Chapter 9: Everything's Okay

I found myself wishing I hadn't hit Preston so hard, just so I wouldn't have to be dragging his heavy ass through the woods now. Having to drop him every now and then to kill a walker I almost hoped I didn't kill him. That was when I exited the tree line, and stepped onto payment. I was tired and spent when I finally saw the gates on the road ahead. There was a commotion I hardly payed attention to as the guards yelled at people inside. Then the gates opened. I almost dropped Preston when Nate and John took him from me, and Bow set an arm around my shoulders. The gates closed behind me when I finally snapped to.
"Hawna... Aahana." I shook my head, once again able to hold myself up as Nate and John carried Preston to the firehouse turned medical station. "Who is that?" Bow asked
I hardly had the energy to explain and carry on the argument I was foreseeing. It also hit something within me even thinking of an explanation I would have to give. "You have things that you don't want me to get mixed up with." I paused, looking at Bow. "This is something I'd rather not have you ask about." There was a small warning threaded into my voice. "Now if you'll excuse me. I need a minute." With that I moved past Bow, and everyone else. The last thing I needed at the moment we're people and their damn questions.

I found myself on the fence. Guard posts wrapped around the whole perimeter of the inside. And one of these places I liked to come to most of I wanted to be alone of the months I had been here. As I sat down, my mind wondered to Alexandria. To Bentford, and several other things. I just couldn't fully wrap my mind around anything. What the hell did Bow not want to tell me? Shaking my head I tried to clear my mind. Setting my cheek on my hand, I closed my eyes, trying to relax. I had already been here for a good twenty minutes, and I was getting nowhere with almost everything. Dragging both hands over my face, I came to reality with the fact I had to find my way around to get these answers. A cool breeze hit my face. I just needed to-
A commotion in town caused me to shoot to my feet, and get onto the ground. I ran the best I could toward the growing circle of people by the once had been firehouse. Bow and I had just picked up our pace into a light run on our mornings. Yet there was still a slight awkwardness to my gait, but that was the least of my worries. Once on the outer rim of the people, I didn't even have to see anything to know it had something to do with Res. Pushing my way through people I was target for swinging arms and sharp elbows. Through the small pushing around I took, I finally got to the inner circle. I was far past saying 'excuse me'. I couldn't exactly hear what Nate was saying to Res, but I could tell, Preston was being backed into a corner. Literally and figuratively. His back was almost completely pressed up against the brick wall of the firehouse. Now I could see the gun in his hands.
"Res!" I shouted, mostly drowned out by Nate and the crowd. But I knew he heard me. "Preston!" My voiced boomed, enough to silence the chirping birds. Everyone froze as I stepped in front of Nate, using my arms to push him back, and tell him I could handle it. Preston's green eyes show his fear and confusion of waking up in a new place. But it faded as I slowly stepped forward. People seemed to inch back, waiting for the trouble to start. "It's okay, it's alright. Everything's alright Preston." There was a dark blond stubble that his jaw. The green eyes that burned into my blue ones, we're trying to figure out if I was real or not, "it's okay, Res. I'm really here. It's okay." My hand wrapped around the gun, pressing on the safety. Ever so gently, I pulled the gun from Preston's hand, swiftly handing it back to Nate. The crowd stepped back even more, even though the tension had resolved. "Everything's okay." I repeated softly. Then, Preston stepped forward, wrapping his arms around me, and I slowly did the same.
"I... It's really you." Preston's voice was hardly above a whisper. "Sunny."
"Yeah. It is." I patted his back a little. "Kylie says hi." It had been a long time since someone had called me by my nickname. A living, breathing person. "It is Res. It is."
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"So, you and Enid?" I asked, a cup of coffee in front of the both of us as we sat at the table at Bow's. Preston held a framed picture of Angel, CJ, and I.
"Yeah. I don't know, we started spending more time together, and something just... Clicked." Preston lifted his green eyes to me. A smile announced his short chuckle before the sound left his tongue. "Carl, a father."
"Not everything is easy to believe." I told, taking a sip of the drink. There was a short silence between us as Preston took a sip. He mindlessly swung his leg back and forth, a habit he still hadn't broken. Then his foot connected with my left leg. Instantly Preston stilled his leg.
"I'm so sorry." He apologized, embarrassed.
"No it's fine. I didn't feel it." Res gave me a questioning look as I adjusted my fake leg. That's when I remembered he didn't know. "Um... It's prosthetic." Res gaped at my statement as I straightened up in my seat.
"How?" Was the only word he managed to get out.
"It was a couple months ago. On our way here a walker went after Angel." I sighed. "In an attempt to protect her I got bit. Nate and I cut off my leg. I was in a coma for a month." Setting my mug down, I looked Res in the eye. "I stopped breathing for five minutes."
"Wow... Sunny... I... I just.." This was new to me. Preston was hardly ever wordless, he always seemed to have the right thing to say. I let out a loud sigh, deciding to change the subject.
"How's Alexandria? Carl, Daryl? Everybody?" Now it was Preston's turn to sigh. He became serious, still trying to put the fact I had lost my leg behind him.
Preston finally looked up at me. "Sunny..."

A/N
Cliffhanger! (I'm laughing evilly right now)
So Res wakes up and has a discussion with Sunny.

Will this lead her to find Alexandria again?
Is Preston the one link she has in reuniting with Daryl and Carl?
What the hell is Bow hiding?

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