Living in the Zombie Apocalypse

Chapter Thirty-Six: How Everything was Abandoned

We arrived in town, it seemed more abandoned then ever before. I was kind of scared this time.

"What's on yer mind?"

"Just a little worried about being here" he pulled me slowly into his arms. Then looking into my eyes he softly pressed his lips onto mind. Soon after he hugged me tightly and gave me a kiss on the forehead.

He grabbed his crossbow and we started in the pharmacy.

"Daryl, can you go get the candles and I'll get the medicine?"

"Sure"

I read the list in my head and I gathered up more antibiotics, Tylenol, and some Advil. But at the bottom the one thing that struck me was maternity and baby clothes. I guess it just didn't sink in until now that Lori was pregnant.

"Ya ready?"

"Yeah, now we need to head to the clothing store. Lori needs some clothes"

"Ok"

The whole time we were at the clothing store Daryl was just standing there with his crossbow raised. I had gotten Lori and her baby a lot of different clothes. They would both need them.

"I am ready to rock and roll. Are you?"

"Yeah, lets go"

We didn't run into any walkers, I guess I was just paranoid from last nights encounter with that walker.

"Are ya ok?"

"Yeah, yeah. I am fine" I smiled and hugged him. I loved his touch, it ALWAYS would give me butterflies. I looked into his eyes and said "Daryl, you stole my heart. I love you!"

"Ya stole my heart too. I love ya" he wrapped his big muscular arms around me and picked me up and kissed me.

We had fallen madly in love with each other. And it wasn't your normal "love"This was passion, protection, love, tenderness, intimacy, and fear. Yes fear, fear of losing one another to man-eating zombies.

He opened my door and helped me up. Once he got in I put my head on his shoulder and accidentally fell asleep.

"Grace, wake up"

"Oh shit! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep on you!"

"Ya don have to apolgize" he said so sweetly. We got out and it was dead silent. No one was to be found except for Andrea keeping watch. Kinda odd to me.

We unloaded everything from the truck and put it by campfire.

"My leg is killing me. I need to change the bandage and take some meds. You wanna come with me?"

"Yes" he picked me up and carried me to my tent.

I got the gauze and some tape and then took off the old bandage. It looked a little better from before but with stitches I really couldn't tell. I took my time while Daryl was rubbing my back and starring at me the whole time.

"It looks better then las time I seen it"

"Hopefully it heals fast. I hate being slow on my feet. But what am I to do about it?" He smiled and winked at me.

Afterwards, we heard Lori say something to Andrea but I couldn't quite hear what she said but I knew it was about Beth.

"Did you hear any of that?"

"No, but I bet it's nothin"

"I don't know I am gonna go check it out!"

I stumbled out of my tent and it was so hot! It had to be 105 degrees. I instantly started sweating.

I caught up to Lori and Andrea but Daryl wasn't too far behind me.

"What's wrong?"

"Beth is threatening to kill herself and I can't find Hershel or Maggie! I want you girls to look after her while I go look for either one of em"

"Fine with me but will you be ok Lori?"

"Yes!"

Andrea walks in and goes in Beth's room while I tell Daryl what is going on. He kisses me and says he is going hunting and he'll be back before dark.

Andrea closes the door and then Maggie comes in madder then a bat out of hell. She rapidly opens Beth's door and slams it shut. They yelled at one another for at least an hour so I decided I would leave and keep watch.

I had been up there for a while and I see something come out of the woods. I couldn't quite tell what it was so I looked through the scope and it looked like Daryl but I couldn't quite tell so I waved and I got a response.

I climbed down when he got closer to me.

I saw that he had gotten a couple of squirrels and something was in his hand.

"Here I found this for you!" He handed me 3, beautiful red and white tulips. It was gorgeous!

"Daryl, they're beautiful! Thank you!" I gave him a long kiss and then he put his forehead on mine. Both of just starring at one another, looking at how stunning Daryl's blue eyes and facial markings were. He took my breath away and gave me the worst case of the butterflies I have ever had. After us staying there for a long period of time I wrapped my arms around his neck neck and was just about to kiss him when...