The girl has been in a guard tower at a prison here in Georgia for almost 10 months, she had cleared the area around the tower and had a safe exit for when she needed to go get supplies.
She woke to hear gravel moving around beneath her and a voice, telling multiple people what to do.
She grabbed her gun, making sure the safety was off. Paige walked to the exit and opened the door, holding her gun in front of her.
"Who the hell are you?" she yelled at the group of survivors walking towards her.
Three guys and two girls, along with a young boy raised their guns to the scared brunette. one guy had his crossbow aimed at her head. She flinched at all of their weapons trained on her.
One voice had broken the tension and she looked towards the group to see an older man speaking. Quickly realizing who it was she lowered her gun, nobody else seemed to care.
"Paige?" the man questioned
"Hershel?" she was surprised to see one of the few people who talked to her when she moved here.
"Lower the guns!" he raised his voice at the group of people, a few had lowered theirs but others kept theirs up.
Hershel started walking towards her, before being stopped by a girl around her age with short brown hair.
"Daddy, she could be dangerous" she stated
Paige looked down towards the ground as she said this.
She had never been dangerous in her life and was usually very calm and kind, towards everyone. She was reminded of Matthew and how harsh his words were, she doesn't know why Hershel's being cautious hurt her so much but she blames it on her ex.
She was broken from her thoughts as he spoke up again, " nonsense, she is the least dangerous person I have ever met. "
She smiled at Hershel as he stood in front of her, examining her before bringing her into a bone crushing hug.
Paige quickly wrapped her skinny arms around him, shedding a few tears of happiness.
"I was so scared, I have been alone since the beginning" she said as he pulled back and looked at her
"Why didn't you come to my farm, it's only a few miles from Matthew's parents?" he asked the young girl
" Matthew left as soon as the news showed everything"
Everyone was looking at the pair confused, before a blonde girl a few years younger than Paige spoke up.
"Daddy, how do you know her?"
Hershel turned towards his group and smiled at them.
"This is a dear friend of mine, also a spectacular trauma surgeon" he told them causing Paige to blush from his praise
"I technically never became a surgeon, my residency had a few months left" she told him
"You must be the doctor my daddy spoke about all of the time" the blonde spoke up again
"She is that exact doctor, I had met her over at the Dewitt's home one time and occasionally checked in on her at the hospital" he told his daughter
"You must be Beth and Maggie, your father spoke very highly of you both when we would have lunch together" she told the two girls
They blushed out of embarrassment.
"So how do we shut the gate?" Hershel questioned as he looked at Rick.
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