Daryl's Girl

Chapter 40

I walked into the living room and sat down in the chair opposite the kitchen where, not to long after, Maggie walked out of Beth's room. Andrea shooting some disgusted looks in my direction before leaving. I didn't care what she thought of me, she was wrong, but I thought it best not to retaliate in front of Maggie.

Instead, I just watched as she walked out of the house closing the door behind her. I had to admit, I was tempted to follow her out, but I didn't want to leave Maggie in the house alone in the state Beth's in. At the very least, I wanted to go find Daryl, Briana and Hershal. Hershal out of everyone needed to be here but he was nowhere to be seen in the fields through the window

After a while Maggie came and sat next to me. The worry written across her face. "Is Beth okay?" I asked.

"She seems to be. Just have to wait for daddy to get back." She nodded. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah." I nodded, turning my full attention to her.

"I think I love Glenn." She told me. "I don't know what to do."

I looked at her and smiled. It was no secret they liked each other as, lately, they're barely ever apart. I think everyone had already assumed as much. It's obvious the two of them trust each other and, just like every relationship, it's always built on trust. The feelings just get stronger after that. If there's no trust, how can you be together?

"As corny as it sounds, you should follow your heart." I giggled. "Why are you telling me?"

Maggie shrugged her shoulders and looked over towards Beth's bedroom door. "I don't know. You're family and it's not like I can talk to my dad or Beth. It's just something to keep my mind occupied, I guess. I'm gonna go check on Beth. I can't leave Andrea with her all day. Do you want to come?" She asked.

"Andrea's not in there." I told her as I remember her leaving the house a little while after Maggie came out of Beth's room.

"What?" Maggie quickly jumped up.

"Yeah. She left just after you came out. I thought you were just giving her some space so I didn't think anything of it." I nodded and quickly jumped up off of the sofa and followed her into the bedroom. Beth wasn't there. "Where is she?"

"Beth?" Maggie called out. No reply. "Beth?"

All of a sudden, we heard crying coming from her bathroom which was then closely followed by the sound of glass smashing. Both Maggie and I immediately stopping what we were doing before running to the bathroom door. It was locked.

I quickly began searching through the draws for a key when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lori enter the room. "Maggie?" She questioned.

"She is in there. We heard glass." Maggie replied banging on the door, trying to force it open. "Don't do this Beth. Don't do this. Open the door please...I left her with Andrea." She continued and turned to look at Lori. She then joined me searching through the draws and went back to the door.

Andrea was a coward. If she was or is suicidal, it doesn't mean she has to project it on everyone else. Even after that happened in the kitchen, how can she be so cold hearted as to leave Beth in her room, on her own, knowing what she might do.

Lori was still standing in the door way as I spotted pole that was near the fireplace. I quickly grabbed it and made my way back over. "Open the door Beth. I'm not mad. I'm not mad." Maggie banged on the door again.

"Watch out." I said walking towards the door. Maggie nodded and stepped back where I then jammed the pole into the crack next to the handle and started to break the door open, forcing it from the hinges, hitting it a few times. Sure enough, the door swung open and Beth was staring at the broken pieces of the mirror. The shards of glass all on the floor and in the sink.

She slowly turned around and looked at us. Her wrist was all cut open and blood was pouring out. "I'm sorry." She sobbed as her other hand covered her wrist.

Maggie rushed in and put her arm around Beth, leading her out of the bathroom just as the front door opened. Daryl and Briana coming through first with Hershal following on in behind them. Maggie then gently leading Beth over to Hershal where the three of them disappeared into the kitchen.

I didn't know what to say as I made my way over to Daryl and Briana, about any of it, and I think Daryl saw that as he pulled me into a subtle hug. It didn't last long though because, all of a sudden, Maggie came storming through the house and angrily swinging the front door open. It was when I looked out of the window, I knew why. Andrea was making her way up to the house.

I immediately pulled away from Daryl and went out after Maggie.

"Where were you?" I heard her shout.

I followed her gaze over to Andrea, who was running up the driveway towards us. "I heard, is she alright?" Andrea panted.

"She would be if you would've stayed with her! Where were you?" Maggie snapped.

"How bad?" Andrea then asked, avoiding Maggie's question.

"It went deep." I muttered, still pissed with her from both our earlier conversation, now this.

A smile appeared on Andrea's face. "She wants to live. She made her decision." She said, looking pretty pleased with herself.

"She tried to kill herself." I yelled.

"No, she didn't." Andrea smiled again.

"My father is stitching her wrists, right now."

"She'll live." It was almost as though a wave of pride washed over Andrea's face as she spoke. It was gone as soon as it came though as she attempted to make her way over to the house only to be stopped by Maggie.

She stood strong in front of her, shaking her head. "Stay away from her. From both of us and don't you dare step foot inside this house again."

Andrea stood shocked for a moment before she nodded. She just looked at me as if asking for help, but I shook my head slightly and watched as she walked away.

"I'm not going to say she's right, but Beth has made her choice. She wants to live and now she knows it. Sometimes you have to cross the line." I heard Lori say and turned around to see her standing behind me. Maggie just raised her eyebrows before she shook her head and stormed back inside. 

I hadn't even noticed she'd come out to join us or listened to the arguing between us all, but I had to admit, as much as I disagreed, a part of me did kind of get where they were coming from. She could've done it there and then, but chose not to.

Putting my thoughts aside, I turned around to head back into the house and spotted the dust pan and brush sat on the porch, remembering all the broken glass in Beth's room. The best thing to do was to get rid of it to not only clear up the room, but to prevent any temptation Beth still might have.

I picked up the pan and brush and headed back into the house and into Beth's room where Daryl was still standing. He looked at me and then into the bathroom. The shards of broken glass were all over the floor and each individual piece had to be taken out of the sink. It took a while but with Daryl's help we were able to throw away the shards and clear everything up.

Once we were done, we both headed back to the camp hand in hand, knowing Beth was in safe hands with Hershal and Maggie.