Chapter Five
"You got your inhaler?" Madi asks Harry as they walk down the steps of their house
"Yes, did you take your vitamins?" Harry's hands go to his knife to make sure it's there for the third time since he's woken up.
"Yes honey, you be good out there, okay?" Madi stops at the edge of the porch, she leans against the post and Harry shakes his hair before shifting it to the side
Harry nods and leans forward to kiss her, Shelby waving to him across the street after they've said their goodbyes. harry walks down the steps, doing another run through of his mental list of things before he joins Tom who is already at the truck with Bradley
"Where's Derek?" Bradley asks confused, tossing his backpack into the backseat. He watches as Harry walks up towards them.
"'Derek'" Tom snorts with a laugh
"What?" He asks confused
"You know his name is Daryl right?" He laughs, leaning against the hood of the truck.
"What? No. I've been calling him Derek since we met." Bradley scoffs lighting up a cigarette. Tom rolls his eyes watching as Harry joins them at the truck. Rosita and Eugene are at the gates, unloading the few things someone apparently forgot in the back of the truck from the last stop.
"Really?" Tom asks after a few moments of silence "maybe he's just being nice"
"Daryl? Nice? The guy looks like he can fuck you up with a spork and a nail file" Harry snorts
"Just because he looks like he can do that doesn't mean he will. Me and Daryl are bros" tom says making the other two boys laugh
"Sure bro." Bradley mocks hopping into the back of the truck.
"We are! We talk. He's cool" Tom smiles "look there he is, my man Daryl!" Tom smiles holding his hand out for a high five as Daryl walks towards them. Daryl stares at the hand as he walks past, leaving Tom standing there. Harry snorts and laughs silently as Daryl hops into the front seat.
Tom doesn't let it get to him. They're bros. Obviously.
"Lets get this show on the road, yeah boys? Don't have all day" Rosita says as she pulls the gate open. Eugene approaches Harry as Shelby walks up with a brown bag in hand for Tom.
"So Rick said this morning something about a meeting tomorrow afternoon for Michonne, he wants to bring her back o Alexandria. As you know I'm not equipped to make that sort of transportation, so I assumed he'd ask you to help him. Just a heads up."
"Thanks buddy," Harry smiles sliding into the front passenger seat.
"Come on, lets go!" Daryl hollers out his window from the back seat where he's got his crossbow seated in the middle seat.
"Okay, okay, coming" Tom says waving over his shoulder. "Love you, see you later. Have a good nap, take your prenatal vitamins when you wake up, shouldn't be too long," Tom leans down and kisses his girlfriend on the lips before taking the bag from her hands
"Remember to share" she smirks as his hand leaves hers as he pulls away.
"Will do love." He winks and slides into the drivers seat.
Normally Rick would see them off, but he's got too much to worry about at the moment, and he's probably still super pissed off at Daryl for the whole Michonne situation.
Either way, Daryl is kind of fucked if Rick is mad at him. Not only is Rick his best friend, but his brother. Daryl couldn't deal with losing another brother figure in his life after finally working on building something with the group.
