Barely Surviving // TWD // Daryl Dixon #Wattys2016

Chapter XX -- The Prison

"Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together."

Jessica Howell

The rest of the group hadn't had it easy either since the farm got overrun. They had been from place to place, from house to house for the last eight months.

Surprisingly, Carol had toughened up during this time. She had lost her husband, her younger daughter, which was a hard blow, and then her other daughter. She was all alone now. She couldn't explain the pain she felt when she didn't see Cecilia among the survivors that made it out of the farm.

She felt hopeless for days, she felt like giving up, she regretted not spending more time with her when Cecilia was alive. Instead she pushed her away and now it was way too late to fix that.

But not matter how much it hurt, she found the strength to move on after Sophia's death and she found the strength to move on after Cecilia's, which was a bit harder because she was the last one of her family that died and she was already grieving Sophia and Ed when it happened, the pain just kind of accumulated.

Almost all of them expected Carol to break apart and give up but it was the opposite. She was tough now, she stood up for herself and she even learnt to shoot, she wasn't that good but she was improving.

Teresa and Oliver took her death really bad. Teresa hadn't known Cecilia for more than two years but their bond was very strong, they shared an apartment and they did almost everything together. Oliver also was very close to her and they felt guilty everyday for not helping her when she needed them the most.

They couldn't explain why they couldn't face her after Sophia died. They didn't know what to do or say to her to make it better, they knew how much Cecilia loved Sophia. They just thought she was going to lose it any day and she did, she wanted to kill herself and it was Glenn and Daryl who convinced her not to do it, people that she met not long ago, that made them feel even worse.

Teresa felt like she didn't deserve to be sad about her because she didn't deserve to be called Cecilia's friend, not after she technically abandoned her.

Things were hard for her and Oliver, they couldn't deal with more problems. They had already too much on their shoulders when Sophia died. They just wanted Carol to step in but she never did and now Cecilia was dead.

Sean was the worst during the first months after the farm incident. He got withdrawn from the group. He had mixed feelings. Their leader had killed his uncle, he was furious about it, he wanted revenge but another part of him knew Rick did what he had to do. A part of him knew his uncle had lost his mind but he couldn't just accept that he was murdered. He tried his best to avoid Rick because he always felt like stabbing him or killing him or at least just punch him whenever he was close to Rick.

He had lost his siblings, his parents, his pets, his girlfriend and friends, and now his uncle was gone too. He was the last one of his family and he felt really lonely now that he was gone.

And on the other hand there was also Cecilia. He had to admit that Cecilia wasn't his type. He was into brunette girls with big brown eyes and he preferred girly, sweet girls, Cecilia wasn't girly or sweet at all, that's for sure. She was tough, she was able to survive and to stand up for herself. If it came to just the two of them, Cecilia would be the one protecting him, not the other way around.

But it didn't take long for Sean to fall for her. She was funny, sarcastic, fearless and bold, but she was also distant, cold and in a way, broken.

Sean remembered when they were dared to kiss back at the CDC, he wasn't that drunk that night and he remembered it perfectly. He always wondered if she remembered it, unlike him, she was really wasted that night. She didn't act awkward or shy around him the next day so he couldn't be sure if she didn't remember or if she just didn't mind.