The One He Chose

~4~

~Dallas's POV(1 Week Later)~

It's been a week since Daryl and I actually told each other how we felt. The problem is, he's been acting really weird and Carol won't talk to me. I sat in my cell being bored to tears, before I laid down. As Daryl walked in I sat up, he looked at me and gave me a small smile.

"Ya alright?"

I let out a sigh standing up.

"No, I'm not alright, ever since we told each other how we feel everything's changed. You hang out with Carol all the time, and granted we stay together every night, but you hardly look at me let alone touch me. I just feel like you don't want me anymore, like you don't love me anymore."

"Dallas, I love you, and I wanna be with ya."

"Then what's your problem, why do you keep hanging out with Carol when you know how she feels about you?"

He walked towards me placing his hands on my face cupping my cheeks looking in my eyes.

"I love you, and right now Carol needs someone."

I shook my head pulling out of his hold.

"Daryl she's in love with you, and I think deep down you love her too."

"No, I don't, I love you."

"Then why can't I believe you?"

There was silence between us before I stood up and walked over to my bag. I pulled out my black and white flannel and my leather jacket. I grabbed my boots, pulling them on before zipping my bag and standing. I looked at him and knew that if I didn't do this now I never would.

"Until you figure this out, I'm moving to cell block B, and I need you to think Daryl. I love you, but I can't be your second choice, and I can't be a placeholder until you find someone better. Even in this fucked up world I'm still a human, and I still feel, I love you Daryl."

I walked out of my cell and down the stairs, but before I got too far I heard rushed steps behind me and felt a hand wrap around my wrist. I was quickly turned around and Daryl's lips crashed to mine. My bag slid down my shoulders, and my hands tangled in his long dirty blond hair as he lifted me from the ground. I wrapped my legs around his waist, and he carried me to his cell laying me on the bottom bunk as he hovered above me. We pulled apart breathing heavily as he looked into my eyes.

"I figured it out, and I want you, no one else, just you."

"Daryl, what about Carol?"

"She doesn't matter to me, she's part of the group and we look out for each other but that's all there is to it. I love ya, I'm in love with ya and that's all there is to it, I don't want this to end, you're it for me, it's ya and me against the world."

I looked at him and smiled crashing my lips to his, as we laid there, he stood up real quick. He walked over to the door pulling the sheet giving us more privacy before he came back to me. He connected his lips to mine once again and as things began to heat up between us. I placed my hand on his chest putting space between us as I looked into his blue eyes.

"Daryl, we need to slow down."

"Whenever you're ready, sweetheart."

I smiled and sat up a bit taking off my jacket and flannel before removing my boots. I laid back down on the bunk Daryl laying behind me as I drifted into a comfortable sleep.

~Daryl's POV~

I was kinda bored and walked into Dallas's cell to see her layin down, she sat up as I walked into the cell, I looked at her givin her a small smile.

"Ya alright?"

She let out a small sigh before she stood up.

"No, I'm not alright, ever since we told each other how we feel everything's changed. You hang out with Carol all the time, and granted we stay together every night, but you hardly look at me let alone touch me. I just feel like you don't want me anymore, like you don't love me anymore."

"Dallas, I love you, and I wanna be with ya."

"Then what's your problem, why do you keep hanging out with Carol when you know how she feels about you?"

I walked towards her placin my hands on the sides of her face cuppin her cheeks before lookin in her eyes.

"I love you, and right now Carol needs someone."

She shook her head at me pulling out of my hold.

"Daryl she's in love with you, and I think deep down you love her too."

"No, I don't, I love you."

"Then why can't I believe you?"

There was silence between us before she stood from her bunk and walked to her bag. She pulled out her black and white flannel and leather jacket. She grabbed her boots pullin them on before zippin her bag. She looked at me and I knew what was comin and it broke my heart.

"Until you figure this out, I'm moving to cell block B, and I need you to think Daryl. I love you, but I can't be your second choice, and I can't be a placeholder until you find someone better. Even in this fucked up world I'm still a human, and I still feel, I love you Daryl."

She walked out of the cell and down the stairs. I heard her hit the landing and I knew that I couldn't let her do this. I ran after her grabbin her wrist, I quickly turned her around and crashed my lips to hers. Her bag slid to the floor, I felt her hands tangle in my hair. I lifted her from the ground grabbin her legs as they wrapped around my waist. I carried her to my cell layin her down, hoverin above her. We pulled apart breathin heavily and I looked into her beautiful green eyes.

"I figured it out, and I want you, no one else, just you."

"Daryl, what about Carol?"

"She doesn't matter to me, she's part of the group and we look out for each other but that's all there is to it. I love ya, I'm in love with ya and that's all there is to it. I don't want this to end, you're it for me, it's ya and me against the world."

She looked up at me and smiled before her lips crashed to mine. We laid there and I stood up real quick. I walked over to the door pullin the sheet closed before I came back to her. I connected our lips once again and as things began to heat up, she placed her hand on my chest puttin space between us lookin into my eyes.

"Daryl, we need to slow down."

"Whenever you're ready, sweetheart."

She smiled, sittin up a bit takin off her jacket and flannel before removin her boots. She laid back down and I laid behind her as she drifted to sleep. I looked at her thinkin bout how much I actually love her. How much it would've broke me if I had lost her. I love her and no matter what it takes I'll make sure she survives this fucked up world until the day I die.

~Carol's POV~

I came in and I was going to ask Dallas if she wanted to go on a run with me so. Hoping to execute my plan to get rid of her for good. Only to walk into the main room to see her and Daryl talking. I backed up and hid behind the wall so I could hear what they were talking about.

"Daryl, what about Carol?"

"She doesn't matter to me, she's part of the group and we look out for each other but that's all there is to it. I love ya, I'm in love with ya and that's all there is to it. I don't want this to end, you're it for me, it's ya and me against the world."

I felt my heart break into a million tiny little pieces and now I was gonna make her pay, Dallas you die soon.