It feels like it's been forever with my updating, sorry guys I've been really busy, I have been writing in fact I've actually gotten up to chapter twenty I just can't all upload it at once, so be patient it'll come I promise. Also it's really from these two chapters on that I start writing by the comics and a little of my own. Daryl might be a tad bit out of his character but oh well ENJOY ;)

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Chapter V: Wildfire (Part 1)

"Lillie," I heard Daryl call my name. "I looked up from my place on the floor my arm wrapped around a sleeping Jacob.

I slid my arm out slowly so as not to wake he and I turned towards the man.

"What," I asked my voice sullen and dry. Last night had been the worst night of my life, and I couldn't put my mind around exactly what happened.

He looked into my eyes and then at his feet, blushing. "I just wanted to see if you were alright," he asked blushing more than he ever had.

My heart burst when he spoke. He was worried, about me of all people. It was in that moment that I knew I loved him.

It was sudden, I barely knew him, but the heart wants what the heart wants. He looked at me again waiting for me to answer.

I walked over to him, and I was surprised at my own forcefulness. I put my hand on his chest and looked up into his eyes. They were full of confusion, a sort of innocence when it came to women.

I almost laughed at his cuteness in this moment. I had to take the chance; I had to make the first move. I stood up on my toes and let my lips splash against his.

His lips, there was no way to describe them. They were so soft, so right, and so perfect. I never wanted this to end. This moment right here for the rest of our lives.

No walkers, no pain, no responsibility. Just me and him in forever bliss. His sudden push away from me brought me back to reality. He turned from me and walked out of the camper.

A sudden sharp pain in my chest made me fall to my knees. The rejection was so horrible I couldn't breathe.

I felt as though I had been given a new heart full of hope and trust, and had it ripped out all in one second. I cried like I'd never cried before, and fell on the floor of the camper.

That was where Lori found me when she came to get us for lunch. I didn't leave the camper that day, or the next.

I simply sat there on the floor staring at the door he had left through.

"Alright," Lori said the morning of my third day in the camper," this is getting ridiculous. People are starting to ask questions. They think you've lost your mind."

"Let them think what they want to," I replied without looking at her. "Where leaving you knows," She continued ignoring my comment," You will have to get up sooner or later." She made me a cup of tea and handed it to me.

"Are you having an Affair with Shane," I asked.

I had noticed there glances at each other across the campfire, had seen them disappearing into the woods, had seen them argue but I had refused to believe it.

"I was," she replied sadly. She knew me to we'll not to lie. "Did you tell Rick," I asked. "No," she answered.

The conversation was stopped by Andrea walking into the camper her face showed true agony and loss. She looked at me and I looked at her our faces equal with pain and grief.

"Come on," she said putting her hand out to me. "Why," I asked irritated that everyone wouldn't leave me alone.

"We're going for a walk," she said. Something in her tone told me that I wasn't allowed to say no and she helped me up off of the floor.

She led me out of the camper and past they eyes of everyone in camp, excluding the man as I had come to call him now.

Everyone looked at us with pity, and I hated it. I hated them and their ability to be happy.

How dare they look at Andrea and like that?

Me and Andrea walked out of camp, and into the woods, and didn't stop walking for a very long time. We didn't stop until we reached the edge of the forest and I was surprised that I was tired.

These woods must be 5 miles long I couldn't believe we'd made it this far. We didn't talk the whole way here in was sort of a relief walk.

The feeling of just walking, not being so close to all the pain that camp caused us was relaxing and there was no need for constant chitter chatter.

We walked for a couple more minutes till me reached the edge of a cliff. Andrea sat down on the edge at stared out looking at the beautiful valley.

"I miss her so much you know," She finally said, "Amy, I can't believe she's gone."

I stared out into the open and thought of life in general. Thinking back before all this, before all the walkers, I thought about death before this.

That life had been just as dangerous. Even then it was unsafe to leave your homes, with the fear of dying sometime.

We all die eventually. "We all do," I replied," We miss everyone."

"Life sucks."

"It always has," I replied staring up at the clear blue sky.

A day of peace amongst the war.

"Where do you think we should go next," Rick asked turning his attention to me.

We were deciding our next plan of action. To stay or to go. "We need to stay man, when the government comes looking for us they will find us faster here," Shane said arguing his point.

"It isn't safe here we saw that the other night," Rick replied to him.

"There running out of food in the city," Jim a quiet man replied as he hauled another walker body into the burning pile.

Jim had escaped my attention amongst the others in camp but he was nice enough, a little off perhaps.

"I think we should leave," I said. Everyone looked up at me and Rick nodded.

Daryl was staring at me from across the fire, but I refused to look back. I had nothing to do with him anymore.

"Where will we go," Carol said in a voice just above a whisper.

She had lost Ed, I couldn't say I was sorry for the bastard but he had left Carol and Sofia all alone in the world.

"We'll find something," Rick replied, "We just need to get out of here." "I think Ricks right," Lori said backing her husband up.

"Let's put it to a vote," Dale said thoughtfully. "All those in favor of leaving," Rick said.

I, Andrea, Dale, Glenn, Lori, Rick, T-Dog, and Daryl raised their hands. Carl and Jacob also raised their hands but Lori told them they didn't count this was an adult decision.

"All those in favor of staying." Carol, Jaquie and Shane raised their hands. Jim refused to vote saying he didn't care.

Shane glared at Rick with a hatred I had never seen him with. This frightened me. "Where are we going to go," Glenn asked nervously. "Dale do you have a map," Rick asked the old man?

"Sure it's in the camper." Rick, Shane, T-Dog, Glenn and Jim fallowed him into the RV. I stood there with the other women watching them leave.

Someone grabbed me from behind and I turned around to look in the eyes of Daryl Dixon.

"We need to talk," he said and I tried to stop him but he pulled me along into the woods.

When we were out of site of the camp, he pushed me up against the tree and leaned in.

His eyes where closed as if he we in pain and he didn't say anything for several minutes. "I...," he began, "I...don't know how to do this." He said looking at me.

He looked like he was going to cry and I knew this was horribly hard for him. "Do what," I asked. "Do this...thing," he said and put his hand to his mouth and turned around.

He ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "I don't know how to feel with these...these." "Feelings," I completed for him.

"Yeah those," his face flushed red with embarrassments.

"Why did you walk away from me the other day," I asked loudly momentarily fueled by his confession.

"I don't know...I guess I was," I replied and turned around from me.

"You are what," I asked angrily. "I was scared ok," he yelled at. His eyes filled with tears.

I hugged him and he hugged me back. "It's ok to be scared its ok," he cried into my hair.

And just like that everything was perfect again

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