"There has to be another way!!" Daryl exclaims, nobody say anything, "Fine, if she has to go I have to go" Daryl says, I can't help by smile, I knew he was going to say that. "Daryl no, we need you here" Rick says, "Apparently not that bad, considering you trying to elimite one of the very few things I have left in this world" he says sneering at Shane, "Who's more important us or her?" Shane asks, "Her. She has shown me more bout love than any you have, using me and ma brother as errand boys, its pathetic. Merle, you comin with?" Daryl asks, "Bro, that isn't even a question" Merle says, "Daryl your making a mistake" Shane says. I've had enough, "Shane, let me ask you a question" I say, he looks at me and crosses his arms.
"Why are you attempting to ruin my life? Because I know damn well its not just because I witnessed you trying to kill Rick, so why?" I ask, "I wasn't trying to kill Rick for one, I was watching his back-" I interrupt him, "Then what was the whole point in beating the fuck out of me?!?!" I ask, he stands there thinking, "Face it Shane, I'm much smarter than you. Don't start a fight you can't finish" I say and turn around to leave, "That'd exactly why your sister is dead, because you can't and couldn't protect her, its a wonder Andrea's still alive" Shane says. I stop dead in my tracks and turn to face him, "Yeah well my sister is dead, she's in a better place, you however have to stay here and deal with trying to ammend the relationship with your supposed to be best friend. Bet you didn't think about that while you were fucking his wife now were you?" I ask, his face flares red with anger and he goes to charge at me, Daryl stops him, "You know what, Jade you just put a different aspect on my mind, you can stay, We all need to get along and let the past be the past and move on" Rick says and I walk away, "Whatever, I'm going hunting.....alone" I say over my shoulder and head out.
{Daryl's P.O.V.}
There was no way I was lettin her leave because of that asshole. So I did what I had to do, me and Merle were leaving with Jade if they made her leave. When Jade twisted her words got her mind spinning, she easily talked Rick outta it, I love how that girl can talk circles around peoples minds. She just continues to surprise me.
{Jade's P.O.V.}
I grab gear up and grab my bow and quiver before heading out. I'm in the middle of the woods when I hear footsteps, I pull out my knife and creep around, someone grabs my wrist twisting it sideways knocking the knife from my hand, and spins me around slamming me back for into a tree. Of course, its Shane. I try to push him off of me but he pins me against the tree and leans in, "I will find a way to get you out of this camp, or if I have to kill you that's what I'll do" he says, I look directly into his eyes and spit in his face, he smirks and takes out needle, I swallow the lump in my throat, I'm terrified if needles, Thanks Edwin Jenner! For showing my weakness to everyone, including Shane!!!!! He looks into my eyes, "What is that?" I ask, "Just a temporary paralyzer" he says with a smirk, he open the needle and goes to put it in my neck, "Stop!" I say through gritted teeth, he pushes the needle into my neck and pushes the stopper down, I bring my knee up to his crouch with all the force I have, he topples over and I run back to camp, removing the needle on my way.
"Daryl!!" I scream, he runs over and I fall limp in his arms, "Jade?! What the hell happened?" Daryl asks, "Sha-Shane" I say before going into a shaking fit, "Someone get me a god damned blanket already!" He exclaims and carries me to a chair, he sits me in his lap and wraps me in a blanket, I lay against his chest, "Jade, what did he do?" He asks, "He att-attacked me in the wo-woods again, h-he had a syringe, and he stuck it in my ne-neck, I got him back though, I kicked him in his nuts" I say, he chuckles, "You sound like your drunk" he jokes, I smile and bury my head in his chest, "I-I love Y-y-you" I choke out, he kisses my head, "I love you more" he says and kisses my forehead.
I wake up out of breath, Daryl is laying beside me, was that a dream?!?! "Daryl?" I ask and gently shake him, he turns over and looks at m sleepily, "You Ok? He asks, "Yeah, but I have a stupid question?" I say, "What is it?" He asks sitting up, the sleeping bag slipping down revealing his torso, "Don't make fun of me for asking but did Shane drug me yesterday, and did I get told to leave the group?" I ask looking at the blanket we both lay underneath, "No, why would ya think that?" he replies, "Daryl I can't tell if I'm waking up or not, to be honest I'm not even sure if I'm awake right now" I say looking into his icy blue eyes, "Oh Jade, baby, you are awake, I promise" he says and pulls me into a hug, "Ok, we can go back to bed now" I say, he pulls me down and I lay on his chest.
I come to my senses to someone scrambling around in our tent, I rub my eyes and sit up, "What are you looking for?" I ask Daryl, "My picture" he says, "Can I ask what it looks like so I can help?" I ask, "Its a picture of ma family on one side and a picture of you on the other" he says, I smile, "A picture of me?" I tease, "Yeah. I took one with Glenn's camera while you were sleeping a while ago" he says and digs through the pockets of his book bag, then he pulls it out. I smile, "Can I see it?" I ask, he smiles and hands it to me, I look at it, the side with him and his family first, "Are you in the middle?" I ask, he scratches his head, "Yeah" he says, I smile, "You look so cute, is this your mom?" I ask, "Yeah, three days before she passed" he says, "Can I ask how?" I ask softly, "Suicide" he says and looks at my wrist, I turn it over to hide it, "I'm sorry" I say.
He grabs my wrist and takes it into his lap, he drags his fingers up and down the scar that goes vertically down my wrist, "When did you do this?" he asks, "It happened when I was 14" I say, "Why?" he asks looking into my eyes, I look at the floor, "Jade?" he presses, "Daryl, I haven't always been this badass fighting machine, I used to be a lonely, scared, hurt little girl. My dad was abusive and he hit me and my mom, my mom ran one night, I would've went with her but I didn't know she left. When I was 17 I decided I was tired of it all, I had a friend of mine, Brandon, help me learn to fight and I defended myself against my dad. Then when I was 18 I moved out, he got custody of Andrea and Amy, and he hit them as well, when I was 24 I got custody of Andrea and Amy, they were 17 and 14 and 1/2, I walked into the house after graduation and and told them to pack their things, I went to get the custody papers from Doug, my excuse of a father, and he ended up shoving me backwards down the staircase, I stormed out of the house and haven't seen him since.
"Can I ask how old you are now?" he asks, "Only if you promise to open up to me?" I say, he frowns, "I guess" he says, "I'm 29, how old are you?" I ask, "I'm 31" he says, I smile, "I lived in a shithole all my life, my dad beat me as well, Merle used to be there to but he left, leaving me there to fend for myself against him. My mom killed herself when I was 16, she wrote a note saying she felt she couldn't do this anymore, she couldn't sit there and feel helpless as he beat us, I was constantly in and out of Juvie due to 'bad behavior'" he says quoting with his fingers, "I met Merle just before the world went to shit" he says, I sit there staring at my wrist, "I didn't do this you know" I say rubbing my fingers across the scar.
He hesitates a moment before asking "Who did?" he asks, "A gang" I reply numbly as the flashback comes flooding into my mind, Dammnit Jade, that was supposed to be in the part of your mind you were supposed to leave be!!!! "Jade" Daryl says numbly, "It's ok, I can tell you" I say, he frowns, "You don't have to" he says, "I was walking home from school after a long volleyball game. I didn't have a phone or a car, or friends, so alone I walked the whole 5 miles to my house. I was walking past a warehouse when a group of these guys surrounded me, they started pushing me around between them and saying crude sexual remarks, I managed to kick one of them in his nuts and I chopped another in his throat, but a guy came up behind me and put me in a chokehold, the other put a rag over my mouth and I passed out" I say and look at him, he's scanning my face for some sign that I was joking.
I continued, "I woke up laying on a matress, naked, they were all sitting on a couch watching TV, when one of them noticed I was up, they came over and beat the shit out of me, then when they were done having their fun the leader came over and stood on my hand and took the knife, he slowly drug the knife down my wrist and then he did one on my leg, then he leaned in and licked my face, I spit in his. He slapped me causing the others to laugh, 'Well now if we come across you again, we can identify you and the fun time we had with you' he says, 'Get her out of my face' he says and walks away. The next time I woke up I was on my own porch laying in front of the door, the neighbor lady called the cops and I went to the hospital. That's all I can remember" I say and look into his eyes, "Did they rape you?" He asks, I nod, "How did you say all that without crying?" he asks, "It takes a lot to make me cry, Daryl" I say knowing damn well that lately that was a lie, he brings me into his arms and kisses my forehead.
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Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)
Fanfiction"What did you see?" he asks, "Nothing" I say, "Tell me!" he shouts, I spit in his face, he wipes it off, "You are a beauty, you know that? It would suck to dispose of such a beautiful, spiteful, badass young lady, wouldn't it?" he says and grabs the...
