Daryl Dixon had a hard life. He grew up with alcoholic parents, an abusive father and a crazy brother. Nothing in his life had ever been easy. The only good thing he had was his best friend from childhood, Rick Grimes. When Rick asked him to be his...
Daryl pulled into the driveway of his four-bedroom home and parked his pickup. The Ford dealership he had worked at for years had given him a great deal on a used F-150 so it had room for the kids. He was now the lead mechanic there and there were rumors that when the service manager retired at end of the year, he was up for the job. Hard work and dedication had done him well.
He still rode his bike occasionally, but it was no longer his sole mode of transportation. Car seats don't actually fit on a motorcycle. He tried, much to Gabrielle's dismay with Tyler.
He walked quietly up the front steps and listened. He could hear his four-year-old son, Tyler chasing his two-year-old sister Madison throughout the house. As usual, the home was filled with lots of laughter.
"Okay, guys. Daddy's going to be home any minute and I asked you to pick up the toys, let's do it before he gets home," Gabrielle told her two children that were still running through the house laughing.
"Too late," Daryl said walking through the door. "He's here."
The two little rugrats screamed when they heard him and ran into the living room throwing themselves at him. He picked up one kid in each arm. "Were you guys good for your mommy today?" he asked giving them each a kiss.
"Yes Daddy," Tyler answered him seriously. "We picked up our toys."
"Now did you?" he laughed as the room was covered in toys of all kinds. "Maybe you should try again, Tyler. Show your sister how to do it, okay?"
Tyler shook his head yes.
"Will you help Ty, Maddie?"
His adorable daughter who was the spitting image of her mother, nodded that she understood. Daryl placed them both on the floor and told them to "get to it." Immediately they starting picking up discarded toys and putting them in the big toy box he had built for them.
"I've been trying to get them to do that all day," Gabrielle said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Why do they listen to you, but not me?"
"No idea Princess, but let's take advantage that they do listen to me...occasionally." He kissed his still gorgeous wife's lips and lingered. Her mouth easily opened in response to his and for a moment, they forgot they were not alone. That was until Maddie said, "Mommy, gotta pee."
"Damn it, "Gabrielle muttered under her breath causing Daryl to smile. "Gotta love potty training. C'mon baby girl, let's go pee."
Daryl went to the refrigerator and pulled out a beer. He sat down on the sofa watching his young son play with a toy motorcycle. Soon he'd get him out on his bike, he'd just have to do it when Gabrielle wasn't around otherwise she'd pitch a fit. Boys had to stick together.
He took a long pull from the bottle. He never imagined he would be living the life he was. He had a wife that loved him and still caused heads to turn after a couple of kids. He had two beautiful children that he couldn't imagine ever not having. He lived for those kids, which was a completely different feeling than he had initially. He never thought he would be a good father after being raised by one of the worst ones, but he was wrong. He was a damned good dad, even though he still was never going to let his little Maddie date. No way.
He drove a decent truck and they actually owned the house they lived in. Well in about twenty-five years they would own it once the mortgage was paid off. This was not the life he ever expected to have but thank God he did. He was one lucky man.
The End.
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A/N - Thank you to everyone that has been reading and following Taking A Chance. This was my very favorite book to write. I should have another done within the next 1-2 months so keep an eye out for it, or even better follow me so you'll know when I start posting it.
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Another note - If you enjoyed my Daryl Dixon version of Taking A Chance, you may want to check out my new novel on Kindle. I purposely wrote this story, so I could tweak it into a novel and I've done just that. Same name, with a very similar storyline with just a few changes. I've taken most of The Walking Dead parts out, but just left a few for those of us that read the original story. Check it out on Kindle. It's still titled, Taking a Chance, but it has my real name as the author – Lori J. Nelson. This new version, with Jake Sinclair as my Daryl, has better editing and story structure. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you.
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