2. Never Tear Us Apart

-alcohol over medicine-

Theo woke up a couple of hours later to someone lightly shaking her.

She opened her eyes to see the sweet old farm man pouring her a hot cup of something that smelled like home.

"Here, drink this; it will make you feel slightly better", Herschel instructed as Theo sat up groggily.

She felt more ill as if the flu was truly hitting her. 

Her nose ached, her head felt heavy, her lungs felt weak, and her throat felt like sandpaper.

"Who else?" She asked as she drank the hot liquid, her voice croaking.

"Glenn, Sasha and Caleb, as well as much more" Herschel broke the news.

"Glenn is in here?" she repeated, making the old man nod. "Can I share a cell? I would like to be with someone," she begged.

Herschel agreed and helped her to stand despite him being the one with a fake leg.

They slowly made their way over to Glenn, who was sitting up against the wall in their now-shared cell. They were lucky both beds were single and not bunk, meaning there were no chances of falling off.

"Theo?" Glenn spoke, looking up at his best friend and reaching out for her.

Herschel placed her on the bed and left them to rest.

They both lay there together, having to sit up after a few moments as they could not breathe well if they lay for too long.

"Who thought in a world of walking people that are dead roam the streets, whose bite could kill you and we end up getting the flu?" Glenn tried to laugh. Theo laughed, too, only to start coughing.

"Well, the world is a strange place, my friend" She turned to look at him, reaching for his hand.

"Do you think we will make it out of this?" Theo asked, scared. She had never been good at getting the flu or even a simple cold, it always made her soft, needing someone by her side. 

"Yeah, we will." He smiled, reaching out his hand for her to take, which she gladly did.

They lay down on the same bed, scared to be alone. Side by side, they fell asleep, hoping to wake up together. 

-Meanwhile-

 Daryl and the others had run into a problem, causing them to leave the vehicle behind. They got lucky, finding another car and reaching their destination before sundown.

Putting them back even more hours. 

"Where is this building?" Daryl asked, looking around, squinting at the bright sun.

"It's this one", Bob explained as they headed into the building.

They wandered up to the classrooms, and sure enough, it was stocked entirely with meds.

"We got everything we need?" Tyreese asked after several moments of sorting through the medicine and machines they could take.

"Everything on the list" Michonne smiled, and hope was finally coming.

"Got everything and more" Merle smiled as he placed his bag on his back.

"Let's head out and back to the prison; we have already wasted a day", Daryl began heading for the entrance, just wanting to get home.

As they began walking back to their vehicle, they realised the walkers had gathered, and it ended in them sprinting down the building, fighting off walkers backwards and forwards until a locked door trapped them.