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5𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘣

Alice was sleeping by Carl's side as he was in slow recovery after the surgery yesterday, still holding his hand tightly. Lori and Rick were by his bed side as Hershel was on the other side checking Alice's wound and Carl's fever.

"Fever's gone down." Hershel spoke and took his hand away as they both stirred in their sleep. "Baby?!" Lori sighed and quickly got up, sitting down by carl as Rick got closer. "Carl?" Rick spoke, brushing his hair back.

Carl looked over at Alice's sleeping form and yawned. "Alice is still wearing that dress..? I got it dirty, she should put a new one on." Carl spoke softly, Lori nodding. "Sure, baby. I'll make sure to help her get changed."

"What about Sophia? Is she okay?"

Rick looked down at his son and pressed his lips together, taking a breath as he shook his head. "Fine. She's fine."

"Rest. We'll be right here, okay?" Lori said, moving over to wake Alice up. She brushed her hair behind her ear and shook her gently, moving to her side of the bed. Alice's eyes fluttered open and she looked up and saw Lori, humming in question.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Lori asked her, stroking her hair. "Okay. Is Carl getting better?" She asked, rubbing her eyes and still holding onto his hand. "Yeah, thanks to you. You were so brave, my brave girl." Lori smiled and kissed her forehead. "How about we get you out of this dress and changed into something else? I'll wash it for you once you get it off."

Alice nodded, yawning a bit as she sat up now. "Okay." Lori smiled and helped Alice off the bed and picked her up, Alice hesitantly letting Carl's hand go. "Rick, can you grab her stuff? I brought some in from the RV." Lori explained, Alice burying her face into Lori's shoulder. "Yeah." He nodded and moved to the edge of the bed where new clothes were for Alice.

"Can we use your bathroom?" Lori asked the older man, making him nod. "Go right ahead, it's right over there." He pointed to a close by room, lori taking the clothes from Rick and Alice into it, shutting the door.

Outside, Nancy was gathering rocks with Beth, Jimmy, Glenn, Shane, and T-Dog into a barrel. The sound of a motorcycle was approaching, making them all look up into the direction of the sound, a man on a motorcycle, a car behind him, and, a RV behind that car. Nancy grinned, knowing the archer was on one of those vehicles, she was guessing the motorcycle.

T-dog went to go inform the others that they were here as everyone else moved to stand in front of the house. They parked their vehicles as Nancy stood next to Maggie. "He rides a motorcycle..." she whispered to Maggie, making her slap her shoulder playfully and shake her head. Hershel,  Lori, Rick, and T-dog stepped out and went to greet everyone, Alice coming with them dressed in shorts, a tank top and flannel, one that belonged to Carl.

Nancy was happy she wore the jean skirt from yesterday with a slightly baggy off the shoulder shirt, hair in a bun and hoop earrings, brown cowgirl boots with cute designs on them. "How is he?" Dale questioned, looking at Lori and Rick. "He'll pull through...thanks to Hershel and his people. And-" lori started with a smile. "And Shane." Rick finished as they all looked over at Shane who had a swollen nose.

"Jesus, son! What happened to your nose?" Dale gasped and looked at him, Hershel gave Nancy a look and she only grinned and placed her hands on her hips. "I'm fine..." he replied dryly, Maggie elbowing Nancy in the shoulder as she snickered silently.

"We would have lost Carl if not for him, Alice too. She gave up alot of blood for him." Rick smiled, Lori ruffling Alice's hair. Dale sighed in relief and hugged Rick as Carol pulled Lori into a hug as well, the adults going to give Alice hugs and head pats as well, making her shy. "Good job." Glenn nodded as Andrea pat her head.