Shane stands alone with a gun raised. Andrea soon joins and then everyone who has a gun does. I look back at Patricia and Beth, then I look forward and join. We had no choice at this point.
When the last one was down we stood in silence. Walker bodies were piled in front of the barn door. I look back to see everyone. Maggie was sobbing next so Dad who had no reaction. I felt guilty. Beth, Patricia and Jimmy all stood together. Dale and Andrea were the furthest, they stood apart. Lori was holding Carl on the ground and Rick stood just a foot in front of them. I looked at him to see what he thought but he looked away. I sighed and turned back to the barn, everything behind me had feelings, at least the walkers were dead and didn't give me dirty looks.
We hear a faint growl and out stumbles a walker Sophia. My breath hitched in my throat and I turned away. Ana wrapped her arms around me. I heard Carols cries and that's when I cried. I turned to see what would happen, I didn't want to but I needed to see how it ended. She walked over bodies while everyone stood. Shane couldn't even shoot it.
"Someone do something!" I yelled through my tears, and Rick walked forward.
He didn't kill any walkers except for the little girl we all knew. When the gun shot went off I jumped and closed my eyes.
"Fuck" I mumbled and cried into Anas shoulder. "That wasn't right" I cried.
I pulled away and turned to see everyone else. I had no right to cry. I didn't even know this girl.
Beth cried in Jimmys arms. She quickly moved away and walked to mourn her mother. She rolled her body over and it came alive. Rick and Shane pulled her off and I ran to kill the walker. When I looked up everyone was holding her back like she was so big and hard to control. Dad held her as she continued to cry.
My nose was stuffy but running at the same time. That always happened when I cried. Ana walked with me close by her side when we went back to the farm.
"We were out there, lookin for her and she was in there all along?" Shane says angrily
"Leave us alone" Maggie says
"Shane. Stop" Rick says pulling him
"Get your hands off me. Y'all knew and didn't tell us"
"If he knew. Why wouldn't he tell me? I'm blood, Shane" I said
"We didn't know" Dad says
"Bullshit. Y'all knew" Shane presses on as we approach the steps "Why was she there?"
"Otis brought the people in. Maybe he found her and brought her in. I know, I didn't find her" Dad says to Shane
"Expect me to believe that? Do I look like an idiot"
I stood next to Dad while Patricia and Maggie took Beth inside. Rick was pushing Shane back.
"I don't care what you believe. Get him off my land!"
Shane stepped closer to my Dad and I stopped him. I punched him square in the jaw. He stumbled back and I pressed a finger into his chest.
"Stay the fuck away from my family!" I yelled "What's done is done! No one fucking knew Sophia was in that barn. No one! So get the fuck over yourself and move on" I was pulled away and Shane stood in shock. I saw that Glenn had pulled me away while Rick went to Shane to calm him down. I shook Glenn off of me and walked to Dad.
"I'm sorry" I say
"Thank you" he says
"For what?"
"I think you scared him off"
"Or brought myself more trouble" I mumble and turn back to him.
"I mean it. Off my land" Dad says concluding the conversation and walking into the house.
He was pacing around and Rick stood with his hands on his hips.
"I'm sorry" I said more to Rick than Shane and went into the house.
Ana walked in around five minutes later. She sat next to me.
"What the hell happened to Shane?" She asked
"He was getting too close to my Dad. I punched him" I said
"Damn. That's twice now that you've gotten Shane"
"I'm sure he isn't happy and wants to get back at me"
"You think he's gonna come at you again? Like at the CDC?"
"I don't know. I'm just gonna stay inside. Never be alone. I'll be fine" I say standing up "I just want to be-" I paused not knowing what I wanted "with family. I'm sorry" I walked into the kitchen with Beth.
She was doing dishes from breakfast. I heard the door open and close and assumed Ana walked out. Then I heard Maggie and Glenn start a conversation in the room Ana just left.
I didn't like the silence in the kitchen so I left to my room. Really taking it all in. The faded wallpaper, white shag rug, tall oak dresser and a twin sized bed with a canopy draped over it and pushed against the wall. I laughed at myself looking at the room now. I remember loving it as a kid, I wanted it just like this.
I'd tell my mom that I wanted a nice room, on our way to Hershel's. She told me I'd get it and I'd get it however I wanted. She wanted me to have the world, anything I couldn't have at our last place she wanted me to have it here, and she did so. She'd ask me how I wanted my room on the first day and I told her, she got it all done the first day. I was around 10 when we moved in. I was old enough to remember what my dad did but young enough to still carry on through my day without it weighing on me. It was so much easier that way.
