The Sheriff (Rick Grimes ff) (ON HOLD)

Chapter 6: Dinner

I gently closed the door behind me, where we were keeping Daryl. After the men dragged him back to the house, daddy and I had taken care of him. Andrea just grazed his head. He'd survive. It's a good thing Andrea's a bad shot. We bandaged his head and left him to rest.

Daddy turned towards me, "You did good. I'm proud of you." He said as he hugged me. I smiled as I walked out onto the porch. I sat down on a rocker, next to Charlie, who was lying on the porch.

Andrea walked up on the porch and stopped at my chair.

"How is he?" She asked as she nervously played with her hands.

"Fine, no thanks to you." I replied with a glare.

She scoffed, "I thought he was a walker."

I stood up from my seat, "And I thought I told you not to. Oh and I seem to remember Rick warning you too."

She walked over until we were face to face.

"Don't talk to me that way." She said through clenched teeth.

"This is my farm, I can talk to you any way I want." I glared at her as I crossed my arms.

"Where is he?" She changed the subject and stepped back a few steps.

"Upstairs, third room to the left." I responded.

She opened the door and went to step inside but I grabbed her arm.

"Don't ever tell me to shut up again." I said coldly and released her arm.

She rolled her eyes and walked into the house. I sighed and sat back down in my chair.

I was reading a book when Maggie and Glenn returned from their trip. They wordlessly un-tackled their horses and went their separate ways.

I cocked my eyebrow. What was that about?

Rick walked up onto the porch and leaned against the pole.

"Lori and Carol are making everyone dinner. Their making for you and your family for everything you guys have done for us." He said as Charlie rubbed himself against Rick. Rick squatted down and began playing with him. I smiled.

"That's real kind." I said as came to stand next to Rick.

Rick opened his mouth to say something, but closed it and looked away.

"No, tell me." I said with a small laugh.

"Well, it just...you don't look like your sisters much." He said quietly.

"You stare at me long enough to figure that out?" I teased.

He blushed and looked away. Aww he was so cute when he blushed.

I laughed, "I'm just kidding. I'm actually adopted. My parents thought they could never have kids so they adopted me. A few months later, they found out my mother was pregnant with Maggie." I explained.

Rick nodded, "When I first married Lori, she never wanted kids. I eventually convinced her, but she thought she couldn't have kids. We were gonna adopted, but we realized she was pregnant with Carl." He said with a small chuckle. "How old are you anyways?"

"I'm 23." I answered, looking into his beautiful, blue eyes. My eyes traveled down to his lips. I realized what I was doing, and they shot back up to his eyes. He smiled, obviously he saw what I did. I mentally face-palmed.

He reached his fingers forward and brushed a few strands of my tan hair behind my ear. I slowly leaned forward.

'No! What are you doing?' My annoying voice in the back if my mind yelled. 'He's married! He has a kid!'

I jerked back and regained myself as Carol called from the kitchen.

"Dinner's ready!" She yelled as she walked out into the porch. She smiled innocently at us as she went to get the others. I was too embarrassed to look at Rick, so I rushed into the house and into the bathroom.

I locked the door and stood before the sink. I clutched the countertop and looked in the mirror at my reflection. I twisted the section of hair that Rick pushed back around my finger. I smiled at the memory.

After a few moments of dreading, I opened the door and joined everyone at the table. I sat next to Beth and Maggie. I looked up to see Rick sat in front of me. Great.

Conversations started around the table. I tried to listen to them but my mind kept drifting off to Rick and our (almost) kiss.

Suddenly, a paper fell onto my lap. I picked it up so that no one could see it. I could tell Maggie was the one who wrote it from her hand writing and the way she snuck glances at me.

The note read; I SAW WHAT U DID ON THE PORCH.

I sighed and wrote; WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I slipped it onto her lap and started eating my good again. The paper fell back onto my lap.

It read; DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME LUCY. I SAW YOU TWO ALMOST KISS.

I winced and scribbled down a response. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. I DONT KNOW WHAT GOT INTO ME.

A few minutes later, the crumbled paper fell back onto my lap.

HE IS HOT, ISNT HE?

I laughed out loud at that. I looked up to see everyone was staring at me in confusion, even Rick. He looked completely oblivious to what Maggie and I were saying.

"What's so funny, Lucy?" Beth asked from beside me.

I wanted to slug her. "Uh, nothin'. I was just thinking of something funny."

Maggie giggled next to me as Carol announced she was taking Daryl a plate of food. I too announced my leaving and cleared my plate. I thanked the women and went up to Maggie's room since Daryl was in mine.

I met Maggie and laid down on the bed, and stared at the ceiling.

"Oh, Maggie. What am I gonna do?" I asked as she laid next to me.

"Do you like 'em?" She asked.

"No. Yes..mabey." I said unsure of myself.

"Then you should find out. Flirt with him. Kiss him." She encouraged.

"It's not that simple, Mags. He's married. He's gotta kid." I said as I rubbed my face with my hands.

"He did try to make the first move. Plus Lori and him don't seem that close. She's kind of a jerk." She mumbled the last part.

"I know she is. But it still feels wrong." I muttered.

"To me, he seems pretty into you." Maggie said.

"Really?" I asked as I sat up.

She sat up to, "Well, yeah. He's always staring at you. And he does little things too."

He stares at me? Why would he waist his time on me?

"So what happened on the run?" I changed the subject.

Maggie blushed and laid back down. "I think I love Glenn. We did "it"."

I laid back down next to her, "Really? I think he likes you to, Mags." I paused for a second. "What is daddy gonna think of our boys?"

She smiled. "I don't know, and I don't care."

I grinned and laid down on the couch. I fell to sleep thinking of Rick and his beautiful, blue eyes.

A/N; Whew! That was kinda a large chapter! Anyways, hey guys! I wanted to tell you guys that I have another twd Rick Grimes fanfiction out called "The New World". Check it out.

Also, please comment. I want to know what you guys think of the book.