The darkest days

8

She hears a deafening gun shot and sees the little blonde girl drop and

Carol's sobs ring in her ears as she goes numb and she drops the gun and walks away as she

shuts down and starts falling......

Cecelia sits down silently on the R.V.'s roof and watches the sun come up as she takes a picture

of it with an old polaroid camera.

"What are you doing up so early?"She hears Dale's worn voice ring through the

silence."Couldn't sleep,Nightmares."He hears her say softly as she waved the photo in the air

so she can see the picture.

"You know you can talk to me Cecelia."Dale says with a sigh.She nods her head and looks into the

sunrise thinking.

Cece hears him climbing down as everyone starts to shuffle out of their tents and wake up for

the day.

"She just sits there all morning and then goes fishing.Why?"Glenn questions

Dale to try and keep his mind off of the walkers and

Dale just shrugs."The girl is broken.She told me she had a seven year

old daughter but that was about it,Her name was Emma."He says with a sad face

as He looks at her."Man..."Glenn says under his breath as He goes to sit

down on a log.silence falls over the group again and Cece just sits

up there looking at a picture of a little girl and her laying down

as the girl is taking a nap. She looks up with a tired expression and sees the

rough man she used to call friend walking towards the camp.He glances

up at her and she looks back down in her lap and she starts to braid her soft

black locks and ties the loose ends with her ribbon.Daryl goes to sit down

as every one starts to get their plates and eat Glenn stands up

and Looks to everyone nervously"Um,Guys.....So the barns full of walkers.''

Everyone stiffens at the word "walker."

Cece gets down from the R.V. and walks towards

the forest,not wanting to deal with the drama and pain that was to come.

As soon as she gets to the tree line,she sees everyone

crowded around the barn and she shakes her head.

After loosing Emma in the crowd of people at the mall when it first started

she has completely created a shell that no one could break.

She huffs and watches from a distance as a fight breaks out.She starts to

walk closer to hear what they're saying

"I just found her damn doll a few days ago!"Daryl says,raising his voice

a little as he paces."You found her doll,Daryl,That's what you did.You found a doll."Shane

says in a pleading manner as he stands there with

the group. Cece walks a little closer and ends up a foot away from

Daryl,If anything were to happen She could always calm him down.

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about.!"Daryl shouts and

She jumps a little."Daryl."She says softly as He takes a few steps to Shane.

"I'm just saying what needs to be said here!"Shane yells

back."You get a good lead,it's in the first 48 hours." Shane says,continuing

on as everyone is starting to try and intervene. Cecelia steps closer to

Daryl this time."Let me tell you something else man,If she was

alive out there and saw you coming all methed out with your buck knife

and geek ears around your neck,she would run in the other direction."Shane yells at

Daryl and That just ends it.Daryl lunges for Shane as Rick tries

to intervene."Dare!Stop it!" Cecelia yells as she swiftly stands in front of

him,holding his fists in her hands."Let it go."She says softly,looking up

into his beautiful blue eyes.He looks at her and nods.The most she has

gotten from him was glances and stares."Come on.Take a walk."she says as

She starts walking into the woods and heavy foot falls trail behind her.