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Humming under his breath, he shifted to face her better on the bed. “Nowhere to be but right here,” Glenn responds with a grin twitching over his lips. Leaning closer, he rests his lips against her forehead in a soft kiss. Unable to escape with just the one he then kisses the tip of her nose and finally his mouth closes over hers. It made him feel like a sappy teenager just to kiss her — in a way that made his head swim in a high that he never wanted to come down from. Surely he couldn’t be blamed for not wanting to leave bed.

     The feeling was an undeniably mutual one. Maggie smiled against his lips and rested her hand on the nape of his neck. When they were up here together, alone, and they weren't worried about some clear and present danger, it was like she could forget that the world had gone to hell. It didn't matter that things would never be the same again because they'd carved out a small piece of happiness for themselves here. She let out a contented sigh and looked up at him. "Well then, I guess we get to stay up here for a while." The smile that spread across her face was still a bit sleepy, but mostly full of genuine love. 

           ”No, no, no. Everything’s fine. I just panicked, didn’t see you.” Glenn wrapped his arms around Maggie, kissing her forehead. 

You never know, dear, how much I love you

           ”Nah — not ‘fer a while. S’ why I came lookin’ for you, first.”

Things have been a little hectic at the prison, since less than half of it was actually livable, and the size of the group grew exponentially. 

                           ”You haven’t seen Maggie?” 

    Panic enters Glenn and he instantly started running into the prison.

     Maggie had been sitting with Beth when she heard Glenn screaming her name. Fear proliferated through her features as she threw herself off of her sister's cot.

   “Doubt it, looks pretty empty in there.” Even the slightest possibility that there were others in there made her nervous. After they took in other survivors and got close to them, they lost them all in the end. It was like a never ending cycle. If anyone was in there, there wasn’t any knowing whether or not they’d let them in or not. Truthfully, she was okay with it just being her and Maggie until they found the others, the ones they knew, loved, and trusted.

   As the two walked closer towards the farm her nervousness started to fade. It seemed to be abandoned so far, and even if it wasn’t, she had Maggie and Maggie had her. They had each others backs no matter what. “Seems strange, don’t it? Finding a farm.” In a way it gave Beth just a tiny bit of hope that everything would be okay. It was just felt too strange that they’d come across a farm and it not be a good thing. Then again, she could be totally wrong.

     She stepped carefully over the fence, which was holding up surprisingly well considering it was unlikely anyone was caring for it for the last few years. The older of the farmer's daughters paused to watch her sister climb over, too, making sure she didn't get stuck or fall. There was a barn not far off, it was even painted red, which their mother wouldn't have approved of. One corner of Maggie's mouth twitched upwards almost involuntarily at the sudden vivid memory of her mother commenting on how tacky some people were. Then she glanced back at Beth to make sure she was alright. It was kind of a miracle that Beth was alright, actually. They had lost so much, so many good people. Maggie couldn't even let herself think about everything, everyone, they had lost.

     The brunette walked with her sister through overgrown grass towards the farmhouse. The screen was filthy and difficult to see through, but it didn't look like anyone had been using the porch lately. Maggie held off the last few steps to the door, and turned to her sister. "Wait here. I'm gonna walk around and look in the windows, see if I can't get an idea of what might be in there. I'll let you know what I find, but I figure if there's nothin' alive in there, I'll go knock on the door to be sure. Either way, it's the safest way to enter. But I need you to stay here, okay? If I yell 'run', you take off back towards the way we came in, alright? We'll meet back at the road. If I don't follow right away, hide. If I'm not back by mornin', you find Glenn, alright? You find that bus. Promise me." There was just no way she was about to let her baby sister walk into some unknown threat. She needed to know that if the shit came down, Beth could get out. She had already made sure her sister was holding what little food and water they had, just in case.