Days were slipping by slowly…very slowly. Andrea sat in her tent going over the last few weeks. How could she let this happen, Shane was such a vile creature. She let her guard down for only a short time and he crushed her. He has been keeping his distance. She couldn't deny that it hurt; Shane basically left Andrea out in the cold. Andrea could hear some ruffling sounds outside her tent; she grabbed her gun and pointed at the figure unzipping the tent.
"Damn girl, I'm getting the feeling you're trying to kill me." Daryl said motioning her to lower the gun.
"Daryl, I'm sorry. You scared me!" Andrea said putting her gun.
"Sorry, I haven't seen you all day, wanted to make sure you hadn't killed yourself." Daryl said with a chuckle.
"Very funny, no I'm just not in the mood to be around the group." Andrea said rubbing her head.
"Oh….okay. I'll leave you be then." Daryl said almost awkwardly.
"No, Daryl, stay. I could use the company." She said motioning for him to sit down.
Andrea and Daryl spent the night talking…not about Shane, actually not about anything. This was such a relief for Andrea. It helped to step out of her mind and just talk; they talked every night for three days. On the fourth day Daryl got a little more serious.
"So, would you like to talk about what is really bothering you?" Daryl said meeting Andrea's eyes.
"I don't even know where to start." Daryl gave her one of his bullshit looks. "All right, I made a mistake that I want nothing more to take back."
"Well, I know I'm not that most conversational guy out there, but if you want to talk about whatever it is that is bothering you I'm here." Daryl couldn't even make eye contact with her.
"I slept with Shane." Andrea blurted out.
"Oh…" Daryl was very confused; he thought the entire group thought out Shane as a asshole. "So what's the problem, he didn't satisfy you?"
Andrea took a second to answer; primary because she was laughing so hard.
"Shane. Shane. Shane. I thought it was clear, he is an asshole. I'm an asshole, and I know how to stop an asshole."
"I'm not denying the fact that, Shane is a complete dick. I was in feeling good, and Shane was there." Andrea said standing up and looking outside the tent to make sure no one was listening.
"I know this isn't my place, or whatever but you do know Shane has something going on…or did have something going on with Lori?" Andrea whipped her head back to him.
"Really? I can't say I'm surprised. I feel so foolish. I just needed to feel close to someone, even if just for a second. After losing Amy…" Andrea choked up, "…I just need to feel like I belong somewhere, that I'm not just a waste of space."
"For fucks sake, Shane is the guy to make you feel like you're not a waste of space? That dick is a nobody, he is just riding behind Rick's coat tails." Daryl said standing up, hands waving as he talked.
"Daryl…"
"No let me finish. I'm glad you're starting to feel like sticking around a little bit, but don't you do that for that piece of shit! Do it for yourself, do it for the memory of Amy, hell do it just for kicks."
Before Daryl was even finished with his sentence Andrea grabbed his face hard and stuck her tongue far down his throat. After a few seconds he pulled her away, "What the fuck was that?"
"Just thought not only do I want to live, but I want to live to the fullest. Now are you going to take off your pants, or not?" She said taking off her shirt.
"God, why do I feel like I'm going to regret this?" He said grabbing her and bringing her closer.