I'm happy that I'm back...I have so many ideas for these two.
One of the reason why i deleted the other chapter and took a break was because I wasn't writing like that makes sense. I felt like a rushed with this chapter...I had to do it over it bothered me. I'm more happier with this version than the other version...y'all can be honest and let a girl know.
I took a break also because i had a lot of things going on at once...i am starting college in September but i am still going to write. it would just take me a while if you follow me on instagram i post when im gonna update or if something is changing.
Well I don't want to keep y'all from y'all reading hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer i do not own the walking dead.
Chapter 2
It's been three days since we buried my brother, were still on the road. Everyone is exhausted….I can tell that everyone wants to give up but we all know that we can't yet….there has to be a place somewhere, that hasn't been touched or anything of that matter. Rick stopped on the side of the road and sat down slowly lowering a sleeping judith with him "we will rest here for a while" he stated closing his eyes. We all followed his lead and sat on the ground, I looked around still standing leaning against a tree with my gun in position just in case….everyone looked torn,dirty and hungry. This world has taken everything from us that we were so used too before the world went to shit.
Out of the corner of my eyes, I see Daryl looking at me, his face looks like he is fed up...his hair sticking to face from the sweat and dirt. His eyes telling me that he was gonna give up any moment. I shake my head telling him no I still need you grumpy. In our own conversation, our eyes saying everything that for us, that's when our conversation was broken by a pack of carnivorous wild dogs, their fur matted with dirt, drool dripping from their mouths. Rick hands Judith to Michonne. Daryl, Rick, Noah, Rosita and Carl were getting their knives out ready to strike the dogs….it's like watching two packs of wolves fighting over territory….or a carcass. I roll my eyes and shot the dogs; Daryl, Rosita, Rick, Noah and Carl backed away slowly, seeing that i had it undercontrolled..they took too long. They fall to the ground….yelping in agony. Everyone looks at me, I just shrug my shoulders...this is our first meal in days, maybe even weeks. Daryl, Rosita and Glenn go over to the dogs, stab them in their heads, then starts skinning them. Tara helps Maggie build a fire, so we don't have to eat raw meat. We sit around the fire, eating the meat like it would be our last meal...well the irony in that is that we don't know when our next meal will be after this.
After everyone's done eating, we start back onto the road. Daryl comes next to me, nudges me with his shoulder. I look at him and nudge him back.
"Newbie...you don't have to talk...i know you're hurting….I'm here when ya ready to talk...don't lose yourself to this world Sash" Daryl sounding very concerned, I nod my head...not ready to speak yet. I'm glad he understands that I'm gonna be mute for a while. He kisses me on my cheek causing me to blush. Daryl then walks a little ahead of me, that's when i heard laughing, I look behind me to see all the ladies expect Maggie, even carl looking at me with smirks on their faces, I rolled my eyes and turned my focus straight ahead until, I bumped into Eugene.
Daryl grabs my arm so I didn't fall, he turns towards Eugene and snaps "Ay mullet watch where you stop walking"
Eugene was about to say something but Abraham stepped in front of Eugene "what would you do if he didn't?" Abraham asked getting into Daryl face. Daryl pushes me behind him,he positions his crossbow in abraham face.
"Oh you're gonna act like superman in front of ya lady, why don't you do it?" Abraham asked again straightening his posture like he was getting prepared to take an arrow between his eyes.
"I never miss" Daryl hissed putting his finger on the trigger.
"Alright guys stop" Rick stepping in between Abraham and Daryl separating them apart "We don't need this right now, we're all exhausted, sweaty, and were all ready to give up. We cannot go at each throats….we are family. WE get through everything together regardless who pisses who off."
"I ain't family with this" Daryl shouted taking his crossbow out of Abraham face. He walks away angrily, Rick runs his fingers through his hair in frustration. Abraham punches a tree, no one says anything in fear that it would be the wrong thing.
I turn my attention back to Daryl, to see him go in between some trees. I go over to Rick, tap his shoulder pointed to the direction Daryl went in.
"You're gonna go after him?" Rick asked, I nodded and I started to walk towards that direction.
I felt a hand grab my arm, it was Carl "Do you want me to go with you Sash?" he asked looking at me with sad eyes. I shook my head telling him no.
I walk towards the direction that Daryl left in, I walk into the clearing with my gun in position just in case of any walkers come my way. The surrounding woodland area was quiet, there wasn't a walker in site. I look to the ground to see if I could track Daryl by his footprint, I walk a little farther north til I saw a footprint, the footprint looked heavy like the person was adding pressure onto their feet to keep going...to not breakdown, the print from the boot looked to be about size ten, and I know Daryl is wearing a size ten as far as I know, I smirked to myself at my accomplishment.
Flashback
I was wondering the halls of the prison looking for Daryl, I wanted to know how to track just in case something was to happen,I got separated from the group and was looking for someone. But at the same time I wanted to spend time with Daryl, I wanted to get to know on a one-on-one. There was something about him that attracted me to him, ever since we went on that run together….I see him in a different way...like more than friends. I wandered back til I got to C-block, I saw Tyrese, Karen, and Beth sitting at the table while Beth was feeding Judith.
I go up to them and ask "Hey have you guys seen grumpy?"
"Who?" They all asked..I forgot that we only knew our nicknames.
"Daryl"
"He went to check the squirrel traps." Tyrese told me
I went over to Tyrese and held out my hand "Can i borrow your gun?" I asked.
"Wheres yours Sash?"
"In my cell but I dont wanna grab it." I told Tyrese as I smiled innocently at him. He rolled his eyes, went into his gun holder and handed me his gun. I kissed him on his cheek, headed out to the courtyard then towards the surrounding woods.
As I walked towards the gates of the prison, I saw Carl leaning the watchtower with his hat slightly covering his eyes. He was digging the ground with his foot, he seemed like he was lost in thought.
"You okay kid?" I asked Carl causing him to stop digging into ground.
"Huh? Yeah just lost in my thoughts… You heading out?"He told me as he seemed distracted by something.
"Wanna talk about? And Yeah but let's talk about this first, going to find Daryl" I asked as I put the gun in between my legs to put my hair into a bun. "Who do I have to beat up?"
He rolled his eyes then replied "No one Sash it's just that, I don't relate to the children from woodbury, they all wanna participate in reading stories with Carol...not thinking of the possibility of anything happening, I tried to help them kill walkers but they don't want it...to scared ….Lizzie was trying to interact with the walkers thinking they're her friends. And he went to check the traps" Carl now looking away from me as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Well kiddo let me tell you this you had to grow up faster than the children from woodbury. What kid would down into the tombs of the prison by themselves to help complete strangers? You were like a little leader that day, everyone handles things differently. Another thing is that you weren't sheltered, you have a tougher skin, your dad and other members of the group taught you how to shot and look at you now. Different thing shapes us in different ways….you're gonna have to let them learn at their own pace, one day it would happen." I exclaimed to him hoping that would raise his spirits "Now why don't you go make friends with Patrick….he's a nice kid, I think yall have the same interest."
"Hes…aiight" Carl rolling his eyes as he removed himself from the watchtower.
"Hey Carl you never know he could be a great friend to you, don't be afraid to get close...even if it hurts." I told him as he started walking away "Oh Carl can you open the gate for me please?"
He ran back over to the gate, before he opened it, he gave me a look that I knew all too well "So why are you gonna go meet Daryl?" He asked now smirking while leaning against the watchtower again.
"I'm gonna ask him to teach me how to track….wait why am i explaining myself to you?" I asked caught off guard.
"Because we tell each other everything. Plus you like Daryl." Carl told me as he moved closer to me.
"No I don't."
"If you say so"
"I know so."
"Then why are you going into the woods?"
"When did you become a sheriff?"
"Stop avoiding the question."
"I'm not avoiding the question."
"Yes you are. And one more thing you know we have the holes in the fence to make it easier...see you're not focused Sash...Damn Daryl is on your mind"
"CARL!" I yelled at him, he was slowly annoying me….even if it was the truth.
"Okay, I will be a nice kid and open the gate." He said as he pulled onto the string that opened the gate "Now go find Daryl, don't come to the prison too late. Be back before the sun goes."
I roll my eyes, walked out of the prison gates and headed towards the woods. I make sure to check my surroundings, I put my mindset in the zone. I walked for about twenty more minutes until I heard the sound of leaves crunching, under heavy feet. I hid behind a tree, my gun in position ready to attack whatever was there, I felt it get closer. Then that's when Daryl jumped in front of me with his crossbow in position, I lost my breath as he scared me but managed to keep my composure our weapons lined up in between our eyes.
He lowers his weapons,wipes the sweat off of his forehead "My bad thought you was a walker" he stats adjusting his crossbow back onto his shoulder. "Whatcha doing out here?"
I roll my eyes and chuckled at his answer, "What so I'm not allowed here anymore?" Moving closer to him squaring him off.
"I ain't say that, thought you had watch today." He told me as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Well I don't. Plus I was can you teach me how to track?" I asked as I crossed my arms across my chest also.
He rolled his eyes "I ain't gonna go easy on ya newbie."
"Don't worry I'm a fast learner...lead the way grumpy."
Daryl looks around then goes north taking us deeper into the woods. He suddenly stopped and bent down, he whistled for me to look over his shoulder.
"Can you guess this kind of animal?" he asked as he pointed to the animal print.
"Ummm….a rabbit?" I asked as i looked at the animal foot print.
"Nope newbie, this is a squirrel running the feet are side by side each other. Plus count the number of toes ya see in the footprint cause that'll show ya the animal." He told me as I nodded my head.
He looked up at the sky to see that the sun was starting to set "C'mon lets head back."
As we walk back to the forest, silence takes over us, the sound we could hear is the chirping of the birds, and the crunching of the leaves caused by us walking. We sneak glances at one another until Daryl stopped us again, he pointed to the ground and said "Look at these footprints, there a walker"
"How do you know?" I asked.
"By the amount of pressure was added onto that foot, than it go in a diagonal way." Daryl explains "The footprint also looks lazy like someone was dragging their feet after a long of walking. So the thing must be near still."
I looked around us to see the walker a few feet in front of us "Wanna try to use my crossbow to kill the little fucker." Daryl asked.
I looked at him as he was taking his crossbow off his back, he pulls the string back for it to be ready to shot the target. "Sure" He helped me put it into position.
"Okay so now with this finger you would just pull the trigger" I pulled the trigger aiming at the walker, the arrow hitted the shoulder causing the walker to walk lopsided. "Do what i showed you" I put the crossbow down in between my legs and pulled back the string, as I was doing that I was looking up to see that the walker was coming towards me. I panicked, losing grip of the string, while focusing on the walker, while fidgeting with the pullback string I found its holder, put the crossbow into position, and shot the walker right in between the eyes. I stood there shocked, that's when Daryl spoke "Good job newbie" as he went over to the zombie that was on the ground, and took the arrow out of its head. I hugged him and said "I had a great teacher."
As we pull apart, we stare into each other eye, our faces move closer to each other our lips, our foreheads touching one another, our lips lightly graze one another; until the sound of leaves crunching breaks us around.
I noticed the sheriff hat first then roll my eyes, Carl stands there with his arms crossed looking in between Daryl, a smirk on his face "The sun is going down sash, you were supposed to be back at the prison."
"How did you know where we were?" I asked hoping it wasn't the answer I was thinking.
"Wild guess, I guess" Carol told us as he walked away he looked over his shoulder and said "C'mon I won't say anything to anyone."
"You ain't see nothing" Daryl going over to Carl putting him into the headlock as we were walking back to the prison.
As they were walking ahead of me Daryl looks back at me and winks, I start to blush as I put Daryl's crossbow back over my shoulder. We locked eyes both thinking the same thing This is the start of something new.
End of Flashback
A couple of minutes later I found Daryl sitting on the ground leaning against a tree, he looked worn, tired and like he has been beaten up without being in a physical fight. Well actually this world will make you feel like you are in fight in order to survive. I went over to him, to see him burning a cigarette into his hand, I put my gun down next to him pull his hands apart so he doesn't have to feel the pain of burning. I sat in his lap facing him, put both of my hands on either side of his face, we made eye contact. His eyes looked completely dead like his was giving up.
"Don't give up just Daryl" I didn't have to say it my eyes just said the words words for me.
Daryl puts his head on my chest, pulls me closer to him, it was his turn to breakdown, to let go of any feeling that he was feeling. I put my chin on top of his head and started to run my fingers in his hair, to relax a little bit. Once he was done crying, he still laid his head on my chest and stated "Sash we can't keep living like this, we have judith to worry bout, we haven't had food in over a week. I don't know how much longer we can survive." I moved him his head up again with my hands on either side of his face, we make eye contact our eyes doing all the talking.
"Daryl you are a survivor. What you been through is survival" I put my one hand inside his vest, onto his back to touch the scars on his back, while the other hand was stroking his cheek.
"Sash I know but I have to be strong for you...I'm weak" I roll my eyes at him and kissed his cheek.
I look back into his eyes "You're always strong for me"
"I try my best..ohhh and i found a barn" he smirked at me causing me to roll my eyes again, that's when it started to rain we got up fast and ran back to the group, we walked back to see Abraham slapping a bottle of water out Eugene as he was yelling at him.
"Guys I know where a place we can go to...follow me" Daryl said as we reentered the cut and headed towards the barn.
We entered the barn, all breathing heavy from the running we had to do. Everyone sat down enjoying the feeling of sitting down, and that we don't have to worry about walkers until we decide to leave the barn. Michonne, Carol, Glenn and Daryl start to build a fire, While Rosita was rocking Judith to sleep singing her a lullaby in spanish. Eugene, Noah and Carl were talking about some superhero. Abraham stayed near the just in case of a threat would be knocking at the barn door. Father Gabriel and Tara were looking around the barn trying to see if their was any food to eat..which I highly doubt there would be. Maggie was leaning the far wall, where the fire would be built
As time went on, we all started to do our own thing, Maggie laid on the floor with my jacket from Bob under her head, her eyes staring into the darkness of the barn. Tara, Rosita, Noah,Carl and Eugene were laying down next to one another, while Judith laid on top on top of him. I was leaning against the far end of the barn, I looked across me to see Abraham who made eye contact right back...as he took a sip of his whiskey. I breathe heavily and rolled my eyes, my eyes then capture yellow-orange hues of the fire as Daryl, Michonne, Glenn, Carol and Rick sat around it. They were in their own conversation in hushed voices, probably to give the rest of us a good night sleep, after their conversation
I heard daryl get up and he moved closer to the door. I heard the sound of a chain going around the handle of the door, then Daryl grunts as he adds pressure to the storm to stop it from swinging open. I see Maggie get up from her spot on the ground, the wind from the outside is still causing the door to open slightly. I get up,moved to the other side of Daryl, our eyes locked with one another's...both of our eyes saying I got you babe, you're strong for me i'm gonna be stronger for you. Effectively every person in the group, came to work on keeping the barn door close.
As the night went on we worked as a family, as one moving unit. We stayed strong for one another, even though we are in a rough patch as a group. We proved that, we're fighters, survivors...we are the walking dead.
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