Alright guys, so this chapter is filler, just a few things I wrote to catch ya'll up to how Rose has been getting along, and not getting along with the group.
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"What do you want to do huh? You want me to get down on my knees and beg your forgiveness, is that what you want?" Rose snapped as she stomped after Lori, ignoring Daryl and Rick's calls as they followed the women through the forest.
"What you did was unacceptable Rose, leavin' my boy like that, he could have gotten hurt!" Lori yelled as she made her way over broken tree branches, shivering from the cold while Rose glared at the back of her head.
"What? I left Carl for one minute, that boy don't know how to listen to a damn thing, he wandered off on his own, what is he like thirteen? My six year old girl knows better than to leave the camp, your son's a damn idiot." She snapped, making Lori stop abruptly, the woman turning around, her nostrils flared as she glared down at the smaller but stronger woman.
"You better watch your damn mouth when you're talking about my son Rose," Lori snapped, taking a step closer to her, her voice low and threatening, and Rose laughed loudly, making Lori angrier.
"Right, you think I'm scared of some pregnant bitch? I went out in that town when there was a heard of walkers following my ass, and I got your son out. Maybe if you'd actually punish the damn kid it wouldn't happen so fucking often." Rose snapped back, and Lori shook her head, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Carl did nothing wrong, he was just trying to help." Lori defended her son, and Rose raised an eyebrow looking at her like she was an idiot.
"Trying to help? Trying to help? Are you fucking stupid? Your son could have died! Like you said, so instead of blaming me maybe you should blame your fucking self for being such an irresponsible mother." Rose yelled, feeling a little bad when she saw the hurt look on Lori's face.
"I am not an irresponsible; my son is loved, by me and his father… Though I can't say the same about Jamie's father, where is he again?" Lori snapped back, and Rose lost it, she went for the punch but felt Daryl's hand wrap around her wrist, pulling her back before her fist could make contact with Lori's face.
"You really gonna hit a pregnant woman Rosie?" Daryl growled out in a low voice, his arms wrapping around Rose's waist, while Rick got in between the bickering women, trying to calm Lori down who started to rave on about not being able to deal with Rose.
"I ain't gonna hit her in the stomach, just in her bitch face to teach her a fucking lesson." Rose growled out, breaking from Daryl's hold.
"You two need to stop now!" Rick shouted, holding onto Lori's wrist, looking over at Rose as Daryl finally released her, "We're a family now, you girls need to start getting along." Rick said looking back over at Lori, "Rose risked her life gettin' Carl back to us safely, she doesn't need to apologize, Carl left, he disobeyed her, and us." Rick said looking back over at Lori as she gritted her teeth, "Lori what you said to her wasn't right." Rick said and Lori sighed, looking down at her feet, "You two just stay away from each other, until you can start getting along." Rose and Lori exchanged looks, both far to proud to apologize to one another, so Rose snatched her hand back from Daryl, muttered a quick 'Keep an eye on Jamie' then stormed off towards the lake.
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Rose stood beside Andrea as they watched Jamie play along the waterfront, the small girl toying with an armless Barbie doll, splashing Carl whenever she'd get near. "She's still able to stay so innocent," Rose whispered her fingers against her lips as she watched her daughter laugh when Carl tried to splash her.
"She's got a good mom taking care of her," Andrea said, nudging Rose gently, smiling when she did, "And she has a good head on her shoulder's… The girl things the sun shines out of everyone's ass here." Rose laughs a bit as she nods, leaning into Andrea, both girls turning at the sound of footsteps, seeing Michonne coming over.
"Hey there," Rose greeted her, watching as Michonne took her spot beside the woman, looking out at the water as the sun rose in the distance.
"Rick's decided we're going to start moving," She said in a low voice, looking over at Rose who nods, glad he was deciding that it was about time to make their move on the prison. "He wants to raid a few of the houses, gather some more supplies and food for the group." Rose frowned looking over at Jamie already knowing what was going to come from the dark skinned girl's mouth, "He wants you to go with me Andrea and Maggie, the four of us will have to syphon for some gas in the little town about four miles from here, then meet back up with the group at a house Daryl cleared out."
Rose sighed, and pulled her gun from her holster on her leg, popping the barrel out to check her ammunition before popping it back in place, "Jamie hun, it's time to go back to camp, momma's got to go somewhere." Rose called out, making Jamie stand back up before running over to her. The three women walked along side each other as Jamie held her mother's hand, Carl running ahead of them to find his father and mother.
Jamie ran at the sight of Daryl, who was most likely going to be going with Rick, Glenn and T-Dog for their trip. "You girls goin' now?" Daryl asked as he picked Jamie up, holding her upside, making her giggle as she swung around in his hold.
Rose nods, glancing over at Michonne and Andrea who didn't seem to argue, the two women excusing themselves "Yeah, gonna take my SUV, be back sometime before dark, same goes for you Dixon." Rose says with a smile as she steps towards him, watching as he lifted Jamie so she was right side up, and sat her down.
"Why don't you go play with Beth hun, mommy and Mr. Daryl will be back in a few hours." Rose says kneeling down and pressed her lips to Jamie's forehead, before standing back up, running her hand over her daughter's hair as she hugged Daryl's legs before taking off towards Beth.
"She's gotten used to us leavin'," Daryl said as he walked along side Rose towards the SUV, to replenish his ammo with the little Rose had left, seeing Rick Glenn, and T-dog already there along with Michonne, Maggie and Andrea.
"Yeah, she knows we have to go out to keep her safe." Rose murmured sadly, "I just hate leaving her alone." Daryl nods in agreement, not bothering to share anything when they reached her jeep. The couple listened as Rick gave the two groups the run down at what their missions were. The girls were to head to the small town of Dalton, get as many supplies that could fit in Rose's SUV, and all the gas they could.
Once Rick was done with his speech, the group went to say goodbye to their loved ones, and Rose made sure Jamie was down by Beth before making her way over to Daryl, who had already mounted his motorcycle, "That eager to get out of here huh?" She asked as she placed her hand on her hip, watching him as he looked up at her.
"Yeah, the sooner I'm away from you the better." He said and Rose rolled her eyes before taking his chin in her hand, and leaned down, pressing her lips to his, kissing her him slowly, letting her tongue run over his bottom lip as he stood up some, pressing more into the kiss, going to grab her waist before she pulled back.
"You better be at that house, unscathed, or you will never get that or anything more than that ever again." She warned, pointing a finger at him before smiling, and walked away, glancing over her shoulder to see him wiping at his mouth, a small smile on his lips.
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Rose moved quickly on her feet, making sure each step she took was soundless, and accurate, not wanting to step on anything that would make any noise as she made her way through the small town, walkers walking through the streets, her gun raised, her finger on the trigger, ready to shoot anything that came to close. Andrea and Michonne had hit up the local pharmacy, and Rose was leading Maggie through the dead streets to the gun shop, and then the four would meet up in the small grocery store. Rose stopped quickly, her hand going to Maggie's to stop her as well as she signaled with her hands, telling Maggie silently to circle around the back, so they could take out the few walkers silently with their knives. Once she was sure Maggie understood the two women made their way down the street in quick steps, Rose pulling her machete out from its holster on her left side, and gripped the female walker by the back of her hair, pulling the gurgling creature back long enough to slice through its neck, causing the head to fall off, and onto the ground. Rose looked to Maggie, who had taken out a walker, and the girls smiled in triumph before heading into the gun shop, noticing a few missing guns, but finding enough ammo to last the group for the winter.
"You get all the ammo," Rose said quickly as she made her way around the shop, looking for more walker, "I'm going to go find myself a new toy, gather up some hand guns too, Jamie needs a smaller one." Rose said, looking back to Maggie who nods, "And watch your back, I don't want to have to go back to Glenn with you bit." She said before making her way into the back of the room. Rose set her duffle and back pack down, and started to toss random guns into her bags, surprised when she found some military grade guns in one of the rooms in the back. "This will come in handy," She mumbled to herself as she held up an AK-47, not even bothering to think of how this small town had this type of gun at the ready. Rose noticed a few bolts lying in the back that Daryl could use, and grabbed every single pack she could find, shoving them into her bag. Once her two bags could fit anymore she tossed them onto her shoulders, knowing they were weighing her down before running back out just in time for Maggie to finish.
"More bags are in the SUV," Rose said as she strained to keep the bag on her shoulder, "We run back, drop this shit off, then head for the grocery store." She said, and Maggie nods before the girls run out of the shop, fortunate enough not to run into any walkers on their way back to the car. Once they had gotten the car secured, and shut they took the new bags, and headed for the grocery store, running into Andrea and Michonne just as they left the pharmacy.
"Any luck?" Andrea whispered and Rose nods, grinning as they stayed close to the walls, peeking around corners to see if there were any geeks.
"We hit a gold mine at the gun shop, there were fucking AKs." She said happily, noticing Andrea's eyes widen as Michonne rolled her eyes.
"Always the one for the dramatics huh Jason?" Michonne teased glancing down at Rose's bloodied machete, and Rose scoffed.
"Says the woman wielding two giant ass swords."
All four women laughed, catching the attention of a rather ghastly looking walker that was leaning against a broken down car. As Rose made her way across the street in front of her friends, she stopped to look at the walker, who was missing it's legs, not able to do anything but reach out to them. "Poor bastard," Rose sighed, letting her eyes stay on the poor man that probably used to be someone's father, brother… husband… but now he was nothing but dead eyes and rotting flesh. Rose took her machete, and plunged it into the walker's skull, before turning back to her friends, and followed them into the empty store.
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Rose smiles when she felt hands on her hips, and she leaned back into Daryl's hold, tilting her head back to see him, wearing the 'poncho' she had made for him out of an old blanket. "It's warm huh?" She asked as she gripped the edge of it, running her fingers along the fabric as he nods, pressing his lips to her shoulder, resting his chin their as they stood beside the fire, most of their fellow group members asleep accept for Lori and Rick, who were arguing in the distance.
"You 'gals did good out there today." Daryl said, wrapping his arms tighter around her waist as Rose grinned, turning around so she faced him, her arms wrapping around his neck, pulling back some to wipe some blood from his cheek.
"I'm good at scavenging, and I'm good at protecting this group." She said, wincing when she heard Lori say her name, "Despite what her skinny ass may think." Rose sighed, smiling when Daryl chuckled, leaning his forehead against hers. "You've been a lot closer than normal." She murmured as she closed her eyes, feeling Daryl's hands slipping under her shirt some.
"Mmm," Daryl hummed, pressing his lips to her cheek, "I've just realized a few things is all." He said, pulling her closer, as she looked up at him.
"Like what?"
Daryl licked his bottom lip, shrugging a little, "That you and Jamie are to important to me now… and that pushing you away isn't going to help anything." He whispered, and Rose smiled, stroking the back of his neck before standing on her toes, and pressed her lips to his.