✓ | the boy at the hospital

a chance

Y/ns pov

We had been sitting in the barn all day. We didnt have anywhere to go. "Wheres maggie and sasha?" I ask glenn. "They went to watch the sunset and talk." He says. It makes sense, they've both lost their sibling in the last couple days. Then they come back, with a man. We immediately grab our weapons and aim. Daryl pats him down "hes good".

"Who are you" rick asks. He takes a step forward, looking like he will speak, but we all raise our weapons again and he stops. "What does he want?" Rick asks sasha. "He says he has a camp nearby. He wants us to audition for it". "I wish there was another word for it. It sounds like a dance show. Those are only for friday nights" he chuckles. We stay silent. "And it's not a camp. It's a community." He says. "If I were you I wouldn't go either. Sasha can you hand him my bag? In the front pocket theres a packet with pictures and such." He continues "nobody cares." Daryl says. "100% percent". This guys a total butt kisser.

"What do you think about this guy?" I ask noah. "I don't know. I hope hes not lying." "Me too". "Y/n come here." Rick says. I walk over. "Do these look real to you?" I look through the pictures. No people. "Where are your people?" I ask him. "I have one of the whole group but its lost somewhere". All of the sudden, rick goes and punches him in the face. "Rick!" I yell. I lean into noah. "He dosent like strangers huh?" Noah asked. "Nope. He has serious trust issues" I say.

Aaron wakes up. "Quite a right cross rick" he says. Here we go again. "This guy is a serious suck up" I say to Noah, who elbows me as a response. "Sit him up" rick demands. Michonne and Maggie sit him up. "You're being cautious. I completely understand- " "how many of your people are out there?" Rick interrupts. "Does it really matter?" He says. "Yes. Yes it does." "Well no matter what I say you're not going to believe me. But if I'm being honest, 1." Aaron says.

"I've seen how you guys are. You're survivors. And you're still people." We all look to rick. He dosent say anything. "My guy is in a car a little ways west. I can bring you to him." He says. "I'm not sure all 14 of us can fit in one car you and your friend drove down here" rick states. I really hope we give this guy a chance. I want to live life normally. With noah. "You're parked a couple miles away right?" Carol asks. "East on Ridge Road just after you hit route 16. We were gonna get closer but then the storm came" he says.

"rick if I wanted to kill you all dont you think I wouldve already?" He asks. Michonne and rick go talk. Glenn walks over to me and noah. "I think we should give him a chance." He says. Me and noah nod. "I think we should at least try for someplace normal" I agree. Noah grabs my hand. "We'll make this work" he says. He turns around. "Who's going with them?" "I will" I say. Noah looks at me. "You stay here okay?" I say. He nods and leans down to kiss my lips. "Bye". Its me, glenn, michonne, and maggie walking down the road. "You think hes telling the truth?" I ask Glenn. "I sure hope so" he responds.

We have a whole conversation on how many people we saved. As we turn down the road, there's two cars. Noone else. Just cars. "He wasn't lying" I say with a smile. "We have a chance at a normal-ish life" maggie says and smiles. We start to head back. When we get back. It looks like aaron is fearing his life. "Rick what did you say to him?" Michonnne asks. "I told him that I would kill him if you guys weren't back in an hour" he says a little to calmly. Geez I forget how crazy he gets.

I go over to noah "they were telling the truth" I smile and kiss his cheek. "So are we gonna go with them?" "I dont know. It depends on rick" I say. I hope he let's us go. We lay the food on the table. "This is ours whether or not we go with you" rick says. "That's fine".
"Why wouldnt we go?" Carl asks. "If he were lying, or if he wanted to hurt us. But he didnt. And he wont. We need this. A chance." Michonne says. "So we are going. All of us"

Its reasons like this why michonne is one of my favorites. Shes not afraid to speak her mind. "Yeah. We're going" rick says. I smile and go hug Noah. "You hear that noah? We're going!" I smile. "So where are we going? Wheres your camp?" Rick asks. "Well everytime I've done this I've driven them back". "We're driving. So if you want to get home, you tell us how" michonne says. "Go north of route 16." He says. "We'll take 23 north." Rick says. "That roads not clear. 16 is." "We are taking 23. We leave at sundown". Time to wait.

Authors note- I cant wait to write ab Alexandria

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