Together Forever.

Friends ?

Pdv Kira :

It's 1:45 p.m., I'm still with Dale talking to him in the motorhome. Glenn and Andrea also joined us.
Andrea said something stupid and we all started laughing when they stop laughing and look in my direction. End rather behind me, I turn around and see Daryl in the doorway where he is biting his nails.

I give her a look before turning to Andrea who has started talking.

Daryl: Kira? Can you come steuplait?

Me:  why ?

Daryl: I need you, we have to go interview the kid.

I sigh before getting up and saying hello to everyone.

Andrea: Do you want me to come with you?

Me: Nah, don't worry. Thanks anyway.

I smile at him and walk out with Daryl. Andrea is really cool, I like her and I can't thank her enough for what she's doing for me right now.

We arrive in front of the barn and go inside. Randall is bayoneted and his hands are tied with my father's handcuffs.

Daryl removes the blindfold from his eyes and mouth.
I sit in L mode (those who have the ref of how she sits I love you!)
Daryl is already starting to ask her questions.

Daryl: How many are you?

Randall: 30 men.

Randall finally looks at me, he looks more at my chest, which Daryl notices. I get up from the table and kick him in his family jewels.

Me: Asshole my eyes are higher.

Randall: Sorry excuse me...it's just that you two are...very pretty.

Daryl frowns and clenches his fists.

Me: Oh, uh, thank you?

Daryl: Mmm, what kind of weapons do you have? And how many are you in all? No man at all?

Randall: They have big guns. There are men, women and children. But one evening we came across a man and two girls, two teenagers. They were very young and super cute like you.

He says that while still looking good at me...Daryl was about to kick him in the jaw but I stop him, motioning for Randall to continue.

Randall: The father had to watch while the guys... They forced him to watch while his daughters... But I didn't touch them! I didn't touch them!

Me: Were you kidding?

Randall: Wh...what?

Me: Were you kidding?! RESPOND !

Randall: Yeah.... II wanted to get in...

Without another word I started punching him in the face and yelling at him.

Me: And you wanted to be integrated like that!? You destroyed their lives! You destroyed them!

Daryl grabs my wrist, pulling me away from Randall. He hands him his two blindfolds and leads me out of the barn.

Daryl: Come on let's join them

We go to join the group who are at the foot of a tree waiting for us.

Daryl: That's no joke. Thirty men armed to the teeth. If they come through here our guys will be shot and our women will be sorry they weren't.

Dale: You didn't hit him anyway?

He looks at me with his eyes wide open. I bite my bottom lip and clench my fists again.
Daryl starts to walk away when I hold him back.

Me: come with me

I take him behind the farm and make him sit on a piece of wood. I take a towel soaked in water and clean his knuckles.

Daryl: I'm sorry... for- for telling you that bullshit.

Me: It's already forgotten.

He starts biting his fingernails on his right hand again while I clean his left knuckles.

Daryl: Hmm- thank you.

Me: It's normal. You know it's not your fault...Sophia.

Daryl: And it's not yours either.

I smile at him, we look each other in the eyes before I break this contact.

Me: what were you doing before all this?

Daryl: You really want to know.

I look at him smiling, I nod my head.
I've been wanting to know what he was doing with Merle for quite some time.

Daryl: Alright. I did not do anything. I was helping Merle pick up girls and I was helping him mostly get out.

I laugh at his sentence. The image of Daryl taking care of his brother makes me laugh.

Daryl: And chick level, it's ugly to say but we chose like that in bars to satisfy our needs and we never saw them again.

Me: Have you ever been in love?

Daryl: Nah never. *bites fingernail*

Me: I see. It is true that it is not very graceful.

He looks at me and gives a small smirk.

Daryl: What about you?

Me: Yeah, but he died before all that shit.

Me: His name was Owen Kint. I met him when I was 16, as soon as I joined the army. The ring I wear on my middle finger was hers, her grandmother gave her for her 11th birthday. He gave it to me when he proposed to me.

Daryl: Are you married?

Me: Nah, I never gave him an answer. He gave me time to think but I never got to tell him my answer. He died 4 hours later.

He watches me as I speak. He seems super attentive to what I say. I never really talked about it to anyone other than Glenn and Dale. Of course my family knew about it but I don't know how to talk about it again makes me feel good.

Me: I thought he was the man of my life... Apparently he wasn't.

Daryl: And you never found anyone?

Me: Nah... Since I think I've got a blockage, I can't do it. When I meet a man my mind goes back to him... And I tell myself that I'm betraying him. But hey who is it? Maybe I will find true love in this world.

He giggles.

Me: It's okay, I'm done.

Daryl: Thank you.

Me: You already told me. *laugh*

I'm starting to leave when I turn around, Daryl was looking at me with his hands in his pockets.

Me: Friends?

Daryl: Friends.

I smiled before going back to see Dale.

Dale: Kira, I was looking for you. Tell me you don't agree with that, do you?

Me: I don't know...

Dale: Excuse me? How can you say that? Your job was to save lives before, right?!

Me: Before Dale! This kid raped women! How can you miss it! If he stays, someone should stay with him permanently and-

Dale: I would, I wouldn't let go.

Me, I do not know...

He takes me in his arms, ruffling my hair, then goes to see my father.