Your Mine ( Merle Dixons Love story)

7

"Willow!" 

"No." 

"But Willow!" 

I groan look over at the little girls standing by my bed."Wha' do ya want?" 

"Pa, needs ya! He said he wanna talk!" Alabama says smiling. I look over at Sophia who waved shyly at me making me smile. I start getting up making the girls move away I shoo them out so I could get dressed. I sigh moving my hand down my face trying to wake myself up standing up I make my way over to my pack that I had brought with me. I pulled on a white t-shirt and rolled it into my bra and put on some jeans before putting my boots on. 

"Will.." I turn to the voice and see Daryl standing there. 

"Hey ya lil' Dare Bear." I say laughing when he punched me in the arm.

"Shut the hell up." He mutters."Got any smoke's?" 

I groan reaching into my bag and giving him some."Make 'em last got it?" I say walking towards my tent entrance.  I open it and..the sun wasn't even up.

"Merle Dixon!!" I yell hearing Daryl say 'oh shit'. Yeah oh shit! Sun isn't even up yet and he has me up at the ass crack of dawn? No. 

"Wait baby. Listen ta me fer a moment.."He says backing up I glare at him and storm over standing not even an inch form him. I cross my arms and look him in the eye basically giving him the go ahead. 

"This better be good Merle." I say. 

"Ed has been touchin' Sophia." Merle says getting a dark look on his face. I look over to where the girls were sitting with Summer. Bambi holding Sophia in a hug while Sophia was leaning her head against her shoulder. 

"Bambi went ta save 'er?" I ask coming down from my anger. 

"She wanted Sophia ta talk ta ya. Why she thought it was a good idea to go at night I don' know." Merle says sounding tired. 

"Well let's talk ta 'em see what Bambi wants alright?" 

Merle gives me a look before nodding letting me lead the way towards the two little girls. Bambi turns hearing us coming and smiles shrugging Sophia awake. 

"Did ya tell 'er daddy?" Bambi asks basically hopping over to us. 

"Nah baby girl. Jus' told 'er ya wanted ta ask somethan' so ya gotta say it doll." Merle says. 

I sigh and look her in the eyes."What is it Bambi?" 

Bambi looks down at the ground before looking back at me."I wan' Sophia here.." She says shifting a bit. She looks like she's in trouble."I don' wanna leave 'er with 'er parents..her momma won' do anythang when 'er daddy hits Sophia and I am gettin' sick of it Will!" Bambi says stomping her foot at the last part of the sentence. She looked at me and I watched her eyes tear up. She rubs her nose with her arm and glares at me with determined look in her eye. I sigh. 

"Miss.Willow? Would you like me to leave?" Sophia asks in a whisper. 

I look at the other girl looking her over. She has a black eye and a busted lip from what I can see."Did he touch ya?" I ask. 

Sophia scoots closer to Bambi shaking her head."Momma stopped him." 

"Has he touched ya before?" I ask softly. 

Sophia lets out a shaky sigh and I just nodded my head standing up."She can stay wit' me in my tent. Go on an' get some sleep before ya fall over." I say to the little girl who looked scared. She smiled at me and thanked me before running to where my tent was dragging Bambi with her. I sigh looking at Merle who looks very torn. 

"Merle's got another little girl ta take care of now huh?" Summer says coming from behind me. 

"I couldn't leave 'er with 'er momma Summer. If I did she's dead." I said. "He just wanted me ta talk ta 'er."  I said standing and look at  my sister with,"I am goin' ta go talk to Rick."

"No you stay here okay? I'll talk to them and Carol." Summer says giving me a side hug before walking off to the RV where Rick was. 

"Will?" I turn my head to see Merle standing right next to me. He looks tired and ready to pass out at this point. I wrap my arm around his torso and hug him to me letting him lean on me."Is this even a good idea? She ain't our's." 

He had a point; Sophia wasn't ours. There was still one thing though,"Ya kept Summer an' I. We were complete strangers yet ya jumped in ta protect us. Both Daryl an' ya." 

Merle makes a grunt noise pressing his mouth on the side of my head giving it a kiss."Imma check on the hell-raisers." He says making his way to my tent. 

"They're not there yet Merle!" I yell watching him look over his shoulder and smirk." That sneaky asshole."

I look at our clothes hamper and sigh. She grabs it and some soap that Summer most likely brought and made her way to the quarry.