10: One More Time

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Elle's P.O.V.

I let my eyes slowly open. I saw Glenn staring right as me, but he has yet to notice I'm awake.

"It's rude to stare." I chuckled. He lept out of his chair with a huge smile on his face.ย 

"Let me get the others." He said before darting out of the room. I looked around the room I was in, the bed I was in, come to think of it, where the hell am I? I was interrupted from my thoughts to see most of the group standing around me. They all looked happy to see me awake.

"Did you find Sophia?" I asked. Carol looked down at the ground and nobody answered.

"Go back out there. I'll be fine." I said. I tried sitting up, but immediately regretted doing so. "Ah!" I said in pain. A man layed me back down.

"I'm just gonna check, okay?" He asked referring to the bloody bandage bulging through my new red shirt. He lifted up the bandage and I winced.

"Uh oh," He said.It was Rick's turn to leap forward.

"There's one fragment left, I can see it, but getting to it is a different story. If she moves to much, I'll nick an artery and she'll be dead in minutes." He explained. My breathing started to pick up. What is he talking about? The bullet broke up in my body? The man had everyone leave the room. Except Rick, Shane, Daryl, TDog, and a woman with blonde hair.

Glenn's P.O.V.

Hershel told us all to leave. He wanted the 4 strongest men in there so they could hold her down. Everyone just sat in the living room. Waiting in silence. Then something caught all of our attention, her yells of agony. I buried my head in my hands. I felt someones hands on my shoulders trying to comfort me. I looked up to see Maggie.

"She'll be okay. She'll get through it." She assured me, her gorgeous green eyes glistening. Elle yelled even louder which caused everyone in the room to flinch.ย 

"How is she so damn strong?" We heard Daryl yell. I'm guessing they were having trouble holding her down. After another two minutes of that, the house was quiet. The only thing you could hear was Elle sobbing. Everyone walked out of the room.

I jumped off of the couch and ran for the door. I was stopped by Daryl grabbing me.

"You can't go in there." He said in his gruff voice.

"Do youย hear her? Shes in pain!" I argued.

"That's why you cant go in there. You'll see her, and get upset. The last thing she wants is to see you upset." Andrea stood up. She was talking about what her and Elle were discussing just 2 days ago. I nodded and hung my head.ย 

"She'll live. She just needs antibiotics and pain killers. I stitched her up and she doesn't need another blood transfusion. Carl, let me clean up those stitches." Hershel said. Hershel lead Carl to another room as his parents followed. I just sat against the door and took my hat off. After a while, Elle's cries had gotten a lot quieter.ย 

Elle's P.O.V.

It hurt. Obviously. But it hurt a lot. I knew Glenn was sitting against the door. I was done crying now, I don't think I have any tears left.ย 

"Glenn." My voice croaked. He opened the door so fast, he almost tripped and fell on his face. I could hear people chuckling at that. He closed the door behind him. He sat at the end of the bed.

"You said you would be careful." He reminded me.

"I didn't exactly plan on this happening. There was a deer. A gorgeous deer. Carl and I went up to it. He crouched trying to touch the deer, and just as he was about to graze its fur, a gunshot rang out. I remember the pain of my flesh tearing. Rick, he kept telling me to hold on,ย  but I couldn't. Everyone's voices were muffled, my vision was blurry, I couldn't hold on." I explained.

"But you did." Glenn smiled. I smiled back nodding. "You want some dinner?" He asked. I didn't realize how late it was. I nodded and looked out the window to see the sun setting. He got up and left the door open.ย 

"How are you doin kid?"ย Aย voice asked. I turned my head to see Daryl.

"Magnificent." I said sarcastically. He chuckled.

"China man over here was bawling like a baby." He chuckled. I laughed with him.

"I bet."

"What do you say? When you can walk on your own again, we go hunting." Daryl offered. I nodded.

"I haven't done that in a while. Let's do it." I smiled.

A few minutes later, Glenn was back. He had a tray with food on it. I saw ham, mashed potatoes, peas, and a glass of milk. He layed the tray on the side table and helped me sit up. It was a struggle, but I was willing to do it if it meant I could eat. He layed they tray on my lap. I took the milk off and put it on the table. He gave me a questioning look.

"Can't have dairy." I chuckled. "I never asked, where the hell are we?" I asked as Rick walked in.

"There was an accident." Rick said.

"No shit, Sherlock." I said pointing at my bloody tshirt.ย 

"The man who shot you and Carl, he told us there was a farm 2 miles away. I grabbed you as your eyes closed and ran. You should eat that all if you can, you were very light," he chuckled. "We got you to the farm, and Hershel was the man to fix you and Carl up. Carl is healing pretty well and fast. Maggie, Hershel's oldest, told everyone else at the highway where we were. She brought Lori and told Glenn to bring TDog. Glenn here, has been flirting with Maggie." Rick finished smiling to Glenn. I looked at him with a surprised look.

"Way to go, man!" I chuckled scooping mashed potatoes in my mouth. These potatoes were delicious and fluffy. Iย ate all the food on my plate, and lemme tell you, it wasย delicious.ย Glenn took my plate and brought it to the kitchen. He came back.

"Are you okay?" He asked quietly.ย 

"Yeah, it doesn't hurt too bad at the moment." I answered.

"That's not what I mean," he started as he walked over and sat next to me on the bed. "I mean are youย okay?" He asked again.

"I'm not getting it..." I raised an eyebrow.

"You seem... uneasy." He replied. I gave him a confused look, which only made him continue to speak. "You tried staying at the CDC. You told everyone to continue looking for Sophia and that you were fine, yet you were shot and almost died."ย 

"We've been over this, I'm not suicidal, I just saw my chance." I said, my blue eyes meeting his brown eyes.

"But you were willing to take that chance."

"It was in the heat of the moment. I wont do it again, just crossing my fingers I'm not about to blow up again." I chuckled softly trying to lighten the mood. He just shook his head lightly. "Glenn, what exactly is it you're afraid of?" I asked.

"Losing you."

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