AN: Chapter 20! :D
Left foot, right foot, Lilian thought to herself. Shoot. Her hear beat in her chest like a symphony of bongs going off at the same time. She could feel her legs begin to become numb and heavy, but she couldn't stop. No, not now. Stopping would mean certain death, and becoming lunch for a horde of hungry walkers. Shoot. Lilian's feet moved as fast as possible, up a head was Maggie, too running for her life. Suddenly, there was a feeling of something pulling on Lilian's hair. She yelped out in pain. Maggie whipped around and ran back to her, helping her to pull on her hair that had become caught on a shelf.
"Just go! Take care of Emily. Tell Daryl, tell him I-" Lilian was cut off mid sentence, tears began to fall from her cheeks.
A little earlier...
Emily watched sadly as the green car pulled away from the hotel. She feared the worst, for only being seven, childish things were already fading from her being. She thought playing was pointless, yes she enjoyed some things, like being sang to but she knew that the world around her was changing so much, and it made it impossible to just be a kid.
Daryl and Lilian sat in the back seat, holding their bows in their laps. Daryl's hand had wrapped itself around Lilian's. Nobody spoke a word the whole ride. Everyone knew that this could lead to certain death, but they needed this. Hopefully, this would be the last time they'd have to go to a grocery store. Glenn and Maggie shared a nervous look as the neared the deserted stone building. Maggie's features became nothing but fear.
"I love you," Glenn told her, trying to keep her calm.
"And I love you," she replied.
It made Lilian long to breathe those words to Daryl, they were already pretty much true already, but she was afraid to say them because she knew she'd be a complete goner for Daryl.
"Princess," Daryl's rough, sexy voice brought her from her thoughts.
"Hm? Yeah?"
"Yew ready?"
"As I'll ever be," she sighed. "We need to come up with our game plan now. We don't wanna get disorganized while we're in there."
"What should we do?"
"I hate to do it, but we have to split up," Lilian knew she had to take any and all emotion out of this.
"Are you sure that's the best idea?"
"Yes. I have to go with strategy. Daryl with Glenn, Maggie with me," Daryl gave her a look she'd never seen before. His blue eyes were filled with hurt. "Listen, we have the only quiet weapons. You two go for food. Maggie and I will get everything else. Unless either of you wanna grab tampons..." Both of the men mad a disgusted face. "That's what I thought."
OoO
"Grab those shampoos," Lilian told Maggie keeping her bow ready. There was a growl coming from around the corner. Lilian quickly took it down.
"Razors?" Maggie asked.
"Oh, hell yes! I've got enough hair on my legs to cover half of Texas!" Maggie giggled a little.
"You and me both," the cart they had was quickly becoming filled.
"Lotion too," she knew it was silly to be risking their lives for some soap, but they were only human. Razors and shampoo had become a major part of life. Plus, Daryl and Glenn were getting food. A sound brought Lilian alert. She turned with her bow ready.
"Don't shoot me Princess," Daryl said gruffly.
"Dammit! I coulda shot you just now!"
"But yew didn't. Whut now boss?"
"We cleaned out all the canned food," Glenn said pushing a cart. It was filled to the top. Lilian noticed Daryl pushing a separate cart filled to the brim with different alcohol. She just shook her head. What was she going to do? Yell at him? She was getting soap and other things not necessary for survival, so she'd be a hypocrite to yell at him.
"Blankets, clothes, anything else that might be useful. Take that stuff out first, just in case," she didn't have to explain the just in case part because they all knew, all too well that a situation could go from creepy to deadly in a second.
"Yew got it Princess."
"Take this one with you, please?" Lilian requested. Daryl nodded and took the women's cart.
The two men walked out of the store silently, pushing the two carts.
"What'd they get?" Glenn asked when they were loading up the car.
"Razors, soap, lotion, tooth paste, tooth brushes, and other typical crap."
They loaded the back, and it still over flowed into the back seat. They were too full now. Somebody would have to sit on someone's lap on the ride back. A scream echoed through the parking lot, it came from inside the store. Daryl dashed in, for he'd know that scream anywhere. Lilian.
"Just go! Take care of Emily. Tell Daryl, tell him I-" Lilian was cut off mid sentence, tears began to fall from her cheeks.
"I'm not leaving you," Maggie said stubbornly, as she pulled out a knife, and cut about three inches off of Lilian's hair, as she did this, Lilian stabbed a walker that go too close for comfort with her long hunting knife. They almost literally ran into Glenn and Daryl while heading for the exit.
"Yew okay?" Daryl asked Lilian. She didn't answer her mouth was too dry and there wasn't time. They began running back to the car. Daryl pulled Lilian into the back seat and onto his lap, because of the space shortage. Glenn drove, while Maggie was in the passenger seat. "The hell happened 'n there?" Daryl asked.
"Walkers...they came outa no where..." Maggie breathed. Lilian rested her head on Daryl's shoulder. He couldn't resist kissing her forehead. He could've just lost her. He could've just lost her, he thought again. The thought the hell out of him.
OoO
They returned to the hotel and were greeted by the rest of the group, who looked very fearful. Rick was the first of everyone to notice the walker guts on Lilian's body, he also noticed her appeared state of shock.
"Daryl...why don't you take Lilian upstairs. Glenn, Maggie you too. We'll unload everything."
"Whiskey's mine," Daryl called as he picked Lilian up bridal style before carrying her upstairs.