FEARLESS ➳ TWD¹ [REWRITE/COMPLETED]

26 ➳ GO NOW

THE keys on my belt-loop was clanging away every time that I took even one little step. Alden was walking beside me, talking about everything that I had missed in the past week of not speaking to him.

Unfortunately, I am not able to focus on anything that he is saying because my mind has been constantly on Dwight. Twenty-four-seven, I am thinking of him.

It has been a little over a week since we first had sex; and, truthfully, I have been sleeping with him every single night since then. Every night since, it has been getting better and better.

I felt terrible inside, but the guilt was slowly starting to go away. I still wanted to return back home, but... I just wish that Dwight could come with me.

In the middle of Alden's one-sided conversion, I had stopped listening somewhere in there. He meant well, but my mind was scattered at the moment.

I was still scared to death for Carl, Alexandria as a whole, and Daryl. I am beyond ready to return home, but... I am not the same person as I was before, though.

"So, then, I told that guy—"

"Excuse me," a sweet and innocent-like voice chirped out, cutting Alden off. We stopped and turned around to see Sherry walking out of the women's room. I did not even realize that we had just passed it. "Could I talk to you real quick, Tess?"

Alden seemed somewhat upset that Sherry had interrupted him, but I was mentally thanking Sherry for it. Alden walked off with a puff while I approached Sherry, standing directly in front of her while her back laid back on the wall and her arms were crossed.

I did not know what to expect from this conversation since I am not even fully sure how much that she knew. Was this about me and Dwight? I do not know if he would tell her anything or not.

"What can I do for you?" I asked, crossing my arms as well. She seemed to want to stay close together and quiet, apparently.

"Can I trust you?" she suddenly asked, which caught me off-guard a bit. I slowly nodded while keeping major eye contact with me. "I'm serious, Tess. Are you Negan... or are you really Tess?"

"I-I'm Tess," I replied, finally finding the will to. "I'm not him."

Slowly nodding, she handed me a piece of yellow paper that was somewhat crumbled. I went to open it, but she suddenly clapped her hands over and under mine, keeping our hands on top of one another. Our eyes met once again, but was way more serious than before.

"If you want to leave, you can," she suddenly said, which did not make any sense to me at the moment. "Nobody is going to stop you."

"Sherry, I—"

"Go now, Tess," she countered, cutting me off. "Before it's too late."

She let go of my hands, and I was allowed to take the piece of paper with me now. I held it in my hands until my back hit the other wall on the other side. I gulped, but slowly nodded.

I understood the assignment now.

Turning on my heel, I practically ran away from her, but waited before I was to catch up with Alden again.

I slipped the piece of paper out and read what she had written on the front: Go Now. Dwight will understand.

On the back of the folded paper, she continued to write down on instructions: Use your keys to get around the place. Go out the side entrance, where all of the motorcycles are at, and you will be greeted by Daryl. He will be waiting on you, but you have to be quick. Don't take a lot of stuff, so you won't have any questions asked on your way out. I hope that you make it back home to Alexandria, Tess. You deserve better than this place.

However, taped to the middle of it, was a key. It was to one of the motorcycles, I am assuming.

Still, I had to wonder just how in the hell did she pull this off...

I almost let out a tear while reading what she had written down, but I pulled myself together rather quickly. Dwight will understand, she had written down. I hope so. I really do hope that he will be okay, but I do not have time to leaven own note for him.

It is time to go.

I slid the piece of paper in my back pocket, where it would not even be shining out the top of it. My heart was currently doing backflips, thinking that I was going to be greeted by Daryl on my way out of here and back home.

We are finally leaving. We were finally going back home. I could not wait, so I did not waste any time.

Immediately, I rejoined Alden and acted, as if, everything was okay. Being nosy, he asked what Sherry wanted and, of course, I lied. Then, I turned for us to keep walking before I realized that he was not walking beside me anymore. I turned around on my heel and looked over my shoulder.

Fully serious, he folded his arms across his chest and simply asked, "What is going on, Tess?"

I grinned from ear to ear and innocently lied, "Nothing, but I have to go now."