For the next two weeks Emma kept largely out of sight. She didn't come to any of the meals. She didn't join the group in any group work. Instead she took watch in the gym. The only time she spoke to someone was to tell them walkers were coming near the fence. No one but Daryl knew how she was doing. Or if she was getting over her wounds or not.
Though things had shifted for the worse between her in the group, that had shifted for the best between herself and Daryl. They talked from late at night until the early hours of the morning, which Daryl thought he would never do with a woman. All in all they were fine but Daryl did miss the way Emma was when she was enthralled in the group dynamic.
In the two weeks that had passed she had seemed to lose her spunk. She still killed walkers, and she still had the fiery personality he had fallen in love with, but there was something missing deep down. Something he could see missing in her step. The group had also shifted as well. With the absence of Emma came a lacking in group morale.
"Daryl?" He slowly turned and looked over his shoulder at Rick was running towards him. "I finally got your attention." He said stopping in front of him.
"Is everything alright?" Daryl asked pulling his Crossbow higher up on his shoulder as he looked Rick over.
"Yes… Well… No."
"Either it is or it isn't Rick." Daryl said with a raised eyebrow.
"Look, I need to talk to Emma. Any idea where she's been hiding out taking watch?" He just shrugged. "You're not going to tell me, and I get that… So maybe you can talk to her." Daryl looked to him.
"About what?"
"Morale has gone down. I'm realizing Emma was even more important than I thought… We need her to come back into the ranks."
"She's still in the ranks she's killed ten walkers this week near the fence…"
"I thought she was just telling us about the walkers and having us take care of it."
"No, she's still doing her part." Daryl said.
"I didn't say she wasn't… By in the ranks I mean with the group, not separated as she has been."
"I'll do my best but…" His voice trailed off as he saw Emma walking down the hallway without the use of crutches. She pulled the Bo staff he had made for her out from behind her. "What's going on?" He asked.
"Walkers inside the gates, I killed them but I'm going to find where they're getting in." She said walking past him.
"We'll help." Rick said.
"I got it on my own thanks."
"Hey Emma look I have something-." Glenn said coming out of a classroom.
"Hey Glenn." She greeted moving past him quickly.
"Soo… She lost the crutches…" He sad to Rick and Daryl who then walked past him. Emma stopped down at the steps and smiled seeing a fallen fence in the back of the property where a walker was slowly coming in.
"Hey now!" She called and the walker spotted her beginning to move as fast as it could towards her.
"There's two more!" Rick said seeing them coming over the fallen fence.
"I got them!" she called over her shoulder as she twirled her Bo over her head and slammed it across the walkers head causing him to go down. She then poked another through the eye destroying the brain before using the Bo to toss it aside. Emma smiled seeing the last walker try and take a swipe at her. She slammed the Bo down onto its arms snapping it like a twig before twirling and landing another hit across its face. As it went down she brought the Bo down atop its head.
"Looks like your back to regular business." Rick said as he and Daryl along with Glenn and T-dog moved forward.
"Guess so." She walked to the fence and lifted it on her own before pushing it up to a standing position. She pulled a long piece of stripped wire from her bag and began to tie it off.
"Let me help." Glenn said.
"I've got it." she said moving to the other side and tying it. "That should hold for now…" She said as walked to one of the walkers and grabbed it by the back of the shirt and began hulling it towards the bonfire.
"We can burn them." T-dog said.
"I got it." she said tossing them on top of scorched bodies nearby before walking to another body and grabbing a hold of its arms.
"So you feeling better?' Rick asked as Glenn and T-dog slinked away feeling absolutely useless.
"Hundred percent." She said as she dragged the body to the fire pit and kicked it on top.
"How's that cut on your back?"
"Don't know." She said walking to the last corpse. "I can't see it." She said with a cheeky smile and Rick chuckled. She dragged the last body before throwing it on top of the pit.
"You haven't been to any of the dinners, are you eating?" Rick asked.
"Yep, there are some wild berries growing by the gym…"
"We have good food… Better then berries."
"I like berries." She said going to the fence and beginning to walk to check for other weak spots.
"Carols refined her cooking though I'm sure she'd love if you joined." Rick said as he and Daryl followed.
"Maybe…"
"I'd like if you joined tonight… We never did get to celebrate your birthday."
"Daryl and I celebrated on our own…"
"Is that a new fighting stick?" Rick asked.
"It's a Bo staff and yes it is. Daryl made it for me." She tied off a weak spot in the fence.
"Emma…"
"Rick…" She said looking to him and mimicking his tone.
"You need to come back to the group."
"I never left the group." She said going to walk away.
"Emma you've let this thing for on too long."
"I've let this thing?" She asked turning and he took a step back. "I apologized, which I thought was pretty big of me considering I saved everyone's asses and risked my own."
"Glenn has been wanting to apologize. He tried to in the hallway and you brushed him off…"
"Because there was a threat, or should I apologize to him once more for doing my job in this group…"
"No one asked you to protect us." Rick said and she took a step back as she looked him over.
"Well Jesus Rick I didn't think you would feel the need to… I just thought it was the right thing to do…"
"Okay this isn't how I wanted this conversation to go… I don't think I'm getting my point across-."
"You're getting it across just fine… Kill your own walkers, protect your own people, I'm sick of risking my skin when all I get is trouble for doing what you should have been doing all along."
"If you don't contribute to the group then you don't stay." Rick said.
"Well good thing I just decided I'm not staying…" She brushed past him so hard Rick stumbled back.
"You really thought you could bluff her?" Daryl asked him before walking off. "Fix this quick Rick!" He yelled over his shoulder. He quickly headed across the soccer field and walked into the school.
"Daryl-."
"Not now Lori." He said brushing past her. Lori looked out to see Rick coming in with his head hung.
"What's going on?" Lori asked.
"Emma is leaving the group…"
"What?" She asked her voice raising. "Explain what happened now…"
"Emma." Daryl came around the corner and into the alcove to see Emma packing a bag. "You move fast."
"I've stayed here too long…" She muttered her Bo that he made secured to her back.
"We can't leave Emma."
"You don't have to go anywhere but me it's clear I've outstayed my welcome…" Daryl grabbed her arm and she stood up straight.
"I don't have to go anywhere?" Daryl asked. "That's a hell of a thing to say to me."
"Daryl…"
"If you go I go… Got it?" She nodded.
"I'm sorry… I say stupid stuff when I'm angry."
"I think that's a trait most share…" He muttered. "We can't leave Emma."
"I don't know what else to do Daryl, I try my hardest and I keep getting scrutinized for it. I nearly died trying to save these people and they want to burn my on a stake for it."
"Since when did we become these people?" Emma looked to see Carol.
"I can't do anything right." Emma said moving past her and out of the alcove.
"Emma!" Carol called as everyone came out of different classrooms. Daryl walked out and watched Emma disappear around a corner.
"Y'all do me a favor." Daryl said looking to the group. "Leave her the hell alone." With that he stormed off after her.
"You fix this Rick." Lori said. "Now."
"Later." Carol said. "If you go to her you'll run into Daryl… You don't want that right now." He slowly nodded.
Emma walked into the gym and stopped seeing Beth and Carl looking over some of the martial arts equipment she had drug out. They were holding up pads taking turns hitting them. Emma tilted her head when she watched Beth pull her hand back quickly.
"Owe owe!" She said waving it by her head as if to shake the pain away.
"You don't want to tuck your thumb in when you punch." Emma said and the kids froze before looking to her. Emma looked at them for a long moment before shaking her head. "Just… Just thought you should know." She turned to leave.
"Could you show us?" She stopped hearing Carls voice.
"Yeah… You've been saying for a while now that you would…" Beth added. Emma slowly turned and looked to see the kids had eager expressions. "Will you show us Emma?"
"You still want me too?" She asked.
"Sure why not?" Carl asked with a shrug.
"Alright… Let this be our first class, put those pads down." The tossed them down instantly. "Stand on the line." She said pointing to the gym ground. "We're going to stretch, you want to do these every morning. It will keep your body limber in case of walkers and it will also keep you strong…" They nodded. "Alright first you always warm up your arms…" Daryl slowly peeked into the gym and stopped seeing Emma teaching Carl and Beth stretches.
"My arms are stiff." Carl said.
"They will be in the beginning but as we go on you'll get more and more limber." Emma said. "Now down to the floor." They moved. "Soon I'll show you how to fall straight back without hurting yourself, it's useful to know. Now right leg first stretch it out and reach for your toes with your opposite arm." Carl cringed as he moved forward and Emma laughed. "Don't push yourself Carl… Inch by inch it's a synch yard by yard it's too damn hard." The kids laughed and Daryl slowly walked out of the gym.
"Is she going to leave?" He turned to see Rick.
"No she found a different job other than yours to do." He said before walking off.
"I don't think that's called for."
"Oh I do. I'm going out on watch." He muttered.
-o-
Emma smiled as she walked out of the school. She had taught Beth and Carl for a good five hours. For once in a very long time she had felt appreciated by someone other than Daryl. She had also felt respected. She had feared the kids wouldn't look up to anymore after what had happened and what had come to light. Instead they seemed more eager than ever to learn from her.
She looked all around before spotting Daryl at the edge of the property walking along the fence. She smiled softly before she pulled her Bo and steadily began to move towards him. She knew not to call out to him, in fear of walkers hearing. She also knew not to run up behind him, less she wanted a chance at an arrow through the eye. As she walked up to him Daryl turned and nodded at her.
"On watch?" She asked.
"Yep… You done with the tikes?"
"You saw that?" she asked and he nodded.
"You seemed in your element."
"I forgot how much I missed teaching kids…" She smiled softly. "Also it was nice to know that I still had respect from someone…"
"You still have respect from everyone they're just acting… Strange…" She looked to him. "I don't know what the hell is wrong with everyone…"
"I've scared them." He looked to her.
"They've known how powerful and skilled you are it can't be that."
"They've only seen me use that power and skill to kill Walkers… Those men were alive. Don't get me wrong I've said it before and I'll say it again I don't feel guilty, maybe that's why people are acting like assholes towards me…"
"Maybe it'll blow over."
"Daryl…" he looked to her. "It's been two weeks, I don't think the winds of change are coming… I have to earn my place again… Maybe teaching Beth and Carl is my way back to it…"
"You shouldn't have to earn back anything…" She looked to him to see he had an angry look.
"You have to stay out of it." he looked to her. "I don't want you to be the odd man out because of me."
"Fuck em I'd rather be the odd man out with my odd lady out then a regular man without my odd lady…" She looked at him with a raised eyebrow and he chuckled. "There was sense in there somewhere."
"Yeah somewhere…" They both laughed. "I kind of get what you mean though… Still stay in their good graces it's… Cold… Where I am… Outside the group I mean." He nodded before looking her over.
"So you lost the crutches…"
"I did." She said with a smile. "I woke up this morning and it was like my foot was like new. I guess sitting up in that window sill did me some good."
"Don't push yourself too much."
"Worried about me?" She asked nudging him with a smile.
"No worried about you having my back is more like it. I can't have you limping around like a cripple." She laughed and he smiled. "I'm going hunting tomorrow."
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Come with me?"
"Sure." She said with a smile.
"I just have to teach Carl and Beth in the morning."
"We'll leave at noon."
"It's a plan." She said with a smile. Daryl looked her over for a moment before starring forward.
"You've gotten thinner."
"Calling me fat?" She asked and he laughed as she nudged him once more.
"Calling you malnourished… You have to eat more than those berries… You should have breakfast in the morning." She shook her head.
"I like the berries."
"More than powder eggs?"
"I don't want to take from the group."
"You're a part of the group."
"Yeah I'm really feeling the love of the group."
"You're so damn stubborn." He muttered and she smiled.
"Yeah but you kind of love me for it." She said pinching his cheek and he smacked her hand away with a smile.
"You know… It's been two weeks, my ankle is all healed… Maybe we could go on that trip."
"Let's wait a little longer I want to make sure your ankle is a hundred percent…"
"Right… Well I'm going to take watch up front." She walked away and Daryl stopped. He had the feeling he had just made her very upset.
"Emma?" She turned and looked to him.
"Yeah?"
"I'll see you later?" She smiled and he relaxed.
"Of course, it's not like I'm going anywhere." With that she turned and walked off the Bo he had made for her in hand as she did. As Emma walked she kept her head down. She had to wonder if Daryl was going to keep his promise and help her find her way back to Annabelle's grave. Normally she wouldn't push, but as of late she had begun to lose sleep over it once more. Every time she closed her eyes or managed to fall asleep and dream it would be to see a walker Annabelle tearing into some poor little doe's neck. She was glad she had yet to dream of her tearing into an actual persons neck. A branch snapped behind her and she twirled her Bo above her head before spinning and swinging. She froze just as it was about to come across Glenns face.
"Oh god!" He screeched his hands on his head.
"Glenn! Jesus you snuck up on me!" He slowly stood up straight and faced her with wide eyes. "Don't sneak up on someone with a weapon in the dark!"
"Sorry I called out." He said.
"Oh…" She relaxed. "Then it's my fault, my mind was somewhere else… I should have been paying attention."
"Thanks for not bashing my skull in."
"Anytime." She clapped him on the shoulder before turning and walking away.
"Wait…" He caught up next to her.
"You don't have to do this." She said.
"I do… Emma I'm sorry."
"No you're not." She said stopping and making him look to her. "But thanks for saying it."
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Have such a keen intuition into what people are thinking and feeling?"
"Oh I don't… I proved that when I killed those five men… I really thought it would be justified to everyone…"
"It is…" He said as they walked together. "Just not to me…"
"You have a high moral compass… It reminds me a lot of Dale."
"I take that as a compliment."
"You should take it as a great compliment, but also with a grain of salt."
"What's the salt made out of?" He asked looking to her.
"It's made out of the fact that, that human compassion can get you killed…" He looked at her. "Here take a seat young man."
"I'm older then you."
"Yeah but I'm a woman which makes me two years ahead of whatever age you are." He laughed as he sat down next to her on the steps of the school. "You know that I killed my father-."
"To protect your little sister… I understand it now."
"So that killing is justified?" She asked intrigued and he nodded. "Can I ask why the five men I killed weren't?"
"Because you loved your sister…"
"I love this group… You all are my family now… Trust me I tried to keep that from happening, tried to not get close but, you people are so damn nice." Glenn smiled as he looked her over. "I mean T-dog is kind of that wacky uncle. Lori is that wacky aunt who keeps making poor life decisions." Glenn laughed. "Beth is the little sister, Carl is the little brother, you're the big brother, Maggies the big sister, Hershel is the all knowing grandfather, Ricks the father figure and Carol… Well… She's like my mother now." Emma looked to him to see he had a serious expression. "I love you all, I protect the people I love. Or I try my hardest to. You heard what Ben wanted to do when he realized Carl was gone. He wanted to shoot him in the head Glenn… All I could think was that he was going to do the same to all of you after he took the food supplies and weapons, which by the way if he hadn't killed us that probably would have." He thought about it before looking to her. "I couldn't imagine any harm coming to any of you and when I did… I went a little nuts… But I truly believe that I did what I had to do… I'm sorry that it upset you." He nodded. "But I'm not sorry for what I did." He slowly nodded before looking out.
"So… You really think of me as the big brother?" She laughed and pushed his ball cap off. "Very nice." He said with a laugh as he picked it up and brushed the dirt off. "I'm sorry Emma, I really am now. I should have had this reasonable talk with you before I said what I said and did what I did in front of the others."
"That's okay." She said with a shrug.
"Soo now that that is done, are you going to come back into the group start socializing?" She just shrugged.
"I don't know… I've kind of gotten used to the quiet…"
"No one is mad at you."
"No one thinks highly of me anymore."
"That's not true."
"It is true…" She picked at some grass. "I've lost my place." She tossed the grass far ahead.
"No you haven't." She looked to him.
"Daryl keeps saying that."
"Well he's right… The group isn't the same without you around…"
"I'm still around."
"Yeah but you're not your spunky-kick-ass-take-no-prisoners-self. We miss your ability to break awkward silence at just the right moment." She laughed and Glenn nudged her. "Come on, come to dinner in the morning."
"Fine… Only because you asked and I feel the need to pay you back after subjecting you to such carnage."
"Good." He clapped her on the back before standing and stretching. "Well I'm off to bed."
"Night Glenn."
"Night sis." He patted her on top of the head before walking off as she laughed.
-o-
Daryl slowly stirred in bed to see Emma sitting on the edge her head bowed. He looked her over for a moment before slowly stretching. When everything popped with satisfaction he sat up and stretched once more.
"Morning." She said before he could.
"I thought you would be up in your perch by now looking over the grounds."
"Glenn apologized last night." He looked her over. "He wants me to have breakfast with everyone."
"It's a good idea." He said as he pulled on a shirt.
"Maybe…" She said as she slipped on her studded boots.
"Come on." She looked to see he was all dressed. "You need to eat something other than berries."
"I'm not going to eat anything…" She said. "I rather enjoy my fruitarian ways…" She said with a shrug as they walked off towards the cafeteria. "Maybe I'll have orange juice."
"She taught you all that in one day?" Rick as seeing Beth release his son from an arm bar.
"Yeah but when Emma does it she's way faster like lightening!" Carl said.
"Soon I will be too." Beth said with a smile.
"I wonder when she'll teach us how to use a Bo staff." Carl said.
"I'm not going to teach you Bo staff, I'm going to teach you guys Eskrima." Everyone turned to see Emma and Daryl who were walking forward.
"Eskrima?" Carl asked.
"It's like have two Bo staffs, and you know what they saw to blunt objects are better than one." She ruffelled his hair.
"Emma…" Carol said surprised. "I didn't think you'd be joining but I have some extra powder eggs-."
"I'm okay…" Emma said. "Can I sit?"
"Of course sweetheart." Lori said before Carol could. Daryl and Emma sat down and silence fell over the table.
"Are you sure you don't want anything to eat?" Carol asked.
"You're looking a little thin…" Hershel added.
"I'm fine… Maybe some orange juice though?" Emma asked seeing Carol desperately wanted to give her something.
"Of course here." She gave her a glass and Emma nodded.
"So why won't you teach us Bo?" Beth asked breaking the silence.
"Because you guys are young… I want you to have double chances of protecting yourself and if both your hands are preoccupied I know you want going to try and punch a walker across the face and risk scraping your knuckles against it's teeth."
"Oh…" They said.
"You guys ready to work some more today?" Emma asked.
"Yeah." They said.
"What are we going to learn?" Beth asked.
"We'll keep working on combinations and such..."
"If you don't want us punching walkers why are you teaching us this?"
"Because there are people other than walkers who want to hurt you." Emma said.
"It's true." Rick said.
"We're thankful you're teaching Carl." Lori said.
"We're thankful for you teaching Beth as well." Hershel said and Maggie nodded.
"No problem." Emma said quietly.
"So have you taught children before?" Hershel asked.
"Emma worked at a studio right?" Beth asked.
"I was a lead instructor at a dojo for a while… Since I was 12."
"That's young to be a lead instructor." Hershel said.
"It was the belt rank that mattered there, Besides the kids liked learning from someone their own age…"
"What was your belt rank that got you to be a lead instructor?" Lori asked.
"One of the higher ones, come on kids let's go we've got work to do." Emma stood and walked off Beth and Carl quickly following her. "Thanks for the OJ Carol."
"Any time!" She called as the doors closed and the three were gone.
"Why do you think she won't tell us what belt rank she was?" Maggie asked.
"She likes the mystery." Daryl said as he ate some powder eggs.
"Well she sat with us… That's an improvement." Lori said.
"She was afraid everyone hated her." Glenn said. "I blame myself."
"She doesn't look good." Everyone looked to Hershel.
"What do you mean?" Daryl asked.
"She's very thin for one and I don't like her coloring have you seen her back?" He asked Daryl.
"Not in a while."
"I want to make sure that wound isn't festering." Hershel said. "Can you convince her to see me?"
"I'll try." Daryl said.
"I'm going to go watch Beth and Carl." Lori said with a smile her hand on her growing stomach.
"I think I will too." Maggie said.
"I say we all enjoy the show." T-dog muttered.
"One." Emma called out and Beth and Carl moved forward and punched. "Two." The others came into the Gym and the kids looked. "Eyes forward." Emma said and they snapped to attention. "If you're going to watch I ask you stay quiet…" The others sat down and Emma glanced to see everyone had arrived. She had to wonder if they were watching because they were curious or because they didn't trust her with the kids. "Three." The kids moved forward and punched. "Beth…" she looked to her. "It's feet together." Emma brought her feet together. "Then sweep your leading leg out… This prepares you later on for throws."
"Yes Ma'am." Emma said with a nod.
"Four." They did as she said and Emma tilted her head as she walked around the kids. They were moving across the court steadily. "Five…" She step in front of Carl and pushed his punching hand. He stumbelled back and Emma grabbed onto his fist keeping him from falling. "Why did you fall?"
"I don't know."
"Yes you do we discussed this yester day." She pulled him fully onto his feet. "Why did you fall Carl?" He thought about it.
"Because my knee wasn't bent, my weight wasn't distributed evenly enough…"
"How do you distribute your weight evenly?"
"Feet just beyond the shoulder, knee bent so I can't see my foot." Emma smiled and clapped him on the back.
"Well done…" She walked over to Beth. "Five." They moved forward. "Beth do you want your fist straight or at an angle."
"An angle you're first two knuckles should be higher then the last." She answered.
"Well done, Six."
"She's training them like they're in the army…" Maggie said with a smile.
"Look how concentrated they are." Carol said Lori who nodded. Daryl watched as Emma smiled softly as she taught the kids for the next three hours.
"Keep going Carl!" Emma called as she held a pad in front of her and he kicked her. "Come on Carl harder! Kick harder I want to get knocked off my feet!" He kept kicking. "I'm a walker if you don't kick me off I'm going to rip your throat out with my teeth."
"Ah!" Carl yelled and Emma stumbled back. He smiled bright and Emma ruffled her head.
"Good job line up and wait." He walked over to a line in front of the others and stood. "Emma you're turn."
"Front kicks Ma'am?"
"No… Round house. That's going to be your strong suit." She changed position so that her bag was held at her side. "Now Kick." Beth kicked her and Emma tilted her head. "What the hell was that? Come on Beth get angry!" She kicked and the others watched as it didn't so much as make a sound hitting the bag. "Beth you kick this bag like you mean it or I swear you're going to do sprints across the floor kick damn it!" She kicked harder. "Kick Beth!" She kicked and Emma moved forward. "Emma I am a big mean man and if you don't kick me right now of my feet I'm going to massacre you your daddy and your sister now-." Beth yelled out and kicked her so hard she fell back on the ground.
"Holly hell." Glenn said slowly standing along with Hershel.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" Beth said running to Emma's side who was laughing.
"That was awesome." She said as she flipped up onto her feet. "Well done…" She clapped her on her back. "Line up." Beth rushed to Carls side. "Soo what did we learn today?"
"I learned how to kick someone off their feet." Beth said and Emma smiled.
"Carl?" She asked.
"I learned how to properly distribute my weight."
"Very good, now I asked you both to find an inspirational quote to live by for the week… Beth what was yours?"
"She does homework too?" Lori asked with a smile.
"I don't regret the things I've done, I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance… In my book it said unknown…"
"That's alright it's a good quote." Emma said. "Carl yours?"
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn.. It is the spiritual experience of living everyone minute with love-."
"Grace and gratitude…" Emma finished for him and Carl smiled.
"Denis Waitley."
"Denis waitley…" She confirmed. "One of my favorites… You're homework assignment for tonight is twenty crunches building up from the ten you were to do last night. I also want you to write at least a paragraph essay on what respect means to you, and why you think it is important." They nodded. "Alright feet-." Beth raised her hand. "Yes?"
"Do you have a quote you like other than the one Carl said?" Emma looked up in thought.
"There are three things you cannot recover in life… The words after you speak them… The moments after they pass… And the time after it's gone… So heed the words you speak… Cherish the moments that happen… And let no time pass unfulfilled…"
"Who said that?" Carl asked.
"Maria Jameson…"
"Your mom?" Beth asked and Emma smiled.
"Yeah she was pretty wise." They smiled.
"I like it." Carl said.
"I'm glad…" Emma said. "Now… Feet together." Emma brought her feet together and her hands were brought swiftly to her sides the kids fallowing her movements. "Always do your what?"
"Best Ma'am!" They called. They looked up before bowing at the waist until their eyes met.
"That's it for class your free to be children again." Emma said and the kids laughed. Emma stretched as she grabbed some bags and carried them off.
"That was amazing." Lori said walking up to her with Rick and Hershel.
"Carl was amazing out there you've only worked with him once before?" Rick asked.
"Beth as well?"
"They both are very fast learners they're doing well." Emma said. "I just wish I could give them actual belts to wear... gives them something to look forward to… I'll have to think of something else to keep them motivated."
"Did you see that?" Maggie asked running to Beth. "You kicked her on her ass!"
"I know I did it!" Beth said.
"Nose down Beth." Emma said and she smiled bashfully.
"Sorry Emma…" Beth said with a shy wave.
"Why is it you call her Emma now but now when she's teaching?" Glenn asked.
"Because she's teaching me when I call her Ma'am she deserves the respect…" Beth said and Maggie smiled as she looked over her little sister.
"Emma you ready to go?" Daryl asked.
"Yes… I'm glad you approved of their class." Emma said before bowing and heading off. "Beth Carl don't forget to bow before you leave the gym this is our acting dojo."
"Yes ma'am." They called.