Love In Hell (D.D.)

1.101 "It Was Judith"

Next day. Morning. At my place.

There was a knock on the door.

I opened the door "what?"

Gabriel "He's gone "

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Negan got out. Great.

Gabriel "The guards say the keys are missing. Whoever stole them must've let him out. "

Aaron who was on watch last night?"

Gabriel " Laura was, but she said she didn't do it, and I believe her. "

Lydia walked past us and straight to the cells " I did it. I let Negan out. "--I opened the cell "Come on. You didn't do this. "

Lydia nodded "Yeah, I did."

Daryl " I kept watch last night. You never left the house. "

Lydia "Does it matter? This is where they want me. "

Daryl shook his head "Doesn't matter what they want. "

Lydia "You know, for a long time, I blamed myself for what happened last year. Kept thinking, what if I just stayed in that cell at Hilltop? If I never let myself be taken alive by you people in the first place? Never went off with Henry? Never said what I said to my mother? "

Daryl "You're not to blame for her."

Lydia " My mother was right. She said you people put on these polite faces, but it's just a mask 'cause when things get bad... when you get scared... you pick a target, aim, and shoot. Me, Negan, anything but you. "

Daryl "Negan's different. You didn't know him."

Lydia „The Negan I know stood up for me when he didn't have to. I tried fitting in. I wanted to be like you. "

Daryl " You don't belong in a cage. "

Lydia "I'm better here. I feel safe. "

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I watched Daryl scrubbing off the paint of the house.

At Alexandria. A few days later.

I walked out of the house and saw Daryl sitting there with Dog smoking a cigarette.

He didn't even look at me .I know he knew i was there though.

Dog walked over to me and poked my leg with his nose.

I smiled and bent down to him to give him a kiss on the head "hey, big guy"

Then i looked at Daryl who just starred at the railing.

I sighed and walked down the steps of the front porch.

Daryl "Where you goin'?"

Me "gonna look for Negan"

Daryl "so you can fuck him again?"

I stopped walking before scoffing.

Then i walked to the fence.

In the woods.

I was at a little clearing and looked over to the other side "i know you are there"

he stepped up next to me.

Me "wanna watch me fuck Negan?"

He cleared his throat.

Me "what? Or am i wrong?"

Daryl changed the subject "Think Negan crossed the border?"

Me " He'd know we couldn't follow him over there."