Love is Blindness- A Bethyl Story

Chapter 6

We drive until we are a mile away from the place. Daryl told me on the ride here that he wants to scout it out first then we will go to the gates. "Ill go left you go right deal?" i suggest. "Nah, cant split up, promised your sister id look out for you." "Daryl im fine if something happens ill scream, ive got my knife too." He looks at me for a moment as if to make sure i would be alright then gave a head nod and a grunt.

I head left into the woods to make my way around the gate. As i trail the outside perimeter i can hear people talking and laughing. I thought i heard kids giggles too. Everything i heard reminded me of how it all used to be; Peaceful. A hand grabbed onto my shoulder and knocked me out of my thoughts. I didn't scream because I thought it was Daryl but man was I wrong. The stench from the decaying walker sifted through my nose. The walker was thrashing it's hands trying to get a piece of me for dinner meanwhile growling like a wild dog. I took my knife from my pocket with one hand while holding the walker with the other. It only took one swift movement to puncture the knife into it's skull.
      
    When the eventful couple minutes were over I walked back to the front gate and waited for Daryl. He took a bit longer than usual but I didn't mind he is probably checking thoroughly. His entrance was made known by the rustle of the bushes as he walked and came next to me. "You ready?" He half whispered. I nodded getting  happy and excited but also fearful. What if it's not what we think it is? Rick was right we have trusted too many bad people and our experiences have taught us all something. All I could do was hope that this place was different from the rest.

    The gates were opened by a scrawny guy with light brown hair. He didn't look to pleased to see us but we did kind of just walk right up without letting them know. "I'm Spencer, and you are?" Said the guy. Daryl spoke up and replied, " whose in charge here? We met Aaron he said he was from here trying to help new people he said." He guy took a second to take it all in the. Let us through the second gate. At least we will have protection from walkers. As we entered the gates we were greeted with a blossoming community of houses and people who seemed so nice. Spencer lead us to one of the biggest houses and opened to door. Before letting us in he told us as a precaution he had to take out weapons and that we would get them back before we left.

     In he living room area was a couch and a camera on a tripod which faced a single cushioned chair. There was a coffee table in the middle and a tiny table next to the chair.  On the tables was a case of flowers and a few classic books such as - Hamlet, The Bible, and To Kill a Mockingbird. " Welcome! My name is Deanna. I am the head honcho if you will of this place. We call our community Alexandria and I think you two will love it here. Please take a seat and let's chat." Daryl and I both took a seat on the couch while Deanna sat in the chair.
"So how did you find us? And what would you like to know?" She started.
   " I'm Daryl, this is Beth and uh Aaron found us."
   "Oh great where is he now?"
  " Well the rest of our group wanted to make sure it was safe and well secured, so Aaron is with them. There are about 15 of us." I said noticing Daryl wanted me to take the reigns on this one.
    " All right Beth what would you like to know?"
I did t know exactly what to ask so I went with some basics. " Are there any children who live here?"  "Yes only a few but there are some. We all usually make sure they have about an hour a day to read and do a little math just to keep the normality." I nodded and continued probing her with questions that had crossed my mind. This community has never had much trouble with walkers or other people for that matter since the beginning. The kids seemed to have a normal school and social life and so did all the others. This find was the best I think we have ever had! We are going to be safe here and have a home here I think we will be just fine.

AUTHORS NOTE: hey guys!! I know I haven't updated in so so so long and I'm sorry I'm not good with schedules and I just haven't had any ideas for this story but the ideas are now bubbling up so hopefully you will see a lot more from this story. Thank you all for your patience and support on both of my bethyl stories ❤️