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~Katherine's Pov~The next day~

"You're making this way too easy, you should just move in. Give me a better shot at winning." Carl said looking at me, My hair was down, i was barely waking up so i was gonna redo my ponytail. "If i look at you.." I said looking forward, smiling. ".. and you don't have your hat on, Which you most likely don't!" i said softly and looked over to see him not wearing a hat. He was holding up 3 fingers though. "Because it's 8 am!" i said softly, putting my hair tie on the tip of my finger and pulling it back. I let it go and it hit his chest. He laughed a bit and picked it up. "Yeah well I saw you first so i get the point." He said flicking it back to me. I picked it up off the floor and held up 3 fingers as well. "Not part of the rules my friend." I said and started putting on my shoes. "You want me to make you some breakfast?" I asked looking at him. He nodded, "Yeah. I'm gonna go check on my dad though. I'll be back." he said.

I nodded a bit, "Alright." i said standing up, "Judith up?" I asked. He shook his head, "She should be up soon though," He said. I nodded, "Alright." i said going to the kitchen. "I'll be back." He said.

~Later on that same night~

Earlier today we had a meeting on what we the community was gonna decide on what was gonna happen to Rick. During the meeting, we were able to convince the people to continue allowing him to live here. But things took a turn for the worse, Pete showed up and killed Reg; Deanna's husband after an altercation. Rick brought a walker to the meeting which apparently was in the walls and Gabriel was basically talking shit behind our backs trying to get Deanna to kick us out of Alexandria. Right now, I was outside of the house just laying on the porch looking at the ceiling waiting for Daryl, he came back with Aaron and Morgan of all people.

It's crazy how we all came together. Daryl was talking to Rick and Morgan. Someone kicked my shoe, I opened my eyes and sat up to see Daryl. I smiled at him, "You're back." I giggled and walked down the steps. "Told ya i would be." he said. "Can i hug you or is that invading your personal space bubble?" i asked crossing my arms. "You broke that shit a long ass time ago." He said putting down his crossbow on the floor.

I laughed a bit and dropped my pose, hugging him. He hugged me back and i smiled, sighing. "I missed you..." i said softly. "Wasn't gone for that long." He said holding me back. He was gone for like 2 or 3 days. "Yeah but i still missed you. Did you miss me?" i asked pulling away, "If i say no?" He asked, I raised an eyebrow looking at him then narrowed my eyes at him. "Did you not miss me.?" i asked crossing my arms. He smirked and slipped his hands in the butt pockets off my jeans. "Course i missed you woman." He said. I smiled a bit but not too much.

".. a lot happened.." I said softly as my smile slowly faded, He nodded a bit looking at me. "Yeah, figured seein' Rick's face 'nd what i just saw." He said. I nodded a bit, "Yeah.." I whispered. He looked at me for another second then patted butt gently. "Tell me about it." He said and leaned in to kiss me. I kissed him back and we pulled away. "Cmon," he said grabbing his crossbow and we headed inside.

"Shit happened out there too, weird ass shit.." He said putting his bow down by the door and taking his jacket off, putting it on the couch. I sat down and so did he, he sighed and just looked at the ceiling. "Do you like it here..?" he asked not looking at me. "Yeah, it's- safe.. I guess.." i said putting my head on his shoulder. "I mean the house. Do you like it." He said. I sighed a bit and shrugged, "I don't know, i mean i'm only here at night, to sleep.. That's it. I can't really be in it the whole time. I don't like it, if that's what you meant." i said, He nodded a bit, "Mhm.." he said, I already know he didn't like it, he didn't have to tell me. "You wanna go outside..?" I giggled. He shook his head, "Nah, i'm kinda tired." He mumbled.

"What happened out there?" i asked and laid down. I put my head on his lap and looked at him, he looked down at me. "Nasty shit," he said. "Nastier than we've already seen?" I asked. He shrugged a bit looking back up, he rested a hand on my chest close to my throat and brushed my jaw a little with his thumb. "Been seeing walkers with W's on 'em," He said resting looking at the ceiling, "Someone tied up a girl, to a tree.. Walkers ripped her up. She had no clothes on." He said, I furrowed my eyebrows, "Someone chopped up a body, Probably the same people. She had a W on 'er forehead." he said. "Jesus.." I whispered looking at him.

He looked down at me and he shrugged moving his thumb a bit against my jawline, "is that all?" I asked. He kept looking at me then nodded after a few seconds, "What.?" i asked looking at him. "We're alright though, Don't want you to worry." He said. "What happened?" i asked, "There was a trap, we got stuck in a car. Walkers were all over, Morgan got to us. We're here 'cause of him." He said brushing my jawline again. I kept looking at him. "We're good." he said nodding a bit, I nodded a bit. "Okay," I said softly. "Your turn. What the hell happened here.?" He asked. I smiled at him, "I knocked Rick out." I giggled. He scoffed, "Damn." he said. We stayed up talking for a while then went to bed.