Chapter 14
When I woke up I was in my bed back in the tour bus. I looked around to see Aaron, Daryl, Merle and Rick sitting with me. "You guys look like shit." I muttered playfully. "Not as bad as you baby sister." Aaron teased. I shrugged. "Yeah, but I stabbed myself while jumping out of a moving vehicle. What's your excuse?" I asked jokingly. "Okay you win, I'm gonna go get you some water." Aaron said happily as he got up. "I'll go get ya some food, glad yer okay blondie." Merle said as he got up. I smiled at him. "Thanks guys." i said sweetly as they left the room. Now there was only Rick and Daryl with me. There was a lot of tension in the room. I was thankful when Lori came in. "Um do you guys mind leaving for a minute? I need to ask her something ..personal." Lori said sounding embarassed. The men shrugged and left the room. Once they were gone Lori sat down on the chair beside my bed. "First off, I'm glad you're safe. Nobody here except Rick, Shane and Merle knew what you did until the morning when you came back. Um I was wondering if you had any extra tampons?" Lori asked. I laughed. "Yeah I got some in the bathroom..oh my god." I told her as my laughter died down at the sudden realization that my period was very late. I could feel my eyes getting wide. "What's wrong?" Lori asked with worry in her voice. "Can you get Daryl in here, please? It's important." I told her frantically. She nodded and left the room. Moments later Daryl came in looking worried. "Ya wanted me?" He asked nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck. I sighed then nodded yes. "Come sit." I said as I gestured to the empty space beside me on the bed. Daryl nodded and sat down. "So what's this all about?" He asked after a long silence. "Daryl..I'm..I'm late.." I mumbled quietly as I put my head down. "What does that mean? Late for what?" He asked sounding confused. I let out a sigh. "You know..my period. I think I'm pregnant." I muttered. I could feel the tears begin to come. I looked up at Daryl and his expression was pure shock. "Is it..mine?" He asked. I shot him what I hoped to be a mean looking glare. Of course it was his. I haven't had sex with anyone besides him since before the world went to shit. What kind of girl does he think I am? "Of course its yours!" I yelled. A look of relief came to his face. "Okay well..what do we do?" He asked nervously. "I need a pregnancy test. There's no use in telling everyone if we don't know for sure. I'll ask Glenn." I told him quietly. He nodded.
I glanced down at his hands and noticed they were all bloody. Strange. "Hey, what happened to your hands?" I asked curiously. He let out a sigh of frustration. "The guys from the bar were with a huge group, they were firing at us. One of them jumped off a roof and got his leg fucked, his group left him for dead. Rick decided to save him and we're keeping him locked up where the horses are. We were gonna use the barn, but Hershel insisted on not goin' near it. I had to uh..get information outta him. He said he remembered you from Atlanta.." He explained to me. What? He rememberd me? I sat right up. "Take me to see him." I demanded. "What? Why?" He asked angrily. "Because if he's one of the men that got away I wanna be the one to put a bullet in his head." I said harshly. Daryl shrugged. "Fair enough." He said as he got up and helped me walk to the stables. When I opened the door there was a teenage boy laying on the floor bloody and beat. "Oh my God..I remember him." I said quietly. "What?" Daryl growled angrily as he ran at the boy and began punching him. "Daryl stop!" I told him. "What?" He asked as he turned around with a confused look on his face. "His name's Randy or Randall, one of those two. I never would have made it out if it wasn't for him. He made me promise not to tell anyone incase word got back to his group, but he saved me. After the boss left me he knew what the boss was gonna do to me. He said he had to see it happen a few times. The boss told him to tie up my hands, but he tied them up loose and stuck a knife down the back of my pants. I figured since I owe him my life the least I could do was keep that to myself. Daryl, he's not like them." I explained. Daryls face seemed to soften slightly, but not by much. I walked past Daryl and sat down beside the boy. "Hey, its Randall, right?" I asked sweetly. He looked up at me and smiled. Its like he knew that I knew the truth about him. "Yeah, I never got your name." He said quietly. "Emily. I'm gonna get you outta here, okay mate? Its the least I can do, let me go talk to Rick." I said kindly as I patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the stables.
When I walked over to Rick, he was with Shane and Dale talking about Randall. "We can't just kill him." I heard Dale say. "Yeah, and why not?" Shane asked harshly. "Because he saved my life." I said from behind him and Rick. They both turned to me in disbelief. "What?" Shane asked angrily. "Back in Atlanta he was with the group. You didn't think I just snuck a knife in, did you? When he was sent to tie my hands he tied them loose and hid a knife in the back of my shorts. He isn't like them." I explained. Dale smiled at me. "See? We can't just kill him." Dale stated. Shane sighed. "He could have changed." Shane said. "Shane shut the fuck up." I muttered as I walked back to the stables. When I got to the stables I heard Daryl thanking Randall for what he did for me. I smiled. "Daryl get me the key for his cuffs. Now." I said sternly. "Does Rick or Shane know?" He asked quietly. "To hell with Shane, and if Rick's just gonna be his bitch to hell with him too. Randall saved me, so now its my turn to return the favour." I told him. Daryl shrugged and handed me the key. I took it and unlocked Randall. "You poor kid, okay Daryls gonna help get ya to my tour bus." I told him. Randall nodded in agreement. Me and Daryl began helping him to my tour bus. We got about half way before Shane came running at us. "What is he doing out?" He yelled as he began to reach for Randall. I pulled out my handgun and aimed it at Shanes face. "I don't care if every walker in the universe hears it." I warned him. Shane sighed and began to walk away. "This isn't over." He called over his shoulder.