Ch:5 Finding Daryl

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The man said "dont shoot". He stepped out from behind a tree and his eyes popped. I looked at him and excitingly asked "is that you Daryl"? He smiled and asked "Shelby" already knowing the answer. We ran to eachother and hugged eachother tight. I smiled and said"I'm so glad to see you". He looked at me and said "I cant believe you are still alive".

He let go of me and asked "where your parents at, It will be nice to see you old man again". A sad look spread across my face. He got down on his knees and asked "Sweety whats wrong"? Tears came rolling down my face as I said "they didnt make it". He stood up and started pacing. A few tears came rolling out of his eyes and he gave me an even bigger hug than before. He asked "how long have you been alone"? I said "about 5 months, but I wasnt alone for about 2 days.

I ran up my tree stand and grabbed little asskicker harness and all. He ran over to me and said "how do you have Judith"? I looked puzzled and asked "who's Judith"? He pointed at ass kicker and said "thats Judith". I asked  "how do you know her"? He smiled and said "its Ricks daughter and Carl's little sister". I held her tight and said "well lets go give her back".

A frown came across his face and he told me "We got split up after the prison fell under attack". I saddened again and said "I know, I saw everything from the tree lines". He said "we lost one of our own, did you see that too". I looked at him and said "sadly I did".

After we stood in silence for a couple of minutes I smiled then asked "wheres Merle"? Daryl gave me this hurt and sad look. I dropped my jaw and said "no..... he cant be". I began to cry because I grew up with them. They were my dads best friends so they have always been around. He said "it's ok, he is in a better place now".

I tried to calm down because it was scareing ass kicker.....I mean Judith. Daryl smiled and asked "where did you find little ass kicker" I lookep up at him and said "you call her that too"! He smiled and said "well I called you that when you were small, so I did the same thing with her". I put the harness on and she was facing my back again.

I showed Daryl my crossbow and asked "Do you remember this"? He smiled and said "holy shit, you still have this, I gave this to you when you were like 10". I smiled and said "well Im 14 now so I've had it for 4 years". I looked the crossbow he had on his back and said "looks like you still have yours too"! He took it off of his back and said "yep, I cant go anywhere without it".

We walked back to my stand and climbed it. We sat up in the treestand and rested. I put my harness on the wrong away so Judith could be up against my chest. He looked at her then asked "How did you find her"? I smiled and said "while the prison was being attacked I went into a hole in a fence and seen her alll alone in her carseat. Walkers were going after her so I killed them and took her. I brought her back here with me and we have been together ever since". I smiled and kissed Judith on the head.

Daryl smiled and said "I'm so glad I found you. Man, deep down inside I knew you could make it. You always acted like you were on of the guys". I smiled and said "well I never really hung out with my mom. I hung out with you ,Merle, and my dad all the time".He smiled and said "I remember when me and Merle held you when you were just a baby, now look at you, 14 and killing zombies". He continues and said "Im proud of you, your parents would be too".

I looked over at my full bottle of water. I handed it to him and said "here take it". He smiled and said "I couldnt, its yours". I showed him mine and put the full one on his lap. He took it and untwisted the cap. He took a long sip then screwed the cap back on. I told him "after I found the baby I went to a store infested with walkers just to get her some food'. I smiled and looked down at Judith. I looked up at Daryl as he began to talk. He smiled and said "well you re stong and brave,so I would belive it. You also care a lot about other people and would do anything for them. I smiled and said "thanks, I missed you".

A few seconds went my then he said "I missed you too". He gave me a hug then said "lets hit the hay, we need to track down the rest of the group tomorrow". We both layed down squished on the treestand. I liked it though because I dont feel alone anymore and he is keeping me warm. I put my jacket on both of us and I fell asleep. I fell asleep knowing that Daryl would protect me. Daryl and Merle were like my older brothers. We all hung out in the trailer park together. I will miss Merle, but I'm glad I found Daryl.

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