Chapter Eighteen.

We were all momentarily stunned by the fact that the CDC doors actually opened. All of us forgetting about the walkers lingering behind us and the fights we all were breaking out into, to step slowly inside the seemingly empty building. But the cocking of a gun made us all strain our eyes to figure out where it came from. 

Merle on my left and Daryl on my right like always, we were ready for whatever was inside this building. Sophia had ran away from me and into her mother's arms who was looking as frightened as everyone else. When my eyes adjusted to the light I saw that a man with light blonde hair was standing not too far away with a shotgun pointed at us. Merle noticed the man and lightly shoved me in Daryl's direction. 

"Any of you infected?" The man called out. Rick being our "leader" stepped forward to answer. "One of our group was, he didn't make it" Rick responded.

I don't know why Rick felt it necessary to bring Jim up, he was laying on the side of the road probably either ripped apart or a walker by now. "What do you want?" The man asked again.

"A chance" said Rick.

"That's asking an awful lot these days"

"I know" Rick answered the man once more. I sighed in semi-relief that this place might actually be safe for the group. But I rarely trusted people I didn't know, and something about this man was off to me. He told us that a blood test was the price for staying here, which we all gladly agreed to. Daryl kept bumping into me he was walking so close, I guess he got the same weird feeling about this place as I did. The man I learned was Dr.Edwin Jenner, and was the sole man inside the whole freaking CDC. Which only added to more of my suspicions about him.

Why hadn't he left to go somewhere else? Why hadn't he tried to find more survivors? More questions piled into my mind by the minute. "Are we underground?" Carol asked from behind me. We were walking down a long hallway after grabbing all our bags out of the cars. 

"Yeah, you claustrophobic?" Jenner answered as he led us farther into the hallway and then stopped. Carol responded, which Jenner told her not to think about it before he suddenly stopped in the middle of the hallway making Merle almost collide into his back. 

"There should be plenty of rooms for everyone. There's couches and cots in storage if you want them. Also go easy on the electricity, same goes with the hot water. Enjoy" Jenner said before wandering off to another part of the building leaving all of us by ourselves. 

"Did he say hot water?" Glenn asked me, who I noticed randomly popped up behind Merle. I smirked and wrapped an arm around his shoulder. "That's what he said" I said with a smile before running off down the hallway with the rest of the group, all of us more than excited to take a nice hot shower. But all of us needed to succumb to Jennars blood test before we could do anything. I tossed my bag in a room with Daryl and Merle of course before following everyone into an office to take the tests.

I volunteered to go first, just wanting to get it over with quickly. It didn't hurt and it was over before it even began, pain being something I got used to in my life. This little prick of a needle was like nothing to me. Daryl went next, and gave me a small smile as he passed me into the chair. I must had dozed off at some point, because Merle was shaking me away what felt like only minutes later.

"Come on Princess, there's food" Merle said nudging my shoulder with his hand. I smiled and jumped up from the chair earning a chuckle from Daryl who was leaning in the doorway. "You ok?" he asked softly as we walked down the hall to the sounds of the rest of the group. I nodded and kissed Daryl's cheek before running up ahead and into the dining room. I heard Merle say something to Daryl but I didn't care or stop to hear it because I was just way too hungry.

Jenner provided us with not only a full meal for all of us, he gave us alcohol as well. I currently was switching between stuffing my face full of spaghetti and chugging red wine. "How lady like" I heard Lori say to me from across the table, making me stop chewing and chug more wine from the bottle. Lori was eating slowly and politely while drinking her wine from a glass. I glared at her and opened my mouth wide so she could see all of my half chewed food, making her grimace and look away. Carl however thought it was hilarious and snorted his soda out of his nose.

Lori glared at Carl but patted his back to help him catch his breath. "Being a lady will get you killed you know. How many walkers have you killed anyway?" I sneered to her from across the table. I was seated between Daryl and Merle, who both started chuckling to themselves, knowing Lori would only get a ear full from me if she kept egging me on. I also caught a smirk from Shane who was on Daryl's other side. 

"Excuse me?" Lori said dropping her fork and glaring at me. Everyone stopped talking and celebrating our new found home to watch the interaction between us. "You heard me. How many walkers have you killed, I'm curious" I said raising an eyebrow to the woman. Lori just scoffed and shook her head knowing damn well she hadn't killed a single one, and relied on the men to do that for her.

"One of these days, you're gonna find yourself up a creek without a fucking paddle. And I'm going to be the only one there to help you. Rick and Shane wont always be around you know? Just like Merle and Daryl wont always be around with me, the only difference being I can kill shit and you cant. You might want to fix that before you get one of us fucking killed!" I growled at her, being in her presence mixed with the fact that I was drunk just wasn't a good mix. I was now on my second bottle of wine and it was hitting me hard. 

Everyone was finishing up dinner, some had ran off to their rooms' some went to shower, but a few of us were taking advantage of the endless supply of alcohol. I looked over to Daryl who was sitting beside me drinking slowly from a bottle of Southern Comfort, looking between me and the ground. I dont know why but i found myself getting out of my seat and crawling over to Daryl's plopping myself down onto his lap. I knew there were other people in the room, but in my drunken haze I didn't care.

"Vannah, what are you doing?" Daryl's own drunken voice slurred to me. I shrugged and stole a swig from his bottle before taking another in my bottle of wine. I normally hated wine, but whatever kind Jenner had here was pretty damn delicious. This wine was giving me confidence to approach Daryl and do things I normally wouldn't have done otherwise. 

I found myself kissing his neck and running my hands down his chest. "I love you Daryl" I whispered into his ear, immediately feeling his body stiffen. "Not like my friend, not like my brother, I fucking love you Daryl" I added, moving to kiss him on his lips. But I never got the chance, because Daryl pulled away from me, making me slam down onto the ground. He didn't say anything, just angrily stomped out of the room with his bottle of liquor. 

I looked over at the door with shock that he just did that to me, sure we were drunk but damn I never thought he would just literally drop me like I was nothing. I felt tears stinging in my eyes, and eventually they were pouring down my face. Daryl didn't love me, he broke my heart with rejection. I probably ruined everything between us, ruined like twenty years of friendship because I got drunk and blurted out everything I felt for him. Fuck, maybe tomorrow I'll be dead and wont have to worry about this shit anymore.

I stumbled out of the dining area, and past the room I shared with the Dixon's and somehow found myself  in the rec room down the hall. The lights were on, and I took another swig of my wine before stumbling over to the couch. "Savannah?"  heard someone ask, and looked over to see Shane sitting on the ground against the wall in the corner of the room, looking as drunk as I.

"The one and only" I slurred, chugging the last of my bottle and resting my forehead against the top of it. I felt the couch dip beside me and looked to see Shane leaning his head back against the head rest on the couch and staring at the ceiling, looking at him he not only looked drunk but miserable as well. "Life sucks" I mumbled to him, letting my head fall against his shoulder. Ever since Shane saved my life a couple days ago we had been pretty close, not like Daryl close but he was a friend.

"You fucking said it" Shane said leaning his head against mine. "Fucking Daryl's an ass. He doesn't fucking love me" I cried out, letting my drunken haze take over my mind and spit out random crap to Shane. Shane pulled my head back by my hair and leaned closer looking straight into my eyes. I saw pure understanding from him, and we were probably on the same page since I knew he had a thing for Lori. 

"Fuck" Was the only thing Shane said before crashing his lips onto mine. And in my drunk frame of mind and my emotionally rejected state, I kissed him back.

A/N Dont hate me! haha I hope you like this chapter, It's hard writing about the damn CDC....so boring lol

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