Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter XIV ➳ Bridge

I held Mollie's hand when walking up to the bridge. Daryl, Aaron, and most of the Saviors, including myself, are helping in building the bridge for trading and getting to each community with ease. Since Carol told me that Henry was going to be here and giving out water to everyone, as added help, I decided that it was time for Mollie to come out and help him.

I gingerly walked up to Henry, who nearly collided with us before he backed up and smiled up at me. "Hey, Tess," he squeaked out, finally calling me by my first name than by Ms. Rovia. "Hi, Mollie."

Mollie grinned while I started to speak to him, "Henry, I thought that it was a good idea that Mollie helps you today. Is that okay? Will you keep her safe for me?"

Henry nodded and smiled at Mollie again. "Yes, ma'am."

He was always so polite, so I messed up his hair before bending down to talk to Mollie. Although she came up to my waist, I always bent down to talk to her, like she was a toddler.

"Stick with Henry and don't go off by yourself," I instructed, rubbing her arms. "He'll keep you safe, but if something happens, scream for me and I'll come running."

"Okay," she agreed, somewhat very quietly. "I'll stay with Henry."

"Good," I smirked before I heard Daryl calling out to me: "Tess. Let's hurry and get this done."

I nodded before I kissed her forehead, leaving her with Henry. I walked over and Daryl handed me a hammer, but we didn't speak. Aaron glanced up and noticed that I was standing there. He stood up to hug me, but I pushed him away.

"No way," I giggled, keeping him at arm's length. "You're sweaty."

"Oh, you'll be the same way soon, too," Aaron laughed, now heading over to help Daryl get a board to fix the bridge with. "Give it time, Tess."

"I will," I smirked, now taking a knee to hammer down the nails in the board. I nearly stepped on them, so I decided to fix that before it becomes a problem later on.

Aaron and Daryl come back over, placing a new board down. Now helping me nail the new board down, Aaron suddenly says: "Tess, I was just telling Daryl about Gracie how I went in after her nap and picked her up, and the diaper just explodes all over me."

I smiled, knowing exactly what he meant, thanks to Tory. Daryl mumbled, "Sounds like good times."

"Oh, the best. Tess knows," Aaron claimed, nudging me and I just smile. "You'll see."

Daryl glanced up, as I felt his glare; even though, it wasn't towards me. "What?" Aaron innocently breathed out, while I kept on hammering down the nails when Aaron replied, "You'd be a great dad."

Daryl now took a moment to look at me before he turned away and muttered under his breath, "Yeah."

I know that Daryl would be a wonderful father if he would just open his heart a little more. I have seen the way that he has been with Tory, and even Mollie, too. After I gave birth to Tory, he was immediately there to calm her down and hold her in his arms. He even cut the tube connecting us, but we keep our memories to ourselves and don't talk as much as we used to.