Bitten ( Daryl Dixon / The Walking Dead Fanfic )

Chapter 22.

"Ohh not again..." A voice I knew all to well moaned from the doorway. Daryl pulled away instantly causing me to lose balance and fall on the floor.

"Ow.." I groaned and held my hand up to Daryl. Of course instead of helping me up he just carried on glaring at Glenn.

"Uh Rick wants to see you both downstairs" Glenn awkwardly informed us and scratched the back of his head. Poor guy, he always manages to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Daryl muttered something inaudible and stormed out of the room after barging Glenns shoulder on the way, leaving me on the floor. Yep guys, he supposedly 'likes' me and is demonstrating it perfectly.

"sorry.." I muttered before standing up and walking towards Glenn. He smiled at me warily probably knowing he doesn't need to tell me that Daryl is a jerk after what just happened. He put his arm around my shoulder and chuckled as we walked downstairs.

We walked into the small living room which had a soft carpeted floor but no furniture. Everyone was sat against the walls, in a sort of circle. I quickly sat next to Ava who was in the middle of me and Daryl and directly across Rick.

The room had dim lighting due to it being nightfall but you could still see everyone's hesitant expressions quite clearly.

"Baby doll" Merle snapped me out of my trance, I looked to see that he was sat on my other side, wow I really did not notice, seriously though do I ever notice anything? He motioned to Rick who was staring at me expectantly. "Oh uh sorry what was that?" I asked shyly.
"I asked if you Shane ever mentioned anything about leaving or attacking The group to you, apparently you two were...close."

I quickly glanced at Ava as she shuffled away from me. Before I could say anything I realised she was swapping seats with Daryl. He sat closer to me than Ava had, our arms were pressing against eachother.  He looked at me with reassuarance which made my stomach flutter. To think he left me on the floor and stormed off just a few minutes ago, God he is so damn bipolar.

"Um well .. Last time I saw him was nearly 5 months ago. But uh he had asked me to leave with him once said he had crossed paths with another group once and they seemed very promising" "another group?" Beth asked with fear evident in her eyes.

"Uh yeah, said it was a group of 20, mainly guys but they didnt seem like rapist or killers, bit it's hard to tell nowadays, but I did try searching abit for that group" I replied cautiously. Everyone looked at me in confusion or suspiciously. "He said that the leader's name was Cyrus and the description also fit someone I knew" near the end I was practically whispering, the family was a touchy subject to talk about. From the corner of my eye I saw Daryls eyebrows rise up at the name and I knew what he was thinking but that had to wait for later.

"I guess he didn't feel connected to this group because he didn't have family here" Beth murmured. I realised everyone was looking at each other gratefully. Guess they were glad they had their family or their new apocalypse family . My hands turned into fists and I looked down at my lap. Must they be so ignorant?

I stood up to make my way out the house filled with loving families.

I walked outside as a cool breeze brushed my face. I sighed and sat on the porches' steps. The stars looked so beautiful and were accompanied with a full moon. I closed my eyes and let a shaky breath out .

Flashback

"Ary-anna hurry up" Cyrus yelled from my room. I huffed at his impatience as I got dressed in the beautiful Arabian style walk-in wardrobe. 

I quickly glanced at my reflection in the mirror. My hair was open like usual but now they were loosely curled. I wore a sleeved maroon dress that was floor length and was covered with gold details. I accompanied it with gold heels and maroon coloured lipstick as well as Smokey gold eye shadow.

All in all I really felt like sophisticated princess.

I stepped out and cleared my throat to catch Cyrus' attention. He was staring out the window in his black signature suit but then looked at me and grinned widely. "Oh sister of mine, wont you thank me for passing you the attractive genes?" he asked in a cocky manner.

I rolled me eyes as he sat on my bed and patted the space next to him. I sat down and sighed dramatically. "Cyrus I'm nervous" I blurted out and placed my head on his shoulder. "You'll be fine love, thanks to mother's outrage their won't be as many people, mainly because they're all dead" he chuckled at his dark joke and I couldn't help but smile a little. 

He suddenly stood up and pulled me towards the window. "Ary-Anna I want to give you your gift now" he said as he held my hands. I slowly nodded and tried not to seem overly excited. He always topped all gifts with his. For example last year he bought me  a beautiful necklace which was encrusted with the rarest diamonds. 

"Look up at the sky oh sweet sister of mine. What do you see?" I looked at him in confusion but then looked up to see the moon at its full beauty. "uh the moon ?" I asked more than answered. He smiled and nodded "For your 18th birthday I gift you the moon." I stared at him and expected him to tell me he was joking but he just stood there.

"Cyrus that is not a gift!" I huffed and crossed my arms. He rolled his eyes and looked up at the sky.  

"It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Eversince I was a young boy I would keep track of when the full moon would appear and I'd try to stay up all night staring at it. Ary-Anna the world has changed now, I could easily die in the next time the families fight. However, that moon will still proudly light the sky even if I'm not tracking it. I just want you to know that when it is out in all its glory and if you are separated from me then just look up and spare me a thought and we'll be somewhat closer."

End of flash back

"Ariana" I jumped at how close the voice was and opened my eyes to see Daryl sitting next to me. "oh uh when did you come?" I asked although my voice started to crack.

"Just now" he was staring at me with a blank expression and slowly wiped my tear stained face. I looked down at my hands and was about to make up some dumb excuse about allergies when he softly pressed his lips on mine.

I was taken aback by his sudden move but slowly kissed him back. This time it was gentle and slow, sort of his way of consoling me. I pulled away a second later and buried my head into his neck.

"I miss him so much" I whispered and started to sob whilst the moon shone on us as he rubbed my back.