Life Isn't Fair

7

Before I knew what was happening, Daryl stormed up to my face and pointed at my chest while pushing me back. "Listen, Girl, I'm not afraid of you." he says getting closer, so I just smile and cross my arms. Next thing I know, hes smacking the smug look off of my face. "You-" I go to say and punch his face, getting a good whip of my knuckle against his cheek. The only reason I didn't go for the nose is because if I broke his nose, we wouodnt be able to get it back together without a lot of pain involved.he goes to take another swing and copy me by swinging his fist towards my cold face, but I duck just in time and push him away. The others just stare in awe until Daryl swipes his knife towards me and nags my arm. A screech escapes my lips and Daryl is pulled away from me by Rick and Glenn. Maggie and Tara rush over to me, checking my arm which is dripping blood by now. I aggravatingly sigh and sit on one of the benches while the girls tend to my arm. "Where is he?" I ask while hissing at the stitches that Maggie was giving me. "Hes in the room to the right of the cross talking to Rick about you." she says in a soft southern accent. "Listen....Daryl isn't usually that hostile...Its just that hes been through a lot." she speaks soothingly, as to not alarm or spook me. "So have I and I don't act like that. I had to watch a little girl get shot on her head right in front of my face." I say looking at the carpet to the right of me. I hear a small gasp next to me, and notice that I said something that hit home for her. I turn back around to face her teary eyes, and I pull her into a hug. "Its okay, its okay." I say as soothingly as I can, while fidgeting with my ring. "What happened?" I say in a high pitched whisper. "My sister...Was with Daryl after we escaped our home. It was a prison. He told me that she got ripped from his hands and taken hostage. Then, he was almost beaten to death by some wanna be survivors. Im glad hes back, back im scared of what their are doing to her right at this moment. I can imagine her calling my name for he-help." she burst into tears and Glenn rushes over, and takes it from there. I stand up and walk over to the room where Carl and Judith are in, and politely come in unnoticed. "Hey." I say quietly, as to not disturb Judith's sleeping state. "Hey Skylar." he says staring at Judith. "I think Daryl is on the verge of shattering." I say concerningly. "I don't think Daryl likes you." Carl says turning around and facing me. I admire the patch on his face and look behind me at door. "Your father is in the right place. He just makes stupid decisions." I said while squeezing his hand and giving him a reassuring smile. "Well, I've got to go, but it was a nice little conversation." I say and nod, while giving two fingers to salute Carl. He chuckles and shakes his head, so I leave the room and make my way to the other one where Rick and Daryl are. Before I walk in, I hear a very interesting conversation. "She's feisty and strong. She's also got a hot head like me and that could be useful. We need her here Daryl." I hear Rick say desperate that he will agree. "Nah. She's trouble and I don't trust her. She might be part of the group that took Beth." he said with aggravation and sadness in his tone. "Hey....." I say awkwardly and step inside of the room, closing it quietly behind me. "I came to apologize. For you know, punching you....?", I say raising my eyebrows,"and because I heard that you lost someone important to you and that I should take it a little bit easier on you. Not saying your weak, just saying that you are having a diffulicult time right now and that I need to hold in my anger against you until we can cover one situation at a time." I say whole hearted, in hopes that he doesn't punch me again for trying to apologize. "Its okay." he says causally and grabs his crossbow. After he leaves the room I sit down in front of Rick. "Listen, ever since I got here the group has been a mess. Things will go back to way they were when I leave. Tonight." I say staring into his beautiful deep blue eyes. "Why? You're going o be lonely on your own and nobody there to protect you." he says scanning his eyes across my face looking for a sign of agreement. Nothing happens so he drops his eyes from mine and looks at the floor. He thinks for a while until he says,"Could you atleast stay until we find Beth?" I blink and nod, noting the seriousness on his face. "Yeah I will." I say happily. As I walk out of the room Daryl gives a slight nod with his head and I wave at him. I return to Glenn and Maggie, who's much better than earlier. "Hey." I greet someone with that for the third time, smiling warmer than the other times. "How are you feeling?" I ask, cautiously watching for anybody that wanted to hurt me. "Better." she says smiling and looking at Glenn. "That's good." I say sincerely and pat Maggie's shoulder. I walk away while looking behind me at the happy couple. "Who knew?" I mumbled smiling. I walked outside and sat on the steps while watching Abe and a couple more get a bus ready. "What is this for?" I ask pointing at the broken down mix of colors in front of me. "Its to get Eugene to Washington. So if your coming, you better have your stuff ready." he says in the thick southern accent he has. I roll my eyes and stand to my feet, while walking backwards into the church. I grab my bag and machete and other items I needed, along with my rifle and head on my way out of the church double doors. "Going to Washington too huh?" I turn around to be face to face with Daryl himself. "Yes. Now if you could kindly just leave me alone and let me go." I say and turn around to walk a little faster off of the steps. "Fine then." he grunts and walks away. I show Abe my bag and weapons and he gives me a finger to tell me to wait. Glenn and Maggie come out with their stuff and we all pile in and sit on the seats. I sit in the very back, because I feel most comfortable there. I look out of the window to see that Judith is potining at me and smiling at me. I smile and wave back, until I forget something. I jump up and run off of the bus, while running inside and grabbing my pup. "Come on Oll." I say and rush him out of the church and onto the bus. He sits in the very back with me and lays down as the bus goes down the gravel road. As I look behind us, I see Rick nodding his head at me so I do the same as a sign of respect. Out of nowhere I start singing a beautiful song that my father taught me before he got caught and was killed.

Of all the money, the e'er I've spent, I spent it in good company. And all the harm the e'er I've had, alas is was to none but me.

There was a lot of talking until I started to sing, which made everybody go silent in anticipation to hear me sing.

And all I've done for want of wit, to memory that I can't recall. So fill to me the parting glass, goodnight and joy be with you all.

After I sang that I looked up to see Maggie in tears. "Daddy use to sing that with me and Beth...and now she's gone." she had more tears running down her cheeks while Glenn tried to comfort her while whispering sweet things in her ear. Soon, she was calm and I started hum again. Not to make her cry, it was for my own comfort. I was humming a beautiful melody and again, everybody got really quiet. After I was done I looked up and saw everybody staring at me except for Abe. I looked at Ollie and then out of the window, while looking at everybody out of the corner of my eye. Next thing we all know, Abe is screaming and we do a couple of flips into the air until we land on the floor and all black out.