Rick's P.O.V

I finally woke up after closing my eyes for a little while and I noticed that Daryl didn't even get a wink of sleep and Hershel came back into the room to check on Sam and kept telling me that I needed to rest, but I told him that I was going to be fine. I decided I needed a little bit of a breather and I got up from my chair and left Daryl with Sam and I went downstairs to check on Carl.

When I reached the bottom of the stairs I heard voices from the kitchen. I rounded the corner to see Carl with Maggie and Beth and I noticed that Carl was laughing and it has been a long time since I saw him laugh like that in a long while after Sophia went missing. Leaning on the doorframe, I had a smile on my face and they all noticed me and Carl smiled when he saw me and he ran over to me, " Is Sam gonna be alright dad?" Carl asked me.

I didn't know what to say to him at first, but he deserved an answer. So I gave him a smile and I placed my hand on his shoulder, " Yes Carl, I hope so." I said to him

" Is it okay if I can see her?" Carl asked me.

" She needs some rest right now, once she's rested then you can go see her, I promise." I said to Carl with a smile on my face. Carl nodded his head and went into the living room. I felt drained, the door frame was the only thing keeping me from falling to the ground. Maggie walked over me with a plate of food in her hand.

" Here, you need to eat. You need to keep your strength for your daughter." Maggie said as she gave me a little smile. I nodded my head and I started to eat. Once I was done eating I felt a lot better. I remember about Daryl, who was upstairs and I looked over to Beth and Maggie.

" Do you have any more? Daryl hasn't come downstairs and I'm sure he hasn't eaten in a while." I said as I looked at the girls.

" Of course." Beth said with a smile on her face as she made a plate for Daryl and handed it to me. Nodded my head to her and made my way upstairs to Sam's room. As I opened the door Sam was in the same place that I left him in, I don't even think he knew that I left. I knocked on the doorframe and his head turned towards me quickly.

" I brought you something to eat." I said as I walked over to him and handed the plate to him. He shook his head no to me and I sighed and placed the food right beside him and went back to the chair I was sitting in. Daryl looked back at Sam and I could see doubt in his eyes.

" They'll be back." I said as he turned his head to me. He just looked at me not saying anything.

" Daryl, you need to eat. Sam would want you to do that. Keep your strength up." I said to him and he still didn't touch his food.

Daryl's P.O.V

An hour has passed and Hershel came back to check on Sam again along with Patricia. Me and Rick moved out of the way to give him space but my eyes never left the old man. Then we heard a knock on the door. I turned my head to see Glenn and T-Dog standing at the door. T-Dog was looking worse than the last time I saw him, but I don't think he cared, cause once his eyes landed on Sam, his eyes filled with worry.

" Hey. We're here, okay?" Glenn stuttered as his eyes couldn't leave Sam.

" Thank you." Rick said as he looked back at them.

" Don't worry. I'm gonna do everything I can. Now by the look of that arm, you need to get some antibiotics. Patricia can help you with that." Herschel said as he looked at T-Dog but didn't want to leave.

" Hey." I grunted as I felt T-Dog's eyes landing on me.

" Get yer arm fixed. We will let ya know if anythin' changes." I said as I looked at him. T-Dog nodded his head and followed Patricia with Glenn following right behind him. Once they both left, Hershel turned back to us.

" If they don't show up soon, we're going to get started." Hershel said.

" You said that it wouldn't work without the items you need." Rick said as he looked up at him.

" I know. It's extremely unlikely. But we can't wait much longer." Hershel said as he walked out of the room.

After hearing what he said, I got up from my chair and started to pace back and forth, ' No Sam can't die! Where the hell is Shane? I should've left when I had a chance and got the supplies my damn self. That's what I'm going to do right now.' I thought as I grabbed my crossbow and headed towards the door and I placed my hand on the doorknob which Rick stopped me.

" Daryl don't." Rick said. I stopped him with a confused look on my face.

" What?" I asked as I adjusted the crossbow on my shoulder.

" Maybe we should just let her go." Rick said as he looked at Sam and avoided eye contact with me.

" What?" I asked again with a shocked look on my face.

" Sam should go in peace. She wouldn't be suffering right now if I just let her go." Rick said. I wanted to shoot him with my crossbow so bad but instead of doing that I dropped my crossbow on the ground. I walked over to him and I got in his face.

" You can't really mean that." I said as I looked him right in his eyes.

" I can't stop thinking about it, I don't want her to suffer anymore then she is right or out there. I don't want her to be hungry and scared for the rest of her life!" Rick yelled as he finally looked at me.

" You watch your mouth." I threatened as I got in his face.

" What...what if she doesn't make it?" Rick said as tears started to come down his face.

" She won't!" I yelled at him.

" If...If we just let her go, her suffering ends. Tell me why would it be better to keep her here!" Rick yelled at me.

" The first time I met Sam, I saw something in her that reminded me of me. This could be her chance. Her chance for once in her life to feel safe." I tried to reason with him and also tried to calm him down.

" You little hypocrite! Give me a better reason than that! I don't want her to suffer anymore and all you can come up with was tha-" Rick started to yell at me but stopped when we both heard coughing behind us in the room.

Both me and Rick looked towards the bed. We both walked over to Sam's side to see her moving her head, and she started to squinted her eyes. Rick and I looked at each other and then back to Sam. Once her eyes finally opened, my breath got caught in my throat. She was alive. Sam was alive and she was going to be okay.

" Hey...Hey." Rick whispered to her as she looked around the room til Sam's eyes landed on me and Rick.

" D….Daryl? R….Rick?" Sam stuttered as she was fighting to keep her eyes opened completely. She called for me first. Rick was right, I was the first one she asked for.

" Yea, he's right here Sam. We both are." Rick said with a smile on his face.

" Told ya, she'll be just fine." I said as I grunted at Rick as I looked at him and then back at Sam.

End of Chapter

Sorry for this chapter being short but don't worry the next one will be a little bit long then the other one I promise. I want to thank the ones that have read this story and let me know that I'm doing really good. I keep up the good work for you guys. Till next time guys.