Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia

Somebody To Die For

Chapter 8

"Like our little farewell present?" Shane growled out the window, as Bailey noticed Dave smirking at her from the passenger side. "Try not to get eaten, won't you? Come on Lori, hurry up. Can't wait here all damn day!"

Lori nodded and without even glancing at any of them or saying good bye to Carl, she hurried outside to where Shane was and got in as they drove off.

"We need to get rid of these walkers." Merle said as everyone grabbed a gun including Penny who held Andrea's hand tightly.

"We're never gonna get rid of all these, Merle," Glenn said worriedly as he took his gun and started firing. "That has to be at least half of Atlanta there."

"Then we'll go down fightin'!" Daryl snapped at him. "We ain't gonna sit down while they kill us all."

"We'll use the cars to lure the rest of them away from the farm." Andrea said as she grabbed a gun and got into a car with Phillip as they started to fire.

Daryl walked over to where Bailey and Aoife were and kissed her hard on the mouth as they held each other.

"I love ya woman and I love our girl." He said seriously.

Bailey looked at him startled. "I love you too, Daryl," she said softly, as she reached up to stroke his cheek.

"COME ON, WE GOTTA GO!" Rick yelled, as he got into a car with Carl and Anna.

He nodded and everyone grabbed their things and all of the supplies as they all got into a truck or car with Bailey getting in with Sophia, Carol and Aoife while Daryl rode the bike, she saw Merle help Beth and Patricia into a car before going.

"Where should I drive to?!" She yelled as they fired at the walkers, they seemed endless as they swarmed over the farm.

"We're never going to get rid of them all!" Rick said alarmed, as he watched them keep coming. "Go for the highway!"

They all nodded and drove to the highway as they all saw the barn burn and collapse as everyone drove to the highway.

Bailey pulled up the car in the spot Carol had told her they had been staying when they were on the highway. She thought this would be where Rick and the others would come to. Somewhere along the road, they had managed to lose all the other vehicles, and panicked slightly when they seen there was no one there. She took Aoife and got out of the car, as did Carol and Sophia. "Where is everyone?!" she asked, looking around the empty highway. "Should we go back?"

"No, we'll stay here and wait for the others." Carol assured her as they saw a lone walker stumble towards them; Sophia took him out with her axe.

"Well done Sophia." Carol said proudly as they heard the sound of cars coming towards them and saw that it was the others.

Rick pulled up first, as he, Anna and Carl got out of the car. "Thank god you're here," Bailey said happily as she hugged them all. "We thought we had lost everyone, we couldn't see y'all around."

"We got a little caught up in the herd," Rick explained, as he leaned against his car. "But luckily we managed to make it out alright. I just hope everyone else did, I kind of lost track of who was where."

They then heard the sound of a motorcycle pulling up and saw it was Daryl; he didn't even glance at any of them as he went to where Bailey and Aoife were and pulled them into him as he kissed her hard on the lips.

"I love you." She said holding him close.

"I love ya too," he said as he rest his forehead against hers and took her free hand, as the others watched smiling. "I always have loved ya. And I love this lil one too," he said as he stroked Aoife's hair. "Fuck, I'm so glad I didn't lose the two of ya."

"I am too." She said holding his hand tightly as they went to where Rick was looking at a map with Merle, Hershel and Anna.

"Where do we go?" Dale asked as he pulled his jacket closer around him.

Rick shook his head. There wasn't much choice on the map to pick from. "I don't know. Maybe we just camp out in a sheltered area for the night and in the morning we'll look for somewhere more secure. There has to be somewhere around here that we could stay that's out of view," he said as he studied the map harder, looking for any kind of shelter.

"So what we have to spend the night in the open like sitting ducks!" T-Dog yelled at him as everyone stared in shock.

"Rick's trying to find us somewhere safe, T-Dog." Anna told him calmly.

"What are you, his wife?" He spat her.

"T-Dog back off." Rick snapped at him.

"Guys, come on, let's just calm down," Maggie said quietly. "We don't have anywhere to stay, we don't have many supplies, let's just focus on the main issue here," she added, and everyone shut up.

"And let's not forget Shane and Dave are still out there somewhere," Bailey reminded them.

"Along with Lori, who happens to be pregnant?" Beth added as they all headed into the cars and drove off.

Rick looked at Anna and Carl as they drove in front of the others, the heating was on but it was freezing outside.

They found a secluded spot in the trees, it had some sort of a wall around them, where they could take watch, and it had a waterfall nearby, with hopefully clean water that they could drink from and wash in. "Looks like this place is going to have to do us for the night," Rick said quietly, as he parked up his car and everyone got out. "Find a place and pick a tent, we got plenty in town the other day, luckily enough."

They all nodded and started to pitch their tents near each other and once that was done, Bailey and Anna headed down to the stream to wash and get water.

"I'm so glad everyone got out alright." Bailey said as she wiped Aoife's face and then hers as Anna put water in the bottles.

"I am as well; I just hope T-Dog and Dale leave Rick alone." Anna said as she splashed water on her face as Carl came over and she hugged him tightly.

"Hey, kiddo," Anna said softly, as Carl started to get cleaned up in the water. "I hope everyone's going to be warm enough tonight."

"I'm sure we'll all figure something out," Bailey said reassuringly.

"We'll be ok mom." Carl assured her as he helped carry the bottles of water over to the rest of the group as everyone sat near the fire.

"Is there anything we can eat?" Dale asked as his stomach growled.

There's some rice in the bags," Carol pointed out, as she started searching through their supplies. "I don't know what's there though, I think the kids should get first, since they need it the most," she added, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Bailey took out some plates and Carol poured all of the kids some rice as they gratefully took the food, Sophia, Penny, Carl and Duane happily tucked in as a choppy wind blew over them and Bailey wrapped the blanket around Aoife tighter and Daryl pulled them into him tightly.

"Let's all head to bed, in the morning we'll check the map and look to see if there are any motels, houses we can stay in." He said as they heard a tree snap and two people came out of the woods towards them.

They all looked around to see Shane and Lori standing looking at them, with satisfied smiles on their faces. Rick growled quietly and stood up, as did Daryl, and the two men walked over to them, protecting the group behind them. "What the hell do you two want?" Rick asked angrily.

"We need to stay with you guys." Lori said calmly as she sat down on a bench along with Shane as the others stared at them in disgust.

"We lost the farm because of you two!" Maggie yelled.

"We don't have anywhere to go," Lori said quietly. "Dave backed out on his end of the deal and we were left alone."

"Of course he did," Bailey mumbled as she rocked Aoife.

"We'd rather be eaten by a herd of walkers than have you two stay with us after what you did," Sophia said in a loud, brave voice.

"I had to protect Lori and the baby from you people." Shane snapped when Anna spoke calmly to the two of them.

"Shut the fuck up and stand over there while we discuss what to do." She said to him in such a harsh voice that it turned Rick on.

Shane and Lori sighed as they went into the corner, away from the tents, as everyone else looked at each other.

"Surely we're not even discussing this?" Beth asked. "We can't let them stay!"

"She's having a baby, Bethie. We can't just turn her away." Hershel said softly and sadly everyone knew he was right.

"Hershel's right, we don't have to talk to them or be nice to them but just let them in but they also help out like the rest of us do." Bailey pointed out.

"Bailey's right." Anna said seriously.

"Then it's settled, they can stay but on our terms." Rick said and everyone nodded.

"What if it's a trap?" Maggie asked worriedly. "Maybe they're still with Dave after all."

"Then I'll deal with Dave if he has the nerve to come back," Bailey spat, as they went over to tell Shane and Lori their decision.

"I'll fuckin help ya kill him." Daryl said as they all walked to where Shane and Lori were waiting anxiously.

"Well, can we stay?" Shane asked annoyed.

"You can stay," Rick muttered, although it pained him to say it. "But you stay away from us, and you help out with whatever is needed. But if any of the two of you cause trouble in our lives, you're outta here, you understand?!"

"We understand." Lori said quickly but Shane stared at Rick with hard eyes as he glanced at Anna with a strange look.

"You've changed each other."

"For the better," Rick spat at him, as he wrapped his arm around Anna's waist, and pulled her into their tent, with Carl following behind them, not even looking at his mother.

Daryl glared at Shane. "Yer on thin ice here, I suggest ya don't start shit."

Shane glared at him but kept silent as everyone headed into their tents and got ready for bed with Morgan and Rick going on watch.

"I'm glad you're alright Rick." Morgan said happy that his friend was alive and well.

"I'm glad you are too. I tried to contact you every day, but we got further and further away, and I couldn't get through anymore," Rick explained as they looked out over their camp.

"It's alright, we're here now," Morgan smiled.

"Did you find you're wife?" Rick asked and Morgan smiled sadly as he looked at the dark sky when he spoke.

"I did find her, I put her down and I hope she's found peace now." He said sadly.

"She won't be hurting anymore," Rick said softly. "I'm starting to wish I didn't find my wife now."

Morgan patted his arm gently. "You have Anna now, don't worry about it."

"I'm lucky I found her, she understands me and knows that I have to make hard choices so does Carl." He said as they kept watch.

"She's a real good woman," Morgan said with a small smile. "The whole group is great, give or take a few."

"I know but I'm glad we've got each other." Rick said as Merle and Glenn went to take watch when Rick looked at them all with a serious expression.

"Keep an eye on Shane."

"We will boss, don't worry," Merle nodded at him, as they climbed the wall, and Morgan went to the tent he was sharing with Duane, while Rick went to the tent he was sharing with Anna and Carl.

"Hey everything alright?" Anna asked as she sat down beside Rick and Carl who was fast asleep on the cot.

"Everything's fine, told the others to keep an eye on Shane." Rick said as they lay down on the cot to get warm.

"I'll check on Lori in the morning, see if she needs anything." Anna said softly.

"That's nice of you, she doesn't deserve you being so kind," he said softly, as he cuddled her closely, trying to heat her and Carl up.

"Yeah, well, I don't want to go down to her level," Anna said quietly. "Goodnight, Rick."

"Night, Anna," he said as he stroked her hair and watched her fall asleep.

Daryl and Bailey were on their cot trying to keep Aoife warm as she slept in their arms, her soft snuffles heard through the tent.

"We'll be ok Bailey, I promise ya." He said kissing her tenderly on the lips as she curled into him along with Aoife.

"I know we will, I love you and Aoife."

"I love ya too," he said softly as he held them both tightly. "It's taken me ten years to get it out, but I love ya like hell."

Bailey smiled at him, as she stroked Aoife's hair. "Maybe you weren't supposed to tell me. Maybe I was meant to marry Dave, and the world was meant to go to shit, and we were meant to find each other again. Maybe this is the way it was supposed to be."

"I guess it was." Daryl said as he kissed her lovingly and they both fell asleep hoping that they would find somewhere safe in the morning.

The next morning Anna was checking on Lori and asking her if she felt any pain or bleeding and cramps with Lori shaking her head.

"Hopefully everything else will run smoothly then," Anna said as she put her medical equipment away. "Hershel did tell you about the c-section, right?"

Lori nodded. "Will you be doing it?" she asked quietly.

Anna let out a long sigh. "Maybe. But I'm not going to kill you, if that's what you're worried about. I'll stay professional."

Lori nodded as she looked at Anna with hard eyes but left as she headed to help the others cook what was their breakfast.

"It's not much but it'll do." Carol said as she and Patricia passed around the plates of rice and the last of the chicken around.

"Better than being hungry." Carl said softly.

Rick ate a little off his plate before looking at Carl and Anna. "Here, you two split this between you. You could use it more than me," he said, as he put the rest of his onto their plates.

"Are you sure, Rick?" Anna asked as she looked at him concerned.

"I'm sure, we're going to be on the road today, and you need it."

"If you're sure." She said eating some of the rice but making sure that Carl had enough as well, Daryl was also giving some of his food to Bailey and Aoife.

Merle looked at Beth before giving her his food as well, "Here take it." He said quietly and rubbed her shoulder before talking to Daryl.

"We should go out a hunt baby brother, once we find us somewhere decent to stay," he said, as he looked around everyone eating whatever they could find. "Get the camp some proper food."

"Yeah, we could do with some meat." Daryl said as everyone started to pack up their things and get in the cars with Daryl and Bailey getting into a truck with Aoife in the car seat along with Merle, Rick, Carl, Anna, Morgan and Duane were in the station wagon.

"Y'all ready to get outta here?" Daryl asked, as they pulled their vehicles out onto the road.

"For sure," Rick nodded, handing him a map so he could lead the way. "We're going about ten miles north of here."

"You got it, Rick."

He nodded and they drove down a back road as they watched the landscape pass by them, Lori, Shane and T-Dog were in the RV and Hershel, Patricia, Maggie, Sophia, Beth and Merle were in the black SUV in front.

"So ya were a nurse?" Daryl asked Bailey.

Bailey smiled softly. "I was in training, yes," she said, as she thought back to the job she had loved doing, helping others. "What did you do?"

"Mechanics mostly, fixed cars or I did work on folks houses." He said as the RV in front of them broke down.

Beth peered out from the window in the truck "What the hell?" She asked.

Dale got out of the RV and started cursing. "It's broke. We're gonna have to wait here while I try and fix it."

'Why don't we look through the cars for supplies in the meantime?" Morgan suggested.

T-Dog nodded. "I'll go siphon some fuel from the ones up ahead."

They all nodded and went to look through the cars hoping to find supplies.

"This is a graveyard," Lori spoke up. "I don't know if I'm comfortable with this."

"Lori, they're dead, for the love of god," Bailey said tiredly as she held Aoife and went to check through some of the cars. "They're not going to miss this stuff."

Anna followed her and they went into the cars, picking up whatever they could find. Bailey put an arm over her nose. "Oh god, this is making me sick. I wonder how long these bodies have been here for."

"I'm guessing for months since this happened." Anna said as they all started to look through the cars, she found some suitcases filled with clothes and looked through them as Bailey found a baby grow and placed Aoife in it before strapping it to her chest.

Aoife lightly giggled at her as they looked through a car and she smiled lovingly at the baby.

Aoife smiled at her as she placed her tiny hand onto Bailey's cheek, and Anna looked at them with a grin.

"She loves you and Daryl, you know?" she said softly.

"I know, Carl and Rick love you." She told Anna who smiled as they found a van and were about to open it when Lori beat them to it.

Only for a walker to burst out of the back of the van.

"Shit!" Lori yelped, panicking as she reached for her gun. She didn't bother with her knife, just went straight for her handgun and aimed at the walker about to lunge at her, firing a shot through its head, getting covered in a blood spray before it fell to the ground. "Dammit!" she mumbled, as she walked over to where Shane was and buried her head into his chest.

Glenn, who had been sitting on top of the RV on watch, noticed a far away herd of walkers in the distance, but luckily they were travelling the other way. Well, they were until they heard Lori fire her gun. Almost in an instant, all of the walkers turned, and started shuffling towards where they were looking through cars. "Guys?!" he whispered urgently, hoping someone would hear him. "We have a really big problem!"

Rick followed Glenn's voice and saw a herd of walkers stumbling towards them as everyone started to get into the cars.

"Bailey, Aoife c'mon." Daryl said grabbing them as they ran to the truck and everyone hid underneath the cars with Sophia cuddled into Carol while Anna had Carl and Rick beside them.

Andrea was under another car with Phillip, Milton and Penny, while Merle, Patricia, Beth and Maggie stayed inside their truck. Hershel and Glenn were on top of the RV, and Dale, T-Dog, Lori and Shane had hidden underneath. "No one moves until they're gone," Rick said quietly, as he pulled Anna and Carl underneath him and held them tightly.

No one moved an inch as they watched the walkers slowly pass by them and when the stragglers finally walked past, everyone came from behind the cars.

"Sweet, fuckin Christ." Merle said holding Beth tightly.

"Who the fuck fired that gun?" Daryl growled.

"Lori did," Carol said as she glared at the other woman, who was standing next to Shane as she rubbed her bump.

"Guys, she was under attack from a walker. It's easy to react the way she did," Bailey said quietly, understanding Lori must have been panicked. "Why don't we just let this one go, eh?" she asked, as she rubbed Daryl's chest gently to ease him off.

Everyone nodded and glared at Lori as they all continued to look for the supplies when Carl and Duane found some Swiss Army knife collections.

"These could come in handy." Carl said as he headed over to where his dad and Anna were as they looked through a car.

"They could son," Rick said as he nodded in agreement. "Why don't you keep one for yourself? I trust you will be alright using it now," he said, and Carl nodded happily.

"Thanks, dad and mom." He said hugging them both before going with Duane to share them out when Penny looked into a car to find a black Labrador coming over to her and she stroked him happily.

"Hello, boy." She said stroking him.

She crouched down as he cuddled into her, making her smile. Phillip walked around looking for his daughter and he found her with the dog. "Penny, where on earth did you find him?" he asked, as he reached into his pocket for his bottle of water, and put some on the ground for the dog to drink, which he did happily.

"He came over to me dad," Penny said softly. "I don't think he is with anyone. Can we keep him, please?"

"I don't think that's up to me," he replied, as he looked at Rick and Daryl.

"Its fine, he can stay." Rick assured them both as the others went to say hello to the dog that happily nuzzled them.

"He's lovely, what did you call him?" Sophia asked Penny as they played with the dog.

"I thought we could call him, Charlie." She said stroking him.

"That's a nice name," Sophia smiled as the two of them sat down and Charlie curled up in their laps.

"So what do we do now, Rick?" Glenn asked their leader, as it got colder outside as the day went on. "Is the RV going to be working anytime soon?"

"It's fixed now." Daryl said as he splashed some water on his face to wash off the oil and grease as he came over.

"Alright let's keep moving." Merle said as they all got into their vehicles.

Everyone nodded and started driving down the road in the direction Rick had told them to, looking for some kind of shelter that they could live in for a while.

They continued to look but it looked like they were going to sleep in the cars for tonight it seemed to everyone.

"There's mot a house in sight." Rick said frustrated as they all got out.

"Nothing at all?" Bailey asked as she rubbed her arm, when she felt a breeze in the air. "Isn't there any kind of buildings on the map?"

"There's a library nearby." Daryl said pointing at the map and everyone got back into the cars and drove to the library.

"You think we could stay in here for the night?" Anna asked as they parked up their cars and took out their bags, before heading inside the library.

"I don't see why not," Rick said looking around, "As long as someone keeps watch."

They all nodded in agreement as they all grabbed their things and headed inside the building which had three floors and a lot of books all over the place.

"Lucky for us there aren't any walkers." Daryl said as he and Bailey put down their stuff when they saw Lori simply sit in a leather sofa.

"Heaven." She said relived.

"Glad you're living the high life over there," Maggie muttered as she watched Lori, before looking at Glenn. "Let's go find somewhere to put our stuff. We can go upstairs." Glenn nodded and followed her onto the first floor.

Hershel browsed the shelves before finding a copy of the Bible and smiling as he sat down to read. "Now it's heaven."

They all laughed at that and headed to find somewhere to sleep with Daryl, Bailey and Melanie going near the spot where Rick and Anna were with Carl.

"I hope y'all like reading, because we sure have plenty of books to get through," Rick said with a small chuckle, as Carol brought them all around a couple of blankets to keep them warm.

"Yeah, but its times like this I miss the bed," Daryl said, as he sat down on the hard floor.

"Don't we all." Bailey said with a small smile as she picked Aoife up and went into the bathroom to change her nappy.

Aoife giggled at her as her diaper was changed and she was washed gently before they headed back to where the others were.

"There are a lot of crime novels over here." Carl said picking up one as everyone went to help cook lunch.

"I think we're already bad enough without more crime novels," Hershel chuckled as he held up the bible and waved it in the air while looking at Carl. "You should try reading this sometime, it's what we really need, you know?"

Carl nodded, but he had no intention of reading it. "Sure thing, Hershel."

Sophia had found some children books along with some toys and headed back to where the others were.

"Lunch is done!" Carol called out and everyone sat in a circle as they passed around the food to share and eat.

They ate quietly, finishing up the cans of soup that they had left, with Merle and Daryl promising to go out in the morning to try and find some meat somewhere.

"So what's the plan for this afternoon?" Shane asked quietly not able to hide his distaste at the situation. "Sit back and read?"

"We'll look around the building, search the area and look to see if there are any houses with gates to stop walkers and also do some hand to hand training along with gun training." Rick said calmly.

"Sounds like a good idea." Beth said as she opened a bottle of water.

"I'll stay behind with the kids for y'all," Hershel said with a small smile, as he finished his lunch and went back to his reading, while the children went to play with Charlie and their toys. Bailey handed Aoife to Hershel. "Don't worry; I'll take good care of her."

"I know you will, Uncle Hershel." She said hugging him as she followed the others outside where the training was.

"Alright so who's paired with whom?" Shane asked bored.

"Well, you and Lori together for a start," Rick muttered as he watched Shane carefully. "Anna is with me, Bailey is with Daryl, Beth is with Merle, Maggie is with Glenn, Patricia is with Morgan, Carol is with Milton, Andrea is with Phillip, and T-Dog is with Dale," he instructed, as everyone went to their partner and took a weapon. "I think it would be safest if we all spread out into the woods and found our own space to practice. We meet back here in two hours, anyone who's not back; we come looking for you, alright? We DON'T split from our partners."

They all nodded at that and headed into the woods as they all started to practice their training together.

"Left." Daryl told Bailey and she turned left as he spun right and the others did the same as they worked their muscles.

"Right, Anna." Rick called out to her.

"God, I feel like I'm back in gym class at high school," Anna mumbled as she did what Rick asked her. "Go easy, Mr Grimes," she smirked, as he helped her with her weapon positioning.

He smirked back at her as they kept back to back and moved around on the ground as they trained together when they heard light growls coming towards them and saw a group of about ten walkers coming towards them.

"POSTIONS EVERYONE!" He yelled, looked like they were going to practice on the walkers, it seemed.

"Well, looks like the best way to practice," Anna smiled as she took out her sword, and together they walked towards some of the walkers. She positioned herself and swung her sword around, cleanly taking off the heads of two of the walkers at one, leaving her feeling quite proud of herself.

"Nicely done," Rick smirked, as he took out another two with his knife. "You'll need to get a reward for that one."

"Why thank you, sheriff." She said smiling at him as they took out some of the walkers as Bailey slashed one across the skull with her scythe.

"Nice one, Bailey." Daryl said smirking as he took out one with his knife as well as they all formed a circle.

They all backed up into a circle, weapons raised, as they waited on the walkers closing in on them. Once they were within reach, everyone moved forward to take one out, watching as the remaining walkers fell to the ground. Everyone smiled at each other, quite pleased with their work.

"That was a good way to get rid of walkers without using our guns." Rick told them all as they grabbed a gun each and along with the kids learned how to use a gun with Penny being watched by Andrea.

Bailey fired easily at the targets as her shoulders clicked from the force of the gun.

Anna didn't miss a single shot either, and Maggie and Beth were doing well. Even Patricia and Carol were doing pretty damn good at hitting their targets.

Merle smirked as he watched them all proudly. "I guess we shouldn't cheat on our women, eh? We'll be dead within five seconds."

"Christ, I'd riddled with bullets." Rick said laughing as they all headed inside to get cleaned up with Carl and Duane playing with Charlie as Sophia and Penny watched.

"Where are we heading though, Rick in the long term?" Shane asked their leader.

"We'll work it out sooner or later," Rick said with a quick shrug. "Right now I'm just focusing on keeping us alive, here and now."

Daryl patted his back gently before going to get changed out of his bloody clothes. "Yer doin' well, Rick."

"Thank you, that a means a lot to me." Rick said moved as everyone went to get changed, they had found a shower room on the first floor and everyone had a turn.

Daryl was pulling on a clean sleeveless shirt as it was hot outside and saw Bailey coming out looking fresh as she pulled on a pair of blue jeans and a purple tank top as she dried Aoife.

"The little one like the water then?" Daryl asked with a smirk, as she dried Aoife's wet hair.

"Didn't think I was going to be able to get her out of it," Bailey laughed. "She can be a right little madam when she wants, can't you Aoife Dixon?"

Aoife laughed at them as she watched Bailey dry her and put her into a pair of baby jeans, a pair of thick cotton socks and baby converse, a t-shirt and a little cardigan.

"So you won't be roasting hot but you won't be cold either." She said as Aoife snuggled into them and they heard moaning from the shower.

"Was that Rick and Anna?" She asked smirking.

Daryl laughed. "I'm gonna take a guess and say yeah. Looks like Officer Grimes and his lady can't keep it down," he chuckled.

"Ah well, we did do it last night." She said laughing as they headed out of the changing rooms when they saw Rick wearing nothing but his jeans and Anna looked flushed but happy.

"Someone's enjoying themselves?" Daryl teased.

Anna's eyes widened and she went even redder. "Um... you heard that?"

Bailey nodded her head and raised her eyebrows. "Kinda hard not to."

"Oh god, I hope Carl didn't hear." Anna said as Rick pulled her into him and pulled on a clean shirt as they all saw a reaper tattoo on his back along with another one on his chest.

"Didn't know ya had a tat?" Daryl said impressed.

"Yeah, got two of them, Lori never like me having them though," he mumbled, as he rubbed Anna's back. "That's why I never talked about them."

Anna smirked up at him and kissed him quickly on the lips. "I think they make you look sexy."

He laughed then and kissed her gently on the lips as they all headed into the main room where everyone was sitting down.

"So what are we going to do now?" T-Dog asked annoyed.

"We're going to rest for the night, recharge our batteries," Rick told them, as Carol handed them all some rice for dinner. That was pretty much all they had left. "And then in the morning, we'll look for somewhere more permanent. If anyone has any problems with that, they're free to leave."

No one said anything but Lori raised her eyebrows as they all settled down for the night and tried to keep warm.

Everyone missed the comfort of the farm, now that they had been reduced to sleeping on a hard wooden floor, but they weren't going to complain, they had a roof over their heads, and were away from walkers, not to mention it was much warmer than outside, the rain had started and was hitting off the glass windows.

Daryl pulled the blankets over Bailey and Aoife as the three of them tried to keep warm as did the others with Rick holding Anna and Carl tightly to him.

"Night dad, mom." Carl said softly.

"Goodnight, Carl," Anna said, smiling up at Rick. "Goodnight, Rick, I love you both," she said softly, as she cuddled into them.

"I love you too," Rick replied, as he watched over them while they fell asleep.

"Me three," Carl added.

"Us three love you guys as well." Daryl said holding Bailey and Aoife tightly to him as they all soon fell asleep.

After breakfast the next morning, Rick gathered everyone in the main room. "I thought today we could split up into teams, and we all head in a different direction. The aim is to try and find a more secure place to stay, long term. We'll all meet back here later, and if anyone has found anything suitable, we move on."

Everyone nodded in agreement and gathered their things before splitting up and going into their cars to find a safer place.

Anna looked all around her, looking for somewhere that would be secure for them to live. She sat back in the car, watching out the window, when a glint of blue caught her eye. "Is that a lake?" she asked Rick, as she pointed to out in the distance. "Drive down that way, maybe there's a house of some kind."

Rick nodded and he drove down the road and sure enough there was a house by the lake surrounded by a forest, only problem was that it didn't have a fence.

"This looks good." Morgan said as they got out and searched the place before heading back to tell the others.

The others were already waiting there for them when they parked the car.

"We found a house down by a lake, it's sheltered in some trees, looks just about big enough for all of us, although some of us might need to share rooms," Rick told them all, and everyone looked hopeful.

"Do you think it's suitable enough to stay in?" Carol asked, with a small smile, the first since they had lost the farm.

"There's only one way to find out," Rick said with a shrug, as he picked up his Anna and Carl's bags.

They all nodded and gathered their belongings as they all headed into their vehicles and followed Rick to the house.

"I think he's going to get us all killed." T-Dog said as they all found the house and parked in a circle like at the farm as they checked the house.

"It's got a fireplace." Phillip noted as he and Andrea checked the living room.