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How are y'all holding up..? Too much..? 😂🥺❤️

Also, i hope you guys put the pieces together on why i had Kath speak out at the lineup. When Negan walked up to her and asked for her name it was like a conformation to Grayson that it was actually his sister there at the lineup. He has to hear her name just like she had to hear his.

~Katherine's Pov~The next day~

We just arrived at the Hilltop to go check on Maggie, catch her up on what was going on. Rick hugged Maggie, "You're okay.?" he asked. "I'm okay." She said as they pulled away, "I'm okay, the baby's okay. All of us." She said looking at him. "You told us to get ready to fight," he said. She looked way better.. and i'm glad she and the baby were okay.. "Right from the start. You told us to get ready to fight. I didn't listen, and I couldn't.. I can now." He said. I looked over seeing Daryl appear in the distance with Jesus right behind him. I immediately ran to him with tears in my eyes, He held his arm out towards me and I hugged him. He hugged me back, taking a step back and picking me up a bit. I started crying, both feeling relieved and really sad again for some reason. He set me down and started crying too, burying his face in my shoulder. "Daryl." I cried as he held me.

He didn't say anything, He just held me close and tight, crying a little and catching his breath. He put a hand on the back of my head, I couldn't wear ponytails right now, I had constant headaches. He caught his breath a bit more and pulled me away. I looked over to see Rick, Michonne and Tara coming to us. I stepped aside and wiped under my eyes. They all hugged each other, Daryl handed Rick his gun and said his hellos to the rest. He finally looked over to me again. I went to him again and hugged him, burying my face in his shoulder. The rest started heading up to the house, leaving us alone for a while. We pulled away and I looked at him with tears in my eyes. I moved some hair out of his face and kept my hands on his cheeks. "Are you okay.?" I asked as my voice cracked. He leaned in to kiss me, not saying anything.

I kissed him back then we pulled away to look at each other, he wiped my tears away and rested his forehead against mine, closing his eyes. I closed my eyes too. I pulled away and just hugged him, I just needed to be held by him. He held me back and rubbed my arm, I was so glad he was okay.. I don't know how he got out or how he got here but I didn't care, all i cared about was that he was here and he was okay. He was with me, I was in his arms again and I felt safe. "I love you." I said hugging him. He kissed my neck. "I love you too.." he said holding me.

We pulled away and I looked at him, He put his hands on my cheeks and wiped my tears. "I have a lot to tell you.." I whispered looking at him, He nodded. "Later alright? We gotta get to the rest," he said looking at me. I nodded, "okay." i said softly. "Alright.." he said and leaned in to kiss me one last time. I kissed him back and we pulled away, "Cmon," he said and grabbed my hand, i held it back and we walked back up to the house.

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"No! No way in hell. That was not the deal. You people swore you could take the Saviors out, and you failed. So any arrangement we had is now done, Null and void." Gregory said, we were all here in his office talking about our next move against the Saviors. "We aren't trade partners, we aren't friends, and we never met. We don't know each other." He said sitting down at his desk then looking over to Rick, "I owe you nothing. In fact, you owe me for taking in the refugees at great personal risk." He said. "Oh you were very brave staying in here while Maggie and Sasha saved this place. Your courage was inspiring." Jesus said, "Hey, don't you work for me.? Aren't we friends.?" Gregory asked.

I was starting to get mad at the way he was behaving and talking to us.

"Gregory, we already started this." Rick said walking up to him. "You started it." He said. "We did. And we're gonna win." Rick said, "These are killers.!" Gregory said, "Is this how you wanna live? Under their thumb, killing your people?" Rick asked. "Sometimes we don't get to choose what our life looks like. Sometimes Ricky, you have to count the blessings you have." Gregory said, I rolled my eyes and shook my head looking down at the floor. I crossed my arms and sighed annoyed. "How many people can we spare.? How many people here can fight?" Maggie asked walking up to him. "We? I don't even know how many people we have Margaret." he said. I scoffed,

"Le voy a partir la madre si no deja de hablar." I'm gonna beat the shit out of him if he doesn't stop talking. I said under my breath feeling angry. "Te ayudaré a hacerlo." I'll help you do it. Rosita said looking back at me, I shook my head in disbelief looking at her. We were all annoyed by him. "And does it even matter.? I mean," he said, Rick brought his hand up to his forehead growing angrier as well. "What are you gonna do? Start a platoon of sorghum farmers?? Cause that's what we got. They grow things. They're not gonna wanna fight" He said. "You're wrong. When people have the chance to do the right thing they usually step up. I mean people just-" He cut Tara off.

"Let me stop you before you break into song okay.?" He asked. I giggled really annoyed. "Oh my fucking god." I said softly and sighed, I licked my lips and paced a bit, putting my hands in my butt pockets. "And by the way, who would train all this cannon fodder.?" He asked. "I'll do it." "I will." "Give me a week." Rosita, Sasha and I said at the same time. "Rhetorical! Okay? I don't wanna know. I never wanna hear another word about any of it. Ever." he said. "Would we be better off with or without the Saviors, Yes or no?" Rick asked, raising his voice a bit. "Yeah, sure. Okay." Gregory said and held his hands out then looked away. "So, what will you do to fix the problem.?" Michonne asked, stepping up to his desk. "I didn't say we had a problem. You did. And what happens outside of my purview, is outside of my purview." he said.

"What the hell man.? You're either with us or you ain't. You're sittin' over there talking outta both sides of your mouth." Daryl said. Gregory stood up and fixed his suit. "I think i've made my position very clear. And i wanna thank all of you for not being here today and not having this meeting with me, or being seen on your way out. In other words, go out the back." he said. I shook my head and walked out first, the rest followed. "Walking ballsack." Rosita said. "Wanna knock that idiot's teeth out." Sasah said. "We don't need him anyway." Daryl said, I ran my hand through my hair and walked out the door.