Alone Together - Carl Grimes

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               The Alexandria gates open and the group begins filing into the foreign grounds. Annalise holds onto her gun as she walks through the grates, looking around at all the people staring at them. The gates close behind them and a man walks up to the group. " Before we go any further, I need you all to turn in your weapons. "  No one moves, thus making the man tense as he opens his mouth again. " To stay you need to turn them in. "  He finishes. Even though she didn't realize it, Annalise held onto her gun a little tighter. 

Rick puffs out his chest slightly as he takes a step closer to the man. " We don't know if we want to stay. "  Aaron turns to the man and takes the side of the group. " It's fine Nicolas. "  Aaron reassures, trying to defuse the situation. " If we were gonna use them, we would've started already. "  Rick adds, his eyes never leaving Nicolas. Aaron ignores Rick's comment as he turns back to Nicholas. " Let them talk to Deanna first. "  Aaron said, making Annalise raise an eyebrow. 

" Who's Deanna? " Abraham asking what the rest of the group was thinking. " She knows everything you'd wanna know about this place. " Silence grows over the group and Aaron's eyes fall to Rick as he calls out his name. " Why don't you start? " Before Rick could say anything the sound of a walker filled the group's ears. " Sasha. " Rick said, causing the women to turn around and shoot the walker without a single word. A smirk spread on Rick's face as the walker hit the ground. " Good thing we're here. "  He said as he followed Aaron through Alexandria.  

Annalise bounces her leg anxiously as each member of the group went into a single room for questioning. " Annalise you can go in next. "  Aaron called out, the girl looked up at him and nodded her head, not noticing her leg had begun bouncing faster. The bouncing stopped as a hand pressed against her thigh, looking down she sees Maggie's wedding ring and she looked up at her mother.  " They're just gonna ask you some questions, we'll be out here the whole time. "  Annalise nodded her head, she didn't know why she felt so nervous about this, she had faced so many worst this, yet this was making her anxious. 

The door opened and Annalise stood up and made her way inside. She was met with a blonde woman who turned to her with a smile. " You must be Annalise, I'm Deanna. Please, sit down. I hope you don't mind me filming this. " Annalise sat down in the chair and looked into the camera that was pointing at her. " It's fine. "  She says as she fidgets in the chair.  Nodding her head, the women beings with the questions. " How long have you been with the group? "  Deanna asked, making Annalise thing back to the farm. " For a while, I was abandoned by my biological parents in the back room of a drug store. Glenn and Maggie happened to find me not too long after, they're looked after me ever since. " 

" So the two of them, they're your parental figures? "  Deanna asked making Annalise nod. " I mean I call them mom and dad most of the time so, yeah. "  She answered making Deanna nod at the answer. " How do you feel about being here? "  Deanna asked, shifting the subject away from Glenn and Maggie. Annalise doesn't answer right away, she is too busy thinking about her answer. She repeated the question back to herself in her head and began thinking about places she had called home before and remembering the tragic end each one of those places had. 

" I've learned never to get too comfortable with places. "  Annalise answered truthfully, she looked up from the floor then at Deanna. " It just seems like whenever we start to settle down somewhere, we're back on our own before you know it. "  She said truthfully, with defeat lingering in her voice.  "I'm so young, yet I've seen so much death all I want now is a place for us to catch our breath, for good this time. "  She finishes, finally breaking eye contact with the older woman who was looking at her with sympathy.