Hey, another chapter up. So, I haven't given up on this story and I don't plan to and I'm not totally happy with this story but I guess this is just a practice one, but I kind of had an idea for another story and that one will be a teen wolf fanfic. I just started writing chapter one of it and don't know when I will post it up. Anyway, enjoy this chapter and I will try updating at least once a week.
Katherine was walking around the prison court yard, as her leg was feeling much better, which meant it was almost time for her to leave. It had been at least a week, or maybe even more, since the governor attack and the people from Woodbury had gotten here, but she wasn't sure, she wasn't counting the days.
In that week, Rick had started planting vegetables and had pig pen, with actual pigs. Where they found them, Katherine had no idea. They had started to set the prison up as an actual community, for people to live in, and feel safe.
As she passes the people from Woodbury, they all smile and all greet her, Katherine gives them a forced smile and nods her head back at them. She looks up in the guard tower to see Glenn with binoculars, keeping a look out.
Then her mind goes to Daryl and where he is right now. Him and Michonne have been out every day this week, looking for the governor, and she can't help but feel worried. She doesn't understand why she's worrying for him, she just does. Which is why she is pacing around the court yard, waiting for them to return.
'uhh, I need a distraction' she thinks, so she starts heading over into the prison. She hasn't really been anywhere except C block and the court yard, so she decides she's going to explore it.
She's heading down the hallways that lead right to the back of the prison, getting her knife ready, even though Rick had said that they cleared the rest of the prison of walkers, it doesn't hurt to be safe.
She walks into a room and sees a table with a stack of books on the table. She goes over and picks up the first book and flicks over to the back to read what it's about. She doesn't even get halfway through the paragraph until she hears it, screams, coming from down the hallway.
She drops the book and heads out the door and down the hallway. As she runs around the corner a small figure pumps into her. She grabs his arms to steady him and checks him over to see if he's okay.
"hey, what's going on, what happened?" she asks him as he struggles to get out of her grip and keeps looking behind him.
"quick, let go, she's going to get me!" he yells as he keeps trying to get away. "who, who's going to get you?" she asks as she hears running coming down the hallway as a little girl steps into view and runs up to them.
"tag, your it!" she says as she pokes the boy. She giggles and goes to turn around to run away before Katherine stops her. "whoa, wait, come back here" the little girl walks back as four other kids walk up behind her.
"so, let me get this straight, you're playing tag?" she asks them. They nod. "so, what's with all the screaming?" she questions.
"Mika almost tagged me" the boy answers, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Katherine sighs and rolls her eyes. "okay, listen here you little brats, no one is to scream unless they are in trouble, okay, do you know what that sounded like, I thought a walker had gotten in, and what are you all doing playing in this area of the prison anyway, you all know the rules, you aren't even allowed down here, and what if a walker was actually in here, huh, If I wasn't down here too, no one would have heard you" Katherine tells them harshly.
They all get sad looks on their faces and this time, Katherine doesn't feel bad, and that makes her feel good. "now go on, get out of here" Katherine shoos them off as they all walk towards the front of the prison.
Katherine was back in cell block C, having lunch when Rick walked in, Beth gives him a plate and he sits down across from her, so she decides this is the perfect time to tell him.
"so, um, I have been here for a while now and my leg has pretty much healed, so I was thinking that… I should leave tomorrow morning" she tells him.
He just stares at her for a few seconds before he looks down at his plate. "if that's what you want" he tells her. Katherine thinks she can see a little bit of disappointment in his facial expression but then it's gone as he continues to eat.
They sit there in awkward silence until the others start to file in for their lunch. Katherine finishes before anyone else since she was there first so she stands up to let someone else sit there.
She walks into one of the cells and sees Beth sitting on the bed with Judith, about to feed her a bottle. Katherine sits down beside her. Beth's looks over at her and smiles
"it's good that you stood up to take care of her" Katherine tells her. "yeah, well I always wanted a baby, and it's the least I could do, I mean, what else could I do, I don't have the skills that everyone else has" Beth's says.
"that's not true, you wanna know what I think?" Katherine asks Beth, trying to cheer her up. "what?" Beth questions her. "I think that you are stronger than you and everybody else think, and one day you are gonna surprise them all" Katherine tells Beth and surprises herself because she didn't know where all this was all coming from, and frankly, she didn't care anymore, because it reminded her of who she was before she became a vampire and before she knew about the supernatural, and she liked the person she was back then and she has been longing to find her again. But, that didn't change her mind about leaving.
"would you like to hold her?" Beth asks her as she looks from Judith to Katherine. "uh, n-no th-thankyou" Katherine stammers over her words.
"are you sure, it will be fine, here" Beth says, getting ready to hand Judith over to her. "no, it's okay, I'm sure" she assured her.
Katherine has never held a baby, especially after she gave birth to her own, and her father wouldn't even let her hold it. So since then she would never hold a baby, she couldn't, and she wouldn't. because if she did, she was afraid that she would start to cry, and if she started crying, she might not be able to stop.
Night came and Katherine walked outside for some fresh air when she sees Michonne walking towards her. They were back and she sighs in relief and smiles at her. "Hey, where's Daryl?" Katherine asks her.
"He's up in the watch tower" Michonne replies, gesturing towards where he is. "Again?" "Yep, again" Michonne tells her as she continues walking.
Katherine grabs a plate of food before walking over to the watch tower. She climbs up it to see Daryl with binoculars concentrating to try and see anything in the dark.
"Hey" she says walking over to him. He looks a bit startled at first, not expecting any company right now as he looks over at her and nods his head at her, greeting her back before he shifts his attention back to what he was doing,
She clears her throat to get his attention again as he looks back at her. "I brought you some dinner" she tells him as she holds the plate out to him.
He stares at her for a minute before looking down and taking the plate as he mutters a 'thanks' to her before sitting down against the wall.
Katherine leans against the wall across from him and slides down it into a sitting position. "so, how long have you been back?" she tries small talk to try and start a conversation. Daryl shrugs. "a couple of hours" he tells her before he shoves the fork into his mouth.
"Cool" Katherine nods, knowing he's not one for a conversation. "did you find anything while you were gone?" she tries again. "nope" Katherine figures she's not getting anywhere. So, she rolls her eyes.
Daryl had told Rick that he would take watch the whole night although Rick tried to convince him to take a break and have good night's sleep. So, Katherine decided she would stay and keep him company.
"okay, so I just want to thank you again for what you did for me, you know, for saving my life" she pauses for a bit before she continues "I just wanted to say that again before I left in the morning" she quickly looks down as he looks up from his plate and looks at her.
"ya still wanna leave?" he asks paying full attention to her now. "yeah, why, is that a problem?" he clears his throat and shrugs. "I dunno, I just thought ya changed ya mind and maybe wanted ta' stay"
'If only he knew the things that I have done, then he would be telling me to go' she thinks to herself. "look, you all are amazingly good people and that's why I can't, I'm just better off on my own, trust me on this"
At first Daryl looks mad which Katherine has no idea why he would be, he has no right to be mad at her, someone who he barely knows, and he looks like he is about to say something but he closes his mouth and she sees his face soften admitting defeat.
"alright, then your gonna miss out on Hershel's spaghetti Tuesdays" Daryl says as he stands up and goes back to what he was doing before on keeping watch.
She smiles at him, knowing that he secretly wants her to stay, before she makes a decision that she knows she is going to regret later. "I guess a couple more days' won't hurt" She tells him as he looks down at her before looking away from her. she didn't miss the way his lips twitched upwards into half smile that she knew he didn't want her to see.
"you should go an' get some sleep" Daryl tells her.
"no, it's all good, I'm not tired anyway" she says.
At least she didn't think she was until her eyelids started to get heavy and sleep ended up overtaking her.