Bowie Dixon is the nine year old daughter of Daryl Dixon, and yet his complete opposite. She's a sweet girl, just looking for someone to guide her to a better headspace. After losing her mom exactly one year before the dead started to walk the earth...
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Dad's gone into the city. I'm just sat outside again, watchin' all the people at the camp do what they do. I'm near the quarry, an' i'm sat by myself like I usually am. Amy, Jacqui, Andrea and Carol are all sat doin' some laundry together while Moon Man watches 'em like a hawk. He's weird, I think. Don't really understand why he's gotta be there. It ain't like he's Carol's daddy. He's her husband. My momma always told me what when I grow up an' I get a husband or a wife or whatever it is I want — I gotta put a fine line in boundaries. They're gonna be my partner, they ain't gonna be my daddy, or my momma, they're my partner. They ain't got no business in actin' like they control my entire life.
Momma was a feminist, an' Uncle Merle always called her weird for it. I don't think she's weird for it. I love her for it a little more if it's even possible, 'cause she used to make us pancakes with pink whipped cream on international women's day. Or when there were Pride parades in the town, she'd make us put rainbows on our cheeks and wave flags around. My momma loved everyone. How she ended up being best friends with some grump dump like my dad... uhh. I don't even know. They're opposites, mostly.
Dad never put rainbows on his face or ate pancakes with pink whipped cream, but he did smile at momma a lot when she did it. I think daddy really loved my momma, even though they weren't datin'. He always looked at her in a way he ain't ever look at any other people. When my momma was around, he always had a big smile on his face. That smile ain't here anymore, though. Neither is my momma. I think she left an' took dads happiness with her.
"Hey, Bowie." I hear Carl's voice. It ain't really a voice I wanna hear. I don't wanna hear nobody's voice right now. I just wanna be alone so there aint a soul that can see i'm sad.
"Hi." I say, standin' up off the big rock i'm sat on. Shane is stood at the side of Carl. Wonder what they're doin'. I know what i'm doin'. I'm goin' back to the camp to be all by myself.
"We're gonna catch frogs, do you wanna join?" Carl asks. but I find it hard to believe it's his choice. It ain't ever his choice when he asks me to join. He's always bein' forced.
