"wait so your birthday is tomorrow?" Carl asked.
"Yeah." I admit. I've never really liked my birthday. I don't get why I have to celebrate the day I was born.
"How old are you turning?" Carl asks.
"Ten." I say.
"oOOooOo~" He says.
" 'ooooo' what?" I ask.
"You're turning ten. It's exciting." Carl says.
I laugh slightly. "No it's not."
"Sure it is." He says.
"Everyone turns ten at one point." I say.
"Yeah but turning ten in the apocalypse is different." Carl says.
I guess he has a point.
"I guess." I admit.
"See." He says. "Hey I think Daryl is going on a run. You should go. It'll be fun."
"Okay, I guess I'll go." I say.
"I think he's going in like ten minutes, so you better go ask Daryl if you can go" carl said.
"Kay, see you" I say then get up. I go outside and find Daryl.
"Hey, Daryl." I say to Daryl.
"Hey." He said back.
"Are you going on a run later?" I ask.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Can I come with you?" I ask.
"Sure. But if you try anything-" Daryl starts but I cut him off.
"I won't." I reassure him.
"...you better not. I'll get Rick to give you your gun back and then we'll leave." He says.
"Thank you." I say.
He just nods and then goes to get my gun from Rick. I just stayed where I was until he got back.
While I was waiting for Daryl to get back people walked past me whispering and giving me weird looks.
Like I wasn't expecting them to bake me a cake or anything but this is a little harsh.
I just stood there awkwardly waiting for Daryl and eventually he came back with my gun.
But he wouldn't give it back to me until we were outside the walls. Which I understand. he doesn't trust me.
We got in a car and left.
"Okay, we're Ganna take out one of negan's Outposts." Daryl said while driving.
"Kay." I responded. My happy mood kinda disappeared when people started looking at me weird.
I look out the window just watching the trees and we drive down the road.
"It's a tiny outpost so there ain't' Ganna be a lot a' saviors." He says.
"Okay." I say.
The rest of the ride was silent well at least until I said: "i still don't get why you don't trust me."
"Because you're a savior." Daryl simply responded.
"Was." I corrected him.
"You Still killed people." Daryl said.
"They were saviors." I say.
"What about that guy behind Carl? Or that girl that was on the balcony with Michonne." Daryl said.
I turn my head to Daryl and say: "that guy behind Carl had a gun to his head. And that girl on the balcony with Michonne tried to kill her... So I killed them for a good reason." I say.
"...I guess." Daryl admitted.
The rest of the car ride was silent.
We eventually got to the outpost And got out of the car.
Daryl went over the plan.
So I was supposed to kill the guy at the entrance and Daryl would do the rest all I had to do was cover him.
We went up to the outpost and I killed the guy at the entrance. Then followed Daryl inside and he killed a few people as well.
I was behind him covering him in case he missed someone I could kill them.
We cleared out the outpost and got the guns they had then went back to the car and left.
While we were driving Daryl asked me: "did ya' expect me to trust you right away?"
"No." I admit.
"I don't get how Carl trusted you right away." Daryl said.
I can tell he's trying to be nice by saying 'right away' instead of saying 'i don't get how carl trusted you.' but it still hurts.
"Well, I knew Carl before I got to Alexandria." I say trying to keep the hurt out of my voice, while still looking out the window.
"Really?" Daryl asked not believing me.
"Yeah. Meet him in the woods... Right after I saw you escaping the sanctuary." I say.
Daryl turns his head to me for a second then looks back at the road.
"That was you?" He asks.
"Yeah. I didn't know you were even there until that." I say.
"How could ya' not know I was there?" Daryl asked not believing me.
"They didn't tell me anything. No one did. I didn't even know Alexandria existed." I admitted.
The rest of the ride was silent and we eventually got back to Alexandria and I gave my gun back to Daryl.
Then I went to hang out with Carl and Judith as soon as I walked in, Carl yelled "happy early birthday!"
"Thanks." I say and hug him. He hugs me back then pulls away and says: "me and Judith made you a birthday card."
"You guys didn't have to." I say as Carl grabs the card off the counter and hands it to me.
"Of course we did." He says. Then Judith giggles.
"Aww." I say as I saw the front of the card. It was a drawing of me, Carl and Judith wearing birthday hats and eating cake.
"Thank you." I say smiling.
"Open it." Carl says.
I opened up the card and there was homemade confetti that was all different colors. I smiled.
There was also a hand written note that read: 'Happy Birthday Brooklyn! Me and Judith love you, and hope you have an amazing birthday.'
All around the note there were red hearts. I smiled even more.
I hugged Carl again and said: "thank you. I'm Ganna keep this forever."
Carl laughed and said jokingly "you better."
"Hey, what about my hug?" Judith asked in a sweet voice.
I laugh and hug her too. "Thank you guys, this is the best birthday ever."
They both smiled.
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