I was holding onto Daryl as he lead the other two cars with the rest of our group on his motorcycle. I was ready to find a place where we were safe.
Then Rick blared his horn, making everyone stop, and look back. Daryl stopped the engine of the bike, and I got off, standing close to him though.
Rick, Lori, Carl, T-Dog, and Carol all came out to us.
"You out?" Daryl asked.
"Running on fumes." Rick nodded.
"Dammit.. " I muttered.
"We can't stay here. " Maggie said.
"We can't all fit in one car." Glenn added.
Rick sighed, "we'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning."
"Spend the night here?" Carol asked.
"I'm freezing." Carl said, and he was shaking a bit. Rick gave him his jacket.
"We'll build a fire. Yeah?"
"We'll go out looking for firewood, stay close." Daryl said. "Only got so many arrows. How you doing on ammo?" He asked us all.
"Its not enough." I sighed, leaning against Daryl, basking in his warmth.
"We can't just.. Sit here with our asses hanging out." Maggie said, looking between us all.
"Watch your mouth." Hershel said in a low tone to her. "Everyone stop panicking and listen to Rick." Hershel said to us all.
"Alright, we set up a perimeter. In the morning we'll find gas, and some supplies. We'll keep pushing on."
"Glenn and I can go make a run now, try and scrounge up some gas." Maggie suggested
"No, we stay together." Rick turned her down. "God forbid something happens and people get stranded without a car."
"Rick we're stranded now." Glenn said softly.
Me and Daryl looked at each other, before Rick continued. "I know it looks bad, we've all been through hell and worse, but at least we found each other. I wasn't sure.. I re- I really wasn't. But we did. We're together. We keep it that way."
We all stayed silent, watching Rick.
"We'll find shelter somewhere, there's got to be a place." He said.
"Rick- look around. Okay? There's walkers everywhere. They're migrating or something."
"There's gotta be a place not just where we hole up, but that we.. Fortify. Hunker down, pull ourselves together.build a life for each other." He looked around at all of us. "I know it's out there we just have to find it." He said desperately.
"Even if we do find a place.. And we think it's safe... We can never be sure for how long. Look what happened to the farm. We fooled ourselves into thinking that was safe." Maggie said as she watched Rick pace.
"We won't make that mistake again." Hershel muttered.
Rick looked around, "we'll make camp tonight over there, " he pointed to some brick walls. "Get on the road at the break of day."
"Does this feel right to you?" Carol asked me and Daryl, and I just shrugged.
"What if walkers comes through? Or another group like Randall's?" Beth asked Rick.
"You know I found Randal, right?" Daryl said to my brother, and I nodded.
"Yeah, he had become a walker.. But the thing is is that, he wasn't bit."
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You and Me (Daryl Dixon x Reader {Ricks Sister})
RandomY/N Grimes is a young woman, living with her brother's, Rick Grimes, family, after he got shot while on a case, helping her family as much as possible as they all recover from this tragedy, when the dead start to rise. what will happen when she meet...
