Daryl Dixon's Family

Chapter 67

BIG shout out and thanks to walkerjedi and ORgirl528

~~~Abraham's Flashback - Third person's view~~~

Abraham is chatting amiably with Sasha as they return from a foot patrol, when he reflects on Maggie having a baby in an uncertain world. Sasha responds that maybe she's doing it because of the way things go. Abraham is disappointed to learn that Sasha has been reassigned — partnering them with others they can train, Eugene taking her place on their daily patrol — and they awkwardly part ways.

~~~Back to Normal Third person's view~~~

Abraham's flashback ends after having sex with Rosita, who gives him a medallion she made from the fuel truck's cracked taillight. Abraham says Rosita is "damned near perfection" though his behavior demonstrates there is something lacking between them.

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Maggie and Ava is working in the dark, building trellises for a vegetable garden she hopes will supplement their rations. This is also where Maggie tells Ava that she's pregnant, Ava is happy for her and gives her friend a big hug while saying she will be there to help her through it, the two woman still hasn't seen a single bud yet, but Ava assures her they'll be okay. They notice Denise and Abraham acting anxious about something and run to investigate.

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In Rick's home, Jesus takes down a painting of the Queen of Spades and contemplates it and a people who can still appreciate art. He soon finds himself facing the gun-barrels of Carl, Daryl, Ava, Glenn, Maggie and Abraham, who all get their first look at Rick and Michonne as a couple. Ava is the only one who sends the new couple a smirk. Jesus is calm throughout, and explains that Daryl couldn't guard both the front and back door of the house he was locked in, nor the third floor windows, that "knots untie, locks get picked, entropy comes from order," suggestive of a philosophy that seeks harmony over control. Jesus reveals that while he was loose, he took an accounting of their armory and provisions, assessing their food supplies to be very low for his estimate of their population.

Jesus apologizes for getting off to a bad start but says they're on the same side, the living side. He thought Rick and Daryl looked like trouble but he was wrong and sees now that they're good people. Jesus reveals he's from a community much like theirs, and that he searches for other settlements with which to trade, inviting them to visit and see for themselves what is possible.

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Rick's group prep the RV for the trip. Denise gives Daryl some oat-cakes as thanks for his previous efforts that he shares with Ava who greatly eats them,

Carl tells Rick that he's cool with Rick and Michonne's relationship, and turns down an invitation to go with them, and instead stay with Hunter and Crystal, Judith and the twins, while joking that he wouldn't make a good impression with his messed-up face.

After heading out, Abraham quietly asks Glenn, "While you were pouring the Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?" Glenn explains that he and Maggie are trying to build something, that they all are. Reflecting this, Rick holds hands with Michonne while driving, causing Ava to smile at them from the back and whispering "bout time Rick found happiness again" in Daryl's ear to which he just nods and kiss her lips quickly yet sweetly.

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They come across a recent wreck, the vehicle's engine still smoking, which seems to have veered off the road after hitting some walkers and rolled into a ditch. Jesus says it's his people, and Rick's group track them to a nearby building and rescue them from walkers.