An hour went by before Daryl returned. He didn't seem like he was in a good mood so I didn't speak.

As he walked past me I reached up, handing him three hot dogs He looked down, realizing what I had in my hand, and took the food sitting away from me. I was alright with this, until Merle showed up. He had a look in his eyes when he saw me that terrified me more than anything ever had. I slid toward Daryl, knowing he wouldn't let Merle do anything to me.

Merle groaned, looking at Daryl saying, "We should keep heading away from Atlanta. Fuckers are everywhere."

"Ya. See if we can find somewhere more safe." Daryl agreed.

I thought this over, but I really don't think there is safe anymore.

I grabbed the last of the hot dogs and passed them to Daryl, gesturing for him to give some to Merle. Daryl looked confused, but handed them off to Merle who ate them faster than Daryl did.

I finally spoke up saying, "I'm gonna sleep a bit. Wake me up if you want me to keep watch."

As I layed down to sleep I heard Merle and Daryl mumbling amongst themselves. I swear if they're arguing again I will hit them with something. Soon enough I drifted to sleep, not for long enough though. It'd been about an hour and a half when Daryl picked me up and shouted in my face."WAKE THE HELL UP OR YOUR GONNA DIE HERE!"

" What the f-. Oh" I said.

Looking around, I saw the walkers approaching from one side of the clearing so i swiftly grabbed the bag and axe then began to run with Daryl. The only thing going threw my head was one thought; Stay alive.

We ran far enough that the walkers got bored and walked away. I bent over to catch my breath, watching Daryl and Merle do the same. It took us a few minutes, but we were able to start moving again. We didn't have a clue where we were or where we were going, all we knew is that we needed some kind of shelter.

"We can't just walk around all night. We need to find somewhere to sleep, then we can look for a more perminant place." I said, startling them both.

"She's right Merle. We gotta look for a building 'n' set up camp." Daryl agreed.

Glaring at us Merle agreed. "Fine. Any walkers show up, the bitch becomes bate."

Rolling my eyes, I started to walk along with Daryl, trailing behind Merle. "Well he's full of nice comments." I said.

"Eh. Thats just Merle. You learn to ignore him. He'd kill me if it meant he'd get to live." Daryl said quietly, watching Merle.

"I wish I still had someone." I said quietly, unsure if Daryl heard me.

"Well. You got us now. You look out for us, we look out for you." He said, give my back a soft pat.

Flinching slightly under his touch, I took a breath and said "Thank you."

Merle suddenly turned, giving Daryl a look as he turned to walk through the heavy bushes. Daryl glanced at me, putting a finger to his lips while he grabbed my hand and pulled me to the ground. We crawled under some shrubs camouflaging ourselves while we waited for Merle. I squished myself beside Daryl, hoping that he had a plan if Merle didn't return. Moments later we heard soft footsteps, causing Daryl to look out from under the shrubs.

Letting out a sigh of relief Daryl turned to me. "It's Merle. Common."

"Thank God." I said taking a deep breath while I crawled out from under the shrubs.

"Well? Where the hell did you go?" Daryl asked his brother.

"I found shelter 'n' others too. You comin' or not?" he asked, giving us a cocky grin.

"Hell ya." I said following Merle, leaving Daryl who was skeptical.

"We don't know these people. How do we know that they won't just kill us?" Daryl asked while we walked away.

"Hey. If I say they're safe then they're safe. Don't be a pussy and move ya ass." Merle said, leaving both of us behind.