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Things were a little tight now in the cabin. While the Grimes family stayed in the master bedroom and Daryl, Sophia and I stayed in the attic the rest was pretty tight. Hershel and his daughters stayed in one room, Merle stayed in another, and Glenn gave up his room for Morales and the family.

Glenn ended up on the couch. Though I don't think he minded because I knew he definitely wasn't going to share a room with Merle. Even though Merle was being as nice and respectable as he could be I knew if Glenn tried to room with him things would turn out bad.

Rick had insisted on a celebration of Morales and his family returning. Merle and Daryl had gone out to track some game while the rest of us prepared to have a fire. Lori was in the kitchen with Sophia preparing food and surprisingly I was helping. I was never good at cooking.

When Merle and Daryl came back they set to skinning the small deer and rabbits they had found quickly before throwing them into the pot that was over the fire. By the time dinner was ready we were all gathered around. Merle, Daryl, Sophia, and I stayed a little further back from the group as always.

After dinner we all stayed around the fire just catching up. Beth decided to sing to celebrate.

They hung a sign up in our town

if you live it up, you won't

live it down

So, she left Monte Rio, son

Just like a bullet leaves a gun

With charcoal eyes

and Monroe hips

She went and took

that California trip

Well, the moon was gold, her

Hair like wind

She said don't look back just

Come on Jim

Oh you got to

Hold on, Hold on

You got to hold on

Take my hand,

I'm standing right here

You gotta hold on

Daryl had his arm wrapped around me tightly and Sophia was standing in front of us but leaned up against us. I looked over to my right to see Merle staring off into the distance with his shotgun resting against his shoulder being held up with his stump.

He had a glum look on his face. It wasn't a face I had ever seen on Merle before. He kind of looked sad. I mean if a Dixon could be sad. I sighed and slowly reached over to him. I slipped my hand into his calloused one. He slowly looked over at me. I was waiting on him to get mad.

He just shrugged a little before looking back towards the fire. I squeezed his hand a little trying to comfort him in some Dixon form. I leaned my head on Daryl's shoulder as I continued to hold onto Merle's hand. Daryl kissed my forehead and rubbed my back a little.

I was surprised when I felt a small squeeze back. I looked out of the corner of my eye to see that Merle wasn't even looking at me now. I slowly dropped his hand and let it fall at my side. I didn't want to make him uncomfortable because secretly I knew it was bothering him a little bit.

Everyone sat quietly as we listened to Beth sing. Everyone was hanging on to their loved ones like it was the last time we would see each other.  Hell, for all we knew it could be. I shook my head slightly trying to get those types of thoughts out of my head.

Daryl looked over at me and cocked an eyebrow. I shook my head again and leaned up to kiss his cheek. "I think I'm gonna go lay down. I'm pretty tired," I whispered in his ear. Daryl nodded slightly. "I love you," I whispered. Daryl looked over at the group before looking back at me.

"Love ya too," he whispered back. I leaned up and gave him the quickest kiss possible knowing that he was uncomfortable with it. I squeezed his shoulder when I pulled back. I started walking away when I felt a small hand in mine. I looked down to see Sophia walking beside me.

I looked back to see both Daryl and Merle staring at us. They both gave us a quick nod before we headed inside. Once we got upstairs Sophia quickly changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. I sighed and decided that I was going to take a shower seeing as we had running water.

I didn't wanna use all the hot water but it felt so good. If there was a heaven this was definitely it. I shaved and washed my hair which was something I definitely hadn't been able to do in a while. Once I got out I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and slid back into my old disgusting clothes.

I sat down on the bed and sighed. I didn't feel good. Something wasn't sitting right in my stomach. Maybe it was the song Beth sang; maybe it was the fact that Merle held my hand without any complaints. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I could still hear Beth singing

The words kept ringing through my head.

Oh you got to

Hold on, Hold on

You got to hold on

Take my hand,

I'm standing right here

You gotta hold on

Everyone gave small claps at the end. I watched to see both Daryl and Merle were closer together and seemed to be on high alert unlike everyone else. I crossed my arm and watched out the window looking at the woods. I had a good spot for lookout up here.

Daryl whipped around and looked up at the window. I gave him a small wave. My heart instantly sunk when I saw something moving slowly towards Merle. I knew it wasn't human. "MERLE!" I screamed while banging on the glass of the window. That's when the first gun shot rang out.

You gotta hold on

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Cliffhanger!! Sooooooooo what do you guys think is gonna happen? Death predictions if any? What about the little Emery and Merle connection?

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