Angel (Daryl Dixion x Reader)

~4~

Within thirty minutes of Rick leaving, Amy, Andrea, Carol, and Jacqui all wanted to head down to the quarry to do some more laundry. Even after Ed said he was going down too, you still offered to go help, and they greatly accepted. Knowing Ed's lazy, narcissistic ass, he wasn't gonna do much of anything other than sit on his fat ass and smoke cigarettes. God- you couldn't stand that asshole. Since there was only two wash boards, Amy soaked the dirty cloths and put soap on them, while Carol and Andrea scrubbed the cloths before handing them to Jacqui and you to rinse out. It was a good little line of work. Now you stood beside Jacqui. Wringing yet out another piece of clothing that she handed you when it came down the line of laundry you all had going. As predicted, Ed was sitting on his ass, just smoking his cigarettes back to back like he had all the time in the damn world. You placed another pair of someone's jeans neatly in a basket after squeezing as much water out of the denim as possible. Shane had taken Carl down there a few minutes after the laundry line had started up. Why? To catch frogs from the looks of it.

You knew there were frogs out there, as you could hear them every night. From the sounds of some of them, there were some real monster frogs down here. Since the quarry had been abandoned long before the world ended, you figured that they probably would have been able to get pretty large. Big enough to eat you reckon. You're snapped from your thoughts when Shane pops out of the water after falling in while starting to splash around noisily. You knew he hadn't slipped, rather went under suit to get Carl to smile. "Alright little man- they're comin' your way! They're comin' your way! Get 'em, Get 'em! Get 'em!" Shane says loudly, making Carl laugh just as loudly.

"Catch some frogs! Catch some frogs!" Shane chants, only increasing your nephew's fit of laughter. It felt nice to see Carl actually smiling and laughing. Finding your self smiling at him in turn when they start talking and laughing some more. Already knowing that they probably didn't catch anything, but it was nice to see them smile and relax for a few minutes. Times like this were more than precious these days. "..I'm beginning to question the division of labor here." Jacqui comments as she walks back up with Andrea, more cloths in their hands, and ready to be washed. You hadn't even noticed them walk back to the trucks to get more arm fulls of dirty clothing. Oops. "Me too." Andrea agrees flatly, making you roll your eyes and rinse a shirt Andrea handed your way. "What'd ya got bad boy? What'd ya got?" Shane asks Carl with amusement evident in his voice as you rinse the shirt out. "Dirt." You hear Carl say, obviously a little disappointed. You giggle a little at them while rolling your eyes. Figures, as that wasn't exactly the way to catch frogs effectively. Carl laughs some more with a chuckling Shane but you cant hear what their saying, so you just continue what your doing. "Can someone explain to me how the women wound up doin' all the Hattie McDaniel work?" Jacqui asks as she shakes out a shirt making you smile at her a little. "The world ended. Didn't you get the memo?" Amy sarcastically states, turning your light smile into a silent smirk from her sly comment.

Carol looks back worriedly at her husband, who just sits firmly on his ass still. "It's just the way it is." She says softly, obviously relived he didn't hear them talking like that. You stifle a groan at her timid, beaten down, and rather skittish demeanor. Damn- Ed really was nothing but piece of shit. Carol hands you a yellow shirt to wring out, and you give her a small smile. "I do miss my Maytag." Carol adds after a few minutes of silence. A washing machine... man you did miss those. "I miss my Benz, my sat nav..." Andrea adds, spoken like a privileged woman for sure. "I miss my coffee maker with that dual-drip filter and built in grinder, honey." Jacqui adds as well, and you realized that you couldn't remember the last cup of coffee you had. "My computer, and texting." Amy chimes in and you shake your head at the younger adult with a small smile. "Hot water." You add making everyone glance at you briefly before nodding in silent agreement. "I miss my vibrator." Andrea says suddenly, making you pause and look up at her slightly shocked while Amy just gasped at her sister. Well then- Yeah.. she certainly had a damn good pint there, because so did you. "Me too." Carol suddenly adds softly, making you stare at her in shock before a giggle soon escapes your lips when Jacqui oos at her.