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Her Angel, His Strength

12 Secrets

The next morning, after eating the breakfast Maggie brought them, Hershel came over to examine Daryl. When he said he was good to be moved to their tent, Lily frowned. It appeared as if Hershel didn't want them around the house that much.

With Rick's help, Lily got Daryl back to their tent, helping him lay down trying to look as if she wasn't.

"Ya got nothin' ta do?" He asked when he saw her sitting by his side.

"Nope. You?" He snorted at her, ignoring the question.

"Hey." They both looked up to see Andrea entering the tent. "This is not that great, but…" He handed Daryl a book.

"What, no pictures?"

"I'm so sorry. I feel like shit."

"Yeah, you and me both."

"I don't expect you to forgive me, but if there's anything I can do…"

"Ya were trying ta protect the group. We're good." Lily smiled, ducking her head. "But hey, shoot me again, and ya'd best pray I'm dead."

Andrea smiled, and looking at Lily, she said:

"Shane's gonna set up gun practice. You up for it?"

"Yeah, sure." Lily didn't have to look at Daryl to feel his frown. "You want me to get you something?" She asked, once Andrea left the tent.

"Nah, I'm good." He said.

"All right, I'll go now then. You try and rest." Lily said, leaving before he could say something. She knew Daryl didn't like being taken care of.

Standing up next to Glenn, Lily asked:

"You coming?"

"I gotta help Dale clean the spark plugs on the RV. He said he's gonna teach me mechanics." Glenn said, not looking at her. "I should probably go look for him."

"You found me." Dale said besides them. "He's a good learner."

Lily nodded, and walked over towards the cars.

"Alright then, I'll see you later."

It took a while for Lily to hit her target. Once she did, she got the handle of if, though still missed a few times.

"You're good. Keep focussing; just keep the target in your head." Rick said as he passed by her.

"You think it'll take long before I'm good at it?" She asked Rick, though it was Shane who answered.

"If you keep it up, not too long. Might want to come again tomorrow." She nodded and got back to practice. She was good with her bow, however, at close range, it was useless.

"Hey." Lily said, entering the tent. Daryl looked up from cleaning his crossbow for a second before going back to the task.

"Ya ranger already?" Lily snorted.

"No. Don't think I'm that good at it. We'll be going back tomorrow." He nodded at that as she sat down. He leaned over her and stole a kiss. "About what you said… About Shane. What do you think that happened? With Otis."

"Ya believed his story?" He gave her a look. "I've been around guys who'd lie through their teeth to get the blame out of 'em. Guys who told the lie and believed them themselves." Lily frowned.

"You think… He killed him?"

"That guy's been losin' his mind ever since Rick came back."

"They're best mates. I don't understand why he would lose it if he got his friend back."

"Cause he and Lori had been goin' at it like rabbits before his friend came back." Lily gaped. At her unbelievers' eyes, he said: "caught them in the woods more than once. It was a good thing Rick came back, didn't think I could take more of Shane's hairy ass."

"Oh, my God, Daryl!" Lily exclaimed, blushing, Daryl snorted at her. "Oh God, poor Rick. I think it'd be best if we kept this to ourselves… If Lori or Shane hadn't told him, it really isn't our place, right?" She asked, not entirely sure about that. If she were on Rick's feet, she would want to know; nonetheless, Lori was always a good friend to her; she could not put the woman on the spot like that. Nodding to herself, she stood up. "Right, I'll go grab us some lunch, ok?"

When she saw Glenn later that day, she knew something was wrong with him. He had been acting weird since morning, and not having anything else to do, Lily jogged up to him.

"Hey."

"Hey… How was practice?"

"It was good. Shane said it'd be just a matter of time for me to get good at it."

"Good, good."

"Listen, what's going on?" Lily asked, walking up to stand in front of him. "What got you so worried? Is this about Maggie? Because I talked to her, and I think she likes you too, you know?"

"What? You talked to Maggie? When?"

"Yesterday afternoon. Something happened between the two of you?"

"No. Yes. No." Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Glenn. It's me, I'm not gonna tell anybody, ok?"

"Lori's pregnant. Maggie and I went to the pharmacy again to get her abortion pills." Lily gasped. "Maggie was attacked…"

"Oh, God, she okay?"

"She… They think walkers are humans. They… The barn is full of them, with Maggie's mom and stepbrother there."

Lily couldn't get any word out of her mouth. She just stood there, looking at Glenn, trying to absorb what he had said.

"You can't tell anyone. Not even Daryl." Lily swallowed and nodded.

"What if someone goes close to the barn?"

"It's secure for now. I went there, they can't get out."

"That's a relief." Lily sighed. "I won't tell anyone." Glenn nodded, though he said:

"I will. It's… It's the right thing to do."


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Mel.