Ok, so I meant to re-upload this chapter a long time ago and have had it changed for months but haven't done it... I have now. So sorry guys.
Lily is my OC and everything else belongs to the wonderful people who made this show happen.
"How about a swim?" Lori asked Lily.
"A what?"
"A swim. Come on. I have to go get my son anyway."
"If I may ask, why do you not want officer Shane with your son?"
"It was a mistake I made and I don't want Carl getting hurt." The two of them walked down to the rock quarry which Lily had not seen before. She obviously had not traveled far outside of camp.
Laughter echoed from inside the quarry. Looking down, she saw Carl and Shane playing in the water.
"What are they doing?"
"Shane's trying to catch frogs." Lori took off into a brisk jog down the trail into the quarry to get to Carl faster. Lily just followed behind her.
"Stay there." Lori ran off in their direction and quickly slowed to a walk to make it appear she hadn't been running.
Lily just walked off to the side and found a large boulder to sit on. She dangled her feet in the water. The women were washing clothes in the quarry while Carol's husband watched from behind them.
"Hey!" Carl greeted as he jumped up on the boulder next to her.
"Hey." Lori must have trusted Lily with Carl because she hardly let him leave Dale's sight or out of her own. It made her feel like she was fitting into the group.
"What are you doing down here?"
"Your mom invited me down for a swim."
"Then why not take one?"
She smacked he hands on her legs and hopped up. "You're right. Let's swim." She stripped down to her pants and undershirt before wading into the water. "Oh, this is cold!"
"Cold? It's not cold!"
Spinning quickly she splashed Carl. "Gotcha!"
Sophia had turned to look up at the two of them playing in the water. Carl looked up and waved Sophia over, but her father told her to stay back. He wouldn't allow her to play with Carl.
Lily dove in the water completely submerging herself. The water felt so nice as she swam along going under and cleaning herself as completely as she could still wearing clothes. It was going to be a new start for her, she could feel it.
"How's the water feel?" Carol asked from her lookout spot.
"I wish I could do this more often," Lily replied.
"Carol!" It was Ed shouting to her. "You have no business with her. Come here."
"Yeah, don't we all," Andrea whispered ignoring Ed's comment.
"Hey, little miss. I don't want to hear any lip from you," Ed snapped at Andrea. "Come on, Carol."
"She doesn't have to go anywhere with you!"
Ed turned around and slapped Carol. Shane who had just had an interesting conversation with Lori was walking back to camp when the commotion broke out between the women and Ed began brawling. He ran over to them as Lily made or shore to intercept the kids before they got close.
"Mom!" Sophia screamed when Ed hit her again. Shane's fist collided with Ed's head making him release Carol. Lily held onto the kids keeping them away from the fight.
Shane continued to beat the crap out of Ed as Carol cried and Sophia screamed for her mother. The minutes rolled on past as Shane beat Ed to a pulp. When he was done, Ed's face was covered in blood and his nose was most likely broken. It was at that moment that Carol approached her husband crying and apologizing. Lily let Sophia join her mother.
Amy and Andrea and Jacqui looked up to see her holding Carl.
"Come on, bud. Get on my back. I'll take you back to your mom." Without objection Carl crawled on Lily's back and Shane escorted them back to camp and not a word was said.