Reasons

familiar

Carols eyes narrowed as she recognised something familiar about the scruff of this man but due to habit cast her eyes to the floor as she was not allowed to look at men too long. Hearing Lori groan carols head snapped towards her friend to see a fake smile directed at the new comer, causing Rick to awkwardly chuckle which lead to awkward silence but out the corner of her eyes carol could see the unnamed guy smirk and raise his eyebrow at Lori. "Well you know Shane and Lori" Rick began interrupted by Shane "Dixon" he spoke anger lacing through his words. Carols eyes scrunched together once more feeling as though she knew that name "And well this is Carol our neighbour, our kids go to school together" Rick continued awkwardly rubbing his neck. To this information Daryl glanced at her scrunching his eyes then suddenly glanced at the floor confusing Carol. Carol drowned out their conversation not picking up on the snide remarks to each other or the bickering she roughly heard that Dixon? She was still unsure was a detective and was here to help Rick and Shane with an important case. Plans and ideas ran through carols head about what her and Sophia could do whilst Ed was away, they couldn't use money but they could visit the park and feed the ducks maybe go to the library thoughts like that occupied her bringing a smile to her face. Suddenly the men stood announcing their leave for work which startled Carol as she was normally home before Rick left for her check-up from Ed, looking at the clock she realised that they were late for work making her even later for the phone call from her husband. "i got to go" mumbled Carol running across the street to her house panic over taking her, once she got to the answering machine she heard Ed's angry voice mail filled with insults cussing and vulgar language. Just as she began to dial his number a knock on the door excused her from it, approaching the peephole she saw the detective that was with rick he saw her as he held up a stuffed doll that she had apparently left and Rick and Loris house. Sighing at her idiocy she opened the door and gratefully took the doll out of the scruffy man "thought ya would need ya doll" he joked making carol smile a small shy smile. "It’s not mine it's my daughter Sophia’s" Carol explained and offered coffee not being able to pass up her manners, to her surprise he accepted. She then began to explain how Sophia could never, not have the doll and that her teachers put a ban on it entering the school so it had to drop her off and pick her up from school. Silence surrounded the duo but it was so comfortable it felt normal. Coughing he stood announcing his leave "well thank you for returning the doll. Dixon?" Carol thanked still unsure on his name "Daryl. My name is Daryl Dixon" he said as he shut the front door behind him.

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