Hey guys! I thought you deserved a chapter. Also, this is what I imagine Aubrey's hair looks like now: /image/3524595/

I hope this works, I've had this photo on my computer for a while now and for some reason I couldn't find it on google anymore, but I finally found it on someone's blog.. I think?

2 days later somewhere outside Forsyth...

Judith was placed in the baby carrier, I had found in a house, currently sleeping against my chest. My knife was raised, ready to strike if anything happened. This was the second house I'd been to and so far I'd had no luck at all. Someone had been here before me, picking the place clean. The only useful thing I had found in the other house was a toothbrush, not even toothpaste.

I seriously needed some more food, I only had about a days worth left. Food had been surprisingly harder to come by. Even though more than half of the population had been wiped out, it seemed like everywhere I have been, someone had already grabbed everything, leaving maybe a can or two.

I knocked on the open kitchen door a few times, waiting for any walker to come out. I waited for a minute and when nothing came out, I walked in. My guard was up while I tried to be as quiet as I could, not wanting to wake Judith or anything else that lingered around here.

When I reached the kitchen I quickly raided the cupboards, most of it was already covered in mold and I tried my best not to throw up at the smell. I'll never get used to these things.

I did found a can of beans, which I was glad of. Now I just needed some formula, also some soap or deodorant wouldn't sound so bad. I grimaced when I realized I had to bathe Judith tonight, since kids were fare more sensitive to illnesses keeping her clean was a bigger priority then keeping myself clean. Although most of the time she hated bathing, which ended in her screaming loudly and in me trying to calm her down while looking out for any walkers. It'd surprised me that we weren't dead yet.

When I covered the rest of the house the only useful thing I'd found was a bottle of shampoo, which wasn't really useful at all since Judith didn't have a lot of hair and it wasn't like I would be the one to wash my hair. I sighed when I touched my hair, which was currently thrown up into a short bun. My hair was going to be hell if I ever had a chance to wash it again.

I though back to when I tried to save Michonne for the first time and there had been a walker, grabbing my ponytail from behind. Daryl had given me hell for it at the end, I'd give anything to see Daryl yell at me right now. Just to see him.

I wondered if he was still alive, if anyone was still alive. I hoped they made it out safely. I shook my head when I thought back to that day, I didn't want to think back to that day. There wasn't anything I could do about it now. It happened, wishing things had gotten different wouldn't help me in the slightest.

When I walked out of the house I looked around me, searching for anything unusual. When I couldn't find anything I walked out on the street, trying to decide which house I should go to. The house on my right seemed like there wouldn't be a lot left. The windows were all broken and there was some blood on the walls.

There were about a dozen walkers stumbling around the streets, luckily they hadn't noticed me yet. I just had to be quiet. As if somebody had it out for me, Judith started to cry. I looked down to see her face turning red with all the crying and I panicked. What do I do? I looked around, trying to find a house to hide in, when all of a sudden more walkers appeared. Where the hell did they come from?

There had to be at least twenty walkers heading towards us right now so I made a run for it to a boarded up house. If there was an opening here somewhere I could come in and quickly board it up again. Hoping the Walkers would find something else of interest. I tried to turn the doorknob but I noticed it was locked.

''Of course. Shit, Shit. SHIT!'' I yelled the last word and walked around the house, trying to ignore the walkers coming closer. I found a back door and hesitated for a few moments before deciding I should kick the door down. Just standing here sure as hell wasn't going to help me. I raised my boot and slammed it down on the door. Except a creaking sound coming from it, it didn't do anything. With another groan I kicked again.

After another two kicks the lock finally broke and I hurried inside, slamming the door closed behind me. Looking around to find an object that could block the door and prevent walkers from coming in. My eyes fell on a couch behind me and I grabbed it and pushed it against the door. That should hold, at least for a while.

I quickly took Judith out of the carrier, who was still crying, and started to sooth her.

''Judith, hey, it's okay.'' I lifted her so that she saw my face and started to stick my tongue out at her, making silly faces. After a few attempts she finally quieted down, her crying subsiding to soft hiccups. I placed her against my chest and patted her head. I had no idea how I did it, but I did it. Despite my bad relationships with baby's in general, I had to admit that I had gotten good in baby-sitting, as I liked to call it.

I jumped when I heard walkers pounding against the windows and doors.

''We're safe,'' I whispered more to myself than to Judith, ''We're safe.'' I still patted Judith's head, keeping my eyes trained on the door in front of me, my gun placed in my right hand.

Right at that moment I heard the cocking of a gun and in a matter of seconds I could feel the barrel against the back of my head. I held my breath as my heart starting to race against my ribs and I glanced down at Judith who didn't seem to be noticing the sudden chance in atmosphere.

''Drop your weapons.'' A female voice behind me said. I froze when I heard it, the familiar sound filling my ears. I slowly did as she said. The voice sounded stern and didn't shake, clearly ready to kill me if necessary.

''You idiot! You've gotten us killed, you've gotten me killed!'' She said, frustration clear in her voice. I slowly put Judith down and my hands up, not wanting to seem like a threat to her, and turned around. Hoping I'd see the face that matched the voice.

''Olivia.'' I whispered as a lump started to form in my throat and my hands started to shake. I couldn't believe it. My heart was pounding in my chest and took a deep breath, as I started at the familiar figure in front of me.

Olivia's eyes widened when she saw me and she lowered her gun. Her tense posture slowly relaxed as she took me in. Eyeing me up and down.

She looked exactly the same as when we last saw each other. Her brown hair was pulled into a ponytail and a few freckles still coated her face. The only difference was the enthusiasm in her blue eyes seemed to have disappeared and there were dark circles under her eyes. I can't imagine me looking any different then her.

''Oh my god, Aubrey.'' She said and I quickly wrapped my arms around my best friend. We were both crushing each other and I let out a shaky laugh, leaning my head on her shoulder. She was slightly taller than me, which made me stand on my toes as I hugged her.

''I never expected to- I thought that-'' I stuttered, not able to form a normal sentence, as I backed away from the hug. Olivia chuckled softly to herself.

''Me too.'' She said smiling slight, then she turned towards the toddler on the ground, raising an eyebrow.

''Since when do you have a baby?'' She asked, pointing at the tiny human on the ground.

''She's not mine. Her mother eh-'' I pressed my lips together, not being able to form the sentence. Olivia frowned for a few second, but she seemed to understand and slowly nodded.

''Oh, well let's go upstairs. We're safe there.'' I looked back at the door behind us and quickly picked up Judith, taking her word for it.

We both darted up the stairs and went into the master bedroom, which was at the front part of the house, she quickly closed the door after me and made sure to lock it.

My eyes gazed over the room, noticing that she had far more supplies than I did, and I had Judith with me. She had a small pile of canned food and a small stack of toilet paper. Next to both piles was a backpack, that looked pretty full. That was probably the reason why I couldn't find anything in the houses, she'd raided them and got whatever was left.

Olivia didn't pay any attention to me as she started to rummage around in her backpack,

''I know I have it here somewhere.'' She mumbled to herself and I took a step forward, curious to what she was doing.

''Liv, what-'' I started but startled me when she let out a loud ''Ha!'' She jumped up and had a big smile on her face as she showed me what she was holding. In her hand was a small airhorn and I immediately grinned as we were thinking the same thing.

''I've got some duct tape.'' I said, now it was my turn to look around my bag and search for the duct tape. I came across a small toy and gave it to Judith so she had something to play with, a moment later I had the duct tape in my hand and I ripped a piece off, handing it to Olivia.

''You ready?'' She said and I slowly nodded, cupping Judith's ears with my hands. I was silently praying that the loud sound wouldn't make Judith cry and gave a small nod to Liv, signaling that she could start.

She wrapped the tape around the airhorn, making it wail like crazy and threw it out the window, as far away as possible. After that she quickly closed the window, shutting out the sound a bit. I removed my hands from Judith's ears as she started at me with a wide eyed expression. I almost laughed at her shocked face, but contained myself and turned to Olivia, who was looking out the window.

My eyes checked the room again, amazed by the variety of stuff she had. I almost gasped as my eyes landed on a specific object. ''You have your combound bow?'' I said surprised and she grinned and nodded. ''Yeah, quickly got it before the shit hit the fan.'' Liv had always been a fan of archery and when she turned twelve her parents allowed her to take lessons. 10 years later she could be considered a pro and she had her own bow.

I stood next to her and watched the walkers surround the airhorn. They're so stupid.

''We have a lot of catching up to do.'' I said, keeping my gaze on the street and not looking at her. The walkers around our house had walked away, but the noise also attracted walkers that were about a mile away. Which would make it even harder to get away tomorrow. That did make me turn to Olivia, was she going to come with us? If she didn't want to, would I stay with her? I didn't really think I had the heart to leave her. We lost each other once and I wasn't planning on losing her again.

''Are you heading somewhere right now?'' I asked her and after a few moments of hesitation she slowly shook her head.

''Are you alone?'' I asked her before she could explain anything, it seemed very unlikely that someone with this many food was alone, but I hadn't seen anybody else and it didn't seem like there was another person.

''Yes.'' She said, her voice sounding a bit strange.

It had gotten pretty quiet after that, the only sound was Judith silently blabbering to herself. I realized I didn't really know Olivia anymore, we used to know every little thing about each other, but the apocalypse changes you and I had to get to know her all over again.

It was only when we were having dinner that Olivia spoke up again.

''What happened to you?'' She asked, shoving another spoonful of beans in her mouth, cringing a bit as she did so. I remembered how she always despised beans, she sometimes even refused to eat them. ''With your family I mean, did you join a group?''

I awkwardly scratched my neck, not knowing what to tell her and what not to tell her. But I quickly reminded myself that this was Olivia we were talking about, I could tell her everything. So I did. I told her everything that had happened to my dad and Teresa, and to my mother. About the group I was with until a week ago and how I was planning to go to Macon to see if they were there.

''-Do you want to come with me to Macon?'' I asked, feeling the awkwardness slowly fade away the longer we were together.

''Definitely.'' She told me after a few second of thinking about it, ''I have been alone for quite some time, I'm ready for a change.'' She smiled and I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding, relieved that she wanted to come with me.

''Good, I'm glad.''

So... Let me know what you think! And have a nice day.