Chance Encounter

Fitting In

When I woke up I felt fully rested and bright eye. I hadn't been able to get a good night's sleep since this whole thing started. Sitting up I notice that I'm the only one in the tent and I can hear people up and moving around even thought it couldn't be more than eight in the morning. Throwing on my boots I head outside and see Glenn sitting by the Fire pit beside Shane and another man in a sheriff's uniform. When Glenn saw me he waved me over.

"Good morning." He said while yawning.

"Morning, have you seen Merle and Daryl?" I ask.

"No I haven't." he replied. "How did you sleep?"

"As good as i could during a zombie Apocalypse." I shrug.

Hearing someone clear their throat I glance over at the man beside Shane.

"Hello there. My name is Rick Grimes; you must be the girl that brought Merle back?" Rick asked.

"Yes, I am. I only did what any other right minded person would do." I replied.

"I see. It's nice to meet you. Now if you would all excuse me, I'm going to go spend time with my wife and son."

When he was gone I said good bye to Glenn and Shane and went to the tent to grab some shampoo and soap and to change into my swim suit so I could finally get clean. Its things like taking a bath and having clean clothes that we all took for granted.

Walking down to the lake I hop into the water and start scrubbing my hair and body clean. I was so distracted with getting clean that I didn't hear anyone coming down until I heard a low whistle. Spinning around I came face to face with Merle who had a big smirk and didn't try to hide the fact he was checking me out.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I ask while covering my chest with my arms.

"Well now that you mention it,  there are a few things that come to mind." He replied after giving me a once over and winking at me.

"In your dreams." I snort

"Don't I know it." He chuckled and grabbed his crotch.

"Now if your done ogling, can you go away so I can finish?" I snap at him.

"Okay, okay  I'm leaving. Just came down to tell ya Daryl caught some rabbits and some squirrel so breakfast should be done soon." He said while walking away.

Hurrying I finish and get dressed and start heading up to camp. I wonder what's up with the Dixon brothers. First Daryl walking in on me changing and now Merle watching me bathe.

I understand it's the end of the world, but what does a girl have to do to get some alone time without a guy barging in on her?

 Thankfully the next few days went on and not much happened and i had no more "incidents" with the Dixon's. I did try a few times to befriend Daryl but they didn't work out like I hoped. I tried being nice and I even offered to help him hunt. He eventually got sick of me asking so he let me come along but I ended up scaring off the animals so I was band from hunting since then.

 I slowly got to meet and get to know everyone at camp. I became friends with Andrea and found out that she lost her sister the day before I was brought to camp. I even became best friends with Merle even with his perverted ways. I slowly began to feel like I had a place where I belonged and I would do anything to protect these people no matter what.

"Gross!"

I was pulled from my thoughts to see Glenn wiping off blood from cleaning the squirrels that Merle and Daryl had caught. Laughing I lean over an wipe a speck of blood from his face.

"Glenn I think you should stick to washing clothes" I say to him.

"Haha…very funny." He replies with a glare but you could see a faint blush spreed across his cheeks and ears.

Shaking my head I throw the rest of the squirrels into a bowl for Carol to cook. Carol is a sweet women who tried to look strong, but I could tell that she was scared. She was lost in this world and she had her Daughter, Sophia to protect. I also learned that Carol had a husband but he was killed by a walker when their camp was over run and that he wasn't a very nice guy.

After all the chores were finished I spent the rest of the morning helping Glenn take inventory and if we needed to go on a supply run anytime soon. We had enough food to last for a couple more days and with the meat from hunting we were good for about a week or so. The only things we would need were some new clothes and shoes. Everyone's clothes were ratty and falling apart. The kids were still growing so they would need more clothing and I was in desperate need for some new underwear.

There was a mall a few miles away and I suggested that we all move to the mall and see if we could somehow fortify the place so we could stay there. Shane didn't seem to like that idea too much but rick thought it could be a good idea. We would need to scope out and see if it would be worth it. In fact today Rick, Shane, T-dog, and Jim went out to check out the mall and see if you could move in soon. The quarry is no longer safe, the walkers are moving out of the city and their moving in hordes to find food.

 Even as i knew i should be thinking of more serious problems, I couldn't help but glance towards the tent I share the the Dixon's. Merle had no problem with me there but Daryl still avoided me as if I had the plague. Daryl was never said a single nice thing to her or even acknowledge her existence but I still couldn't help but feel attracted to him. No matter what I was doing, If he walked by or was in viewing distance I could feel myself watching him.