We Will Survive Together

Chapter 28: Going back

I was still crying into Daryl's chest. "Hey we should be getting back. Here soon we can take a car and come back and get the supplies. I parked the car in the woods" he said pulling away. I grabbed a few things and went back into my parents room. I saw papers sitting on a desk. There was one for me and Kaley. I grabbed them and put them in my back pocket. I walked out of the house and Daryl was waiting for me. "Ready" he said standing up from the steps. I nodded and we started to walk towards the car. It was mostly silent except for the few conversations. We finally got to the car and drove back to the prison. Once we got their I could see Carl on watch. He let us in but I don't think he realized I came back yet. Once we parked the car I got in and was instantly brought into a hug by Kaley. "Thank god" she said wrapping her arms around me. "Where did you go" Carol said walking up to us. I looked at Kaley and handed her the letter from my pocket. "This was on mom and dads dresser" I said pulling away from her. "You went back" she said hesitantly taking the letter. "Yeah. Their um. Their both gone" I said looking down. She nodded and looked down at the letter. "I didn't know if you would want it or not but I figured I would grab it just in case. "Well you gave us quite the scare when you left" Axel started to say. "Hell we were starting to-" he started to say before being shot in the head. We all dropped down and saw the governors men shooting at us. "What the hell" Merle said grabbing a hand gun. We all started to fire at the governor but it wasn't working. I aimed at the man in the guard tower and after a few bullets took him out. I dropped back down and sat there for a second. We were all fighting back until he finally left. However he left a whole bunch of walkers that was now had to deal with. I was still sitting against the wall. The bullet was just net to me. He was probably aiming for me or Merle or Glenn. I stood up and was on my way to start clearing out the walkers. "Hey why don't you go get some sleep. Move your stuff back into my cell and don't worry about helping. You have been through a lot and I know you are tired" Daryl said stopping me. I nodded before he kissed me on my forehead. I walked back and put everything back into his cell. I laid down on the bed and almost immediately fell asleep. 

I woke up to someone else getting into bed I opened my eyes and saw Daryl laying down next to me. "Sorry" he said laughing a little. "It's good" I said rolling over and resting my head on his chest. I could fell him messing with my wrist then my thighs. He was examining the cuts. "I hate that this was partially my fault" he said wrapping his arms around me. "It wasn't that dumbass was still their. It would have probably happened anyway." I said trying not to think about it. "I'm still gonna talk to Merle about it" he said before we both fell asleep. 

I woke up to the sounds of people starting their day. I stood up and got dressed before going to fill up my water bottle. I came back to Daryl waking up. "Morning" I said while sitting my water bottle next to my bag. "Hey" he said still waking up. "So Rick has made some type of deal with the governor. They are meeting today. Me and Hershel are going do you wanna go to" I asked sitting next to him. "After what he did to you are you sure you wanna go" he asked resting his hand on my thigh. "Yeah. Plus if something happens their is a better shot of me being the one that kills him" I said with a slight smile. Daryl chuckled before standing up. "When do we leave" he asked grabbing something out of his bag. "About 30 minutes. Why what are you doing" I asked looking down at his bag. "You dropped this after everything happened. It was lying on the floor when I came in here after. So when I left I took it with me. I didn't think it was nothing until I looked at it. I thought it was another one of your sketchpads. What was it for" he asked after pulling out my notebook. "Um when I was living with my parents, I always told them I needed counseling cause my mental health was getting really bad. They always told me I was over reacting. So I found an empty notebook and wrote everything that was negative that happened. I had a positive one but nothing positive ever happened. I didn't take it with me when I moved out. Apparently Beth stopped by the house or took it with her or something because she was the one to give it back to me" I said taking the notebook. "Well to address some things in their. I do not hate you. I never will. Mark and the Governor can rot in hell for what they did to you. Jacob was better off dead. Cleo should have lived longer. Your parents were total idiots for kicking your sister out. They were idiots for treating you like shit and do not be insecure about your body" he said looking at me. "So you read the whole thing I see" I said letting out a small laugh. "Mhm" he responded. "Ok" I said standing up. Daryl grabbed my gun out if his bag as well and handed it to me. "You left this out their last night" he said handing it to me. I smiled and took it. He leaned forward and kissed me before going to get ready to leave. I placed the notebook back in my bag and grabbed my gun and knife. I started to head towards the car but was then being hugged from behind. I knew it wasn't Daryl because it was a smaller person. It was Carl. "Hey" I said turning around and hugging him. "Where did you go" he said pulling away. "I had to go try to find something I was looking for" I said looking down at the kid. "Did you find it" He asked. I thought about it trying to figure out the answer I was even looking for. "Yeah. I did" I said putting my hand on his shoulder. "Ok well I know your going with my dad. I just wanted to let you know we named the baby Judith" he said smiling. "That is a great name" I said before he walked away. He reminded me of Cleo. She was always excited about the little things. But when Carl wanted to he could get very upset. So could Cleo.