Daryl's Girl

Chapter 120

Briana and I sat on the stairs inside the guard tower for quite a while as we waited. The both of us just sitting quietly as we waited for our moment. If things don't work out the way we want them to, we definitely had the element of surprise on our side.

We'd listened to what the others had said and stayed within the tower. The only time we were to go up was when we heard the gunfire. So far, we hadn't even heard a car engine and it made me doubt whether they were actually coming or not. Whether we were waiting our time or if they knew what we were doing and were waiting for us.

I knew if I didn't stop over thinking the whole situation, I'd get lost in my head. That would then mean I wouldn't be on my guard and I couldn't let that happen so I looked over at Briana. Even in the darkness of the tower I could see she was hurting because of what'd happened to Merle. She was just the same as Daryl. Neither of them wanted to show weakness and I didn't know what to say to her that I hadn't already said before.

"Are you okay with all this?" I finally asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah. I have to be." She nodded, glancing over at me before looking back down at her rifle. "I have to kill him. I have to."

"You don't have to do it alone. We'll kill him." I sighed. "It doesn't matter how long it takes...if it's you, me, Daryl, Rick or any of the others who do it...He's already a dead man."

Briana shook her head and sighed. "I owe it to Merle."

"Maybe, but you do know that I didn't have anything against you and Merle being together, right?" I said, adjusting my grip on my rifle. Briana just looked up at me with a questioning expression on her face. I smiled and moved up a couple of steps to sit next to her. "I think I just let some stupid grudge with him take over. It meant that I couldn't see things clearly and I took what happened to a whole new level."

Briana closed her eyes and sighed again. "Me and him...we just understood one another...We both thought our brother's were dead and yet we both find them here, so it's okay. I understand." She smiled and turned to look at me. "I overreacted anyway. It proably wasn't the best way for you to find out, and I didn't think about that. Instead I blew this whole thing way out of proportion. Hell, I even kicked you out of our cell." She laughed and I couldn't help but snort. It didn't last long though as she then turned serious again. "I'm so sorry...Did he really threaten you?"

I nodded once. "What happened between me and Merle, happened, and there's no way of taking it back." I replied. "We didn't get off to a great start and all he was doing was looking out for his brother"

"Does Daryl know?" She asked.

"No." I shook my head. "Well, I haven't told him, so I don't think so."

"Are you going to?"

For a moment I just sat there quietly as I thought about how to answer her question. I hadn't told Daryl before because I didn't want to get between him and Merle. But now, it was a different case all together.

"No." I finally said. "It's like I said, what happened between me and Merle was between the two of us. I didn't want to get between the two of them before. And now, I just want Daryl to be okay and I don't think dropping this on him will really help."

"Yeah, I guess so." Briana nodded. "My lips are sealed anyway."

"Thank you." I looked over at Briana again to find she was smiling back at me. It was like these past few days had never happened and it was nice knowing that we could just pick up where we left off.

We sat in silence for a little while longer and I put my arm around her where she lay her head on my shoulder. I felt that Merle helped us all in different ways. He gave us this opportunity against the Governor and some how fixed mine and Brianas friendship.