I decided to keep the following people in the woods close by the Church so they could have the reunion: Rosita, Eugene, Michonne, Gabriel, Carl, Judith and Oliver. I tried doing the reunion at the Hospital but I ended up just deleting what I had over and over because i was struggling. Anyways, here we go :)
And also can we talk about what's going through Rick's mind when she shot Dawn with Daryl? I think that might be her first actual kill like that. In my head, while the prison was being shot at she didn't kill anyone but she wounded them yk?
~Aurora's Pov~
We were making our way through the woods right now, meeting up with the rest. Daryl and Glenn stayed back, digging a grave for Beth. No one spoke the whole ride back, we were all in shock from what we just witnessed. My dad was holding my hand the whole way, and he still hasn't let go.
In the distance, I saw everyone sitting down on the floor and some leaning against trees. Dad whistled, signaling that we were back.
They all turned around and Carl's eyes met with mine. "Aurora-" He stood up quickly, slipping slightly in the process and losing his hat. I let go of dad's hand feeling my heart race, I was relieved to see my little brother and my friends again.. and covered my mouth feeling tears in my eyes again. We ran to each other and hugged. He caught his breath against my shoulder, on the verge of crying, feeling relieved too. "Rory." his voice shook as he held me in a tight hug. I closed my eyes and rested my chin against his shoulder. He started crying which only made me start to cry again too. We felt another pair of arms wrap around us both.
I kissed Carl's head as he started to calm down, "Carl.." I whispered holding him close to me. We pulled away and I put my hands on his shoulders, smiling with tears in my eyes. He returned the tearful smile and laughed the slightest. "You're okay." His voice cracked slightly. I nodded smiling a bit but then frowned looking at him. "Yeah." My voice cracked too. Carl looked around taking his hands off my arms and wiped under his eyes. "Where's Beth?" He asked, noticing she wasn't here, I looked over to see it was my dad who hugged us both.
I tilted my head feeling my heart sink to my stomach again. Dad pulled me into him and Carl looked back at us. Dad just shook his head. "She didn't make it out.." Dad said looking at him, he rubbed my back slightly. I felt chills all over, suddenly hearing Oliver's cries as Maggie broke the news about their sister. I hugged my dad tighter and he put his hand on the back of my head kissing my head. I opened my eyes and looked over to see Maggie and Oliver hugging, both of them in tears. I pulled away from my dad and walked over to them, "Oliver-" I choked slightly looking at them both. They pulled away and looked at me.
"I'm so sorry." I cried looking at him. I shook my head not knowing what else to say. If I lost Carl or Judith I don't know what I'd do. He hugged me still in tears and we held each other close, Both heartbroken but happy to see each other.. We pulled away and looked at each other with tears in our eyes. He shook his head, putting his hands on my cheeks. "I'm sorry." I whispered, putting my hands on his wrists. He nodded as a tear fell, He looked over to Maggie and I hugged him again.
~Couple weeks later~
We buried Beth, gave her a proper burial. We also lost Tyreese, he was bit by a walker. "Dad, look." Carl said as we saw a couple of abandoned cars a couple feet away from us. "I'm gonna head out into the woods. Circle back." Daryl said looking over at my dad. I looked over to him, this was the second time today he's broken off from us. "May I come with?" Carol asked, she went out with him earlier but came back first. "Nah, Nah just me." He said and walked away.
We started checking out the cars to see if there was anything worth taking. I looked back in the direction that Daryl went. I haven't spoken to him at all since Atlanta. He's been avoiding the situation.
"What is it?" I looked over to see my dad looking at me, He walked over and looked in the woods. I shook my head looking back too. "Can I go..?" I asked. He looked back down to me. "Take Oliver with you.. I don't want you out there alone." He said. I shook my head. "I wanna talk to Daryl.. I'm gonna go look for him." I said. He kept looking at me, "I'd feel better if you had someone with you." He said, "And I will.. I'll be with Daryl." I said.
He kept looking at me, debating in his head. "I have my gun dad.." I said softly. "How many rounds?" I pulled it out and took out the clip, showing him the rounds I had. He sighed heavily through his nose looking at the trees. "Daddy.." I stopped leaning against the car and took a step closer to him. He looked back at me. "Please? I won't be gone for too long.." I said softly. He put his hand on my head and pulled me in, kissing my forehead. "If you're not back in half an hour i'm lookin' for you." He said brushing my hair down with his palm.
I nodded, "Alright." I said. He nodded too. "Alright.. Come here." He said and pulled me into him. I hugged him back then we pulled away, I looked over at Carl and walked up to him. "Hey.." He turned around and put his knife back in his pocket. "I'll be back, I'm gonna go talk to Daryl." He nodded, "Does dad know?" he asked. I nodded, "Yeah, I just wanted to let you know too." I didn't want him to worry. My dad's always been overprotective but now he was 10 times more. He doesn't even let me leave his side.
He nodded a bit. ".. okay.." he said hesitantly. "I'll be back soon. I promise." I said. He nodded again, "Alright," I said and turned around, I headed into the woods starting to look for Daryl.
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I took a step closer to Daryl, I saw him kneeling, looking at a decomposed deer. He turned around pulling out his knife quickly. He put it away and stood up, grabbing his crossbow. He turned around, "I know you wanted to be alone but I wanted to talk.. You haven't talked to me since Atlanta.." I said. He shook his head slightly, "What's there to say? You ain't okay.. I know that." He said. I kept looking at him, and shrugged. ".. You aren't either, Stop trying to hide it.." I said after a few seconds of silence between us. He looked around for a second. "There's nothin' out here.. Cmon." he said and walked. I followed him and grabbed his hand. He stopped walking and looked back at me.
I kept looking at him too then hugged him. He looked at the floor and hesitantly put his hand on my arm, in ways holding me back.
I closed my eyes, "You promised me you wouldn't leave us again back at the prison. Please don't leave." I felt like he wanted to leave, I didn't want him to. "I won't.." He mumbled and rubbed my arm a bit. "Let's get back, cmon," He said and let me go.
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We came back to the rest, everyone was sitting down. They looked up hearing movement but relaxed once they realized it was us. I went over to Oliver and sat down next to him. We looked at each other for a few seconds and I gave him a soft smile. "Can I sit with you?" I whispered. He returned the soft smile, "Yeah.." He replied softly. I rested my head on his shoulder and looked down, crossing my legs. He looked down too and reached out slightly, holding his hand out towards me, palm facing up.
I reached out and put my hand on top of his. "Are you alright?" He asked as we interlocked fingers. "Are you?" I asked. He nodded, "Yeah.." He whispered. "Me too.."
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