An hour had passed since the CB had even crackled a response. Everyone was trying to distance their thoughts from what they had found out. Nicole sat in the RV with Amy and Cheyanne. The three of them were playing Go Fish.

"Do you have an Eight Spade?" Amy asked.

"Go fish." Nicole gave her a quick smirk as she looked down to her daughter.

"Do you have a bearded man with a black upside down heart?" Cheyanne asked, looking up to the two women. Nicole and Amy chuckled at her description.

"That is the King of Spades," Nicole chuckled as she handed her daughter her's.

"Yes!" Cheyanne cheered, before scratching her face.

Nicole curiously looked down to her daughter. Throughout the day, she noticed that her daughter had been scratching at her face more and more. "You okay, baby girl?"

Chey nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine, Mama."

"Do you wanna go take some medicine?" Nicole asked, looking down to the little girl in front of her.

Before Cheyanne could answer, the wailing of a vehicle caught the trio's attention. Nicole grabbed Cheyanne's little hand and they exited the RV. "Dale! What is that?"

It kept getting closer. "Talk to me, Dale!" Shane yelled.

"I can't tell yet." Dale adamantly looked through his binoculars.

Nicole saw the nervous look on Amy's face and she slipped her other hand into the younger blondes. "Is it them? Are they back?" Amy called out, gripping Nicole's hand tightly.

Dale muttered something under his breath. "What is it?" Nicole called out.

"Stolen car is my guess," Dale spoke out. The wailing vehicle screeched in and Amy instantly let go of Nicole's hand, running over to it.

Nicole and Cheyanne started to walk closer. Nicole instantly spotted Glenn as he got out of the car. "Glenn, turn that thing off!" she called out.

"I don't know how!" Glenn called back out to her.

Shane started demanding that Glenn pop the hood while Amy started grilling him about Andrea. Nicole felt bad for him. Nicole covered her daughter's ears in order to lessen the wailing alarm that was going through the air.

Glenn got in and popped the hood, before answering Amy's question, "She's okay! She's okay!"

"Is she coming back?"

"Yes!"

"Why isn't she with you?" Amy cried out. "Where is she? She's okay?"

"Yes!" Glenn exasperatedly said. "Yeah, fine. Everybody is." His eyes glanced over to Nicole before he said, "well, Merle not so much."

Nicole was about to question his whereabouts but Shane started questioning him, "You crazy, driving this wailing bastard up here? You trying to draw every walker for miles?"

"I think we're okay," Dale calmly said.

"You call being stupid okay?"

Nicole scoffed. Glenn looked nervous as he shifted back and forth on his feet. "Shane, shut up." Everyone went silent. "We are in the middle of hills. That horn was echoing all over. There is absolutely no way for walkers to pinpoint the source. So lay off."

Shane stood up straight, placing his hands on his hips. Nicole sent him a challenging look when he looked like he was about to say something.

Dale spoke up, "It wouldn't hurt for you to think things through a little more carefully next time, would it?"

Nicole sighed, looking to the Korean boy. He put his hands up in defense, "Sorry." Glenn's face slightly shifted to excited as he said, "I got a cool car."

Nicole chuckled at the younger boy's demeanor. He was still such a kid. A reckless kid. She got pulled from her thoughts as a white cube van began to pull up. Glenn looked back to the group with an 'I told you so' smile. Nicole scoffed at his action.

Andrea got out of the car and Amy ran toward Andrea crying. Jacqui got out after her and started to walk into the camp. Eliza, Louis, and Miranda ran to Morales and they all hugged him. Cheyanne turned and buried her face into Nicole's thigh.

Nicole looked down to her little girl. She felt bad for her. There were all of these families reuniting in front of her and she'd never get to experience what it was like to have a father. That's what broke Nikki's heart.

Nicole spotted T-Dog walking behind Jacqui; she sighed in relief. She was glad her friends were okay. Nicole looked over to Carl and Lori; her heart ached for them as well. She knew how much they missed Rick.

Dale and Morales hugged, exchanging a few words. Jacqui made her way over to Nicole and the two met in a hug. "I'm glad you're okay," Nicole whispered into Jacqui's ear. When the separated, T-Dog came to get his hug as well. "Damn, boy. What happened to you?"

"Dixon." was his simple answer as they pulled away. Nicole was about to ask but Shane started talking.

"How'd Y'all get out of there anyway?" He asked. Nicole was curious as well. She looked up as Glenn told them about a new guy getting them out.

"Yeah, crazy Vato just got into town," Morales spoke up, hugging his wife and children. "Hey, helicopter boy. Come say hello!"

The cube van's driver door opened and a man got out. "The guy's a cop like you," Morales said.

Nicole looked up and saw the face of a man she thought was dead. "Oh my god," she uttered out. Cheyanne loosened her grip on her mom's leg and turned around. Instantly, a huge grin crossed her face.

Rick's eyes met to where Carl and Lori were. The two looked over at him, frozen for a second. Rick started marching toward them. "DAD!" Carl cried out as he ran and jumped into his father's arms. Rick fell to the ground from the force.

Nicole watched as Shane backed away from the scene. Rick stood back up and walked over to Lori; the two embraced in a hug.

Lori's eyes were filled with shocked tears. Nicole noticed when she looked at Shane with an almost sense of hatred. Rick craned his neck to look at his partner; the two meeting gazes with a smile. Rick also noticed the blonde woman standing there. He gave her a smile as well.

Eventually, Rick let go of his family. Reluctantly, but he did. He made his way over to his partner, giving him a hug and thanking him for protecting his family. He then turned to his wife's best friend, who stood there with a gentle smile on her face.

"Hey, Nik," he said as walked over to her and embracing her. Their hug was soft and comforting. Rick had become a brother figure to her. "Hey, bug," Rick chuckled as he bent down to hug the little girl at her mother's feet. "I missed you both," he spoke. "I missed all of you." He looked to his family. He finally had all of them back.

Hey y'all. It's ya girl. I know I haven't wrote an author's note yet, and I feel bad about it so here I am. I just wanted to tell all of you that I'm glad you are taking this journey with me. I can assure you, it's gonna get hectic. I have all of the chapters written and even I was low-key shocked by how everything turned out. That also means that I will not be missing a upload day (Mon. and Fri.)

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I hope you all have a great night/day. Please be safe, responsible and respectful. Say hi to a stranger, tell your parents you love them. Live today like it's your last. I love you all, have a wonderful day. See you on Monday :)

-erin