Girl in the mask(A Daryl Dixon Love Story) (Under revision)

Chapter six

We had been wondering around the woods for two days. We still hadn't decided what we were going to do. We had just been drifting around. As we walked some talked others didn't.
We were walking aimlessly until we heard screaming and then Carl started to rush toward the shouts.
When we got there, there was a guy on top of a rock screaming for help and three walkers trying to get him we got rid of them quickly and then the guy came done from the rock he was a priest and he looked clean which was odd now a days in the world.
"You alright?" Rick asked. He looked nervous then he held up his hand in a wait a moment kind of way the he spewed chucks a lover the floor. I sorta cringed at the sight. Even if I had seen worse.
He then introduced himself as father Gabriel. And he asked if we had any food which Carl handed him some pecans we had been eating for a while now. He kindly took them and we questioned him why he didn't have a weapon with him. "The word of god is all the protection I need"he said and we looked at him like he was crazy.
He then took us back to his church which we inspected to make sure this wasn't an ambush. He was alone and he had shelter and a vehicle which Abraham was itching to get his hands on for the trip to Washington he kept going on about.
We decided to stay a while because it was safe for Judith. I didn't argue with it because she's just a baby and they need a place to rest plus I love children especially babies I never thought I'd see one ever again she was so precious and innocent.
The problem was that the group still had some trust issues with me well not Carol, Rick, or Carl. They let me into the group because they know I was good and I wouldn't betray them of my own free will. I also wasn't really sure I could hold baby Judith because of all the mistrust so I stocked to watching from afar. Carl had noticed since he was almost always holding her and he said I could hold her and avoided it because I didn't want to scare her or hurt her so I kept my distance.
After a while Carl just sat her down in front of me and told me to watch her while she plays with her teddy bear. By then I couldn't resist I grabbed her and placed her on my lap and started to make her laugh with the teddy bear and blowing raspberries into her arm making sure no one would see my face when I did so.
As I played with little Judith she started to yank at my jacket and gloves. She wouldn't stop yanking at them so I decided what the hell why not. I gently placed her on the floor in front of me and made to take off my jacket and gloves then grabbed her and placed her on my lap again. I was showing skin now I was wearing a tank top so you could see my arms and part of my neck and a little below my collar bone. Judith stared at my skin she could tell there was a difference between me and the others. She then turned and started to feel some of the scars on my arm. She wanted to feel the difference she wasn't scared what I saw in her eyes was Curiosity. Judith wanted to know the difference even for a baby she was smart. Her blue eyes scanned my skin and scars.
Then she started babbling little noises and it made me chuckle oh how I missed part of my life before this apocalypse happened.
"Uhhhh ummm" someone cleared their throat. I turned around surprised I hadn't heard them. It was Rick and Daryl they both stood there with unreadable expressions. "Having fun there" Rick asked. "Yeah sorry was I not supposed to play with her" I asked as I gently placed her back on the floor to play alone and made a move to get up but Rick stopped me. "No it's fine I was just going to ask if you could watch her while we go on a run and the others are looking around the place." "Umm yeah that's fine" I said as I looked at both of them and then I caught them staring at my arms and neck. "Oh sorry I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable" I said and grabbed my jacket to cover up. "No we're sorry for staring it's just that looks like a lot of injuries for one person" Rick said and Daryl just had a blank face. "It's fine the only reason I'm showing skin is causes little Judy wanted me to take off the jacket and gloves she wouldn't have stopped fussing if I hadn't" I said in a awkward way.
"If you don't mind me asking? What happened to you?" Rick asked in a curious way. "Ummm no I don't. I was beat pretty bad by one of my ex's he tended to get angry for every little mistake" I replied. " it had never gotten to bad he would mostly hit me or kick me but then one day I was making dinner and I dropped some food on the floor and he lost it saying I was all these bad things and beating me at the same time then he grabbed a semi-boiling pot of water I had on the stove and poured it on me. After that I couldn't take it anymore and I sent him to prison I spent like a month or so in the hospital because of what he did. I couldn't just go back to work the way I looked I was too ashamed and then this happened and here I am. That's why I cover my face because I feel I have no choice" I said and turned back to Judith.
"Why?" I heard Daryl ask. "Why what?" "Why'd you stay so long if you were being beat?" He added. "I don't know maybe I thought he would change or that everything would be fine I thought he loved me like he said he did" I replied.
"Well then you really are stupid" he said in an angry tone and walked out. "Tsk I don't expect you to understand" I yelled at his retreating figure. Rick stood there for a moment then walked off too.
I don't get what his problem is with me why does he hate me so much I thought as I watched little Judy play on the floor.
This is going to be a long night.