"I'm sure everything is alright, Cat. Rick and Daryl are strong and they'll take care of the group." Carol put a comforting hand on Catori's shoulder.

The baby grabbed onto Cat's green braid and some of her brown hair with a little giggle. The one section of her brown hair that had been dyed green before she met the group was starting to grow out brown, the brown fading into the green creating a rather neat effect when braided. Little Ass Kicker, or Judith was her name now, loved tugging on it when she held her.

There was an anxious feeling in the pit of her stomach and it was making her sick, "He said for me to stay here, he said he wanted me to be safe. I just have a horrible feeling and…"

"And what?"

Cat shook her head, "Nothing, it's nothing. Just paranoid, I guess."

A scream sounded through the prison and Carl took off running past the cell they were in. Her worry for Daryl made her just not give a shit but Carol ran out to see what was wrong.

Her eyes looked down at Judith and she gave a nervous smile at the baby tugging on her braid, "What do you think? What do you think will happen with Rick and Daryl?"

The baby gurgled then spit a bit up at her.

"Yeah," She took one of the towels and cleaned the baby's chin with a soft smile, "I wonder if Father would've approved of the group I ended up with? I know he would've approved of Daryl." Another sigh, "I'm worried about Glen and Maggie, too. I just wish I knew what was going to happen…"

"Open the damn door!" Daryl's voice was the loudest that echoed throughout the area in the CDC.

"Open the door or I will blow your head off, you hear me?!" Shots were made when Shane had a moment of panic. Daryl walked back to Catori and put his arms around her. She was terrified but she didn't want to confirm it to everyone by saying it out loud. But Daryl could feel her trembling in his arms and this only ticked him off even more.

The man grabbed the axe once more and hit the door with all his might. Eventually, the door was opened and Daryl grabbed Catori, voicing for everyone else to follow. The windows were unbreakable but Cat along with the others was running on pure panic, hitting the walls of what was now their prison with anything they could possibly find.

Thank God for Rick's grenade.

Cat wasn't afraid of death, she was afraid of not having more time with Daryl.

That fear, it was what she was feeling now.

She held little Judith tight and leaned back on the bed while she listened to the others talk to the new group downstairs. She really wanted to care as to if the new group was hostile or not but she just couldn't bring herself to do so.

"What about Cat?!"

"She'll understand."

Catori woke up with a quiet gasp and saw Beth standing there with the baby in her arms, "You okay?"

"Y-yeah, just…" She sighed, "I just… I don't know."

"The new group is rather nice; we're fixing something to eat down there if you want to join us."

With the others, Catori sat at a table alone. But Axel wasn't having that.

"Hey, sit with us! Talk some, you're always so quiet."

She responded with a shake of her head then heard one of the men in the new group, "She's a bit odd."

Surprisingly, Beth spoke up in a kind voice to the new group, "Don't say that. There are no odd people in this world anymore. Only the living and the dead."

"I meant no offense, ma'am. I'm sorry. I was just saying; she isn't a talkative person. But then again, after the world has gone to hell I guess nobody really has anything good to talk about."

The African American woman saw the baby in Beth's arms and immediately jumped up, "I never thought we'd see another baby again… She's beautiful."

"Thank you."

"How are you feeling?"

Beth's expression was suddenly pure sadness as she looked back to the woman, "She's not mine…"

"Where's the mother?"

That was when Cat stood up and walked out of the prison. Losing Lori had affected her more than she thought it would. Lori was always so motherly towards her, it was comforting.

About that time she saw the car driving through the gates. Excitement filled her when she ran down but all hope left her when she saw Rick gaze up at her with eyes that held so much emotion. She couldn't clearly read his features but his eyes held so much pain and anger.

"Where's Daryl?" She didn't even recognize her own voice, "Is…he dead?"

"No," A hand was laid on her shoulder, "He…. He ran into his brother Merle and they left together."

"They just… Left?"

He nodded, "I'm sorry. I tried to talk him out of it."

Her arms wrapped herself in a hug, "No, he's his brother. I understand…" Tears fell from her eyes and she was very surprised to feel Rick's arms wrap around her and pull her close. His hands rubbing up and down her back made it even worse, it was how her father used to comfort her when she was upset back before all of this happened. "I'm sorry, Rick…"

"No need to be. If you need to cry, go ahead." It was like his attention was elsewhere when he spoke.

"Come on, let's go inside."

Once inside after Rick had his mental breakdown, everyone went to their own cells. Cat went to her and Daryl's area and opened one of the bags she had put together from scavenging the houses they had been to throughout the winter season. She figured she'd change clothes after getting tired of the heat.

Luckily she had found a pair of jeans that almost too shredded to wear. She never dressed in style until now and that was after the dead walked the Earth when the heat got to her. Those faded blue jeans (if they could even be called that) along with a black belly shirt that had no sleeves was thrown on along with her boots and belt she always wore. For once she took the half ponytail down and let all of her hair flow around her shoulders, reaching her waist. Her green braid was kept in.

Looking down, her eyes caught Daryl's ear necklace. She picked it up and put it around her neck with a sad sigh.

"Whoa…"

Cat turned and saw Axel gawking at her.

"Uh… I mean… Sorry, you just…Look really good." He turned away with a blush and Cat smirked, wondering what Daryl would think. The black belly shirt (or tube top) reached a few inches above her belly button and the top covered all of her breast area. Still, she had never showed this much skin before with the exception of Daryl seeing her in their intiment moments.

Outside Catori walked up to Carol and Axel, and leaned up against the guard tower. She looked up at the sky and said a silent prayer for Daryl. The gunshot interrupting her thoughts made her throw herself down on the ground and army crawl for cover. She didn't waste time in grabbing her gun and searching for the people the gunshots came from.

All she could focus on was Carol taking cover behind Axel's dead body. Once a break came from the gunshots, she jumped up and ran with Carol to take cover with Maggie.

Everything calmed down and she sat down, gasping for air and still feeling the adrenaline flowing through her. "Cat! Look!" Beth cried.

She looked up and saw Daryl walking towards them with Rick and who she assumed was Merle.

"Daryl!" Without really thinking she stood up and ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. His arms wrapped around her waist in return. They went for each other's lips at the same time.

"Daaamn, baby brother! You've got one hot-tamale waiting here for you here? Damn, I would've made your ass come back for this hot piece of ass!"

Cat looked over at Merle with wicked eyes, "I'm not going to kill you. But there is one thing you should know. Being Daryl's brother is not saving you from me kicking your ass. Just saying." She held her hand out to him, "But it's very nice to finally meet you!"

The next day, Michonne and Carl went with Rick back to their original home. Cat made sure to let everyone know that her and Daryl were to have alone time. Everyone took the warning to heart except for Merle.

Merle Dixon walked into the one cell where he came upon the scene of Catori straddling Daryl, neither wearing clothes.

"Well, I didn't-"

"GO AWAY!" The couple yelled in unison.

Carol, walking up the steps, saw Merle being pelted with various items from cans to bags, forcing him out of the cell. "Uh, Merle? You might want to come back down stairs."

The older Dixon brother ran up to Carol, holding one of the cans of food that was thrown at him, "Damnit, it ain't like I haven't seen two people goin' at it before. I have to admit, that girl does have a nice-"

"Stop talking." Carol pointed her finger out at him as if she were scorning a child while leading him back downstairs.

Daryl and Cat were lying in each other's arms, her face buried in his neck while she held him against her. He was shirtless but wore his baggy pants where she was wearing his shirt with her pair of white bikini styled panties. He seemed a bit hesitant for a moment before he finally spoke, "I talked to Hershel, Glenn had the same talk apparently. I interrupted it and Glenn seemed a bit shocked that I would even have the idea. But Hershel said he'd be proud to go through with it."

Catori's expression was one of confusion when they stood up.

"Catori, I love you." He reached into his pocket, "I've had this since my mother passed away, it only seems right to give it to you."

Daryl took Cat's left hand and placed a beautiful ring on her ring finger. He went to one knee.

"Marry me."

Catori's eyes filled with tears of joy, "Alright!"

Her arms flew around his neck and his around her waist, picking her up and spinning her around before placing her back on her feet.

The brown haired girl reached around her neck and unclasped the necklace her father had given to her when she was very young. The crescent moon pendant was made from a type of gem and was about as big as his pinky finger. She had told him back at the farm how important these two necklaces were to her. She never took them off.

"Seems fair, yes?"

"Yeah."

His lips pressed against hers in the most passionate of kisses.

It is a little rushed again and I had the idea of Cat and Daryl getting Hershel to marry them but after last night's episode I figured I'd go ahead and throw that in there.