walk with me

Chapter thirteen

Daryl's P.O.V.

I couldn't believe what my eyes saw. I knew the girl standing in front of me was real, but it was impossible. Melanie Gilbert. Beautiful Melanie.

I couldn't recall when was the last time we had seen each other, but it was a long time ago. Five? Four years maybe? Seeing Melanie only brought memories. Painful memories I had avoided to think of all these years.

She was exactly as I remember her. Her long silky brown hair was now a little longer though. Hell, she had managed the apocalypse well.

" You know her?" Rick asked me. I gulped.

"If I didn't how the fuck would I know her name?" I told him still looking at Melanie.

"Who is she?" I heard Carol ask.

"A friend." I said to her. Melanie looked a little hurt by this since she had never really moved on, but if anyone had to feel that way it was supposed to be me.

Rick cleared his throat. "What are we going to do with this kid?"

I laughed at him. "Kid?"

"Yeah." Rick said to me with a confused look. " how old is she?"

"I'm thirty two" Melanie told everybody. Everyone looked awed.

"Okay...." Rick frowned. "What are we going to do with her?"

"We can't kill her that is for sure." Erin said. Rick scoffed.

"Got a problem jackass?" Erin told Rick. I smirked.

"Killing her is always an option." Rick told her. Damn, Rick really was screwed up. He had been so different back in Atlanta.

"No." I blurt out.

"We can take her in. Like we did with Erin...." Carol announced. Almost everybody nodded.

"Fine." Snapped Rick. Then, he headed back to the cell block.

Erin looked at me for several seconds and then followed Rick. I knew what she had meant with that look. She was giving me time to talk to Melanie.

After everybody had returned to their cells, I found myself wanting Melanie to have never come.

"Daryl?" She asked.

"What?"

"I'm so glad I found you!" She said throwing herself in my arms. I pushed her away.

"Daryl please!" She begged. I shook my head.

"I still love you." She whispered.

How could she? How could she just come here and say that to me? She knew I still did too but she had hurt me. She had no right.

"Yeah, well I don't." This made her eyes get watery.

"I'm so sorry." She said.

I said nothing. I didn't know what to say. Honestly I had never really been good at expressing feelings and all that shit. I walked away thinking about that night. The night she had broken my heart. Since that night, I had never really been able to fully commit in a relationship. Since that night, I never really cared about my girlfriends....

Not until Erin of coarse.

Erin's P.O.V

Was is a good idea? Leaving Daryl alone with Melanie? I don't know. I have no fucking clue. I don't even know who this bitch is. Ugh. I'm pathetic. Why am I even jealous?

I sat on the bed in an unoccupied cell and closed my eyes.

"Are meditating or something?" I heard that familiar, nuking voice.

"Who is she?" I asked Daryl opening my eyes.

"A friend."

"Yeah right. I saw that look in your eyes."

"What look?"

"The one.... A look."

Daryl sat besides me. He opened his mouth and then closed it. Then he kissed me.

"Why do you want to know?" He asked. I shrugged.

"She's... An ex." He stated.

"Okay..."

"It's that typical story where the guy falls in love with this chick and then the girl cheats on him.... With his brother."

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Note:

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