Judith fell asleep on my lap after she ate her food. I held her close and closed my eyes. I felt so happy and content at that moment . Daryl was tinkering with bike parts on the grass in front of the porch.

I usually hated the heat after we were trawling through the different towns and woods, but sat there on the bench relaxing was perfect.

I felt myself nodding off, when I heard Rick talking to Daryl. I woke up suddenly and adjusted my self in the chair. Judith was still out for the count. Rick walked up to the porch and smiled at me.

"You two look so peaceful" he smiled.

"Its all very strange for me not doing much" I laughed.

"Thank you for looking after Judith, it's about time that Carl got to be a proper teenager. So I really appreciate it" he said.

" No problems, you know I adore the both of them" I smiled.

"I wanted to speak to you about what went on. I know I was bang out of order and I have no excuse really. But I still haven't worked out this place or the people and it had just been a lot. You know" he said.

"But the things I have done for our family, you actually think I would do anything to hurt any of you" I said.

"I know I was out of order and I really wasn't thinking, I sincerely am sorry and even though it hasn't been that long of a time but I trust you really I do" he replied.

"Ok that's fine let's just leave it at that though I forgive you." I said.

"Are you sure?' he asked.

"Can you not?" I said rolling my eyes.

"Ok,ok,ok" he grinned, "can I steal Daryl for a bit? And will you watch Judith for a while?"

"yes go on get out of here" I smiled.

Daryl came over and gave me a kiss on my head. "also I'm doing homemade soup for our dinner" I added.

"Sounds amazing" Daryl winked.

Whilst they were away, I lay Judith down on the sofa and began preparing for dinner. I had left enough dough to prove for 6 loaves of bread. I placed 3 of them in the oven and began preparing the soup.

The food that they had given us in our welcome hampers was mainly tinned and packet items, so whilst everything was cooking, I put all the food away into the cupboards.

Michonne came in as I was getting the first batch of bread out the oven.

"That smells amazing" she smiled. Sitting down at the breakfast table.

" you ok?" I smiled at her.

"I'm good, I'm good" she smiled back.

"Who you trying to convince? Me or you?" I said giving her a stern look.

"Honestly I'm fine, I just came in to check on you" she said," I heard about your hand. And obviously after last night with Rick" she trailed off.

"Yeah Rick and I have sorted it, and the glass was just a stupid accident." I sighed.

"Well as long as you're good" she smiled.

"It's a lot though, all this" I said gesturing to the whole house.

"I get what you mean, it's a bit much all of a sudden" she replied.

"To go from being out there fighting for our lives. On the go all the time. To being here with not much to do, it's not me anymore. We have changed so much, I don't know if I will ever get back to the way it was before" I said.

"Only time will tell, but I have the exact same feeling as well" she sighed.

Just then Judith shot up and called out to Michonne. She went over and picked her up, kissing her on the head.

I put the other loaves in the oven and took the vegetables that had been boiling in the stock off the hob to cool.

"Are we having dinner here or round next door?" she asked.

"Next door, it's bigger round there" I replied.

"Ok I'll take Judith round then, wash up and get the table ready" she smiled.

"Ok, thank you. I'll be round in a couple of hours" I replied.

They both left and I began to puree the vegetables and stock. Daryl came walking through the door, he walked straight over to me, and wrapped his arms around my waist, he kissed my neck and squeezed me tight.

" I have missed you" he smiled.

"I missed you too" I said.

"Where's Judith?" he asked.

"Mich came round and took her to get washed up, ready for dinner" I replied. I took the bread out of the oven and left it to cool.

" So what did Rick want to speak to you about?" I asked.

"They're on some mad one saying we should get our weapons back, on the sly, but I don't think it's a good idea" he replied.

"You don't?" I asked looking confused.

"No. Why do you?" he asked.

"No, I'm not saying that, just I expected you of all people to want our weapons" I said.

" I told you, I want this to work for the kids, I want this to work for us. And if that is the rules here then that's the rules we have to stick too" he said.

" well what are you going to do then?" I asked.

" I don't know, I was hoping you could help me out" he grinned.

"sorry darling, you're on your own with that one. I don't need to be having another argument with those pair. I just want to get along and concentrate on us" I said.

"I'm going to have a shower ready for dinner" he said.

" Ok babe, I'll finish up here, and get ready in a min" I smiled.

I sliced all the bread up into pieces and put them all in baskets with tea towels over them.

The soup was ready to heat up next door. I headed upstairs and looked at the clothes I had. I decided on a vest top black trousers and a long cardigan. I did my hair in to two boxing braids, and a quick dusting of powder and gloss.

It was so strange being able to do even the slightest bit of beauty regime, as I had loved doing it before all this. I sprayed some perfume and put my earrings in.

Daryl came in in just his towel and he looked absolutely gorgeous.

"Well hello sexy" I grinned.

"Shut up you" he blushed.

" I'm going to take the bread round , could you bring the soup it's too heavy for me, that big pot" I asked.

"Course, I can. I certainly have the guns for it" he said flexing his muscles.

" You are such a freak" I laughed. I kissed him and smacked his bum.

"Cheeky" he grinned.

I ran down the stairs grabbing the 4 baskets of bread, before leaving and closing the door behind me.

Carl was just walking back towards the house, as I came out.

"Hey, you ok?" I asked.

" Yeah good thank you, you had a good day?" he asked.

"Been ok. Just bringing dinner round" I said.

"You made up with my dad then?"

"how could i not? We family right?" I replied.

" Right!" he smiled.

The house was full of chatter, when I walked in. Everyone was there, the table had been lain and everyone was happy to see me back. The only person missing was Sasha.

I put the bread on the table evenly spaced out for everyone to eat.

"Oh my God, that smells amazing" Maggie said.

"I know right, we don't deserve you" Abraham added

"It's only bread" I said smiling awkwardly.

" If it wasn't for you out there, we wouldn't be eating this grand meal , you kept us from starving when we had nothing" Abe replied. He touched my hand gently and winked at me.

" We had to do what we had to do" I said smiling at him.

Just then Daryl walked through the door with the huge pot of soup, he put it on the hob for me to heat up.

I put it on low as I had a surprise to go and fetch for everyone .

"Where are you going?" Daryl asked.

"Don't worry I'll be 2 minutes, just keep an eye on the soup" I smiled. I left the house and walked over to Aaron's. I knocked on the door, and Aaron came to the door after a short wait.

"Here you go" he said handing me the small package.

" thank you so much. I really appreciate it" I smiled.

" Don't be silly, it's not much I wish I could give you more" he replied.

"Honestly this is more than enough. You don't know how excited they will be" I smiled.

I said goodbye and started to walk back to the main house.

Sasha was walking towards it, which made me happy. She was having a tough time and it made me sad that she was pushing us away. So to see her actually coming home made me smile.

I caught up to her and linked my arm in hers.

She smiled at me a little, but didn't speak. I squeezed her arm and rested my head on her shoulder.

She leaned her head on my head and I heard her sniff. I looked at her and she wiped a tear from her cheek.

" what you got there?" she asked.

"It's a surprise" I smiled. " so hurry up and get washed up, because dinner will be ready in 20 minutes "

As soon as we got in the house, she ran upstairs to get ready.

Daryl was stirring the soup when I walked in.

"It's not very warm yet" he said.

"Doesn't matter, we will wait for Sasha anyway, that's why I put it on low"

"So what you got there?" he asked.

"Mind your business" I said clutching the package to my chest.

"Charming." He huffed, "you got this covered now?"

"Yes, go and sit yourself down" I said kissing him.

Rick and Abe had got some beers, wine and sodas for us and was currently passing it around.

After awhile the soup began bubbling, so as soon as Sasha came down, I got Daryl to carry the pot over to the table. I dished everyone a bowl out, including myself. I then went back into the kitchen and grabbed the package. I lay it down and unwrapped it to reveal a small block of butter.

"Oh my God" Daryl gasped.

Everyone was so excited to see butter and I made sure everyone got some. I had a little scraping left for half a slice of bread.

Daryl tried to give me his, but I refused.

People had second and third helpings of the soup, they ate all the bread and it filled me with so much warmth and happiness. If only it could stay like that forever. Little did I know it was all going to turn to shit a lot sooner than expected.