Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

Chapter 44

Author's Note: Back to our regularly almost scripted originally programmed show. I am so happy that you all are loving this! Some twists and turns are bound to be made, I kept Sophia alive so that's going to change things. Plus I'm going to do a couple Merle centric chapters with Wackadoodle Governor and a couple OC's before Merle gets to our poor Glenn and Maggie and Jewel. Review please

Summer's POV:

Summer walked down to where Glenn was digging Dale's grave early the next morning. "Can I take over?" she asked quietly.

Glenn looked up at her. "It's alright Summer, I got it," he said.

Summer crossed her arms. "I need to do this Glenn. Hand me the shovel," she said.

Glenn hesitated before he handed her the shovel as he jumped out of the grave. "I'm only doin' this because I saw what you did with Shane yesterday, and you scare me," he teased her softly as he sat down.

"You don't have to stay," Summer told him.

"Yeah, I do," Glenn told her as he took the canteen and drank some.

Summer glanced over at him as she dug. "I'm not a kid Glenn."

Glenn shook his head. "I know you're not. Did you know I have…had sisters before all this?"

Summer didn't respond as she dug. She was like the rest of the Dixon's when it came to being in pain. She liked to pull away from people. Obviously, Glenn wasn't letting her do that. "Don't you need to go see Maggie?"

"Maggie's helping' Beth. So, see I had three sisters. One older, two younger. They were in Michigan…are in Michigan. I tried to call when all this was hitting the fan," Glenn explained. "Didn't get no answer. Tried a couple times, but then communications quit."

Summer glanced at him and leaned on the shovel. "Glenn is there a point?"

Glenn looked at her. "The point is, they aren't here. You are. I look at you and I see my younger sister Kay, well she had dark hair and dark eyes, and couldn't sing and would have ran the other way before she got dirty, but besides that you two are exactly the same."

Summer chuckled. "Oh we sound like we could be twins."

Glenn laughed. "OK so maybe you aren't the same. But what I mean is, we're all family now. And, your mom isn't here, Daryl's with the little boy, and you want to hide. I get that, but in good conscious I can't leave you out here alone."

"You were out here alone," Summer pointed out.

"I'm not 15. And I saw what your mom did to Shane, I'm more scared of her then I am of you," Glenn told her. "You might not have ever wanted a Korean big brother, but congratulations, you have one."

Summer laughed. "Great, family reunions are gonna be a bitch. Good thing Uncle Merle's not around," she said as she jumped out. "It feels wrong to be laughing, with Dale…."

"He'd tell us it's us bein' alive," Glenn said as he hugged her.

"When are we gonna stop burying people? I'm tired of turnin' around and losing someone of my family," Summer said.

"Yeah so am I," Glenn told her as they turned there attention to the approaching car. "Head's up there back!" Glenn yelled as he stood up.

"About damn time," Shane mumbled.

Glenn looked at him. "I may not be the smartest person in the group, but if I was you, I'd stay about 40 feet away from her," he warned.

Daryl glared at Shane. "Make yourself useful, Shane. Help me with Dale's body."

Jewel's POV:

Jewel opened up her eyes and it took her a minute to remind herself where she was and who was wrapped around her. "Mornin…" she said as she rubbed his arm.

"Morning," he said as he kissed her.

"We're going to have to get up, get back to camp," Jewel told him. "They are goin' to be expecting us, " she told him as she kissed him.

"What if I go on strike for the day?" Rick asked. "I really don't feel like movin'," he told her as he kissed her.

"I'll go make signs and put them around the door so the walker's know not to bother us," Jewel said as she sat up. "Not to sure that they can read, and you'd know Shane wouldn't," she said. "We need to go bury Dale."

Rick kissed her shoulder. "Alright, you're right. I love you," he said.

"Love you too," she said as she got dressed and threw his pants at him.

Rick laughed as he stood up. "You wore me out," he said as he kissed her. "We needed to remember we were alive, if we ever forget, we just need to look at each other. Alright?"

Jewel nodded. "Sounds good," she said as she threw him the keys. She smiled as she kissed him. "You want me to talk for Dale?" she asked him as she ran her hand over his face.

"No….I should be able to do it," Rick said.

"I'll talk to Summer after, I should have done it last night before….we left. I just couldn't," Jewel said.

"I'm sure she understands," Rick said as he kissed her and put on his shirt. "Ready?"

"As ready as I'll be….I hate this. I hate that we lost another member of our family," Jewel said as she tried not to cry.

"I know," Rick told her as he kissed her.

Group POV:

Rick stood at the grave sight. There had been to many of these. He looked at each member of the group, of his extended family, and took a breath. "Dale could- could get under your skin. He sure got under mine, because he wasn't afraid to say exactly what he thought, how he felt. That kind of honesty is rare and brave. Whenever I'd make a decision, I'd look at Dale. He'd be looking back at me with that look he had. We've all seen it one time or another. I couldn't always read him, but he could read us," Rick said.

Summer leaned against Jewel who wrapped her into a hug. Daryl kept a hand on Mitch's shoulder. Lori was hugging Carl, and Carol hugged Sophia.

"He saw people for who they were. He knew things about us- The truth Who we really are. In the end, he was talking about losing our humanity. He said this group was broken.
The best way to honor him is to make it unbroken. Set aside our differences and pull together, stop feeling sorry for ourselves and take control of our lives Our safety our future. We're not broken. We're gonna prove him wrong. From now on we're gonna do it his way. That's how we honor Dale," Rick told the group. He looked at each of the group as they broke apart. "Need everyone in the living room now. Jewel's got instructions for everyone."

Jewel walked with Summer. "You alright baby? I'm sorry about disappearing last night, I just…"

"You needed to get away, I get it," Summer said. "So what's this meetin about?"

"Plans," Jewel answered. "Daryl you mind standin' guard on the porch, I'll stay by the door so you can here."

"Got it," Daryl said as he nodded.

"Shane, you need to be in there too," Rick said as he held the door open for everyone. "Not optional."

Shane just nodded as he went into the house with everyone else.

Jewel counted everyone, including Patricia, Jimmy, Beth, Hershel, and Maggie, making sure everyone was in. She stood by the door. "Alright, everyone needs to pack an emergency bag, keep it in the cars. We're going to use the Cherokee, Maggie's car, the motor cycle, and we're going to need one more car," she said as she mentally counted people. Keep food, supplies, and weapons in each of the cars."

"Make sure all the cars are gassed up. Patricia, Maggie, Beth, Jimmy, Hershel you too. You're part of the family too," Rick said.

"Why are we discussin' this? You don't think the farm's safe?" Jimmy asked.

"When there's one walker, there's always more. We need to be ready to move and we may not always be able to get our stuff," Jewel said. "We get separated, we meet back at the highway."

"I'll stock the basement with food and water," Hershel said. "It'll be tight in here with everyone, but we'll manage it."

"Summer can move into my room. Sophia too," Beth offered.

"What about the RV?" Summer asked.

Rick nodded. "Thank you. If we need to block a way out to get us an escape route, we'll have to use the RV and the trucks. Biggest of the vehicles. T, I need you to take guard around perimeter."

"Got it," T answered.

"Pack a bag first. Throw it in one of the cars. Everyone needs to make sure that T, Rick, Shane or me know where you're going. The three of them will tell me, that way I'll be able to keep track," Jewel instructed.

"What about standing guard?" Daryl asked.

"I'll need you and T do doubles for now," Rick instructed.

"Hershel, I know you don't want us to carry but…" Jewel started to say.

"Under the circumstances, I'll allow it," he said as he glanced at Shane. "Even him."

Jewel tried not to laugh. "Everyone that can shoot, will have a gun with them," she said.

"Glenn and I can make a run to the housing area, get more supplies and gas cans," Maggie offered.

"May need to pick up another vehicle, one that isn't a gas guzzler," Glenn suggested.

Maggie looked at Summer. She may be a year younger then Beth but she was able to take care of herself. "If it's alright, we could use another hand, and Rick said Summer did pretty good. She knows the area."

Jewel glanced at Daryl then at Rick. "Alright, but bags first. Beth can you help pack a bag for Mitch?"

"Got it," Beth said.

"Let's move the vehicles to each of the exits, facing the road," Rick instructed.

"Lori and I can make sure each car is packed with blankets," Carol said. "Sophia and Carl can help."

"I'll help," Patricia offered.

"What about patrols?" Shane asked.

"We'll lock down this area first," Rick said.

"Um I hate to ask, but what about our guest out in the barn?" Summer asked.

"I'd like to know that too," Shane said.

Rick glanced at Shane then the group. "Shane will assign shifts while Daryl and I go cut him loose," he said to the group.

"First, let's get bags packed. I want everyone's emergency bag in the car within an hour. Check in with me when it's done. Doesn't matter which car you put it in. With Maggie, Summer and Glenn looking for another car, we can always move things into other cars," Jewel said without giving Shane a chance to speak. "Concentrate on warmer clothes."

"There may be things up in the attic too, of Sean's and Beth's and mine as kids. You want to help me check it out?" Maggie asked Jewel.

"Yeah," she answered. "Hour starts now," Jewel said as she stood up.