"Laughter is timeless, Imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." -Walt Disney
A/N: Y'all since Aurora is Judith's older sister, All the scenes where Beth was holding her are gonna be replaced with Aurora. I hope you don't mind the switch.
P.S. This chapter is kinda long but 🤷🏻♀️💓
~Aurora's Pov~
The woman told us that Maggie and Glenn were taken by a man to a town called Woodbury. Dad, Oscar, Daryl and the woman went after them. Oliver wanted to go but neither Hershel or my dad let him go. It was dark out now, we don't know how long they'll be gone. I just hope they're okay.
"So I was talking to dad earlier, before he left." Carl said. "About what?" I asked looking at him. "About her." He said looking at the baby in my arms. We were all sitting at the steps. Beth was sitting next to me and Oliver was standing next to Carl. Axel and Carol were here too. "Remember my third grade teacher? The one you used to help out after school sometimes?" He asked. I nodded, "Yeah," I said looking at him. "Her first name was Judith. I want that to be her name, do you like it?" He asked. I nodded smiling a bit, "Yeah," I said. "Unless you have another name in mind.." He said. I shook my head, "No.. I like the name Judith." I said. He nodded smiling. "Okay.." He said softly. I looked at Beth and she smiled at me.
"I like it.. Judith Grimes. It has a nice ring to it." She said. I nodded, "Yeah it does." I said looking down at Judith as she slept. "You are good with her." I looked up at Axel to see him looking at me. "Thanks.." I said softly and looked down at her again. Beth fixed the blanket on Judith. "You are too, you got little sisters?" He asked looking at Beth. She looked at him, "No." She said and looked back at Judith. "How old are you two?" He asked. "17." Beth responded, "16," I said right after her. Carl stepped up slightly and crossed his arms, looking at him. I looked at him but he kept his eyes on Axel.
"Interesting." He said in a tone. I furrowed my eyebrows, Beth and I looked at each other with the same look on our faces. "Shut up." Oliver said. We looked at him, "Just stop talking." He said shaking his head. "May I speak with you?" Carol asked, feeling uncomfortable as well. Axel looked up at Carol. "Don't try anything with either of 'em. I swear to god." Oliver said with an annoyed, angry and disgusted look on his face. Axel walked away and followed Carol. Carl walked a bit too, making sure he was gone. Oliver looked at Beth, she looked at him while Carl looked at me as well. I looked at him too. He shook his head angrily then looked away from me.
~~~
I laid Judith down on the box we had for her, since we didn't have a crib this was the best we got. She fit perfectly though, so that was good. We had some towels and blankets to use as the bedding. With the formula the woman brought back, we were set for about a month according to Hershel.
"Uh.." I looked over to see Oliver standing there, scratching the back of his neck. "Yeah?" I asked sitting on the lower bunk. He walked in and leaned against the wall, looking at Judith. "You- do know.. You can tell me if things get weird right?" He asked looking at me. I looked at him confused. "Between us..?" I asked unsure of what he meant by that. "No!- Uh- I mean I don't want things to be weird between us ever. I meant with Axel." He said and put his hands in his pockets, shaking his head.
"He was being weird towards you two I just wanted you to know that if anything- happens.." He said pulling a hand out of his pockets and scratching under his chin. "You can come or- tell me.. Or something.." he said. I smiled a bit at him. "Or something?" I asked, He smiled a bit. "Yeah.. I just don't want you to get hurt.. Or Beth.. I don't want y'all to feel uncomfortable either.." He said looking at me. I nodded smiling a bit more.
"That's sweet, thanks Olly.." I said softly.
We were interrupted by a sudden scream echoing through the prison. We got out of the cell quickly, meeting the rest. "What was that?" Beth asked. "That was from in here." Oliver said looking at them. "Was that Carol?" Carl asked. "She's out keepin' watch in the guard tower with Axel." Hershel said looking Carl. "What if they came back in for somethin'? What if they're in trouble?" Beth asked, starting to worry. Carl started loading up his gun. "Let's check the tower, see if she's there." Hershel said. I went over to the cell and grabbed my machete then checked my ammo. "How could anyone else get in?" Beth asked.
Oliver checked his ammo too, "The tombs are filled with walkers that wandered in from outside. Someone else could have done the same thing." Hershel said. "Beth, let's go check the tower." I said. She stood up and so did Carl. "I'm going to check it out." He said. Hershel extended his crutch, keeping them from going any further. "No." I said looking at Carl. "I can't let you go down there." Hershel said. He looked at him then over at me. "Dad would go and you know it." He said. "Fine, then i'll go. You check the tower with Beth." I said looking at Beth. She nodded. "I'll go with you." Oliver said. I nodded, "Aurora-"
I cut Carl off. "No." I said walking to the door. He rushed past Hershel and caught up to me. "Aurora I can-" I cut him off again. "No Carl. Either I go with Oliver or we don't go at all. Pick." I said as the screams of the woman continued to echo through the prison. He looked at me annoyed and shook his head as Oliver went to go grab some flashlights for us. "I'll check the tower.." He said. "Yeah." I said and unlocked the gate. "Olly!" I called out, He tossed me a flashlight and caught up with me, Closing the gate behind him. I locked it and we headed down to the tombs.
We turned on our flashlights and started making our way down the tombs.
~~~
Oliver and I led a group of 4 people up to the safe part of the cell block. They lost one of their own, a woman who was bit. They were about to put her down before she turned into a walker. I grabbed Oliver's hand and pulled him back into the Cell Block. I closed the door and locked it. Carl and Beth walked up to us.
"Hey, what are you doing?" The woman asked walking up to the door. I pulled out the keys and held them. "Did you just lock us in here?" The other man asked standing next to the woman. We backed up slightly away from the door. "Open the door." The woman said holding the shovel she was using to kill walkers.
"This room is secure. You'll be safe. You have food and water." Carl said looking at her. She came to the door completely and looked at us, putting a hand on a bar. "Open this door." She said looking at me. I shook my head, "I can't do that.." I said softly. "Cmon man. We're not animals. Don't do this." She said looking at Oliver. She looked back and I looked over to see Hershel. "Hey!" She hit the door, making it rattle. I looked back at her quickly, startled by the sudden loud noise.
"You can't just leave us in here! Open this door! Open it! Now!" She yelled hitting the door again. The man walked up to her and put a hand on her arm, pulling her away. "Sasha! Back away from the door and let them go. Look around you. This is the best we've had in weeks. Their house. We got other things to do." He said calming her down.
He looked over at us. "We don't want any trouble." He said and pulled her away from the door completely.
Word Count:1367