Beth:
"Hey" I woke to Maggie's face, literally inches from mine, making me almost jump straight out of my skin. "Woah! Wha-""Shhh...we need to be quiet. No one else is up yet." Maggie took her hand away from my mouth. I squinted into the blinding sunlight Maggie had let in by opening the curtain to my cell. "Then why are we?" "Because, I want you to see something. Get dressed and meet me by the front gate." With that, she left, not even closing my curtain. "Ugh!" I groggily dragged myself to my feet and shuffled over to the curtain, snapping it shut. I didn't really care who heard me. If I had to be up, why didn't they?
Daryl:
By the time I heard the cellblock door open, I'd been up for hours. So I sat up in bed, pulled on my vest, and headed for the door.
When I saw Beth leaving toward the gate, I sped up to catch her. "Hey" I guess I scared her a bit cuz she skidded to a stop dead in her tracks. "Hey yourself. You scared the crap outta me!" She laughed. I always did love her laugh. All high-pitched and choppy. And if ya got her laughing hard enough she'd even snort a little sometimes. I smiled to myself as I thought of how special she was.
"Watcha thinkin' bout?" I could feel the blood rushing to my face when she caught me grinnin' to myself. "Ah, nothin'" I turned away a little and hid my face. "Why don't I believe you?" There she went laughing again...god I loved her. I didn't think I could stand just watching her from far off much longer. "Well? I guess you don't have an answer to that do you?" And right then she snapped me out of my daydream and back to real life. I decided to take my chances.
Beth:
"Beth" Right as I turned around to meet his gaze, Daryl grabbed my shoulders and kissed me. I was so shocked that I froze in place for a second. When I finally realized what was happening, I was beyond happy. I'd been noticing him watching me lately. I knew he had eyes for me. I was always hoping he'd come forward and finally tell me how he felt. I kissed him back, knowing that this kiss meant the moment I'd been waiting for was finally here. When Daryl finally pulled back, I was grinning ear to ear. When Daryl looked up from my lips and saw my smile, I watched as he pulled his mouth into a small grin.
"I love you too, Daryl" His smile widened. "Good" He leaned back in and kissed me again, this time softer and sweeter. That's when I realized that we were still standing right in front of the gate. . . and Maggie.
Daryl:
"Oooooh! Would you look at that! Hey lovebirds, you guys wanna help me pull this gate open?" I pulled away quickly and tried to hide the redness in my face. "Uh. . . ya let's go."
We opened up the gate and Maggie took us over to the outside of the fence where the herd of walkers almost pushed the fence over. Since then they'd moved over a ways and left that section alone.
"Here we are. Look at that!" I followed Maggie's arm and gaze to the pile of dead (again) walkers on the ground. "What exactly are we lookin' at?" Maggie looked at me like I was dumb and blind. "Daryl, do you seriously not see it?" She bent down and picked something up off the ground. When she held it up, she had a half-eaten mouse by the tail between her fingers. Beth took one look and spun around to puke. I grabbed her hair and held it out of her face until she was finished. "Thanks, Daryl" I nodded. "Anytime. You okay?" I held my rag out to her. She took it and wiped at her face and mouth. "Yeah. Thanks. That's just nasty."
Maggie:
"I know. Somebody's been feeding them." Beth made a face at that and looked back at me. "Really? Who do you think would do that?" I looked at Daryl. "I'm not sure. Any ideas?" I could see the wheels go in his head, then stop. "Lizzie. Carol said something about her cutting up a rabbit and naming the walkers. She don't know that they ain't people anymore. She thinks they're just 'different'." I nodded. I thought I heard something like that too.
"You're probably right. I'm gonna go talk to Carol about her." I started back towards the gate, and turned around. "And since when did you two start. . . you know. . ." I looked right at Beth. "About ten minutes ago, actually." She giggled nervously. "Okay. Well I'll leave you two to that."
Beth:
And she was off. She didn't seem to really be too bothered by me and Daryl kissing, which surprised me a little. She actually seemed kind of excited.
Daryl:
I glanced over at Beth to see what she was thinkin'. She was shaking like one a' them little purse dogs. "Hey, you alright?" "Yeah. Carol will take care of Lizzie. It's just really cold out here." I turned toward her and wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "Then let's head back inside." I smilled at her and she returned it and nodded. I walked her back inside with my arm around her. I didn't feel like ever letting go.
