The One He Chose

~10~

~Dallas's POV(3 Months Later)~

It's been three months since Daryl and I found out that we're going to be parents, since then everyone's been staying in my old house. Daryl and I have decided to move into the one down the street, we set up the nursery and everything. We kept the walls a simple white and decided that we would use the things from my daughters old room. Though I had to have Daryl, Rick, Glen, and Tyreese go in there since I sure as hell couldn't. I was sitting in the new nursery looking around when I felt two arms wrap around me and hold me close. I turned in his arms and smiled as I looked into his bright blue eyes and connected his lips to mine. We pulled away and I smiled only to have him look at the window with wide eyes like he had just seen a ghost. I turned around and saw someone standing there, I grabbed onto Daryl's vest as the man outside smirked and shook his head.

"Well, come on baby brother, aren't ya gonna let ol' Merle in?"

I looked at Daryl.

"Baby brother?"

Daryl walked to the front door and I followed him with a knife in my hand in case of walkers. We stopped and looked at the guy before he pulled Daryl into a hug. I looked and saw that he was missing a hand that was now replaced with a hook type thing. He looked at me and let go of Daryl, he started walking towards me putting his hook under my chin.

"And what's your name sugar tits?"

I took his hook in my hand and moved it to his side.

"I believe I'm your brother's wife, and if you call me anything but Dallas I'll cut off your other hand and leave you to the walkers. I don't care who you are, family or not, don't fuck with me, you'll lose your life without getting a single word out."

I walked away heading back into the house only to be joined by Daryl and Merle a few minutes later. Daryl looked from me to Merle before stepping forward wrapping an arm around my waist.

"Merle, this is my wife Dallas, Dallas, this is my ass hole of an older brother that I thought was dead. Welcome to the family babe."

I laughed a little, shaking my head before walking down the hall. I walked into the nursery with Merle following behind me.

"Ya know, if I didn't know any better I'd say that you're prego with my baby brothers well baby."

"And if you were any dumber you would see that I am pregnant with your baby brothers baby and nothing's gonna change that."

"I can change it."

"Back the fuck up, and don't threaten my baby, unless you wanna be tied to a tree with walkers nipping at your flesh."

"Fair enough."

He backed up and I looked at Daryl before looking back at Merle.

"Do you wanna try and stay with the group, or do you want me to help you find a place of your own?"

"The group, you mean Rick, and all those ass holes that locked me on a roof and caused me to cut off my own hand?"

Daryl stepped farther into the room.

"We came back for your dumb ass, ya just didn't wanna to wait, ya shoulda known I'd never leave ya to die like that. What the hell's wrong with ya Merle? Take the offer or leave it, because ya sure as hell ain't staying here. It ain't happenin, ya already proved that ya can't be trusted. You're the same ol' Merle, so pick the group or a house of your own. Dallas knows this town pretty well, she can help you find a place."

Merle looked at me, and then back at Daryl.

"They're any nice apartments?"

"Yeah..."