When All Seems Lost

New friendships

I woke to the sound of laughter outside our tent. I faced towards where Daryl laid, but he wasn't there. My shoulder was hurting me but it wasn't bad. I slowly lifted my self up and walked out of the tent. I came face to face to several woman. I nodded at them and then went towards Rick. He was talking to Daryl and it looked to be important from the way Rick was moving his hands. I slowly approached them because I didn't want to disrupt them. Once they saw me, they stopped talking. I stopped beside them and asked Rick, "I was wondering if I can have my weapons back. I feel weird without them."

He began shaking his head no and said, "You're not ready for them. You can barely walk let alone hold a sword."

"I am fine. I know you saw my scars. This isn't my first time, I can handle a little pain. I want my weapons back now or I am going to find different ones." I told him with an dominant voice. Daryl took a step towards me and I took a step back. "I'll make you a bet Rick. If I can defeat Daryl with the way I am now then you give me my weapons back and if he defeats me. I'll go back to the tent and lay there for the rest of the day." I told him with a look. He seemed to think it over and Daryl nodded at him. I smirked at them.

"Fine. I'll take you up on your bet. Let's step away from the camp so no one gets hurt." He told me what I already knew. I nodded and walked with them to the outskirts of the camp. People began to follow us. Rick stopped and Daryl and I went a little further. We both stopped and looked at each other. "Keep this a fair fight. First blood drain wins." Rick spoke the rules. We nodded and looked back to each other. Daryl began walking around me and just stood still. I have been trained to fight since I was young and before this shit happened. My farther was in the military and always wanted a boy, but instead got me. Good thing I took after my dad. My sister didn't which is why I must find her.

I saw him coming from the corner of my eye, so I stepped away as he swung wildly. I took my chance and punched his chest. He had to take a couple steps back but I didn't wait. I advanced on him and began punching him. He shielded his face with his arms, so I slid my leg under his and he fell to the ground. I straddled him and began punching him over and over. He got his hands on my waste and pushed me hard that I fell of him and he pounced on me. I brought up my arms to shield my face and used my hips to flip us over so I was on stop again. I grabbed his head and began to slam it into the ground. Daryl's nose started bleeding so I quickly got up and stared at Rick. I was breathing heavy as Rick looked at Daryl. "I want my weapons now please." I spoke to bring his attention back to me. He slowly nodded and left to go get them. I turned towards Daryl and he was staring at me. I gave him a sad look and said, "Please forgive me. I had to win because I need my weapons. Their very important to me. I understand if you don't want me around you anymore. I'll move my stuff from your tent when I get my weapons back." He got up from the ground and grabbed me around my neck and pulled me into him.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. We need more people like you. You can take care of yourself and that's important too. You can stay with me for as long as you want." He told me with a small smile. I nodded at him with a small smile of my own. We headed toward the group where they were talking amongst themselves. They split apart when we approached. Daryl pushed me forward and said, "Introduce yourself to them. Tell them a little bit about yourself."

"My name is Jacqueline but you can call me Jack. I'm 17 years old and I'll be staying for a while." I spoke confidently. They all nodded and began to say hello and introduce themselves to me. I got to know almost everyone by the time Rick came back. I smiled big at the sight of my weapons. I grabbed them from him and quickly put them in their places. I felt relaxed once this was done. These were my fathers weapons and I couldn't lose them. We all went back to the camp sight were food was ready to be eat. We all set down and began eating and talking with one another. I was talking to Michonne about her sword skills when the boy I threatened sat beside me. I froze and stared at him. Michonne excused herself as this happened.

After a few moments the boy looked at me and spoke, "My names is Carl and I forgive you for what happened." After that he got up and began walking away. I quickly got up and chased him.

"Wait! I want to talk to you." I yelled at him. I then took his hand and pulled him with me away from the group. He began to protest but I didn't let go of him. Once we were alone, I stopped and turned to face him. "You are not the only one who wants to say sorry. I'm sorry that I put a gun to your head. I really didn't mean to cause harm on you. I was scared. Your people came out of nowhere and threatened me. I just ran to closest person and put my gun to their head. I had to protect myself. I hope you can truly forgive me." I spoke quickly because I didn't want him running off. He looked at me for a few moments before nodding.

"I forgive you. To be honest, I wanted to be mad at you. I wanted to cause you harm. But I realized I was more mad at myself for getting put into that sort of situation. When I saw you try to pull that arrow out, I got more mad because I know I could never attempt to do that. I would like to be friends with you." He spoke frantically and nervously. I smiled when I heard his request.

"I would love to be friends with you Carl." I told him honestly. He smiled at me and took my hand and began running back towards camp. We sat down so he could eat. Once he was finished, he took my hand again and we raced off. I showed him my sword skills and taught him some moves. We talked about a lot of things. Soon Rick was coming over and watching us. He spoke to Carl but I didn't hear any of it. It wasn't my place to know what they were talking about. I don't think it was anything good because Carl's mood went kind of down hill. Then out of nowhere he asked me, "Are you really not staying?" 

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