After noon all, hope your all well. i'm sorry about this chapter, i wrote and this is what i got. i still no were near finished with this story, so i hope none of you are getting bored. thanks for sticking with it, you guys are the best. i hope you all have a good weekend and i see you all on Monday.

happy reading :)

Chapter 17.

January 22nd

Carol's POV.

After saying goodbye to Shane, carol decided to walk the short distance to Lori's house. Still feeling creep out from that Philip guy and emotional from her nightmare last night carol wasn't ready to go just yet.

Carol knocked on Lori's front door hoping she wouldn't mind her popping round.

"hey Carol, wasn't expecting to see you today." Lori said opening the door.

"hey, sorry Lori hope you don't mind me stopping by."

"of course, not, come in, coffee?"

"please." Carol said, stepping inside, and followed Lori into the kitchen, and taking a seat at the table.

"everything ok?" Lori asked, making the coffee's.

"yeah had a nightmare about ED last night."

"I'm sorry Carol, was it a bad one?"

"you could say that, I could hear his voice as if he was in the room with me."

"that's horrible." Lori said, placing the coffees onto the table and taking a seat.

"thanks" Carol said, taking a sip of her coffee. "I couldn't go back to sleep after."

"have you thought about speaking to a therapist about it?" Lori asked.

"no, don't think it would do any good anyway." Carol said, shaking her head." I doing better every day, it's just the nightmares. I don't think they will ever go away and I hate it because it feels as if he still has control over me."

"I can understand that, you just need to give it time, hopefully it might get better." Lori said, taking a sip of her coffee.

"suppose."

"anyway, did you go and see Daryl yesterday about your car?" Lori asked.

Carol laughed, "I did."

"what's so funny?"

"well I ended up throwing herself at him and hugged him."

"oh, how did that happen?"

"well I was waiting to get my car fixed in the office and I got bored, so I went to find him and I overhead him talking about the murder that had just happened. And when he asked me if I was ok, I sort of got emotional and hugged him."

"rick said there was another, it's just so terrible. What did Daryl do when you hugged him?"

"nothing at first, but then he hugged me back."

"oh," Lori smiled. "what happened after?"

"nothing, he took me home because I had to leave my car behind to get fixed."

"than?" Lori asked.

"nothing, Daryl was really quiet on the drive back, I was embarrassed and kept apologising."

"when do you pick your car up?"

"tomorrow."

"well, maybe you two could do something after," Lori said.

"I'm not sure, I don't think he wants to hang around with some woman who throws herself at him."

"maybe he is ok with it, and I'm sure he understands the reason"

"maybe, we see. Anyway, I got asked out today." Carol smiled

"tell me everything."

"I had no milk home, so I walked to shop but I bumped into someone at the corner of my roads, he told me the shop was closed and offered to buy me a coffee at the coffee shop."

"you go?"

"only after he said he knew both you and rick."

"who?" Lori asked.

"Shane Walsh, said he was a police officer."

"oh Shane, yeah we know him, he is rick's friend and used to work with him until he moved away, didn't realize he was back." Lori smiled.

"guess he is back now, at the coffee shop he asked me if I wanted to do something Friday night, but I told him I was working. He seemed a bit too friendly for me anyway."

"that's just Shane, he is a nice guy carol." Lori said.

Carol noticed the change in Lori's eyes as they talked about Shane, they seemed brighter, she wondered what it was about.

"I also bumped into someone on the way out of the coffee shop."

"what's it with you bumping into people." Lori laughed.

"tell me about." Carol laughed. "anyway, this guy was creep his name is Philip.

"oh Phillip, yeah he is a bit creep, but harmless.

"Lori you home?"

Carol and Lori both turned at the sound of Rick's voice." Yeah in the kitchen rick, Carol's here." Lori called.

"hi Carol." Rick said, walking into the kitchen and over to Lori, giving her a kiss." Hi sweetheart."

"I'm glad you're both here."

"everything ok, rick?" Lori asked.

"it's these murder's, it might get worse before we catch the guy, so I want you to start learning how to use a gun, you too carol."

"what!" both Carol and Lori whispered.

"it's a good idea, so I know you are protected if I'm not here."

"but I hate gun's rick, you knew that." Lori said.

"please baby for me."

"ok, I'll learn if it makes you feel better."

"thank you, what about you carol?" Rick asked.

"count me in, I wish I learnt how to use a gun year's ago,"

"ok then, well I have a few hours to spare on Saturday, we can learn than. I will pick you both up a gun and put them in your name's."

"sound's good," Carol said standing up. "well I better get going, thanks for the chat Lori."

"any time Carol, you know that." Lori said.

"see you both Saturday." Carol said as she headed out.

"see you Saturday." Both Rick and Lori called out.