Taking a Chance

Chapter 3

Daryl, Gabrielle and all of her luggage made the trip on the shuttle bus to the car rental lot. They walked around with Daryl dealing with most of the bags until they found the parking space assigned to their car. He was about fed up.

"Lexus? You rented us a Lexus?" Daryl exclaimed. "What the hell is that costing us?"

The black luxury car was going to be a dream to drive, but a Ford would have worked just as well and been more in line with his non-existent budget. Gabrielle was certainly a piece of work. That's what he got for not paying attention to her at the counter.

"Nothing extra. Just calm down," she said rolling her eyes. "My company travels a lot so we get automatic upgrades with Hertz, so don't go getting all upset. It's on my card anyway," Gabrielle explained.

"I'll be paying my share of this, don't you forget to tell me what I owe ya," he told her while he filled the trunk with her suitcases. She could have told him this and saved him the trouble of getting aggravated.

"Whatever," she said over her shoulder as she got into the car.

"Whatever," he mimicked as he tried to get the last of the luggage in the trunk. Daryl wondered again how this bitch could be friends with someone as awesome as Michonne. She didn't treat him like he was dirt under her shoe. They were on equal terms like all people should be, rich or not. City or country.

Daryl settled himself behind the wheel and looked everything over so he was familiar with the controls. Being a mechanic, he drove a lot of different cars so he was able to figure everything out fairly quickly. Now they just had to get the directions down before they headed out.

"Hey Princess," he said to Gabrielle. "Why don't you call Michonne and let her know what's going on. They'll be expecting us soon and that ain't happening. "

"That's a good idea," she replied and grabbed her phone out of her bag. Before she started to dial, she turned to him. "Stop calling me Princess."

Daryl flashed her a sexy smile that she felt all the way to her toes. "Sure Princess, whatever you say." He heard her mumble 'dick' under her breath and he laughed. It was good knowing he could get to her.

While Gabrielle talked to Michonne and Rick, he spread the map out against the steering wheel. They basically had to take Interstate 70 through Colorado and most of Utah and then pick up Interstate 15 into Nevada and Las Vegas. It looked pretty straight forward. He looked at his watch and saw that it was six thirty in the evening. It was going to be a long night of driving.

Daryl folded up the map and put it in the pocket on the side of the door as Gabrielle was finishing her call to Michonne. "I know, but it's the only option. No. No! Do not push back the wedding, we will be there," Gabrielle assured her friend. "Country boy here is driving so I'm just going sit here and relax." Gabrielle was quiet for a moment and Daryl heard Michonne's voice but couldn't make out the words.

"Michonne, of course, I am being nice to him. We're going to have a lovely drive. See you in the morning. Bye. Bye," Gabrielle said. Daryl was certain that Michonne was still talking when she hung up.

He just shook his head. "What?" Gabrielle asked.

"Me and you have two different definitions of what being nice is, Princess."

"Hmmph. Shouldn't you be driving?" she snapped. Why did he make her be such a bitch? She couldn't relax around him and that annoyed her.

Daryl pulled out of the parking spot and found his way out of the airport. He could already tell that the car drove beautifully. However, before he was going to get onto the highway he had a stop to make and it didn't take him long to find what he was looking for.