Waking early the next morning, her limbs were still sore and she felt disgusting to top everything off. Thinking about the last time she showered, she realized it was before the run in with the Governor.

She grabbed a towel and a change of clothes. Looking down at her things in the corner of the cell she saw a pair of boots she'd scavenged for him and a few other articles of clothing that he'd left behind. She knew they needed to be moved but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Not yet anyway.

The best thing about living in a prison was knowing that there was hot water waiting in the showers. The sun was just coming up when she left the cell. Beth was cradling a sleeping Judith when she came out.

"Shower?" the sweet girl asked quietly as to not wake the baby or another sleeping group members. Lily leaned over the perch railing and saw Rick asleep in his cell whether he was pretending to not she couldn't tell, but at least he was still in his cell.

She nodded. "It's been a while. I need some alone time to think recent things over."

"What was Carl telling you last night? You changed after he spoke to you."

"That's what I'm going to go think about…"

"May I ask what he said?"

She met her eyes. "I will tell everyone, but not right now ok?"

"Yeah," the girl smiled. "You do kinda need a shower."

Lily laughed and ran her hair through her fingers. "I'm gonna try and touch this up too."

.. .. ..

The tile was cold under her feet when she took off her shoes. She'd gotten so used to running around without shoes that she found shoes uncomfortable. Another thing she realized was that by wearing shoes she was accepting the notion that they could be forced to leave at a moments notice and she was not going to leave the prison. This was her home now and she was going to fight for it.

"Do I have what it takes to lead these people?" she said aloud to herself turning on the water. Taking off her clothes reminded her that she was still wearing Daryl's vest. She knew she was wearing it but had forgotten that she was at the same time.

Stepping into the shower she let the water run down her face to her stomach. Tossing the bandages aside she gave her wounds a decent cleaning. They had begun to scab over which meant they were healing.

After washing her uncomfortably short hair she dried herself off and slipped into a T-shirt and a cleanish pair of pants. She was going to put her hair up in a pony tail but as she tried she realized that it was gone.

It needed to be trimmed up so she would have to cut it, but had forgotten scissors. She rummaged through everything that she'd brought only to realize that they were gone. On her way out of the bathroom she saw Beth standing in the hall with a pair of scissors and a hair brush.

"Beth?"

She jumped at the her sudden appearance. "Oh, I uh, thought you could use some help with you hair."

A smile crossed her face. "Actually yes, I do need help. I forgot scissors."

The two walked outside into the brisk morning air so they wouldn't have to clean the hair up later. Lily draped the towel over her shoulders and brushed through her hair once before handing the brush back to Beth.

"You ever cut hair before?"

"Only on my dolls, but how different could it be really?"

Lily smiled. "Just a little different. Don't feel any pressure to get it perfect. It'll grow back eventually. As many mistakes as you want."

After a minute of deep concentration and few locks cut, Beth began to speak.

"Maggie said she was glad to see you cry," Beth said as she drew the brush along the top of Lily's head to straighten out the hair again as it dried quickly. "I mean, she said you hadn't cried the whole time you were in that place. It sounds like you were super human or something. Seeing you cry made her realize that you were just like the rest of us. Hurt just as easily."

Lily wiped a tear from her eye. "Not really the most loving conversation. But thank you."

"Well, if you didn't cry over it then you might've been mentally sick or somethin'. We'd have needed to find another doctor to work with dad."

A small chuckle escaped Lily's lips. "Maggie is stronger than she lets on. You should know that. The governor is not a nice person. She stood her ground well, but after going through something like that she is bound to be distant. I have found that keeping myself busy takes my mind off it and I can move on from it quicker. That's how I move on from it though. It's happened a few more times though."

"Crying shows you care. He'll come back. I know he will."

"Good riddance to him!"

"You don't mean that?!" Beth said pulling her hands from Lily's hair.

Taking a deep breath she responded. "No, but I'm still trying to get over him leaving."

"How's that working for you?"

"Not well." They laughed.

"Ok, your hair is done."

Lily leaned over a barrel of water that had been set up outside to collect rain water and saw her distorted reflection. At least her hair was more evenly cut now.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. I figured it was someone else's turn to babysit for a while so we could talk."

"You really want to know what Carl said to me don't you?"

"Yes, but that's not why I came to help. Your hair needed some love."

"He told me to lead everyone. Take his father's place until he's better. I think I will."

"Really? That's quite a step, but if you think you can do it…"

"If I can do it long enough. And please don't tell anyone else about this yet. I'm going to say something later."

They walked back inside and saw Carol was making breakfast for Axel. It was nice to see Carol smiling and enjoying the company of another male. From the circles under his eyes, she could tell he had lost sleep probably getting up early so he could spend time with her.

"Good morning," Carol smiled at them.

"Mornin'," Axel said.

"Good morning," Lily replied taking a seat at the same table near Axel.

"You are beginning to look like me," Carol smiled looking over her shoulder at Lily.

"How so?"

"Your hair. There's only enough space in this prison for one short hair cut."

"Oh, I'm sure we can work together to work something out!" Lily played along with Carol. "I could do your laundry once a week for a month."

"Make it two months and you have a deal."

Lily winked at her. "Done."

"Here," she placed a bowl in front of her and Axel with oatmeal.

"You didn't have to do this."

"I made enough for everybody when they were ready," Carol waved off her wary comment.

The warm oatmeal was nice to feel in her stomach. It filled her with confidence to complete what she'd set out to do that day.

Lily ate quickly so she could leave Axel and Carol alone to grow closer. She grabbed another bowl and spoon and carried them over to Carl's cell.

"Rise and shine Sleeping Beauty," she said after knocking on the wall. "I brought you breakfast. Compliments of Carol." He stirred before rolling.

"What's going on?" he asked sleepily.

"I'm telling you I'm taking your advice. I'm going to tell everyone after breakfast, ok?"

"Yeah," he said happily.

.. .. ..

After breakfast for everyone but Glenn, the group gathered to hear what he had on his mind. He was questioning Carl where Tyreese's group had been. They were drawing with chalk on the floor.

"Now, you say you found Tyreese's group here?" Glenn asked pointing to the last box he'd drawn.

"Yeah," Carl responded.

"We secured this."

"Look, he thought he came through here." The boy pointed to another box far from the first.

"That means there's another breach. Ok, the whole front of the prison is unsecured. If walker's just strolled in, then it's gonna be cake for a group of armed men."

"Why are we even so sure he's gonna attack?" Beth asked shifting positions. "Maybe you scared him off."

Lily was about to say why when Michonne spoke.

"He had fish takes full of heads," Michonne said ominously. "Walkers and humans. Trophies. He's coming."

"He's doesn't know how to lose," Lily said shifting her weight to her other foot and nodding at Michonne. "He's coming."

"We should hit him now," Glenn suggested.

"What?"

"He won't be expecting it. We'll sneak back in and put a bullet in his head."

"No," Lily sighed.

"We're not assassins," Carol added.

Glenn approached Michonne. "You know where his apartment is. You and I could end this tonight. I'll do it myself."

Michonne nodded. They were going to Woodbury. Lily cleared her throat loudly making it obvious she thought this was a bad idea

"He didn't know you were coming last time," Hershel spoke up. "And look what happened. You were almost killed. Daryl was captured. And you and Maggie and Lily were almost executed."

"You can't stop me," Glenn threatened.

"We can sure try," Lily said forcefully.

"Rick would never allow this," Hershel said.

"You really think he's in any position to make that choice?"

"And you think you are?" she retorted. "What has been the only think you've talked about this morning? Killing the Governor."

"Think this through clearly," Hershel suggested. "T-Dog lost his life here. Lori, too. The men that were here. It isn't worth anymore killing. What are we waiting for? If he really is on his way, we should be out of here by now."

"And go where?"

"We lived on the road all winter."

"Back when you had two legs and we didn't have a baby crying for walkers every four hours."

"We can't stay here."

"We can't run."

Maggie walked out of the room and back to her cell. As Glenn tried to follow after her, Lily held out her arm to stop him.

She spoke before he could say anything. "I'd like to take Rick's place."

Glenn scoffed. "You what? Everyone's gone. I'm in charge now."

"We need someone running this place who is of sound mind. And frankly all you want to do is kill the Governor. That's not going to get us anywhere."

"Well, don't you want to kill him?"

"Of course I do! More than anything. But we don't have the man power right now nor the stealth. Now if you'd give me one more second I'll explain farther." All eyes were still on her waiting to see what she had to stay.

"I'm willing to take his place if I have others with me." They had not been expecting her to say this and that was clear on their faces. "Like Hershel and you, Glenn. I want—I need you two to help with the big decision making with everything that doesn't involve an assassination. That's just not an option right now. I need you both, now more than ever because everyone has differing views."

She pointed to Hershel. "You want to leave." She pointed to Glenn. "You want to kill. And I want to stay. You can kill and stay right here. The Governor is going to come so all we need to do is wait for him to show his ugly face and we can kick his ass. If we leave here and the Governor happens to find us, we couldn't protect ourselves on the road. Now can you wait a few hours before doing something rash?" She snapped at Glenn who was clearly not pleased to be spoken to this way, but he nodded seeing some truth in her words. Never breaking eye contact she continued.

"We need someone on watch. I can do that. Carl, you and Glenn will check out the breach. Hershel and Michonne, can you keep an eye on things up here?" They nodded their understanding.

"Good, now let's start preparing for the Governor."