I'm Saving You

Talk To Me

Nothing really has happened so we gonna do a time skip. Woooooooo to a few weeks later.
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About 11 o'clock at night.

Daryl's POV
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I laid there wide awake while Jesus slept with his head in my lap. I smile as I move his hair out of his face to reveal one of my love marks i left on his neck. "No wonder he doesn't wear his hair up anymore." I chuckle to myself.

Knock knock. "Guys?" I hear a little voice say on the other side of the door.

"Come in." I say.

She walks in and shuts the door quietly. "I didn't wake you did I?" She asks.

"No but don't wake him." I smile.

"Ok I won't." She smiles back weakly. She puts her head down as her leg jumps a little. She looks really nervous.

"Alright talk to me." I say.

"What?" She says obviously trying to play dumb.

"What's on your mind?"

"Well. (Sigh) You know....I've been here a couple of weeks and I've been hanging out with Carl a lot lately and......he and I were wondering if you guys would let us be."

"(Sigh) together?" I but in.

"Yeah."

"We'll talk in the morning. I wanna wait till I can talk with Jesus and..."

"It doesn't matter. Whatever you say he's gonna say."

"Why do you say that?" I ask.

"He did it when I asked if I could go hang out with Carl. Don't think I don't notice things. He looked at you and when you gave him a nod he told me I could go. He looks to you for decisions like this. He never did that before. It's like he second guesses himself ."

I sat there and thought about what I should say. Man I wish he was up. He's a lot better at talking to a teen. "Well."

"Why does he do it?"

"He looks to me because maybe he trust me more than himself. And that's not right. He shouldn't do that, that's how he is. And, he likes to included me in his decision. I'm very protective of my family. Especially you two. The only reason I said you could go that day and all the other days, was because Jesus looked at me with that look. I didn't want you to go because I was afraid. But that look told me tha.."

"Afraid of what?" She interrupted.

"I was afraid of losing you. You'd fall in love and go with Carl and do things. And leave. I don't want you to leave. Your my daughter and I'd do anything for you. And so would Jesus. You know it, I know it." I pause and she talks.

"You consider me your daughter?" She smiles.

"Of course. Jesus and I both do. I know you said we were in laws but, I'd rather it be father and daughter, and father." I say kissing Jesus's head and he snuggles closer to me.

"Really?" She says as a little tear falls.

"Yes. Because I love you and he loves you and we'd do anything for you."

"Wait. You love me? Like really?"

"Yeah. I just said I consider you my daughter why wouldn't I love you?" I ask confused.

"You can call someone your daughter all you want.... it doesn't mean you love them. "

I just look at her. Well that was deep. What do I say? "I always knew Jesus did but I never thought you would." She says out of no where.

"Why? What do you think I am...some heartless redneck?" I say kinda hurt.

"No no no of course not it's just, after my mom died, I never thought I would have someone care about me other than Jesus. Then I lost him. Lost the one person that cared. I of course got him back....and met you. I came into your life... you didn't have to let me in but you did.  At first I thought you only did it for him."

"Well I didn't!" I snap still feeling a little hurt.

"I know that now." She says with a smile "And no your not heartless. You have a big heart. You may act tough. I mean your are but you care more then you show." She smiles more. "I know you care Daryl."

"I do. A lot. You and him. You guys are the best thing that ever happened to me." I say.

We were silent for a minute. She just sat there. She had something on her mind. I feel Jesus move and I look at him and smile. "You know?" She says breaking the silence.

I look up at her. She looked at Jesus with a smile. "I always hoped that he'd find someone like you. Someone who loves him and protects him. Someone he could hold, someone who would hold him. Make him laugh. But he never tried. All he did was take care of me. I really wanted him to have something more than me in his life...even if that meant I lost him. I just wanted to see him happy. That's all I ever wanted." A couple of tears fall from her face and mine too as she pauses. "I'm glad he has you. You fill that one section of his heart that was not there before. You complete him." She smiles through the few tears left.

There was a long pause before I spoke. "But you know what?" I say looking up at her.

She looks at me and shrugs her shoulders. "You complete us. We are a family. The three of us. We're together as one. "

She smiles. "Thanks Daryl." She pauses to wipe away her tears. "It means a lot. Everything you've said to me. Feels good to know someone else cares." She says smiling and getting up to leave.

"No problem. Anytime. We'll talk about the other thing in the morning." I say.

She opens the door and stops to turn and face me.
"Ok. Goodnight Daryl," she says walking further out but stops and looks down at her feet with a smile. "I love you."

"Love you too." I smile as she walks out and shuts the door.

I feel Jesus move again and when I look down, I see him looking up at me. "How much did you hear ?" I say kissing his forehead.

"Oh, only all of it." He smiles. "I'm glad you told her that. It made her feel good. Made me feel good. I'm glad you love her just as much as I do." He smiles more. "And she's right." I pauses to jump up and kiss my cheek. "You do have a heart."

I just smile."Thanks. I love you baby." I say kissing him one more time.

"Love you too." He says turning on his side as I follow, draping my arm across his body, falling asleep.