Glenn grumbled when there was a knock on the RV door. He moved Camellia off his chest and stepped around the children on the floor. He was shirtless in his jean's and tank top. He opened the door and saw Rick standing with Lori and Shane. He asked ''What do you need?''
Rick said ''You have been to the town right''
Glenn mumbled ''Yeah I have been why''
Rick said ''We think that Hershel went to the bar in town after what happened and the funeral he's not on the farm. I need you to come with me please I don't know the town like you do.''
Glenn said ''I have to ask my wife.''
Camelia said ''You can Glenn just be careful'' she handed him a shirt she yawned and she looked at Rick and said ''If you don't come back with my husband, I'll cut your head off with my Katana's.'' She walked back into the RV and came back three bottle of water and two sandwiches wrapped up she handed it to him and she kissed his lips and said ''Love you Glenn''
Glenn said ''Love you too'' grabbed his backpack putting his food and drink's inside and grabbed his weapon's he looked at his wife she was holding Teddy who was awake. Teddy waved sleepily at him and Glenn waved back and got into the car with Rick.
Rick said ''You'll be back''
Glenn said ''I know.'' He watched his wife go back inside the RV.
Rick looked at Glenn and said ''How did you two meet?''
Glenn said ''She hit me with a door when I was leaving her building.'' There was a choking sound and Glenn looked Rick wasn't choking he was laughing. Glenn said ''Oh hush my sisters laughed also.''
Rick said ''I'm sorry that's not funny'' he went back to driving and Glenn nodded and said ''I fell for her when I opened my eyes, I didn't tell her that.''
Rick nodded and said ''I knew I loved Lori when we were in Highschool''
Glenn nodded and said ''I'm sorry about the miscarriage''
Rick said ''Thank you'' stiffly he gripped the steering wheel Lori had told him about the affair and he was trying to forgive her he was really trying. Glenn directed him to the town and they pulled up to the outside of the bar and walked in with their guns.
Hershel asked ''Who's with you?'' He poured himself another glass of his drink of choice that was left in the Bar.
Rick answered ''Glenn he volunteered he's good like that.''
He walked over and asked ''How many have you had?''
Hershel answered ''Not enough.''
Rick said ''Come on Let's finish this up back at home. Beth collapsed she's in some sort of state. Must be in shock I think you are too.''
Hershel shook his head and said ''Maggie's with her?''
Rick said ''Yeah, but Beth needs you.''
Hershel shook his head and said ''What could I do? She needs her mother. Or rather to mourn like she should've done weeks ago. I robbed her of that. I see that now.''
Rick said ''You thought there was a cure. Can't blame yourself for holding out for hope.''
Hershel scoffed '' Hope? When I first saw you running across my field with your wife in your arms, I had little hope she would survive.''
Rick said ''But she did.''
Hershel nodded and said ''She did. Even though we lost Otis. Your man Shane made it back and we saved your wife. That was the miracle that proved to me miracles do exist. Only it was a sham, a bait and switch. I was a fool, Rick, and you people saw that. My daughters deserve better than that.'' He took another gulp of his drink.
At the farm
Camellia looked and saw Lori coming from the house with a gun she got into the car that was Maggie's and she drove away she rolled her eyes and just kept going into the house with her children. She didn't understand Rick and Lori leaving their son whenever they felt like it. Sam was against her chest in a sling and Teddy ran into the house. He ran over to Carl and Carl grinned down at him and said ''Hey Teddy.''
Teddy said ''Hi Carl'' and lifted his arms to be picked up.
Carl picked him up and smiled at Camellia and Camellia said ''Hi sweetie.''
She rubbed his head and Carl said ''Hi''
Camellia hummed and asked ''Would you like to sit next to me?''
Carl grinned and nodded and said ''Yes please.'' Cam sat down at the end of the table with her son's and Carl next to her.
Back at the Bar
Glenn looked outside and whispered ''So what do we do? Just wait for him to pass out?''
Hershel growled ''Just go. Just go!''
Rick growled ''I promised Maggie I'd bring you home safe.'' Hershel ignored him and kept drinking Rick said ''So what's your plan? Finish that bottle? Drink yourself to death and leave your girls alone?''
Hershel got up and yelled ''Stop telling me how to care for my family, my farm. You people are like a plague! I do the Christian thing, give you shelter, and you destroy it all!''
Rick said ''The world was already in bad shape when we met.''
Hershel hissed ''And you take no responsibility!''
Glenn hissed ''Shut up both of you, you both could draw walker's here with your arguing I'm about to leave both of you to rot because I want to get back to my wife and son's! It's about our families not you two it's not about me either''
He turned to leave when they all heard ''Son of a bitch. They're alive.''
Glenn gripped his gun looking at the two guys ''I'm Dave. That scrawny-looking douche bag there is Tony.''
The guy named Tony said ''Eat me, Dave.''
Dave chuckled ''Hey, maybe someday I will. We met on I-95 coming out of Philly. Damn shit-show that was.''
Glenn said ''I'm Glenn. It's nice to meet some new people.''
Rick said ''Rick Grimes.''
Dave poured another glass and looked at Hershel and said ''How about you, pal? Have one?''
Hershel said ''I just quit.''
Dave smirked and said ''You've got a unique sense of timing, my friend.''
Rick said ''His name's Hershel. He lost people today, a lot of them.''
Dave nodded and said ''I'm truly sorry to hear that. To better days and new friends. And to our dead... may they be in a better place.''
Rick looked at his gun putting his hand closer to his when he had turned around to get a newish bottle ''Ah. Ah. Not bad, huh? I got it off a cop.''
Rick said ''I'm a cop.'' Easing his hand off his gun.
Dave shrugged and said ''This one was already dead.''
Rick said ''You fellas are a long way from Philadelphia.''
Tony said ''It feels like we're a long way from anywhere.''
Hershel asked ''Well, what drove you South?''
Tony smirked and answered ''Well, I can tell you it wasn't the weather. I must've dropped 30 lbs. In sweat alone down here.''
Dave said ''I wish. No, first it was D.C. I heard there might be some kind of refugee camp, but the roads were so jammed, we never even got close. We decided to get off the highways, into the sticks, keep hauling ass. Every group we came across had a new rumor about a way out of this thing. One guy told us there was the coast guard sitting in the Gulf, sending ferries to the islands. The latest was a rail yard in Montgomery running trains to the middle of the country... Kansas, Nebraska.''
Glenn said ''Nebraska?''
Tony said ''Low population, lots of guns.''
Glenn said ''Kinda makes sense.''
Dave said ''Ever been to Nebraska, kid?''
Tony said 'A reason they call 'em flyover states.
Dave said ''How about you guys?''
Rick said ''Fort Benning, eventually.''
Dave said ''I hate to piss in your cornflakes, officer, but... We ran across a grunt who was stationed at Benning. He said the place was overrun by lamebrains.''
Glenn sat up straighter and said ''Wait, fort Benning is gone? Are you for real?''
Dave said ''Sadly, I am. Oddly, the truth is there is no way out of this mess. Just keep going from one pipe dream to the next, praying one of these mindless freaks doesn't grab a hold of you when you sleep.''
Tony said ''If you sleep.''
Dave said ''Yeah, it doesn't look like you guys are hanging your hats here. You holed up somewhere else?''
Rick said ''Not really.''
Dave said ''Those your cars out front?''
Rick said ''Yeah. Why?''
Dave said ''We're living in ours. Those look kinda empty, clean. Where's all your gear?''
Hershel said ''We're with a larger group out scouting, thought we could use a drink.''
Dave said ''A drink? Hershel, me I thought you quit Well, we're thinking of setting up around here. Is it... is it safe?''
Glenn said ''It can be, although I have killed a couple of walkers around here.''
Dave said ''Walkers? That what you call them?''
Rick said ''Yeah.''
Tony said ''That's good. I like that. I like that better than lamebrains. More succinct. Dave said Okay, Tony went to college.''
Dave said ''So what... so what, you guys set up on the outskirts or something? That new development? Trailer park or something? A farm?'' He started singing ''Old McDonald had a farm'' he stopped and said ''You got a farm?'' he went back to singing ''E-I-e-I-o.'' He asked ''Is it safe? It's gotta be. You got food, water?''
Tony started to pee in the corner and said ''You got cooze? Ain't had a piece of ass in weeks.''
Dave said ''Listen, pardon my friend. City kids... they got no tact. No disrespect. So listen, Glenn...'' he looked at Glenn.
Rick said ''We've said enough.''
Dave said ''Well, hang on a second. This farm... it sounds pretty sweet. Don't it sound sweet, Tony?''
Tony said ''Yeah, real sweet.''
Dave said ''How about a little Southern hospitality? We got some buddies back at camp, been having a real hard time. I don't see why you can't make room for a few more. We can pool our resources, our manpower.''
Rick shook his head and said ''Look, I'm sorry. That's not an option.''
Dave said ''Doesn't sound like it'd be a problem.''
Hershel said ''I'm sorry. We can't. We can't take in anymore.'' Dave said ''You guys are something else. I thought... I thought we were friends. We got people we gotta look out for too.''
Rick said ''We don't know anything about you. No, that's true.''
Dave said ''You don't know anything about us. You don't know what we've had to go through out there, the things we've had to do. I bet you've had to do some of those same things yourself. Am I right? 'Cause ain't nobody's hands clean in what's left of this world. We're all the same. So come on, let's... let's take a nice friendly hayride to this farm and we'll get to know each other.''
Rick said ''That's not gonna happen.''
Tony growled ''This is bullshit.''
Rick said ''Calm down.''
Tony yelled ''Don't tell me to calm down. Don't ever tell me to calm down. I'll shoot you three assholes in the head and take your damn farm!''
Dave said ''Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Relax. Take it easy. Nobody's killing anybody. Nobody's shooting anybody. Right, Rick? Look. We're just friends having a drink. That's all. Now where's the good stuff, huh? Good stuff, good stuff, good stuff. Let's see. Hey, look at that. That'll work. You gotta understand... we can't stay out there. You know what it's like.''
Rick said ''Yeah, I do. But the farm is too crowded as is. I'm sorry. You'll have to keep looking.''
Dave said ''Keep looking. Where do you suggest we do that?''
Rick said ''I don't know. I hear Nebraska's nice.''
Dave said ''Nebraska. This guy.'' He pulled out his gun but Rick shot him in the head and turned and shot Tony in the chest and walked over and held his gun to his body just to make sure he was down.
AN
My longest chapter so far- Slashlover1996