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chapter ten

UNEDITED

Beth's POV

Daryl's sudden pang of jealousy is rather confusing to me. I don't understand why a kitten triggered such emotions for him, but since we've seemed to sort it out I'll leave it at rest since I don't want to push him too far. He holds me in his arms whispering to me how much I am his, and he is mine for a few minutes while I smile and giggle occasionally.

"How are we going to tell the others? I mean, it's not a huge deal but it is important," Daryl says, still in a whisper.

"I'm not even sure why we were hiding it in the first place," as soon as the words leave my mouth I feel stupid and I can anticipate his answer.

He and I were hiding it not only from them, but from ourselves since we didn't want to give into our feelings for each other. I was more accepting than Daryl was, but for him it's a little bit different and harder to warm up to. I can see why, love and things like that have never been just there for him his whole life, with a flaky dad and uncaring brother I'd probably be the same.

So instead of questioning it farther I just agree with him and worry out how we are going to break the news. Daryl knows that I will want to tell Maggie first, for obvious reasons, and then tell the group as a whole or at least warm them up to the idea. It's not that they will have a problem with it, but it will change things. The only thing I'm worried about is the awkward events that may occur.

I try to focus on the positive things of this decision but once the roller coaster starts to pick up speed again, things between us will get bad again. But with the whole group knowing it will be worse because their eyes will be on us. Maggie and Glenn have never had a problem with that but it's because they are closer in age and they've been together longer, not counting the fact that they almost never fight or disagree with each other. And that's what I want for Daryl and I but with his personality and background it's not going to be that easy and I will have to be patient with him, because the others eyes will be on us and they will worry about our relationship. Daryl is not the most loving guy and seeing him in a relationship may seem a little odd for them.

The only thing I can do now is wait and see how things ride out, and try to stay calm. I'm lucky to even have this in a world like ours. The shit that happens around us is the impeccable work of the devil, and the devil certainly does not grant love upon us all. If anything the opposite.

Maggie calls for me from the living so I plant a kiss on Daryl's cheek, and say farewell for now and leave. Maggie has two plates in her hand and is extending one out to me when I enter the room.

"Here's your food. Do you want to take a break and rest? Maybe go lay down in our room and talk for a bit?" she asks quietly to me and hands me my plate.

I nod my head and start towards Carl for my kitten, "Yeah just one second,"

Maggie goes to the room while I thank Carl for watching after my kitten. Then I follow Maggie to the room and take a seat on the bed.

"Did you go after Daryl?" she immediately asks once I sit down, "I saw him watching you and pouting. What was that about?"

Sighing, I shift to face her and look at her, "Nothing bad I promise," a feeling of guilt overcomes me and I'm confused as to why, but I don't want to tell Maggie about Daryl and I. I'm fearful of her response.

She seems to pick up on this and tilts her head slightly, "Beth, you know you can trust me," then she pauses and gives me a concerned look, "Did he do anything to you while you guys were alone? Are you okay?"

I shake my head and look down at my hands, "No, um, he didn't hurt me or anything. Nothing bad happened,"

"Then what happened?"

"We kissed a couple times and we might have feelings for each other," I say quickly in a mutter.

Maggie takes in what I said with a gasp, "Really? That's kinda cute! I mean he is little bit older than you, but that doesn't matter," then she pauses for a moment and I look at her with hope in my eyes for approval, "I never thought he would be your type?"

"Neither did I but you never know I guess," I chuckle and she smiles.

"Tell me every detail, now," I giggle at the conversation that is about to happen, but excitement runs through me from her approval. I don't know why I'm excited, I guess I'm just happy she finally knows.

So I explain everything, from our childish argument in the back yard that led to a kiss, when I reached out to him that one intimate night, and then when we were on watch and I supposedly fell asleep and kept saying his name in my sleep then woke up in his bed. Every once in a while I received a reaction or comment from Maggie and we would go off track for a few minutes.

By the time I finished catching her up it was already late and I needed to get some rest. Tomorrow I would have to help Rick and Carl finish up with the digging and begin planting. Tonight was Glenn, Rick and Carl's watch night. Tomorrow is Maggie, Daryl and I's. I'm not sure how Rick, Glenn and Carl have their shifts worked out but we rotate evenly through out the night in a certain order. I'm just happy that it's my night to rest and get ready for tomorrow.

Maggie and I clean off all the plates, then leave some scraps for my kitten in a bowl in my room. Rick starts his shift, we only need one person at a time now since we figured out how to get up on the roof where we can see a lot more than two people down on ground.

I lay down next to Maggie and fall asleep very quickly after another long, hard day.

Daryl's POV

I begin to pout as soon as Beth gets up to leave, but I am relieved that we didn't get in a fight and things went well. I still hate that I basically threw a fit and am now getting what I wanted, but it is what it is. Beth doesn't come back for the rest of the night so I eat the meal that Rick brought me and go to sleep.