YEARNING - Daryl Dixon

NINETEEN.

FRANKIE, Tyreese, Carol, Lizzie, Mika and Judith had continued to follow the railway for the next couple of hours until it was later in the day, just before sunset.

"Ok, lets see if we can find somewhere to sleep for a few days, then we'll come back and follow the railway." Carol stated and Tyreese nodded in agreement, before the small group began walking through the woods with the girls in between the two adults safely.

They all walked in a comfortable silence, Frankie walked beside the older woman for a while before they found a home in the middle of the woods. "We'll stay here for a few days, get some rest." Frankie nodded as the group walked towards the house.

It seemed untouched by walkers.

Tyreese hand Judith to Lizzie "We're just going to clear the house then we can go inside ok?" The girls nodded as Tyreese handed Mika his pistol, "Don't be afraid Mika." The little girl nodded her head as the trio and Judith sat on a bench a few metres from the two adults.

Frankie kept her eyes peeled for any movements, as her Aunt would, but all she could hear were Lizzie and Mika arguing "Would you two shut up? I'm trying to look out for us here." She sassed, which caught the attention of Lizzie, Mika and a walker.

Lizzie screamed as she fell off the bench and onto the ground as it grabbed her foot. Frankie ran over and pulled Lizzie carefully as Mika raised the gun and pulled the trigger, shooting the walker in the chest. She pulled the trigger again, this time hitting it in the forehead, causing Frankie to grin "Good job Mika!"

Carol and Tyreese sprinted from inside the house and over to the girls, noticing the dead walker on the floor as Frankie helped lift Lizzie back to her feet "You ok?" Carol asked as Tyreese took Judith from Lizzie's hands.

Lizzie nodded her head as she began to panic, "Lizzie it's okay! He's gone now." Frankie watched as the girl was still panicking "Look at the flowers Lizzie, look at the flowers." Her little sister cooed as she rubbed her sisters back in a comforting way, and Lizzie began to settle down.

"Come on, lets get inside."

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The next day, Frankie, Tyreese and Carol had left the safety of the house to find them all lunch and dinner, a deer specifically.

"Tyreese," Frankie began as she shuffled through the woods carefully "do you think Daryl and my Aunt Bonnie made it out of the prison?" She asked, looking up at the man.

Carol listened to the conversation as she kept her eyes wondering for the deer she had seen the previous day as Tyreese sighed "I think they did Frankie, I seen Maggie drag your Aunt and Glenn too the bus." He could see the girls demeanour peak at those words "I also seen Daryl killing the bad guys, so yeah I think they're still alive."

"You like Daryl, don't you Frankie?" Carol asked the girl as they all came to a stop and looked down at the Australian.

Frankie nodded her head with a large smile "I love Daryl, I wish him and Aunt Bonnie would be boyfriend and girlfriend." The girls words put amused looks on the two adults faces before she continued "I can tell Aunt Bonnie likes him, and Daryl talks a lot about Aunt Bonnie."

Tyreese chuckled as Carol huffed in annoyance, they had not been able to find the deer from yesterday, "Lets head back, hopefully the girls are okay with Judith."

Frankie nodded her head and walked out in front of the two adults as they walked back towards the house they were staying at, "Does Daryl really like Bonnie?" Tyreese asked Carol with the hint of a smile on his lips.

Carol gave a tight lipped smile "After knowing him for so long, I'd say so, I've never seen him act like this before." Tyreese chuckled as they made their way closer, the house in view by now.

As the trio walked closer, they could see a bloody Lizzie with a knife in her hand, Judith still on her blanket and Mika lying down behind her.

Lizzie spotted the adults and Frankie and smiled, though Tyreese and Carol looked on in horror as Mika lay dead "Lizzie, w-what did you do?" Carol stuttered "You'll see! We just need to wait for her to turn."

Carol reached out to Lizzie and she pulled a gun on the woman, Frankie watched scared as she stood next to Tyreese. "I was just about to do the same to Judith."

"Lizzie, put down the gun, we'll wait for her to turn, just give me the gun." Lizzie handed the gun to Carol as Tyreese picked up Judith, and walked Frankie back inside.

Frankie knew what had to be done, so she busied herself by playing with the baby.

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