immune..? (the walking dead)

chapter 51

we did make it to the car, guess he wasn't lying about that.

we had to kill a few walkers when we arrived, but it wasn't anything we couldn't handle.

rosita and abraham went inside an RV, they found a lot of things so we packed up and headed back.

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rick looked at all the canned food that we'd brought back,

he grabbed something and turned towards aaron

"this? this is ours now." rick said

aaron let out a sigh, "there's more than enough."

"it's ours wether or not we go to your camp." rick replied

"what do you mean? why wouldn't we go?!" carl asked, he stuttered slightly in the beginning of his sentence

"if he were lying or if he wanted to hurt us. but he isn't and he doesn't. we need this. so we're going, all of us. somebody say something if they feel differently." michonne said

i didn't think she would say that at first, im not going to say anything.

i'll go anywhere this woman asks me to, that...wasn't the point.

no body spoke, rick stood there and looked at her for a good second.

"i don't know, man. this barn smells like horse shit." daryl said

rick moved his body, moving from one foot to the other, probably thinking.

"yeah." rick said roughly "we're going"

that was the first bit of excitement i've felt in a long while. i was happy, i'd be safe.

you are not safe, no matter how many people are around or how clear the area looks, no matter what anyone says no matter what you think. you are not safe. it only takes one second.

rick's words echoed through my mind everyday on loop. it was the only thing that kept me from actually believing i could be safe one day.

anytime i'd be happy, those words would echo through my head and remind me of the word i live in.

not that it's hard to forget already.

despite that, i kept my mood up. maybe rick is wrong. maybe there is a place we could all be safe.

michonne nodded her head slowly, she wore a slight smile on her face.

rick turned around "so where are we going? where's your camp?" rick asked

"well, every time i've done this introduction, i've been the one behind the wheel driving recruits back. i do believe you're good people, trust me. id bet my life on it. i'm just not ready to bet my my friends lives just yet" aaron said

that's pretty reasonable, i wouldn't want anyone where at risk of death either.

"you're not driving. so if you want to get home, you'll have to tell us how." michonne said standing in front of aaron

he stayed quiet for some time,

"go north on route 16." aaron said

"and then.?" michonne asked, her voice almost threatening

"i'll tell you when we get there." aaron said

"we'll take 23 north. you'll give us directions from there." rick said,

"that's...i don't know how else to say it, that's a bad idea. we've cleared 16th. it'll be faster." aaron said, aaron tried to get rick to change direction.