𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝗼𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧

𝐭𝐞𝐧

rory

the prison gate screeching is what woke me up. i rub my eyes a little, looking to see carol and carl at the front gates.

"drive 'em up. i'll meet you up there." rick tells maggie. we both get out of the car, rick hugs carl while carol looks in the car for daryl.

"thank god." he says into carls shoulder.

"where's hershel?" usually he's down here at the gate with carol.

"he's in the cell block." i nod.

"where's daryl?" my breath hitches.

"it's all right, he's alive. we ran into his brother. they went off." rick tells her.

"he left? daryl left? he's gone?"

"fucking yes carol! he left!" i lash out. i throw my hands into the air before walking up to the prison.

"aurora jane! get back here right now!" i ignore rick and keep walking.

"rory!" beth runs up to me, pulling me into a hug. i let out a soft sigh and hug her back. "i'm so glad you're back, i was worried." she told me.

"i'm ok, i promise." i lie to her. just then rick, carl and carol walk up.

"go on, take your sister inside." hershel says. i walk with maggie and beth.

"who the fuck-" the people inside the room turn to us. "who are you. beth." i look back to beth.

"they uh, got in through on the front side, through a fallen wall." i let out a 'hmph' before walking to the cells entrance. beth unlocks the door and we walk in.

"i'm so tired." i yawn a little. walking over to the playpen i peer inside to see the twins asleep. i run my hand over their heads, smiling when they coo.

"daryl left." i look at beth, her eyes widen in shock.

"what? is he coming back?" i shake my head.

"no, i don't think so. went with merle." i wipe my nose with the back of my hand, sniffling.

"what about evie? ellie? evie calls him dada. he just left?"

"yeah." i try to blink back tears, but that doesn't work. i look up to the ceiling, wiping under my eyes.

"aww, rory." beth sighs, she wraps her arms around me. i let out a shaky sob as she pulls me close to me.

i always had a problem with older male figures in my life. i seen a bunch of them coming in and out of my life consistently from the day i was born till literally now.

my mother, after i was born, had heavily gotten into drugs. my mom and dad were not in a relationship, i was conceived on a drunken one night stand.

i had grown up in two, or three, different households. my mom, dad and ricks house. but when i was growing up my mom had a lot of boyfriends, all of them were good to me and treated me like my father should have. but they came and went frequently, so i would get attached and then they would be gone.

my father didn't treat me like shit, but he didn't treat me like he did rick. which i learned to accept at a early age. then my dad died, my mother overdosed and went to rehab. so rick took over and brought me in, treated me like i was his own. carl was only 6, so i became more of a older sister then a aunt.

"i just don't understand." i did understand, but i didn't want too. i didn't want to understand that it was him and merle before all this, and merle was his family. but apparently i wasn't, evie and ellie weren't.