"woohoo" glenn screamed as he was driving the car incredibly too fast. we had just passed rick and the rest of everyone in the hauling truck. i looked in the rear view mirror and rick was smiling just like i was.

this is the first time i've smiled since all of this started.

eventually made it back to glenn's camp. glenn and i had fun on our way back. once we made it up to the camp in the mountains, everyone started yelling at glenn to turn the car alarm off. i just stood behind glenn not knowing what to do.

"turn that damn thing off" the old man said when we got out of the car. everyone started running towards us. "i don't know how" glenn said laughing. i looked at him with a small smile.

a tall guy with curly hair turned the car alarm off by yanking some wires out of the hood. the old man that yelled at glenn earlier got off the rv and turned to look at me.

"who are you?" he asked. "reagan dixon" i said looking him in the eye. his eyes widened a little. i burrowed my eye brows in confusion.

"may i ask who your father is?" the man asked. " name is daryl. i ain't seen him since the world went to shit" i said with a slightly sad tone.

"daryl has a daughter?" the curly hair guy asked. i quickly looked at him.

"sweetheart your dad, he's in this group" the old man said putting his hand on my shoulder. i shrugged it off. "where is he" i said in a serious tone not believing him. "he's hunting. he'll be back tomorrow. and by the way i'm dale" the man said. i just kept my poker face on.

i looked up at glenn. "reagan, looks like you can finally be back with your dad" glenn said putting his arm around my shoulder.

this was honestly too hard to believe. "he's actually here? y'all ain't bull shitting me?" i asked in disbelief. "he's actually here. i just can't believe he has a kid. he doesn't seem like the father type" glenn said looking down at me. "he's a damn good one" i said with a smile.

a few seconds later, the truck that rick was driving came to a stop. everyone got out but rick to reunite with their family. someone then asked how we got out.

"reagan right here. she saved all of our asses. with the help of our other new guy." glenn said. "other new guy?" the tall curly haired guy questioned. "sheriff, come say hello" morales called out. i heard the truck door shut. then rick came out.

he stopped in his tracks. "DAD!" the boy who looked a little younger than me yelled and started running towards rick.

i smiled at the sight. rick held onto his son and started crying. then he ran over to his wife and hugged her. i smiled. it looks like we both got lucky.

i waited about 10 minutes after their little reunion to talk to rick. i went over to him and glenn followed me. he smiled when he saw me. i went over and stood next to him.

"hey carl, i want you to meet someone who is now really important to me. carl this is reagan. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. reagan this is my son carl. and my wife lori. carls a year younger than you" rick said introducing us. i gave them a small smile.

"my dad's here too. he just ain't here right now" i said. rick smiled when i said that. he was clearly happy for me.

"who's your dad sweetheart?" lori asked. "daryl dixon" i answered. carls mouth dropped and loris eyes widened. common reaction. rick gave me a small hug and then glenn and i went off to the side to hang out.

the rest of the evening glenn and i just talked. about our life before this. our family. what our hobbies were. just random things like that so we could get to know eachother.

i also talked to carl a bit. things just kinda clicked between us. it'll be nice having someone my own age around.

once it got night time, everyone sat around the fire. i sat in between glenn and rick and his family. once everything settled down, people started going off to go to sleep.

"reagan, go ahead and sleep in your dad's tent tonight" dale said. i nodded. he showed me where his tent is and i climbed inside it. there was a book bag and i decided to look through it just to make sure it is my dad.

i started with the front pocket. and from the first pocket i opened i knew it was really him. the first thing you could see is a picture of him and i when i killed my first deer. i smiled and put it back in the bag.

i really did find my dad.

the next morning when i woke up, i decided to change into fresh clothes that i had in my book bag. i changed into blue jeans, a grey t shirt, and one of my dad's flannels from his bag.

i put my clothes next to my bag and then slung my bow over my back. my bow goes everywhere with me. i exited the tent to find glenn waiting for me from a distance.

he smiled when he saw me. "ok, you need to meet everyone else" he said jogging over to me. i got introduced to everyone else.

literally everyone seemed shocked when glenn mentioned i'm daryl's daughter.

shane gives me weird vibes. i like carol and dale, they seem nice. carl is my favorite out of everyone though. once i met everyone glenn and i just talked like we did last night.

in the middle of one of our conversations, carl and carols daughter, sofia, screamed. i immediately grabbed my bow and ran towards their screams.

"stay back kid" shane said basically pushing me away from the scene. i don't know who he think he is, but i'm probably more capable of killing walkers than everyone here combined. they chopped the head off the walker when i heard something in the woods.

"son of a bitch. that's my deer!" i heard a familiar voice say. and then there he was.

"daddy?" i said stepping into view. "oh my god" he whispered before running over to me and picking me up.

i dropped my bow and engulfed him in a hug. he picked me up and i had my legs wrapped around him. i had a tear run down my cheek as i buried my face into his shoulder, but i quickly wiped it away.

"i finally found ya" i said looking into his eyes. "i can't believe you're here" he said hugging me again. i could feel his tears on my shoulder. after quite a few minutes he sat me down.

"were ya by yourself this entire time?" he asked. i nodded. he pulled me into his chest to hug me. "baby girl i'm so sorry." he said hugging me again and planting a kiss on the top of my head.

"it don't matter now. i found ya." i said.

i then heard a walker snarling. it was the one they just tried to kill.

i let go of dad and picked up my bow. i shot the walker directly in the eye. "it has to be the head dumb asses" i said going over and taking the arrow out of the walker's head.

all the guys look stunned. "yep. she's a dixon. no doubt about it." glenn said.

i looked over at my dad and he just grinned. "has merle seen ya yet? MERLE! REAGAN'S ALIVE! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!" he yelled.

i was extremely confused. i haven't seen merle since i got here. i haven't even thought of him.

"where is that dumb ass" dad said walking towards the group of guys, rick, shane, glenn, and t-dog.

t-dog then explained that they locked merle up on a roof a few days before rick and i got there with a pair of handcuffs they found. "what?" i yelled.

dad then started yelling and tried to beat him up out of anger. shane and rick held him back. glenn had to hold me back. "i'm gonna go get him" dad said walking off.

part of the group decided to go back with him. including glenn and rick. i really wanted to go, but they wouldn't let me.

"rae you're staying here. you ain't riskin' your life no more. you'll be safe here" he said looking me in the eye.

"dad, i just got ya back. please don't go." i said with a frown. "i have to. i'll be back, i promise. i love you" he said kissing my head.

he then left with the group. i was lonely since him, glenn, and rick all left. sitting on one of the logs that was by the camp first stabbing my hunting knife into the dirt out of boredom. but being bored is better than being alone and unsafe.

"hey reagan, shane is going to teach me how to catch frogs. you wanna come?" carl said coming over with shane. "sure" i said getting up and putting my knife in the holster.

when we got down to the lake, shane threw me the net. i went down into the water and within seconds i already had some frogs caught. "well dang kid" shane said when i walked out of the water. "i'm a dixon. it's in my blood." i said putting the frogs in the cooler.

shane then tried to teach carl how to do it. and we all joked around. it was nice. even though i don't think shane likes me that much.

carl and i then went back up to camp. the rest of the day i got to know him. and a little bit about sophia.

i like these people.

i think my life is finally okay again.