Gwen's P.O.V

I don't know what to do with myself again so I just help Nessa and Carol with washing clothes then hang them up to dry. After that, I'm still denied cooking duty. Now they all don't trust me around a fire. It's a little depressing. I sit down next to Daryl as he cleans his crossbow for the millionth time. I roll my eyes at him. I'm sure he loves that thing more than me. I get on all fours and crawl under his arms and sit in between his legs. He looks down at me and laughs.

"What are you doin'?" He asks

"That crossbow gets more attention from you than I do" I pout and bury into his chest.

He chuckles and places down his crossbow and wraps his strong, muscular arms around my shoulders "You're jealous of a weapon?"

"I'll be jealous of anything or anyone who takes your attention from me" I look up at him and grin "Be prepared. I'm not sure you realise what you're getting yourself into"

He kisses me gently "Don' care. You're mine"

I look up as Lori comes running from the house and calls for Andrea. She says something to her then rushes to me "Gwen, could you come with me, please?" She asks desperately.

I look at Daryl quickly and he nods. I get up and run after Lori to the house. She rushes through the door and stops "Beth wants to kill herself" She tells me.

My eyes widen "What?"

"She took the steak knife off her plate and hid it from me. When I went back to her room she had it in her hand and was hiding it under the covers" Lori says.

"Fuck! What is she thinking? Does Hershel or Maggie know?" I ask her.

She shakes her head "No, I asked Andrea to get Maggie"

I nod my head "Okay, we should go up and watch her until one of them gets back, we can't leave her alone"

Lori nods and follows me as I rush up the stairs. I slide into the room quietly and Beth looks up at me, clearly upset but says nothing.

I smile at her and sit next her but I don't look at her "It doesn't go away, the pain of a loss, but the pain does dull and the day will come when you think about the people you lost and instead of crying, you will smile at the good memories you shared with them." I look down at her then and she's staring at me intently and I continue "It gets better, I promise"

I hear the front door open and Lori looks at me, I nod at her and she heads downstairs. I then hear Maggie yell something followed by hammering footsteps on the stair. I stand quickly and vacate the room as Maggie enters it and I close the door behind her.

I move down into the kitchen with Lori and Andrea and as I enter it all I hear is screaming from upstairs. I let out a breath and sit on the table. "I do not miss that sound" I mutter.

The women just nod. "Where's Hershel?" Andrea asks

"He doesn't want to find out yet. It's a family affair. We'll let them work it out." Lori says

"That's working it out?" Andrea asks

"When Beth stops fighting, that's when it's time to worry." I tell her.

"This could've been handled better." Andrea says

"How so?" Lori asks

"You shouldn't have taken the knife away" Andrea says simply. I look at her appalled, is she nuts!

"Excuse me?" Lori says with a similar look to mine

"You were wrong, like Dale taking my gun. That wasn't your decision." Andrea says "She has to choose to live on her own. She has to find her own reasons."

I scoff and shake my head "Have you lost it? She's 16 years old!"

"If she's serious, she'll figure out a way." Andrea says looking cool as a cucumber.

"Doesn't mean I can't stop her or let her know that I care." Lori says acting cool.

"That has nothing to do with it, Lori. She only has so many choices in front of her, and she believes the best one is suicide." Andrea says with a shrug

"That's not an option." Lori says

"Of course it is. She doesn't need to be yelled at or treated like a child." Andrea says

"She needs a loaded gun, right?" I throws back. "You'll understand if I don't send you in there."

"I came through it." Andrea protests

"And became such a productive member of the group. Let Maggie handle this her way." Lori says.

"I contribute. I help keep this place safe." Andrea states

I scoff, this bitch is really pissing me off "You shot my boyfriend in the head, great work" I say sarcastically

"The men and Gwen can handle this on their own. They don't need your help." Lori says.

"I'm sorry. What would you have me do?" Andrea asks us

"Oh, there's plenty of work to go around." Lori says

"Are you serious? Everything falls apart, you're in my face over skipping laundry?" Andrea argues

"Puts a burden on the rest of us, on me, Nessa and Carol, and Patricia and Maggie. Cooking, cleaning and caring for Beth. And you- you don't care about anyone but yourself- You sit up on that RV, working on your tan with a shotgun in your lap." Lori snaps at her

"No, I am on watch against walkers." Andrea growls "That is what matters, not fresh mint leaves in the lemonade"

"If I remember correctly, that's Dale's job not yours" I tell her.

"What the hell, Gwen? What's your job description" Andrea asks, knowing fine well the answer.

"I lead this group!" I snarl at her, getting in her face "I was doing that job well before you decided you wanted to be trigger happy. You didn't have a problem with it then when you were asking me how to set up your tent!"

Lori takes my arm and pulls me back into her slightly and says "And we are providing stability. We are trying to create a life worth living."

"Are you kidding me?" Andrea asks

"Look, I went after Rick. I took down two walkers." Lori says

"After crashing Maggie's car. Don't act like you're the only one who can take care of herself. - Ever apologize for that?" Andrea throws in Lori's face.

"Crashing her- You're insane." Lori snaps

"No, you are. And you're the one that's self-centered, the way you take it all for granted." Andrea snaps.

"My husband is out there for the hundredth time. My son was shot. Don't you dare tell me I take this for granted!" Lori yells at her.

"You don't get it, do you? Your husband came back from the dead, your son too. And now you've got a baby on the way. The rest of us have piled up our losses- Me, Carol, Beth, hell Gwen, Andy and Nessa don't even know where their family is and will never know, but you just keep on keeping on." Andrea shouts in her face

"Each and every one of us has suffered!" I shout at her

Andrea ignores me and continues to drill into Lori "Playing house, acting like the queen bee, laying down rules for everybody but yourself. You know what? Go ahead. Go in there and tell that little girl that everything's gonna be okay, just like it is for you. She'll get a husband, a son, baby… boyfriend. She just has to look on the bright side."

I loose it "Who the fuck do you think you are? How dare you. You have almost killed people in this group because of your selfishness. Dale, fair enough he shouldn't have done what he did, but your blind arrogance nearly killed my boyfriend!" I calm down when Lori puts her hand on my shoulder "I forgave you for that, Andrea, don't make me regret giving you the benefit of the doubt. It won't happen again"

She steps away from me looking scared then runs off. I turn to Lori felling pissed. Lori takes my shoulders in her hands.

"I appreciate you standing up for me like that." She says pulling me into a hug.

I grin and hug her back "What are sisters for right?" I say as I pull away and give her a wink.

She grins at me "Yeah"

I help Lori with some cleaning up when I hear a banging coming from upstairs. Lori and I look at each other confused and head upstairs. I hear Maggie banging on a door and shouting Beth's name. Lori is right behind me as we burst through the door.

"What is it?" I ask

"She's in there. I heard glass." Maggie says, panicked.

"Beth, you all right?" Lori asks through the door

"Don't do this, Beth. Don't do this. Open up, please." Maggie pleads then starts searching through Beth's things "God, I left her with Andrea."

Lori and I exchange looks "Where's a key?" Lori asks

"I don't know." Maggie says before moving back to the door "Beth honey, please open the door. I'm not mad. I'm not mad, Beth."

"Maggie, Lori move" I tell them. They move back.

I step back and brace my shoulder and throw myself into the door. It rattles. I do it again, I hear something splinter. One more time and the door breaks open and I fall forward but catch myself.

Beth turns to me and uncovers her wrist that is covered in blood, the mirror behind her broken. "I'm sorry" She cries.

Maggie moves past me to her sister and leads her back into her bedroom. Lori turns to me in surprise "I didn't know you could do that!"

"Well it's not the first door I've had to kick down" I say with a grin. I move the shoulder and wince "It hurts like a bitch though"

Hershel come in and goes crazy before stitching Beth's wrist. "Where's Andrea?" Maggie seethes.

"I would like to know that myself?" I say

I follow Maggie outside and Andrea comes running across the yard "Where were you?" Maggie asks dangerously

"I heard. Is she all right?" Andrea asks

"She would be if you had stayed with her. Where were you?" Maggie asks again

"How bad is she?" Andrea asks

"It wasn't deep." Lori says

"She wants to live. She made her decision." Andrea says looking happy.

"She tried to kill herself." Maggie yells

"No, she didn't." Andrea replies

"My father is stitching her wrist right now. Gwen has probably fractured her shoulder when she broke the door down!" Maggie says

"She'll live." Andrea says trying to walk past Maggie into the house.

Maggie stops her "Stay away from her. From both of us. Don't you dare step foot inside this house again"

Andrea looks at me and Lori for help, well she ain't getting it, Maggie's right, I think I have fractured my scapula because of that Bitch.

Lori speaks first "I'm not gonna say she was right, but Beth has made her choice. She wants to live and now she knows it... And sometimes you have to cross the line."

Maggie doesn't look convinced as she walks back into the house. I'm not either. Lori turns to me concerned "Let me see your shoulder."

I turn and she makes a noise "Oh my God, I'll get Hershel"

I try to look at it "What?"

She runs in and two minutes later Hershel is downstairs looking baffled "Let me see"

I turn for him "You have wood splinters embedded in your shoulder blade and it appears you may have a break too by the look of that bruise, come sit down"

"I'll get Daryl!" Lori says and runs off.

I straddle a chair backwards and cross my arms in front of me, over the chairs back. Hershel starts pulling splinter out of my back with tweezers and I wince with every pull. Daryl comes in moments later looking panicked.

He sees me and the look softens "You didn' even leave the farm and you get all banged up" He says and kneels down in front of me.

I wince again as another splinter is pulled out "What can I say, I'm accident prone"

"You're going to have to wear a sling for a few days until the swelling goes down, don't move this arm to much and don't sleep on your back" Hershel says.

"Yes, sir" I say with a sigh.

He places his hand on my other shoulder as Patricia ties me into a sling "Thank you for what you did"

I smile and nod "No problem, you save me, I save your daughter, sounds fair"

He smiles "You have done so much more that that"

He walks away with Patricia leaving me and Daryl alone. Daryl is glaring at me "What did you do now?"

I move to shrug but instantly regret it as pain shoots through my shoulder "I broke down a door, we thought Beth was trying to kill herself, she was crying and glass broke so I battered the door down with my shoulder"

He looks pissed "How do you even know how to do that?"

"There's a lot of things I know how to do." I tell him.

He doesn't look impressed "I thought you were done doing everything for everyone"

I sigh "Daryl, I tried to stop a 16 year old girl committing suicide, I didn't put my life in danger"

He sighs, looking frustrated "Whatever"

I grab him with my good arm and pull his lips to mine "Don't: whatever, me"

He clenches his jaw then relaxes. I hear a car "They're back" I state walking towards the door.

I walk out and Rick and Shane climb out the car looking beat to shit. I rush up "What the hell happened to you guys?" I ask, shocked

Rick looks at the sling "What happened to you?"

"I broke down a door, it's a long story" I tell him.

He steps forward and semi turns me to look at my shoulder "Is it broken?" He asks concerned

"Maybe, its probably a small fracture I would be in a lot more pain if it was anything more than that"

I look past him to Shane who is opening the boot of the car and is pulling Randall out "I thought you were letting him go?" I ask, confused.

"Change of plans, I'm going to have to think things over tonight." He says.

"What things?" I ask

"Wither or not to kill him" Rick replies.

My eyes widen "Surely not!"

"It might be for the good of the group, he could find his way back here, he said he knew Maggie in school, so he could know where she lives" Rick says.

I don't like it but he's right "point taken"