Beautiful Mistakes~ A Rick Grimes Love Story

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"Guys! Bob is missing." Sasha says, running back into the church in a panic. "Daryl and Carol are missing, too."

Rick looks to me. "Stay with the kids, keep everyone else calm."

"Of course. Be careful out there." I tell him. "I love you."

"I love you, Luna." Rick says, giving me a quick peck on the lips before leaving with Sasha and Tyreese.

I carry Judith and go sit beside Maggie, who's looking a little down.

"Hey, you okay?" I ask.

She smiles and says, "Yeah... I will be."

"I feel like we haven't talked much, since..." I say, talking about since Hershel died, we got taken by cannibals, and wound up here in a church.

"I know. We don't have to talk about it. I don't want to. But I do wanna know how you are doing? The last I recall you thought you lost Judith and I heard you... you killed the Governor and got held at gunpoint by some pricks." she says, trying to avoid talking about Hershel, which I understand.

"I did. He was going to kill Rick, so I shot him. We went back to find Judith, and she wasn't in her carrier, only a pool of blood. It must not have been hers. Rick was injured, we thought he turned. Some group of sick men broke into the house... Rick and I killed one each...They tracked us and found us. They were gonna... they were gonna do things to Carl and Sage. Rick and I killed them. That kind of thing... changes you." I say.

She grabs my hand. "Hey, you were protecting your family. You have nothing to feel guilty about, you hear me?"

"But I swore I'd never kill anyone. Ever." I tell her.

"Luna, you are still a good person. They world isn't what it was. We will all have to do it again, at some point. Like Daddy always said, you get to come back." she says, smiling at me.

"Thank you." I tell her. She nods and pulls me in for a hug.

The church doors creak open. Rick, Sasha, and Tyreese return.

"Stop. What are you doing? What... are you doing? This is all connected. You show up, we're being watched, and now three of us are gone." Sasha says, approaching Gabriel.

Rick looks at me. I hand Judith to Maggie, as I slowly creep towards Sasha, in case things go south. Bob was missing. If Rick was missing, I'd do anything to get to him back. I know what she was feeling.

"I...I don't... I don't have anything to do with this." Gabriel says.

I hear Sasha reach for her knife.

"Don't!" I yell.

"Sasha, put it away." Tyreese scolds her.

"Who's out there?" Sasha asks Gabriel, approaching him again.

"I.... I don't have anything to do with this." Gabriel pleads.

"Where are our people?" Sasha asks.

"I don't have anything to..." Gabriel repeats again.

"WHERE ARE OUR PEOPLE?" Sasha screams at him.

"Please, I don't have anything to do with this." Gabriel says.

I get closer to Sasha. Rick and Tyreese look at me, unsure if I should interfere.

"Sasha, he says he doesn't know anything. We will find Bob, but not like this." I say.

Tyreese grabs Sasha's hand, and she backs away.

"Why'd you bring us here?" Rick asks Gabriel.

"Please, I..." Gabriel says.