War on the Body [1]

[7] Solitary confinement

           Paige is still passed out and has only gotten weaker with the blood loss, lack of food, and dehydration setting in.

As Paige sits in the same closet, the group has decided to send Maggie and Daryl out to retrieve food and clothing for the newborn.

Paige stirs awake and lets out a quiet, raspy cough. She looks down to her leg and sees the blood surround it, she tries to stand but just tumbles back down to the floor. She pulls her upper body to where it is leaning against the wall. She starts to hyperventilate before passing out again.

As the night grows later, Daryl and Maggie return to the prison with food and clothing for the baby. Daryl letting curiosity get the best of him questions the baby's older brother.

"She got a name yet?" asks looking at the young boy

"No, I was thinking Sofia. But then there is Andrea, Patricia, Carol, Jacqui, Amy, Paige, or even Lori. I don't know" Carl says, answering the question Daryl had asked

As soon as Beth heard Paige's name she started crying again, walking past everyone to go to the cell she shared with her sister before. It was hard for her to lose a sister she had become close to in such a short time. As Beth's crying slowed down she hears loud chatter from below her, walking to the stairs she was surprised to see Carol standing there.

"Where is Paige?" Carol asked looking at Hershel

"She didn't make it" Daryl spoke up, Hershel wasn't able to speak as he started crying again

"I'm so sorry, she was with me until T-Dog sacrificed himself but we got split up and I eventually became lost. I thought she would make it" Carol admitted to Paige's family

Hershel nodded his head and put the baby down for a rest. He looked back to the group, with their leader gone he was going to have to step up.

"We should all get rest, we need to send a few people out on a run tomorrow and bury our dead" Hershel told the group

Hershel laid down on his bed and let his tears out, he had just lost a daughter. He had only met this daughter shortly before everything.

Beth was lying in her bed, crying as she remembered the first conversation she had with Paige.

"Did you have a good beauty sleep?" she asked the blonde teenager

"Not with my daddy's snoring, next time I am sneaking over here with you" She said seriously, before cracking a light smile

Paige let out a little laugh," deal, but that means you're my new best friend. No questions asked missy" she said pointing at Beth

"deal" She said swinging her arms around the brunette's shoulders

She leaned her head back, chuckling at Beth's excitement. Maggie approached the two girls and sat to Paige's other side.

"What did I miss?" She asked with a smile on her face

"Paige is my new best friend!" Beth said with a big smile, Maggie and Paige struggled with not laughing

"Is that so? What if she wants to be my best friend?" Maggie said with a smirk on her face

Beth and Maggie stuck their tongues out at each other, causing Paige to laugh again.

As the girls sat together, laughing and smiling, Hershel smiled.

At the same time Beth was remembering that moment so was Maggie but from a different point of view.

The two sisters cried themselves to sleep that night, with the sister they had lost haunting their dreams.