The Lost Arrow

Friends

After everything Jenny is sat in the house the next day, reading a book in an old armchair when Dale walks in and sits next to her, in another chair "how are you doing?"

"Great that's why I'm sat here alone"
"Shane shouldn't have treated you like that, I mean your married. That should mean something"
"Yeah it should be, Lori and Shane slept together, so maybe it doesn't anymore"
" I spoke to Rick. I heard how he was treating you. What he did"
"Yeah well he's an asshole. so that's that. No offence Dale but I don't need the sympathy right now"
"I understand that, but you could do with a friend"
"I have friends"
"I know. I'm one of them, if you need to talk. I've got a good ear, and I've been told I give good advice" she smiles at him 
"Thanks but I prefer to be alone" 
"No problem" he moves to another chair "i'll just sit here and read-"
"What is wrong with men?" she asked putting her book down once again, he turns to her and smiles gently 
"What?"
"it's just when I was with Shane, daryl would be moody and protective. when I ended things with Shane  he was friendly then he became an ass so I snapped at him then, he doesn't talk to me then he's trying to be protective off me when Shane was talking to me yesterday. I mean what the hell is wrong with that man"
"Sounds like he liked you"
"No he doesn't" she chuckles "he made that clear to me as well"
"Maybe he's afraid of doing something wrong, I mean Daryl isn't really the type of guy to show emotions. From what I've experienced anyways"
"Yeah trust me I know. What the hell am I supposed to do"
"Talk to him?"
"You think I haven't tried. He's not  exactly chatty cathy"
"Well then you do the talking, convince him. Your a great girl, what wouldn't he like"
"Are you coming on to me Dale?" she jokes
"Very funny Jenny"
"Thanks Dale-" they hear a scream from the other room and rush through they see Maggie stood over Beth, who's on the floor with blood along her arms "Dale get some sheets or anything to stop the bleeding. Maggie help me get her on the bed" they move her and Dale comes in with some towels, they put it around her wrist "Okay it isn't that deep, we just have to stop the bleeding"
"We need my dad"
"Dale where is Hershel?"
"I don't know"
"Get Rick and Glenn looking for him" she demands "Quickly" Dale leaves the room "It'll be okay, maggie, it'll be fine, she'll be fine" she says trying to make Maggie less scared

A couple hours go by and Beth stopped bleeding, but also is in a catatonic state. Rick and Glenn have left to find Hershel. Lori and Jenny start to get worried and decide to go looking but Jenny goes looking for Daryl to talk to him and try and get him to join them. She finds him at his tent.
"Daryl" she says as she gets close to him, he looks to her then back to his crossbow 
"I come up here so people don't bother me"
"Okay, that's good for you, but could you put the moodiness away for like a second. I need your help"
"Yes insult me. that will make me want to help you Jenny"
"Listen, Beth's in some kind of catatonic shock. We need Hershel."
"Yeah. So what?" he looks to her
" So I need you to run into town real quick and bring him and Glenn and Rick back." she pleads with him 
" Your bitch went window-shopping. You want him? Fetch him yourself. I got better things to do." he stands up and moves away from her
" What's the matter with you? Don't be so selfish."
"Selfish? Listen to me, princess. I was out there looking for that little girl every single day. I took a bullet and an arrow in the process. Don't you tell me about me getting my hands dirty! You want those three idiots? Have a nice ride. I'm done looking for people"
"great team spirit you have. Fine me and Lori will find them ourselves"
" go ahead don't let me stop you"
"Oh trust me your not. Asshole"
" bitch" he spits at her, she stands there, hurt by his words, he can tell this but turns away and hides his ashamed face, she stands there for a few moments before turning and walking of furious 

Lori and Jenny head off without telling anyone else.
"So Daryl"
"Don't get me started on him please Lori, i'm too pissed at him"
"Really, I thought you were getting close with him"
"So did I Lori. So did I" she looks out the window "He's just an ass"
"Yeah to us, not you. He's always trying to look at you any chance he gets, Rick was like that when we first met. It's cute"
"Daryl Dixon is a few things but I would not describe him as Cute"
"Okay, but you can't tell me he doesn't like you"
"Okay lori enough sharing time or I'm going to start sharing what I know about you, Shane and that baby in your stomach"
"okay fine" she looks to Jenny "But I'm here if you need to rant I've got a couple stories too"
"yes about either my brother or my ex-husband, politely please don't"
"Okay fine, but"
"LORI" she shouts pointing to the road where there is a walker stood straight in front of where the car is heading, Lori tries to swerve it but the car tips and Jenny smacks her head, everything goes black.