So, how's everyone doing? I started a new story. It's a Daryl/OC story if you want to check it out. I'm not as confident in it as I am with this one, but it's out there for your entertainment if you want it. I'm thinking two maybe three chapters before I wrap season 1 up. Anyway reviews are always welcome and appreciated…I'm so sorry I was going to post yesterday, but I was stuck. I figured out why. Joslyn has nothing to say in this chapter so I'm switching pov!
Chapter 14
Sometimes I hate being pregnant. I'm almost completely useless. I'm stuck here while nearly everyone is out looking for Sofia and here I am back at the house anxiously waiting for any word. They had spilt in groups of two well all except Daryl, who decided he would go by himself and take a horse to cover more ground. T-dog and Glenn we're together, John and Bobby, and Shane and Rick. Rick with Shane made me so nervous. Shane's been making me very uncomfortable lately. He have me the creep vibes before all this now they are more like creep waves. I try not to be in the same room as him.
I'm sitting on the steps of the porch watching Ella and Mia play tag. We just got done with a game of hide-and-walkers, Ella decided to name the game we created. Carl was able to come out and sit beside me, but he wasn't up to playing just yet.
"Joslyn, I'm so bored can I please play with Ella and Mia," Carl begs. Gah, those blue eyes are just like Rick's and Mia's and it makes it so hard to say no.
"Sorry bud. Doctors orders. We don't want to tear your stitches. You had us all worried for awhile there. We're not in a hurry for you to be laid up again," I say slinging my arm around his shoulders. He smiles up at me.
"Well, I have a cool scar like dad now," he smirks. I can't help but laugh, boys and their scars. We're having fun just talking and with Mia running back every ten seconds telling us to watch her. I look in the woods and hope everything is going ok.
Rick's pov
How did I get stuck with Shane? I should have volunteered to go with Daryl. We've worked in, mostly, silence tying colored fabric around trees. Every group has a different color so we know who's where and we can find our way back if we get lost.
"We still make a pretty good team. Don't We Rick," Shane says. He says it in a way that it's almost like he's saying something else. I decide to ignore him. "I mean even at the quarry I had your back with the whole Daryl situation." I turn to him then.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Shane looks stunned I even responded.
"Well I mean I had a handle on Daryl. Didn't notice John doing much," he mutters.
"Nah, he just got my wife and kids out of town and then made sure they lived. Then when Daryl pulled a knife he made sure he put himself between him and everyone else. You better think twice before you say a word about my brother-in-law." We've stopped walking and are just glaring at each other. Shane gives a little mischievous grin then takes his hat off and rubs his newly shaved head.
"You ever gonna forgive me for Lori," he says. "We've known each other since we were kids. Isn't damn near eight years enough time? Or is it you still have feelings for her? That it?" I shake my head at him.
"Honestly, I forgave you both the second I met Joslyn. I finally understood that saying 'everything happens for a reason'. Lori happened for Carl and you and Lori happened so I can be with Joslyn. I would have stayed in that marriage, as unhappy as we were, I would have stayed. You asked if I still love her, I will always have her in my heart. She's the mother of my son, but beyond that there's nothing. I will tell you, I do not appreciate you two trying to keep my son away from my wife and his sisters. That's another thing entirely, but you know and I know that we will never be friends again. You crossed a line that shouldn't have been crossed. Joslyn or no Joslyn what you two did was wrong. I'm over it though. I'm happier now, in this moment looking for a little girl that may or may not be dead, with a pregnant wife that has no access to a doctor, with the dead hunting us at every turn, I'm happier in this moment than I ever was with Lori. Now that's saying something, don't you think?" I look at him just a little longer to get my point across. Then I notice a piece of fabric that isn't ours. "Looks like we wondered into Glenn and T-dogs area," I say pointing, then turn and start in another direction not looking to see if Shane's following.
We wonder a good distance then decide we should head back to camp if we didn't want to be stuck out in the woods at night. When we get back to the farm everyone but Daryl is there. I see Joslyn in the yard sitting next to Carl laughing with Mia and Ella entertaining them with various tricks. I don't even realize I'm smiling till Dale says something.
"Nothing but pure love can make a man smile like that," he says with a small smile of his own. I hear Shane snort sarcastically and Dale gives him an apprehensive look. "Rick, may I speak with you a moment?" I nod my head. We both stand there and then turn and look at Shane after we realize he's not leaving. Shane looks between us then makes another noise in the back of his throat and walks away.
"I've been meaning to talk to you for a while now. Its about Otis."
Joslyn's pov
I seen Rick walk out of the woods with Shane, but now Dale is talking to him. Herschel told Carl he needed to rest. So, it was just me sitting on the steps. The girls were out spinning in circles faster and faster till they fell down. I feel someone sit down beside me and look over. My eyes grow huge.
"I owe you an apology. Well, I'm sure I owe you many, but I'm taking this slow. I'm sorry for slapping you, back at the quarry," Lori says and it looks like she literally just swallowed her pride, the way her throat was moving. "The truth is I'm jealous of you. I see Mia and I think of the siblings Rick and I could have gave Carl. I seen how happy he was with you and I forgot how miserable we were," she turns and gives me a sad smile. "I've known Rick nearly all my life. He was my first crush, first kiss, first everything. I thought I knew every look he had, but I seen him just now. That smile he had when he was looking at you," she pauses, "he never smiled at me like that. Not once. I would have remembered if he did. What I'm trying to say is that I'm going to try to be better about this situation, but you're going to have to cut me some slack sometimes," she gives me a tight smile. I nod my head, shocked. When she goes to stand up to leave, I call her back.
"Yes," she says.
"You ever slap me again, just remember I'm not a slapper. I punch back, hard," I say and smile back. She looks shocked then nods her head tightly and walks back in the house.
The suns starting to set and Daryl still isn't back yet. I'm beginning to get nervous.
"Maybe we should send someone to look for him," I say to Rick. He looks up at me with a slight frown.
"We can't risk it. Daryl's a smart guy. I'm sure he's fine," he tries to reassure me.
"Walker," Andrea yells out. Everyone stands and is an action.
"Don't shoot! Herschel says he wants to deal with Walkers," he yells at Andrea running out towards the lone walker. Andrea lines her shot up.
"Don't you dare pull that trigger. You have no idea how to fire that weapon and so help me God if you even graze my husband I'm pulling you off that RV by your hair and beating you to a pulp," I say deadly calm. She glances at me then looks back through the scope and fires. Son of a bitch! I hear Rick yell out something. That's when I realize that it wasn't a walker. It was Daryl.
"Congratu-fucking-lations on not listening and shooting a fellow member of the group. You better pray he's still alive. We need him," I say. Andrea looks shocked and she takes off into the field calling out asking if he's dead.
Daryl was shot, but not by Andrea. He fell off a ravine and got stuck by his own arrow then Andrea's bullet grazed his head. Never thought I would be happy for someone to be a lousy shot, but if she had any skill, well, we'd be burying Daryl right now. One good thing that's happened Daryl found Sofia's doll. Finally a lead.
Authors note: I'm sorry for the short chapter, but that's all that's coming to me right now. And I'm so mad because I'm doing this from memory and I could have sworn that season one ended after Rick did his "this is not a democracy" speech. Well I was wrong I had to watch it again for something and surprise surprise the farm was on season two not one. Well, anyway I got most of everything figured out on how it's going down. Expect some crazy twists. Oh and I totally forgot about the wallet in the well so we'll say it still happened, but Joslyn wasn't part of it. Hope you like this short chapter let me know what you think please.