Rise Up

Chapter 5

"I am not letting that asshole throw you out. Me, I don't care, but not you," I said looking at Maggie.

"I don't want you going out there on your own," she said.

"Well if it means that you can stay here with the doctor then I'm all for it," I said.

"No. We all either stay or we all go," Maggie said.

"You're starting to sound like me," I retorted.

She half smiled.

"Your stubbornness is rubbing off on me," she said.

I smiled at her then sighed.

"So we stay," Sasha said.

"For now," Maggie said.

Jesus came back.

"I'm sorry about Gregory, guys," he said.

"I am constantly puzzled as to the fact that he leads this place," I retorted with my arms crossed.

"He stepped up when he needed to I guess," Jesus said.

"I find that hard to believe," I said under my breath.

"Like I told Amelia and Sasha, you all can stay in my trailer for as long as you need to," Jesus said.

"You sure there would be enough room for all of us?" Sasha asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"There's enough room. I can arrange something," Jesus replied.

"We're staying together. All of us," Maggie said.

"And I wouldn't have it any other way," Jesus said.

We all nodded.

"Amelia, your bandage needs to be changed," Maggie said looking at it.

I had completely forgotten about it. "It's not a big deal. I can't even feel it," I said.

"How'd you get it?" Jesus asked.

"Before...before everything, we came across some of them, on our way back from a run. We lost one of ours. Denise...our doctor. So, we fought back. One of the bullets caught my arm but it was just a graze," I replied.

"I'm so sorry. You should go and see Dr. Carson. He can give you some pain killers as well," Jesus said.

"Come on, Amelia. We'll go with you," Sasha said.

"All right," I said.

We headed to the doctor's trailer. It was a quick fix. He was very nice and I was grateful to have him around. For Maggie. We made our way out and followed Jesus to his trailer.

"I'll be right back," Maggie said.

"You okay?" Sasha asked.

"Yeah. I'm kind of hungry," she said.

"I'll go with you," I said.

"Amelia, it's okay," she said.

"Maggie, don't start. Besides. You think you're the only one who's hungry? Sasha you want me to bring you something?" I said.

"Not right now. I'll get something later," she said.

"We'll be setting up my trailer for you all," Jesus said.

"Thank you," Maggie said.

"See you guys in a bit," I said.

They headed to Jesus' trailer.