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Evelyn

Present

The tapping was getting louder and louder and we were trapped inside the store, waiting for them to just come in at any moment. Daryl was dragging me to the other side of the store and we looked for another way out. We only found a little room at the back that had a small window inside that was big enough for us to climb through. I climbed up to see if it was clear out there but there were too many walkers close, we could never avoid them all.

Daryl pulled me down from the counter and looked into my eyes. "Get into that closet right there, I'll be right back." he said.

"Wait! Where are you going?!" I asked him, my voice trembling. I didn't want him to go. He ran out and shut the door.

I did what I was told. I stayed there in silence, hoping he was okay. The minutes seemed endless right there waiting for his arrival. The door opened and I jumped. He was holding a bunch of cans in his arms that looked like it came from the beauty department or something.

"Here take this and spray it on ya. As much as you can. Now!" he threw a bottle at me and I started spraying what smelled like hairspray on my body.

"Take off your jacket." he was taking his jacket off too. He threw it it the corner of the room along with mine and sprayed it with another chemical substance. I started coughing.

He then pushed a chair against the door knob and picked up a few blankets that were nicely folded on one the shelves and threw them at me. I sprayed them too. He took the backpacks and threw them next to me before joining me. He closed the lights, took a desk and dragged it right in front of the closet entrance before closing the closet doors so that the door was barricaded. It was all dark, I couldn't see a thing.

"Why are we spraying ourselves and everything with all of this?" I asked through coughs.

"To mask our scent. Walkers don't see much. The only way they get to us is the noise and the smell. That's why we can just whisper. Got it?" he warned me.

I simply nodded and closed my eyes shut and waited. Daryl was sitting across from me, our legs touching each other because the closet was super small, so I knew he was still here. I took out the plush animal I had originally taken for Judith and held it close to me. When I was younger, I would hug my teddy bears at night and the monsters would always disappear. I wonder if that trick still works today, right now. I could sense Daryl was uneasy too. He moved a lot. You could tell he was a bit scared as well.

In that moment, I started thinking about the others. Were they all okay? Did they all leave? Were they stuck like us? I hope they're all safe.

Suddenly, I heard glass shatter to the floor and moans and footsteps getting louder and louder. It was as if a group of people were purposely kicking and punching the wall I had my back against. The walkers got in the store.

I squeezed my eyes shut and bit my lip hard to stop myself from crying. I started shaking. I was terrified. I then felt Daryl's hand on my knee that tried to comfort me. I grabbed it in my hand and squeezed it to earn a squeeze right back. I let out the breath I was holding in.

Suddenly I felt Daryl move a bit and heard a bag getting unzipped and then the closet lit up. Daryl had taken out of flashlight. I could see my surroundings now. You could see all the particles of the spray cans floating in the air. The moans had become so loud, it was safe enough to whisper.

"You alright?" he asked me.

I nodded, clearly lying to myself as well. I was still shaking and Daryl didn't comment on it either.

"We gon have to wait them out for a day or two maybe." he said, looking at the ceiling.

I sighed and closed my eyes to try to relax but nothing worked. My teeth were clenched and my body trembled. Tears were threatening to overflow down my cheeks but I held my eyes shut. I couldn't cry, not now.

"You were in the woods and I was hunting, I had skipped school that day. Found you sleeping on the ground. Thought I had found a dead girl." started Daryl. I opened my eyes to see him looking right back at me.

He continued. "You woke up, you didn't see me. You started running, it was getting dark outside and you were getting scared. You didn't know the surroundings, you had just moved to Georgia from the city." He started chewing on his thumb.

"I followed you to see if you were going to be okay. But then you tripped on a root and fell down. So I finally decided to go see you but when I did, I caught you by surprise and you turned around and kicked me right on the knee." he said and I instantly started smiling a bit. I stayed quiet and let him continue his story.

"I was about to walk away because I was so damn pissed at ya, but then you stopped me and told me you were lost. I couldn't just have let you out there like that. So I brought you home. That's how you and I met." he finished.

I imagined the story in my head. Seeing this very same man in the woods when the sun was going down. Anyone would've ran away from him. Today he looked all tough and scary. I wonder what he looked like when he was younger, what he was like, who he was. I felt bad for not remembering. I instantly frowned. Why wasn't it coming back? Why can't I remember?

"Thanks Daryl." I whispered back and he nodded.

I cuddled into the blankets and did my best to fall asleep. I just wanted to get this over and done with.

Daryl

Present

It was weird to see her like this. Cuddled in the blankets, holding onto a plush animal. It made her seem much younger, it reminded me of when we were just kids. Her hair is now longer and her face is now the one of a woman and not a little girl. She still held that peaceful image though. I wonder how she does that.

The moans were still very loud but as far as I could tell, they haven't gotten in the room we were hiding in. The chair was doing its job. And if ever they did enter, hopefully the spray was going to do its work and also the desk that was right in front of the closet door. I really hope this is going to work.

My crossbow was right next to me and was loaded and so was my knife. I wouldn't go down without a fight. I took another can and started spraying around again.

The night had been endless. The moans kept on going and so were the tapping on the walls but they didn't know we were here. Evelyn started stirring in her sleep and I had to wake her up so she wouldn't start making any noise. Later that night I had started telling her a story from her past to calm her down a bit. It seemed to have worked just fine.

We finally started seeing a bit of sunlight coming out from under the door and thankfully the moans were starting to slowly fade. We might be the luckiest people on earth. She looked at me and smiled.

After one hour or two she spoke again. "Hey, do you know a guy named Merle?" I almost fainted. How did she know that?

"Where d'you get that name?" I asked in disbelief.

"Heard it in my dream." she said in a low whisper.

"He was my brother. He annoyed the shit outta you." I said and smiled at the memory. God I miss him so much.

"What happened to him?" she asked.

"Died. Became a walker, I'm the one who found him and killed him." I said.

Suddenly she placed her hand on mine. "I'm so sorry."

I only grunted. I didn't really know what to say.

The walkers had really quieted down and I decided to take a chance. I got up, slowly opened up the closet door. Everything was the way we had left it. I climbed onto the desk and climbed onto the counter to look outside the window. There was only four walkers lying around. We could handle that. I waved Evelyn to come out and she did.

She climbed onto the counter next to me and looked down the window as well. "That's a long way down." she gulped.

Good thing there was a big trash container right below us. I opened up the window, threw our bags into the trash and landed with a big thud. The walkers looked at it and started walking towards it. Luckily, no more walkers appeared. With my cross bow, I shot them in the head and sent them crumbling to the ground.

"You go first, I'll be right behind ya." I hushed at her.

She nodded, took a deep breath, knife in her hand, she took a step out and fell into the container. She made it out and looked around. Then it jumped and got out and joined her. We picked up our bags and started running.

Hi readers! Thanks again for reading another chapter! This is the longest chapter I've written so far I'm so proud! (: Anyways so I hope you liked it! Give me your thoughts, suggestions on future chapters, write some reviews, I love them so much (: I love hearing back from you guys! So stick around, there's more to come!

-Caroline