𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲; 𝐭𝐰𝐝

𝟑𝟐

Rory

I sigh as I look outside the window. I really wanted to go out. I had been cooped up in the house for like the past two months. I was getting cabin fever, and I desperately needed to get out.

"Rick, please let me go. I'm begging you. I might lose my mind if i can't get out." I was about to get on my hands and knees and beg. Literally, walking a mile away from the cabin would satisfy me.

"Rory, I don't know." He sighed.

"Just a little walk. Not even a run, I just need to get out." I rubbed my head.

"I'll go with her." I turned to see Daryl walking into the room. I look back to Rick with pleading eyes.

"Fine, but you walk a couple miles out, then come back." I cheer and run out of the room, going to pile on clothes.

"Mama loves you babies." I lean down to kiss Everest and Elowen, who were a week old now.

"We got enough formula?" I turn around, questioning Lori and Carol, I was starting to wing them off of breastfeeding. Lori and Carol advised me to at least do it for the first week.

"Yeah, we have 4 cans." I nod and make my way to the front door.

"Come on, you got a weapon." I nod, patting the gun and knife rick had given me.

"Great, let's go." I wave to Carl before walking out of the door. My cheeks and nose had to be a rosy color, with how cold it was out here.

"We heading towards town, or away from town?"

"Probably safer to head towards town. If anything goes down, we can hide out in a building." He explains, I nod and pull my hood up around my head. We walked in silent, the snow lightly crunching under our steps.

"Are you not cold?" I break the quiet, looking over to Daryl who only had on a leather jacket.

"Nah, not really." He shrugs and I look at him like he's crazy.

"It's fucking freezing out here." I rub my hands together trying to get them warm.

"Watch your mouth," he looked at me with a stern look on his face. That was hot. "I just don't get cold." He said simply.

Girl... you got daddy issues. My eyes widen at my thought. I don't have daddy issues, i roll my eyes.

Dude is like 40, you got daddy issues. Stop it... ok, now I'm talking to myself, that's a little weird.

You know what's weird, you saying you don't have daddy issues. I'm gonna commit self murder. I swear.

Daryl says not to swear, it's bad. I don't fucking care what Daryl says!

Yes you do.

"Rory?" I look over to daryl. He had a questioning, worried, look on his face.

"Yeah?"

"You good? You looked to be having an argument with yourself."

Because she was.

"I'm ok." I give him a small smile, ignoring myself.

"Wanna go in there?" He points to a building, a old pizza shop.

"Yeah." He walked up to the door. banging on the glass door. I move my foot around in the snow, waiting for him to be done.

"I think we're good, keep your eyes out though. Never know." I nod. He opens the door and we walk inside. The booths were all dusty, chairs were thrown around and tables were turned on their sides.

Booth sex? Bitch- what! No, no booth sex.

Boring.

I let out a small sigh and make my way into the shop more. I look around, moving things out of my way.

"You ready to go? This place was a bust." I nod and follow him out. We make our way further into the town.

"How much of the town you checked out?"

"Most of it," he sighs. "We're gonna have to leave soon. Move on." As much as I didn't want to, he was right. But I wanted to wait, I just gave birth a week ago.

"Come on, I wanna show you a place." He softly grabbed my hand and we walked to a place about a block away from the pizza place. It was a building taller then most, he lead me to the back where there was a set of stairs leading to the top.

We walked up them and he stopped at a window, he opened it and climbed in before helping me through it.

"What are we doing here?" He walked over to another window that was a about a foot from the floor.

"Come look at this." I walked over to him and looked at the window.

"That's so pretty." You could see the tree tops for miles. The ice coated the branches and it was beautiful.

"Found it one day, when I was alone." I looked at him, and gave a small smile.

He returned the gesture, moving a little closer and taking my hand back in his. I ran my eyes over his features. His eyes were the same blue as the ice outside. even with all the dirt and blood caked onto him, he was a beautiful human being.

"You're gorgeous." he whispered. I felt my cheeks heat up and I looked down. His hand grips my chin softly and he pulls me towards him.

I place my hands right under his chin, running my thumbs over the scruff he was growing. My insides felt tingly and my mind was racing, though I couldn't think in this moment. His hands went to my waist and I pulled him closer.

I planted my lips on his. Both our lips were chapped from the cold and lack of lip balm. I pulled away from him and placed my forehead onto his.

I closed my eyes, trying to catch my breath. I opened them slightly, looking through my lashes to see his rosy cheeks and small smile.

"We- we should get back." I nodded in agreement.

"Well, come on." I walk towards the window we came in through and climb back out.

We walked in silence until I felt something hit my back.

"Oh my-" I turn to see Daryl with a grin on his face and and another snowball in his hand.

"You asshole!" I pick up and handful and quickly shape it before chucking it at him. He laughed, throwing the other one in his hands at me.

I close my eyes as it hits my forehead. We stop and look at each other with wide eyes and our mouths open.

"Shit, Ro-" he stopped when I started to laugh.

"Oh my god! How rude!" I walk up to him. I stop in front of him and cross my arms in front of my chest.

"Sorry, didn't mean to." He leaned down and pressed a kiss to my head. "Let's get going, probably wondering where we are." I grab his hand and we walk back to the house together.

whatever i said about waiting till she's 18 is out the window...

Anyways, they kissed! awww🥹

daryl is hella OOC in this book but idc

can you guys tell i don't proofread my shit😃