Inside her new bedroom Erica sat down on her bed and sighed. She took out of her denim jacket pocket a photo of her with her father and tears fell down her face. She then fell asleep clutching her photo.
A few hours later DJ came back to a strained looking Laura "what's up Laura? Is Erica ok?" He asked concerned.
"She knows about Negan and the saviours and what we used to do" Laura came out with it.
An angry DJ "that was for me to tell her when I was ready! Now she probably won't want anything to do with me now!". He shouted storming off into the kitchen.
"Why are you so bothered anyway?" Laura exclaimed.
"Because..." DJ said before stopping talking.
"Because you care for her right?" Laura asked.
"As a friend yes. Nothing else. I could never be with anyone again" DJ said before stroking his hair.
"Only you think you're not worth loving" Laura said.
"Im going to my room!" DJ said storming upstairs.
There was then a knock on DJ's door, it was Erica. She smiled at him.
"Hey can I come in?" She asked.
"Yeah" he said then sighed.
She went over to where he was sat and sat down next to him. She put her hands in her lap and began " I know about your past and what you did".
"You hate me now right?" He asked.
"No, I don't. I thought about things and decided I want us to be friends" she smiled.
"I want that too" he smiled back as she gave him a hug.
A few weeks passed and their friendship grew. They hung out as much as they could.
One morning Erica announced she wants to talk to Negan.
"Why do you want to meet him?" DJ asked.
"To know more" Erica announced.
She then walked to where Negan was kept. She asked Gabriel to unlock the door.
She then went in where a bearded man greying was sat on a bed in his cell "well who do we have here?" The man grinned.
"I'm Erica. You are Negan" she stated.
"You are DJ's girl" Negan said smirking "well the boy has done good".
"We're just friends" Erica firmly stated.
"Let's talk" Negan said.
"You made DJ your lieutenant. You made him do unspeakable things" Erica said with disgust.
"He did anything I asked of him. Loyal is his middle name." Negan explained.
"He is a good man" Erica said.
"I've heard he thinks a lot of you" Negan said. "And I hear a lot down here".
"He hasn't even told me what DJ stands for" she said.
"Oh he will" Negan replied.
Erica then left and went for a walk where she bumped into Rosita.
"Hey what's happening?" She asked Rosita.
"More reports of those skins at Hilltop so DJ and Scott have gone to check it out" Rosita told her.
Worry travelled around her body. Those skins had killed the leader of hilltop Jesus. They wore the faces of the dead and lived like animals.
"Omg I have to find him!" Erica said panicking.
Rosita rested her hands on Erica's shoulders. "He will be fine. You need to stay here, it's too dangerous out there alone".
"Ok" Erica said sitting down on a bench. He had to be ok, he just had to.
Several hours later it was beginning to get dark and still no sign of DJ and Scott.
The others were also growing worried. What if they had been attacked by the dead, or worse the skins?.
It was pitch black when suddenly there was banging on the gates. They were back!
Erica ran over to DJ who was off his horse and cried in his arms " I was so worried! I thought you had been hurt".
"Hey, nothing can hurt me" he smiled at her then he wrapped his arms tight around her as she laid her head against his chest listening to his racing heart.