Ali wasn't 'cleared' to do anything for about a week in a half. After that everyone just seemed to have settled into a little bit of a routine. Rick and the people in his group were even given small jobs so that they could contribute. And when he said small, he meant small.
Apparently Ali and only a select few others did any of the real work around the house and beyond.
And while Rick could understand some reasons behind this- and even saw it as sort of a potential probation period in which to earn the girl's trust and make friends and such. It just wasn't practical. Not only that but the lack of work made others- like Shane and Andrea more often than not went out of their way to undermine the girl's orders by going behind her back and such.
Which was something that her friends, and the rest of her group found themselves almost continuously warning the two about in one form or another since they all knew that the girl would only take their shit for so long before she forced them to leave. Despite the warnings though, things continued as they had been.
Today though, today had been quiet so far.
Hina was sitting on a tree limb in one of the apple tree's in the orchard, absently picking and dropping some of the ripe apples from their individual tree limbs and dropping them down to some of the girls. Lori, and Carol of course having not been able to pass up the possibility of having fresh apples to eat, cook or even bake with- had decided to join the other women in collecting some.
Which Ali nor anyone else didn't seem to terribly mind. The fresh fruits were still in season, and inevitably Ali would need such things for when she got pregnant. So some of her friends were sort of stocking up on some of the fruits that they fully intended to dry out for the kid to eat later.
They had finally finished moving everyone in Rick's group into the house, provided clothing, extra weapons, medical care, first aid kits- and just about anything else that the former sheriff and the others could even think of.
Everyone was eating and sleeping regularly now that they had a safe place to lay their heads and didn't have to move around so frequently. And those whom had lost weight from partial starvation, were quickly regaining it plus a few pounds extra.
Ali had spent the rest of the other day when she had awoken, assigning tasks and speaking with them on what they should and shouldn't do. She had hinted that if anyone was ever bitten or scratched, that they should be brought straight to her and the other's immediately.
Another thing that Rick had found out was that Ali and the other's, should the need ever arise when they would have to abandon the area that they were currently occupying- would evacuate Rick and his people and relocate them to another location thirty miles away that was currently occupied by other survivors that they had found and helped.
She had also let them know that at some point in the near future one or two of them would be going to check up on the people to make sure that everything was okay on their end. The trip usually lasted several days, depending on what was needed and what wasn't.
Which was understandable, he supposed.
After all she was trying to see to their needs and planning to do what was needed to keep them alive. Dale, himself, Glen and Daryl all mentioned wanting to go with her and see how she managed things, and got a peculiar look from the girl.
It wasn't an unwelcome look. Merely odd. As if their request had slightly taken her aback or simply wasn't expected.
However in the end, she had given them permission to go with her when she went and was even nice enough to detail how things would go. It was somewhat funny to Rick and Dale and Glen and Daryl just how creepily organized her plan was. It was almost as if Ali had been part of a military unit or something at one point in time, despite her age.
Everything that she did and planned all boiled down to strategy's that would be the least likely to get them into a situation that they couldn't handle.
It was sort of...daunting to say the least.
But once she had finished speaking with them about what would happen, she had then told them that she would give them a heads up at least three days in advance- and she fully expected them to spend those three days with their family- if they had them- and friends.
None of them knew what to think of that at first, but by the time the three day warning came up- they had each figured it out. Or at least got the general gist of things.
The three day warning in which they would spend doing nothing but spending time with their family/friends, was a sort of 'goodbye' for anyone that may not make it back if something went wrong and she nor her people could save the person/persons injured, bitten or dying.
It was a...kindness that was difficult to understand.
A chance to give their family/friends one last good memory of them before they were gone. Which was why on the day that they were going to leave, once Rick had slid into the passenger side seat beside Ali, whom would be driving, with Daryl on the other side of him.
He leaned over and whispered a gentle, 'thank you' as the back car door closed and Ren, Sin, Glen, and Jareth were finally inside of the car.
Ali merely nodded to him as Sin said excitedly, "Come on, let's get this show on the road!" Earning a slightly disgruntled look from over the girl's shoulder as she started the car and then said.
"Jareth. Smack Sin please. I don't want anyone acting hyper on this trip."
There was the sound of flesh meeting flesh followed by a loud yelp and several sniggers of amusement as the car lurched forward and began to slowly make it's way down the dirt road towards the street.