"You ready to go, cus' if ya don't wanna… I don't mind stayin for a while.." Daryl mumbled. Beth slowly raised herself to her tippy-toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek "I'm ready to go, promise." He had wanted Beth to stay no, then they could live in the house together, he wanted to find Rick and the others, but it wasn't worth losing Beth for.
This house had been a God send for them, there was gas for cooking and heating and it was all boarded up safe. It reminded Beth of the farm, she only wished that Maggie was here to share it with them.
She shuffled awkwardly around Daryl and went into the hall to lace up her boots while he stood leaning against the kitchen top watching her. He always found himself just stopping and staring at her. God he loved this woman with all of his heart, how could she be so perfect and sweet in a world like this? She made him realise that there are still good people, because she's still here.
"what is it?" Beth asked, noticing Daryl in deep thought.
He shook his head "nothin, let's get goin" as much as he loved Beth, he couldn't bring himself to tell her that, he didn't want to jinx it.
They hauled their backpacks onto their shoulders, gave each other a nod and shut the door to their perfect house. Before all this happened, Beth would have dreamed of living in a house like this with a family of her own, but she gave up on that dream and realised that she had her new family now and had to find them. Maybe they would come back here one day with the group, if- no when they find them. They followed the dusty pathway out to one of the chevvy's Daryl managed to fix up and climbed into it.
They didn't know where they were going or what there were going to do, but in that beaten up old truck, with the windows rolled down and Beth's hair blowing in the warm summer wind, Daryl realised that he had everything he really wanted right here.