The Road Ahead of Us - TWD Season 2

NICOLETTE

"Is he alright?" Nicki heard her sister ask urgently as Rick and Shane dragged a passed-out Daryl.

"Rick, is he alright?" Sarah asked again, making the man nod.

"Andrea just grazed him," Rick answered as they kept walking towards Hershel.

Nicki observed them as they all walked by, all of them having strange, uncomfortable faces, and she felt that it wasn't just for Andrea's brilliant performance since Daryl seemed to have had one hell of a day. He was bleeding; he was bruised and pale.

"Nice show you put out there," Nicki said, crossing her arms as Andrea walked by.

"Would you ever back off?" The blond woman roared in panic as she turned to Nicolette, who shrugged her shoulders coolly before following her sister towards the house.

As she was walking, she noticed T-Dog going towards Carol, showing her a doll. Nicki observed closely, stopping on her tracks. She knew that doll. It was Sophia's doll; Morales' daughter had given it to her when they had parted ways. Nicki's eyes went back towards the house. Daryl had found something. He had finally found something. Sophia never moved without that doll, so she must have been around. Nicolette just hoped that Daryl hadn't found it very far from them.

Entering the house, Nicki saw Lori and Maggie on the side of the living room, observing Rick and Shane, who were trying to bring Daryl towards the stairs, following Hershel. Behind them, there were Glenn, Sarah, and Andrea.

"Is he going to be alright?" her sister asked, as the blond woman was trying to take a closer look at Daryl.

"How can I help?" asked Andrea urgently.

"Don't worry," Rick answered as Beth and Jimmy entered the room

"What happened?" asked the girl.

"Andrea shot Daryl," Glenn answered as Andrea kept repeating, "What can I do? Let me help."

"You've done enough already!" Sarah snapped, making everyone look at her with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry," Andrea argued. "I thought-"

"Next time, try to listen instead," Sarah said before turning and running up the stairs. Nicki was frowning at seeing her sister behave that way. Sarah's angry side was shown more often lately, but Nicolette wasn't entirely sure that she didn't like it. Usually, Sarah tried to stay calm and polite, so it was nice to see her argue back. Or maybe Nicki was thinking that just because Sarah was angry at Andrea.

"I'll go with her," Lori said before following the others upstairs, as Dale looked at Andrea fondly like always.

Nicki looked at the stairs, wondering what could have happened to Daryl and if he was alright. She hoped that he was. He could be a douchebag, but he was quite a comforting presence now, and by Sarah's reaction, she must feel like that too.

"Was it bad?" asked Andrea to Glenn, who shook his head.

"No, just the side of his head," he said, taking a breath. "Actually, we thought he was a walker too at first. Then he spoke."

"I guess we'll just have to wait to find out how bad it is," Maggie said softly, turning to Patricia.

"Should we check the food?"

"Food?" asked Nicki as she saw the blond woman nod her head and move towards the kitchen.

"Lori and Carol were cooking for everyone," Beth said, getting closer to Nicki, who frowned. "For our hospitality."

"Oh," muttered Nicolette, "I didn't know."

"Of course not," Beth said, giggling with a small smile. "You've trained all day."