Holding On {Daryl Dixon}

Gunshots and tears

Chapter 9- Gunshots and Tears

As we were running through the woods we ran into the others.

"Where's Lori?" Daryl asked, a little out of breath.

"Carl was shot and someone from a farm came on a horse and got her." Glenn said.

"What about Shane and Rick?" I asked my breath coming back to me.

"They were with Carl when it happened." Andrea told, she seemed annoyed.

"Where's Kyla?" I asked the both of them.

"Back on the highway with Dale." Carol told me.

"Does she know about Carl." I asked again worried that if she found she might be broken knowing that Carl was the only one left that she knew her age.

"We just found out ourselves. What do you think?" Andrea told me like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She was getting on my last nerves. I was ready to take my knife and make another eyehole for her.

"RoseAnn. C'mon, let's go back." Daryl told me probably sensing my anger towards Andrea.

We started back towards the highway, Daryl's hand on my lower back his other hand holding his crossbow. We kept walking, we must have been far out.

We ran into a walker and Daryl raised his crossbow ready to shot it when I stopped him and said

"I got this one." I gave him my bow and took out my knife from its holder and walked up to the walker and put a small cut on my left forearm the walker turned around and started to limp my way do I walked backwards a little from it, out of the corner of my eye I noticed Daryl raise his bow ready to shoot it. I took the knife and backed the walker into a tree and stabbed it right between it's eyes. And pulled out the knife and placed it back in its holder. I took a deep breath and turned on my heel to look at Daryl.

"Bow?" I asked he throw it back at me and I caught it.

"Let's keep movin' Sunshine." Daryl told me and walked up to me and put his hand on my lower back again and we kept walking.

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As we got closer to the highway I heard the pained voice of Kyla yell out.

"No. That can't be!"

"It's Kyla." I told Daryl. The others probably got back and told her what happened. I heard her cries and it made my heartbreak.

"Kyla!" I yelled and started to run towards her cries. This was my normal reaction to find her and help her if she in pain or upset.

"RoseAnn. Don't." Daryl yelled after me. I ignored him and kept running. I ran until I got to the metal railing on the highway. Carol was holding a crying Kyla in her arms.

"RoseAnn. wait." Daryl told me. I stopped and turned around to face him. He was right behind me his chest touching mine.

"Don't do that to me. There could have been walkers out there." Daryl told me catching his breath again. He put one of his arms and knocked my knees under me and picked me up and put me over the railing them put me down and climbed over himself.

"RoseAnn!" Kyla's voice flooded my ears I turned around to face her. Her eyes red and puff. I walked up to her and hugged her I looked up to Carol and mouthed a 'Thank you.' To her she nodded her head and smiled softly and walked away.

"Let's get you back to the car. Yeah?" I asked she nodded her head and put her arm around my shoulder and stated walking towards our car. Daryl went into the RV grabbed something and came out and walked towards us.

"Let me get her over." Daryl said to us and jumped over the barrier and put his arms out to her I helped her towards him and he lifted her up and over the barrier with out a problem. Once Kyla was over Daryl put his hand out to me and I took it and hopped over the barrier and put Kyla's arm back over me and helped her to the car and opened the back door and helped her in and had her lay down on the pillow that Daryl left behind from last night and closed the door and opened the passenger door and put my bow and quiver on the ground and Daryl put his crossbow and bag on the ground also, and closed the door.

"Do you have any ice?" I asked. Daryl shook his head 'No'

"Okay, could you give her some more pain killers?" I asked him sweetly. Trying to hide my pissed off mood at Andrea.

"Yeah where are they?" he asked.

"In my shoulder bag that's in the divers seat. I'm going to check on Kyla." Daryl nodded and started to look through my bag to find the pills.

"Kyla?" I asked softly. She took her head off the pillow and looked at me.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'll be fine soon enough. Right?" she asked I always told her everything would be fine soon enough.

"Yeah. Soon enough." I smiled.

"Here's some pain killers Kay." Daryl opened the back door and handed the pills to Kyla. She swallowed them without a drink and laid back down.

"Goodnight Kay, love you." I kissed her forehead and she mumbled a 'goodnight, love you too.' Back.

I took my boots off and leaned back on the back of the divers' seat.

"Come 'ere, you need some sleep." Daryl told me and and I laid down beside Daryl his chest against my back, his arm around waist the other acting as my pillow

Once I was starting to drift off I felt Kyla grab my hand and lace our fingers together, I opened my eyes to see her staring at me smiling, I smiled back and fell into a dreamless sleep.