The River's Daughter [ the walking dead ]

Chapter four: distrust

"Do we really have to?" Nina muttered as she sat down behind Vivian. She brought a hand up to her face to rub her eyes.

"No way out Sunshine." She replied, turning around.

"Yeah but couldn't we just stay with dad?" Nina asked and Vivian shook her head.

"He's busy, he always is, you know that." She smiled, trying to ease the conversation. "Besides we're going to the states, might not be better than England, but it's new."

"And we need new." She sighed, fixing Nina's hair while she nodded.

"Do you think Virginia's nice?." Nina said, and Vivian laughed.

"I hope so, but we'll only be there a few weeks." She added, "What bad can happen in a few weeks?"

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Nina's eyes shot open, hearing the wooden doors clash together from violent wind. Getting up, she saw the group fighting to keep them closed. Her breath began to shake as she made her way to help them. She pushed herself onto the doors with all her might.

     Rick locked eyes with her and lingered for a moment. Maybe she was trustworthy.

After a while, the storm seemed to calm down. Nina's hands were shaking and her shoulders already sore. She dragged herself to the floor and closed her eyes.

     Flashes of the dream she had earlier came to her mind as the hours passed by. Virginia did suck.

     "You okay Kid?" A rough voice came from beside her. She opened her eyes but didn't need to look. She knew it was Daryl.

     He shifted a bit, safe to say he didn't know what to say. He didn't want to scare her more than she already was. But he also couldn't get one thought out of his head — what if he was wrong.

     Beth had died and he was reckless, he was so angry at himself, that he saw her in a random girl he found in the woods. He had to save her over his stupid conscience. A girl that could bring the threat straight to his family.

     He stoped for a second to look at her, "You talk?" It was all that he could think of to say.

     Nina looked back at him. She made a face he couldn't make out before nodding.

     He sighed, "Why don't you then?"

     She looked back to the front and held onto her throat. She had realized something, she hadn't spoken since the day Vivian went missing.

     "Me and my people can be a little scary sometimes." He told her, "We're just trying to protect ourselves."

     She fixated on the wall in front of her, listening intently.
     "We don't trust easily." He said.

     She furrowed her eyebrows at that. Then why did he save her, what made him believe she wasn't the enemy. She was so confused, but part of her, deep inside was thankful. She would've died out there.
     "Nina." She said softly.

     He looked at her once more and remained quiet.

   The doors suddenly creaked open, revealing Maggie, Sasha and, an unfamiliar man.
     "Hey, everyone, this is Aaron."

    The group tensed up and Daryl quickly got up to check outside.
     "We met him outside, he's by himself." Maggie reassured them. "We took his weapons and we took his gear."

     The man scowled as Daryl patted him down vigorously.

     "Hi." He took a breath, "It's nice to meet you." He reached out a hand but stoped once he heard the group grip their guns.