Cell block C. Their new home. It was cold, dark and empty. Everyone chooses a cell expect Daryl. He hated the idea of being in a cage like an animal. Jenna felt the same but Beth wouldn't sleep out in the open like Daryl. They had only cleared one cell and there was still the cafeteria and the armory to be cleared.
" Should we continue in?" Jenna asked Rick who was just staring at the door.
" No. We should get some rest and when the light comes back we will find the armory." Rick said. Jenna just nodded and then made her way back to her and Beth's cell to find Beth looking at the walls and the bars.
" Beth? You okay?" Jenna asked sitting beside her.
She then smiled. " It's just funny, everyday we are told to be good or else we will end up in jail. And now look where that got us." Beth said.
" Yeah, well it's the safest place we have." Jenna smiled.
" What if it isn't? What if it ends up just like the farm?" Beth asked looking up at her sister.
" Well then we find somewhere else. We just keep going." Jenna said and Beth nodded and then climbed up to the top bunk and soon fell asleep. Jenna didn't have such luck. So she got up and walked out of the cell into a small area that was clear. It had tables and it was away from everyone. She sat down on a table and crossed her legs. She reached down her shirt and pulled out her necklace. So how in all this mess it still managed to hold on. It was quiet and Jenna didn't think she just looked at it and smiled remembering the night he gave it to her.
Then before she knew it someone was sitting beside her. " Out of al the things someone takes before the world ends you managed to grab that?" Daryl's low quiet voice said from beside her.
" Not something you can just leave behind." She said looking at him with a smile. He just nodded.
" You never asked why…" He started.
" Well deep down I think I knew why and it hurt too much to think you left to protect us. Plus I kind wanted to hate you." She let out a small laugh.
" So you knew?" he asked.
" Of course I did." She smiled. " If you love someone you have to believe that they left for a damn good reason." She said.
" He was just going to keep coming back. I needed to…."
She placed her hand on his arm. " I know." She said and he had a small smile. He just watched as she laid her head gently on his shoulder. " I'm so tired of apologizes and all that stuff. Why don't we forget and move on. No hard feelings." She said closing her eyes.
" Sounds good to me." Daryl said with a breath of relief.
" Jenna….Oh sorry…" Glenn walked into the room and turned red.
Jenna and Daryl just shook their heads at the man. Jenna though it was cute he was embarrassed. " Whets up Glenn?" Jenna asked.
" We are getting ready to go.." he said. Then Jenna and Daryl looked up at the window. The sun had just risen and they didn't even realize. " you know clear the cafeteria and armory." He said.
" OH joy." Jenna rolled her eyes. They were never going to stop now. Rick wasn't going to stop charging into this place until every last walker was dead. Jenna understood but was so tired and couldn't sleep.
" Alright, stay in formation and we will be fine." Rick explained to T-Dog, Glenn, Daryl, Hershel, and Jenna. Lori was to busy giving Jenna a death stare to realize Carl was loading his gun to follow the group. He was laughing as he put on a guard helmet that didn't fit. Jenna looked over and saw the smile that Beth had as well. " you won't be needing that." Rick said. He had to explain that it was better for him to stay and protect the group.
" Alright." Carl sighed as he locked the doors behind the group.
They made their way down the dark hallways. Glenn and Daryl at point, Rick and Hershel behind them and T-Dog and Jenna in the back. The group ran into a small group of walkers and they took care of them with no problems. They had found the armory and there was only a few clips and heavy guns left. It was enough to protect them but they would run out.
" I say we head back and get to the infirmary tomorrow." Rick said and everyone nodded. Jenna didn't. She thought they should keep going but she would lose that argument. So she kept quiet.
As they made their way back to the cell block they thought it would just be simple and safe enough to keep weapons low. So they did. Well except Daryl he always had his crossbow at the ready. Glenn and Jenna walked in the back as the rest of the men talked about how they were going to clear the bodies.
" I didn't mean to interrupt you and…"
Jenna looked at Glenn. He didn't finish his sentence. " Cant imagine what a girl like me was doing with someone like him?" She asked.
" No not at all. Its just you seem to be the only one who makes Daryl seem you know normal." He said. Jenna laughed. " You two knew each other before all this?" He asked.
" Oh yeah." Jenna smiled. Glenn looked up at Jenna expecting the whole story. " We were friends then you know things got better than complicated." She smiled.
" You loved each other?" He whispered. Glenn sounded shocked. " I didn't think a Dixon could feel that way." He whispered as well.
" Well most of them can't. Merle for instants. Daryl is different than his brother haven't you noticed." She asked.
" Yeah he had saved my ass more times than Merle made racist jokes…" Glenn said. Jenna just shook her head. " It just good to see even in a world like this two people can still love each other."
" Like you and Maggie?" Jenna said and the man blushed. " Ah Glenn your cute." She smiled. " But it isn't like that anymore." She said.
" Yeah right." he said and Jenna just looked at him. " Well obviously you are more blind to feelings then he is." Glenn rolled his eyes.
" What…" She begun to say before she heard the moaning. " Shh.." She stopped and the whole group stopped. She pulled her knife and turned to see three of them just walking toward them. " Can never be that easy can it?" She said in her mind as an arrow went through ones head and she lunged at one with her knife as did Glenn. After they were dead she looked back at Daryl who for some reason looked more worried than he should have. She just smiled at him.
" The baby will be here in a few days." Hershel stated as he came out of the cell where Lori was sleeping now. Rick looked worried.
" Well tomorrow we will find the infirmary." He said looking over at Jenna. She nodded. " get some rest. All of you." he said.
" Wait…" Lori spoke up before Jenna had walked away. " Jenna could I talk to you?" She asked quietly and everyone who was around just looked at Lori. Then they walked away.
Rick didn't move.
" Rick do me a favor could you go see if Beth has eaten today. She had a knack for not eating sometimes." She said. Rick just looked at Lori who was laying down looking up at Jenna. He didn't trust the two in the same cell but he saw the worry in both their eyes. He nodded and walked away.
Jenna smiled and walked into the cell taking a seat in front of Lori. The women stared at each other before Lori sat up and placed two hands on her stomach. " Alright let's get something straight here." She said and Jenna listened. " When I give birth to this kid there is a chance I wont.."
" Lori don't even say that. I see where this is going already." Jenna stopped her. " You and that baby are going to be just fine alright." She said and Lori surprisingly just smiled.
" After the way I have treated you even before all this why are you so nice to me sometimes." She asked completely changing the subject.
" Because you're family. I love Rick, Carl and Beth more than anything. You are also part of that. Granted you do get one my nerve and sometimes I tell you I just wan to…." She stopped and saw the smirk on her face. " But your still family and I'll protect you… sometimes." She said and Lori let out a small laugh.
" I'm sorry…" She said. " When you and Shane were together I shouldn't have gotten in the way after Rick was in the hospital. I had no right." She said. " I put Rick and Shane at odds and I put that knife in his hands…." She said letting a tear fall. " Its my fault and I am so sorry." She said.
" Lori, it isn't your fault… I was the one who told Shane to look out for you and Carl I just didn't know he would go so over the edge." Jenna looked down. She now hated talking about Shane. It made her feel guilty and stupid.
" Well then can we just agree that we are both at fault and move on?" She asked.
Jenna sighed. " Why are you asking me all this?" Jenna wanted to know where this was coming from. " And I swear if you start talking about you dying…"
" Jenna stop. Let me talk. Please." Lori stopped because she could see the pain and anger in Jenna's eyes. " IF I don't make it I want you to look our for Rick and my children." She said. " I know you and Rick have this…. This… unbreakable friendship and I want you to make sure it says that way." Lori said looking deep into Jenna's eyes. " If I die Rick will pull away but you can't let that happen."
" I will… but your going to be fine…"
" And if something happens and me and the baby die you put us down. No question. You do not try to save us. I do not want us to end up that way." She said and Jenna just looked at her with wide eyes. " I need you to promise." Lori said.
Jenna took a second and looked out the cell door. " I promise." She said through her teeth. She hated how Lori was already giving up hope.
Lori then started to cry and threw her arms around Jenna. " Thank you." She said and after a long hug Lori pulled away and laid back down. She smiled at a leaving Jenna and fell asleep.
Jenna left the cell both angry and happy. She was happy Lori finally understood why Jenna was still around and angry because she had already given up hope she was going to live. Jenna then shook the conversation from her mind and walked to find Beth talking to Carol. Beth was smiling at whatever they were talking about and decided to just ignore Carol. She smiled at Beth and walked to her cell and laid down. Jenna needed sleep and hoped she would get some sleep.
Jenna managed to close her eyes for a good two hours before her eyes were just open and it was dark. Beth was asleep on the top bunk and it was quiet. Jenna sat up and rubbed her face. She was still so tired but couldn't do anything. So she got up and walked out to the other cell room where she looked back up at an open widow. She could see a few stars poking out from the clouds then she noticed she wasn't alone in the room. There sitting up on the ledge looking at the window was Daryl he looked so lost in thought. He was looking at the stars to and Jenna smiled.
She managed to sit beside him with out freaking out. He then looked at her and smiled. " Thought you hated looking at those balls of light?" she asked.
" I never said that." he said.
" Well you never said you liked it either." She said. " Couldn't sleep?" She asked.
" Naw… you?"
" guess not." She shrugged and looked at the small amount of stars. " So cowboy…" She said and he laughed. "What?"
" Nothing it's just been a long time since you called me that." He said looking away. Jenna didn't say anything. " I think that is the thing I missed most about you and Beth." he said.
