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Kinda bad news but also good news. I am going to a camp in a week which means I won't be posting as much during that week, but good news I have a lot written so I should be posting a lot this week…Yay!

Lily belongs to me.

The next morning Lily woke up in Daryl's bed. It took her a few minutes to remember that he practically threatened to drag her back inside to the bed upstairs she'd used many times unless she took his spot, so she did.

He was already awake reading one of the books someone had brought him from the RV and was waiting for her to wake up so he could help her to breakfast. He wrapped one arm around her waist to help her hop to the chairs around the fire where Carol was cooking even though she could have done it on her own.

Andrea was sharpening a large knife on what looked like a cheese grater, Shane was chewing loudly, Daryl was getting food, Carol cooked, the Grimes ate, T-Dog was sipping coffee, And Glenn and Dale were giving each other strange looks as if they were carrying on their own silent conversation. Glenn looked over his shoulder at the house where Maggie was glaring at him from the porch. No doubt still mad about what had happened yesterday.

Yesterday night at dinner, Carl had talked to Lily about how his mom was pregnant and that she tried to kill the baby and his dad got angry. Lily was interested as to how he came across this information considering she doubted his parents told him. What also made everything interesting was how Maggie was all angry about it. She'd almost been chewed to pieces by a walker but she did quite overreact.

Daryl handed her a plate and plopped on the ground next to her and they began eating. She had to go right handed because it hurt her left arm too much to do anything. Looking down at him, she could see he was chewing food on only one side of his mouth.

"Sorry about yesterday," she said starting at her food.

"Nah," he speared some eggs. "Ya had every reason ta punch me."

"You locked me in the tent..."

"You coulda torn right through the side..."

"Yeah and had to stitch it up later. It was better just to get out the normal way."

"Whatever."

"How's your face?"

"How's your hand?"

She had to place her hand in his outstretched one because he took her food.

"God, you're stubborn."

Bruises peppered her knuckles from where she attacked him yesterday, but they would be gone in a day.

"It was a great punch. One for the books."

"Now your face..." He grimaced when she placed her hand on his face to turn him towards her. The bruising was faint but covered his jaw and inched its way over part of his chin and up his cheek and it was all tucked under stubble. "Ouch."

"Had worse." He gave her food back.

'What was the point of keeping her out of the way when Andrea came to apologize?'

"What were you going to do?"

Seeing as they were the only two talking, their conversation had drawn some heads. "What?"

"What were you planning to do? You obviously had a plan to keep me out of the way should I have shown up. What were you gonna do?"

"I don't know!" he threw his fork at his plate. That noise drew all the heads. Glenn stood up taking this moment to change the subject.

"Um, guys..." Glenn stuttered. "So, the barn is full of walkers."

Everything stopped. All that could be heard was the chirping of birds and the popping of the fire. There was not sipping or chewing. Just complete silence.

Shane explored the barn as the rest of the group filed in behind him. Daryl kept Lily next to him if not behind him at all times.

Shane shouted to Rick. "You cannot tell me you're all right with this!" when he stormed away from the barn.

"No, I'm not, but we're guests here. This isn't our land."

"Oh, God! This is our lives!"

"Lower your voice," Glenn urged.

"We can't just sweep this under the rug," Andrea spoke up.

"It ain't right, not remotely."

"No, Shane," Lily spat. "It isn't. It's twisted, but this isn't for us to decide. This is Hershel's farm."

"Shut up!" he threw at Lily before he began pacing. "We either gotta make things right or we've just got to go. Now we have been talking about Fort Benning for a long time."

"We can't go!" Rick shouted.

"Why, Rick? Why?"

"Because my daughter is still out there," Carol pipped up. She was right. We couldn't leave without Sophia, even though Lily felt their time to find her had come and gone. The group needed closure and Rick wouldn't stop until she was found.

"Yeah?" Shane ran his hands over his face. "Carol, I think it's time that we all start to just consider the other possibility."

"Shane, we're not leavin' Sophia behind!"

"I'm close to findin' this girl!" Daryl interjected. "We jus found her damn doll two days ago."

"You found her doll, Daryl. That's what you did. You found a doll."

"You don't know what the hell you're talkin' about."

"I'm just sayin' what needs to be said. Now you get a good lead, it's in the first 48 hours."

"Shane, stop," Rick tried being the voice of reason.

"Let me tell you somethin' else, man. If she was alive out there and saw you comin' all methed out with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck, she would run in the other direction!" Shane shouted at Daryl.

Lily pushed her way in front of Daryl to stop him but as soon as she did, realized she made things worse. Reminding him of her presence and how she almost died in search of this little girl and he lost it.

Daryl pushed her aside as he took off after Shane. Rick, Glenn and T-Dog were trying to break everyone up but Shane was still able to punch Daryl in the face. There was no way for him to retaliate because they were pulled apart.

Lily reacted so fast she didn't know what came over her. While Rick, Lori and others were busy trying to keep the two apart she came around and punched Shane in the face. She punched him so hard she cut his face but he didn't even see the blood before he slapped her. The force of the slap sent her spinning to the ground. The breath was knocked from her lungs when pain shot through her arm.

Daryl shouted in rage and charged Shane again, but somehow Rick held him off.

Shane made to jump on her, so she raised her feet and kicked him in the chest and using the momentum to roll back onto her feet, throwing him farther back than he thought she was ever capable of. In his eyes, she saw something other than anger. It was jealousy. Jealousy for what? Carl. It had to be. Since coming to the camp Carl had taken an instant liking to her and drew away from him. Punching him just gave him an excuse to take his anger out on her. Rick still held onto Daryl forcing him back and before Shane could attack her again, Lori threw herself in front of him.

Daryl shook Rick off him and stomped over to Lily and stood in front of her.

"Now just let me talk to Hershel! Let me figure it out," Rick shouted.

"What are you gonna figure out?!" The rage in Shane's voice made Lily jump and he cast her a stern look. Daryl placed himself directly between the two examining the bruise forming on her face. He was mad at her but was glad she did it because he would have.

"Enough!" Lori shouted throwing her hands up between Rick and Shane.

"If we're gonna stay, if we're gonna clear of this barn, I have to talk him into it. This is his land."

"Hershel sees those things in there as people-" Dale interjected. "Sick people- His wife, his stepson."

"You knew?"

"Yesterday I talked to Hershel."

"And you waited the night?"

"I thought we could survive one more night. We did," Dale said sternly defending his case. "I was waiting till this morning to say something, but Glenn wanted to be the one."

"This man is crazy Rick. If Hershel thinks those things are alive or no."

The barn door began to shake with the force of the walkers against it. Their shouting was ringing the dinner bell for the walkers cooped up inside. Daryl escorted Lily back to camp and put her back in the tent.

"I'll be back," he told her before leaving.

Shortly after he left Carol crouched in the entry way to the tent.

"Do you know where he's going?" Carol asked.

"He's going after Sophia again. I can't keep up with him right now. Could you say something to him for me please? He needs to stay behind. His side...It could just get worse."

"Won't he just listen to you?"

"No, he'll just blow me off."

"He listens to you whether or not you can see it and he doesn't hurt you. Think about it. You punched him yesterday and he didn't kill you."

"You've got a point. Could you still please talk to him?"

"Yeah, I'll talk to him," Carol smiled. Then a thought came to her. "Come listen in. Just in case I need saving. Ok?"

"Yeah, I'll be behind you."

Carol and Lily started off walking toward the stable together, but when they got close enough, Lily fell behind and stood off to the side of the entrance listening in.

He hauled a saddle in from the building adjacent to the stable.

"You can't," Carol told him.

"I'm fine," he lied grabbing his side.

"Hershel said you need to heal."

"I don't care." He took a bit from one of the posts.

"Well, I do. Lily thinks so too." His movements stopped. "But she won't tell you because she knows you will just ignore it. She cares for you."

'I didn't tell her to say that!'

"Rick's goin' out later to follow the trail."

"Yeah well, I ain't gonna sit around and do nothin'." The horse he made to saddle was not Nervous Nelly but the other one.

"No, you're gonna go out there and get yourself hurt even worse. We don't know if we're gonna find her, Daryl. We don't. I don't."

His motions stopped and he stepped out of the stall. "What?"

"I can't loose you too."

Lily gasped covering her mouth with her hands. 'What the hell did she bring me down here for? To let me hear that she loved Daryl. I don't love him. What's going on? What's she mean?'

Daryl grunted throwing the saddle making his side ache.

"Are you alright?"

"Jus leave me be. Stupid bitch."

When he stepped from the stable, throbbing side or not, Lily punched him across the face because she swore she'd never slap him again.

"Son of a bitch!" he hissed.

"Don't you ever call her that! Just because you haven't given up doesn't mean that the rest of us haven't either." Lily snapped. "Carol came to tell you to stay behind because you won't listen to me. You need to let yourself heal. You just need to let yourself heal." She then backed off and headed toward camp before either of them could say anything to her.