Dixons daughter

5

"Wow" I said in awe.
Glenn let out a small chuckle.

"Prison sweet prison" Glenn said walking out of the tree line. He walked forward into the field before turning. "You coming?" He called hanging his hand above his eyes so he could could block out the sun. I smiled and nodded before jogging up to catch up to him.

"This is crazy" I said as we jogged up the fence.

"It's lucky."he said before calling "Maggie! The gate!" A short haired woman who must have been Maggie, pulled open the metal fencing. We jogged in right as a few walkers caught up to us. Right after Maggie closed the fence glen turned and stabbed a walker with his knife right in the head. Glenn then proceeded to kiss Maggie. May I add for a long time before I coughed and interrupted them.

"Oh right sorry" Glenn jumped apart and said rubbing the back of his neck. "This is Maggie" he smiled his face red.

Maggie giggled and held out her hand. "Yes. I'm Maggie" she rolled her eyes and smiled. "And you are...?"

"I'm arlo err Ari. Call me Ari" I said awkwardly before shaking my head and taking her hand. "Nice to meet you Maggie. Is it just you two?" I questioned looking around not seeing anyone.

Maggie laughed and shook her head. "No,some of us are inside and the rest are on a run" I nodded my head and stuck my hands in my pocket. We all stood there in an awkward silence.

"We should take you in to meet everyone" Glenn said breaking the silence Maggie and I nodded and we started walking into the main cell blocks of the prison. We walked down the long halls Maggie and Glenn joking and giggling in front and me trailing behind.

We soon entered a mess hall sort of area where there were lots of different people sitting talking and working. Once we all walked in they smiled until they saw me peaking behind Maggie.

"What in hell. Why did you bring another person here" a man stood up angry. He said walking towards us.

"Rick stop. She's just a kid, Carl's age. What was I supposed to do just leave her out there" Glenn tried to reason. Rick stared at me before rubbing his face and taking a breath.

"Let me talk to her then" Rick grumbled. Glenn nodded while everyone else stared. "Follow me" he said as he walked out and down a hall. I looked at glenn before he motioned with his head to follow Rick.

I found myself running down the long corridor trying to catch up to Rick. I finally saw him at the end of the hall turning into a room. I slowed down into a walk trying to catch my breath before walking in the room finding him holding a small bag in his arms rocking it back and fourth.

"This is Judith,my daughter" that's when I realized he was holding a new born baby instead of a bag. That makes more sense.

"She's beautiful" I said walking closer to them before Rick put her back down in the crib. He sighed before turning to face me.

"I'm sorry about the way I acted. Things haven't been the same since my wife..." he trailed off. I put a hand on his shoulder

"It's okay. I understand". He nodded and continued.

"Anyway I want to apologize and introduce myself. I'm Rick. And you are?" He said holding out his hand and I shook it.

"I'm Arlo Jackson but please call me Ari" I smiled hoping I was polite. He shook his head.

"Your so young to be out here on you own. How old are you? How long have you been on your own?" He questioned in a kind way obviously hoping not to offended me.

I let out a nervous  chuckle. "I'm 15 so I'm not really a kid" he nodded

"I guess not. You're the same age as my boy Carl. He's out on a run now but you'll meet him and the others soon enough. But why are you out on your own, or do you have a group"?

I shook my head and sighed. "It was just me and my mum from the start but she got bit so I had to put her down..." I blinked and sighed trying not to let tears out. Rick offered me a smile before I continued. "Right before she died she told me that my dad isn't dead so I left to go find him hoping nothing happened to him. So here I am now."

Rick nodded before adding "well Ari. We'd love to have you stay with us" I smiled and hugged him.

"Thank you so much, you don't know what this means to me"! He smiled.

"You should probably meet everyone that's here" he said before leading me back to the cafeteria area.