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IT was dark out now, Glenn and T-Dog had already left to get to the farm. I was with Dale keeping watch on top of the RV, I had heard Carol crying and I felt bad, I wanted us to be able to find Sophia for her. I saw Daryl walk out of the RV with a flashlight in his hand. "I'm going for a walk. Shine some light in the forest. If she's out there, give her something to look at." Daryl told us. "Yeah I'll come with." I told him and he nodded at me.

I got down from the RV and Dale had asked us if that was a good idea right now. "Dale." Andrea interrupted him from the doorway of the RV. "They'll be fine." She continued. We turned around and I walked in front of Daryl. He wasn't talking it was just a bunch of silence with this guy. So, me being the dumbass/weirdo I am decided to break the ice. "We'll find her right?" I asked mentioning Sophia.

He then shined the flashlight in my face while we were walking I just squinted my eyes at the light blinding my vision. "I'm surprised you don't got that look on your face like everybody else." Daryl said. "The hopeful kind? I mean we just started looking, and you have the same expression on yours. You think we'll find her too." I stated. "People get lost and they survive. It happens all the time. Hell, I was younger than her and I got lost. Nine days in the woods eating berries, wiping my ass with poison oak." He told me.

I snickered before covering my mouth to try to hide it. "We'll at least they found you." I said. "Nah. My old man was off on a bender with some waitress. Merle was doing another stint in juvie. Didn't even know I was gone. I made my way back though. Went straight into the kitchen and made myself a sandwich. No worse for wear. Except my ass itched something awful." He concluded. I was intrigued at the fact he actually said more than two words to me, and talked about his life before all this. I laughed at his comment towards the end of the story. "The poison oak got you in the ass." I laughed. Then he looked at me and started to laugh with me.

"Only difference is Sophia's got people looking for her. I call that an advantage." He said. "I agree, Mr. I got poison oak up my ass. I'll come up with a shorter name for it I promise." I smiled at him, as he bumped my shoulder playfully. After that, we were just trudging through the woods of the night with our flashlights lighting up a path for us. Then we heard rustling in a bush beside us and we turned in that direction with our weapons and the flashlights aimed at it. Daryl gestured with his hand for me to stay behind him as we crept over to the sound.

We creeped towards the sound further to see a tent and the tree continued to rustle. We shined our flashlights towards it and saw a walker hanging in the tree. "What the hell?" Daryl grumbled beside me. Then Daryl leaned toward the tree looking at something. "Got bit. Fever hit. World gone to shit. Might as well quit." Daryl read off of the small piece of paper that was attached to the tree. "Dumbass didn't know enough to shoot himself in the head. Turned himself into a big swinging piece of bait. And a mess." He continued.

"That was a sad poem and jeez it reeks." I groaned. "You all right?" He asked. "Oh yeah. This is nothing compared to being covered in walker guts." I said while looking at him. He raised his eyebrows wanting to know how I got in that situation in the me first place. "It's a long story. Can I ask you something?" I asked looking him over. He looked back at me and nodded.

"How did you learn to shoot with a crossbow?" I asked. "Gotta eat. That's one thing these walkers and us have in common. I guess it's the closest he's been to food since he turned. Hanging up there like a big piñata. The other geeks came and ate all the flesh off his legs." Daryl answered before shining the flashlight in the walker hanging from the tree. "Really? You just had to go there." I groaned. "Call that payback for laughing at my itchy ass." Daryl responded.

"Well your ass isn't itchy anymore, at least I'd hope not for your sake." I said playfully. "It ain't. Let's head back." He said. "Should we kill it?" I asked referring to the walker in the tree. "No. He ain't hurting nobody. Ain't gonna waste an arrow either. He made his choice, opted out. Let him hang." He replied turning back around while I shined the light on the walker that continuously made growling noises. "How'd you learn to use that sword?" He asked me. I looked back at him, my brown eyes connecting with his blue ones for a second. "An answer for an arrow for the piñata?" I asked grinning. He nodded his head.

"I learned from my mom. It has been passed down for a while. My grandma taught my mom and my mom taught me because I was the oldest. I thought it was super cool and I loved learning to use it. If I do die and in this new world it seems more than likely that I will, I'd love to teach Glenn before I do." I explained to him. "You really think that?" He asked you before shooting the walker. "Think what?" I questioned. "That you'll die." He stated distastefully, sounding as though he didn't like the prospect of me dying. "I think we'll all die, some just earlier than others. I think I might be one of the ones that go earlier than others." I admitted.

"You ain't. Come on." He said before ushering me to walk in front of him. What did he mean by that? I ain't what? Men, their so damn weird. It felt like it took us longer to get back to the highway than it did leaving the highway. We were walking past all of the abandon cars scattered on the highway to get to the RV. When we approached it we saw Carol slam the door on her way inside the RV. Dale got down from the roof of the RV to meet with us at the bottom. He looked at the somber expressions on our faces before we both went inside the RV.

The Daryl and Ara interactions are giving me life they have my heart. This season they'll have time to develop unlike last season because last season was only six episodes😒. Anywho this chapter was 1k just like the last chapter considering everyone is still all over the place. Whelp that's that, vote, comment, do whatever. I love you guys. "Thanks for stopping by." Mickey Mouse who😭😭✋🏾
-brayla❤️❤️