with Carl." I inform him and he nods before going inside. He is already like Emma a lot then he realises. And probably the hunter that Emma is always with. He likes to keep to himself. Even in their group, except Emma. They must be more than just friends.

I see Beth talk to Rick and they both come to the house. Oh no. My dad probably wants to speak with him.

"He's in there." Beth tells the man and he nods quickly before going inside the house.

Beth sits down next to me on the porch swing.

"I hope they get to stay." I admit to my younger sister.

"Me too! They are really nice. I'm glad Emma has found them." Beth explains to me and I nod in agreement.

"She loves them like family... especially that hunter." I inform Beth and grin at her.

"Youre gonna confront her 'bout it?" She looks to me curiously but she knows the answer.

"Yep." I say bluntly to her. "Wanna help confront her?"

"Yep." She parrots me. "But seriously... you're a stalker." She jokes with me and I laugh.

"Observant." I correct her. She just shakes her head and walks off. Leaving me alone to my thoughts. I really hope my dad allows them to stay. Because my gut tells me that if my dad tries to kick them out... Emma will go with them.

Daryl's Pov

Me and Emma climb in silence. That is until my brother shows up... again.

'What's the matter, Darylina? That all you got in you?" The ghost of Merle taunts me. I know he isn't real, but he is pissin' me off.

I struggle to get past the bit where I fell before.

'Throw away that purse and climb.'

"I liked it better when you was missing." I mutter to him.

"Daryl?" I hear Emma ask but I ignore her.

'Come on, don't be like that. I'm on your side.'

I scoff. "Yeah? Since when?"

'Hell, since the day you were born, baby brother. Somebody had to look after your worthless ass.'

I growl a little. I'm not worthless. The group like me, hell... Emma confessed she loved me. So... he was a lying sack of shit.

"You never took care of me. You talk a big game but you was never there. Hell, you ain't here now. Guess some things never change." I point out to him.

"Well, I'll tell you what... I'm as real as your chupacabra." He mocks me and I just want to punch him.

"I know what I saw." I snap at him.

"Who are you talking to?" I hear Emma's voice but I have to ignore her. I hate that I do but Merle needs a mouthfull... wait... she can't see Merle?

'And I'm sure them m-shrooms you ate had nothing to do with it, right?'

"You'd best shut the hell up." I growl at my brother.

'Or what?' He taunts. 'You're gonna come up here and shut my mouth up for me? Well come on do it then, if you think you're man enough. Hey kick off them damn high heels and climb, son. Emma is climbing way better than you. Your girl could have a busted ankle.'

I just ignore him and keep on climbing, even more determined to prove to him that I'm worth a damn. Emma cares about me. The whole group cares about me. How does he know Emma? She probably didn't even tell him her name. He's in my head. It's all in my head.

'You know what? If I were you I'd take a pause for the cause, brother. 'Cause I just don't think you're gonna make it to the top.'

I carry on climbing, prooving him wrong that I'm stronger than 'im. But, God, he could show me that no one cares about me. Except Emma.

'Come on. Come on, little brother. Grab your friend Rick's hand.'

Just as I thought I would touch a hand, even though it is in my head. I grab the ground and hoist myself up. I look around hastily for my brother.

"Yeah, you'd better run!" I call after him.

"Hey... uh... Daryl." I hear Emma call for me. I look to her and see her struggling to get to the top. "A little help?" She lifts her eyebrows and I nod. Too tired for words.

I hoist her up and let her lean against me.

"You found Sophia's doll." She points out and I grunt in response. She stops suddenly and I have to stop with her. She grabs my face with her hands. "I know you were hallucinating your brother." My eyes widen. "What ever he told you, don't listen to him... ok?"

"Yeah... ok." I nod at her and she smiles at me. My heart warms at her smile. She gives me a quick peck on the lips and we head off, back to the farm. God, I love that girl. My girl... It fitted right.

Emma's Pov

We have been walking for a while. Well, if me leaning on Daryl for support counts as walking then yes... we both are walking. I let Daryl go next to me after I told him that I can't lean on him. I need to walk it off and that he is probably tired. We are both stubborn people but I managed to convince him... eventually. It took a while though.

We eventually get to the clearing of the farm and hobble there. Slowly. Really slowly. Four figures come into our view. I make out Shane, Rick, Glenn and T-Dog. All of them holding weapons on me and Daryl. Great. I guess we looked that terrible that they thought we were both walkers.

"Is that Daryl and Emma?" Glenn points to us.

"That's the third time you've pointed that thing at my head. You gonna pull the trigger or what?" Daryl taunts Rick.

He should stop pointing his python at Daryl. I laugh a little and that's when a gunshot rang out and Daryl's body falling on the floor. My blood ran cold. No! I hear another gunshot and I feel a burn on the side of my head, I fall on the floor.

I see Glenn hovering over me. A ringing in my eyes. Whoever shot me and Daryl has a shit aim. Thankfully.

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