Malice dixon

Chapter 26

After last night I've been in my head trying to forget or remember on repeat so I can go numb. Now that I'm looking at dales grave I realize I don't think I can take the pain of loosing daryl. Ricks talking but it sounds like my head is underwater and I'm seeing everything through somebody else's eyes. Daryl has his arm around my shoulders pulling me into his side. The tears are no longer falling but I let out empty sobs. 'Malice I uh got you something' I look up from the ground staring up at dale with his hat on and a shotgun on his back. 'Hey dale' a small smile forms on my face, he holds his hand out in a fist. I put my hand underneath his and he opens his fist and something drops in my hand. I furrow my brows 'What is it' I question but before I can look down he folds my hand around it.

'My wife she uh this was hers when she was young she was a mad teenager so her grandfather gave her this watch so she can remember how precious life is' I nod my head my head 'Thank you but why are you giving it to me' he pats my shoulder 'You remind me of her and she would of seen it to' he walks away; and dad walks up after dale. 'What's that 'bout' he sits next to me taking my water. I shrug my shoulders and open my hand to see a small shiny watch I flip it over and it's engraved. 'Life is short, time is fast, no replay, no rewind so enjoy every moment as it comes.'

I jump slightly when I feel a hand on my face "You okay" I sigh when I hear daryls voice. "Yea, I think so" he nods his head before pulling me with him to the truck. "Well it'll be tight fifteen people in one house" rick states the fact to hershel "Don't worry that, with the swamp hardening the creek drying up" "Plus fifty head of cattle on the property we might as well be ringing a damn dinner bell." Hershel and maggie name the ways the farm is becoming less safe.
I pull my jacket tighter around me from the colder weather. "She's right we should of moved you in a while ago" he doesn't hesitate to give orders "Alright let's move the vehicles near each of the doors facing out toward the road, we'll put a lookout in the windmill and another in the barn loft that should give us sight lines both sides of the property. T-dog you take the perimeter around the house keep track of everyone coming and going." Rick barks

"What about standing guard" t-dog asks "Well I need you and daryl on double duty." T-dog responds and rick looks in between shane and I "I'll stick the basement with food and water enough where we can all survive a few days if need be" Hershel announces to rick. "What about patrols" Andrea questions walking up "Let's get this area locked down first after that shane will assign shifts while me daryl and malice take randall off site, and cut him loose." Rick declares not leaving any room for negotiating

"We back to that now" Shane objects and rick turns around "It was the right plan first time round poor exacution." Shane looks over at me and scoffs "Yea that's a slight understament" I roll my eyes as he continues to whine. Rick walks up "You don't agree but this is what's happening swallow it move on" rick asserts "You know that dales death and the prisoner is two separate things right" he continues to nag.

Rick gets closer to shane "You wanna take the Dixon's as your wingmen, be my guest." I bite my lip to try and keep myself from saying anything "Thank you, malice" rick nods his head to the side and I push myself off the truck to follow him to his tent. "You've been avoiding me" I don't say anything and keep my head to the ground, he stops and I stop a step ahead of him. Looking back I huff "I talked to you last night" he shakes his head "You spoke to me and I didn't even get a word out before you walked away." Rick takes the step forward to stand in front of me

Staring down at me he looks at my eyes "Why have you been avoiding me" I shake my head and let a small airy laugh ecaspe my mouth. "It's nothing important rick just let it go" I continue walking to his tent; stepping inside I get on my knees to take the table apart. I hear rick step inside but no movement after "I'm not gonna let it go, because I need to know when we're out there we can communicate, talk to me about it." I sigh and bow my head before standing up.
Turning around I stare at his boots, I bite my lip to keep an annoyed whine in. He takes a step closer and I look up at him "When you and shane were fighting and I seen him throw that wrench at you and I seen you fall. I-I was scared okay I was scared shane actually hurt you or killed you...but-." I shake my head "But what" he questions, I stare at his confusing eyes and I run out of the tent to daryl and I's tent to get my stuff.