"I don't want you to go," Beth said as she caught up to Daryl in the hallway.
"That makes two of us," he said.
She followed him into the shower. "Then don't go."
"We gotta deal with him sometime. Anyway, he says he wants to make a deal."
"He almost killed you last time! Do you really think you can trust him?" Beth asked.
"Ain't my call. Rick wants to try," Daryl said.
"What if it's a trap? What if--"
He pulled her into his arms. "Hey, calm down. We ain't stupid. We're going in with our eyes open. If they try anything, we'll be ready for them."
"I'm just so scared. It's bad enough you're going, but Daddy too? He can barely walk."
"That's why he's driving." Daryl moved to stand behind her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Damn, girl you're tense," he said as he kneaded her muscles.
Beth groaned as he worked some of the stiffness out of her shoulders. "That feels good."
His arms came down around her waist and pulled her back against him. "Gonna make you feel even better."
Her body caught fire as she absorbed his heat, and she moaned with the thrill of it.
His voice was husky in her ear. "You're so fucking hot. Ain't hardly even touched you yet." One hand came up to grasp her breast through her shirt as he kissed her neck.
She moaned again, all her worries forgotten for the moment. He let her go and came around to take her hand and walk to the bench with her. Then he pulled her shirt up over her head and set it down on the bench. Beth was already taking off her bra as he turned back to her.
"Gonna have to teach you some patience when I get back. Remember last time?"
She looked at him in confusion at first, and then she understood that he was talking about the way he had tricked her into thinking that Rick was about to interrupt them. "I didn't understand why you did that."
"Because it turned me on," Daryl said. "Tell me how it made you feel."
She had been annoyed with him, and then unsure about his hot and cold behavior. Mostly, though, she had been aroused for hours with him so close by. Every time he looked at her, she remembered the way he had watched her touch herself. "I wanted to be alone with you."
"That was so hot for me seeing how turned on you were, and knowing that you were thinking about me that night when you touched yourself. Bet you couldn't wait to come, but you had to be real quiet. Slept good though, didn't you?"
"Not really," Beth said. "I still couldn't fall asleep for a long time, so I had to do it again."
Daryl inhaled sharply. When he spoke again, the tone of his voice turned the fire inside of her into an inferno. She had never heard it sound so low and rough before. "Take everything off now."
