The End of a New Beginning // Daryl Dixon

Part 31

Meredith

I OPEN MY eyes to the sunlight shining down in the cell. I immediately thought back to last nights events. Daryl and I did it. We had sex for the first time. I couldn't help but reminisce everything he did and said to me. It was perfect. The way he made me feel, the way loved every inch of my body, the way he took care of me right after. I couldn't help but smile and felt as if I loved myself ten times more than I had already. It was amazing, it was perfect and I think I'm more in love with him now than I am before.

I pull myself out of bed, seeing Daryl was already up and moving around. His crossbow is gone, so it must mean he's outside working.

I dressed myself and gathered everything I needed and head outside. I easily spotted Rick, Carl and Michonne out in the fields. I made my way down the pathway and met up with them.

"Busy day, today?" I ask.

"Going back out there to find the Governor." Michonne nods.

"Carl, go brush down the horse for me." Rick says. I turn my head and watched Carl walking off.

"I know you had a busy night." Rick tells me. My brows fly to the sky.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I shook my head.

"Sure." Michonne smirks at me. "We all know who was making you feel that way. The prison may be big, but it's now quiet and echoey." She says.

"I'm assuming you teased Daryl with this, right?" I ask.

"Oh, you don't wanna know what I did to him." Rick laughs.

"At least someone's enjoying themselves around here." Michonne chuckles. "But I better get going. I'll see you soon." She waves.

Rick, Carl and I walk over to the cucumber crops. Rick gathered everything dead, including some worms and tossed them in the buckets Carl and I held for him.

"They only got one cluster yesterday." Carl begins. "Probably gonna need more people today. Maybe we could help."

"I got other plans." Rick says. "Involving dirt and cucumbers...keeping people fed."

"Well, if you don't want to, maybe I could." Carl says. Carl doesn't exactly enjoy farming on a daily basis. I don't mind it, really. It's a little therapeutic for me. I'm able to keep myself focused and everything.

"We have other plans." Rick says. "Mer, I want you to get the newest horse used to the saddle. He seems to like you more than anyone else around here. I think you're gonna become our horse trainer from now on." He says.

"Okay." I nod. I turn away and walk over to the horse pen. I climbed over the pen and grab the lead, guiding the horse out of the stable. I secure the lead to the post and easily placed the saddle on its back.

"Okay. We're gonna do this. We're a team, alright?" I slowly climbed up on the saddle and grab onto the lead. The horse lets out a snort and begins walking in circles. "Easy, easy, easy. Okay. Alright, here we go." I talk to him calmly. A sudden gunfire fills the air. The horse screeches and it throws it's butt in the air. I fall over and hit the sides of the pen before slamming to the ground.

"Meredith!" Rick calls. He and Carl rush over to me and they help me off the ground.

"Help! Help!" We hear a little girl screaming. More gunfire fills the prison.

"Cell block?" Maggie shouts from the tower.

"I don't know!" Rick calls. He turns to Carl. "Get in the tower with Maggie. Don't argue, go." He demands. Rick and I pull away and we began running up the gravel, getting to the courtyard. We could see some people rushing out of a door, screaming in fear.