Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)

**Chapter 10-Stop following me!**

I shoot a squirrel and walk up to retrieve my arrrow, I rip it out of the squirrels skull and tie it around my belt, "We'll see who's there to help you stupid assholes now. You treat me like shit and then wander why I fucken snap! Ugh, you people have a lot of fucken nerve" I mumble to myself, "Do you always talk to yerself?" Daryl says, "Stop following me!" I scream, "I can't do that" he says, "Just come back to camp with me, nobody is gonna say anythin' to you about beatin' the shit outta Ed, he deserved it" he adds, "Daryl, will you leave me the hell alone? Why do you care what I do?" I snap, he stands quiet, "I like you" he says quietly, I smile but quickly wipe it off and turn around, he winces, "What?" I ask, "Your gonna have a nasty black eye" he jokes, I can't supress my smile, "Gee, thanks!" I joke and punch him in the arm, "OW!" he exclaims.

We stand in silence, I feel awkward, say something. Jade! Just strike up a conversation my mind screams at me, "Will you come back to camp?" he asks, I stand quietly, "Oh, come on Jade, your so stubborn" he says, "Ouch, that one hurt" I joke, he smirks then goes back to being serious. He looks at me with a hopeful look in his eyes. "I'm staying away from the camp for a while, I can't deal with people's stupid shit" I say, "Fine. We can move our tent away from everyone" he says. Did he just say our tent? "So that's a yes?" he asks, "Definately a yes" I smile and he grabs my hand and leads me back to camp.

Shane starts walking towards us, "Not now man" Daryl says and puts his hand out towards Shane. We walk over to our tent and I walk inside, "Thank-you" I say, "Fer what?" he asks, "Telling Shane to back off" I say with a grin, "No problem, it was our deal after all, wasn't it?" he asks with a grin. "I'm kinda tired, do you mind if I take a nap?" I ask, "Not at all, Do you want me to stand guard outside the tent?" he asks, I chuckle, "Shutup!" I joke and throw a pillow at him, it hits him in the shoulder, I flop down on my sleeping bag, "Can I have my pillow back?" I joke, "Nope" he replies smiling, "Fine. I'll sleep on the ground" I joke, he throws the pillow back, I slide it under my head and slowly drift off to sleep trying to get rid of my headache, ugh, I swear I'm gonna kill Ed!

{Daryl's P.O.V.}

I sit on the cot and watch her sleep for awhile, she looks so different, so peaceful, she looks the total opposite when she's asleep, I just want to curl up beside her and hold her next to me. I'm pulled from my thoughts when she starts to stir and jolt around, "Jade?" I ask quietly. She doesn't wake so I go to her side and go to shake her when she jolts awake and starts gasping for air, "Are ya ok?" I ask, "Yeah just a bad dream, did I wake you?" She asks sweetly, "No" I say, "Would it be too much to ask if you slept beside me, its kinda cold in here?" She asks, I nearly fall over dead in shock, "Yeah. Scooch over" I joke, she instantly moves and I slide in, she curls up against my chest and falls asleep, I wrap my arm around her and drift to sleep as well.

{Jade's P.O.V.}

I wake up entangled in Daryl's arms, the memories from yesterday flood back, I touch my eye and wince, I slowly untangle myself from his embrace and get dressed before heading outside. "He we go" I say to myself and walk to the RV, I quietly sneak into the bathroom and look into the mirror, I gasp and try my best to keep my cool, I want to punch my reflection, I look like shit. Thanks Ed.... I sneak out of the RV and gear up before fleeing into the woods. Once I know i'm a safe distance away from the camp I break down, "Now look what you've done, Jade" I hear my father say, "Its not my fault, These aren't things I can control. I'm sorry Daddy" I say, he slowly undoes his belt, the anger is boiling in my veins now, I get up and run, I run as far as I can, my legs are burning so bad, my lungs hurt from the cold air, I see my breath coming out ad cold puffs. I'm barefoot in the middle of winter, I'm lost, should I go back and just accept the beating that awaits, no. I have to move on. DAMNIT Jade, stop with the pity, get up, go hunting, take your mind off of everything. I take a few deep breaths and pull myself to my feet. I kill a couple squirrels and head back to camp, I hear a twig snap and look around to see Shane with his shotgun raised towards something, when I realize that something is Rick I gasp, shit he heard me, "Who's there?" he asks walking in my direction, he gets too close and I take off running.

"Wait!" he screams running after me, I run as fast as I can, but its not fast enough, my bow trips me and I fall, catching myself with my hands, he runs up, I turn around and he steps on my throat, I gasp for air, "What the hell?!" I exclaim, "What did you see back there?!" he exclaims, I scowl at him, he moves his foot to my stomach and leans down putting all his weight on me, I can't breathe, "Jade, what did you see?" he repeats, I...Can't.... Breathe..." I pant, he steps off of me just enough for me to pivet myself around him, I get up and run.

He catches up to me and flings me around slamming me back first into a tree, "What did you see?" he asks, "Nothing" I say, "Tell me!" he shouts, I spit in his face, he wipes it off, "You are a beauty, you know that? It would suck to dispose of such a beautiful, spiteful, badass young lady, wouldn't it?" he says and grabs the sides of my cheeks, "Now answer my question" he says, I look him right in the eyes, "Your an asshole. I'd love to see you dead, better yet I'd love to kill you myself" I say through gritted teeth. He grabs a hold of my shirt collar and punches me in the face twice, before throwing me to the floor and kicking me in the ribs 3 times, "You keep what you saw to yourself, you understand?" he screams, I look up at him with blood pouring out of my mouth, I smile, "They'll find out eventually you piece of shit!" I say. He kicks me again full force before leaving.

I rest on my forearm for a few minutes before slowly standing up. I lean on the tree next to me for support, I hold my stomach, he broke a few of my ribs, What is with people breaking my bones? I think to myself. I slowly trudge back to camp, "What an asshole" I say out loud. I try to make up a plan and an escape on my way back but my brain won't function properly.

It has to be midnight by now, and here I am laying on the ground like some helpless animal, but truth is I am helpless, I shocked myself, I'm almost at camp, why couldn't I have held in there a bit longer? Dammnit, there's that self pity again! Ugh!!! I let my mind wander as my eyelids slowly want to close, Don't do it Jade, you know if you close them you might not wake back up, its called hypothermia, you will lay here and die slowly if you close your eyes.....