Beth sat beside Daryl, she looked over at him, but he refused to meet her eye. He was mad at her. She brushed her fingers across his and he pulled away from her. She frowned a little and let out a small sigh. He was mad at her because she had insisted on coming on the trip with them to Jesus's community. He wanted her to stay because of the baby. They had argued about it this morning.

"Daryl, I'm pregnant, not dead. I can handle going out there," Beth stated, staring at him.

"Somethin' coul' happen to ya. Yer not going out there."

"Why the hell can you tell me what to do?" Beth asked.

"'Cause that's my baby an' ya won' be safe."

"I could be. You'll be right there. And this is my baby too. What am I really supposed to do here?"

"Be safe," he said.

"No. I'm going. And we're not telling anyone about this. Maggie is the only one who knows and I want to keep it that way."

"Yer not goin'."

"Yeah, I am. And you can't stop me," she grabbed her jacket and left the room without another word. Beth had felt really strongly about going. Normally, she might not have been so straightforward about going, but she knew that she needed to be there.

"Daryl," Beth said. He didn't look over at her and she sighed. The RV pulled over and everyone climbed out—there was a wrecked car and apparently it belonged with the same group as Jesus.

They started into the house and Rick said that someone should stay with Jesus. Maggie volunteered and then Daryl gave a look to Beth. "Ya shoul' stay too." She weighed her options for a minute.

"Fine," she said. "I'll stay," she told him, and he nodded before walking off.

"What was that about?" Maggie asked.

"He's mad at me for coming..."

"Why?" Maggie questioned.

"Because I came here. He doesn't think it's safe."

"A bit overprotective?" Jesus asked. "He seems like the type."

"What's that supposed to mean?" the blonde asked, looking at the long haired man.

"He seems like the kind of guy who doesn't care to much for people, but when he does, he's very protective of them. Like you."

"Oh," she kind of felt like an ass for questioning the guy so much over that.

In truth, Beth had no idea why she felt so strongly about going with Daryl and the rest of the group. She really didn't know why it was so important to her, but she thought that it might have something to do with her fear of being away from Daryl and Maggie for too long.

XxX

After finally arriving at the Hilltop Colony, their leader, Gregory, insisted everyone get cleaned up. When Beth ran into Daryl upstairs, he gave her a look that she couldn't read.

"What?" she asked.

"Ya kno' I care 'bout ya. An' that's why I don' want ya ta be here."

"I know," she replied. "But I need you right now. You and my sister. I couldn't be there by myself...If I were to be separated from either of you again...I don't know what I'd do..." she frowned. "I'm so emotional right now, and I hate it so much."

He kissed the top of her head briefly, but she could still feel the love from him. "'S a'right. We jus' need to be careful here."

"We do," she agreed.

After they got cleaned up, Maggie went to talk to their leader. Abraham stood, seeming to be deep in thought. The news about Maggie's baby had caught the interest of many people in the group.

"You two ever thought 'bout havin' any pups?" the red headed man asked.

"The timing isn't great for that...yet," Beth said. It was true, even if it was happening already.

"But ya want 'em?" he asked.

"Yeah," Beth said.

"What 'bout ya, Daryl?" he was so curious.

"I guess so," he said. He didn't like this conversation. He didn't like that things were directed at him, he'd much rather the conversation be somewhere else.

"What about you, Abraham. Would you want to settle down?"

"It all depends on everything," he said with a shrug.

XxX

A lot of things happened at the Hilltop Colony, but it all ended with the two groups making a deal. The Alexandria group took half of everything that the Hilltop Colony had. Apparently Negan—the leader of the group that had faced Daryl, Beth, Sasha, and Abraham had a part in taking supplies form the Hilltop.

It had taken Gregory getting stabbed by one of his own, Rick killing a guy, and Daryl breaking a guy's arm to get them to come to this agreement. They could do it. The Alexandria group could defeat Negan, but it certainly wouldn't be easy, but they had to win. They simply had to. There wasn't another way.

AN: So I'm getting really bored with having this follow the main story line. I feel like you all may be getting bored with reading it too...I'm considering making up what I think will happen when it comes to the big Negan Showdown. What do you think of that idea? Also, if you have any other ideas that you'd like to see written, leave it as a review or even PM me. Thanks!