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~Katherine's Pov~

I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Daryl sitting on the couch across the room just looking at me. He sighed and stood up, grabbing the chair from the table. He put it right in front of me, I looked out to see the sun was starting to set. I slept for a few hours I think. I closed my eyes and laid on my back, putting my hands on my face still feeling really tired. The headache wasn't gone, it was still there, just as bad. I uncovered my face but kept my eyes closed, "I'm keepin' my promise, even if it ain't your kid. I'm not lettin' you do somethin' stupid." He said and put a hand on my forehead. I swallowed the lump in my throat. "Alright.?" he asked softly. I felt him hold my hand, I slowly held it back. "Sit up." he said.

I opened my eyes after a few seconds, looking at the ceiling. I felt exhausted, like I haven't slept in forever. He took his hand off my forehead. "Sit," he repeated. I looked over to see him grabbing some pills and a bottle of water, "Get up." He said looking at me. I sighed closing my eyes, not wanting to take them. There was a pause, "Don't be stubborn, I'll force feed 'em to you if you don't take 'em. Get up." He said. I opened my eyes and looked at the ceiling, "Leave me alone.." I whispered feeling a tear fall. "Get up." he repeated. I looked over to him, he put the pills and the water down on the nightstand right next to the bed and sat down on the bed with me. He put his hands on my shoulders and pulled me, sitting me up. I winced and closed my eyes feeling a really sharp piercing pain in my head. I closed my eyes again and brought my hands up to my head. "Take them." He said grabbing them again, He opened the bottle and put his hand on my wrist, pulling my hand down.

He put the pills in my hand, I opened my eyes and looked at them. I looked at the bottle and he gave it to me. I put the pills in my mouth and washed them down with some water. He took the bottle and put it back down. ".. You gotta suck it up for a few hours.. Saviors are comin' soon and you need to fight when shit goes down alright..? You gotta focus." He said looking at me, I looked down at the blanket on me. I'm not sure how long he was here with me for, I don't know if he's been here the whole time just waiting and watching over me or he's only been here for a little while. He put a hand on my shoulder then moved it to the back of my neck. "You understand.?" He asked. I nodded a bit, still not looking at him. "Um.." I whispered and licked my lips slightly, biting my bottom lip. ".. Sorry i- hit you.." I said not looking at him. He released a small breath smirking a little. "You're good." He said and pulled his hand away, he moved some hair out of my face and tucked it behind my ear. He rested his hand on the back of my head. "A lotta shit's goin' on.. honestly thought you would've cracked sooner.. Surprised you lasted this long." He said looking at me. I nodded slightly and furrowed my eyebrows for a second then relaxed, "If ya want space i'll give it to you. But if i see some stupid shit I won't.." he said and looked down at my hands.

"But you gotta tell me now if you do want it so i can start givin' it to you." He said. I sighed slightly and closed my eyes. "No," I whispered. He looked back at me and I opened my eyes, looking over to him. "If i do- stay alone i will do something stupid. Because i'm starting to feel mad- and i promised him i wouldn't be-" I said and cut myself off. I looked away from him and back down at the ring on my finger. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down feeling like I wanted to cry again and I didn't want to anymore. I was so tired of crying. "Alright," He said looking at me, he held my hand and I held it back. I looked back at him and nodded, "Okay," I said softly, He nodded. "Alright.. Come here." he said and pulled me into him. I hugged him back and buried my face in his shoulder. He rubbed my back a bit, "i'm goin' out, with Rick. Ima go, be a lookout alright.? Get up soon.. Talk to Maggie, she'll go over where you gotta be when shit goes down." he said.

~Later on that same night~

The saviors were here and we were fighting them, it was dark out. Someone grabbed my arm. I looked over and pulled out my knife holding it to their neck. "Whoa-! Hey-" Grayson said putting a hand on my wrist. I kept the knife on his neck. "The weapons they have are dipped in walker blood. Don't let them cut you. Don't let them graze you with hand held weapons. Do you understand." He said looking me dead in the eyes. I looked down at the knife in his holster. He looked down and pulled it out slowly, showing it to me. It wasn't dipped in anything, it was clean. The gunfire continued around us. "I hate this shit as much as you do alright.??" He asked putt it back in his holster. I scoffed, "Yeah right." i said pulling the knife away from him. "You think i wanna do this shit?!" he asked lowly. "I don't care what you think." I said looking back at him. "Your people are killing my people!" i said lowly too. "If i had a say in this i'd stop it but i can't. Negan doesn't listen to anyone but himself." He said looking at me. I kept looking at him. "Do you care.?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him. "Cause it sure doesn't look like it." I said feeling angry.

"If you weren't here no. But you are here so yeah i give a shit Katherine." He said. "If you care, then stay. Don't go back. You're on the wrong damn side." I said. "I can't stay." He said looking at me. "You can." I said. "I can't!" He said not taking his eyes off me. He was pulled away from me and pinned. "No-! No." i said pulling Daryl off of him. He looked at me, "He's my brother- please." i said looking at Daryl. He looked down at him. Grayson got back up on his knees and looked at both of us. He looked at me again. "I can't stay. Even if i wanted to, I couldn't." He said. "Because of Negan.?!" i asked shaking my head.

"Because of Luna." He said. 

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