Our Extinction Event {Daryl Dixon}

Back From The Run

When Daryl and Parker returned to the farm, they saw that the rest of their friends had been busy too. They had pitched their tents in the shadow of a small tree line, strung out ropes to hang clothes, and prepared a small hole to make a fire in the middle of the tents. Glenn came running towards Parker and Daryl, a smile plastered on his face.

"Guess what?" Glenn exclaimed.

"Wait, wait," Parker put a hand up, telling him to hold on. "I'll meet you at your tent in five-ish minutes. I just have to give Rick his gun back." Glenn nodded eagerly before running off, and when he left, Daryl looked impressed.

"He had sex." Parker choked on air, pounding her fist off her chest.

"What?"

"Didn't you see his face?" Daryl asked. "It was obvious."

"For you," Parker said, as she walked towards Rick. "Anyway, thanks for saving me earlier, and you know, letting me go with you in the first place."

"You're welcome," Daryl replied. "I'm gonna look for Carol." Parker nodded at him, giving him a small wave.

"I'm gonna find Glenn." She gave Rick his gun back, breaking the news that they couldn't find Sophia, but found a possible lead, before heading to the tent where Glenn was waiting. She got inside and saw that he had already unpacked most of his belongings, placing a sleeping bag on the opposite side of the tent from him.

"I thought maybe you wanted to share with Daryl, but Rick told me you can't do that," Glenn explained. "Something about you being his little sister and you can't share with boys or something?"

"But I'm sharing with you." Parker pointed out.

"Well, he also said I'm the exception," Glenn replied with a smile. Parker sighed, falling back into the sleeping bag.

"So he basically called you a girl and you took it as a compliment?" Parket laughed with him. "There are only four years between us. I'm not a teenager anymore."

"Rick seems to think you are," Glenn said. "But anyway, guess what?" Parker remembered what Daryl had said earlier.

"Did you have sex?" Glenn's face fell in astonishment.

"What? How could you know that?"

"I could see it on your face," Parker lied coolly. "So, it was with Maggie?"

"Yes." Glenn nodded. "It was... it was incredible." Parker extended a hand signaling not to go any further.

"I don't need too much information. I'm happy for you though."

"Thanks," Glenn smiled. "So, did anything interesting happen with you and Daryl today?"

"If by interesting you mean almost being killed by a couple walkers and then falling through a broken board on a staircase, then yes," Parker responded.

"That's not really what I meant," Glenn said. "But at least you almost got killed by a couple walkers."

"Yeah," Parker sighed, relieved to be able to relax for a little while. "Daryl had my back though. It was strange. He seemed different today."

"How so?" Glenn asked, getting into his sleeping bag.

"I don't know," Parker let out a loud breath. "He just seemed very... soft, does that make sense? He told me this story about a Cherokee rose and how beautiful it was. I didn't think he would believe in things like that, but he does and it was nice to see that."

"Is Parkies in love?" Glenn jokingly laughed. Parker rolled her eyes.

"No. No, I'm not. Also, never call me 'Parkies' again."