Maggie took Beth's hand in hers on their way to the first store they ran into. She wanted to keep her close.

"I feel so lucky to have you next to me again." She paused, holding emotions down her throat. "I knew he'd find you. I put all my faith in him."

"You were all there."

"Yes we were, in the end…but you know…he's always the one who takes all the risks. And I think he felt responsible for you since you ended up alone together, after the prison."

"He told you..."

"Told me what?"

"Well...that we…got stuck together." She didn't know what other words to use.

"He did. Probably figured we wanted to know what happened to you. Well, until he lost ya', at least. After that, he didn't have a clue. He felt horrible about it…from what Rick told me."

Beth searched him in the small crowd. He was still up front, leading the way. She hesitated. For a moment, she wanted to catch up to him. Instead, she enjoyed the conversation with her sister.

When they arrived, Glenn was the first one to speak.

"Carol was right; it's freakishly too quiet out here."

"Yeah…let's make some noise and give it a minute. Y'all ready?"

Everyone gave an approval nod. Daryl knocked on the window a couple of times. Beth tightened her grip on the hammer Carl gave her back at the truck. Only two walkers appeared, banging on the window, trying to get at them. Michonne went for the door, gave Daryl and Glenn a silent sign and tried to open it, but it was locked. Eugene already had a rock and handed it to her. They carefully broke the door's glass and opened it. Glenn and Daryl went for the only two walkers there. Beth felt a little useless at this point, but things could change fast. They were all going in until Daryl stopped Tara and her, the last two persons in the line.

"You two should stay out here, take watch, make sure all is fine outside."

"Good idea." Definitely, this Tara girl was friendly and cooperative.

Beth let out a disappointment sigh and that made him look at her before opening the broken door. Daryl held his look a little longer than necessary. He looked like he was about to say something, but instead, he took one last look around before disappearing inside.

"Ok, I won't take that personally. I'm sorry you have to stick with me out here."

"No…that's not..."

"Don't take it the wrong way, I think he just wanna make sure you're out of danger."

"He knows I can take care of myself."

"I'm sure he does, but I don't think that'll change anything. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that he believes in you or not. It's not about that."

"What's it about, then?" For a second, there, Beth really believed the friendly stranger could answer her question.

"You tell me, I just met you guys."

Beth fell silent. She didn't know what to answer.

"I know your sister a bit more…and she told me you guys were on your own for a while. Survived together…" Beth interrupted her. "He's been so cold to me since I got back! I could still be gone, it'd be the same... It's like I don't know how to act around him anymore. When it was just the two of us, we became confidents…friends…I dunno…something. And then… he lost me…I lost him. But luckily we found each other again and yet, I… I never felt him more distant from me than he is today."

"Woah... That's deep."

"What?"

"I mean… How close were you? Back then…"

A loud bump sound in the window made them jump and interrupted their conversation. A walker was trying to reach them through the glass, too dumb to try to go through the broken door.

"Ugh…I'll take care of it."

"Wait!"

But Beth was already inside. She surprised the walker from behind, pushed it against the window and stabbed her hammer into its head. Satisfied and proud of herself, she was turning around to go back outside when she found herself face to face with Daryl.

"'the hell are ya doin' inside?"

"There was a walker." She didn't want to yell. She tried to stay calm.

"We were doin' fine! WE were doin' the cleaning, not you!"

If he was going to yell, then she could do it too.

"It could've been dangerous, what if you didn't see it coming?"

Glenn came to shush them.

"What the fuck, you guys? Keep it down! We'll attract more in the neighborhood."

"Just do your shopping. I'll be outside, doing my job", she said, looking at Daryl while she spoke. He was pacing nervously with anger, but never took his eyes off her the whole time.

Beth was back outside in a second, kicking the door open. Tara looked at her. She waited a couple of seconds before sharing her thoughts.

"That close, huh?"