REWRITE WALKING DEAD- SEASON ONE

WHAT IF

Rick wasn't in season one. What if instead this was Shane Walsh's story. Alternate universal where Philip Blake is friends with Shane Walsh. They are cops together. Shane, and he has accident that puts him in a coma. Philip is left to take care of Shane's wife and son. Most characters will be from the show. I will add others in as well.

CHAPTER ONE

"Andrea has shut me out. I have no idea what to do. How to save our marriage. This morning she even through out the word divorcee in front of our son Clay. Right before school too. Can you imagine a kid having to go to school with that in the back of his mind? Thinking that is somehow his fault," Shane said looking over at his friend Philip Blake.

They were setting on watch duty, eating fast food in their cop car. Philip looked over at Shane studying his expression.

"Do you think that you two will actually get divorcee? I mean you've been together since junior high," Philip feeling sympathy towards his friend.

After his wife's death, Philip knew that losing a spouse was difficult. Nothing he would wish on his best friend, a man he loved like his own brother.

"No. I mean Andrea will work through this. We're get through this together. You know how much I love her. Since we were kids," Shane responds, ruining his fingers through his wavy brown hair.

"If anyone can…you two will. Remember when Andrea found that you kissed Jennifer Smith in high school? You knew that she never forgive you then. Now you are married with a son," Philip said encouraging Shane.

Shane smiled over at Philip, his life had been so easy. The two had been best friends since second grade. Pretty much doing everything together. Even though Philip had a brother of his own, and Shane had a sister. These two related to each other better than their own siblings. Now here they were working together as cops. If only Philip's wife hadn't died in the terrible car accident, everything would be perfect.

"You ever think it might be time for you to start dating again? I mean Sarah been gone over a year," Shane said watching his best friend take a huge bit of a Big Mac. McDonald's was there favorite spot to grab a bite on Tuesday afternoons. A couple of hamburgers, French fries, and sodas. They were set.

" I don't know. I thought you and Andrea, had something I would never have. Then Andrea introduce me to Sarah. Seeing her standing there. I knew. She was my home. I don't think you get that more than once. I mean I have seen a few girls, but none outside of the bedroom. If you understand me," Philip said trying to laugh of his pain.

"Hey, let me tell you something, if you want to fall in love again then you have to willingly to put yourself out there again. Take one of these girls out to dinner, a movie with popcorn, and you pay. I am telling you," Shane said grinning at his friend.

Philip looks over at Shane, who looks at him. There is closeness that is almost too much for any friendship. One can't really tell where Philip ends and Shane begins. Since his wife's death Philip has become almost

dependent on his friendship with Shane.

"You are right. I should probably take Rowan out finally. She has been asking me for awhile now. She is just no Sarah," Philip says, or Andrea he adds silently in his head.

For a moment, Philip daydreams about Andrea. How understanding she was after Sarah's death. That one time in high school they shared a kiss, she found out for the hundredth time Shane cheated on her. So in a moment of anger, she leaned over forcefully kissing him. If she hadn't been Shane's girl, he knew that he wouldn't have stopped kissing her. But she was. So no matter how pretty Andrea was with her blonde curls and big blue eyes, Philip did not let it go any further. Although no one would have blamed him, if he did.

Philip loved Shane, but he remembered the womanizer he used to be. Sometimes, he wondered if Shane deserved Andrea. But after his son's birth, Shane changed. He committed himself to Andrea, their family, and finally married the girl.

Philip was proud of his friend. He would never mention any unresolved feelings he might have for Andrea. Or ever talk about that kissed that happened several years ago. After all, she is his best friend's wife.

"Just do it," Shane encourages him, awakening Philip from his thoughts about Andrea.

Philip is about to answer him, when they are interrupted by that phone call. This one call changes everything in their friendship.

"That was another officer. He is chasing two criminals, heading into the next town. He wants us to set up a roadblock," Philip says as hanging up his cell.

"All right," Shane says, starting the car toward where his partner tells him to go. He does not think twice about putting his life in danger. Shane Walsh just drives fast.