digging graves// rick grimes x OC//

Tell it to the Frogs Part 1

The group continues to drive to the camp, Winona hopped in the back, switching seats with Morales so he could talk with Rick, "Best not to dwell on it. Merle got left behind. Nobody's gonna be sad he didn't come back... except maybe Daryl."
"Daryl?" Rick questions.
"His brother." They start to hear a car alarm and hear Glenn whooping. He speeds ahead of them. "At least somebody's having a good day."
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Glenn approaches the camp, the alarm still blaring. Everyone rushes over to him, Dale starts speaking, "Holy crap. Turn that damn thing off!"
"I don't know how!" Glenn replies. Everyone starts to overlap their talking, Shane is asking him to pop the hood and Amy is asking about where Andrea is. Glenn is getting overwhelmed so he pops the hood, "She's okay! She's okay!"
"Is she coming back?!"
"Yes!"
"Why isn't she with you? Where is she? She's okay?" Jim finally stops the alarm.
"Yes! Yeah, fine. Everybody is. Well, Merle not so much."
"Are you crazy, driving this wailing bastard up here?" Shane asks, "Are you trying to draw every walker for miles?"
"I think we're okay," Dale says looking around.
"You call being stupid okay?"
"Well, the alarm was echoing all over the hills. Hard to pinpoint the source. I'm not arguing. I'm just saying," Dale says to Shane, he turns to Glenn, "It wouldn't hurt you to think things through a little more carefully next time, would it?"
"Sorry. Got a cool car." They see the cube van approach the camp.
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Morales pats Rick, "Come meet everybody. You too, Winona," he says getting out of the truck. The rest of the group exits out the back.
"You are a welcome sight," Dale says to Morales, "I thought we had lost you folks for sure."
"How'd you get out of there anyway?" Shane asks.
"New guys— they got us out," Glenn says.
"New guys?"
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Winona moves up to the front of the truck, "Hey, it's alright. Who knows, they might know where Lori and Carl are," she says, trying to cheer him up.
"You're right, let's go meet them." They step out, Rick in front of Winona, she sees everyone hugging each other.
They hear Morales talking, "Yeah, this one crazy vato just got into town, same with this chica. Hey, Helicopter boy! Doc! Come say hello! The guy's a cop like you." Rick starts to walk forward, Winona staying behind, Shane spots Rick first, and then Carl sees him. Rick points at his son, glancing back to the woman behind him, Winona nudges him forward.
"Oh my God," he whispers.
Carl starts to run towards him, "Dad! Dad!" They embrace, sobbing, Winona tearing up at the sight, too.
Lori hugs him, in disbelief, and looks at Shane with a strange expression, Winona catches this and thinks this is a perfect time to intervene, and Glenn seems to have the same idea, "Hey, Doc? You gonna come out anytime soon?"
"Doc?" Shane asks. Winona walks into view, waving. "Oh my god. Winona?" he says rushing over to her, engulfing her in a hug, which she first slaps his face, and then reciprocates. "Ow! What was that for? I thought I'd never see you again."
At this point Rick had stopped embracing his family, "That's from Morgan. And surprise! Hope you didn't miss me too much." Winona says grinning, Rick chuckles remembering the promise her and the man made. Shane stands there confused.
Lori and Carl see her, Carl running to her, "Nona!! You're here too?!" Rick goes over to Shane and gives him a hug.
Winona hugs the young boy. "Hey Bud! Of course I am, someone had to keep your old man out of trouble," she says, ruffling the little boy's hair.
The group laughs, Lori comes over now, "Oh God Nona, it's so good to see you." They hug, Lori looks at what she's wearing, "Hey...is that my shirt?"
"Oh yeah, sorry, we only stopped at your house and I needed clothes suited for the apocalypse, I can change."
"No, no. It's okay I just found it funny, reminds me of the old days." Winona nods- laughing- and goes back over to Shane, he wraps his arm around her, and she almost forgets the possibility of him and Lori. She feels like everything is back to normal. However, what she doesn't witness, are the looks Shane keeps giving Lori. Winona realizes Shane was still wearing his "22" necklace that she gave him, she started to play with it and he just pulled her close and hugged her tight.
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