I run through the woods holding my black 357 colt python up in front of me as I keep looking around making sure i'm not found by the saviors and to answer your question how can I assosiate with those bad people well my dad is the leader of them but...
It's been a few weeks since I left the sanctuary and rick and his group still don't know who I am and they don't know anything about my past I wanna keep it that way because this is the area that the saviors haven't seen or touched so I knew they wouldn't ever set foot here or at least I hope they won't.
I have gotten close to these people and they have become my family in just a short time these people truly have hearts of gold it took a while for daryl and abraham to get used to me and as we speak daryl and I are inside the walls of alexandria having our own little war with knives he thinks he can outdo me in throwing knives I hear music playing in the background I know it's a old song by nsync called 'pop' I hold the throwing knife by my head we have drawn a crowd too.
Tara stands behind me her arms crossed "come on ember put him in his place" I smirk and hold my knife up I take my stance and take a deep breath and throw the knife it synces into the plywood and smile when it goes right above his I look at daryl and he has this smirk on his face and I walk right by him without making eye contact I add alittle bit of shake to my hips because I know he's looking I can feel his eyes go straight to my ass tara fist bumps me maggie grabs my arm "come on honey we got watch" I smile at her and we walk towards the guardpost she whispers in my ear "daryl is staring at your ass".
I hit her arm and smile at her and I say "shut up" she giggles and I stand in front of her "are you kidding me? he could have any girl in this entire community why would he want a girl like me? I don't deserve someone like him" she grabs my hand and interlocks our fingers "sweetheart you are such a good person and you have a heart of gold and this is the first time i've actually seen him show any interest in anyone".
My eyes widened "what?" she nodds and she raises her eyebrow at me I look behind her and I see him talking to rick and he keeps hitting daryl in the side with his elbow when daryl's eyes find me he cracks a little smile I look down and I say "maggie I am messed up in the head I can't sleep at night because of the people i've hurt or killed and" I see the sadness and pity in her eyes she grabs both of my hands "some women are lost in the fire some women are built from it and I can see it has built you to be the most strongest woman I know ember those men that you've told me about they were bad men and they tried to kill you this guilt is not yours to carry honey".
I smile and pull her into a hug she wraps her arms around my neck as I look over her shoulder and see rick and daryl smiling and he mouths "everything okay?" I nodd and smile at them I see glenn smiling from ear to ear and he says to himself "that's my girl" I smile and when we stop I grab her hand and we go to the guardpost and the one's that had the shift before us climbed down the ladder I grab the ak47 and keep it in my arms.
After our shift we both walk back home and I walk inside the house and grab a water bottle from the refridgerator accepting the fact I won't be getting much sleep tonight I drink the bottle of water so my hangover won't be as bad tomorrow because of the nightmares I grab the blackberry moonshine from the fridge.
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I settle onto the couch and I take a swig of it but before I could take another drink I hear a knock on the door I put the mason jar down on the coffee table and I walk to the door I open the door and come face to face with daryl.
He cracks a little smile and he says "maggie told me" my eyes widen I bite the inside of my cheek "about?" he raises a eyebrow at me and he says "she said you've been havin nightmares well how bout some company?" I smile and open the door wider he walks in and sits on the couch and he see's the moonshine he smirks at me "moonshine?".
I giggle and sit down on the couch with a little bit of space between us "yeah lately that's all that's helped me sleep" he nodds and he takes a drink and he makes a face "damn you drunk this?" I nodd and smile and look down and I raise my eyes "that is strong how in the hell did a little girl like you drink this" I giggle and shrug "I can hold my liquor okay lets just leave it at that".
He leans into the couch and I put my arm on the back of it and I ask "so lets play twenty questions I ask one you answer you ask me I answer deal?" he nodds and faces me "and if any of us feels uncomfortable then we're aloud not to answer a question okay?" I nodd agreeing with him and I smile and I pass him the mason jar he takes another swig after I did and I ask "what's your favorite disney film?".
He shrugs "I have never watched them but I did get a glimpse of aladdin" my eyes widened "really? okay your turn" he smiles and passes me the mason jar I take a swig again and he replies "same question" I bite the inside of my cheek "probably 'Brave' merida she's always followed her heart" he leans closer and I see his muscles relax now like he was loosening up and he asks "i've never heard of that one what was it about?" I smile and pass him the moonshine and I answer "her mom always wanted her to be this proper princess and it just wasn't merida it wasn't what she wanted for herself she'd rather be out on her horse with a bow and arrow"
He smiles "sounds like my kinda princess" I giggle and nodd "she's always battled with wanting to do what her mother wants but also staying true to herself and her mom wants her to be a better queen then she ever was like she wants her to settle down and get married and have babies that's all she wants for merida but it's not what merida wants it's not merida's fate she's only gotta be brave enough to see it" he chuckles and nodds "you talk like know from experience".
I nodd boy did he hit the hammer on the nail I have always struggled to set myself away from my dad he wants me to be him and he's always pushes me into becoming just like him but I don't wanna be known as negan's daughter I wanna be known as ember "I think every person struggles to be there own person" he nodds and smiles "yeah I think we all do red" I raise a eyebrow at him and I smile and lean back against the couch and I ask "red?" he smirks over at me and he says "your hair" I roll my eyes and shake my head "that's a new nickname" he smiles at me and I say "hey don't you have to do that run to clear out that quarry tomorrow?" he nodds and I lean down and grab the lid "you should get some sleep i'll be fine".
He shakes his head "i'm not going anywhere until your asleep" I smile we talk for a little while longer and then right before my eyes I fall asleep against his shoulder.
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I smile when she finally nodds off to sleep her head against my shoulder I remove the mason jar from her hand and pick her up bridal style and carry her upstairs to her bedroom and I lay her onto the bed and put a blanket over her I make sure she doesn't wake up and then I walk to the door I turn around and see she's still asleep this girl is gonna change my life for the better.
