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THE SUN HAD barely made an appearance. the wind cold due to the early morning, it couldn't be any earlier then six in the morning, making colette groan out of annoyance from waking up so early without needing to.
sitting up from where she laid on her cot, she slowly stood. pulling on her boots and creeping out of the tent, being blinded by the sunrise that greeted her as she exited the tent.
her eyes quickly spotting her father who sat perched with a walkie in hand, staring at the crushed city of atlanta.
mumbling quietly to the device in hand, the grimes girl slowly made her way over. sitting beside her father. basking in the early morning air, the sun warming her skin. "morning" she mumbled, pulling her knees close to her chest as she spoke. "morning" rick replied, setting the walkie down.
"why're you up so early?" rick questioned the girl, watching her shrug slightly. truly not completely sure as to why she was awake. even though she longed to sleep in, she just couldn't. shrugging colette pulled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms tightly around her legs. staring at the city that was illuminated by the sun.
rick sighed, looking down to colette. silence filling the air as they sat side by side, though it was clear something was weighing down on the brunettes mind. "i heard what mom said. i don't blame you for what happened yesterday." colette mumbled, recalling overhearing lori not saying it forwardly but it was in her underlying words. she meant it.
rick nodded, going to open his mouth to say something but colette only shook her head. "i was upset that you left, because after you got shot i didn't think you'd make it. even the doctors said you weren't going to, i was scared." colette told, her words soft, finding it easy to speak with her father about what was bothering her. he was always the easy one to talk to, because he listened to everything she said.
colette shifted, pushing the hair from her face releasing a breath of air. "and then you left yesterday to save merle dixon of all people. i was scared, because i have this constant nagging feeling now. that your gonna go save someone and your not gonna come back." colette told softly, confessing how she felt. she was terrified to lose her father or her mother, it was one of the fears that made her toss and turn at night. the feeling that she felt when rick had gotten shot a month ago still fresh, something that she felt on a day to day basis.
her eyes glanced to rick, watching him nod softly at the girls words. "i'm not going anywhere lottie. i won't leave you guys again" rick told softly, his hand landing on her shoulder, attempting to get her attention. smiling sadly at the girl, watching her nod her head, her head resting atop his shoulder.
though a part of her didn't completely believe that.
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THE GROUP GATHERED, the camp packed up. the only trace they had been there was the circle of stones where the bone-fire was, the bones from the fish and the blood that stained trees and rocks.
