RPOV
Alexa and I couldn't go very fast. My ankle wouldn't heal properly if I kept putting all my weight on it. She found me a large stick to lean on. I'll admit it, I didn't trust her at first, but now I think she's okay. I mean, she wrapped my ankle up and now she's leading me back to the highway, and maybe we'll find Sophia in the process.
I missed Charlie. I missed Daryl. Hell, I even miss Carl and he always annoyed the hell out of me.
"What are you thinking about?" Alexa asked.
"My sister." I answered.
"You have a sister?" She questioned.
I nodded, "Her name's Charlie. She's six. I just hope Daryl's taking good care of her."
"Daryl?"
"He's this guy in my group. Since this started, he's sorta've been taking care of us. He taught me how to use a gun." I said.
"I'm sure Daryl's taking care of your sister." Alexa replied before looking back at me, "Where's your parents?"
"Dead." I answered. "They died at the start of all this."
"I'm sorry." Alexa said.
I shrugged, "What happened to your family?"
"Never had one. At least, not really. My parents died when I was a kid and I was in the foster system until I was 18." Alexa answered.
"No group?" I questioned.
"I used to be part of a group. Then we were attacked." She replied.
"By walkers?"
"No. By people. I was out on a run by myself and when I came back, everyone was dead and all of our stuff was taken." She said.
"Sorry that happened." I replied.
"It's in the past. I'm over it." Alexa responded.
We've walked for a few hours until my ankle got really sore. We didn't find a cabin or some place to sleep, so Alexa helped me up a tree and tied me to it with some rope she had. Then she climbed the tree next to mine.
I sat there for a while. Just thinking. I was hungry, really hungry. I hadn't eaten at all today and the sardines didn't exactly fill my stomach.
"You can go to sleep, Riley. I can take watch." Alexa whispered.
"You need to sleep at some point." I replied.
"But I'm not the injured one here. With your ankle, we can only walk a few hours a day. You can't overwork it." Alexa responded.
"You're not my mother. So stop acting like it." I mumbled before closing my eyes.
DPOV
After Rick and Shane left, Hershel finished stitching me up and also left me alone. Well, not exactly alone. When I woke up after being shot by Andrea, Charlie was curled up beside me. Rick told me she refused to move.
Neither my tent or her's was set up, so I let her spend the night. Carol brought us both dinner and we ate it in the bed. After we were done Carol took her to get ready for bed. Charlie came back in her night gown with a picture book and her doll.
I read the book to her and she fell asleep halfway through. I sighed and set the book on the table before falling asleep.
The next morning Charlie went back to camp for breakfast and I had the wonderful opportunity to take a shower. Once I was done Andrea and Carol helped me to my tent which they set up that morning.
After Andrea brought me a boring ass book, Charlie came running in with peaches and jerky. Once she gave me my share, I sent her off to learn how to shoot with the others. Charlie's the youngest in the group, the most vulnerable. I needed her to know how to shoot.