"Carrying a gun is a serious thing, girl." Shane squinted down at Danni. She noticed his eyes on her navel again.

"Uh hello, up here," She put hr hand in front of his face and drew his eyes up to her own. She'd had it with Shane and continually let him know it.

He just chuckled.

"I'm certified."

He raised an eyebrow.

" I have been living in Texas for the last couple of years."

He didn't seem satisfied with her reasoning.

"I did it for a guy, okay," she sighed. "He was really into guns and shooting. I was trying to impress him, so I took a gun safety course and went to the range with him a few times."

"Did it work?" Glenn asked

"He didn't ask me out, no. He ended up dating my roommate. He was kind of a jerk." she laughed.

"The things you do for love, huh? I've been there a few times myself." Shane commiserated.

He stood up and held out the Glock 22 he had just cleaned and loaded. "All right so give me the four rules."

"All guns are always loaded, never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy, keep your finger off the trigger until your sites are on the target, be sure of your target and what is beyond it." She recited the guidelines in a sing-song voice.

He nodded and put the gun in her hand. She examined it, liking the weight in her grip.

"This is a 22, so it has what, 15 rounds?" She asked.

"Yeah, that's the basic one I'd carry on duty. I got a Glock 17 chambered for the 9 mm cartridge and has a 17 round magazine. Managed to get hold of a couple shotguns too as I was heading out-of-town." He pointed to a Remington 870 and a Mossberg 500 laying in the back of his jeep.

"I've only used a shotgun a couple of times. I'm more comfortable with this."

"Let's see what you got." Shane nodded and the three walked away from camp. At the outskirts of the woods, Shane set some empty bottles on a boulder about 15 yards from where she stood.

"Been a while you guys." She positioned herself and held the gun straight out in front her the way she remembered from the range. She for the first bottle and pulled the trigger. She prepared herself for the kickback and held steady as she pulled the trigger. The shot was followed by the noise of shattering glass.

Yes.

"You still got it," Glenn observed.

She took a second shot and hit another bottle. "Muscle memory I guess."

Shane walked over to her. He seemed satisfied with her ability. "Well, that's enough. We don't want to attract any geeks with gunshots." He warned.

"So, can I borrow it?

Shane tilted his head in a thoughtful manner. "Thing is, I only got a limited supply of ammo. We can't be playing around. We need to be ready for when the geeks start making their way out here. I don't have enough guns to let you carry, but if anything goes down this one's got your name on it, okay? Just come to me."

She was disappointed. Since the encounter with Merle that morning she was afraid of more than Walkers.

Shane was uptight and controlling; arguing with him would be pointless. Still his logic confounded her. If, indeed, "something went down" she could be dead before getting the gun from him.

"Okay, thanks." Danni conceded. He just doesn't want a woman to have a gun.

As she and Glenn headed back, he joked "You're full of surprises. I've got my enforcer now."

"If he'd let me have the damn gun." She added. "You know, I can teach you how to shoot, Glenn."

"Maybe. I'm awesome at Call of Duty."