For You // R.G.

Chapter 94

"RICK!" I yelled as I sprinted behind Luke. Luke was going to kill Rick for what he did, I couldn't let it happen. Once Luke and I reached the stairwell, I screamed Rick's name again to warn him.

"RICK! WATCH OUT!" I screamed. I saw Rick standing downstairs in one of the doorways with his automatic strapped across his chest. He saw us rush down the stairs. Luke started to get his gun out, Rick saw and his eyes widened. I screamed before jumping on Luke, preventing Luke from shooting Rick. I landed on Luke, we toppled down the stairs. His gun slid across the ground.

"Rick, run!" I screamed, looking into his eyes. Luke got up from underneath me, completely ignoring my attempt at stopping him. Luke was driven by pure fury and wasn't going to be deterred by anyone or anything, except by Rick. Rick was walking up to Luke, to try and explain why he shot Nick in the head, but Luke tried to punch Rick in the face. Rick ducked the punch and nailed Luke in the face. Luke fell back,

"Stop it!" I screamed. I got my gun out but when Luke didn't get up from Rick's punch, I put my gun away. I went over to Luke and saw that he was unconscious.

Once I saw that there was no bleeding, I shot Rick a look, he had his head bowed down in some sort of way that showed guilt. I called Sena and Derek over, they had been in the room with Aaron and the kids. They came in, they had no idea what had just happened.

"Is everyone okay? We heard gunshots but Carol said we didn't come out until you said so." Sena asks, she looked at Rick and I, then to Luke who was still on the ground. Rick didn't say anything, he was in a bad mood now.

"Derek and Sena, you guys need to watch Luke. Make sure he doesn't get ahold of any weapons and doesn't leave this room." I say. They both looked confused,

"Why? What happened to the guy? He looks dead." Derek asked

I started walking out and when I reached the both of them, I whispered, "Rick killed his brother and then he tried to kill Rick. Do not let him out." I then walked away, they understood and guarded Luke with their guns out. I went up to Rick.

"We need to talk." I say. He looked at me with dark eyes. He looked like he wanted to hurt me but I knew he wouldn't, he followed me where it was safe to talk.

"Daryl, make sure you keep everyone in that room, they're going to have to sleep there tonight." I say to him. He was leaning against the wall, smoking. He took his cigarette out of his mouth,

"You killed the sonuvabitch?" He asks Rick. Rick nodded and bowed his head,

"Had to... He would've caused more problems in the long run."

I looked at Rick, I decided this was the best place to talk in private. I didn't care that Daryl was here, he could listen to this.

"Luke just lost his dad and his brother in a matter of minutes. Rick, he's going to hate you and going to try to hurt you or worse-"

"Then he's gonna leave." Rick stated in a low voice. It was solid, meaning he wasn't going to be swayed by his decision to banish Luke. I tried to speak but I didn't even know where to start,

"We are not doing that." I disagreed,

"Why? I know you and him have a thing together but you're really gonna put Jamie and all the group through danger because of it?" Rick asks. He locked eyes with me, almost shaming what I wanted to do with Luke.

"Luke and I have nothing going on-"

"If it was anyone else, you'd be for it."

I stayed silent. I bit my tongue, I didn't know what to say. I sighed and rubbed my face, not knowing what to do.