Stronger than before...

Uh oh

~6 Months since Lees death~

It had been 6 months since Lee died, and 1 month since the Daniel incident.

Things has changed a lot for me, some for the better and worst.

Physically I had grown 2-3 inches and was now a tiny bit taller than Bella, and almost as tall as Carl.

Another thing was that I constantly had to be with someone now, it had been made an unspoken rule. I knew it was because Tyreese had convinced the council Sasha should stay and now they were all on edge and super protective of me.

"Got an twos?" Glenn asked interrupting me from my thoughts

"Go fish" I said as I glanced at the cards on my hand

We were playing go fish at a metal table inside of block A, Glenn had convinced me to play it with him when he saw me try to leave block A by myself.

The block wasn't as crowded as usual, all the kids were at Carols classes and some of the adults were gone doing there own thing.

Speaking of Carol, she -Like Glenn- was mad at me. She Just she had a different way of showing it, she had asked me not to come to any more of her classes for a while and had avoided me a lot more.

I had a feeling in my gut that she had gotten in trouble for Bella and Daniel finding the key that day.

"Got any fives?" I asked Glenn

"Go fish" he said

I was debating wether or not Glenn was actually still mad at me for lying and stealing. Unlike everyone else Glenn actually told me that I had been stupid and that he was upset.

It sounds harsh, but I really appreciated it. I liked that he had actually punished me for being stupid, unlike everyone else who were letting me get away with it because of my age or my past.

"Have you gotten any new books lately?" Glenn asked trying to make conversation

"Yeah" I said as I started rearranging my cards in chronological order "Daryl got me a couple history books a week ago"

Daryl had been the most protective out of all the council, I had over heard him threaten Tyreese that if Sasha did anything to me again they both would be the next bodies he buried outside.

Also I should mention he's had to be digging graves a lot lately due to the so called 'Flu' going around.

"Are they any good?" Glenn asked referring to the history books

"Yeah, one is about the Great Depression and the others about world war 1" I said

"Got any sevens?" He asked switching his attention back to the game

I sighed and handed him two of my sevens and he smiled.

"Okay..." He continued "got any threes?"

I sighed again and handed him one of my threes.

"Jackpot" he said clearly happy as he made a book for his threes and a book for his sevens "got any fours?"

"Go fish" I said with a small smile

We continued playing Go fish for about 15 more minutes until Carols classes were over and it was time for dinner.

I was sitting with Carl at a metal outside.

"How were Carols classes?" I asked

"Boring, shes trying to teach us math and it's so confusing" Carl replied "What'd you do?"

"Played go fish with Glenn" I said right before I ate some of the squirrel meat on my plate

"Wow are lives are so exciting" Carl said sarcastically

I smiled at him and then took a sip of my water.

I kept my head down as I saw Sasha walk past our table and avoided any eye contact.

"I'm still so mad that the council let her stay" Carl said when she was a far enough distance away

"Tyreese must've had a really good argument" I said

"Yeah" Carl mumbled "I tried to ask my dad why they let her stay but he said to drop it"

"Weird" I replied somewhat curious on why he didn't give Carl a straight answer

We talked about comics for the rest of dinner and then I made my way back to my cell, I hurried and got there before anyone saw me.

I laid down on my bed and sighed.

I was thankful for all the attention and protection- I really was. It's just that the only time I was ever alone now was when Bella wasn't in our cell, and that was rare due to her hating all the dirty looks she would get from some of the council when she left the cell.

Nobody in the prison knew about the Daniel incident except for the council, Hershel just told all of block D that he had passed from the 'flu' and no one questioned him except for Daniels roommate.

I had found out that Daniels roommate turned out to be Daniels cousin, his name was Tyler.

"Hey" Bella said as she came into the cell

"Hey" I said back as I sat up

"How was dinner?" She asked as she climbed up to her bunk

"It was good" I replied as I grabbed a history book from my under bed

I wouldn't necessarily say Bella had been pissed after the council found out- more like she was hurt.

She had pushed me away after that, it was rare for her to have a real conversation with me where we talked about stuff other than our day.

"Achoo!" I heard Bella sneeze

"Bless you" I replied

"Thanks"

I continued reading my book until I heard someone scream lights out.

I slid my book under my bed- I was running out of room under there from my stuff, Bella's stuff and all my books.

I sat up and began to take my shoes off when I heard Bella sniffle.

"Are you okay?" I asked wondering if she had been crying

"Yeah" she said with her voice sounding weird "just a small cold"

I finished taking my shoes off and laid back down on my bed.

I was beginning to get worried, what if her small cold turned into the flu? What if she passed it along to me? What if it killed her?

I sighed and decided to drop it, I was just tired I told myself. It was probably nothing.

I wish that turned out to be the case, the rest of the night I kept waking up from Bella's coughing.

I knew since the prison was in dead silence I wasn't the only one that could hear it, and I knew that when morning came it wasn't going to be pretty.

I'm so sorry that this chapter is so shitty, I'm just trying to move this story along.

New chapter will be up as soon as possible.

Teaser for upcoming chapters: The governor will make an unpleasant appearance somewhat soon.