Broken Wings (Daryl dixon x Reader)

Chapt 8: Gunshot

"Ya'll gonna follow the creek bed back, Daryl, you're in charge" Shane said to us where we were all gathered in a group under a tree. "Me and Rick are just gonna hang back, search this area another hour or so just to be sure."

"You're splitting us up, you sure?" Daryl asked. I saw from the corner of my eye Austin rolling his eyes.

"Yea we'll catch up with you."

"I want to stay too." Carl said stepping up. "I'm her friend"

Rick and Shane looked at each other for a second. Rick then looked at Carl then at Lori. After a minute passed Lori smiled and hugged Carl "Just be careful okay?"

"I will." Rick walked up, kissing and hugging Lori goodbye

I gave a smile to Austin who just walked away. Was he mad at me? Did I do something?

We split up and started heading back towards the way we came, while Shane, Rick, and Carl went the opposite direction. I followed behind Austin who still hadn't looked at me even after thirty minutes of walking.

"So this is it?" Carol piped up "This the whole plan?"

"Guess the plan is to whittle us down. into smaller and smaller groups" Daryl replied sarcastically.

"Carrying knives and pointy sticks" Andrea began and turned her head to look at Lori who was grabbing a water from her bag, "I see you have a gun"

"Why you want it?" She turned the handle of the gun towards Andrea. "Here take it, I'm sick of the looks you're giving me" Lori huffed as Andrea rolled her eyes took it. Lori sat down a log beside Carol talking to her now.

"Honey, I can't imagine what you're going through and I would do anything to stop it, but you have got to stop blaming Rick. It is in your face every time you look at him. And when Sophia ran he didn't hesitate, did he? Not for a second. I don't know that any of us would have gone after her the way he did. Or made the hard decisiins that he had to make. Or thst anybody could have done it any differently. Anybody?" She looked around at each of us. Austin scoffed and started to walk on grabbing my arm and pulling me along with him. No one answered.

I yanked my arm back as we were a little bit of ahead of everyone and we needed to stick together and he was hurting my arm.

"Wait Austin, the others, we need to wait for them, Daryl knoes how to get back we-"

"Y/N will you shut up for just one Goddamn minute?" He turned to me pratically spitting in my face. I looked over my shoulder wondering if anyone heard what was going on. I only saw Carol look down quickly.

"I'm sorry...I just don't want to get lost..."

"You think that he knows anything? That piece of white trash redneck knows anything? You are following him like he is some savior!" I flinched as he yelled. There was no doubt they were hearing everything now.

I heard the crunching of leaves behind me and turned around comijg face to face with Daryl who was only looking over me at Austin His blue eyes were darker then usual, they reminded me of the ocean during the night.

"We gotta keep going come on" He said while giving Austin a glare.

"Sure thing" Austin said giving a charming smile. The other were staring at us. I was embarrassed, had they heard everything?

"We were just having a little chat, some private time if you will. See Y/N here was just worried. You know how girls like her like to worry, about if we were going the right way or not." Austin said putting an arm around my waist.

Daryl looked down at me then back at Austin. He seemed to think to himself for a moment.

"Yes I'm sure come on" He said walking off and following after the trail. I breathed a sigh of relief which only lasted for a second when we heard a gunshot. Just one gunshot.