Daryl's Girl

Chapter 77

I was woken up the next morning by Briana. I don't know what she was doing but it was loud enough to wake me up. I was a very light sleeper. I always had been. It didn't take much to wake me up from what ever slumber I was in.

After a little while, I eventually found the strength inside me to sit myself up and look over to her. She was frantically searching through her bag but it didn't take long for her to notice me looking back at her. "Sorry." She apologised. I just shook my head with a smile and rolled my eyes before I lay back down and looked up at the ceiling.

"You lose something?" I asked, not bothering to sit up. I don't think she heard me as she just walked out of the cell. It wouldn't surprise me if she had. She was always loosing things. It was like a bad habbit of hers. It didn't matter how big or small it was, she'd lose it.

I glanced back up towards her as she came back into the cell after a few minutes. She didn't look to happy. "Okay, what's wrong?" I asked sitting up with my back against the wall.

"You haven't seen the photo you gave me, have you?" She asked. It was then that I realised she'd turned our cell upside down by the look of it.

"No, I haven't." I shook my head. "When did you last have it?"

"I don't know. I had it in here yesterday but I can't find it." She sighed scrunching her face up as she looked around.

"Don't worry it'll turn up sooner or later." I reassured.

Briana looked up at me then back around the messed up cell. "I suppose." She sighed again folding her arms. "Oh, by the way, Rick wanted to see you. He didn't say what for."

"Alright, thanks." I smiled and forced myself down from the bed but just as I was about to leave I turned back to Briana. "Why don't you come with me. You might as well. It might take your mind off of the photo till it turns up." She nodded and together we walked out the cell.

Daryl was awake and adjusting his crossbow as we passed him. He didn't say anything, he just nodded as if to say 'good morning.' Both Briana and I returned the gesture as we made our way down the stairs. That's where I spotted Rick, next to one of the large round tables, in the room where we'd left all of the supplies we'd found.

Briana's face dropped as she saw some of the contents of the bag spread across the table along with the armor. "When you said you cleared out what was left in the armoury, I didn't think it'd be this much."

I couldn't help but giggle as her comment at how shocked she was. "Just come on."

She then took a moment to regain herself before the both of us walked over to Rick. "You wanted to see me?" I called over.

Rick was stood with his back to me but turned around once I started speaking. "Yeah. I needed your opinion on something." He started. "It's about how we go through and search the rest of the prison. I want Lori, Beth, Briana, Carol, Carl and your dad to stay here whilst the rest of us go into the rest of the prison."

I nodded my head and walked over to the table where all of the supplies lay. "Yeah, I think it's a good call. If we find the infirmary, Hershal can tell us what medication we need."

"No!" Briana snapped from behind me. I turned around to look at her as she stood with her hands on her hips and slouched. "I'm coming with you."

"Look, Briana, I want you to stay here to protect the others. I need someone who I can trust, and who knows how to protect herself and the group. You were on your own for quite a while before you and Lily found each other, so you know what you're doing." Rick tried to persuade her.

I knew she wasn't listening. "Rick's right." I agreed and she snapped her head to look at me. "I know that you can do this. You've always had my back."