How I came to find the love of my life

Chapter two

{Dani}

We pulled up to a campsite not shortly after. Everyone got out. Me and Rick got out last. He was acting like he didn't belong. I knew exactly how he felt. Then he ran towards a little boy. The boy ran to him and jumped in his arms. He was holding the kid and looked up and saw a lady. The lady started running towards him. When she reached him he gave her a kiss and hugged the kid and the woman. I guess that's the family he was looking for. At least he had a family.

T-Dawg walked over to me.

"You coming or what? I need to introduce you to the group," he said. I just nodded and followed him to where the group was.

"Everyone! This is Dani!" He said, pointing at me. Many people said hi. The woman that hugged Rick came up and gave me a hug.

"I'm Lori. It's nice to meet you," she said.

"Uh, hi," I said back. I wasn't good around people. Terrible, actually.

I got introduced to a lot of people. Lori, Carl, Dale, Amy, Sophia, Carol, Ed, Shane, Ted, Jim, and a few others. I didn't try to pay to much attention. I wouldn't be with these people very long anyway.

~

It was later that night at dinner. We were talking about my sleeping arrangements.

"I would let you stay in my camper, but I'm afraid I don't have any room. And we would let you stay where Dixon usually is, but we don't exactly have his permission, and I would hate him to come back and see you in his tent in the middle of the night," Dale said. I gave him a confused look.

"She doesn't know about Daryl yet," Glenn said. "Daryl is Merle's brother. He's gonna be pretty pissed when he finds out we left his older brother handcuffed to a roof,"

"I'll tell him. I'm the one who left him, so I should," I said. No one argued.

"You can stay with me in my tent," Ted said.

"No," I said really fast. I got a creepy vibe off of Ted, and didn't want to ever be alone with him.

"I don't think she wants to stay with someone she doesn't know well," Shane said, elbowing me. "There's always my tent," he said to me. I nodded my head.

"So it's settled then," Dale said.

"Your a lifesaver," I whispered to Shane.

"It's no problem. I get it," Shane whispered back.

~

Later I went with Shane to his tent. I got in the sleeping bag and fell asleep automatically.

~~~~~~start of dream~~~~~~

I had walked in from school. I was startled when I saw him sitting in the chair.

"Dad! What are you doing home?" I asked him. He would usually be at work until six.

"What do ya mean Dani? No 'Hey dad' or 'how was your day' or anything? That's not very polite" he said. I just stood there. He had a bottle of whiskey in his hand. That was bad.

"How was yer day?" He asked me.

"Fine. How was yours?" I asked.

"Did anything happen today?" He asked me, completely ignoring my question.

"Not really," I answered nervously. He looked up at me.

"Really? Like, you didn't talk to anyone?" He said. My heart started beating faster.

"Well, yeah, but-"

"Alright, I can see yer never gonna answer. Quit beating around the bush! Who the hell were you walking home with?!" He said angrily.