We've been driving for hours and I just sit there looking at Andrea who is staring out the window, she looks over at me, "Why'd you do that?" she asks, "Because I had to" I say, "No you didn't, you could've saved yourself!" Andrea says her voice growing louder, "No, Andrea, your my sister and if you would've stayed back there, I would've stayed too" I say my voice getting slightly louder as well, "I wanted to die so I could see Amy, who are you to choose my fate?!?! That was my choice and you took it from me!" she screams, I feel everyone's eyes on me, "I lost Amy too, I'm sorry I left you guys! I didn't have a choice! I had to get myself together so I could come back and get you guys! I'm sorry I'm a shitty sister if that's what you think, I may be a bitch for saving your life, but I couldn't let you go, not yet, Not ever. The sooner you get that through you fucken head the better. Andrea, you mean the world to me!" I shout and storm to the back of the RV and slam the door. I sit against the door and bring my knees to my chest and cry.
{Daryl's P.O.V.}
The caravan stops and I pull my truck over and quickly get out, Please tell me Jade came back out, I didn't see her. I walk over to the RV and Glenn grabs my arm, "Let her cool off, she just had it out with Andrea" he whispers, "Is she hurt?" I ask, "Emotional maybe, but I didn't let it get physical" he says, "I gotta go talk to er', man" I say and pull my arm from his grasp, I walk to the back of the RV and knock on the door, "Jade?" I say quietly, she doesn't reply so I knock again, "Jade, let me in" I say, "Daryl, please, I just need to be alone" she says, "I'll be right outside the door if you need anything" I say and sit at the booth.
{Jade's P.O.V.}
I refused to let myself cry any longer, so I sat there in silence just staring at the wall, my thoughts taking me into a completely different world, a world where things are normal again, a world where Amy is alive and Jim and Jacquie, a world where we don't have to worry about surviving the night, where the children don't have to grow up murders, a world where we have to starve, a world wher- I'm pulled away from my perfect world by a knocking at the door behind me, "Jade?" his voice is soft, I sit silently trying to contain myself, I wanted so badly to be wrapped in his arms, to be told everythings going to be ok, to have him kiss my forhead and comfort me, but I can't, its like I'm glued to the floor, he knocks again, "Jade, let me in" he says, I quickly think of something to say, "Daryl, Please, I just need to be alone" is all I can manage to say, "I'll be right outside the door if you need anything" he says, I just sit there and stare at the wall.
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Some time later I hear Daryl knock at the door again, "Jade, come on, you can't mope around all day" he says, I wipe my face, he's right, I need to go confront Andrea, I quietly get up and grab the door knob. I quickly open it, his hand in mid air as if he were going to knock again. I look at the floor, he quickly pulls me into a hug, I can't help but hug him back, "I thought ya were gonna stay in there and never come back out" he jokes, "I don't want to die of old age alone" I want to say but the lump in my throat is forbidding me to do so, "Will you please say something? Your scaring the shit out of me" he says, "Something" I say sarcastically, a grin slips onto his face, "That's ma girl" he says, I can't help it, a grin slides onto my face as well, "Wanna go huntin'?" he asks, another grin spreads across my face, "Of course" I say and grab my bow.
{Daryl's P.O.V.}
I don't see how Jade can walk in the woods and not make a single sound, it never fails to amaze me, she has to weigh what 100 or so pounds and she moves across the ground like a peice of lint in the breeze, soundless. I'm happy that she isn't still in the RV alone stuck her in her thoughts. I'm so distracted by my thoughts I don't even see that Jade had stopped moving and I run right into her back, to cover up I wrap my arms around her and pull her in for a hug, she spins around to look at me, she has a frown on her face, "You just lost us another squirrel" she says, I grin, "There's plenty more" I say, she smiles, "I guess so" she says and kisses me.
{Jade's P.O.V.}
It was harder than I thought to try to stay mad at him, I wanted to stay mad, not just at him but the world. I didn't like the way my life was right now, but I can't do much to change it, what can you do in a world where the dead die and come back to kill you?
We start heading back to the place our group has set up for the night, before we can get too far I grab Daryl's wrist and pull him to face me, "Jade?" he says curiously, "Daryl, I have to tell you something. I feel its not right to hide it from you" I say, he looks my face over, I stare right into his eyes, "That night at the CDC, the first night we were there, umm" I pause trying to find words, "Jade, you can talk to me, you can tell me anythin" he says grabbing my wrists, "Everyone had went to their rooms to sleep or whatever, well I went to the GameRoom to get a book and Shane came in drunk out of his mind-" he interupts me, "Did he hurt you?" Daryl asks getting furious, "No, he didn't get the chance to, he had me pinned and he is alot stronger than me, I tried to get him off, he was going to you know, but he lightened his grip and I pushed him off of me, he fell through the glass table and I ran" I say looking directly into his eyes, his blue eyes turned sympathetic and he pulled me into a hug, "I'm sorry, Jade, I should've been there. I won't leave your side no more, I promise" he says, "Daryl, its not your fault, I tried to convince Rick that Shane wasn't who he used to be, this world has changed him. I love you" I say, he pulls away, "I love you more" he says and leans in to kiss me.
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We get back to camp and we all sit around the small fire trying to keep warm, I'm cuddled up in Daryl's lap wrapped in a blanket. Everyone is making small talk and sharing stories to pass the time by. I start nodding off to sleep and Daryl seems to notice because he shifts in the chair and my butt slips through his legs now resting on the seat of the chair, I lean in and lay against his chest before falling into a light slumber.
The next morning I wake up to tweeting birds, that's a sound I haven't heard in awhile, I glance around and see I'm the only one not awake yet, I look up at Daryl and he smiles, "Good morning" he says, I smile and snuggle to his chest a little more with a smile, I'm really starting to love this man. "Come on blondie, get up so we can leave already" Merle teases giving me a shove, "Ok, ok jeesh" I joke and smile at him. I crawl out of Daryl's lap and stand up to stretch, my shirt coming up over my stomach, I yawn and Daryl looks at me skeptically, "What's the tat on your hip mean?" he asks, I smile, "It's french" I say, "What does it say?" he asks, Merle smiles mischeviously at me, "Sorry Merle, but its not sexual" I tease he sighs and throws his hands up in a playful manner, I chuckle, "It means 'I'm many things but broken isn't one of them'" I say, he smiles and squints his eyes in an oh so sexy way as he looks up at me.
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Rick has announced that we'd be heading to the highway about 4 miles up the road and we are all getting into our transportation, "Hey Jade, have ya ever rid on a motorcycle?" Daryl asks, "No, why?" I ask smiling, "You wanna?" he replies, "Hell yeah" I say with a smirk, "Hey Merle, you take the truck, I'mma take Jade on the bike" he yells to his brother, "Blondie's never been on a bike?" Merle asks, "Nope" I say with a smirk as he approaches, "That's just not acceptable, get yer ass up there, Daryl, you better make it worth it" Merle taunts and with that Daryl gets on the bike holding it in place for me to get on.
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Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)
Fanfiction"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...
