I'll Take The Pain (A Daryl Dixon Story)

Bonus Chapter - Burlesque

Before I start this chapter, I wanna say this takes place before Negan. This is when they all thought it was safe and alright. Hope you like the chapter!

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"Maggie, we don't have all day!" I exclaimed at her as I ran around the room, fixing my hair. It was styled into curls that reached just below my shoulders. I had a robe on covering what I was wearing, my heels clicking with every step. Maggie soon came out of the bathroom, her hair styled in tight curls, her body wrapped in a robe as well. She saw me rushing around the room and said, "I thought you were fast in boots. In heels though, that's a different story."

"Yeah, whatever, the point is, we need to start right after the sunsets. And that will happen any minute now. Where's Rosita?" I asked, looking out the window of the house, making sure our stage was set.

"I'm right here. Stop stressing. It's fine," Rosita said as she walked into the room, a robe covering her body as well. Her hair was styled similar to Maggie, only longer. I let out a breath and said, "yeah, okay. You two remember the routine?"

"We've been going over it over and over. I'm sure we will be fine," Rosita reassured me, "Either way, Daryl will not be able to keep his hands off you."

"That's if he even comes," I said. Soon, a member of the community came in and said, "you guys ready?"

I nodded and looked at the girls before walking out of the room, the two in tow. We made our way to the stage and sat in the chairs with our backs to the audience, getting in position as the music started and I started to sing:

"It's a cold and crazy world that's raging outside
But baby, me and all my girls are bringing on the fire
Show a little leg
Gotta shimmy your chest"

I gave a small shimmy of my chest as I sang the last line before going on to the next:

"Its a life"

I flicked my hair as the song got a little louder and sang the next line:

"Its a style"

I shook my head, going on:

"Its a need
It's burlesque"

I leaned my head back, looking at the top of the stage as the song went on. I slowly spun around in the chair as I slipped off the robe, revealing a red and black corset with a black short tutu. I moved so I was crouched on the chair before lifting a leg and swinging it over the back of the chair to cross my legs, facing the other way now, as I started snapping to the beat of the song. Once there was a beat of a drum, I moved out of my position and shot the leg that I had crossed over my other one back the way it had come from, keeping my other one on the chair, bent. My head looked down at the same time before I slowly brought it back up as I continued to sing:

"E-X-P-R-E-S-S"

I moved around the chair so I was sat with my back to the audience again, a leg stretched out to the side of me as I ran my hand up it from my ankle as I went on:

"Love"

My head shot up:

"Sex" 

I stood up with both my legs on either side of the chair, bent at the waist as I turned and sat back down on the chair sideways:

"Ladies, no regrets"