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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Morning had arrived and Sarah hadn't slept much. She had been next to Carol for most of the night, trying to reassure her, but since Sophia had not come back that didn't make it an easy task./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've got a protein bar" Sarah said nudging lightly Carol's arm to at least make her eat a bit./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's your last one" Carol said rubbing her red eyes from where she was laying on the bed "You should eat it."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah was hungry, like all of them, but she didn't care./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You hadn't slept" Sarah said "At least eat a bit, you need your energy back. Some of it."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Carol observed her for a moment, with tears still rolling down her cheeks. She didn't seem to like it, but at the end Carol took the protein bar from Sarah's hand. The girl took a relieved breath as she rubbed Carol's arm before getting up and walk out of the RV. She took a deep breath as she stepped out, stretching her arms. It had been a difficult night, Sarah really wanted to help Carol, but she really didn't know how. If she had lost Nicki, she wasn't sure that someone else's words could have helped her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Good morning, Sarah" Dale greeted her as he was putting some canned food on the wood of a car. They were leaving. And she hoped the Sophia would have found them somehow. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya ok?" at Daryl's voice, Sarah glared in his direction before turning to open the door of a car scavenging a little more. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She could be useless, but at least she could find something more./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"The night before, Daryl had decided to get up from where he was laying inside the RV, making Sarah turn to look at him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Where are you going?" she asked in a whisper moving closer, as he bent down to take his crossbow./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Gonna look for ta girl" he said stepping towards the door, but she stopped him putting an hand on his forearm./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You said it is dangerous in the dark" she whispered. He would have been alone. how did he manage not to be scared? What if he got lost, or hurt?/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"When his eyes fixed on her hand, Sarah let him go looking away./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Thought ya wanted to find her" he said, making her glare at him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Of course, I want to" she whisper-yelled "I just..." the girl stopped to take a breath, not even knowing why she was panicking so much. Daryl had been in many hunts alone. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Are you going alone?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest and she saw him chew his cheeks before nodding his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Done it before"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Yeah..." she said at his answer. It was true, he had left for days trying to find them food and for the first time she realized that they were so used to him provide for them that no one gave him much attention for that./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Daryl observed her for a moment before opening the door. Sarah turned briefly towards Carol who was still sobbing. They needed to find Sophia, but at the same time she felt like it was so much dangerous for Daryl, so she followed./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to come with you" she said, making him stop and turn to her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nah, yar not" Daryl answered starting to walk once more, but Sarah fastened her pace to move in front of him, trying to stop his steps putting a hand on his chest for a moment./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why not?" she asked "'It is dangerous in the dark, more people would get lost' you said that" /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Yah, and ya woulda be one of them" he answered harshly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?" she exclaimed stopping him again as he tried to move pass her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Move aside" he growled./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to come with you!" she insisted making the man take a heavy breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Told ya before ya not wondrin' around" he said raising his voice./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why not?!" she argued back./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Don't need to babysit ya while I'm searching for ta girl!" at her words, she couldn't help but widening her eyes./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You're an asshole" she spat, before they could hear Dale coming closer./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is happening here?" he asked looking around making sure that no walkers had been attracted by all that noise as the two of them took a step back from each other./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""He wants to go search for Sophia, alone" Sarah explained./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""l'm gonna walk the road" Daryl said looking at Dale before turning to Sarah that was still glaring at him "Shine some light in the forest."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sounds like a good plan" Andrea said walking closer "I'm coming too" Sarah turned to Daryl widening her eyes even more when he saw nod his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Are you kidding right now?" she exclaimed towards the man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya are not wondrin' around" he insisted "Stay inside, with Carol"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You can't tell me what to do" she raised her voice, making Dale trying to shush her but the girl ignored him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Stop being stupid an' get inside the RV" he roared making a step closer. They looked at each other for a moment and Sarah couldn't help but feeling her eyes fill with tears./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why do you always have to be so mean to me?" she said before moving past him to go back inside the RV./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah was getting tired of all of that. She was sorry that she couldn't shoot a damn arrow or a stupid gun, but it wasn't like she had ever had the opportunity to do so. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Asked if ya ok" Daryl's voice came from behind her, as she was still bent down inside a car trying to take everything that was useful./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm fine" she said getting out and shutting harshly the door of the car, not giving a glance to him as she moved towards another car. Sarah took a deep breath as she heard him following her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are you following me?" she asked bitterly opening the hood of a car to check inside "You said it, don't need to babysit me. Not that I ever wanted to." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya need ta stop acting crazy" he said from behind her, making her scoff, before turning to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I just wanted to help, you stupid ass" she said angrily, making him take a breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Gettin' in danger is not help" he said making her chuckle bitterly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""That applies to me, but not to Andrea" she answered crossing her arms over her chest glaring at the woman. She couldn't stand it, being looked from him like that. Like she was useless./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You made very clear your thoughts about me" she said starting to walk away as he frowned at her "More than once."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey!" Daryl exclaimed as she paced./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've got a name!" she answered turning angrily "I'm not 'girl', I'm not 'hey' or 'crazy'. I'm Sarah." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"The ride was silent inside the RV as they moved towards the farm Nicki had talked about. She was set down with her fingers against her lips as she saw the landscape moving pass her. Carol was still on the bed, as Dale drove and Andrea was set across from Sarah./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Never seen you so angry" Andrea commented at some point./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Never been so eager to talk to me" Sarah answered glaring at her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is your problem?" at the woman's question, Sarah just chuckled bitterly before turning towards the window again. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She was tired. That was the truth. She was tired of everything. Being afraid, feeling left behind. She wanted to do something for this group, they had done so much for her and Nicolette, it was the right thing to do. Sarah needed to find a way./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Before she knew it, her eyes finally closed. She hadn't slept all night to be next to Carol, worrying about Sophia and Carl and for the anger towards both Daryl and Andrea. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sweety" a gentle shook of her shoulder made Sarah open her eyes, to see Carol bend over her with a kind smile and tired eyes "We're here."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah nodded her head before rubbing her eyes to get rid of her sleepy eyes./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"As she stepped out of the RV, the girl needed to shield her eyes form the strong day light. When she was finally able to see once again, she looked around herself. There was a white house in front of them, and so much green soil around her, with fences to outline the perimeter. It was like being in a dream, she had never seen anything more beautiful in so much time./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah" as she turned, she had been enveloped in Glenn's strong hug./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey" she said patting his back before being released by her friend./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You ok?" he asked with a little frown. Sarah's eyes moved instinctively towards Daryl, that was looking at her chewing his lip, before turning to Rick./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's alright" Sarah said giving her attention back to Glenn "How's Carl?" she felt a weight being lifted from her chest as she saw Glenn smile, before gesturing to Lori, that was now hugging Carol. Sarah smiled at her friend before walking towards the woman; she put a hand on her shoulder to get her attention and as Lori turned, she embraced her too, with a little chuckle./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""He is alright" Lori whispered to her slightly shaking, making the girl smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Thank God" she said "We needed to hear good news" Lori sobbed happily as she let Sarah go, that started to look around./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nicolette?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""She had slept more than usual" Lori said nodding her head "She was exhausted last night" Sarah looked towards the house, feeling apprehension thinking about what her sister might have experienced that night./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah?" at her sister's voice, Sarah smiled before fastening her pace to hug Nicolette./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey" she said as she held her little sister "How are you?" Nicki looked at her shrugging her shoulders./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm good" she answered "Even the little shit, he pulled through" Sarah smiled at the nickname./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""So, I've heard" then she noticed Nicki looking at a side and following her eyes she noticed Shane. Sarah frowned a little, noticing his different haircut./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What has happened to Shane?" Sarah asked, making her sister nod./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I wonder the same thing" at Nicki's words Sarah felt confused./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What do you mean?" her sister was studying Shane, she did that sometimes with people, quietly watching them every move. It was never easy to understand why Nicki focused on someone, unless she decided to speak. Her little sister looked from the man to Sarah, finally diverting her gaze./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It had been a very difficult night" Nicki said shrugging her shoulders "Shane got back hurt and Otis didn't get back at all."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah frowned./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Otis?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""The man who shot Carl" Nicki explained nodding her head "He had a wife"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Oh my God" Sarah took a deep breath. Carl had almost died and a woman lose her husband that night. She didn't know them, but she felt so sorry for what happened./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What had Shane said?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nothing" Nicki answered shortly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Knowing that that family, that had helped Rick's child had lost someone just few hours before made Sarah's heart ache, so she did her best to find rocks alongside with her friends to build a grave for the man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"They all stood there as Hershel, the man Nicki had talked to them about, started to make a speech for Otis, inviting them to pray for the man. It felt strange, it felt reassuring to pray for his soul. She thought about everyone that they had lost; Amy, Jim, Jaqui, they had never stopped to pray for them, there was never time, but in that moment she did. She remembered all of them and how important they had been for her, trying to held back those tears that started to form in her eyes. She thought about Carl and how he could easily have been next to Otis. And she thought about Sophia and on how much she didn't want for her to end up like this. She didn't deserve that. She didn't./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shane" Hershel's voice made Sarah look up "Will you speak for Otis?" he asked softly. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Shane's eyes got wide observing the man and he shook his head with a whisper "I'm not good at it. I'm sorry."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah felt for him, he was so broken, so distraught. She wondered what he had seen to make him shake like that./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You were the last one with him." the blond weeping woman begged; she must have been Otis' wife "You shared his final moments. Please. I need to hear. I need to know his death had meaning."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"How do you console a woman that had lost so much? /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah looked over Nicki whose eyes moved from Patricia to Shane. Sarah was sure that nothing would have made her feel better if she had lost her sister. Not even a meaningful death and she got frightened at that thought./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Shane gave in and with a trembling voice he started to tell them how he had hurt his ankle and how Otis had decided to cover for him, because they had to save Carl, they were their last hope. And as they ran, Otis got attacked by walkers and died. Sarah looked over to his widow, feeling more tears roll down her cheeks./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""If not for Otis, I'd have never made it out alive" Shane kept saying "And that goes for Carl, too. It was Otis." Sarah turned to look at Rick and Lori close to each other "He saved us both. If any death ever had meaning, it was his."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"After the funeral, they started to camp outside the house. Sarah smiled sadly setting her and Nicki's tent, it felt so long ago that they had last slept in it, even if it was not like that. So much had had happened in the last few days, that the memory of Amy and of the others seemed so far away./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Do you think we will be stay here?" asked Nicki as she was unrolling the sleeping bag./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I hope so" Sarah answered "Seems safe enough" she smiled, before turning to her sister that had a little frown on her face./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is it?" she asked softly, making Nicki turning to her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's just..." her sister said unsure as Sarah set closer to her "Sophia should be here" she said finally "Lori said that when Carl woke up, he asked of her. He wanted to know if she was safe" Nicki scoffed shaking her head "We are never safe."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are you speaking like that?" she didn't want for her sister to feel hopeless; she was so young./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Because it's the truth, Sarah" Nicki answered honestly, but with not harshness in her voice "We are bound to each other, but we all make mistakes. Only that in this world a mistake of someone means the death of another" Sarah knew what she was implying and she hoped that Nicki was talking that way just due tiredness./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You know it wasn't your fault, what had happened to Sophia" Sarah whispered making her sister turn to her "You've tried to help, you tried all you could" Nicki looked down for a moment before biting her lips./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I should have tried harder." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nicki..." but her sister got up taking the bow and the arrows./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm going to train for a bit" she said before walking out of the tent. Sarah took a breath as she was left alone. She didn't want for Nicolette to feel like this. She had been very brave, she had managed to save Rick, that was something. She had nothing to blame herself on. Not as Sarah felt of herself. She wanted to do something, helping in any way she could, but she would always be left behind./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Maggie is bringing a map" she heard Rick say "So we can figure out what to do next." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She would not be left behind./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah walked out of the tent, to all her group and Maggie and Hershel looking at a map on the hood of one of the cars./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""This is perfect" Rick said as she walked near them. Sarah looked over the piece of paper. It was a pretty big area, but they could surely organize the researches better./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""We'll grid the whole area, start searching in teams" Rick kept saying./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Not you. Not today" Hershel said shaking his head at the sheriff "You gave three units of blood. You wouldn't be hiking five minutes in this heat before passing out" then he turned to Shane "And your ankle, push it now, you'll be laid up a month, no good to anybody." Shane put his hands on his hips, not agreeing with the plan, but his ankle was really looking bad, so he probably should have stay down for a bit./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Guess it's just me." Daryl said making her look towards him that pointed with his finger on the map "I'm gonna head back to the creek, work my way from there."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah hated herself for that, but she didn't like the idea of Daryl going alone. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah!" Glenn's voice made her turn as the others looked in her direction, they seemed all surprised to see her there, but ignoring them she turned to her friend./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is going on?" she asked with a little smile as she saw him struggle setting the tent./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Can you help me?" he asked lifting his baseball cap to push his hair back./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Let me see, come on" she said with a small chuckle, before kneeling down and starting to fix the tent./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You are good with this stuff" Glenn said as he took another piece./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've always liked to fix things; can you give that to me?" she asked with a smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to help."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm sure you do" she said "But that piece is meant for this, not that" Glenn dropped his shoulders as he handled her the piece he was holding. It didn't take her long to set the camping tent, before she noticed Daryl walking away from the others./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""All good here" she said standing up, starting to follow the man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She wasn't even sure why she was following him, but Sarah couldn't stop her feet from doing it. She was so angry at Daryl for how he treated her; but at the same time, she didn't want for him to go alone. As Nicolette had said they all made mistakes, Daryl could be a great hunter, but bad things could happen to him too./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are ya followin' me?" Daryl turned at some point in the middle of the pathway, making her gasp./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shit" she muttered, putting a hand on her chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What do ya want?" he asked again with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to find Sophia" she said after a moment making him groan as he started walking again./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""No" he said but she fastened her pace to keep up with him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm not asking for permission" she argued surpassing him "I'm going, that's it" he suddenly grabbed her by the shoulder making her turn./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Like hell yar going!"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Oh yeah?" she said "Try to stop me" then she turned to walk away again./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya'll get lost" he yelled at her in the distance making her stop "Ya said so. Alone ya get lost. So, if ya want to help stay back."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I can't stay back" she said tiredly. She was so tired of all of that "I need to know that I did something, I need to" he, stood quiet but he started to move towards her "And I'm sorry that I cannot shoot, or orient myself in a freaking forest, but I cannot bear the thought of that girl being outside alone. Everyone is doing their part and I'm the only one who is left out. I hate it!" she said trembling under his gaze. She couldn't keep going on like this./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm scared" she admitted finally "I'm scared to not survive. And I will not."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Stop bein' stupid" he said, but she ignored him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I will not, if I do not try" Sarah exclaimed looking up at him "I don't want to be another lost girl in the woods, please let me try" Daryl studied her as she was doing anything not to cry under his stare. She couldn't understand what he was thinking, she felt like she never could, but Sarah felt better after talking to him, like another weight had been lifted from her chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Here" he said handing her his knife making her eyes go wide as she took the weapon in her hands "Ya goin' to stay close to me all the time. Ya head?" she nodded her head "Not wonderin' around or I'll drag ya back here and make sure ya'll never leave. Are we clear?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I promise" she said nodding her head once again. Daryl observed her biting his lip./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Alright" he muttered "Let's go" as he moved past her, she found herself smiling. She put the knife in between her jeans and her belt and started to follow Daryl. She studied him as they walked next to the wooden house; he was so unpredictable, one moment he yelled at her and acted like an ass, other times he was almost shy and understanding. He was truly a strange man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Daryl" Rick's voice made them turn "Sarah?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hi, Rick" she said with a small smile as the sheriff observed her with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?" asked Daryl making the other man turn to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I thought you were going alone" said Rick./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I was plan to" Daryl said "But she wants to come" she turned to Daryl at his words./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You don't have to, you know" Rick said talking to Daryl, who frowned./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""We got a base" Rick said "We can get this search properly organized now."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Daryl took a breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You got a point or are we just chatting?" Sarah couldn't help but agreeing, she wasn't quite catching what Rick was meaning./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""My point is it lets you off the hook. You don't owe us anything." Sarah looked at Daryl as she noticed him take another breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""My other plans fell through." he said before starting to walk away "Come on, Sarah!" she smiled looking at him and after waving at Rick, she ran to walk next to Daryl. She was curious on what plans he was talking about, but at the same time she felt like giggling, which she must have done, because Daryl turned to her with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's the first time you used my name" she said, making him turn away as they walked of the fences "Isn't it a little bit better?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shut up and move" he said as they started to walk towards the woods./p
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h2 style="margin: 0px;"SARAH/h2
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Morning had arrived and Sarah hadn't slept much. She had been next to Carol for most of the night, trying to reassure her, but since Sophia had not come back that didn't make it an easy task./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've got a protein bar" Sarah said nudging lightly Carol's arm to at least make her eat a bit./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's your last one" Carol said rubbing her red eyes from where she was laying on the bed "You should eat it."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah was hungry, like all of them, but she didn't care./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You hadn't slept" Sarah said "At least eat a bit, you need your energy back. Some of it."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Carol observed her for a moment, with tears still rolling down her cheeks. She didn't seem to like it, but at the end Carol took the protein bar from Sarah's hand. The girl took a relieved breath as she rubbed Carol's arm before getting up and walk out of the RV. She took a deep breath as she stepped out, stretching her arms. It had been a difficult night, Sarah really wanted to help Carol, but she really didn't know how. If she had lost Nicki, she wasn't sure that someone else's words could have helped her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Good morning, Sarah" Dale greeted her as he was putting some canned food on the wood of a car. They were leaving. And she hoped the Sophia would have found them somehow. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya ok?" at Daryl's voice, Sarah glared in his direction before turning to open the door of a car scavenging a little more. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She could be useless, but at least she could find something more./p
/div
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"The night before, Daryl had decided to get up from where he was laying inside the RV, making Sarah turn to look at him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Where are you going?" she asked in a whisper moving closer, as he bent down to take his crossbow./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Gonna look for ta girl" he said stepping towards the door, but she stopped him putting an hand on his forearm./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You said it is dangerous in the dark" she whispered. He would have been alone. how did he manage not to be scared? What if he got lost, or hurt?/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"When his eyes fixed on her hand, Sarah let him go looking away./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Thought ya wanted to find her" he said, making her glare at him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Of course, I want to" she whisper-yelled "I just..." the girl stopped to take a breath, not even knowing why she was panicking so much. Daryl had been in many hunts alone. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Are you going alone?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest and she saw him chew his cheeks before nodding his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Done it before"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Yeah..." she said at his answer. It was true, he had left for days trying to find them food and for the first time she realized that they were so used to him provide for them that no one gave him much attention for that./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Daryl observed her for a moment before opening the door. Sarah turned briefly towards Carol who was still sobbing. They needed to find Sophia, but at the same time she felt like it was so much dangerous for Daryl, so she followed./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to come with you" she said, making him stop and turn to her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nah, yar not" Daryl answered starting to walk once more, but Sarah fastened her pace to move in front of him, trying to stop his steps putting a hand on his chest for a moment./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why not?" she asked "'It is dangerous in the dark, more people would get lost' you said that" /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Yah, and ya woulda be one of them" he answered harshly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?" she exclaimed stopping him again as he tried to move pass her./p
/div
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Move aside" he growled./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to come with you!" she insisted making the man take a heavy breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Told ya before ya not wondrin' around" he said raising his voice./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why not?!" she argued back./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Don't need to babysit ya while I'm searching for ta girl!" at her words, she couldn't help but widening her eyes./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You're an asshole" she spat, before they could hear Dale coming closer./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is happening here?" he asked looking around making sure that no walkers had been attracted by all that noise as the two of them took a step back from each other./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""He wants to go search for Sophia, alone" Sarah explained./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""l'm gonna walk the road" Daryl said looking at Dale before turning to Sarah that was still glaring at him "Shine some light in the forest."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sounds like a good plan" Andrea said walking closer "I'm coming too" Sarah turned to Daryl widening her eyes even more when he saw nod his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Are you kidding right now?" she exclaimed towards the man./p
/div
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya are not wondrin' around" he insisted "Stay inside, with Carol"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You can't tell me what to do" she raised her voice, making Dale trying to shush her but the girl ignored him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Stop being stupid an' get inside the RV" he roared making a step closer. They looked at each other for a moment and Sarah couldn't help but feeling her eyes fill with tears./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why do you always have to be so mean to me?" she said before moving past him to go back inside the RV./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah was getting tired of all of that. She was sorry that she couldn't shoot a damn arrow or a stupid gun, but it wasn't like she had ever had the opportunity to do so. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Asked if ya ok" Daryl's voice came from behind her, as she was still bent down inside a car trying to take everything that was useful./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm fine" she said getting out and shutting harshly the door of the car, not giving a glance to him as she moved towards another car. Sarah took a deep breath as she heard him following her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are you following me?" she asked bitterly opening the hood of a car to check inside "You said it, don't need to babysit me. Not that I ever wanted to." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya need ta stop acting crazy" he said from behind her, making her scoff, before turning to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I just wanted to help, you stupid ass" she said angrily, making him take a breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Gettin' in danger is not help" he said making her chuckle bitterly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""That applies to me, but not to Andrea" she answered crossing her arms over her chest glaring at the woman. She couldn't stand it, being looked from him like that. Like she was useless./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You made very clear your thoughts about me" she said starting to walk away as he frowned at her "More than once."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey!" Daryl exclaimed as she paced./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've got a name!" she answered turning angrily "I'm not 'girl', I'm not 'hey' or 'crazy'. I'm Sarah." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"The ride was silent inside the RV as they moved towards the farm Nicki had talked about. She was set down with her fingers against her lips as she saw the landscape moving pass her. Carol was still on the bed, as Dale drove and Andrea was set across from Sarah./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Never seen you so angry" Andrea commented at some point./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Never been so eager to talk to me" Sarah answered glaring at her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is your problem?" at the woman's question, Sarah just chuckled bitterly before turning towards the window again. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She was tired. That was the truth. She was tired of everything. Being afraid, feeling left behind. She wanted to do something for this group, they had done so much for her and Nicolette, it was the right thing to do. Sarah needed to find a way./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Before she knew it, her eyes finally closed. She hadn't slept all night to be next to Carol, worrying about Sophia and Carl and for the anger towards both Daryl and Andrea. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sweety" a gentle shook of her shoulder made Sarah open her eyes, to see Carol bend over her with a kind smile and tired eyes "We're here."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah nodded her head before rubbing her eyes to get rid of her sleepy eyes./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"As she stepped out of the RV, the girl needed to shield her eyes form the strong day light. When she was finally able to see once again, she looked around herself. There was a white house in front of them, and so much green soil around her, with fences to outline the perimeter. It was like being in a dream, she had never seen anything more beautiful in so much time./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah" as she turned, she had been enveloped in Glenn's strong hug./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey" she said patting his back before being released by her friend./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You ok?" he asked with a little frown. Sarah's eyes moved instinctively towards Daryl, that was looking at her chewing his lip, before turning to Rick./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's alright" Sarah said giving her attention back to Glenn "How's Carl?" she felt a weight being lifted from her chest as she saw Glenn smile, before gesturing to Lori, that was now hugging Carol. Sarah smiled at her friend before walking towards the woman; she put a hand on her shoulder to get her attention and as Lori turned, she embraced her too, with a little chuckle./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""He is alright" Lori whispered to her slightly shaking, making the girl smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Thank God" she said "We needed to hear good news" Lori sobbed happily as she let Sarah go, that started to look around./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nicolette?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""She had slept more than usual" Lori said nodding her head "She was exhausted last night" Sarah looked towards the house, feeling apprehension thinking about what her sister might have experienced that night./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah?" at her sister's voice, Sarah smiled before fastening her pace to hug Nicolette./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hey" she said as she held her little sister "How are you?" Nicki looked at her shrugging her shoulders./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm good" she answered "Even the little shit, he pulled through" Sarah smiled at the nickname./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""So, I've heard" then she noticed Nicki looking at a side and following her eyes she noticed Shane. Sarah frowned a little, noticing his different haircut./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What has happened to Shane?" Sarah asked, making her sister nod./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I wonder the same thing" at Nicki's words Sarah felt confused./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What do you mean?" her sister was studying Shane, she did that sometimes with people, quietly watching them every move. It was never easy to understand why Nicki focused on someone, unless she decided to speak. Her little sister looked from the man to Sarah, finally diverting her gaze./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It had been a very difficult night" Nicki said shrugging her shoulders "Shane got back hurt and Otis didn't get back at all."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah frowned./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Otis?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""The man who shot Carl" Nicki explained nodding her head "He had a wife"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Oh my God" Sarah took a deep breath. Carl had almost died and a woman lose her husband that night. She didn't know them, but she felt so sorry for what happened./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What had Shane said?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nothing" Nicki answered shortly./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Knowing that that family, that had helped Rick's child had lost someone just few hours before made Sarah's heart ache, so she did her best to find rocks alongside with her friends to build a grave for the man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"They all stood there as Hershel, the man Nicki had talked to them about, started to make a speech for Otis, inviting them to pray for the man. It felt strange, it felt reassuring to pray for his soul. She thought about everyone that they had lost; Amy, Jim, Jaqui, they had never stopped to pray for them, there was never time, but in that moment she did. She remembered all of them and how important they had been for her, trying to held back those tears that started to form in her eyes. She thought about Carl and how he could easily have been next to Otis. And she thought about Sophia and on how much she didn't want for her to end up like this. She didn't deserve that. She didn't./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shane" Hershel's voice made Sarah look up "Will you speak for Otis?" he asked softly. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Shane's eyes got wide observing the man and he shook his head with a whisper "I'm not good at it. I'm sorry."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah felt for him, he was so broken, so distraught. She wondered what he had seen to make him shake like that./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You were the last one with him." the blond weeping woman begged; she must have been Otis' wife "You shared his final moments. Please. I need to hear. I need to know his death had meaning."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"How do you console a woman that had lost so much? /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah looked over Nicki whose eyes moved from Patricia to Shane. Sarah was sure that nothing would have made her feel better if she had lost her sister. Not even a meaningful death and she got frightened at that thought./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Shane gave in and with a trembling voice he started to tell them how he had hurt his ankle and how Otis had decided to cover for him, because they had to save Carl, they were their last hope. And as they ran, Otis got attacked by walkers and died. Sarah looked over to his widow, feeling more tears roll down her cheeks./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""If not for Otis, I'd have never made it out alive" Shane kept saying "And that goes for Carl, too. It was Otis." Sarah turned to look at Rick and Lori close to each other "He saved us both. If any death ever had meaning, it was his."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"After the funeral, they started to camp outside the house. Sarah smiled sadly setting her and Nicki's tent, it felt so long ago that they had last slept in it, even if it was not like that. So much had had happened in the last few days, that the memory of Amy and of the others seemed so far away./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Do you think we will be stay here?" asked Nicki as she was unrolling the sleeping bag./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I hope so" Sarah answered "Seems safe enough" she smiled, before turning to her sister that had a little frown on her face./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is it?" she asked softly, making Nicki turning to her./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's just..." her sister said unsure as Sarah set closer to her "Sophia should be here" she said finally "Lori said that when Carl woke up, he asked of her. He wanted to know if she was safe" Nicki scoffed shaking her head "We are never safe."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are you speaking like that?" she didn't want for her sister to feel hopeless; she was so young./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Because it's the truth, Sarah" Nicki answered honestly, but with not harshness in her voice "We are bound to each other, but we all make mistakes. Only that in this world a mistake of someone means the death of another" Sarah knew what she was implying and she hoped that Nicki was talking that way just due tiredness./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You know it wasn't your fault, what had happened to Sophia" Sarah whispered making her sister turn to her "You've tried to help, you tried all you could" Nicki looked down for a moment before biting her lips./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I should have tried harder." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Nicki..." but her sister got up taking the bow and the arrows./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm going to train for a bit" she said before walking out of the tent. Sarah took a breath as she was left alone. She didn't want for Nicolette to feel like this. She had been very brave, she had managed to save Rick, that was something. She had nothing to blame herself on. Not as Sarah felt of herself. She wanted to do something, helping in any way she could, but she would always be left behind./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Maggie is bringing a map" she heard Rick say "So we can figure out what to do next." /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She would not be left behind./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah walked out of the tent, to all her group and Maggie and Hershel looking at a map on the hood of one of the cars./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""This is perfect" Rick said as she walked near them. Sarah looked over the piece of paper. It was a pretty big area, but they could surely organize the researches better./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""We'll grid the whole area, start searching in teams" Rick kept saying./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Not you. Not today" Hershel said shaking his head at the sheriff "You gave three units of blood. You wouldn't be hiking five minutes in this heat before passing out" then he turned to Shane "And your ankle, push it now, you'll be laid up a month, no good to anybody." Shane put his hands on his hips, not agreeing with the plan, but his ankle was really looking bad, so he probably should have stay down for a bit./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Guess it's just me." Daryl said making her look towards him that pointed with his finger on the map "I'm gonna head back to the creek, work my way from there."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Sarah hated herself for that, but she didn't like the idea of Daryl going alone. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Sarah!" Glenn's voice made her turn as the others looked in her direction, they seemed all surprised to see her there, but ignoring them she turned to her friend./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What is going on?" she asked with a little smile as she saw him struggle setting the tent./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Can you help me?" he asked lifting his baseball cap to push his hair back./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Let me see, come on" she said with a small chuckle, before kneeling down and starting to fix the tent./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You are good with this stuff" Glenn said as he took another piece./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I've always liked to fix things; can you give that to me?" she asked with a smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to help."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm sure you do" she said "But that piece is meant for this, not that" Glenn dropped his shoulders as he handled her the piece he was holding. It didn't take her long to set the camping tent, before she noticed Daryl walking away from the others./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""All good here" she said standing up, starting to follow the man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"She wasn't even sure why she was following him, but Sarah couldn't stop her feet from doing it. She was so angry at Daryl for how he treated her; but at the same time, she didn't want for him to go alone. As Nicolette had said they all made mistakes, Daryl could be a great hunter, but bad things could happen to him too./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Why are ya followin' me?" Daryl turned at some point in the middle of the pathway, making her gasp./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shit" she muttered, putting a hand on her chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What do ya want?" he asked again with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I want to find Sophia" she said after a moment making him groan as he started walking again./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""No" he said but she fastened her pace to keep up with him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm not asking for permission" she argued surpassing him "I'm going, that's it" he suddenly grabbed her by the shoulder making her turn./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Like hell yar going!"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Oh yeah?" she said "Try to stop me" then she turned to walk away again./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Ya'll get lost" he yelled at her in the distance making her stop "Ya said so. Alone ya get lost. So, if ya want to help stay back."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I can't stay back" she said tiredly. She was so tired of all of that "I need to know that I did something, I need to" he, stood quiet but he started to move towards her "And I'm sorry that I cannot shoot, or orient myself in a freaking forest, but I cannot bear the thought of that girl being outside alone. Everyone is doing their part and I'm the only one who is left out. I hate it!" she said trembling under his gaze. She couldn't keep going on like this./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I'm scared" she admitted finally "I'm scared to not survive. And I will not."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Stop bein' stupid" he said, but she ignored him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I will not, if I do not try" Sarah exclaimed looking up at him "I don't want to be another lost girl in the woods, please let me try" Daryl studied her as she was doing anything not to cry under his stare. She couldn't understand what he was thinking, she felt like she never could, but Sarah felt better after talking to him, like another weight had been lifted from her chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Here" he said handing her his knife making her eyes go wide as she took the weapon in her hands "Ya goin' to stay close to me all the time. Ya head?" she nodded her head "Not wonderin' around or I'll drag ya back here and make sure ya'll never leave. Are we clear?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I promise" she said nodding her head once again. Daryl observed her biting his lip./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Alright" he muttered "Let's go" as he moved past her, she found herself smiling. She put the knife in between her jeans and her belt and started to follow Daryl. She studied him as they walked next to the wooden house; he was so unpredictable, one moment he yelled at her and acted like an ass, other times he was almost shy and understanding. He was truly a strange man./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Daryl" Rick's voice made them turn "Sarah?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Hi, Rick" she said with a small smile as the sheriff observed her with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?" asked Daryl making the other man turn to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I thought you were going alone" said Rick./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""I was plan to" Daryl said "But she wants to come" she turned to Daryl at his words./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You don't have to, you know" Rick said talking to Daryl, who frowned./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""We got a base" Rick said "We can get this search properly organized now."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"Daryl took a breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""You got a point or are we just chatting?" Sarah couldn't help but agreeing, she wasn't quite catching what Rick was meaning./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""My point is it lets you off the hook. You don't owe us anything." Sarah looked at Daryl as she noticed him take another breath./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""My other plans fell through." he said before starting to walk away "Come on, Sarah!" she smiled looking at him and after waving at Rick, she ran to walk next to Daryl. She was curious on what plans he was talking about, but at the same time she felt like giggling, which she must have done, because Daryl turned to her with a frown./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""What?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""It's the first time you used my name" she said, making him turn away as they walked of the fences "Isn't it a little bit better?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;""Shut up and move" he said as they started to walk towards the woods./p
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