daryl's pov i wake up the next morning her in my arms and carl in hers. soon the kid is called for breakfast and he kisses her cheek as she sleeps "tell her im with mom" i nod "gotcha" and he slides out the tent. i hold her and she mutters "carl?" realizing her arms are empty and sits up and winces. i say "take it easy darlin. he went ta get food" she nods and relaxes. i get up and get ready and she stands with a wince and i ask "what are ye doin? lay yer ass down ya got hurt yesterday girl" she undresses and redresses in
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saying "i can't just sit still just like you can't daryl. i won't over work myself" kissing me softly. and i pull her in deeper kissing her in deeper. i stroke her dark hair and i ask her "ya sure you're okay?"
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she nods "gotta be got work to do" i tell her "be careful. ya strain and ya sit yer ass down okay" hugging her to me needing it. she scratches at my scalp softly "i'm okay and here daryl nothings gonna happen to me" "it already did. look at what they did to ya. ya were taken from me and they tried to sell ya to those assholes. what if we were too late and they'd have had already sold ya? i want ya by my side no...i need ya. alright? i already lost merle i can't lose ya too" i tell her telling her just how i feel. she tells me "im gonna be okay daryl. and ill be here by your side until you decide to push me away. even then ill be here to annoy you" i roll my eyes and chuckle "ya ain't annoying girl lets go" giving her one more kiss and opening the tent for her to step out first.
we start burning bodies when glenn insists on burying our own. oh fuck off. she moves to help with the separation of the body with me and she winces and i mutter "go sit ya ass down" she ignores me and helps anyway. she tells me "i'm alright. gotta do a job. and god knows sitting by and crying and cooking ain't me" shane pipes in "sis go and rest you have broken ribs you shouldn't even be able to stand much nevermind work like this" she's had worse. because you left her behind. prick. "JIMS BIT!" oh fuck. after some talk and her and i telling them to just kill the guy rick decides we're going to the cdc for jim. even though shane wants to go to fort benning. morales and his family say they're not going and rick gives them a gun. why the fuck would he do that? they're gonna die out there. they're not the strongest bunch and most of em are kids.
i mutter to her "cmon" and we pack our shit into the truck. rick comes over and says "carl would like you to travel with us" she said she's never traveling with shane and lori again. the last time she did was going to that hospital and then shane left her behind. shane even told lori and carl that she was gone and this whole story of her being taken from his arms and he didn't look to see if she got killed or not but he assumed she did. when we came to the group shane and lori were already fucking. which she was not happy about. i think shane left her hoping she would be dead so he can have carl and lori with no judgement or reminder of rick from her.
she asks "shane going with you?" rick who's confused as hell says "yeah he is" "truck seems pretty full then. i'm gonna have to pass on that offer tell carl i'll see him at the stops and cdc" she replies. he asks "what happened?" "what are you talking about rick?" she asks him as she hands me another bag to throw into the truck. "with you and shane and lori. you all used to be close before this world turned to this. i'm gone for a bit and come back and it's as if you don't even know each other anymore and you can't wait to get farther away from them. shane is your brother natalie. what happened that was so bad that made you seemingly hate him" he says.
she tells him "you're not the only one shane left behind at the hospital and told some story about how they're gone rick. all i did was go to the bathroom. i came back and everything was chaos and they were telling us to evacuate. i couldn't make it back to you there were military blocking everything off. i went outside and the car was gone. i was out there alone and went through hell and back. then i met daryl and merle and were with them. safe for the first time since this world turned this way. ran into the group. found carl and lori and shane. just to find out he lied to them and said i was ripped from his arms and he thought i was dead. he's fucking lori rick. you being back...that's gotta drive him crazy. i'd be careful" he says "lori told me about her and shane. she thought i was gone" "all it took her was a couple weeks. a month or two tops to start fucking him rick. doesn't that make you wonder...just how long it was really happening? shane's a liar. growing up he always was one. and you know that too. he's only gotten better at it." she tells him. she hugs him "be careful rick. okay?" he nods "you too. he already tried to rid of you once. i'll tell carl what you said." she nods and digs in her bag and hands him a walkie "give this one to carl. tell him channel 4 works to connect." she really loves that kid man. rick nods "channel 4. got it" walking off and we get in our vehicles and start our journey. her talking on that walkie with carl about his comic books, anything really.
