"How's Rick?" I asked Beth who had been keeping me company while Daryl worked around the prison. I hadn't noticed it before but it seemed like he hand a lot more things to handle lately.

"He's not good." Beth said as she switched the baby to her other arm.

"We haven't seen much of him since he came to check on Carl. That was yesterday" she said with a sad look.

"She have a name yet?" I asked looking at the bundle of blankets in her arms.

"Not yet. Though Daryl keeps calling her little ass kicker." Beth said back with a smile.

"He would" I said sharing a small laugh while looking at the little girl.

"Wanna hold her?" Beth asked.

I nodded and put my arms out.

The baby fit perfectly. She looked up at me with beautiful blue eyes.

I looked up when I saw something move by the entrance of my cell door.

"Hey" Daryl said as he stood there biting on his thumb.

"Hi" I said with a smile

"Me, Carl and Oscar are gonna go check the tombs. You gonna be ok?" He asked biting the side of his thumb.

"I think the baby needs her diaper changed" Beth said getting up and and taking the baby before walking out of the cell.

Daryl watched her leave then came and sat on the bed.

"I'm going to be ok. I have Beth here to keep me company." I said as I took his hand.

He nodded and looked down at our hands.

"You going to try and find Carol's body?" I asked

"Yeah." Daryl said as a sad look crossed over his face.

It was only after I had woken up that Daryl told me who we lost.

T-dog, Lori, and Carol. It was hard. The group was hurt. We were all mourning the loss of them. We may not be blood family but we were family.

I put my head on Daryl's shoulder and I felt him lean into my touch right away.

"Want some help?" I asked

"Nah you stay here and rest we'll be ok." He said and he gave me a quick kiss on the forehead before getting up and leaving.

"Be safe!" I called.

"Always am!" He yelled back which made me smile.

Beth came back a little later but I told her I was tired so she left me to sleep.

I curled into the pillow that belonged to Daryl and feel asleep with his smell in my nose.

. . .

Daryl's POV.

Poor kid. Had to shoot his own mom.

How the hell you deal with that? I thought as Carl, Oscar and I walked through the tombs.

We had already found T-dog and buried him now we were looking for Carol.

It hurt losing Carol.

I hadn't thought about it much cause I was grieving over Eva but now that she was back and safe her death was starting to hit me.

Carol and I had gotten close at the farm and over the winter we got closer.

She was one of the few people I could talk to without feeling awkward.

We searched for about another hour till Carl and Oscar decided to head back. I told em I was still gonna look.

So I did.

I was sitting down messing with Carol's knife. We had found it in the neck of a walker.

The door across from me kept moving. It was starting to get annoying. I got up and slammed the door as hard as I could taking the anger of losing a good friend out on it. When I started moving again I decided I was gonna take out my anger on the walker inside. So I swung the door open ready to kill the walker. But I stopped when I saw Carol sitting up against the wall.

I reached down and lifted her face up to make sure she wasn't a walker. I breathed a sigh of relief when her blue eyes looked back at me and not the eyes of the living dead.

Very carefully I lifted her up and she wrapped her skinny arms around my neck as I started walking back to the cell block.

I was surprised that the cell block was empty when I walked in. Going to Carol's cell I laid her down on the bottom bunk and went to find a bottle of water.

We sat there for a few mins till I heard a commotion out in our dining area.

Walking out I was surprised to see a young black women laying on the floor while Rick stood over her.

"Rick" I called as I walked up.

"Who the hell is this?" I asked already on edge about a stranger being here.

"You wanna tell us your name?" Rick asked the women but she just looked at him making him repeat his question.

"Y'all come in here" I said when it was clear she wasn't going to talk.

"Everything alright?" Rick asked not taking his eyes off the women.

"You gonna wanna see this." I said

Rick nodded.

"You go ahead. Carl get the bag" Rick said.

"We'll keep this safe and sound" Rick said holding up what I'm guessing is the women's sword.

"The doors are all locked. You'll be safe here and we can treat that." He continued pointing to her leg.

The women looked around at the room looking uncomfortable.

"I didn't ask for you help." She said in a raspy voice.

"Doesn't matter" rick said before turning and walking toward me. "Can't let you leave" he finished as he walked into the cell block.

I turned shut and locked the gate. Before walking back behind Rick.

"Oh God" Rick said as he caught sight of Carol who was now sitting up.

She got up and hugged him. Then Hershel.

"How?" Hershel asked.

"Solitary" Carol said.

"Poor thing fought her way into a cell. Must have passed out. Dehydrated." I said standing back and feeling happiness fill me.

Carol turned and looked at beth and when she caught sight of the baby I saw happiness fill her face then fall when she looked over at Rick who closed his eyes and looked down.

"Oh God.. I'm sorry" Carol said hugging him again.

She looked back at the baby then at Carl and tears started flowing down her face.

"Got anymore surprises for me?" Rick asked coming to stand next to me.

"He doesn't know" Beth whispered.

"One more" I said.

I walked to Eva's cell I looked in. She was sleeping but I gently shook her till her eyes opened. They were a little more bluer now. Not as white.

"Come on out." I whispered as I helped her stand.

She got up with a groan and walked outta the cell.

When Rick saw her I saw disbelief and joy wash over his face. He hugged her and started to cry a little.

"Carol?" Eva whispered looking over at her and Beth.

"Oh my" she said and started to walk toward her.

"Your alive?" Eva said in the high pitched voice that happened before she was going to start crying.

"Yes" Carol said back hugging her just as hard.

I turned because I felt my eyes start to burn and caught the young black women looking at us with what could only be described as longing in her eyes.

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AN: wow its been awhile since I've posted and I apologize deeply! Hope you guys liked it :)