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Her Angel, His Strength

9 Save the Last One

Lily knew that Andrea and Carol did not think much of their sleeping situation, but it did make her nervous. She was laying on Daryl's chest, whose arm was draped across from her. They weren't sleeping, not that they could even if they tried. Andrea was nosily handling her gun, Carol was sobbing and she could feel Daryl's frustration raising. She wished Glenn were there.

"Gotta get up." He said silently to her. She frowned but nodded and moved her body away. "I need my clip now. I'm gonna walk the road, look for the girl."

"I'm coming too." Andrea said, and they both headed out. She thought of going with them, but decided to keep Carol company instead.

Getting up, she sat on the floor next to where the woman was laying.

"Hey… I cannot imagine what you're going through right now, so I'm not gonna pretend I do, ok?" Lily tried to smile. "But you've got to know that… Whatever it is you need… I'm your woman, ok?"

"Thank you." Carol whispered. Lily nodded, and patted her hand. "What… What is going on between you and Daryl?" Carol asked, and at the look on Lily's face, she amended: "not that it's any of my business."

Lily sighed. So much for no one paying attention to their sleeping agreement.

"We… I don't really know." She frowned. "He just… I guess we're together?" She said, sounding more like a question. "We never talked about it… Guess there was never the right time." Carol nodded and smiled.

"He's a good man." She whispered. "More than I gave him credit for."

"Yeah, well…" Lily smiled. "I never doubted that for a second."

After that, Carol said she wanted to go up to wait for them. Lily nodded, and went back to Daryl's cot to wait. Later, when Carol came back, she knew Daryl and Andrea arrived without Sophia. Her cries were silent this time, but no less heart breaking.

Daryl came in a few moments later, laid down next to her, and manoeuvred Lily to the same position they were before.


I'm sorry for the delay, many things happened and then TWD had already aired on TV, so this is just a notice about the updates. I (probably) will only post on Sundays, but with TWD back, there won't be any new chapter on this fanfiction. I had already decided that when I first started writing, so the next one will (probably) be on the first Sunday of December. This chapter is just an apology for forgetting to notify you!

If there's no reviews, there will be no update.

English is not my mother tongue, if you find a mistake, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mel.