Contagion Chapter Eleven
The next morning at breakfast Taylor chewed on his lip as he watched everyone. He was nervous because today was the day he was going to do it. He was going to tell the whole group about the situation in the barn. He and Dale had agreed to give it one more night and they had. They had and everyone was still safe.
Looking towards the main house he saw Maggie standing on the porch, her arms were crossed and she was shaking her head no. He knew she didn't want him to tell still even after her encounter yesterday but he had too. When he looked back at his group he saw Dale giving him a look and he knew the man was afraid that Maggie would be the reason he kept the secret.
When Dale nodded his head yes Taylor gave Dale a nervous nod back. This was the right thing even if he was nervous for what would happen after everyone knew. Standing up from where he had been sitting Taylor walked towards the group, "Umm guys.." he started feeling the nervous feeling in his stomach getting worse. "So the barns full of walkers," he stated finally spitting his words out.
From the looks of horror or shock on everyone's face Taylor knew he just knew things wouldn't turn out good and they hadn't. Eventually the whole group had made a trek down to the barn and now Shane was looking through a hole trying to see the walkers for himself.
Moving away from the barn when a walker came up to it Shane kept a straight face before turning his back and walking the few feet to where his group stood, "You can not tell me you are alright with this," he muttered to Rick as he pushed past him.
"No I'm not," Rick answered Shane his tone just as harsh's as Shane's had been. "But we're guests here. This isn't our land."
"This is our lives!" Shane yelled only to hear Glenn tell them to lower their voices.
Andrea who stood by Rick with her arms crossed turned to look at him, "We can't just sweep this under the rug."
"It ain't right. Not remote," T-Dog added in.
Shane shook his head as he looked at Rick again, "We either got to go in there, we got to make things right or we just got to go," he told Rick his voice coming out serious. "Now we have been talking about Fort Benning for a long time now..."
Rick put his hand up, "We can't go," he snapped knowing they couldn't leave. Rick had only found out yesterday that Lori was pregnant. He had found out after finding the empty package of abortion pills and then she had told him she threw them up when he confronted her. She had also told him about her affair with Shane when she had thought he was dead but he had known that. He had figured that one out on his own not long after he first arrived.
"Why Rick?" Shane asked seriously as he looked at his friend. "Why?"
Carol who had been listening silently looked at Shane before answering, "Because my daughter is still out there."
Running his hands down his face Shane sighed, "Okay....Car..Carol I think it's time we all start to just consider the other possibilities."
"Shane we're not leaving Sophia behind," Rick spoke knowing that wasn't an option.
Daryl felt angered at Shane's words when he had mentioned the other possibilities. "We're close to finding this girl," he yelled. "I just found her damn doll a few days ago."
"You found her doll Daryl, that's what you did," Shane replied his voice coming out stern. "You found a doll!"
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Daryl said as he walked closer to Shane but when Rick put his arm up he stopped in his tracks.
"I'm just saying what needs to said here," Shane told Daryl honestly even as Rick did his best to calm the situation. "You get a good lead it's in the first forty-eight hours," he stated as he went back to his cop training. "Let me tell you something else man, if she was alive out there and saw you coming all methed out with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck, she would run in the other direction."
It was at that, that Daryl lunged for Shane again regardless of Rick being there but that didn't stop him or even Shane from trying to go after each other and continuing to yell.
Standing by as he watched the scene unfold Taylor heaved a sighed as he crossed his arms listening to the group argue now. After what seemed like forever though Rick finally got things in order.
"Let me talk to Hershel," Rick said as he looked at Shane knowing his friend was being pushed to his limit with things. "Let me figure it out."
"Man what do you got to figure out?!" Shane asked as he charged towards Rick only being stopped when Lori stepped in and put her hand on his chest to stop him.
"If we're going to stay, if we're going to clear this barn I have to talk him into it," Rick explained as he kept his eye on Shane. "This is his land."
Dale who had silently been listening to things decided to speak up after Rick did, "Hershel sees those things in there as people. Sick people," he spoke hearing everyone go silent at his words and Taylor had even hung his head down. "His wife, his step-son"
"You knew?" Rick asked surprised by this new information.
Dale nodded, "Yesterday I talked to Hershel."
"And you waited the night?!" Shane asked Dale another question.
"I thought we could survive one more night," Dale answered as he turned to look at Shane, a man he didn't trust as far as he could throw him. "We did!" he stated before turning to look at Rick. "I was waiting til this morning to say something but Taylor wanted to be the one."
Shane looked at Rick after this new information that Dale had given them, "This man is crazy Rick. If Hershel thinks those things are alive.." he yelled only stopping when the doors to the barn started to rattle and moans from the walkers became louder. Those things wanted out and he knew for the moment everyone was lucky that the barn doors were padlocked shut.
Taking a step back from where he stood as the barn doors started rattling Taylor just shook his head almost wondering if telling had been worth it.
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Zac ran a hand through his hair as he paced back and forth outside of one of the tents. The situation with the barn had him upset and he was also pissed that Taylor had waited to say anything. "I can't believe he kept his mouth shut," he spat as he turned to look at Jessica. "How could he think that was the smartest idea around?"
Biting her lip as Zac ranted to her Jessica sighed, "Because at first he did it because Maggie wanted him too."
Zac stopped pacing as he turned to look at Jessica after she spoke, "And how do you know that was his reasoning?"
"Because Glenn and I were there when he offered Maggie his silence," Jessica admitted though she wasn't sure what had made Taylor change his mind and go against that. "He also made Glenn and I offer our silence..we had been the ones who really figured it out. We had went into the barn to fool around."
Rolling his eyes at Jessica's words Zac shook his head, "Is this family just really good at keeping secrets?" he asked though he knew he couldn't get mad at that. He still hadn't told Kate he kissed Beth. "Did you not think of Kate's safety or the baby's safety?"
"Of course I thought of that," Jessica told Zac honestly. "But like Dale said what was the harm in one more night? We stayed safe like every other night we've been here."
"There could have been a lot of harm. All it takes is one simple thing to happen to cause a shit storm," Zac told her before turning his back and walking away. He couldn't deal with shit today. He had too much on his mind. Worrying about Kate and their baby and what would happen now. It was then he knew he did want this baby and he wanted it to stay safe.
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After the confrontations at the barn Taylor and everyone else had eventually left and instead of staying at their little makeshift campsite for long Taylor had headed out to find Maggie. He needed to talk to her and let her hear his reasons for telling. He needed her to understand things.
Finding her at the chicken coop he sighed as he looked at her through the wires, "Maggie," he said though she turned to leave without speaking to him. "Hey," he said as he put his hands on the wire. "Maggie just talk to me," he said wanting her to say something.
Maggie stayed silent at Taylor's request and she left the chicken coop. Walking back to the main house with her basket of eggs she watched as Taylor caught up with her though she remained silent.
"Hey," Taylor spoke as she walked past him and still remained silent. Staying in his place he sighed, "Maggie," he said again watching as she finally turned to face him.
Walking to Taylor, Maggie raised an eyebrow seeing a red hat on his head that read coca-cola. "Give me your hat," she stated once she reached him. When he just stayed silent and looked at her confused she rolled her eyes. "You said talk to you and I'm talking to you. Give me your hat."
Taylor just eyed her but he took his hat off and handed it over to Maggie.
Once she had Taylor's hat Maggie reached into her egg basket and put an egg in it. After the egg was in place she put it back on Taylor's head and pushed it down watching as the egg smashed and Taylor literally wore egg on him.
Making a face Taylor took the hat off, "Why would you waste an egg like that?"
"I think it was rotten," Maggie replied before turning on her heels and walking away from Taylor.
Watching Maggie walk away again Taylor sighed as he reached out to move some of his egg covered hair out of his face. So much for that conversation going well.
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"I'm pretty sure Zac hates me," Jessica told Glenn as she sat down beside him on the swing not far from the RV. "I told him that we knew about the barn too and he went off on me about how I should have thought about Kate and the baby," she frowned as she felt a lump form in her throat. "I did think of them," she said remembering her conversation with Glenn the other day.
Glenn looked at Jessica as he reached for her hand, "Zac doesn't hate you," he assured her as he smiled some. "He's just worried about his child and the woman he loves," he said as he shrugged. "I know how he feels because I feel the same way about you and I'm glad Taylor told the truth today. After what happened yesterday and our conversation after. I couldn't keep it a secret for much longer as well."
Going silent at Glenn's words Jessica swallowed hard only focusing in on one thing. Glenn saying he felt the same about her. "Y..you love me?" she asked her voice cracking some. She was in shock that he might love her. She knew they were fucking around but she didn't know that meant he loved her. She just thought he liked her.
"I do love you," Glenn confirmed knowing it was true. Her near death experience yesterday had made him realize he had moved on from liking her and had went straight to being in love with her. "I love you and you don't have to love me back but yeah.." he nodded as he smiled sheepishly at her.
Swallowing hard Jessica nodded as she let go of Glenn's hand, "I don't know what I feel for you honestly," she sighed feeling like shit right now. "I meant when I said I didn't want you becoming walker bait though and that I couldn't stand to lose you after losing the three most important people in my life but I don't know if that means I love you or you're just a really good friend who I have sex with on occasion."
"Occasion?" Glenn asked as he raised an eyebrow. "We were going to have sex in the barn and somehow we still found a way to have sex last night," he reminded her knowing they had snuck off to do it. "I think you want to have sex with me every day."
Jessica rolled her eyes, "Don't get too cocky again," she teased as she stood from the swing. "I'm not sure if I want to have sex with you every day, even if you are really good at it for someone who was probably a virgin before the end of the world happened."
Making a face Glenn just watched Jessica walk away from him. He wasn't sure if he should be happy that she said he was good at sex or offended that she thought he was a virgin.
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Avery who had been watching Daryl raised an eyebrow as he carried a saddle into the stables where the horses where kept. Moving from her place beneath a tree she went into the barn after him not caring if it was a good idea not too. As she walked into the stable she made a face seeing him struggle as he laid the saddle down to get it ready for the horse.
"You can't," she spoke up as she walked closer to him letting him know she was in the stable as well.
"I'm fine," Daryl grunted out at Avery as he kept his back turned away from her.
Avery rolled her eyes at Daryl's words, "Hershel said you need to heal."
"Yeah, I don't care," Daryl told her honestly. All he cared about was finding Sophia.
"Well I do," Avery admitted as she walked a bit closer to him as he got one of the horses out. "Rick's going out later to follow the trail," she told him knowing she had overheard Rick telling Carol that.
Daryl continued not to look at Avery, instead he focused his attention on the horse, "Yeah well I ain't going to sit around and do nothing."
"No you're going to go out there and get yourself hurt even worse," Avery replied back as she crossed her arms. She hated how stubborn he was. "We don't know if we're going to find her Daryl," she told him knowing there was a possibility they wouldn't. When Daryl finally turned to look at her she shrugged, "We don't," she said again knowing Shane had made a valid point this morning.
Stepping away from the horse and closer to Avery, Daryl just looked at her as he stayed silent for the longest time. He was shocked to hear that she too had given up hope. "What?"
Uncrossing her arms Avery just frowned before tilting her head to the side, "I can't lose you too," she said knowing they had already lost enough people and she didn't want..no she couldn't lose him.
Daryl just looked at Avery as he took in her words and the sad look on her face. He saw genuine care in them and that frightened him. Walking past her he picked up the saddle and threw it as hard and as rough as he could, making the place where his arrow had went into his side a few days ago hurt and he hunched over holding it.
Running to Daryl as he hunched over Avery looked down at him, "Are you alright?"
"Just leave me be!" Daryl told her as he stood up and held onto his side still as he walked away. "Stupid bitch," he muttered loud enough for her to hear.
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Taylor who stood up on the RV in a new pair of clothes and without his hat, sighed. He had showered and then offered to take over doing watch. Seeing Dale standing by a tree as he looked down at Shane who was near the barn Taylor watched as Dale finally turned to face him. "Andrea's looking for you," he told the man knowing that Andrea had said that before she went into the RV.
"Thank you Taylor," Dale smiled as he looked up at Taylor.
"Any chance you got an extra hat?" Taylor asked knowing his was still dirty from what Maggie had done with the egg.
Dale gave Taylor a look before taking his hat off, "Nope," he answered as he threw the hat up to Taylor.
Taylor smiled as he caught the hat, "Thanks," he said watching as Dale went on the RV to speak with Andrea. Trying his best not to listen to their conversation through the open door Taylor made a face though hearing they were having another disagreement. That's all they seemed to anymore it seemed.
Seeing Andrea walk off eventually Taylor looked down, "You okay?" he asked loud enough so Dale could hear him inside the RV.
Dale nodded, "Yeah," he answered though deep down he wasn't sure that he was okay. Looking down at the bag of guns on the table he made a face, an idea coming too him. He didn't trust Shane with these guns, especially now that the barn secret was out. "You mind running and getting me some water? I just I need a second."
"You'll keep watch?" Taylor asked the man hoping he would. Not getting a response from the man he raised an eyebrow, "Dale?" he asked again hoping the man would answer.
"Yeah," Dale finally spoke though it wasn't the truth.
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Kate ran a hand through her hair as she watched Zac come into the tent, "You wander off again?" she asked him as she folded up some of the clothes she had washed. "I washed some clothes and I didn't see you when I left or came back."
Hearing Kate, Zac shrugged, "I just needed to clear my head."
"Clear your head of what?" Kate asked curiously as she rested a hand on her stomach.
"The barn problem for one," Zac said as he sat down beside Kate and picked up some clothes to fold. "Did you know Jessica knew about it as well? She and Glenn went in there to fool around and they were the ones who discovered it first."
Kate looked at Zac as she scrunched up her nose, "Jessica is with Glenn now?" she asked feeling surprised at that news.
"Is that the only words you heard?" Zac asked Kate. "They also knew about the barn."
"I heard that too," Kate told him not sure what she could do with that information. "But is that supposed to make me angry or something?"
Nodding his head Zac just looked at Kate as his finished folding the clothes he had picked up, "It's supposed to make you angry because her keeping that lie could have caused issues. What if those things had gotten out and you got bit?" he asked as he frowned.
Kate gave Zac a smile, "But that didn't happen," she said as she reached over and pulled him to her. "I'm fine."
"I just don't want to lose you or the baby. I want the baby so badly Kate," Zac said as he let Kate pull him to her. "I want you and the baby both to be safe and god if something happened to either of you I'd probably go crazy."
"But nothings going to happen," Kate reassured him as she kissed his forehead. "We're safe and we're going to stay safe."
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Lucy looked over at her traveling companion as they watched the farm from a distance near the tree lines. They had been out on a run and she had decided to come here to show her companion the signs of life she had found, though she was still hesitant to tell Viv.
"So you've been keeping this secret for a few days?" Sutton asked as she looked at Lucy. "You aren't going to tell Viv?"
Shaking her head Lucy scrunched up her nose, "You know how she is Sutton. She'd never want to join them anyway or let them join us."
"Because she feels people only join us if they literally stumble upon us," Sutton nodded knowing that Lucy had a point there. "D..do you think she's wrong in her thinking?"
Lucy had to think over Sutton's question for what felt like forever, "I feel we could use more people," she finally spoke. "Ever since Kirby's death we've been minus a man and it's only five of us."
At the mention of Kirby, Sutton frowned. Kirby had been her boyfriend. "Alice will never join if Viv doesn't," Sutton remarked knowing that Alice would never leave Viv's side because they were now lovers. Something that had happened within their first few days of meeting.
"Would you?" Lucy asked Sutton curiously. Ever since Kirby's death Sutton had been more withdrawn but maybe that happened because she was now the only straight female amongst three lesbians.
"Viv's kept me safe for awhile. I owe her a lot," Sutton sighed knowing she owed her life to Viv. Viv had found her and Kirby on one of her runs and she had let them in. "But if you go I'll go," she nodded also knowing Lucy was like her sister.
Lucy smiled at Sutton's words, "I haven't decided what to do," she admitted honestly before turning and leading the way back.
"Then why take me and show me?" Sutton asked as she followed behind Lucy.
"Because I couldn't keep it to myself any longer and I know you won't betray my confidence," Lucy said as she looked at Sutton and smiled more. "Us fifth wheels have to stick together," she laughed knowing that sometimes with Alice and Viv and how affectionate they were, her and Sutton had felt left out.
The next morning at breakfast Taylor chewed on his lip as he watched everyone. He was nervous because today was the day he was going to do it. He was going to tell the whole group about the situation in the barn. He and Dale had agreed to give it one more night and they had. They had and everyone was still safe.
Looking towards the main house he saw Maggie standing on the porch, her arms were crossed and she was shaking her head no. He knew she didn't want him to tell still even after her encounter yesterday but he had too. When he looked back at his group he saw Dale giving him a look and he knew the man was afraid that Maggie would be the reason he kept the secret.
When Dale nodded his head yes Taylor gave Dale a nervous nod back. This was the right thing even if he was nervous for what would happen after everyone knew. Standing up from where he had been sitting Taylor walked towards the group, "Umm guys.." he started feeling the nervous feeling in his stomach getting worse. "So the barns full of walkers," he stated finally spitting his words out.
From the looks of horror or shock on everyone's face Taylor knew he just knew things wouldn't turn out good and they hadn't. Eventually the whole group had made a trek down to the barn and now Shane was looking through a hole trying to see the walkers for himself.
Moving away from the barn when a walker came up to it Shane kept a straight face before turning his back and walking the few feet to where his group stood, "You can not tell me you are alright with this," he muttered to Rick as he pushed past him.
"No I'm not," Rick answered Shane his tone just as harsh's as Shane's had been. "But we're guests here. This isn't our land."
"This is our lives!" Shane yelled only to hear Glenn tell them to lower their voices.
Andrea who stood by Rick with her arms crossed turned to look at him, "We can't just sweep this under the rug."
"It ain't right. Not remote," T-Dog added in.
Shane shook his head as he looked at Rick again, "We either got to go in there, we got to make things right or we just got to go," he told Rick his voice coming out serious. "Now we have been talking about Fort Benning for a long time now..."
Rick put his hand up, "We can't go," he snapped knowing they couldn't leave. Rick had only found out yesterday that Lori was pregnant. He had found out after finding the empty package of abortion pills and then she had told him she threw them up when he confronted her. She had also told him about her affair with Shane when she had thought he was dead but he had known that. He had figured that one out on his own not long after he first arrived.
"Why Rick?" Shane asked seriously as he looked at his friend. "Why?"
Carol who had been listening silently looked at Shane before answering, "Because my daughter is still out there."
Running his hands down his face Shane sighed, "Okay....Car..Carol I think it's time we all start to just consider the other possibilities."
"Shane we're not leaving Sophia behind," Rick spoke knowing that wasn't an option.
Daryl felt angered at Shane's words when he had mentioned the other possibilities. "We're close to finding this girl," he yelled. "I just found her damn doll a few days ago."
"You found her doll Daryl, that's what you did," Shane replied his voice coming out stern. "You found a doll!"
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Daryl said as he walked closer to Shane but when Rick put his arm up he stopped in his tracks.
"I'm just saying what needs to said here," Shane told Daryl honestly even as Rick did his best to calm the situation. "You get a good lead it's in the first forty-eight hours," he stated as he went back to his cop training. "Let me tell you something else man, if she was alive out there and saw you coming all methed out with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck, she would run in the other direction."
It was at that, that Daryl lunged for Shane again regardless of Rick being there but that didn't stop him or even Shane from trying to go after each other and continuing to yell.
Standing by as he watched the scene unfold Taylor heaved a sighed as he crossed his arms listening to the group argue now. After what seemed like forever though Rick finally got things in order.
"Let me talk to Hershel," Rick said as he looked at Shane knowing his friend was being pushed to his limit with things. "Let me figure it out."
"Man what do you got to figure out?!" Shane asked as he charged towards Rick only being stopped when Lori stepped in and put her hand on his chest to stop him.
"If we're going to stay, if we're going to clear this barn I have to talk him into it," Rick explained as he kept his eye on Shane. "This is his land."
Dale who had silently been listening to things decided to speak up after Rick did, "Hershel sees those things in there as people. Sick people," he spoke hearing everyone go silent at his words and Taylor had even hung his head down. "His wife, his step-son"
"You knew?" Rick asked surprised by this new information.
Dale nodded, "Yesterday I talked to Hershel."
"And you waited the night?!" Shane asked Dale another question.
"I thought we could survive one more night," Dale answered as he turned to look at Shane, a man he didn't trust as far as he could throw him. "We did!" he stated before turning to look at Rick. "I was waiting til this morning to say something but Taylor wanted to be the one."
Shane looked at Rick after this new information that Dale had given them, "This man is crazy Rick. If Hershel thinks those things are alive.." he yelled only stopping when the doors to the barn started to rattle and moans from the walkers became louder. Those things wanted out and he knew for the moment everyone was lucky that the barn doors were padlocked shut.
Taking a step back from where he stood as the barn doors started rattling Taylor just shook his head almost wondering if telling had been worth it.
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Zac ran a hand through his hair as he paced back and forth outside of one of the tents. The situation with the barn had him upset and he was also pissed that Taylor had waited to say anything. "I can't believe he kept his mouth shut," he spat as he turned to look at Jessica. "How could he think that was the smartest idea around?"
Biting her lip as Zac ranted to her Jessica sighed, "Because at first he did it because Maggie wanted him too."
Zac stopped pacing as he turned to look at Jessica after she spoke, "And how do you know that was his reasoning?"
"Because Glenn and I were there when he offered Maggie his silence," Jessica admitted though she wasn't sure what had made Taylor change his mind and go against that. "He also made Glenn and I offer our silence..we had been the ones who really figured it out. We had went into the barn to fool around."
Rolling his eyes at Jessica's words Zac shook his head, "Is this family just really good at keeping secrets?" he asked though he knew he couldn't get mad at that. He still hadn't told Kate he kissed Beth. "Did you not think of Kate's safety or the baby's safety?"
"Of course I thought of that," Jessica told Zac honestly. "But like Dale said what was the harm in one more night? We stayed safe like every other night we've been here."
"There could have been a lot of harm. All it takes is one simple thing to happen to cause a shit storm," Zac told her before turning his back and walking away. He couldn't deal with shit today. He had too much on his mind. Worrying about Kate and their baby and what would happen now. It was then he knew he did want this baby and he wanted it to stay safe.
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After the confrontations at the barn Taylor and everyone else had eventually left and instead of staying at their little makeshift campsite for long Taylor had headed out to find Maggie. He needed to talk to her and let her hear his reasons for telling. He needed her to understand things.
Finding her at the chicken coop he sighed as he looked at her through the wires, "Maggie," he said though she turned to leave without speaking to him. "Hey," he said as he put his hands on the wire. "Maggie just talk to me," he said wanting her to say something.
Maggie stayed silent at Taylor's request and she left the chicken coop. Walking back to the main house with her basket of eggs she watched as Taylor caught up with her though she remained silent.
"Hey," Taylor spoke as she walked past him and still remained silent. Staying in his place he sighed, "Maggie," he said again watching as she finally turned to face him.
Walking to Taylor, Maggie raised an eyebrow seeing a red hat on his head that read coca-cola. "Give me your hat," she stated once she reached him. When he just stayed silent and looked at her confused she rolled her eyes. "You said talk to you and I'm talking to you. Give me your hat."
Taylor just eyed her but he took his hat off and handed it over to Maggie.
Once she had Taylor's hat Maggie reached into her egg basket and put an egg in it. After the egg was in place she put it back on Taylor's head and pushed it down watching as the egg smashed and Taylor literally wore egg on him.
Making a face Taylor took the hat off, "Why would you waste an egg like that?"
"I think it was rotten," Maggie replied before turning on her heels and walking away from Taylor.
Watching Maggie walk away again Taylor sighed as he reached out to move some of his egg covered hair out of his face. So much for that conversation going well.
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"I'm pretty sure Zac hates me," Jessica told Glenn as she sat down beside him on the swing not far from the RV. "I told him that we knew about the barn too and he went off on me about how I should have thought about Kate and the baby," she frowned as she felt a lump form in her throat. "I did think of them," she said remembering her conversation with Glenn the other day.
Glenn looked at Jessica as he reached for her hand, "Zac doesn't hate you," he assured her as he smiled some. "He's just worried about his child and the woman he loves," he said as he shrugged. "I know how he feels because I feel the same way about you and I'm glad Taylor told the truth today. After what happened yesterday and our conversation after. I couldn't keep it a secret for much longer as well."
Going silent at Glenn's words Jessica swallowed hard only focusing in on one thing. Glenn saying he felt the same about her. "Y..you love me?" she asked her voice cracking some. She was in shock that he might love her. She knew they were fucking around but she didn't know that meant he loved her. She just thought he liked her.
"I do love you," Glenn confirmed knowing it was true. Her near death experience yesterday had made him realize he had moved on from liking her and had went straight to being in love with her. "I love you and you don't have to love me back but yeah.." he nodded as he smiled sheepishly at her.
Swallowing hard Jessica nodded as she let go of Glenn's hand, "I don't know what I feel for you honestly," she sighed feeling like shit right now. "I meant when I said I didn't want you becoming walker bait though and that I couldn't stand to lose you after losing the three most important people in my life but I don't know if that means I love you or you're just a really good friend who I have sex with on occasion."
"Occasion?" Glenn asked as he raised an eyebrow. "We were going to have sex in the barn and somehow we still found a way to have sex last night," he reminded her knowing they had snuck off to do it. "I think you want to have sex with me every day."
Jessica rolled her eyes, "Don't get too cocky again," she teased as she stood from the swing. "I'm not sure if I want to have sex with you every day, even if you are really good at it for someone who was probably a virgin before the end of the world happened."
Making a face Glenn just watched Jessica walk away from him. He wasn't sure if he should be happy that she said he was good at sex or offended that she thought he was a virgin.
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Avery who had been watching Daryl raised an eyebrow as he carried a saddle into the stables where the horses where kept. Moving from her place beneath a tree she went into the barn after him not caring if it was a good idea not too. As she walked into the stable she made a face seeing him struggle as he laid the saddle down to get it ready for the horse.
"You can't," she spoke up as she walked closer to him letting him know she was in the stable as well.
"I'm fine," Daryl grunted out at Avery as he kept his back turned away from her.
Avery rolled her eyes at Daryl's words, "Hershel said you need to heal."
"Yeah, I don't care," Daryl told her honestly. All he cared about was finding Sophia.
"Well I do," Avery admitted as she walked a bit closer to him as he got one of the horses out. "Rick's going out later to follow the trail," she told him knowing she had overheard Rick telling Carol that.
Daryl continued not to look at Avery, instead he focused his attention on the horse, "Yeah well I ain't going to sit around and do nothing."
"No you're going to go out there and get yourself hurt even worse," Avery replied back as she crossed her arms. She hated how stubborn he was. "We don't know if we're going to find her Daryl," she told him knowing there was a possibility they wouldn't. When Daryl finally turned to look at her she shrugged, "We don't," she said again knowing Shane had made a valid point this morning.
Stepping away from the horse and closer to Avery, Daryl just looked at her as he stayed silent for the longest time. He was shocked to hear that she too had given up hope. "What?"
Uncrossing her arms Avery just frowned before tilting her head to the side, "I can't lose you too," she said knowing they had already lost enough people and she didn't want..no she couldn't lose him.
Daryl just looked at Avery as he took in her words and the sad look on her face. He saw genuine care in them and that frightened him. Walking past her he picked up the saddle and threw it as hard and as rough as he could, making the place where his arrow had went into his side a few days ago hurt and he hunched over holding it.
Running to Daryl as he hunched over Avery looked down at him, "Are you alright?"
"Just leave me be!" Daryl told her as he stood up and held onto his side still as he walked away. "Stupid bitch," he muttered loud enough for her to hear.
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Taylor who stood up on the RV in a new pair of clothes and without his hat, sighed. He had showered and then offered to take over doing watch. Seeing Dale standing by a tree as he looked down at Shane who was near the barn Taylor watched as Dale finally turned to face him. "Andrea's looking for you," he told the man knowing that Andrea had said that before she went into the RV.
"Thank you Taylor," Dale smiled as he looked up at Taylor.
"Any chance you got an extra hat?" Taylor asked knowing his was still dirty from what Maggie had done with the egg.
Dale gave Taylor a look before taking his hat off, "Nope," he answered as he threw the hat up to Taylor.
Taylor smiled as he caught the hat, "Thanks," he said watching as Dale went on the RV to speak with Andrea. Trying his best not to listen to their conversation through the open door Taylor made a face though hearing they were having another disagreement. That's all they seemed to anymore it seemed.
Seeing Andrea walk off eventually Taylor looked down, "You okay?" he asked loud enough so Dale could hear him inside the RV.
Dale nodded, "Yeah," he answered though deep down he wasn't sure that he was okay. Looking down at the bag of guns on the table he made a face, an idea coming too him. He didn't trust Shane with these guns, especially now that the barn secret was out. "You mind running and getting me some water? I just I need a second."
"You'll keep watch?" Taylor asked the man hoping he would. Not getting a response from the man he raised an eyebrow, "Dale?" he asked again hoping the man would answer.
"Yeah," Dale finally spoke though it wasn't the truth.
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Kate ran a hand through her hair as she watched Zac come into the tent, "You wander off again?" she asked him as she folded up some of the clothes she had washed. "I washed some clothes and I didn't see you when I left or came back."
Hearing Kate, Zac shrugged, "I just needed to clear my head."
"Clear your head of what?" Kate asked curiously as she rested a hand on her stomach.
"The barn problem for one," Zac said as he sat down beside Kate and picked up some clothes to fold. "Did you know Jessica knew about it as well? She and Glenn went in there to fool around and they were the ones who discovered it first."
Kate looked at Zac as she scrunched up her nose, "Jessica is with Glenn now?" she asked feeling surprised at that news.
"Is that the only words you heard?" Zac asked Kate. "They also knew about the barn."
"I heard that too," Kate told him not sure what she could do with that information. "But is that supposed to make me angry or something?"
Nodding his head Zac just looked at Kate as his finished folding the clothes he had picked up, "It's supposed to make you angry because her keeping that lie could have caused issues. What if those things had gotten out and you got bit?" he asked as he frowned.
Kate gave Zac a smile, "But that didn't happen," she said as she reached over and pulled him to her. "I'm fine."
"I just don't want to lose you or the baby. I want the baby so badly Kate," Zac said as he let Kate pull him to her. "I want you and the baby both to be safe and god if something happened to either of you I'd probably go crazy."
"But nothings going to happen," Kate reassured him as she kissed his forehead. "We're safe and we're going to stay safe."
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Lucy looked over at her traveling companion as they watched the farm from a distance near the tree lines. They had been out on a run and she had decided to come here to show her companion the signs of life she had found, though she was still hesitant to tell Viv.
"So you've been keeping this secret for a few days?" Sutton asked as she looked at Lucy. "You aren't going to tell Viv?"
Shaking her head Lucy scrunched up her nose, "You know how she is Sutton. She'd never want to join them anyway or let them join us."
"Because she feels people only join us if they literally stumble upon us," Sutton nodded knowing that Lucy had a point there. "D..do you think she's wrong in her thinking?"
Lucy had to think over Sutton's question for what felt like forever, "I feel we could use more people," she finally spoke. "Ever since Kirby's death we've been minus a man and it's only five of us."
At the mention of Kirby, Sutton frowned. Kirby had been her boyfriend. "Alice will never join if Viv doesn't," Sutton remarked knowing that Alice would never leave Viv's side because they were now lovers. Something that had happened within their first few days of meeting.
"Would you?" Lucy asked Sutton curiously. Ever since Kirby's death Sutton had been more withdrawn but maybe that happened because she was now the only straight female amongst three lesbians.
"Viv's kept me safe for awhile. I owe her a lot," Sutton sighed knowing she owed her life to Viv. Viv had found her and Kirby on one of her runs and she had let them in. "But if you go I'll go," she nodded also knowing Lucy was like her sister.
Lucy smiled at Sutton's words, "I haven't decided what to do," she admitted honestly before turning and leading the way back.
"Then why take me and show me?" Sutton asked as she followed behind Lucy.
"Because I couldn't keep it to myself any longer and I know you won't betray my confidence," Lucy said as she looked at Sutton and smiled more. "Us fifth wheels have to stick together," she laughed knowing that sometimes with Alice and Viv and how affectionate they were, her and Sutton had felt left out.