"Next time I won't miss" I say looking right into his eyes, I see the slightest flash of fear in his eyes. And with that I get off of him and stand up, "Someone keep this peice of shit out of my way or I will kill him" I snarl and retreat to my tent. Daryl runs up to me, "Not now Daryl. You need to leave me be" I say, "What about your arm?" he says, "I can handle myself" I say, "I can see that. But without the proper cleaning and medical attention it'll get infected" he says, I spin around to face him, "Daryl I said I need to be alone, so leave me be" I say glaring at him, he puts his hands up in surrender, "I'll be here if you need anythin', just call my name" he says.
I get my stuff and head down to the waterfall. I go behind it and when I know no one has followed me I break down, I had placed a mirror on the rock ledge as best as I could earlier. I look into the mirror, I see how ugly my face looks from the beatings I've gotten recently, I scream and punch the mirror. With tears pouring down my face I grab a hold of the knife, the adrenaline has worn off and pain has taken its place, I take my shirt off and rip a peice loose and wrap it around my shoulder, I tie it as tight as I can get it and shove a peice in my mouth. Throwing the remainder of the tattered shirt on the ground I bite down on the peice in my mouth hard as I grab the knife again, On 3 Jade, 1....2.....3.... I quickly rip the knife out and throw it on the rocks, it slides into the water. I let out an agonizing scream and slump to the ground, I quickly unwrap the shirt from my shoulder and sit there for a minute with my hands hanging over my knees, panting.
"Jade?" I hear someone ask, "Daryl, I need to be alone" I say and stand up, "Its Rick" he says, "Sorry, you to sound alike" I say and he walks around the waterfall, I turn around to hide my mostly exposed chest, "Jade?" he asks, "What?" I ask back feeling my face flushing, "Are you ok?" he asks quietly, "I'm fine. Can you just leave me be please. I need some time alone" I ask in almost a whisper, "I just want to apologize" he says, "For what?" I ask, "Shane" he replies, Pfffttt. That asshole can come apologize for himself, and maybe I'll decide to forgive him while I'm drowning him, "It's not your fault" I say crossing my arm over my chest to cover me up a little more, I walk to my bag and grab a black tank top, "He's not the Shane I once knew" he says, "Rick. This world changes people, we can't help that, your friend is an asshole and I swear to God if he comes near me again I'm going to kill him" I wanted to say but instead I said, "I don't need your pity, I'm just going to gather up my things and leave, I don't belong here" I say as I'm putting on my shirt. I shuffle past him turning my head.
I walk back to camp and walk right past everyone right into my tent. I start packing up my belongings, I decide its probably best to just pack what I need. I grab my guns and everything I need including my first aid kit. I spin around to leave and see Daryl in the doorway, "Are ya really leavin'?" he asks sadly, "Daryl I have to, I hope you understand" I say, "No actually I don't. Will ya explain, because I don't want you to leave. Jade, that's not fair" he says, "What's not fair?" I ask, "You can't just walk inta ma life, get me to get attached to ya, then just leave" he says, "Daryl I don't belong here. Everyone is just going to continue to walk all over me, I can't handle this, I've dealt with abuse in many different ways all my life. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna deal with it now. Not when I have control of the situation" I say and try to walk past him, "Will ya just wait a second and talk to me?" he asks, I can not only hear but feel the anger in his voice, "What do you want me to say?" I say starting to get a bit angry myself, "I don't want you to leave" he says, I push past him and start walking towards the woods, "Don't leave" Carl says running up to me and grabbing my leg, I can't help it, a tear slides silently down my face, "I'm sorry bud, but I have to. I need you to be strong for your parents, you hear me? Your gonna grow up to be a brave and great man, just like your father" I say and ruffle his hair.
"Please be rational with yourself" Dale says, "Be rational? Your kidding. I've tried to be rational with myself for twenty-four years, Dale. I can't deal with this bullshit. I honestly didn't want to be here in the first place, but Shane practically forced me here, then-" I drop mid sentence and shake my head, "You guys will be fine without me" I say and go to walk away. I feel Daryl's arms wrapped around me, he buries his head in my back, "Daryl let go" I sob, "No. I'm going with you" he says, I pry his hands off of me and turn around, "I'm sorry" I say and kiss his cheek, "You'll be ok" I say and turn around to walk away. "Jade, please!" he screams, I continue walking with tears running down my face.
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Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)
Fanfiction"What did you see?" he asks, "Nothing" I say, "Tell me!" he shouts, I spit in his face, he wipes it off, "You are a beauty, you know that? It would suck to dispose of such a beautiful, spiteful, badass young lady, wouldn't it?" he says and grabs the...
