Rock Bottom (Daryl Dixon/ TWD)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

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Big thanks to my readers/commenters I love you guys!!! Keep up the good work and live life. I'm sort of glad that Lori died, who gets prego in an appocalypse? I ship Carl and Beth!!!'

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Chapter 5

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It seemed that Daryl was very hard to hold down because he was up and walking around long before Hershel said he would be. I was shocked to find him walking around the farm just days after the incident.

In those days, I had gotten fairly close to Beth and Maggie, they're so sweet and kind, Beth was going through a hard time yesterday, but I think Andrea talked her out of doing anything stupid.

When I wake up its no surprise that Daryl is already up, so I pull on one of his shirts and a fresh pair of jeans. I walked for the tent toward the group, just in time to say goodbye to Maggie and Glenn before they left for a supply run.

"Stay safe" I said before they rode off down the dirt road.

A couple days ago Rick had taken me to the shooting range and taught me to shoot, turns out that I'm a pretty good shot, so he gave me a gun. I sat in the camper loading my gun and trying to teach Andrea to put her gun back together.

"It's like there's some pieces missing!" She whined

"No there's not, you just have to find the right places" I said,

"Maybe you can get Shane to help you" I said. She nodded.

I left the camper soon after. I found Daryl leaning against a old pickup truck with his hands in his pockets. I jogged up to him and smiled so wide it hurt, "look what I got" I said holding up my gun.

He smirked "now I won't be saving your ass anymore"

"When have you ever saved my ass?!" I asked him in shock, put it was all playful.

He just smiled at me. "Piper, I umm..."

I was waiting for him to say something heart breaking, for him to tell me to leave him alone, to tell me I wasn't good for him. I braced myself.

"Piper I think that I l-love you" he said lowly.

My head snapped toward him, did the stone cold Daryl Dixon, just say that he loved me?

"This is the part where you either reject me or we live happily ever after" he said blankly.

I was speechless, tears whelmed up In my eyes and I hugged him tightly, and buried my face deep in his chest.

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Daryl's pov.

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She wrapped her arms around me and I instinctively did the same, my face resting in her soft hair. She made me feel.... I don't know but it was something alright, my heart sped up every time she's around.

Before her, I was numb, not really caring if I lived or died, but now it's like I need to be there, for Piper. I need to keep her safe.