The stars around their scars~TWD

2.1 What Lies Ahead

The teens still sit in the same car, they were allowed to drive by themselves as long as they followed Daryl and stayed in front of the rv. "I miss school," Gwyn sighs.

"Me too," Ben mumbles.

"You know what I miss?" Iza asks as she looks at them.

"Tell us," James smiles behind the wheel.

"Fast food. Taking late night bike rides with my friends. Smoking weed on the sports field hours after the concierge left the school grounds," she chuckles shaking her head.

"That sounds fun," he smiles.

"Yeah," Gwyn chuckles.

But before they can continue their conversation, they get into a traffic jam. James sighs as Daryl rides back. "Just keep going ahead!" He yells over the bike.

James continues with the others following him. Until they notice they aren't being followed anymore. "And now our parents are gonna flip out," Ben mumbles as James stops the car.

"We'll walk back," Iza says opening the car.

"Or we could do what Gwyn said," James says as he looks ahead.

"Don't be fucking stupid," she says rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, don't be stupid," Ben scoffs getting out of the car and slamming the car door.

Gwyn and James sigh looking at each other. They also get out and follow the other two. When they get back, they get send back towards their car which is a few minutes out front.

They get assigned to look through the cars and pull out fuel. So, that's what they do. Iza cheers when she finds an iPod that's fully charged. "What did you find?" Ben asks.

"Music," she smiles as she looks through it.

They keep working their way ahead until James flicks his fingers gaining their attention. They spot the walkers and Iza gets on the ground.

"Under the cars," Ben whispers shouts at them.

Iza gets under a car and looks at Ben who gets under next her. Gwyn and James get under the car a few feet in front of them. They stay quiet, scared that even a breath will alarm the walkers.

By the time the walkers are past them, Iza and Ben are holding hands, their fingers locked while Ben has his finger in front of his lips. James and Gwyn stare up to the car, laying on their backs.

Ben looks around the car before nodding, still holding onto Iza's hand. "You guys okay?" He asks James and Gwyn.

"Ask me in five minutes," James sighs.

They each let out a breath they had been holding. "Can we move?" Gwyn asks.

"Yeah, I think we can," Ben says.

"We should go look with the others," Iza says after they have gotten out of the car.

"You think they're okay?" James asks as Ben quickly starts walking back.

Iza stays quiet as she starts walking quicker. When they finally get back, Iza stands around scared, waiting for her dad to join with the group.

"Why isn't he back yet?" She asks biting her lip.

"He will be," Lori says putting her hand on Iza's shoulder.

Not long after, Daryl comes walking up to them with a heavily bleeding T-Dog. Iza runs to her dad and runs into his arms. "I'm okay, it's okay," he says after the shock from his daughter hugging him for the first time has settled.