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CHAPTER FOURTEEN


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Andie's in the field avoiding the rest of the group. She still has a headache, and they're all making it worse with the constant bickering and arguing.

Rick's AWOL, so Glenn's made himself their unofficial leader for the time being. He's on a bit of a warpath, wants to take Michonne and go back to Woodbury to kill the Governor when he won't see it coming. Maggie's not happy because he's not acting like himself, and Hershel thinks that they should just leave the prison altogether. The baby's crying hurts Andie's head even more, especially with the way it echoes off the prison walls. Carol's been hovering, which means Axel's usually not far away; he's been flirting with her a lot the past couple of days. Andie's happy that Carol seems to like the attention, but that doesn't mean she wants to see it — Carol has been like a mom to her the past few months, after all.

Instead of staying inside to listen to the chaos of the group scrambling, she's in the field at the graves that they dug for her, T-Dog, and Lori. Initially, the plan was to come out here for her lost friends and try to find some kind of closure, but now all she can do is stare at the Bluebells that are sitting by the cross that she knows was meant for her.

The teenager walks up the disturbed dirt of the grave and she kneels down to pick up the flowers that are resting there. The petals are still soft as her fingers lightly brush over the deep blue, and she lets out a long exhale as she allows her mind to wander to the man she knows left them there for her.

He's the only one that she's really allowed to know her in this new world, the first one that she trusted completely. She used to feel safe when she thought about him, but now all she feels is pain.

The air around her starts to feel heavy, and she gets this feeling like she's being watched. Letting instinct take over, the brunette drops back, landing flat on her grave just as a bullet whizzes past right where her head had been.

A second gunshot rings out not long after, but that one goes straight through Axel's head. Beth grabs Carl, and they both get down super low as Carol's forced to use Axel's body as a shield against the bullets flying her way. Someone starts firing an automatic in Rick and Hershel's direction, and Andie looks over to see Carl and Beth running for cover in the courtyard.

The brunette scrambles, rolling over and crawling as quickly as she can manage to the bag she left a few feet away. She dropped it when she saw the Bluebells, and it has her weapons that she always carries on her, including her gun.

Rick's trying to fire back at the guy shooting his way, but he can't get a clear shot while maintaining his own cover. Carl's hiding behind a pillar, and Andie sees him peek out before he has to duck behind it again because someone's shooting at him. She looks up and sees someone in one of the guard towers, giving him an advantage over them.

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