Thank you for all the reviews. I am so happy there is so many people interested in this story. I love all my readers! And as you can tell in my story I'm not the biggest fan of Lori, so she'll be.. well.. herself. Anyways here's chapter three to Kris! Don't forget to review and tell me what you think so far of the story and chapter! I appreciate each and every review.
"I'll go" Kris volunteered causing Lori to shake her head no. Back to being older sister. She thought placing her chin in her hand.
"No you aren't. Shane said he would go and that's final. I am not losing you too. You need to stay here with us." Lori demanded from her spot next to Carl. Kris sighed glad her sister wasn't trying to kill her anymore. She sat down on Carl's other side looking at her.
"Lori this is my fault and I want to help as much as possible." She whispered slowly looking down to her pale nephew. She brushed the hair from his sweat covered forehead.
"Please just stay here with me." Lori begged placing her hand over her sister's. Kris hated when she did that. Used her mother's voice on her. It always guilt her into things. Kris nodded removing her hand from Lori's.
"Alright Lori, I'll stay" Kris whispered moving off the bed. "I'm gonna go check in with everyone" She went outside on to the porch as everyone gathered around to see what was going on. She sat down on the stairs next to the blonde daughter of Hershel, Beth. She didn't talk much from what Kris got. Kris couldn't believe the day she was having. First she finds her family now she's close to losing them. She sighed burying her face in her hands. She really needed a drink.
She looked up when she heard Shane's truck leaving. She rolled her eyes looking over at Rick talking to Hershel. She wasn't sure what they were talking about but she hoped it was good news about her nephew. She jumped when somebody else sat beside her. She looked over to see Hershel's other daughter, Maggie, had replaced Beth.
"Lori sent me out here to tell you to go help the rest of the group set up camp." Maggie said staring out into the fields. Kris looked at her raising an eyebrow. Leave it to Lori to give her chores.
"And if I don't?" Kris asked crossing her arms over her chest. She hated, hated being bossed around. Like she said before she was a free spirit.
"Kristina?" She looked away from Maggie to Dale. He was standing near the RV waving her over. She sighed jumping to her feet. As she walked over she dusted the dirt off her bottom.
"Yes Dale?" Kris asked once again crossing her arms over her chest.
"Carol wanted me to ask if you'd help her with her tent. I'd get Andrea to help her but she's not in a very good mood with me lately. I-" Kris held up her hand giving him a small smile.
"I'll help. It's no problem, where is she?" Kris asked looking around for the woman. She spotted her next to a tree running a piece of fabric through her fingers. "Never mind." she walked over to the woman then kneeled down next to her. "Dale said you needed help. What do you need me to do?" Kris ignored the small tear the woman quickly wiped away. If she didn't want to talk about Kris wasn't going to pry. The woman was clearly hurt. Kris felt guilty for the comment she made earlier. She should have stayed and helped the woman look for her child. She looked down at her feet before looking back at the woman. "I want to apologize for the comment I made earlier." Carol looked up confused not sure what the girl was talking about. "About your daughter. I should have helped but I wasn't sure what I could do. I am a stranger to the girl and she-"
"Wouldn't have came to you. I understand, it's alright" Carol softly smiled placing her hand on Kris's shoulder. Kris could tell the woman was a gentle hearted woman with a kind soul. It reminded her so much of her mother it hurt. Kris nodded standing to her feet.
"So let's get started shall we?"
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Kris pushed the beans around her plate with the fork. She missed actual food. She would kill for a steak, with a baked potato. She looked across the fire to the small group. Rick, Shane, and Lori weren't present. Shane was still gone getting supplies for Carl, while the parents hadn't left Carl's side. She felt bad for not being able to do anything. She looked to her side seeing Daryl was sitting by his motorcycle eating his plate of food. Sighing she turned back to the fire in front of her.
"It's alright Kristina. I'm sure Carl will be fine." Kris got a sour look on her face when he used her full name instead of the name she went by. She gave him a smile.
"You can call me Kris and I can't help but worry about my little peanut" She giggled using Carl's nickname. He hated it but she loved it. So she used it a lot when he wasn't around. She couldn't help it, he was so small when he was born.
"Were you and Carl close?" Carol asked before taking a bite of her dinner. Kris bit her lip looking down at the plate in her hands.
"We were. I would always take him fishing, or camping when Lori needed a babysitter. Sometimes Rick would even come with us but when I started dating assholes and everything we sort of grew apart. Lori didn't want her son around that kind of drama." Kris shrugged before placing her plate on the log beside her. "I wasn't the best at picking men."
"I know what you mean" Carol scoffed standing from the chair she was sitting in. She started cleaning up and Kris got up to help her. They received all the plates and taking them to the washing bucket. The moon was bright in the sky. The two women started cleaning the dishes as the rest picked who would be on watch. Andrea and Daryl decided to head out to look for Sophia some more.
"Can I ask you a question?" Carol asked not looking up from the plate in her hands. Kris shrugged scrubbing her own plate. Before she could ask headlights shined on them. Kris hissed covering her eyes with her as she stood to her feet. Once the lights disappeared she looked to see Shane with out the other man. She got a sickening feeling and narrowed her eyes. She jogged over just as her sister and Rick came running out the house.
"Did you get everything?" Lori asked as Shane climbed out of the car with a bag. He nodded handing the bag over to Rick.
"What happened to the other dude?" Kris asked placing her hands on her hips and narrowing her eyes at him. He ignored her comment as Hershel came walking out.
"I got all the things on your list." Shane demanded pointing to the bag Rick was holding.
"Where's Otis?" Hershel asked looking behind Shane.
"He didn't make it." Shane announced causing a woman behind Hershel to burst into tears. Kris tilted her head examining Shane. Something was different. Off.
"What happened to him, Shane?" Kris asked giving him a challenging look. She received a glare from the man.
"Shouldn't we be inside helping Carl?" Shane asked everyone not turning back to Kris. She looked over at her sister who was nodding. Kris decided to let her feeling slide and followed her sister inside to her nephew.
"Kris we don't need you in the way." Lori said as Kris walked into the house. Kris creased her eyebrows hurt. She wasn't going to lie that hurt. She didn't understand why Lori was being like this. All she wanted to do was help her.
"But I want to help-"
"No we don't need you in the way. Just go back to camp. You can sleep in me and Rick's tent tonight. Now go" Lori ordered before disappearing into the room. Rick stopped beside her looking at Kris's hurt expression.
"Hey it's alright. Just get some sleep okay?" He suggested softly bumping her with his shoulder. "You can even borrow one of my t-shirts. I know how you used to love to wear them." Kris turned her attention from Lori to Rick.
"That was years ago." She whispered wrapping her arms around her center. She stepped back towards the porch. She paused looking over her shoulder at him. "You'll come wake me if anything happens, right?" He gave her a small smile and nod before going to his wife's side. She pushed the door open and started towards the tent set up. She stopped by the challenger grabbing her bag before heading towards her sister's tent.
She was just glad she had decided to put it up for Rick and Lori so she wouldn't have to sleep in the car tonight. She unzipped the tent and stepped inside before zipping it back up. After removing her boots, she climbed on top of one of the sleeping bags. She let out a sigh of relief.
"Finally." she whispered pulling a blanket tighter against her chest. Today had been a long and tiring. She had gotten beat up, she had found her family, Carl had been shot, Shane had threatened her, and she would probably have to repeat everything tomorrow. Turning on her side she closed her eyes hoping to just pass out.
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She wasn't sure what time is was when Rick finally came to wake her up. All she knew was the sun was barely peeking over the horizon when he shook her awake. She groaned pulling the covers tighter against her.
"Five more minutes." Kris yawned not opening her eyes.
"Carl's awake" Her eyes shot open and she jumped up trying not to bump heads with him. She patted the ground looking for her boots.
"How long as he been awake?" She asked in a tired voice finally finding her boots. She slid them on her feet as Rick moved to stand outside the tent.
"A couple minutes. We aren't sure how long he'll be awake so you'll have to hurry" Rick suggested holding out his hand to help her out the tent. She ignored his offer standing on her own and stepping out the tent. He mumbled an okay before dropping his hand. She wanted to say it wasn't personal but decided against it. She shivered as the morning air brushed her bare legs.
"I really need to change into pants." She yawned following shortly behind him towards the house. She looked around the camp noticing every one was still a sleep. She ran her fingers through her tangled hair before rubbing her tired eyes.
"Yeah showing that much skin can't be safe." Rick suggested causing her quicken her pace to catch up with him.
"I can always get pants on the next run." She shrugged crossing her arms. They reached the house. Rick allowed Kris to go inside first. She poked her head into the room to see Carl was indeed awake. She smiled stepping into the room. "I am so glad you are okay" She felt the tears building up but pushed them back.
"What are you doing here?" Lori asked in confusion.
"Rick came and got me. He said Carl was awake and I wanted to see my little man." She demanded walking over and sitting on the bed beside her nephew. She brushed the hair away from his face giving him a smile. "How you feeling?"
"Awful" he whispered gathering enough energy to give her a smile.
"You're a tough kid. I'm sure you'll be better by tomorrow." She smiled ruffling his hair "I know my peanut never gives up" She teased causing him to roll his eyes.
"Don't call me that, I'm not four anymore." Carl whispered as his eye lids started slowly losing. He yawned a little.
"Get some sleep kiddo, I'll see you when you wake up." Kris leaned forward placing a kiss on his forehead before standing from the bed. Her sister followed her out to the porch along with Rick. Kris crossed her arms trying to warm herself from the morning air. "So how long will we be staying here?" she asked nodding towards the house.
"I'm not sure. I'm going to try to talk to Hershel today." Rick announced looking back into the house. Kris nodded turning to head down the steps.
"Where you going?" Kris stopped at the bottom of the stairs at her sister's voice. She motioned towards the camp.
"To build a fire. Maybe make some breakfast or something. I don't know, can I be excused?" She asked remembering the look her sister gave her when she walked into the room. She looked at her as if she was unwelcomed. She swore her sister was bipolar at moments. She was probably feeling the hatred from yesterday.
"I was only asking Kris, no need for the attitude." Lori sighed rubbing her temples with her fingers. Kris rolled her eyes at her sister before turning on her heel and heading towards the fire pit. She heard the screen door close behind her signaling they had went inside. She jumped when she heard a voice.
"You need to go easier on your sister." She turned to see Shane was leaning against a tree. She was surprised by the comment. Usually Shane was egging on their arguments. He loved to watch the sisters fight. Now here he was trying to tell Kris to be nicer to her sister? No that was not right.
"That's new" She narrowed her eyes in suspicion crossing her arms over her chest. It was so unlike him. "Usually you get off on us fighting, what's changed?" She looked him over before keeping her eyes on his face. She was good at reading body language or facial expressions. She just needed him to show some.
"Nothing I just think you're hurting your sister by treating her the way you are." Shane shrugged his facial expression never changing. He had definitely changed. She cocked her head to the side.
"And if I don't? You gonna beat me up, Shane?" She asked giving him a challenging look. What was going on between Shane and her sister? Something was going on from what Kris picked up. Shane was angry and Lori was blowing it off. She either she did something to him or he did something to her. He let out a snort turning to look at the house. She tilted her head to the other side stepping closer to him. "What's going on with you and my sister?" Shane snapped his attention to her narrowing his eyes. She knew at that moment she hit a nerve.
"Mind your own business Kris." He growled taking a threatening step towards her. She snorted holding her head up high. Her chin up. Shane didn't scare her. No man had ever scared her when it came to a fight. She wouldn't back down. She refused to allow him to push her around.
"My sister is my business" She demanded dropping her arms at her sides. He stepped closer his face inches from hers. She now noticed his head was completely shaved. "What's with the hair?" She asked nodding towards his head. She could see the question only made him angrier.
"You listen here, Kris, you are going to ignore everything I do for now on. You are going to act like you haven't noticed a damn thing between Lori and I. And for once you are going to mind your own god damn business." He hissed. He was so close to her she could feel his breath on her lips. She wanted to spit in his face but held the urge back.
"And if I don't?" She challenged matching his glare. He smirked a little backing away before reaching out a running his fingers through her hair. She leaned away from his touch with a look of disgust.
"I am going to tell your dear sister about the night we shared. I am going to tell her how you-"
"You wouldn't." She demanded cutting him off. He smirked grabbing her arm and pulling her closer.
"Oh I would." He hissed before pushing her away. She stumbled backwards only to be stopped by two arms grabbing her under her arms. She looked up to see Daryl standing behind her holding her up. He wasn't staring at her but at Shane. More like glaring.
"What the hell's wrong with you? She's a woman for Christ sakes." Daryl snapped putting Kris back on her own feet. She dusted herself off after pulling herself from Daryl's grip.
"Mind your own business, Daryl." Shane snapped before walking off in another direction.
"Ass." Kris mumbled fixing her top.
"I wouldn't take it personally he's be a real dick since Rick showed up." Daryl snorted sitting down. Kris snapped her attention to him in surprise.
"Since Rick showed up?" She asked curiously.
"Yeah" Daryl shrugged not really paying any attention to her. She bit her lip looking to were Shane had disappeared. So he started being an ass after Rick showed up. Her eyes widened in horror. She had an idea what her sister was up too.
Mhmm, what do you think Kris is gonna do? Tell me what you think!