Stronger than before...

Watch your back

I sat on my bunk and tried to think about how I was going to tell Bella about her being exposed.

I had no idea how to tell her, she was already in pain from the whole Daniel situation and this was just going to make it so worse.

Breakfast had at least 5 more minutes left, I had just gotten back from the library.

I pulled out my bag from under the bed and got out a granola bar, they were chocolate chip flavor. Glenn had given me these about a month ago, He said he found them on a run and it reminded him of when we had first met and all I had to eat was energy bars.

He also made me promise not to tell anyone, he didn't want it to look like he was playing favorites when it came to rationing out the food. Even though he said he was... Anyway the only person I had told was Carl, he understood because Rick had done the same thing for him too.

My thoughts were interrupted by a crowd of voices, breakfast was over and everyone was coming back in. I finished my granola bar and threw the wrapper in bag and slid it under my bed.

"Hey" Bella said as she came in the cell "I told Carl you wanted to sleep in cause I kept you up half the night talking"

"Thanks" I said

"Anyway how'd it go?" She asked as she sat at the end of my bed

I sighed and looked at her.

"I got the key back without anyone seeing me" I said "But..."

"But what?" Bella asked with concern in her voice

"But when I was in the library I ran into these people and they... They told me about Block D" I began "They said that almost the whole block had that flu going around-Just its not the flu... It's something way worse, and it's killing people, and if you've been in there then your more likely to catch it"

"Oh my god" she whispered before she started freaking out "Oh my god I was In there...I'm going to die...Oh my god..."

"It's gonna be okay" I said trying to calm her down "Your not showing any of the symptoms"

"For now" She said with Panic on her voice

Our conversation was interrupted by Maggie clearing her throat at our cell door.

"Sorry" she said "Is this a bad time?"

"No" I said as I stood up from my bed "what's up?"

Bella quickly stood up and left our cell hitting her shoulder on Maggie's as she left in a hurry.

"Whats she upset about?" Maggie asked as she took a couple steps into the cell

"Oh... She's just... Having a bad week" I said trying to seem truthful

It wasn't really a lie, she was having a bad couple of days.

"You can talk to me Clem" she said "If there's something going on you can tell me."

"I know" I said hoping to be able to change the subject "So... Um why'd you come by?"