Dixon or Grimes

Chapter 19

"So where are we goin, where's your camp" rick asks turning around facing aaron "Everytime I've done this I've been behind the wheel driving recruits back. I believe your good people I bet my life on it I'm just not ready to bet my friends lives just yet" "You're not driving, so if you wanna get home you'll have to tell us how" michonne snaps stepping forward. Rick lays a map on the floor aaron looks between them hesitantly "Go north on route sixteen" he starts.

"And then" michonne says urging him to continue "I'll tell you when we get there" he responds looking up at her. "We'll take twenty three north, you'll give us directions from there" "That's, I don't know how else to say it that's a bad idea we've cleared sixteen it'll be faster" "We'll take twenty three, we leave at sundown" rick repeats. "Rick I don't think we should go at night" I object to the idea, he turns around facing all of us "Look I know it's dangerous but it's better than riding up to the gates during the day if it isn't safe we need to get gone before they know we're there."

"No one is going to hurt you, your trying to protect your group but you're putting them in danger" aaron speaks up making rick turn back around. "Tell me where the camp is we'll leave right now" rick makes an ultimatum, aaron looks away and doesn't say anything. "It's gonna be a long night eat, get some rest if you can" rick says walking out, following him outside I stand beside him while he searches the car. Getting his attention he looks back "I'm thinking me glenn and michonne drive with that guy you Judith and carl are safer in there" he says pointing to the rv behind me.

Nodding my head I play with the loose button on my jacket, he looks back up at me his movements stopping "Are you okay" I take a small shallow breath "Are we really going, or are ya trying to trick him." Standing up he puts his hand on the hood of the car "We're going" he says his voice modulated "No matter what" I ask my voice small. He takes a step forward "When we were outside woodbury what did you hear" I furrow my brows confused by the question "Nothing" "And terminus" "Nothing" I echo understanding the questions.

He nods his head "Sometime tonight, we'll be outside his camps walls and without seeing inside, I'm gonna have to decide whether to bring my family in. He asked me before what it would take to believe it was real. Truth is, I'm not sure anything can convince me to go in there, but I'm gonna see I'm gonna see." He turns around going back to what he was doing, squatting down I wrap my arms around his back laying my cheek against his shoulder blade "Thank you" I mumble. "For what" he questions his hand running along my arm "Giving it a chance" I respond lifting my head up.

When the sky got dark I pick up judith and walked to the rv, stopping at the door I look back at rick standing by the car. Walking over he turns to me "Be careful" my voice comes out slightly wobbly "I will" he reassures placing his lips on my forehead before getting in the car. Walking back to the rv I sit on the couch bouncing judith to sleep. Abraham drives following their taillights my head laying back against the window, I fall over my arms holding judith tighter "Sonova shit dick" abraham curses putting the rv in park.

"What happened" I question standing up and walking to the front judith crying in my arms "Damn walkers, we lost em" "What" I asks panicking. Daryl runs outside yelling for rick "Daryl get back inside" I scream pushing judiths ear into my chest and covering her other one. "Look" I point to a flare flying up by a water tower "They'll probably think we did it, follow the flare abe" I insist "Yes ma'am" abraham hums starting the rv and driving towards the red flare by the water tower. Driving into a small ghost town I back away from the front grabbing my bat.

Putting judith in the carrier on my back we walk in a circle with me in the middle, looking down an alley we see walkers surrounding a rusted white car. Going down the alley they take out the walkers trying to get under it, daryl points his bow at the man crawling out from underneath it "I'm with aaron" he says putting his hands up. Bending down he helps him up, hobbling on one foot maggie and daryl help him inside a store. The group clears the store and maggie puts him in a back room bandaging up his ankle, sitting beside her I hand her the crowbar so she can straighten it out.