The Walking Love Story (The Walking Dead fanfic)

Chapter 57: Maggie

RILEYS POV

I turned away and began walking back toward C. I heard the gates being opened. I turned and saw a mini van pulling in. They drove through the gates and came up to the second gate where I was standing. I walked closer to the mystery car trying to get a better look at the person inside. As I got closer my spirits lifted. "Maggie?" Maggie stepped out of the driver seat

~A couple hours later~

"So tell us what happened." Carl said to Maggie everyone was sitting in C all wondering what happened to them.

"Well we were cleaning out a Walmart. Bob was in the food area,Tyler was getting stuff for the car, and I was getting medicine and necessities. All sudden Tyler screamed, I took off running toward him. Bob beat me there and was trying to shoot walkers. I started stabbing them but it was to late their were to many. Tyler was swarmed and they ate him alive. We couldn't do anything so we took off. We ran out of the store and jumped in the car. We drove until we ran outta gas. There were no other cars around so we walked through the woods sleeping on tree branches. We were heading toward the prison, when we heard a motorcycle. We ran toward the road and the bike pasted us. We saw Riley holding onto Daryl as they thundered down the road. Bob and I ran after them but couldn't catch up in time. So we walked the road found a mini van a little over the side of the road. It still had a little gas so we hopped in it and drove home and here we are."Maggie finished

I sat still frozen if we would haven't been going so fast we could have brought them home sooner. Guilt washed over me, I felt horrible. I stood and walked up to my cell. I sat down on the bed out my elbows on my lap, laid my head on my hands and cried.

"Riley?" Daryl said walking into the cell. I looked up at him my eyes red and puffy. "What's wrong?"

"It's our fault if we wouldn't have been going so fast we could have brought them home quicker." I sobbed

"It's not our fault it's not like we knew they were there and kept going." He said still standing in the doorway.

"I know but I still feel horrible." I said my tears drying a little bit. "I need

to be alone right now." I stood up and brushed passed Daryl. I walked out and up to the roof.

I shut the door to the roof and sat on the couch. I listened to the birds chirp and the sun blinded my eyes. I laid down across the couch and fell asleep.

*RYANS POV*

I heard Daryl and Riley talking and saw as she walked out of her cell and up to the roof. I stood wearily at my cell door and watched as Daryl left and went outside. I followed Riley up to the roof. I get up to the roof it's starting to rain pretty hard, I don't see Riley. I step closer to the couch and she is asleep shivering. I get under the roof they built over the couch and stand out of he rain. I bend down and pick Riley up in my arms. I hurry out of the rain and down the stairs to my cell. I walk inside my cell and lay Riley down on my bed. I pull her shoes off along with her coat. I set them on a chair to dry from the rain. I grab a blanket and lay it on top of her trembling body. I touch her cheek, she is ice cold. I slip my coat and shoes off, grab another blanket mad lay it on top of her before laying in the bed with her. She must have felt my body heat because she scooted up against me. I wrapped my arms around her cold body. I held her close and laid my head on hers. I felt her hand grab my shirt.

"Ryan."She whispered

"Yes Riley?" I asked her softly

"Thank you." she whispers

"Your welcome." I said "Are you warming up?"

"A little I'm still froze though." She added

"Here." I pulled her closer to me. "Better?"

"Better." She whispered before we both fell asleep. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and just stare at her as she slept soundly in my arms.

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Well?

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