Bella's P.O.V
We left, we were on the tracks, heading for Terminus. I hoped the place was actually there. Rick walked ahead, then Michonne, then Carl, then Daryl and I. I was slightly in front of him. Daryl had a black eye and multipe cuts and bruises. He wouldn't even let me fall behind him a little bit, so I stayed in front of him. We turned into the woods, we were getting close to Terminus. We didn't know them so we were going to sneak in.
"We'll be there before sundown," Daryl stated.
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A while later we found the fence that surrounded Terminus. We quietly moved closer to it. Rick buried a bag of guns. We were walking the perimeter of the fence. Rick went alone. Daryl and I were together, Michonne and Carl were together.
Daryl told me about Beth getting kidnapped. Then we stayed quiet for a little bit. He blamed himself to that just as much as he blamed himself for not knowing where Katie was.
"Just so you know, I'm glad I met you, I'm glad I got to know you. I don't blame you in any way for Katie, and I'm happy about all the things you did for her. I care about you, Daryl, a lot and last night," I started, then I dropped my head for a second, "I didn't know what to do. I couldn't help you and I was scared I was gonna lose y-"
"I'm still here and so are you," He cut me off.
"You would be fine without me, Dixon," I laughed slightly, his eyes dropped to the ground for a second. Then he stopped walking. I turned to face him, he wrapped his arms around me. His face was in the crook of my neck. We stood there, and I held him. Then he moved to look me in the eyes, his arms still around me. I wanted to tell him... Really badly. I leaned in, the side of my head pressed into his chest. I looked to the side of us. I stayed silent, I probably should've let him go, but I didn't.
"What are ya thinkin about?" He asked. I stayed quiet for a minute.
"I-You, if I'm being totally honest," I laughed a little, he chuckled, "I want to tell you something, but I'm scared yer gonna hate me."
"I couldn't hate you Bella, not even if I tried," He replied, "You can tell me anything."
I let go of him, he looked at me, confusion shown in his eyes.
"I-" I started, my heart started to race, I swallowed the lump in my throat, "I love you, and I understand if you don't feel the same way, but it was hard for me to keep that to myself."
He stared at me, he didn't look surprised.
"I know," He smiled slightly, "I-Me too," He laughed for a second, "But about you."
I smiled a little back, I figured he'd have a hard time saying those words anyways. But I loved him and there was no denying it.
He kissed my cheek, then we kept walking in comfortable silence.
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We came back and met with everyone. Rick jumped the fence first. I climbed up next, Daryl helped. Tall fence, short girl. Don't mix. Even Rick had to climb it, it was a pretty tall fence. He came down next, then Michonne and Carl. Daryl was just inches behind me. I took the place in, it was huge. Daryl stepped ahead of me, I had my machete in hand. He stayed in front of me as we ran into the first building we saw. We went into a room, a lady was talking into a microphone. A bunch of people were working on the same maps we saw on the roads here.
"Hello," Rick called out, we stood in a line. A man looked irritated about us being there.
"Well I bet Albert is on perimeter watch," The irritated man said, tossing a pencil to the side. He even sounded annoyed.
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The Light in my Storm
Fanfiction"Daryl, you're the light in my storm," I whispered in his ear as we lay in bed. "And you're mine, sweetheart" He whispered back as he pulled me closer to him.
