Hey Guys! Well, you'd probably don't remember this, but when some guys come looking for their partners (who were shot by Rick going the bar) they are talking among them and one says like, "We should go back" and the other says "No! I won't go back and tell June that they're dead." I started thinking who the hell was June and I came up with a story. Hope you all like it!
Fly with me and take the sky
Close your eyes and feel the wind
You and I will live to see…
There was not a sound in the woods and Daryl Dixon felt completely in balance with the world. He treasured the moment because they were very weird and extremely rare in the new world. It didn't mattered, however, because at that moment Daryl knew he was going to be fine; even if walkers found the farm, even if Rick and Shane beat each other to dead and even if stupid woman kept playing to the little doll house, he was going to be just fine. As long as he had these moments.
The deer was a majestic animal, even if he was a bit too young. In fact its presence was so magnetic Daryl gave in onto the temptation of contemplating it a few more seconds. The animal was lost in the joy of drinking from the little pond, and for a few seconds the world felt right to Daryl.
But the world wasn't right. It was fucked up. And life kept on reminding him just that.
A branch breaking across the bushes other side of the pond and the moment was gone. After gracefully sprinting away, the deer was lost forever and Daryl had to face some more urgent problems before he could even feel sorry for losing his pray. He lifted his bow and prepared to shoot dead the already dead but not dead. Dead was quickly becoming the most used word into his vocabulary.
The bushes shook and Dixon aimed. A blond head, with an elegant ponytail tied up with a pink lace and covered in leaves busted out, followed by a pink dress and a pale body; pale but not cadaveric. Daryl held his breath as he saw the girl racing to the pond with a smile in her lips. She was terribly pretty.
Her red lips and pink cheeks lightened up her face as she splashed into the pond letting out a childlike giggle. The girl started drinking the water with her hands and pouring some over her head. The thin fabric became almost transparent and Daryl's breathing accelerated. He was the predator again.
But he was not the only one, unfortunately.
A lost walker decided to join the party. Both humans had no way to know but Jonh Aiken had been a respectable lawyer once father of three kids…once. After he shot his three kids and put them underground he felt the fever and started walking and he hadn't stop ever since. Now he was drooling at the smell of a fresh meal. He moaned and wimped as he rushed to the innocent girl playing in the pond.
The girl didn't move.
"Come on!" Daryl thought as he observed the scene. He preferred not having to step in but the girl didn't seemed to have any weapons and despite the fact that the walker was already at the edge of the water source, she hadn't realized a thing. "Come on! Hey!" Daryl barked out loud this time, but there was no response.
"Watch out!" Daryl screamed with all his forces but the girl kept playing with the water and the walker jumped into the pond.
With a quick movement, Daryl shot the walker down. His body felt into the pond harsh and splashed water around. The girl must have noticed the motion of the water because she turned around alarmed, jut to face Daryl who was still aiming his bow.
Her big green eyes matched his and for a moment they both observed each other. Daryl was having a lucky day because he just had another one of those zen moments on a single day. Unfortunately, the girl was far more tempting than the deer and Daryl was stupid enough to move forward to touch her. Then with a sudden gasp, the girl turned back and started running away.
"Shit!" he muttered and picked up his weapons to chase her.
The girl never stood a chance. She was scared to dead and her own fear made her stumble once or twice into a loose branch or scratch her body against the bushes. Daryl, on the other hand, was an experienced hunter and even when this time his prey was bigger than a squirrel, he had no problem keeping up with her. Eventually the girl had to stop to catch her breath.
And with a clean and fast movement, Daryl tackled her into the ground.
They wrestled on the floor for a few minutes, but finally Daryl managed to stay on top of her. Her light pink dress was now filled with mud and dry leaves. Daryl captured both of her hands above her head and used the pressure of his weight to keep her legs down.
"Stop! I'm not going to hurt you." Daryl tried to explain when the girl started screaming. She was crying and shaking and he had no idea what to do.
He took the risk and let her hands free to gently cover her mouth. The girl lowered her hands and suffocated by his hands, she sobbed. Daryl tried to explain again and this time he paused and enunciated slowly every word. "I am not going to hurt you. My name is Daryl."
This time the girl seemed to understand because she nodded and stopped crying. After waiting a few seconds, Daryl uncovered her mouth. "I'm June." The girl stated in a whisper. Her voice sounded funny, she dragged a bit the end of every word and spoke in a very low volume.
"That walker out there, you didn't heard it craving up on you and trying to eat you? I mean you got to be stupid or something to let your guard down like that and If…" Daryl started talking really fast and June seemed to be struggling to understand. She frowned and then placed her small hand over his mouth.
Daryl froze. Her hand was warm and soft but it made his body shiver like a piece of ice. He fixed his eyes on hers and June smiled softly. "Slow down. I can't read your lips if you talk too fast." She explained. After noticing that he didn't understood fully, she pointed at her ear and then nodded negatively. "I'm deaf."
"Shit." He cursed again.
She smiled. "I understood that."
But Daryl was too worried to smile back. Usually he was a white/black man and there was no room for grey tones in his world. He had a dilemma. His common sense commanded him to leave the girl alone and keep walking. In fact, he knew the easiest way was to shoot the girl down and forgetting he ever saw her. Despite that, he couldn't do so. There was something about her, something vulnerable and sweet in her scared eyes and her thin and delicate figures. How could he leave her alone, knowing she would be dead if he did so?
However, he couldn't offer her anything better. The farm was already crowded and things were sort of tense between everyone. Even if they were not lacking anything, Daryl knew every ration of food and drop of water were already a miracle for them. Just today, Shane and Rick had gone into the town to abandon the kid that had been injured…Randall, or something like that.
The situation was impossible. Until,
"You're suffocating me." June interrupted his thoughts. Completely embarrassed, Daryl noticed he had been on top of her all the time, pressing her body in an awkward position. He stood up and helped the girl to do the same, feeling an electrical current every time their bodies touched. June lifted up with a graceful movement and then tried the best to clean her dress. After giving up on the dress, she nervously looked down as she played with her hair. "Well, I should go back to my group, they must be worried."
"Wait." Daryl processed the awesome solution that had miraculously appeared for him, "Do you have a group?"
"Yeah, just a few miles away." The girl smiled softly. "I wouldn't be able to keep going alone."
With a grin Daryl offered, "I can walk you to the camp."
"Really?" June seemed shocked by the idea of them walking together. "Awesome!" she celebrated and then grabbed his arm and pulled him, "You're going to love everybody, we have some tents…" June chatted cheerfully, but Daryl couldn't focus on listening.
He was too busy convincing him this was not a big mistake.
So…? This was just the intro, but I still want to hear what do you think of June and if you think I should change anything Also expect maximum one chapter per week because here in Mexico the season hasn't ended yet and I need to adapt to the original storyline. Thanks for reading !
