Beth POV

It was the day after Andreas funeral, and the morale of everyone was low, extremely low. Dale has been in the RV all day, and refuses to talk to anyone, Lori and Carol have been sitting together all morning talking to each other, Daryl has been missing since the funeral, and everyone else has been keeping to themselves.

I hadn't spoken to Carl since yesterday, and I hadn't seen him around camp at all today. I was planning to look for him, when Lori called me over.

"Yes?" I asked.

"You okay, you've been standing over there for about half an hour." Said Lori.

"I'm okay, I was just thinking about Andrea."

"Same here, we didn't know much about her personal life, kept all that close to the chest. We know that she was a Civil Rights Attorney, and she was single, but apart from that, nothing. I should've made more of an effort to get to know her." Carol monologued

"We all should have sweetie." Lori replied.

"Beth, can you check up on Sophia for me please?" Carol asked

"Of course." I replied

I searched the barn, no.

I searched the tents, no.

I even searched the RV, no.

I couldn't find Sophia anywhere! I was on my way back to Carol when I saw her, with Carl. They were talking over near the farms fence. All that worry, for nothing. Carl was called over by Rick to help him and Shane move some hay bales to the stables, and I saw that Sophia was walking over to me.

"Hello, my names Sophia, it nice to meet you." She said.

"Hello, I'm Beth, it's nice to meet you to." I replied.

"It's nice to met you Beth, hell, it's nice to meet any girl that within a ten year gap of my age." She laughed.

I never thought about it, but aside from me, and Carl, there was no others kids here, and I wasn't even a kid.

"I know the feeling, it's nice to talk to a girl that's not my own sister you know. Anyways, how have you settled in?"

"Fine thank you, it's nice to see everyone again." She replied happily.

I nodded, knowing it must've been hard all on her own.

"I'll see you later Beth, goodbye." She said waving.

"Bye Sophia." I replied waving back.

I decided to spend the rest of the day roaming the forest, because I was simply just bored.

It was about 5 O'Clock when I decided to walk back to the farm, when I heard a cracking sound from behind me. I turned around just in time to see a man swinging for me. I ducked out of the way and ran as fast as I could to the farm. I made it to the edge of the forest and got tackled to the ground by the unknown stranger. He turned me with my back against the ground, and punched me in the jaw. My brain couldn't process what to do, my whole head hurt, and I could feel blood trickling down my chin. I felt dizzy, and the man was laughing, probably at how pathetic I was.

Before he could hit me again, the man was attacked by another man, I couldn't make the other person out as I was still ridiculously dizzy. I heard him shout for others, and I felt the need to run. What if this was another stranger, who was gonna get his band of friends, and was gonna kidnap me, rape me, then kill me. I would never see Dad, Maggie, or my Carl ever again. Before I could decide what to do. I felt someone pick me up and run the opposite direction, I could just make out who it was before I passed out. It was Rick.

"Ow, shit!" I murmured waking up on my bed.

My head hurt like a son of a bitch!

"Hello?" I called, where was everyone?

I climbed out of bed, and went in the living room, where it looked like everyone was discussing something.

Daddy looked at me and run up to me and hugged me.

"Oh Bethy, do you feel okay, are you hungry, are you still hurting?" Dad said worriedly

Poor Dad, he must've been worried sick.

"I'm fine Dad. Honest." I said in my best 'Big Girl' voice.

I looked at everyone else, who was all staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"It's nothing love." Lori replied.

"We are just all glad you're okay." She said smiling.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Daryl was on his way back from the forest, hunting, and he heard a noise near the forest end. He went to check it out, and found that man punching you repeatedly, Daryl lunges at him, while calling us over to help. Me and Shane arrived, and Shane helped Daryl beat him into submission, while I carried you over here." Rick said.

'Multiple Times?'

He hit me multiple times! Maybe that explains why my head hurts so damn much.

"What happened to the man?" I asked.

"He's in the shed tied up, we were discussing what to do with him, before you came down." Daryl answered.

"So?" I asked. "What are we going to do with him?"

Rick looked around the room, before looking back at me,

"We are going to vote, whether to let him live, or whether to kill him." He said

The End Of Chapter 16

So here we are, chapter 16. I'm going to push myself to get this story finished in the next week or two, so expect some frequent chapters from now on.

Anyways, I'll see you for chapter 17

Goodbye