Daryl's Girl

Chapter 116

Leaving the two men to chat, I made my way back around the silos to the others. They all seemed to be alright in each others company. At the very least, Milton and Hershal seemed to be getting along with one another as the pair of them began laughing.

It was then, as I looked around, I noticed that Andrea wasn't in their conersation and that she was in fact sat on her own over by the barn. She didn't look to pleased as she fiddled with the gun in her hand. It only made me wonder which side she was really on or whether she was stuck in the middle.

Not allowing my head to run away with my thoughts, I slowly made my way over to her. "Hey." I greeted and Andrea turned to face me. "May I?" I asked gesturing to the spot next to her. She nodded so I sat down next to her and sighed. "How's it going in there?"

"They kicked me out." She replied, looking at the area around us before turning back to me. "I don't know what I'm doing here."

I turned my attention from the trees and looked towards her. Her voice was so small that I wasn't sure I actually heard what she was saying. "You're trying to help."

A small forced smile creeped into her face as I replied but I could see there was something on her mind as she faced me. "What is it?"

For a minute or two she just sat there and I figued she was contemplating on whether or not to tell me, but she did. "What happened with Maggie?" She asked.

Now it was my turn to work out whether or not I should tell her about what happened. I didn't want to hurt her, but I didn't want to have her thinking she was safe with the Governor. She wasn't. "He's a sick man." I finally told her, thinking back to that night where we found both Glenn and Maggie about to be executed. About how Maggie was wearing Glenn's shirt. I didn't want to think about what might've happened if we hadn't shown up when we did.

It was then that Andrea started crying. "What am I gonna do now? I can't go back there." She sobbed.

Although I didn't like her all that much on the farm, I had to admit, it was good to see her alive after all that time thinking she was dead. She was one of us whether I liked it or not. "We're family. You belong with us, but if you join us, it's settled. You know that."

She nodded her head and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "I know." She sniffed. "I had a chance to end this. You told me what I had to do. I didn't take it. I couldn't do it."

"Don't worry about it." I sighed as I put my arm around her. I wasn't very comforting at the best of times, but I know how hard it is to kill someone. It changes you and, at first, I didn't know how to deal with that.

"How are things between you and Daryl?" She sniffed again, changing the subject.

I smiled at her question and looked over in the direction I'd left him with Martinez. "It's complicated." I told her honestly. "We've been through a lot, you know? The farm, winter, being out on the road and now this." I chucked and Andrea smiled back at me. "We'll get through it. We all will."

Andrea nodded at my reply and the pair of us sat in silence for a little while. During that time Daryl and Martinez has also came back to join us and the whole place was quiet. I could only hope that all hell wasn't breaking loose between Rick and the Governor.

After a while, Andrea stood up and walked back over to the Governor's car and I did the same, heading over to Daryl. All of us remaining silent for the rest of the time we were there.

During the silence I had time to think. I went over all the things that'd happened to me since the shit hit the fan. Sophia. Shane's death. Being on the road. Norman. Briana. Merle. Being trapped. Woodbury. All of it was on me. It all happened because of me and I couldn't blame anyone else but myself.