Okay. Next chapter. Wow. I haven't watched he whole series yet, just started season four... totally did NOT expect the governor to gun down his army! CRAZY STUFF! But on a side note, you guys have stopped reviewing *sob*. Please, review!
"There. I'll close the gates. You draw as much attention as you can from the walkers on the fences. Daryl, Glenn, and Carol, you lay down cover fire. We'll clear the yard and work from there." Rick ordered.
Jamie nodded, finding an arrow and starting to go down the little fenced in aisle, rattling the fence.
"Come on you bastards!" She yelled, and a good amount started stumbling towards her.
Carl grabbed a piece of led pipe and hurried to join her, and Lori, Hershel, and the others hurried to join in.
Daryl gave one last look towards Jamie, smiling slightly. She didn't notice, she was too busy ripping her arrow from the head of a walker, but Daryl smiled as he headed up to provide cover fire. That was his girl.
It was later that night, as they sat around the fire in the field, when someone finally spoke if it.
"Where'd you get the hat?" Carl asked, and they all looked up. Jamie shrugged from where she'd been sharpening her knife. "Daryl gave it to me."
"Where'd Daryl get it is the question, then." Beth said, smiling in that way she had.
"Daryl made it, if y'all really wanna know." Daryl muttered. He looked over to see Jamie fumbling slightly with the knife.
"You're doin it wrong." He gently took them from her and started running it at the right angle. "Like that." He said, before handing it back to her.
She copied what he'd done, looking over at him for affirmation, and he nodded.
"Tomorrow we'll clear out a cell block." Rick announced. "Carve out a place for ourselves here. First, we'll clear out that yard, though..."
Beth shivered, and Carl moved closer to her, putting an arm around her shoulder. Thy shared a look, and Jamie felt something within her tighten. It was the same kind of look they'd shared when they kissed behind the barn...
She was in no way possessive, a lot could change over winter, but it still hurt to watch. She stood.
"Goin' to see if any of the walkers are still draggin themselves around." she said, not turning, but answering Rick's unasked question before letting the darkness swallow her up.
Daryl looked after her for a minute, wondering what had upset her. Hershel was watching Carl with some trepidation, but overall, the mood was positive.
"This could be the jackpot." Maggie said, smiling at Glenn. Glenn nodded. "Even if there is nothing, we're lucky we got the fences around this place."
Jamie looked down at the walkers around her, her eyes were adjusting. She was a hunter, she had night vision, and she stabbed one in the head, making sure it was dead, moving onto the next.
She felt better, making sure walkers were dead. It was what she did best, gave her time to process her emotions. Carl had made no advances since they left the farm, it was clear he wasn't interested in her. But still, it hurt to be rejected.
She stabbed another walker's head. She knew it was dead, but it made her feel better. She dragged the bodies of the ones she'd killed against the fence. They'd burn them in he morning, she figured.
She stabbed the next, dragging it, and the next...
Finally, she was done after an hour or so and headed back to the fire.
"They all dead?" Daryl asked as she returned to the fire, covered in fresh blood. She nodded, still slightly depressed. She swore to herself she wouldn't cry over Carl, though. He was just a stupid boy, it was a friggin apocalypse. She had bigger problems.
"We can run a canal through to get fresh water..." Glenn was saying. Beth and Carl were both laying back, staring at the stars. Jamie sighed, laying her head against Daryl, who put an arm around her.
"Funny." She muttered, tired.
"What's funny?" Rick asked, looking at her.
"My Dad always used to joke I'd end up in prison for doing something like brining my gun with me everywhere..."
Rick chuckled, amused.
"We can plant crops..." Hershel said, but that was all she heard by then, before she was asleep.
