The Lost Arrow

Out With The Old In With The New

"Jenn can we talk please" Shane says as Jenny leaves Carl's room after checking on him, he had been waiting outside. "No" she tells him walking back not even giving him a glance, he follows after her "Jenn come on, please just five seconds" he begs chasing after here "Jenn, listen to me"
"You had your chance Shane"
"No Dixon interrupted, please" she stops and turns to face him as the reach the end of the porch
"Fine you have 3 minutes" she crosses her arms and stares at him
"great. Look Jenn I am so sorry how I reacted the other day, I shouldn't have touched you like that, I love you so much. I'm sorry if I hurt you, I really am is there any chance you can forgive me?"
"You were going to hit me if it wasn't for D"
"No I wasn't, I would never, I was worked up. I am sorry. I swear it won't happen again"
"just like your cheating?" she replies sharply
"We had an agreement. I don't tell you or bring them to the house, you'd be fine with it. You cant be mad about that"
"I did not agree to you sleeping with Lori"
"I thought you were dead, she thought Rick was dead, we were morning, and comforting each other. I just want you and only you"
"I can't trust you"
"Jenn we have been together for years, we had a son, we are married" he holds her arms and stroked them with his fingers, making sure they are looking at one another "I love you", she just stares at him for a few moments then looks down "I love you too"
"There's my girl" he smiles at her then kisses her forehead "Okay, good, I've got some training to do. Do you want to come?" he keeps smiling at her
"Yes, sure" they kiss then walk off to the edge of the farm where Shane had set up a makeshift shooting range outside to help teach using a gun to the others

three days pass, nothing bad has happened between Shane and Jenny, it's been peaceful. Jenny only concern was that Daryl hadn't been back or made any attempt to contact them, but she kept that to herself not wanting to start an inevitable argument about him once again. She did only think Daryl was her friend when Shane thought he was more.
They go out to the edge of the farm once again, practising shooting, they do this for a while when they hear something coming from a forest they look over and see someone, something coming out of the forest. Andrea, who laying on top of the RV with a rifle pointed keeping watch, she is the first to see this thing approach them from the forest, stumbling and limping "OVER THERE" she shouts to the group, they turn to see it, Rick and Shane go over, weapons out and ready as they get to it they see it's not a walker, but Daryl, covered in mud, blood and a necklace of ears. Rick and Shane turn to tell Andrea to stand down but they are too slow and a bullet flies past them and straight at Daryl knocking him down to the floor, Rick and Shane go to him and see blood coming out the side of his head, the help him stand and take him up "GET JENNIFER" Rick shouts heading to the Greene home with Shane and injured Daryl.

Arriving at the house they take Daryl to a spear room and lay him down, Jenny arrives and rushes in "What happened?" she questions
"Andrea shot him when he came out of the woods, she thought he was a walker"
"what are you teaching them Shane, being trigger happy?" she walks over to Daryl, who hasn't stopped moaning in pain "Would you stop moving, I'm trying to check if you've got anymore brain damage" she tells Daryl, laughing slightly "anymore brain damage?" he says annoyed still moving away from her everytime she touches his head "For the love of god stop being a baby Daryl" she turns to the other "can you go get my sewing kit it's in the kitchen" she turns her attention back to Daryl who's slightly calmed down, she looks him over and sees he's bleeding from his side as well "What else have you done?" she pulls his shirt up then turns back to the two men who haven't moved "anytime now boys" she says placing some towels on his side they finally leave
"What did you do here?"
"I fell"
"on what, did you shoot yourself be accident?"
"It was an arrow" she tries to hold her laugh in but he can see she's smiling 
"don't you laugh" he warns 
"It's just so funny" she moves some of his hair out of his cut and he flinches 
"no it's not"
"it kinda is" Rick and Shane walk back in with the Sewing kit and hand it to her "Shane can you get me some wet towels as well I need to clean the wound first"
"Sure thing sweetheart" he says as he leaves, Jenny sees Daryl staring at her with a disapproving look "You didn't"
"What?" she questions knowing full well what he is talking about 
"you went back to him?"
"So what he's my husband and we love each other"
"Love is not how I would describe it"
"Daryl you didn't even know what that is, so mind your own business" she snaps at him, fed up with his comments, Shane runs back in and hander her some wet towels, she starts wiping his wounds and cleaning them, before she starts stitching 
"That hurts"
"your being dramatic" she starts stitching 
"OW" he shouts
"yeah it's clearly going to hurt I'm stitching you" she rolls her eyes and eventually finishes "There done" she moves away from him "I'll be back in an hour, don't leave the room or get out of the bed, you could rip the stitches" she walks out of the room Rick follows behind her
Shane smiles at Daryl "well, it was a fine effort, but your not worming your way into our relationship that easily"
"Your an abusive asshole and she'll see straight through you and drop your ass straight away. I wouldn't be so cocky" Shane walks over to him and pats his ankle with another pressure to hurt it more then it already is "I think I'm fine" he walks out
"Dick" he mumbles to himself 

An hour later Daryl is laying in the bed, facing away from the door, he looks over to it then back "screw this" he says as he sits up on the side of the bed 
"Do you ever listen" he hears from behind him he turns to see Jenny walking over to him "I could ask you that"
"Don't start and lay down" she pushes him back on the bed and lifts his shirt up again "doesn't look infected" she puts her hand on his chest "does it hurt"
"no"
"Don't lie"
"A little"
"thank you, see how simple it is when you say the truth"
"the truth? do you truthfully think Shane isn't going to hurt you again"
"Why do you have to be like this"
"I'm not being like anything"
"Yes you are, can't you just be happy for like a second"
"What's to be happy about, you forgiving that abuse asshole? no thanks"
"You don't know what he's like"
"No you don't know what he's like. You may know what he was like before everything happened,  but you don't know what he's like now"
"Yes I do"
"you don't"
"Why does this bother you so much, it's my life"
"It doesn't bother me"
"Clearly does"
"No it doesn't"
"Fine, it doesn't. I don't care what you think" she pulls down his shirt and goes to look at his head wound, she peels the bandage slightly "this isn't infected either yet" she puts it back on "any dizziness?"
"No"
"Headache?"
"No"
"Your fine then" she gets up "just get some rest"
"I'm done with rest"
"I don't care, I'm a doctor not you"
"you were a doctor"
"And WERE you ever a nice person?" she says leaving the room 
"idiot..." he gets up and follows after her "Jenn" he calls out
"Go away Daryl"
"J stop look I'm sorry, I'm being rude"
" Yeah you are. I've done nothing to you. I was nice, we were friends"
"Yeah, friends..."
"Look I don't want to lose my friend, in this world you need as many friends as you can get, but if you just want to be on your own fine, just say it" he looks down, thinking
"I say stupid things sometimes"
"Sometimes" she jokes
"Can you just let me finish" he puts his hands on her arms "I say stupid things sometimes, but it's because you mean a lot, you pretty much the only person, well ever to just treat me like a normal person, and that means a lot. I um like you"
"You like me?"
"As a friend" he quickly adds, knowing full well that's not what he means, but he can't admit it, not to himself and definitely not to her "I really don't want to mess up our... friendship..."
"yeah I don't want that either, but if you have to criticise and get mad at me for my own decision that don't involve you"
"No I'll stop. I'll stop. If, Shane, is who you want fine. I won't say anything else" She stares at him, as he stares at her, moments go  by and she finds herself staring at his eyes, admiring them "I'm sorry J" this brings her back and she looks away from him "it's okay. We are okay" she smiles at him slightly "now you need to go back and lay down"
"Yes doctor" she takes him back to the room and lays him down on the bed, she gets up to leave and he holds onto her hand stopping her "I should go"
"yeah, I know..." she looks to his hand on her then back to him "your gonna have to let go for that to happen" she jokes sitting next to him, he sits up "I know..." he leans forward 
"Jenn?" a voice his heard from outside the room and Daryl moves away again, Shane walks in "Jenny?" she gets up and walks over to him "hey Shane"
"What are you doing in here"
"Well I'm a doctor and he was shot and stabbed"
"Hershel?"
"Busy, and he is a vet, I'm probably more qualified"
"well he looks fine, come on"
"Whats up?"
"nothing, I just want you to come with me?"
"I'm a bit busy Shane, just give me a couple minutes"
"no, Jenn"
"Hey she said give her a couple minutes, so give her a couple minutes" Daryl says joining the conversation and defending Jenny
"Mind your own business"
"Shane don't be rude to him"
"I'm not, this is conversation is between you and me"
"You are, there is no need" she crosses her arms "he's my friend Shane you need to be a bit more respectful"
"Your friend? Jenn, he's clearly trying to get in your pants"
"Get out Shane"
"it's true"
"And your clearly trying to get back into Lori's pants"
"No i'm not"
"You clearly are, but I was gonna ignore it, hope the little looks you give her would go away, but they aren't. So this Shane, this isn't going to work"
"Your joking. You've got to be joking"
"No I'm not" she says standing her ground, because when the last straw finally breaks and suddenly it seems absurd that she stayed as long as she did and everything he did became so clear to her, and looking at him became different, her eyes were no longer tender and loving but angry and empty, no happiness was inspired by his brown eyes anymore, she felt nothing.
"Fine" he shouts leaving the room and slamming the door. She looks to Daryl who had gotten up and moved closer incase he needed to step in again, she turns round and he hugs her, holding her tight, she wraps her arms around him, embracing his touch, hearing his heartbeat quicken, his deep breaths, butterflies fill her stomach as Daryl kisses her forehead gently, they move apart gently and stare at each other
"I should go" she whispers "Why?" he responds in the same tone
"I... I um, I just should" she moves away from him and leaves.