Two Of a Kind
Theme song: Life Is a Highway by Rascal Flatts
Chapter 1: Meet the Dixons
Eva sighed as she stood outside her new home.
It was a plain white trailer with broken down stairs, the roof looked a little worse for wear.
Yea this trailer had seen better days, she had moved from Ohio to warm a small town in Georgia.
After the movers had come and gone, Eva and her Alaskan malamute Arizona stood outside observing the old home.
"Well it's gunna need work buddy but I think we can do it. What do you think?" She asks her companion.
The dog looks up at her and sneezes, Eva smiles and shakes her head.
She walks to her tool chest she stole from her dad, and got to work taking the old wood out.
She wipes her brow when a blue truck parks to the trailer next to hers.
Eva figures it was her neighbor, she turns back to her work trying to get the last stubborn step.
She huffs and looks up and two men step out of the truck.
She gets up and shyly walks over to them.
"Hi um, my names Eva. I'm your new neighbor, umm I was wondering if you could help me?" She smiles walking up to the younger man.
She sticks her hand out to him; he turns and looks back at her his eyes squinting at her.
"Sorry I ain't into whatever yur offerin." He mumbles in a throaty southern accent.
Eva blushes and shakes her head. "No, no I umm...see I...this last step is giving me..."
Before she could finish he bumps his shoulder against hers walking away from her.
Eva looks down biting her lip, the older man smirks, chuckling as he follows the younger one inside.
She feels her hand being nuzzled; looking down at Arizona, she kneels hugging him.
"Come on boy think I can do it again." She whispers as she walks back to trailer.
She eyes the step for the thousand time that day, she takes her booted right foot and brings it down but it doesn't budge.
Grumbling, she points to it." Fine, you win this round you demon step, but as sure as I live here you will come off!" She declares.
Hearing a scoff, Eva squeaks and jumps turning she puts her hand to her heart.
"Sorry, didn't see you there." It was the younger man, he eyes her. "Ya always talk to ya self?"
Eva blushes and looks down biting her lip; she shakes her head her curly brown hair flying all over.
"Yes...well...no...sometimes." She whispers.
He nods looking at her. "Names Daryl Dixon, my brother Merle is in the house."
Eva looks up and smiles. "It's nice to meet you! This is my dog Arizona."
She introduces the malamute, who was sleeping under the shade.
Daryl nods. "Can help ya with the trailer, knew the neighbors before ya. They did take good care of it."
Eva's smile grows bigger. "Really?! That would be nice! I can pay you if you like."
She offers excitedly, Daryl shakes his head. "Naw, it's ok. This will be free, though ya can buy what's needed."
She nods ecstatic, he walks past her taking the tools and rips the last bored.