No Fear (Daryl Dixon) ON HOLD

[Chapter Five] Stitches

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Daryl helps Arianna out of the car, Being extra cautions. He puts his crossbow across his chest, Then bending down.

"This is a serious piggy back. Hop on." Daryl tells her. Arianna chuckles and hops on, Ignoring the pain in her leg.

"This is probably about the eight hundredth time my stitches reopened." Arianna whispers in Daryl's ear.

Arianna jumped off of Daryl's back, Then sees a sobbing Carol.

"Carol what happened?" Arianna asks, Sitting in the guardrail and taking her hand.

"There's two walkers after my baby!" Carol sobs. Then Arianna noticed that Rick is missing.

"Ricks after her too?" Arianna asks. Carol nods while tears strolling down her cheeks. "Come here."

After embracing, Arianna whispers in Carols ear.

"I'll tell you something once Sophia returns."

Everyone looked as Rick came back from the forest. Arianna was pissed but sad for Carol.

"Daryl, Shane, Glenn." Rick says. "I need you to come with me."

Arianna sat with Carol for the rest of the time. They chatted and kept each other's spirits up.

"Okay, Sophia or not, I have to tell you this." Arianna says. Carol looks at her friend with such curiosity. "When the herd came I was with Daryl. He got us both in the backseat and.. We kissed." She dropped her voice to a whisper, Not wanting anyone but Carol to hear.

Carol clamped a hand over her mouth, Trying not to laugh.

"I told you." Carol says. "I told you that you'll fall for him!" Arianna scoffs and pushes her arm.

"Stop." Arianna warns her, Crossing her arms.

When the four men came back, Carol was devastated when Sophia wasn't there holding Glenn's hand.

Arianna put a comforting hand on Carols back, Making sure she knows that she's there for her.

After Carol got to sleep, Arianna went straight to Daryl.

"Are you okay?" She asks. Daryl nods before giving her a kiss on the lips. Their lips part and Daryl looks in Arianna's brown eyes.

"We'll look for Sophia in the mornin'." Daryl says. "But not you."

"Why not?" Arianna whines.

"Because your leg and you'll need ta help Dale and T-Dog." Daryl tells her. Arianna rolls her eyes.

The next morning, Rick called for a group meeting. All most everything Rick said, Lori was against.

"..Then we'll do that." Rick gruffly says. Daryl nudged Arianna's arm.

"You with us?" Daryl asks.

"Hmm? Sorry. I was too busy thinking of ways to punch her in the face to retain that." Arianna says, Directing to Lori.

"Is your leg feeling better yet? Can you leave?"

"Unfortunately no." Arianna says, Standing her ground. Lori rolls her eyes.

Once their argument was over, It was agreed that Arianna, T-dog and Dale stay by the RV, While the others searched for Sophia.

Arianna said goodbye to all of them and wished them good luck.

While sitting on the hood of a red Comet, Arianna heard a noise.

"You hear that?" Arianna asks. Dale and T-dog shakes their heads. She must be going crazy. She hoped the group was alright because that was definitely a gunshot she heard.

Half an hour later, Arianna still sat on the red comet, But with a guitar with her. She started to strum a random tune.

The rest of the group emerged from the woods, Telling everyone about Carl being shot.

"Shot? What so you mean shot?" Dale asks.

"Oh I don't know, Dale. Probably with a gun or somethin'." Arianna says, Smirking at her own remark

"Ari, Shut up!" She hears Glenn say. She puts her hands up in defense while sliding off the car.

"Chill down, Chinaman. I was only joking. But yeah, Carl probably got shot by a gun." Arianna says, Putting her hands down.

"Arianna, Can you take Carols Cherokee to that farm? Your both hurt and if Carl's there then you both can get patched up." Dale asks Arianna.

"Yep. Lets go T-Dog." Arianna says, Collecting the keys to Carols car. "Where is it?" Arianna asks Glenn.

"The girl on the horse said its a couple miles that way. Its a farm and the mailbox name is 'Greene'." Glenn tells her. She thanks him and drives off.

By the time Arianna found the Farm, It was sunrise. They parked in front of the , walking up the porch stairs.

"Do we knock? It looks like people live here." T-dog whispers. Arianna nods, But before she could do anything, A female voice spoke up.

"Did ya close the gate on the way in?" She asks, Coming out of the shadows.

"Yeah, We did the latch and everything." Arianna says. "I'm Ari. This is T-Dog."

"I'm Maggie. Ill take you inside." The girl says. She opens the door and lets them in. She leads them in the room Carl is staying.

"Rick? Were here for you, Okay?" Arianna says. He looks up at the two and nods. Maggie then brings them into the kitchen.

"We're both hurt. Do you mid giving us both stitches?" T-dog asks. Arianna steps up.

"Don't even bother giving me stitches. I've stitched my leg three times and it keeps opening.

"No, Well give ya stitches." Maggie tells her. Then she calls for a woman named Patrica. "This is Patrica. She'll be patchin' you up."

"Hello. I'm Ari and this is T-dog." Arianna introduces, Shaking Patricia's hand.

Patrica sat the both of them down, But stated she's going to stitch up T-dog first.

"Is this Merle Dixon a friend?" Patrica asks to keep the pain off of T-dog's mind.

"I wouldn't consider him much as a friend." T-dog painfully says.

After T-dog was done being stitched up, it was Arianna's turn.

"This isn't hurting you?" Patrica asks. Arianna shakes her head.

"No. The whole time I got these stitches, It just kept gettin' numbed." Arianna informs her. Vehicles then roll in the yard. "Is this almost done? I gotta talk to Daryl."

"Yeah, Two more stitches." Patrica says. When she was done, Daryl walked in.

"Ari, You busy?" He asks. Arianna shook her head.

"Nope. Not anymore." Arianna says. Hershel then walked in.

"You can all put your tents over there in the trees." Hershel informs them.

Daryl and Arianna ended up sharing a tent.
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Finally Ari got somewhere for her stitches to actually heal. And what I mean about "Daryl and Arianna ended up sharing a tent" they shared more then a tent.