Here's chapter five, the longest and best chapter so far, at least it is for me, hope you like it as much as I did.
Panda says HI and sends big bear hugs to all of you.
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They had been walking for hours, at least Andrea thought they had, she was feeling weaker every step she took, she can't see clearly anymore, she hears Michonne by her side but she wasn't sure she wasn't dreaming, maybe she was dead, but that couldn't be possible, she was alive and tired and hungry.
"We need to rest, Andrea" Michonne knew better than anyone it wasn't safe but the blonde had been awake almost two days, she couldn't last long if they continue.
"Is the prison still far from here?"
"Yes, it is, maybe we need to find a place to rest, you can't continue like this, it's too dangerous."
"No, I'm okay, we must go on, we can't rest here it's dangerous." Andrea's eyes were almost close, she knew she couldn't take it any longer but what options do they have? Walkers were everywhere; she can't die now she has to keep going.
"You're not, we can rest, as long as we have my little friends here we're safe, you know that. You need to rest, it's really early maybe we could continue later but for now we're done." Michonne was almost carrying Andrea at this point.
"You're sure we're safe, I don't want to die." Andrea's words were a whisper she can hardly speak.
"You're no gonna die, let's get close to a tree, you can rest there." Michonne feels sorry for the girl, she really wants to find her group, she was so sure they were alive, Michonne wasn't so sure, wasn't as optimistic as her.
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They had been on the road for at least half an hour, Carol was very confident behind the wheel and Lucy feels save with her and Daryl with her, she knew she doesn't need them, they need her more than her, but at the end she had a warm feeling every time they were close to her, it was a shame she couldn't stay with them.
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The woman and the girl had been quiet during all this time, he was sure they would start talking as soon as they were on the road, but they hadn't, he was thankful, don't take him wrong, but it was strange as hell. Carol had always been quiet, that's what he likes the most about her, wait, does he like something about her? Hell, yes! He likes a lot of things about her, he even loves some. Well the point is that they weren't talking, Carol had her eyes fixed on the road and the girl was quiet, they didn't need to talk, he feels that, they were enjoying their company and they didn't need to talk, just feel.
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She wants to know everything about this girl, she was so young but at the same time she looks older than she really was, was something in her eyes, they were almost black, so deep and warm, Caro felt immediately attached to her, like if something invisible had surrounded them as soon as the girl appeared at their camp the night before.
She wanted to talk to her as soon as they were alone, back on the road, but something had stopped her, words weren't necessary between the two of them, they somehow know everything about each other, it was crazy, but she feels like she was with someone she had known for so long.
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As soon as they were back on the road, Lori can't stop herself, she needed to know what Rick thinks about the girl, she sure had helped them, but can they trust her? She can't believe they were heading to a prison, they even think they could call that place home, home, that word had a bittersweet taste to her now, nowhere could be call home anymore, those days were over, they can't trust anyone, they can't live in peace and have happy endings, she knew that, Shane knew it too. Shane, Lori couldn't stop her thoughts, she wishes Shane could be back with them, but she also knows that would mean Rick's death, when she asks herself if she would prefer that she couldn't answer.
"Lori, I know you're mad at me, but please, we need to stay together, we're a family, Carl needs us and the baby, she needs us too." Carl had been sleep since they head back to the road, the night had been awful and he needed his rest.
"She?" Lori asked incredulous. "How can you be so sure the baby is a girl?"
"I don't know, I just think she's a girl, that's all, I can't be sure." Rick smiled to his wife. He couldn't lie to himself, he knows that baby wasn't his, but that doesn't matter anymore, Shane was dead and he has Lori and Carl, his family. Although if he needs to be honest, he wants a girl so she would look like Lori, a boy would look like Shane and then… well he would love the kid the same, but there will be a cruel reminder of how his best friend and wife had somehow betrayed him. He understood Lori and even Shane, but all the same he still feels betrayed.
"I hope you're right, it would be lovely to have a little girl." Lori knows she can't be mad at Rick; he had done what was best, maybe not for the group but for them. Lori knew that much, she had done something awful to Rick; she had fallen in love with his best friend when he was still alive, even when she doesn't know that.
"She would look just like you." Not like Shane, she wouldn't be like Shane at all; she would be our little girl, like Carl is our boy.
"Rick, what do you think about the new girl?" Lori wishes right then she could have a baby girl, she knew how hard it would be for Rick to look in the eyes of a little boy who looks just like Shane, they're going to have a girl, a beautiful girl with Lori's eyes and hair.
"She is more than strange, I don't know her but I think she has some kind of special powers, you saw how Daryl acted around her it was like magic." Rick was thankful with Lori; talk about the baby is and always will be a difficult matter for him.
"Yeah, Daryl would kill anyone for least than what she did, but she helped Carol, I think that's why Daryl acted so cool with her." Lori said matter-of-factly
"Because of Carol? Do you mean?" Rick couldn't believe his ears.
"Yep, that's exactly what I mean, Daryl is interested on Carol, weird don't you think?" Lori wasn't sure she was glad for Carol; Daryl could be very scaring and mean.
"A little bit, but I'm glad for them as soon as they're good with that, Daryl is a good man, he has a temper but Carol could help him with that." Rick immediately imagined a wedding, yeah as weird as it sounds, but he can totally picture himself as a best man and Hershel as some kind of priest, Carol and Daryl deserved some happiness in their life. They maybe were broken and all, but they could fix each other.
"Yeah, it's true, I'm worried about Carol but since Sophia Daryl had been kind of close to her, they definitely deserve happiness." Lori saw Carol in a white wedding dress, wearing makeup and high heels, something she had never used before.
"Maybe Lucy could help them to finally see each other, don't you think?"
"You're probably right, if there's someone that could help them that has to be Lucy, using her special powers." Lori smiled warmly to Rick, maybe Lucy's special powers weren't just working on Carol and Daryl.
"Don't make fun of me, lady, I'm still a cop." Rick returns the smile and took Lori's hand; they can make this work they at least have to try.
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Beth had been sleep for a while now, Glenn and Maggie were talking quietly so the blonde wouldn't wake up, they feel somehow relax, they know that was stupid, they were heading to a prison and not some paradise, but maybe the definition of paradise these days was different, they were sure that as long they were together there would always be a tomorrow, a new place to go, as long as they were together.
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"This girl is kind of a miracle, don't you think, Hershel?" T-Dog and Hershel had been talking since they head back to the road, they don't know each other at all and had very few in common, but boredom was something they have to fight so…
"Indeed she is I'm glad she found us, we would be lost without her help." Hershel was beyond tired and wanted to sleep but since he was the one behind the wheel that wasn't an option.
"That's true, besides she's kind of a badass, with the bow and the swords, she doesn't fear Daryl." Hershel nods his agreement, there was something special about the girl and he could feel it, even when he hadn't been close to the girl, there was something odd about her but fortunately for all of them it wasn't something bad, on the contrary.
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He knew it, sooner or later this has to happen, he wasn't mad he just doesn't want to be part of the ladies' conversation. He wished he could be on his bike.
"So… how old are you, Lucy?" Carol started with the easy questions, nothing to big, just things you must know about the people you are with.
"I'm twenty. How about you, how old are you?" Daryl was supposed to be sleeping; Lucy knew perfectly well he wasn't.
"I'm thirty-eight, I know I look so much older but I'm not." Carol giggled a little, she was sure everyone thoughts she was like forty five or something like that, but she wasn't that old.
"That's not true; when I told you about my mother I thought you were as young as her not older." Lucy could hear Daryl moving on the back seat; he was as interested as she was with Carol's confessions. She would make sure to give him something to think about.
"Really? I can't believe you, I'm pretty sure everyone thinks I'm really old." Carol said really surprised.
"Well that's because they don't pay attention to little details, you're hair could be gray but you're eyes, eyes can tell you everything about a person and yours are really young, I can see a lot of pain in them, but that doesn't change you're still young. Hopefully you'll find someone that might help you to erase that pain." Daryl was now really awake.
"Thanks, Lucy, but who would want to be with a woman like me, I'm broken, Lucy. You heard Rick, I'm useless." Daryl mentally cussed Rick, fucking idiot!
"You could be broken Carol, but you can fix that, I know someone that could help you with that." Daryl stops breathing, Lucy smiled, she would be damned if she can't do something to bring the two of them together.
"What do you mean, Lucy? I don't want to start this all over again, Daryl is a good man but he's not interested on me. I already tried." Carol could feel the tears in her eyes, she thought, for one second, Daryl could be interested on her, but she was just old, plain Carol, she was nothing but a burden.
"Don't tell me that coward told you nothing!" Lucy was pretty sure Daryl would be more than mad at her, but she doesn't care at the moment, they have to stop fighting their feelings, she knew both were scared, care about someone was always scary, but there were times on life when you just have to take the chance.
"What are you talking about? I doubt Daryl has something to tell me, besides to get the fuck away from him." Carol almost smiled when she heard herself cussing, she wasn't used to that kind of words she had been always the lovely, sweet Carol.
Daryl knew perfectly well where this conversation was heading; Lucy would say he was a mean son of a bitch, a good for nothing bastard that doesn't deserve Carol at all, he was sure the girl was right, but hell, he doesn't wanted to hear it.
"You're so wrong, Carol. Daryl could be a badass with everyone, but with you…"
"He's Daryl, Lucy you don't know him, you don't know me and even when I appreciated your effort, Daryl is nothing but a great man who saved my life, maybe a friend, if I don't scare him before I can actually call him that." Carol interrupted Lucy before she could continue, she doesn't need to hear anything else, she was sure Daryl was a good man, the best she had ever met, but she didn't want to think there was a possibility to have something with him, she would be always grateful to him (for him) for searching Sophia, for saving her back at the farm, but she can't still pretend there was a chance for them, them… she wonders if them was even a possibility before.
"Carol, I know both of you are scared, I don't know exactly why, you were right when you said I don't know any of you, but I made many mistakes when I was younger so I know how bad you could regret not trying hard enough." Lucy said without looking at Carol, she fixed her eyes on the road ahead; her right hand was playing with the bracelet she had on the left.
"What do you mean? You're so young, what on earth could be so terrible that makes you feel so bad?" Carol looked quickly at the bracelet, it was a beautiful piece of jewelry, it looks really expensive too, she wonders who had given that to her?
"I'm gonna tell you a story, Carol, no one besides my parents knew this, but maybe I need to tell you this so you could understand me." You and Daryl need to realize life is too short, you could lose each other any other minute, Lucy thought.
Daryl could hear the paint in the girl's voice, he wasn't a damn pussy but the way she had sounded makes him feel sorry for her, what the hell had happened to the girl? She was only twenty and looks like a fucking rich brat.
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Pandora's box
"You're pregnant, Elizabeth. I'm sorry." The doctor said while looking pitiful at the girl in front of him, she was the only daughter of his best friend and only nineteen, her life was over with the terrible news he had just said. Robert will never help her with this; he would say the kid was nothing but a bastard.
"There has to be a mistake, Fred, I can't be pregnant, I can't have this baby, you know my father will hate me if I do this to him." Elizabeth didn't know what to do, she had been with only one man, one she had loved deeply but he was so far from her now, there was no way on earth he would help her, he was engaged and nothing in the world would make him change his mind. Only one night, he had told her that, it was the only thing he could give her, he had loved her once so that would be the perfect goodbye.
"You're only four weeks pregnant, there's still an option." Fred said unsure, he wasn't one to suggest such a thing, but the girl didn't have many options, her future was too uncertain.
"That's not even an option, Fred, it would never be, I know my father would hate me, but this baby is his baby, you know I can't kill him, he'll be the only thing he left me." Elizabeth touched her belly, there was no sign of her pregnancy yet, she was still slender and perfect, but she knew inside her was their baby.
"I know you loved him, Eli, but he is in England and his wedding is in less than a month, he can't be the baby's father and you can't be a mother, you're too young." Fred knew perfectly well the story between Elizabeth and Charles. He was older than her for six years and was the illegitimate child of one of Robert's partners, they had met on a party, Eli was seventeen at the time, so innocent and beautiful Charles had fallen in love with her the second he saw her, the same had happened to her, of course Robert was against their relationship, the difference between them was more than evident, and no, it wasn't the age difference, Charles' father was against too, not because he had considered his son beneath Robert's precious daughter, but he certainly had had another plans for his son.
They had been together for one year, of course none of their parents had known a thing, but then Charles went to London, he met a girl back there, a beautiful and older girl, she was everything Charles had imagined, at the end Elizabeth had been nothing but a teenage love, it had been awesome and Charles had always been nice to her, even when he realized he feel nothing for her anymore, later he decided to end the relationship, Elizabeth was devastated, but at the end she forgave him, for her he was still the love of her life.
"I know he's with her now, but I can't kill my baby, Fred, maybe if I talk to my father, he couldn't be so heartless." Elizabeth wasn't sure of her own words, her father was a very powerful man, he was very good at business, but human emotions were almost a mystery to him, although he loves his daughter, Elizabeth was sure of that, she only needed to be gentle, he would understand, he has to understand.
Fred knew Elizabeth was fooling herself; Robert wouldn't change his mind, he wouldn't understand, at the end Elizabeth would have to deal with all this alone, Fred knew that much.
"Maybe you're right, Eli, but you have to be careful, your father wouldn't like this and you know he never was a fan of Charles. This will be a difficult thing to deal with, besides with your mother gone he will feel like a failure, just have this on mind, ok?" Elizabeth just nodded and left the room without another word.
The next time Fred saw Elizabeth she was six months pregnant and was in really bad shape, she was too thin and he wondered if she was still pregnant, of course she was, but the baby was almost dead, Eli was bad nourished and if that wasn't enough her body was full of different drugs. He knew there was little to do for the kid, a baby girl, though he was surprised the baby was still alive, he decided the baby was a survivor so he needs to help her to survive. The next month he had taken care of Elizabeth and the baby, at the beginning Elizabeth had been tough to deal with but at the end he had convinced her to let him help her, for her baby's health.
The little girl was so small she almost fit perfectly on Fred's hand, she was thin and her lungs wasn't working properly, besides her system was full of drugs, she was a drug addicted and he needed to do something to help her and quickly, the moment Elizabeth had known her baby was a girl she went crazy, she didn't want a girl, she had always wanted a little boy, a boy who would look like him.
"Elizabeth I need you to come to see your little girl, she's so beautiful, she's fighting for her life, you need to see her, hold her." Fred was with Elizabeth, she and the girl had been on the hospital for a week and not once she had gone to see her girl, the baby was doing her best.
"I don't want to see her, she was supposed to be a boy, she ruined my life! I don't want her, I don't care if she's still alive and you can keep her if you want, I don't care!" Elizabeth was hysterical, Fred couldn't stand to be close to her anymore, selfish bitch, he thought, he loves Elizabeth, she had been like a daughter to him, but she was telling him she doesn't care for her girl, the baby was still fighting for her life with all her strength, she needed her mom.
"I'm gonna leave you for now, but sooner or later you have to think about what are you gonna do with your baby." Fred left the room, he didn't look back. Elizabeth was devastated, she couldn't believe her luck she has a little girl and not a boy. She had wanted a boy!
When he closed the door and turned back he was almost face to face with a nurse, he knew immediately something was wrong with little Annie.
"The new treatment is not working, doctor, the baby…" Fred couldn't hear anything else, he just ran as fast as he could, the girl was a survivor, she'll be fine, he told himself that as a mantra.
During three weeks the baby fought with all her strength, finally her lungs were working properly and the doses of drugs they were using with her were very low now, she was almost recovered, Elizabeth was on Fred's apartment she had been clean for the last two months but Fred knew it wouldn't last long unless she decides to take care of Annie.
"Annie is responding amazingly, all the nurses at the hospital love her, she's a tough little girl." Fred was having breakfast with Elizabeth, she had been all quiet during the last month, but something changed when he had said the baby's name.
"Her name is not Annie that was my mother's name." Elizabeth said looking mad at Fred.
"I'm sorry, Eli, but since you didn't tell me how you want to name the girl I just supposed it was a good idea to…"
"Her name is Pandora, a beautiful name, don't you think?" Elizabeth interrupted Fred and a creepy smile reached her lips, her eyes were so cold and empty, Fred felt so worried.
"Elizabeth, I don't think that's a good name for the little one, you have to see her, she's so angelic, you're gonna love her." Fred was afraid of the wellbeing of Annie, Elizabeth was more than unstable but he couldn't take care of them, he was leaving the country for a year in two weeks and couldn't take Elizabeth and the baby with him, besides Elizabeth was a good woman, sooner or later she would realize how beautiful her baby was and then she would take good care of her, he was sure, he wanted to be sure.
"You want a name for the baby, don't you? Well the baby already has one." Elizabeth took her food and left Fred to himself.
"The baby will be fine, Rose, you don't have to worry, Elizabeth hadn't use drugs for the last two months. They'll be fine." Fred was leaving the next day and Pandora was going home for the first time, Elizabeth will stay at Fred's place for as long as she'll need it, Fred had already bought all the things the baby will need and was certain Eli will do a good job, the day before the woman had finally seen her daughter.
"I can go to see the kid whenever I want, right? You know we need to be careful with her." Rose, the nurse that had been taking care of Pan, how they decided to call the little girl, didn't want to leave the baby, her mother was a crazy bitch and she doesn't trust her.
"Yes, Rose, you'll have a key so you can go in whenever you want, but trust me, the girl will be fine." Fred was grateful with Rose, she had been a angel to Pan and the good woman was more than willing to take her with her, but Elizabeth needed the girl, Fred was sure that if someone had the power to bring back Eli that was her little girl.
"Okay, but I swear to god if that girl does something wrong to the baby I'll kill her, I promise, Fred." Fred smiled warmly at the woman and headed to the nursery where Pan was.
"Elizabeth, we're home, Pan wants to see you." Fred had the baby in his arms and was smiling at her, the girl had the most beautiful and warm brown eyes he had ever seen, the baby girl smiled back and took his finger with her hand. Fred felt so happy, he never had children, his wife had died really young and he decided to stay single, not once he had regretted his decision 'till now.
"I'm on the kitchen; I cooked something for you." Elizabeth had changed a lot the last week, Fred was surprised but glad, Pan needed her mom and Eli needed her.
"Thanks Eli, you shouldn't do it, I was planning to take you out for dinner." Fred entered the kitchen and saw Elizabeth busy with some pasta and vegetables.
"That smells delicious, Eli." Pan started to move when she had heard her mother's voice and now that she had seen her was moving more.
"Hello there, beauty! I already have your milk ready." Elizabeth smiled to her daughter and continued cooking.
"I can handle this, Eli, go with Pan." Fred handled Pan to Eli and went to the oven to see what was on there.
"I'm gonna go to the bedroom, Fred. We'll be back soon." Elizabeth took the baby and headed to the bedroom.
"Pandora you have to listen carefully, Fred is all sweet and good but once he's gone things are gonna be different, you ruined my life little one and you have to pay for that, you'll understand my suffering living it." Baby Pandora was now asleep, Elizabeth words couldn't hurt her now, but later she would learn what her mother meant.
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"My mother made my life more than miserable, I can't remember my firsts three years, but I remembered perfectly my life the last two years I was with her, she was an addicted and every time she took drugs she beat me as hard as she could, she never left scars where people could see them, no one has to know about our problems, she always told me that, and no one ever knew since I was five." Lucy was holding back the tears, she never cries, never.
Carol couldn't believe Lucy's story, she felt the tears on her cheeks by now, how a mother could be so heartless, no one deserves what Lucy suffered.
"What did you do to go away?" Carol wanted to hug the girl, she had suffered so much.
"I did nothing my mom did; she almost killed me on my fifth birthday. That day she woke up early, I was surprised, she told me to go with her, 'we're going to buy a cake, honey', she told me, I was more than happy, my mother had remembered my birthday, I got up quickly and went with her, she bought me a beautiful cake, it had a castle and a lot of beautiful things on the top, she then took me to a mall and bought some pretty clothes, it was the first time she had taken me to the mall, I can't believe it I thought God had heard my prayers, she bought some food too and took me to the park, it was the most amazing day I'd ever had with my mom, then we went back to home, we ate cake and my mom give me a pair of gold earrings."
Daryl couldn't believe his ears, his dad had been a mean son of a bitch when he was drunk, but he had had good moments, when he was sober. He had taught Merle and he to hunt and track, he was a badass but he had made sure his sons have all they need, they weren't rich, but they always had what they needed. The only thing Daryl always regretted was not going to school, but his old man thought it was useless, maybe he was right at the time.
"Later I would know my grandfather had called that morning, Fred had e-mailed him, he had thought the things between my mother and Robert were all right, he wanted to make sure my grandpa didn't forget my birthday, he called my mother to remember her what a big failure she was, what a shitty daughter she had been to him. She went crazy once she remembered her father's words, I remembered she called me bastard, a stupid bitch, she had never been this mad at me, but that day… if she hadn't screamed, if she hadn't been so scared once she had hit me…"
Lucy's eyes were so red but not a single tear had found its way down her cheeks, she was a tough girl, she would not cry, no more.
"Lucy, I'm so sorry, you didn't deserve that, no one ever deserved to be treated like that." Carol wanted to stop the car, this was so much for her to handle but Lucy strength made her change her mind.
"That was the last time I saw my mom, after that Social Services came and they took away from her, she had promised to change, she wanted me with her, my torture wasn't over, at least it wasn't for her, but they took me away, at first I wasn't thankful, they sent me with two families, the first one had so many children they can't barely pay attention to me, I needed love, they couldn't give that, so I ran away. Then they took with this awful marriage, the guy hit his wife and the only child they had, the boy was about my age, he was as scared as I was and he was their son, so imagine how was my life, the guy was a fucking monster, he tried to… well, you know, once again I ran away, after that Social Services decided it was better for me to stay on a orphanage, so I stayed there, my life wasn't easy but the kids there started to fear me, I was done with all that crap, no one will ever hurt me again, I promised myself that." Lucy stopped playing with her bracelet and smiled to Carol before continue with her story.
"Then Lilly came to my life, she was a sweet girl, I was already nine when she came to the orphanage, her daddy had left her there, her mother had passed away two months before, her daddy can't keep her, he was devastated or so the directress of the orphanage told me when she decided I was the one capable to take care of the little girl. The girl was sure her daddy would come back, I knew he wouldn't, buy Lilly was only three and there was no need for me to break her hopes."
"You did the best for Lilly, I'm sure, Lucy." Carol tried to smile to the girl; she couldn't find the right words to say.
"I hope so, Carol, but if I have to be honest Lilly did more for me than I did for her, we spent six months together at the orphanage, then our parents showed, they wanted to take Lilly and only Lilly, I was too old for them, I was almost ten years old, they were twenty eight and twenty five, but Lilly refused to go if I wasn't with her, 'Lilly can't leave Lucy here, Lucy is my sister, you can't take me away from her' those were her exact words once they had told her I was staying there. The woman wanted Lilly so badly that at the end they decided to take me with them too, she did because she had wanted Lilly, but he… well he had really adopted me." Lucy smiled broadly, she had remembered her father, his sweet smile, his deep blue eyes, the way he hold her every time she had cried.
"I'm sure your mother loved you, Lucy, maybe she was confused and scared, but she loved you, there's no way she hadn't." Carol wanted to believe her own words.
"I know she did, at least she loved me the last two years. At the beginning she was afraid of me, Lilly was the only one who felt comfortable with my presence, her pretty Lucy, she gave me my name, you know? She always said I was identical to her favorite doll; Lucy was a doll her mother had given her for her birthday, his father had kept it, to remember her or so he told her. 'You're beautiful like her, Lucy, you don't mind if I call you, Lucy, do you?' She was the first one to tell me I was beautiful, I owned Lilly my life, she made me realize I wasn't as useless and worthless as I'd ever thought."
"She gave you a beautiful name, just like you, it fits you, Lucy."
"Yeah, I really like my new name, Pandora died the last day I saw my mother, at least she died somehow."
"What happened with your new mom, you said you were sure she loved you the last two years." Carol asked, she didn't want to be so intrusive but she wanted to know.
"I told her my story, the directress had told them almost everything, but they didn't know all, well my father did, I always trusted him, he made feel safe and loved, I', thankful for that, so when I was eighteen I told my mother all my story, from the beginning, well at least I told her as much as I could remember. She then understood why I was the way I used to be, she trusted me for the first time and since then we became kind of good friends, her love for Lilly was very different but she spent more time with me, I wasn't the kind girl she was used to, I didn't like dressed or skirts, I was a weird girl, or at least she always told me that." Lucy's laugh filled the car and Carol couldn't help but smiled.
"I know the story didn't make sense to you, I'm telling you this because I want you to realize how important is to fight for what you want, be honest with yourself no matter what. My mother died before I could tell her how much I love her, how much I care for her, my father and Lilly knew, at least I'm hoping they did, but my mom… well I doubt she knew it, I never had the chance to tell her, Carol, I was so scared to open up I never told my mother that I was grateful with her and that I loved her. Daryl could be difficult to deal with and you're scared, I can see that on your eyes, I knew how that feels. Now that you know the story of my life you know I was broken too, but all you need to do is pick up the pieces and start all over again, it's hard but if you want to, you can do it. You need to fight, Carol, for you and for him."
Carol knew Lucy was right, but she was so afraid, she was such a failure, she had lost her daughter and she can lose Daryl anytime, this world was so scary, this was too much for her.
"I don't Lucy, what if I can't do it, what if I hurt him, I can't lose him too." As her words echoed in the car and in her head she remembered the day they had found Sophia, she had told him those same words and he had called her stupid bitch.
"You at least have to try, trust me, he deserves that Carol and you deserve that too. You can't be more perfect for each other, fight for him and fight for you."
Daryl had been listening to the girl really carefully, she had had a tough life and she was still alive and fighting, he knew she was like him, I tough guy with the guts to survive but she was better than him in so many aspects, he wonders… maybe it was for him to fight for everything he ever wanted, no matter the circumstances life had given him another opportunity, and he wasn't no pussy to let it go.
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The prison was so close now, Lucy could see it and she knew she has to make sure this was their safe heaven, at least for a while; she needed this to work for the group, for her, for Carol and Daryl.
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Two more chapters and we're done; hope you stay with me till the end.
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Trix