burning love

Us-42

Bella's POV:

Me and the other three have been walking down the railroad for a while, Rick was a head of us talking up plans for when we get to Terminus. Me and Carl and Michonne all walked on the railroad beams trying to keep out balance, there was one big cat left in our bag and it was gonna be mine. Rick stopped and looked at us, 

"What are ya doing?" Rick asked with a side smile. 

"Winning a bet." Carl said almost losing his balance. 

"In your dreams." I said, laughing. 

"Yea CARL!" Michonne yelled trying to scare Carl off the beam. Michonne fell off and Carl laughed so hard that he fell off.

"Yep that's right." I said grinning. I grabbed the big cat from the bag and looked at the information on the back. And given that  haven't ate in a while I probably shouldn't eat this with the pregnancy and all which reminds me that it has been five months today, I think. I wish Daryl could see my lil baby bump. I handed the candy bar to Carl and he asked me if I was sure, I nodded my head yes and he took it with a smile, splitting it between himself and Michonne. 

Daryl's POV: 

I have been in the woods all morning hunting anything that I could eat. I had just found a rabbit and shot at it when another arrow comes soaring through the air, barely missing my head and hitting my rabbit.

"Claimed." Len says coming up behind me. 

"Um no I shot it first. I have been in these woods all morning tracking it, you can't just take it." I said getting mad. 

"No I claimed it." Len said I grabbed the rabbit and started tugging on it. 

"Woah boys whats the problem here." Joe said coming up to us. 

"Hes trying to take my rabbit." I said defensively.

"Well did you claim it?" Joe asked.

"What. No, I ain't claiming shit. I shot the damn thing." I said getting pissed.

"Well since you didn't claim it and Len did it is his, due to the claiming rule." Joe said and this just pissed me off. 

"That's how you mark your territory, your prey, your bed at night," Joe said pausing. "It's jusst one word; Claimed." Joe explained. 

"Are we gonna teach him?" Len asked anxiously. 

"No. Daryl here didn't know the rules, now that wouldn't be fair." Joe said. Joe grabbed the other end of the rabbit and I held on tighter and grunted. Joe just gave me a look and laid the rabbit against the tree and cut the thing in half. 

"You have one and he has one." Joe said trying to make it fair but I wasn't about to argue.

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We had been walking down the railroad tracks for a while now when Joe came up along side of me. 

"The rules are very simple. If you steal, you get killed. And don't lie." Joe warned. I nodded my head as Joe spotted a garage and told the boys to head there for the night. We headed into the garage and everybody else started claiming spots, but the floor so I just laid on the floor claiming it I guess. I laid down on the floor and covered myself with a the trash bag. I laid on the floor and wished that Bella and Bailey were here. I just wanted to hold them in my arms and tell them that I love them and be there for them. 

I woke up the next morning and walked to the outside to take a piss. I came back in side to be hounded by Len,

"You stole it I know you did." He yelled in my face.

"I didn't take anything." I said defending myself. Joe comes over and takes my bag emptying the contents onto the ground.  Out fell Len's other half of the rabbit. 

"I was framed. I didn't do it." I said standing my ground. 

"I didn't do it he stole it." Len denied. 

"Boys teach him all the way." Joe said pointing at Len. Len began to stutter and try to defend himself.

"I saw him put it in your bag," Joe said pausing, "You told the truth, he lied. You understand the rules, he doesn't." Joe said. After the men brutally killed Len we gathered our things and began on our walk again. As I went outside the door I saw Len's body all bruised and an arrow in his skull. I started to cover the guy up but decided against and just followed after the men. We follow the tracks.

"Joe I got a question that's been bugging me. Where are we going?" I asked.

"We are following a man that strangled one of our men in the bathroom at a house that we stopped at." I nodded my head, I didn't really wanna know what they were gonna do to the guy. I saw one of the other men looking at a vegetable that grew along side the railroad. 

"Claimed." I shouted as Joe smiled, probably pleased that I was catching on. I pick the vegetable and popped it in my mouth and we continued on our way.