My Desire - Daryl Dixon (1)

A Comatose Beth

Chapter 48

After it was over, Daryl laid with me by the fire. We had moved a lot since the tree and now we were currently enjoying the heat of the flames. My eyes began to fix on the fire while Daryl stroked my arm before I said...

"Today was my birthday. She died on my birthday," I said, breaking up the silence.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Daryl asked.

"I was going to but then we found her, and now Beth is comatose and we don't know when she's going to wake up. I mean, what if she doesn't?" I asked, turning to him with tears in my eyes.

"Hey," Daryl said, trying to calm me down.

I then looked into his blue eyes before he said...

"She will wake up. You won't lose her, I promise," Daryl said before giving me a kiss.

Once he did this, we continued again for a while before breaking up the kiss and holding each other close. After doing this, I began to feel myself drifting to sleep in his arms, feeling safe and warm by the fire...

The next morning, I awoke to the feeling of the sun shine across my body before opening my eyes. I then noticed how the fire had been put out and saw that Daryl was still next to me. I then got up and began to search for my clothes. Once I found them, I put them away in my tent before changing into some clothes.

Once I was dressed, I headed out of the tent and noticed that Daryl had woken up and got dressed. I smiled at him for a moment before saying...

"I've got to head back to the house. I need to check on Beth," I said.

"I know, go," Daryl said with a smile.

I nodded before heading back to the house. After arriving, I instantly rushed into the house and up the stairs before heading into Beth's room. Heading in Beth's room, I noticed that nothing had changed. Beth was still comatose on the bed, and Maggie  and Patricia were still with her. I then began to sit beside them and smiled at Maggie.

"She'll be okay," I said.

Maggie put her hand over mine and began to put her head on my shoulder, feeling the comfort of her big sister before I heard the door open and Andrea walked in.

"How is she?" Andrea asked.

"Dehydrated. I'll set up and IV. Best I can do without Hershel," Patricia said before leaving the room.

As she did this, Maggie and I moved to either side of Beth before she took her hand and said...

"Hey," Maggie said to her softly.

Andrea then sat on the bed before she said...

"Can I get either of you anything?" Andrea asked.

"No, I just wish my dad was here," Maggie answered for us.

"Me too," I said.

"She'll be okay. You just need to be strong for her," Andrea said.

"I was just reminding her about- never mind," Maggie said.

"No- no I'd love to hear," Andrea said.

"My dad would die if he heard this. My first summer back from college, I drove home, took my stuff off and went straight back to the stable for a ride. My family comes back from church and Beth grabs my things and starts unpacking my things upstairs," Maggie said.

"That's sweet," Andrea said.

"Yeah until this one here starts searching through my backpack. She finds this little plastic container with these pinkie-green candies inside. She didn't even know I was on the pill. She's so freaked out by the idea of me and boys and sex. She runs outside, chucks them in the duck pond, and I ride up and I see some screaming. She's crying and Shawn runs out thinking one of us is drowning. As soon as he figures out what's going on, the jerk bursts out laughing so loud. My horse rears up and there's mud all over the three of us, and my dad comes out... 'what the heck's going on out here?', and she turns around, bats her eyelids and says; 'we were just swimming daddy'. And her Sunday dress is all covered in snot and mud," Maggie explained, reminding me of that story.

"Rick and Glenn we'll get your dad back," Andrea said.

Maggie nodded before saying...

"Glenn's a good guy," Maggie said.

"Yeah, he is," Andrea agreed.

After a while, Andrea then left the room while Maggie and I continued to stay with Beth. However, just then, I heard a car drive in and Maggie and I headed down the stairs to see the guys come back. Everyone then began reuniting before Hershel said...

"Patricia, prepare the shed for surgery," Hershel said to her as they headed inside the house.

"Who the hell is that?" T-Dog asked, bringing all of our attention to the kid in the back of the car.

"That's Randall," Glenn answered.

We then began to walk over to the car, seeing who this Randall was...