A storm over head (Daryl Dixon fanfic)

memories

it  was late October Erin and Tamara were doing prole through out the streets they came across a man in is early 30s  . he was defiantly high , for the good of his well-being Tamara arrested him and put him in a cells for the night.

" Daryl i know were  i have seen her now  " Merle randomly blurted out .

"yea?" Daryl replied 

"she arrested me once  when i was as high as a kite"

"so you fucking high forgetful as coursed my bloody blood nose ".

" hey calm down baby brother all is fine  "

Tamara was walking past the men's tent in the early morning  before the sun had barely peeked over the tree line .  she could tell that Daryl and  Merle do not get along very well . Shane was up too ,he sat by the ashes of last night fire , some where still red and hot . Tamara approached the put out fire and Shane ,  smiled up at her . "morning dickhead " she said with a laugh " always us two up first ". Shane laughed in response , it was without a doubt that Shane had a crush on her he always did . but she was always  to blind to see , it was also a fact that whiles she had not been here and as well as now, that Shane and Lori were getting it on .  mending broken hearts so to speak . Tamara never found the need to have a boyfriend or husband, yes she had a child but she had raised Katrina all by herself By choice of course. 

Daryl was up now he walked straight to the near by forest not even looking back , Merle was up next .he smiled a Tamara and  walked over , " i'm going on the run today " he said cockily  as he sat on the log on the other side of Shane and Tamara . Tamara replied that she would rather stay here. Daryl emerged out of the  forest  and walked towards the small group that was gathering by the fire . Tamara had a sleepless night expressly after she hit Daryl in the face , the fact was that she felt bad about it all .  she never liked hitting people but she did believe that her fist were her best weapon . time was ticking by and the other people from the camp were starting to wake up   and get ready for the run in to Atlanta . others started the chores , Daryl got up from the log grabbing his crossbow and heading towards the forest again." ill come with you " Tamara yelled grabbing her throwing knife . the both entered the forest, but just before they did Tamara looked back and this time Shane was glaring at her and, Merle had this biggest creepiest smile on his face . Tamara waved back at them both and took one more step into the forest letting it engulf her . they begin there  walk deeper in to the forest it was silent , but that didn't bother either of the hunters . Tamara, bent over to tie her shoelace  and realised there was deer tracks she called Daryl down silently  and point them out to him , to be honest Daryl was surprised that she had seen them. they followed the tracks in to the late after noon. They had shot the dear a total of two times and caught about six squirrels between each of  them . Daryl fired one more bolt and it hit the dear .  it run from the shock of being hit again and the hunters could tell that is was very close to dying .  so the picked up the pace but sadly  when they had gotten to where it had fallen. They had been to late as there was a walker that had taken a bite out of it . Tamara sat down on the ground with her head in her palms, whilesit Daryl very angrily ripped out the bolts  , grumbling to himself . the camp had already taken care of the walker so it wasn't a threat to anyone any more . Tamara stood up as Daryl was saying "you reckon we could cut around the chewed up bit " Shane replied with " we would not risk that ". 

" we got some squirrel about a dozen or so that will have to do" the walkers jaw started to move as Daryl aimed his crossbow and said "come on people " Tamara had already hit it in the head with her knife Daryl finished his sentence with " its got to be the brain " Daryl mumbled something under his breath as he walked off. Tamara had only just  realised that there was a new face in the camp,a face that she recognised  is was Rick . She smiled at him and gave him a nod that was her way of saying" hi nice to see you again:" . but even though she barely showed it   Tamara was very  happy to see her best friend again . Daryl was calling for his brother and Tamara glared at rick as she could tell he had something to do with  what ever happened  to Merle  .Rick walked towards Daryl 

" who are you "

" Rick grimes " 

"Rick grimes you got something to tell me " 

" your brother was a danger to us all , so i handcuffed him to a rooftop to piece of metal he still there"

Tamara rage started to build up and Shane and Lori took a few steps back , Daryl rage also started to build up.

"OK let my process this your saying you hand cuffed my brother to a roof ! and you left him there !!!?"

 " yea " Rick said as he lowed his head "

Daryl through the squirrels at Rick and Rick ducked them, Daryl tried to lunge at Rick  but Shane run at him and knocked him to the ground. Daryl ripped out his knife from where he had it placed on his hip .

"watch the knife " Shane yelled .

Daryl swung at Rick but Rick and Shane grabbed him, Shane putting Daryl in a head lock .

"you best let me go "

"no i think this is better " Shane replied to Daryl .

" choke holds illegal " Tamara rage was at a level nine and a half that what Lori would describe it as. Rick bent over to Daryl level .

" i would like to have a calm conversation on this topic , do you think you can mange that " Rick repeated himself to try and get it through Daryl's head . Shane let Daryl out from the head lock  .

"your brother doesn't work or play well with other " 

" it not rick's fault " t dog started to say .

but  it was far to late because Tamara had finally snapped . 

"Rick i don't work or play with others are you going to fucking hand cuff me to a roof, no your not are you . whys that oh yea because you know me, you just come across this group  meet Merle and say oop he doesn't play well with other so lets handcuff him to a roof . you just judge a book by it cover Rick , who know Merle very well could of been somebody that did work well with others just like you and I . "

the guilt that Rick already had for leaving him behind was extricating 

 t -dog began to say " I had the key and i dropped it " 

Daryl and Tamara replied with " couldn't you of picked it up"

" I dropped it in a drain "

Daryl sighed and got up from the ground " if it supposed to make me feel better it dont "

" maybe this will i chained the door to the roof with a chain so the geeks couldn't get to him" t dog replied 

" it got to count for something " rick insured  Daryl began to sob " to hell to with all  of you , just tell me where he is so i can go get him"

" he will show you, isn't that right  " Lori chimed in 

"i'm going back " Rick

Tamara walked up to Daryl and put her hand on his shoulder and led him away from the group . 

" thanks" he said just above a whisperer ." for defending my brother "

" yea " she says back with a small smile . Then she  did  the unexpected even for her , she hugs Daryl they both tense up but relax and for two people that barley cry, they cry  because all the memories  are taking a toll on them both .  the memories  of what they had ......

author note :  A longer chapter because it the weekend a couple of question for you guys to answer.  

do you think that Tamara and Daryl should at first be friends before anything else ?

what colour eyes should Tamara have , I was thinking grey ?.