Sweet Haven

Chapter Twelve

"You're looking for Rick?" I ask from behind both Maggie and Sasha. They glance back at me and give me a strange look, but I ignore it.

"Yes," He answers. "Do you know where he is?"

"I might," The sarcasm in my voice is clear enough for the man to notice. I squirm a little in Maggie's grasp, but she doesn't let go. "How do you know Rick?"

"I don't."

"Then how do you know his name?"

He doesn't reply right away, which sets an odd alarm in my head. How do I know I can trust this guy? What if this is a trap like Terminus? I actually never went to Terminus but I know from what Carl told me that they were cannibals.

"I've been following your group for awhile." This sets me off and my blood boils from anger. Why is this man following us? We don't even know him. "You know the jugs of water that was left on the road?"

I nod.

"That was from me," Maggie and Sasha still haven't said a word. They are keeping a good enough distance from me and the man. He doesn't seem the type to be violent, but they don't care. "I kept my distance and watched how your group survives out here. The way you guys handled those roamers on the street was impressive. My camp needs people like you; people who've survived out here."

"What makes you think we will go with you?" Sasha asks with as much attitude as possible. I roll my eyes at her question.

"Just here me out-"

"We don't even know you." Maggie cuts him off.

The man sighs, "My name is Aaron."

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With Maggie and Sasha guarding me the whole way, we lead Aaron back to our group in the barn. Aaron is in the front since Maggie and Sasha don't trust him at all to follow us. When we get inside, the group is exactly how I left them. Daryl is sitting by himself in a daze, Carl is with Judith and my mom, Rick is talking to Glenn and everyone else in another part of the barn.

"Who's this?" Abraham asks once we get far enough inside and close the barn door. I was going to say something but Sasha beat me to it.

"Some guy who's been following us," Sasha says as she shoves Aaron forward to Rick. Rick doesn't seem fazed at all, or maybe I'm wrong. "Says he's been watching us and left us those jugs of water on the road."

Still, Rick doesn't say a word. Maggie is still guarding me and I glance over at my mom and Carl. I see Carl mouth, What happened?, and I shrug in response.

"My name's Aaron," Aaron says as he begins to walk towards Rick. Before he could get close enough to Rick, he is shoved down on his knees by Sasha. In seconds, she has her gun raised at his head. "There's really no need for that."

"Shut up!" Sasha raises her voice, which makes me jump a little.

"Sasha," Maggie whispers to her, but Sasha acts like Maggie didn't say a word. "Stop."

Like I expected, Sasha did nothing.

"I have a camp," Aaron says to the whole group, but I can see it's mostly to Rick. "More like a town, but we have...a fence and a lot of people." Aaron gives the paper to Rick and I notice that it's a picture. Of what, I have no clue. "There are children too. We have jobs and houses for all of you."

"Jobs?" Tara questions.

"Yes," Aaron replies as he tries to get up, but again he is shoved back down by Sasha. "In Alexandria, our town, there are jobs for everyone."