Surviving the Dead
I moved around my trailer gathering up clothes and supplies that I was gonna need for my trip to Alexandria when there was a knock on the door, "Come in"
"Hey, heading out?" Jesus asked me and I turned to face him, it had been a week since we got back and I hadn't gotten any word on Maggie or Carol so I figured I'd head there
"Yeah as soon as I get everything gathered up." I tell him putting stuff in my bag
"Taking your bike?"
"Yeah, I managed to get enough gas to get me there, maybe back if need be." I said and put the last item in my bag then turned to face him slinging it over my shoulder and I saw the look on his face, "What?"
"Nothing, be safe." He says and I walk over to him
"Listen Jesus, I'm always gonna be safe, no matter what, but um just in case I'm not.." I started to say and I leaned up and kissed him, he tensed at first but as he started to relax I pulled away and looked at him, "Well um..see you later." I say and walk out of my trailer walking over to my bike, getting on and leaving, "You're so stupid Samantha." I mumbled to myself as I drove down the road
I drove up to the gates and saw Rick, Morgan, Sasha, Abraham and another guy standing there, Rick opened the gate for me and I drove in, "What's going on?"
"Carol's gone, so is Glenn, Michonne, Rosita...and Daryl" Rick tells me and I get back on my bike, "Whoa where are you going?"
"After my brother, why the hell would he take off?"
"A few Saviors ran into him Rosita and Denise the other day, one of them killed Denise, Daryl's not to happy about it." Rick informed me and I sighed, "I'm sorry Sam but I can't let you leave and go after him"
"Why the hell not?"
"I need you here, with them I need you to help out, your one of the strongest fighters here." He says and I hesitated then started my bike and drove to Daryl's house.
I was sitting with Maggie in the kitchen when she gets up and walks over to the door letting Enid in, "Scott said you were looking for me? What's up?"
"I need some more help." Maggie tells her handing her a pair of scissors
After about 20 or so minutes of Enid snipping away at Maggie's hair I handed Maggie a mirror and she looked at herself
"I like it. But why?" Enid asked her
"Hmm. I have to keep going. And I don't want anything getting in my way." Maggie tells her then grunts and leans forward a bit, I sat upright and looked at her
"Man, did I go too short? I-I only used to cut my dad's." Enid tells her
"No, it's not that." Maggie tells her and leans forward more
"Maggie?" I asked getting up and she screamed falling to the floor but I grabbed her so she wouldn't hurt herself, "Maggie. Maggie!" I held my arms around her as she screamed and whimpered, "Enid go get Rick now!" I tell her and she runs out, "It's ok I got you, I got you." I whispered to Maggie as she held her stomach
"It's ok I got you." I tell Maggie as she lays on the bed in the back of the RV, We left just a little bit ago to bring her to the Hilltop to our doctor, after Aaron left Rick walked in and I walked out giving them privacy.
Rick walked out and told me Maggie wanted me to go back in, I walked in and sat down next to her, "You ok?"
"I'm holding on...Sam if anything happens..."
"Stop, you both are gonna be fine." I tell her and she grabs my hand
"If anything happens to me or Glenn we want you to take care of the baby." She tells me and tears form in my eyes.
"God you suck with timing," I tell her and she gives a light chuckle, "I'll do anything to protect him...or her, but you both are gonna be fine and I will get to spoil the living hell out of this kid." She smiles and I feel the RV stop, "I'll be right back" I stood up and walked over to Rick and see people in the road.
"What?" Rick asked Abraham
"Enemy close. We doing this?"
"No." Rick tells him and Abraham puts the RV in park and Rick gets out and I follow him
"He's someone who was with a whole lot of someones who didn't listen." One of the guys says
"We can make a deal right here, right now." Rick says to them
"hat's right, we can. Give us all your stuff. We'll probably have to kill one of you. That's just the way it is, but then we can start moving forward on business. All you have to do is listen."
"Yeah... that deal's not gonna work for us. Fact is, I was about to ask for all of your stuff, only I'm thinking I don't have to kill any of you. Any more of you." Rick says and one guy shakes a can of spray paint and paints it on the dead body in front of them
"Sorry, my deal is the only deal. We don't negotiate."
Rick motions for us to get back in the RV, I stay by the door as the others go in waiting for Rick, "Me and my people are leaving."
"Okay, friend. Plenty of ways to get to where you're going."
"You want to make today your last day on Earth?" Rick asked him stopping by the door
"No, but that is a good thing to bring up. Think about it. What if it's the last day on Earth for you? For someone you love? What if that's true? Maybe you should be extra nice to those people in that RV, 'cause you never know. Just like that. Be kind to each other. Like you said... like it was your last day on Earth."
"You do the same" Rick tells him and we get in
"Logrun Road's a straight shot." I tell them looking at the map with Eugene and Sasha
"We want visibility."
"There, you got it on Shelton. Golf course, country clubs, sloping terrain. No bum rush from the bogeyman. We'd see them from a good piece. It is a longer trip by a third, but we'd get the scenic safety of clear-cut dingles and glens." Eugene tells her
"You're being serious, right?" Sasha asked him
"As coronary thrombosis."
"You got a route?" Rick asked her walking over
"Yeah."
"Let's go" He says and I look out the window at the walker hitting the side of the RV, I have to get Maggie there, even if I die trying.
"Bitch nuts." I hear Abraham say and I get up to look out the window and Rick joins
"We making our stand?" Sasha asked him
"Yeah, we end it." Carl tells her
"No, not now. They've been waiting. They're ready. With one of us behind the wheel, that's five on 16. We're gonna play it our way, how we want it. Right?" He asked Carl
"Right."
"All right, go slow." He tells Abraham who puts the RV in reverse
"How are we on gas?" Rick asked
"Half a tank. I pulled some more cans before we left."
"Those weren't the same men who blocked the road the first time." I point out
"Same outfit, different soldiers. They got numbers." Abraham tells Rick
"Yeah, we keep driving, we get her there."
"We will." Sasha says
"If we have to shove each and every one of them up their own asses." Abraham adds and the RV slows down as he stops it
"We can't go through it. Can't risk the RV. You stay behind the wheel, just in case. We'll clear it." Rick tells him and he gets out followed by the rest of us with our guns raised
"Putting together a red rover like that takes people. A lot of them." Eugene tells us
"Come on, let's do this." Rick said grabbing his knife
"Dad. That's Michonne's." Carl tells him and I see a piece of Michonne's hair on a walker and I look over at another one and my heart stops
"That's Daryl's." I said seeing two of his bolts in it, then there's gunfire aiming at our feet
"Get back to the RV! Go!" Rick orders us and I pull Carl with me as the others start firing at the trees, I see Rick cut a walkers arm giving us our passage then we get in and drive away
"She's burning up." I tell Rick walking out of the room Maggie was in and I hear the RV squeal
"Rick." Abraham says and I look forward seeing more people in the road
"Son of a bitch" I whisper under my breath
"Go back." Rick tells him
"Where?"
We walk up to another block in the road, only this time it was trees
"These tracks...they would indicate they not only have people, but some big-ass toys and capabilities." Eugene points out
"What it indicates is we are neck-deep up shit creek with our mouths wide open." Abraham says and suddenly there's a scream and we see a man dangling from the bridge, "Don't." He tells Aaron who's pointing his gun at the man
"I can try and break the chain."
"It won't work." Abraham says to him
"It won't work." I add, "And we need the bullets." I said and the guy dies, just then the trees behind us start on fire.
"You're treating your people good, right? Like it was your last day on Earth? Or maybe one of theirs? You better go. It's gonna get hot. You go get where you're going." We hear a savior tells us and I point my gun up but Rick moves it down
"Go, go" He says and I feel someone pull me back into the RV and we leave
"So, what's the play?" Abraham asked after we got away and stopped then Rick came out
"She needs a doctor."
"There are two more routes north from here." I tell them looking at the map
"They're probably waiting for us right now." Aaron tells me
"So, they're ahead of us, probably behind us. But they're not waiting on us, per se, they're waiting on this rust bucket. And they don't know the moment-to-moment occupancy of said rust-bucket. And the sun sets soon." Eugene says and I look at him, I knew what he was thinking
I finished getting Maggie set up on the stretcher we were gonna carry her on, "Don't worry Maggie, I'll get you both there." I tell her and she slowly nods her head and we carry her out then make for the woods
"Aaron, please. Just let me walk it." Maggie tells him as me and her walk next to her
"Relax. Just a few more miles."
"Ain't no way in hell I'm letting you off this thing until we get there" I tell her and she looks at me as I put my hand on her shoulder
"I heard what you told her when we were leaving. We can do anything, 'cause we'll do anything we need to do. We have and we happened to Denise, I'm not gonna let anybody die like that again." I hear Carl tell Rick
"Son..." Rick started to say but he stopped when we heard whistling
"What?" I asked him
"Go! Go!" Rick tells us and we start moving faster as the whistling continues
We keep going but stop when a light shines at us and we are surrounded by Saviors, "Good. You made it. Welcome to where you're going. We'll take your weapons. Now." The one Savior tells us and I aim my gun at him standing next to Maggie and I see Eugene on his knees
"We can talk about-" Rick starts to say
"We're done talking. Time to listen." The savior tells him and a few come over taking our guns from us, "That's yours, right?" He asked Carl indicating to his gun, "Yeah, it's yours. Okay. Let's get her down and get you all on your knees." He tells us and two men walk over but I step in front of them, "Lots to cover."
"We got it." I tell them and they grin at me
"Sure, sure." The savior said, me and Aaron help Maggie off the stretcher and I hold onto her so she doesn't fall then help her to the ground
"I got you" I whisper to her kneeling next to her
"Dwight!" The savior yells
"Yeah."
"Chop-chop." He says and the guy goes over to a van
"Come on. You got people to meet." He says and I see a couple guys bring out Daryl, I fought so hard from running over to him, he had a blanket on him and I saw blood, he looked at me and I fought back tears, then I see Michonne, Rosita and Glenn follow him
"Maggie?" Glenn asked
"On your knees!" Dwight tells him grabbing him forcing him to kneel, I kept my eyes on Daryl who looked horrible
"All right! We got a full boat. Let's meet the man." The savior says and knocks on the door of the RV, shortly after a man comes out, leather jacket, red scarf and a barbed wire bat.
"Pissing our pants yet? Boy, do I have a feeling we're getting close. Yep. It's gonna be pee-pee pants city here real soon. Which one of you pricks is the leader?" The man asked
"It's this one. He's the guy." The Savior tells him and the man walks over to Rick
"Hi. You're Rick, right? I'm Negan. And I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my people to kill your people for killing my people, you killed more of my people. Not cool. Not cool. You have no idea how not cool that shit is. But I think you're gonna be up to speed shortly. Yeah. You are so gonna regret crossing me in a few minutes. Yes, you are. You see, Rick, whatever you do, no matter what, you don't mess with the new world order. And the new world order is this, and it's really very simple. So, even if you're stupid, which you very may well be, you can understand it. You ready? Here goes. Pay attention. Give me your shit...or I will kill you. Today was career day. We invested a lot so you would know who I am and what I can do. You work for me now. You have shit, you give it to me. That's your job. Now, I know that is a mighty big, nasty pill to swallow, but swallow it you most certainly will. You ruled the roost. You built something. You thought you were safe. I get it. But the word is out. You are not safe. Not even close. In fact, you are pegged, more pegged if you don't do what I want. And what I want is half your shit. And if that's too much, you can make, find, or steal more, and it'll even out sooner or later. This is your way of life now. The more you fight back, the harder it will be. So, if someone knocks on your door...you let us in. We own that door. You try to stop us and we will knock it down. You understand?" He asked Rick, "What, no answer? You don't really think that you were gonna get through this without being punished, now, did you? I don't want to kill you people. Just want to make that clear from the get-go. I want you to work for me. You can't do that if you're dead, now, can you? I'm not growing a garden. But you killed my people, a whole damn lot of them. More than I'm comfortable with. And for that, for that you're gonna pay. So, now... I'm gonna beat the holy hell outta one of you." He says and I look at Daryl then at the ground, "This- this is Lucille, and she is awesome. All this, all this is just so we can pick out which one of you gets the honor." Negan inhales sharply in front of Abraham and rubs his chin, "Huh. Ugh, I gotta shave this shit. You got one of our guns. Whoa. Yeah. You got a lot of our guns." He stops in front of Carl, "Shit, kid, lighten up. At least cry a little." He walks away stropping in front of Maggie, "Jesus. You look shitty. I should just put you out of your misery right now." He said and I was about to move but Glenn does it instead
"No! No!" He yells but gets pulled back and a couple saviors beat him
"Stop it! God-!" Maggie pleaded and I put my hand on her shoulder
"Nope. Nope, get him back in line." Negan tells them, "All right, listen. Don't any of you do that again. I will shut that shit down, no exceptions. First one's free. It's an emotional moment, I get it. Sucks, don't it? The moment you realize you don't know shit. This is your kid, right?" Negan asked Rick, "This is definitely your kid."
"Just stop this!" Rick pleaded
"Hey! Do not make me kill the little future serial killer. Don't make it easy on me. I gotta pick somebody. Everybody's at the table waiting for me to order." He says and whistles, "I simply cannot decide. I got an idea." He says and moves over to Rick and points his bat at him, "Eenie..." To Maggie, "meenie..." Abraham, "miney..." Michonne "mo..." Rosita "catch..." Daryl, no "a tiger..." me "by...his toe." Sasha "If..." Aaron "he hollers..." Eugene "let him go. My mother..." Carl "told me..." me again "to pick the very best one..." Rick "and you... are..." He lands on his choice "it. Anybody moves, anybody says anything, cut the boy's other eye out and feed it to his father and then we'll start. You can breathe, you can blink, you can cry. Hell, you're all gonna be doing that." He says and swings his bat on their head, "Ho! Ho! Look at that. Taking it like a champ!" He says and hits them again, over and over as I kneel there watching it happen and I look at Daryl, then I thought about Jesus and the last moment we had, I kissed him, I kissed hi and I left not knowing what would have happened next. Why couldn't I have just told him how I felt?
"Suck... my... nuts." Abraham struggles to say after Negan hit the first time and then hits him again
"Did you hear that? He said, "Suck my nuts." Phew." after a few more blows he holds up his bat, "Oh, my goodness! Look at this! You guys, look at my dirty girl! Sweetheart... Lay your eyes on this." He tells Rosita, "Oh, damn. Were you - Were you together? That sucks. But if you were, you should know there was a reason for all this. Red - and hell, he was, is, and will ever be red. He just took one or six or seven for the team! So take...a damn look."
"Leave her alone" I mumble and he walks over to me
"What was that?"
I looked up at him and saw Daryl try to move out the corner of my eye, "I said, leave her alone."
"You got spunk girl, but I do not appreciate the attitude." He says and stands up, "Maybe I should have you join him." He tells me then I see Daryl jump up and punch him in the face
"Daryl!" I shouted at him as a couple saviors take him down and tears roll down my face
"No! Oh, no. That? Oh, my! That... is a no-no. The whole thing - not one bit of that shit flies here."
"Do you want me to do it?" Dwight asked him pointing Daryl's crossbow at him, "Right here."
"No. No, you don't kill them...not until you try a little." Negan tells him and they move Daryl back to his spot and I look at him, "And anyway... that's not how it works. Now, I already told you people - first one's free, then - what'd I say? I said I would shut that sh1t down! No exceptions. Now, I don't know what kind of lying assholes you've been dealing with... but I'm a man of my word. First impressions are important. I need you to know me. So... back to it." He says and brings the bat down on Glenn, No, I thought to myself as I watched my best friend, Maggie's husband, get killed, "Buddy, you still there?" He asked Glenn who was trying to speak, "I just don't know. It seems like you're trying to speak, but you just took a hell of a hit. I just popped your skull so hard, your eyeball just popped out, and it is gross as shit!"
"Maggie, I'll find you." Glenn gurgles out and I put my hand on hers as she sobbed while Negan started hitting him again and again
"Oh. Oh, hell. I can see this is hard on you guys, I am sorry. I truly am. But I did say it. No exceptions!" He said and beat Glenn some more, tears rolled down my face and my heart was breaking listening to Maggie, "Lucille is thirsty. She is a vampire bat." He says and I squeeze Maggie's hand, "What? Was the joke that bad?"
"I'm gonna kill you." I hear Rick tell him
"What? I didn't quite catch that. You're gonna have to speak up."
"Not today...not tomorrow...but I'm gonna kill you." Rick says again
"Jesus. Simon...what did he have, a knife?" Negan asked
"Uh, he had a hatchet."
"A hatchet?" Negan asked him
"He had an ax."
"Simon's my right-hand man. Having one of those is important. I mean, what do you have left without them? A whole lot of work. Do you have one? Maybe one of these fine people still breathing? Oh. Or did I..." He indicated to Abraham and Glenn, "Sure. Yeah. Give me his ax." He says and the guy brings it over, Negan looks at Rick then grabs him dragging him to the RV, "I'll be right back. Maybe Rick will be with me. And if not, well, we can just turn these people inside out, won't we? I mean... the ones that are left." He says and gets in, after the Engine sputters it started and they drove off
After finally returning Negan pushes Rick out of the RV, "Here we are. Let me ask you something, Rick -do you even know what that little trip was about?" Negan asked him but he stayed quiet, "Speak when you're spoken to. That trip was about the way that you looked at me. I wanted to change that. I wanted you to understand. But you're still looking at me the same damn way... like I shit in your scrambled eggs, and that's not gonna work. So...do I give you another chance?"
"Yeah, yes, yes" Rick answered
"Okay. All right. And here it is -the grand-prize game. What you do next will decide whether your crap day becomes everyone's last crap day or just another crap day. Get some guns to the back of their heads." He tells the Saviours and a few move behind us pointing guns at our heads, "Good. Now... level with their noses, so if you have to fire...it'll be a real mess. Kid..." He says to Carl, "Right here. Kid...now." He tells him and Carl moves over to him, "You a southpaw?"
"Am I a what?" Carl asked him
"You a lefty?" Negan asked
"No."
"Good." He tells him taking off his belt and tying it on Carl's arm, "That hurt?"
"No."
"Should. It's supposed to. All right. Get down on the ground, kid, next to Daddy. Spread them wings. Simon... you got a pen?"
"Yeah." He says and throwing the pen to Negan
"Sorry, kid. This is gonna be as cold as a warlock's ballsack, just like he was hanging his ballsack above you and dragging it right across the forearm. There you go. Gives you a little leverage."
"Please. Please. Please don't. Please don't." Rick pleaded to him
"Me? I ain't doing shit. Ahh. Rick, I want you to take your ax... cut your son's left arm off, right on that line. Now, I know-I know. You're gonna have to process that for a second. That makes sense. Still, though, I'm gonna need you to do it, or all these people are gonna die. Then Carl dies, then the people back home die...and then you, eventually. I'm gonna keep you breathing for a few years, just so you can stew on it."
"You - You don't have to do this. We understand. We understand." Michoone begged him
"You understand. Yeah. I'm not sure that Rick does. I'm gonna need a clean cut right there on that line. Now, I know this is a screwed-up thing to ask, but it's gonna have to be like a salami slice - nothing messy, clean, 45 degrees - give us something to fold over. We got a great doctor. The kid'll be fine. Probably. Rick... this needs to happen now - chop, chop - or I will crush the little fella's skull myself."
"It can - It can - It can be me. It can be me. W-W- Y-You can do it to me. I c- I can go with - with you." Rick pleads
"No. This is the only way. Rick... pick up the ax. Not making a decision is a big decision. You really want to see all these people die? You will. You will see every ugly thing. Oh, my God. Are you gonna make me count? Okay, Rick. You win. I am counting. 3!"
"Please." Rick started crying, "Please. It can be me. Please!"
"2!"
"Please, don't do-" Rick pleads more and I squeeze Maggie's hand trying to hold myself back
"This is it."
"Aaah!" Rick yelled
"1."
"Dad... just do it. Just do it." Carl tells him and Rick cries some more then brings his arm up but Negan stopped him
"Rick. You answer to me. You provide for me. You belong to me. Right? Speak when you're spoken to! You answer to me. You provide for me."
"Provide for you." Rick repeats what he said
"You belong to me, right?!" Negan asked him
"Right. Right."
"That... is the look I wanted to see. We did it... all of us, together... even the dead guys on the ground. Hell, they get the spirit award, for sure." Negan said and sighed, "Today was a productive damn day! Now, I hope, for all your sake... that you get it now... that you understand how things work. Things have changed. Whatever you had going for you... that is over now. Ah. Dwight...load him up." He indicates to Daryl and I see Dwight grab him, I was about to move to rush over to him but Sasha and Maggie held me back
"No" I whispered locking eyes with my big brother before they shut the door, "No" I cried and Maggie squeezed my hand.
"He's got guts -not a little bitch like someone I know. I like him. He's mine now. But you still want to try something? "Not today, not tomorrow." "Not today, not tomorrow"? I will cut pieces off of... Hell's his name?" Negan asked Simon
"Daryl."
"Wow. That actually sounds right. I will cut pieces off of Daryl and put them on your doorstep-or, better yet, I will bring him to you and have you do it for me. Ahh! Welcome to a brand-new beginning, you sorry shits! I'm gonna leave you a truck. Keep it. Use it to cart all the crap you're gonna find me. We'll be back for our first offering in one week. Until then... ta-ta." He tells us and they drive away, I get up and start to run after them but I feel someone grab me and I see it was Aaron, I fall to the ground crying as Aaron hugged me.
"Maggie" I hear Rick say and I move away from Aaron over to her as she stands, "Maggie, Maggie you need to sit down"
"No."
"We need to get you to the Hilltop." I tell her and she shakes her head
"You need to go get ready." She tells Rick
"For what?"
"To fight them." She says and moves away from me
"They have Daryl. They have an army. We would die - all of us."
"Go home. Take everybody with you. I can get there by myself." She says with her voice breaking
"You can barely stand up." I tell her
"I need to go. You need to go to Alexandria." She says breathing heavily, "You were out - out here for me."
"We still are." Rick says
"I can make it now. I need you to go back. I can't have you out here. I can't have you all out here anymore. I need you to go back."
"Maggie...I'm not letting you go alone, okay?" I said to her
"You have to."
"It's not gonna happen." I tell her and Sasha walks up to us
"We'll take her. We're gonna get her there. We'll gonna keep her safe." Sasha says to them and looked at Maggie, "I'm not giving you a choice."
"I'm taking him with me." She indicated to Glenn, her voice breaks and she bends down trying to lift him but Rick puts his hand on her shoulder, "I need to do this. Please"
"We need to help you." Aaron tells her
"I got it. I got it." Carl says putting his hands on her shoulders pulling her up
"Pl- Pl- Please let us. He- He's our family, t- He's our family, too." Rick says and Maggie moves going into Carl's arms
"You're okay." He reassured her as Rick, Aaron and Carl grab him, "All right. On three. 1, 2..." They lift him up and bring him to the truck, I pull Maggie to me and she cries into my shoulder
"I'm so sorry Maggie, I'm so sorry." I tell her and Sasha comes over and we go to the truck driving off.
Jesus POV...
She kissed me, what did that mean? I mean I know what it means but did it mean that? I was taken out of my thoughts when I hear people shouting outside and I walked out of my trailer, "What is it?" I asked Cal who was up on the fence
"Samantha, and a couple others" He tells me and I rush over
"Open it" I tell him and the gate opens then a truck pulls in, I see Sasha driving it with Maggie leaning on Samantha's shoulder, it stops and Sasha gets out followed by Samantha and Maggie
"She needs your doctor" Sasha tells me and our doctor rushed over helping Sasha carry Maggie to his trailer. I walked over to Samantha who was staring at the bed of the truck
"Samantha?"
"The Saviours...Negan...he..." She stopped and inhaled a shaky breath, "Glenn...Abraham" She says and I looked at the bed of the truck seeing 2 covered up bodies
"Samantha, I'm.." I was cut off when she moved away from my hand as I tried to put it on her shoulder
"They took Daryl, he was there too...shot...and they took him" She tells me with her voice breaking, "Can you um...can you get some people to bury them, I need to check on Maggie."
"Of course." I tell her and she walks away to the medical trailer
After a while and I was finishing up covering the last hole I saw Samantha leave the medical trailer and head to her own, I finished up and walked over to her trailer, I gave a light knock and there was a pause.
"Come in" I hear her say softly and I opened the door, the trailer was dark except for one light on her table, I looked and saw her sitting on her bed with her head down, "Sorry if I'm bothering you I just...wanted to..."
"I'm not okay if that's what your wondering"
"Samantha...I know sorry doesn't fix it but..." I start to say and she sniffled
"I don't know what to do" She says and I walk over to her sitting on the bed across from her, "I can't get it out of my head, I can't..."
"Hey," I gab a hold of her hand, "What can I do?"
She looked up at me with tears in her eyes, I hate seeing her broken like this, "Help me get my brother back" She tells me
"When the time is right, we will"
She pulls her hand away and wipes her face then gets up, "I know this is bad timing but about what happened before I left..."
"We don't have to talk about it now."
She turned and faced me, "I need to, life is to short." She says and looked down, "I um...I did it because, I have feelings for you, have for a while and I never said anything which was stupid because in the world now you need to..."
I cut her off by putting my hands on her face, "Samantha, stop" I tell her and she looked at me, I couldn't fight it, I wanted to because she was grieving, but I kissed her. She tensed at first then she relaxed and moved her lips along with mine, it felt right, it felt...it felt amazing, I was kissing her and my heart skipped a beat with every movement. After a good minute we broke apart and rested our foreheads against each others.
"Wow" She said and I smiled then lifted my head and looked at her tucking some hair behind her ear.
"Shouldn't have done that."
"Why?" She asked
"Because your grieving, and now I don't want to stop"
She giggles and put her hand on my face, I loved it when she touched me, "Then how about you just stay with me tonight, I don't want to be alone."
"Of course." I tell her and she walks past me then sits on her bed again, I take my shoes off and sit next to her, we look at each other for a little bit then move to lay down pulling the blanket over us, I wrap my arm around her and she lays her head on my chest looking at me, this moment right here was the best moment ever, I was holding the girl I love. After a few moments her eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep, I kissed her head then fell asleep shortly after.