❝ Maybe forever was a word meant for memories and not people ❞
𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Sixteen year old Katherine James navigates her way through an apocalyptic world, surrounded by the dead, her little sister by her side and a group of survivors she met on...
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023. the stranger
Katherine was lightly shaken awake the next morning, she moved her head up and came face to face with Maggie. She looked around and saw she was still by Beth's side, only now she was holding Beth's hand. "Oh my, God" Katherine mumbled, "I fell asleep, I'm sorry" she apologized, gently letting Beth's had go.
Maggie smiled and shook her head, "Don't be, it's okay"
Katherine stood up, so Patricia could get a better look at Beth, "How is she?"
"Dehydrated" Patricia answered, "I'll set up an IV" she looked at Maggie. "Best I can do without Hershel" before leaving the room, and was soon replaced by Andrea.
"Can I get you anything?" she asked Maggie.
"Nah, I just wish my Dad was here" she answered.
"They'll be okay" Katherine spoke up, "He's with Glenn and Rick who– They're good, they know what they're doing. They'll get back with your Dad safe and sound" she adds, "So will Beth, just need to be strong"
"I was just reminding her about– Never mind" Maggie cuts herself off.
"No, no, I– We'd love to hear" Andrea stated, gesturing between herself and Katherine.
"My Dad would die if he heard this" Maggie starts, "My first summer back from college, I drove home, dumped my stuff off, went straight out to the stable for a ride. My family comes back from church and Beth grabs my things and starts unpacking my stuff upstairs"
"That's sweet" Andrea said.
"Yeah, until this one here starts rifling through my backpack. She finds this little plastic container with these pink and green candies inside" Maggie explains, "She didn't even know I was on the pill. She was so freaked out by the idea of me and boys and sex that she runs outside and chucks them in the duck pond"
"Anyway, I ride up, I see this, I'm screaming. She's crying and Shawn runs outside, thinking one of us is drowning. Soon as he figures out what's going on, the jerk bursts out laughing so loud that my horse rears up and gets mud all over the three of us. My Dad comes out, "What the heck is going on out here?" And she turns around, bats her eyelids and says, "We're just swimming, Daddy"" Maggie explained.
Katherine smiled at this, feeling like she's getting to know Beth through this story, "In her Sunday dress, covered in snot and mud"
"Rick and Glenn will get your Dad back" Andrea tells her, repeating what Katherine said earlier to give Maggie more assurance.
Maggie nods, fighting back tears, "Glenn's a good guy"
"He is. The best, he's my best friend as dumb and cheesy as it sounds, a 16 year old is best friends with a 22 year old" Katherine chuckles, "But my best friend is also my 12 year old sister, so I don't know which is more lame"
