I And Love And You

Chapter 20

Beth's P.O.V

"What happened to those prisoners you said you found?" I asked Daryl as he sat on the floor, his back pressed against my bed. I was laying on my bed just staring off into space. "The leader I suppose you could call him out of their group, Tomas, he tried to kill Rick. Kept throwing walkers at him. Rick killed him. Don't blame him, the idiot didn't know what he was doing. He was a cold hearted killer, couldn't be around people. Once a cold blooded killer, always a cold blooded killer. One named Andrew ran off but walkers surrounded him. We couldn't do anything. This one named Big Tiny, was fighting off a walker, seemed like a nice guy, but he got scratched. Tomas took care of him. Showed no mercy. Like I said, once a cold blooded killer, always a cold blooded killer. Axle and Oscar well, we are keeping them in another cell block. We'll figure out what to do with them tomorrow." I was speechless after all he just said. "They didn't even know what was going on till we got here." He said. "Oh my god." I said. I'm at lost for words. "I'm sorry you had to go down there." I whispered. "I've seen worse. Trust me." He said. Silence. I didn't have anything to say to that. "C-Can I ask you, what happened to your father?" I asked. I needed to know, what if he was still alive and we run into him then he tries to kill Daryl. "He drank himself into an early grave. I was sixteen." He answered. "Was Merle gone, when he died." He sighed. "Merle was in prison. Don't know which one though." I gasped. "What if it was this prison?!" I asked looking at him. He started to laugh. "No sweetie, Merle wasn't even in the state of Georgia then. He came back  five years later. Not even a week later he was gone. I's left alone." He mumbled. He suddenly got up. "He left me alone...again!" He yelled throwing an arrow to the ground. "Daryl-" "No! That's the only thing he was good at! Leaving me to fend for myself. I was so close Beth to living on the streets." His back was turned away from me and just watched as his body shook with sobs. I didn't know what to say. I couldn't even remotely feel what he has felt, so I did the best thing I could think of. "Daryl look at me." I whispered. He turned around and I almost cried myself. I saw a man, that has been strong for to long. "I don't understand Beth. Why didn't they want me?" He cried out. "Daryl, you are wanted. Maybe not by them, but by us. We need you Daryl, you keep us safe. I need you." I whispered then kissed him. I couldn't help it. He makes me feel like nothing is wrong. Like the world isn't run over by walkers. Like everything is just perfect. We broke apart and he stared at me. "I need you." I whispered again and hugged him. He hugged back. I wish I could feel like this forever. Safe.