The Truth Is

Chapter 8 -Reunited

I awaken in the back seat of a van. I look around me and I see Rick, Daryl, Beth, Noah, and Carol

Wait Noah!? He made it out alive! We didn't have to trade.

"Noah?" I say. "Yes?" He asks. "I'm sorry I was rude to you." I look down in my lap. "Don't be. You just met me. It's kind of hard to trust someone you just met, you know?" "I of all people know." I say looking at my lap again.

I can feel tears forming in my eyes. I don't look up. I don't cry. I hate crying. Tears form but don't fall.

Noah just sits in silence. The only people that know about my return is Rick, Daryl, Carol, Beth, Noah, An African-American man, Tyreese I think his name is and his sister, Sasha. But they are in the car behind us.

There's a bandage around my waist and every time I move I feel like I'm being stabbed over and over. It hurts so bad but I won't complain because I'm alive.

"This is the place." Daryl says pointing to a house. This is the place where the rest of the group is.

We stop the car in front of the house and head out.

Rick opens the door and we all head inside. I go through the door last because Rick told me to surprise everyone.

Once I'm in the the house everyone's eyes are on me. Glenn starts to walk up to me. "Brooke?" I wrap my arms around him, pulling in for a hug and he wraps his arms around me. We used to be really close before all this. Not dating because I'm only 15 but we were like best friends maybe even more like brother and sister.

I scan the rest of the group. "Lori?" I ask. Rick shakes his head and looks at his feet. "Andrea?" No one speaks. "Hershel?" No one speaks again. Did they loose all those people? "I'm so sorry." I say. "It's okay." Glenn tells me. "What about Carl?" I ask. "Oh he's on a run with Michonne. They should be back soon." Glenn tells me.

Beth and Maggie hug for a long time and Daryl starts to cry tears of joy. I guessed he missed her. Although Daryl was never the crying type. Whether it was joy of sadness. I guess she got through to him.

She gets through to everyone. She's like the light at the end of a dark tunnel. She's so sweet and kind. I wish I could be more like her. But, sometimes you have to be mean. Just sometimes.

After Maggie and Beth finally let go, Daryl hugged her. They were both laughing and crying and Daryl would not let go.

My mom came up and hugged me. I didn't want to let go but we were interrupted when someone opened the door.

"We're back!" A tall, skinny, African American woman said. Carl was right next to her.

He didn't even acknowledge my existence. He walked right passed me.

Then he stopped dead in his tracks and turned around. "Brooke?" He says. "I'm back." I say, smiling. He gives a faint smile and walks into a different room.

What was that all about? Did I do something at the farm?

- soo sorry this took so long. 😭 I love you guys! I hope you enjoy this so far -