The scar left by memories.

Part 3: Nightmare

The sun is half set I finished making daisy chains an hour ago and I've been looking at my picture book, that was until dad walked over to me and sat beside me.

"What was that" Shane said in an angry voice, "what was what?" I said in confusion. "You could have got killed, the hell do you think you're playing at?" He shouts, I flinch at his anger and frustration "sorry" I whisper. "You better no more running of do you understand!?" Shane says with a finger pointed, "yes" I say while he walks away with a stomp.

Minutes go by and I see Daryl sat sharpening his arrows and he looks lonely so I walk over to him and sit next to him "hi dare" I say softly, he looks at me with a confused look "hey grace what you creeping for?" I giggle "my names Ava not grace" Daryl just looks at me "okey grace" he repeats the name.

I just look at him and smile "I heard your going back for Merle" I say, "yeah me and some others" Daryl smiles. "Be careful" I say thinking about loosing anyone in camp and how I don't want anyone to die. "I'll be fine don't worry okey?" Daryl reassures.

"Well, look I I don't okey Rick? So could you just could you throw me a bone here, man? Could you just tell me why? Why would you risk your life for a douche bag like Merle Dixon?", at that moment Daryl jumped up and walked towards Shane and I followed. "Hey chosss your words more carefully" Daryl implied, "no I did douche bags what I meant" Shane says in a cocky voice.

"Merle Dixon the guy who wouldn't give you a glass of water if you were dying of thirst" Shane protested, "what he would or wouldn't do doesn't interest me" Rick snaps. "I can't let a man die of thirst, thirst and exposure we left him like an animal caught in a trap"

The men that was going back to get Merle was loading the truck and about to set of back to the city, I was sat with Lori and Carl doing school work and I hate it Carl is 12 and I'm 8 and he's doing harder work than me, which means I'm not doing much different.

Shane walks towards them as Lori leaves "wanna go catch frogs Carl? He asks, "yes yes let's go" Carl said in excitement waking to the quarry.  "Can I catch frogs with you dad!" I ask, he just looks at me "no but you can come down and sit with the girls doing laundry" he replied. I just look at the floor wondering why I can't do anything but Carl can.

It's been around 30 minutes and I'm sat on a rock next to Carol at the quarry watching my dad catch frogs with Carl, "catch them frogs, catch them frogs!" I hear dad yell.

I miss my dad's love, he doesn't seem to care no more.

"I miss my vibrator" Carol says, I just look at them in confusion "what's a vibrator?" I ask curious, everyone just looks at each other "nothing darlin'" Andrea reply's as everyone laughs.

Then ed walks up to us "what's so funny?" He says dryly, "just swapping war stories" Andrea reply's. "Problem ed?" Andrea continues, "nothing that concerns you" he reply's. I just look at ed backing up a little as he scares me, "focus ok your work" ed says getting angrier.

Lori and carl stomps up back to camp and as they do drama unfolds right here infront of me, "ed tell you what you don't like how your laundry is done, you are welcome to pitch in and do it yourself" Andrea states "here" she says throwing a t-shirt. "Oh! Ain't my job missy"Ed reply's, Andrea gets into Ed's face "Andrea don't" Carol says trying to stop her.

I just try my best to walk round them cause I know this will end bad, "what is your job ed? Sitting on your ass smoking cigarettes?" Andrea says in a cocky voice "well it sure as hell ain't listening to some uppity smart mouth bitch" Ed shouts.

At that moment I feel my heart beat faster because it does not look good from my view "tell you what come on,let's go" Ed try's to grab Carol, "I don't think she needs to go anywhere with you ed!" Andrea again states. "Come on now, you heard me" Ed says.

Everyone was talking at once I wasn't catching on it was all going too fast, then Ed slaps Carol round the face and everyone started pushing and shoving and I got knocked to the floor and hurt my head "ow mother fu"- ,I was cut of to my dad dragging Ed across the floor and punching him in the face repeatedly.

I run over to them "DAD STOP! STOP IT!" I yell trying to stop him from killing him. "Put your hands on your wife, your little girl or anybody else in the camp especially my little girl next I won't stop!" Dad yells in his face.

I just stand there in complete shock, my dad has never been that violent whatsoever going on with him? I hope he doesn't stay like that forever.

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