Rick walks the pathway that leads to his front door. Suddenly, James shines his flashlight over at Rick to see if he was a roaming walker that may have found away in to the block. Once James sees that it's Rick he nods his head then light the rest of his walkway to the front door. Once he reaches the front door to open it he turns to James and yells, "Thanks."
Rick enters the house and places the supplies and weapons on the floor by the front window. He grabs one of wind up flashlights that he threw in the box of supplies earlier then his goes upstairs to check on Jane.
He knocks on the bedroom door and he immediately hear loud sobbing. In a soft voice he says, "Jane?", while opening the door. He sees her curled up in a fetal position on the bed bawling louder, he walks in while panning his flashlight around the room, on the floor are socks and dirty clothes sprawled around the bed.
Jane quickly sits up when she hears Ricks voice, then she opens her arms for him to come over to her so that he can hug her. Rick walks over and sits on the side of the bed, far enough away so that he can easily grab her hands but away far enough so that he can't embrace her. He holds both of her hands and asks, "How are you feeling?"
She moves closer and quickly hugs him around the neck and begins to sob again. In between her sobs she asks, "Where have you been?" Rick removes her arms from his neck gently and tells her, "I have been talking with the group about things we got from the trucker stop." Jane looks at Rick then caresses his beard and says, "That's my man making sure that his people are safe."
Jane leans in to kiss Rick but he jumps from the bed knocking his flashlight on to the floor. He picks it up then without consideration, "Jane look I am really sorry about Jimmy and I am eternally grateful for what you did to keep Judith safe at Terminus, on the road and here but…" he pauses, "But I think I may have given the wrong impression regarding our living situation." He goes on to say, "And I admit that's all of it is my fault."
Jane can see the look on Ricks face and asks already aware of the answer, "You have feeling for someone else?"
Rick quickly walks back over to the side of the bed, "I am so sorry about this." "Then why would you sleep in the same bed with me?" She asks.
He looks down at the bed spread, "When we found this neighborhood, I felt that this place would provide some stability that we were all looking for…at least for a little while. I took advantage of the fact that you would keep Judith out of harm's way while the rest of us kept the neighborhood safe from walkers."
"What about sleeping in the same bed with me then?" she asks. "I guess I was ah…using you as a stand in for someone else. I really wanted to be with…Michonne". He responds to his own shame about why he used her.
Jane gets out of the bed and walks over to the window looking out in to the vast darkness of the backyard. She is silent for a moment as she tries to come up with something that can give her some advantage to his admittance. She finally asks, "Have you said anything to her yet?"
"I have for the most part." He tells her. Jane begins to walk toward him, "Rick, I know that you have feelings for me you can't say what you feel to her because you want me", she says walking over to him. She kneels in front of him on the bed then quickly tries to remove his gun belt in a desperate attempt to change his mind."
Rick pushes her back and says, "I'm sorry but, I think it would be best if you and James stay here and me and my kids should stay elsewhere. Seeing that this is my fault, I see no reason why you should have to relocate. We can find another vacant home in the neighborhood."
Rick walks toward the door but before he leaves he says, "When a group of people decide to make someone a leader…they accept his decisions good or bad. But the leader is the one that has to be strong enough to admit making the wrong decision. I'm sorry." He tells her while closing the bedroom door behind him.
A little while later, Rick is having trouble sleeping on the couch now that he has told Jane the truth regarding his feelings for her and his feelings for Michonne. He no longer feels as though he should be staying there even temporarily. So he grabs knapsack and heads in to the kitchen to gather some of Judith's thing. When goes back in to the living room he puts his gun belt back on and places his python in the holster; he grabs the weapons he came in with and the flashlight but leaves the food and other supplies. He removes the couch from against the in front of the door and walks out of the house and down the street with his flashlight to speak with James.
"James, I think it would be best if you started staying with your sister. The kids and I will find another house to stay in." Rick tells him then begins to walk up the block before James can object.
Glenn looks at Rosita with a smile of disgust on his face as she tauntingly shakes her head at him with the big joker stuck to her forehead when they hear something at the front door. All four become quiet, Michonne grabs her sword in the corner of the dining room, Glenn grabs his machete on the floor, and Daryl grabs his crossbow from around the chair. As the four of them rise they realize whomever it is at the front door has a key so they begin to relax.
Daryl walks in to the living room with one of the lanterns from the dining and he sees it's Rick. He walks over to him and sees he has a knapsack along almost everything he left with earlier except for the supplies and food.
"Whatcha doing here man, I told you I would watch out for…" Rick interrupts him, "No, it's not that, I told James to stay with Jane to help her grieve."
Daryl looks at Rick trying to decide if that was the real reason he came back over or if he was concerned about him and Michonne sharing the same house. But instead he shrugs his shoulders thinking that it's the weed and vodka making him think like that and goes back in to the dining room. When he comes back in to the dining room he looks at everyone then sits down and playfully says, "Some called the cops on us."
Everyone bursts in to laughter at what Daryl says. "Hell, yea! Please arrest me, any place that has a penal code or judicial system…" Glenn roars, "…I want to go to there! Cause if they got time to worry about me getting fucked up then that means they don't have a problem walkers." Daryl reaches over and high five's Glenn and yells out, "Amen to that."
Michonne gets up and walks in to the living room slightly off balance and sees Rick putting down his weapons and supplies in the corner of the living room. He looks at her and grins, "Having fun?"
Michonne zones out as she gets lost in Rick's amazing smile. After a few seconds she shakes her head trying to sober up some then she leans on the door jamb to the kitchen hoping that it will steady her balance. "What are you doing here Sheriff?" She asks flirting with him a bit.
In the same playful banter Rick answers with, "I got a call about some strange noises coming from this house. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that now, would you?"
Michonne quietly chuckles "No…", and begins to remove her bandana to wrap her locks up in a ponytail. She turns around to go back in to the dining room, "…but if you wait a lil while…I can make sure that you do."
Rick coyly smirks at her tongue and cheek comment then watches as she leaves the living room.
A few minutes later, Glenn comes out of the dining room, ""What's up Rick?" He says with all indication of being drunk. Rick watches as Glenn concentrates on walking through the living room without stumbling. "You alright there Glenn", Rick asks holding back his laughter.
Michonne walks back in to the living room holding everyone's empty plate to ask if Rick was hungry. But sees he's trying to talk with Glenn.
Glenn's reluctant to admit it but he does anyway, "I am little but fucked up" he laughs. Rick laughs and says, "No problem", and then he helps Glenn over to the front door. Rick looks over his shoulder at Michonne and signals that he will be back in a few minutes.
As Rick and Glenn begin to walk out the front door, Michonne walks over to the front door hears Rick asking Glenn about frivolous things that he knows Glenn won't remember in the morning. When Michonne walks back in to the kitchen she peaks in to the dining room and sees Daryl and Rosita talking. They're body language suggests that both parties are enjoying each other's company…a lot, so Michonne goes in to the kitchen to wash the dishes they used earlier.
Rick knocks on the front door of Glenn and Maggie's. Maggie comes down stairs and opens the door, when she opens it she sees her very high and drunk husband.
Glenn's standing next to Rick who is trying to restrain his laughter. Maggie steps aside to let them in, "Well Glenn…," she giggles, "…I hope you had a good time." Rick and Maggie watch as Glenn stagers upstairs.
"Would it be alright if I look in on Carl and Judith?" he asks. She looks at Rick confused that he would even consider that as being a problem, "Of course. They are in the bedroom upstairs next to ours." She tells him.
Rick quietly opens the bedroom door where Carl and Judith are sleeping. Carl is fast asleep with his arm draped around his sister. He observes this display of sibling affection and smiles while gently brushing Carl's hair, then he quietly leaves and closes the door.
Rick comes back down stairs and he sees Maggie with a flashlight, a travel size pack of aspirin and a bottle of water. He looks around the front entrance and asks, "Are you guys using anything to block the front door?" Maggie smiles at Rick presumption that they would sleep that unprotected and points to the secretary in the corner next to the front door.
Rick suddenly feels embarrassed by his question and says to Maggie, "I'm sorry, I just…" She cuts him off and says, "Its o.k. Rick, I understand."
