Hi everyone, this is my next AU, as you can tell Beth and Daryl are around the same age, well he is kind of a year older, didn't graduate. This is going to be a friendship, then possibly romance, but I can't imagine smut. Please review, I would really like to hear any feed back from you. Oh and I do not own TWD coz if I did Daryl would be naked a lot x

Senior year, Beth was so excited as she dressed, she flew down the stairs bouncing into the kitchen

"Ma, Dad, Maggie" no one answered her, she looked at the fridge, there was a small piece of paper stuck there.

Beth, Daddy has gone to surgery early

I had to go and see Old Mrs Jones, she had a fall.

Maggie, Well I don't really know where Maggie is

but if you could leave her a note tell her dinner is in the fridge.

Love Ma.

Ok then, Beth pulled the fridge open getting some juice out to drink, she pulled her purse from her bag looking in there for lunch money, six bucks, she went to the fridge and started pulling out top up things from the fridge, a peach, no make that two she thought. Then went off over to the cupboard, two packets of chips and two cans of cola, yep that should do, she walked out to her truck, her truck, that was a laugh it was an old truck from the farm that they didn't need any more, locking up the front door behind her. She drove excitedly towards the school, senior year, newly 18 and legally an adult, this year was going to be perfect.

She pulled into the parking lot, after checking her hair she stepped out of the truck, straightening her small dark blue shirt, then straightened her denim cut off's, she picked up her bag and threw it over her shoulder, she contemplated her cardigan for a minute but the last of the summer sun was still warm in the sky so she decided she could do with out, walking towards the office to pick up her schedule, she made her way off towards her locker to dump her things.

"Hey Girlie" came a voice behind her, she turned around to see her two best friends, she squealed and wrapped her arms around them.

"Oh my God can you believe it, senior year, this year is going to be so cool." they jumped up and down with excitement.

"Hey you know that Jimmy's back right?" they chuckled.

"Yeah, hence the outfit." she smiled "I was stupid to let him go at the end of last year, but he will be mine again" she smiled wickedly at her friends and tossed her blonde hair over her shoulder.

Beth made her way gossiping with her friends to her Chemistry class, taking up her usual space she realised she was partner-less again this year, well that's not a bad thing, at least there was no one here to mess up for her, she piled her books up on the desk and took her seat, waiting for class to start she looked around, and spotted Jimmy sat two rows over, making her sit up straighter, she picked her pen up absently placing it between her teeth she chewed the lid lightly, still staring across the room, Jimmy looked up at her staring with his big brown eyes, she smiled at him, trying to show him she cared.

The teacher came in and everyone settled down, Beth turning to face the front, she kept sending him sly little looks, she listened to the teacher begin the class and opened her note book, Beth looked up when she heard a knock on the door, it opened, in walked one of the receptionists and a student she didn't recognise, she watched him walk in behind the member of staff, his head was bowed, his brown hair fell hiding the contours of his face, he was taller than most of the boys in her year, he wore scraggy jeans, a shirt with no sleeves and Beth looked hard making out a leather waist coat, he had a folder in his arms, that looked beaten up.

"What's your name?" Mr Peters asked.

"Dixon, Daryl Dixon." he mumbled, she noticed his thumb going to his mouth, chewing the skin at the side.

"Well hello Daryl welcome to the class, please take a seat, there is one over there by Beth, your lucky she is the best Chemistry student I have." he stated, she pulled her things over to her making space for him to sit down, he slipped silently into the seat next to her and she caught a whiff of pine, mud and something else something she wasn't altogether sure of. She glanced sideways at him, noticing he had no text book she shuffled hers into the middle so he could look at hers.

"Thanks" he growled, she gave him a smile then looked back at the main board, she noticed he opened his notebook there wasn't much paper in it, his hand writing was blocky and slow, but he seemed to understand, that was good at least he wouldn't be to much of a liability in the class, and make her grades drop she couldn't afford for that to happen.

The bell rang and Beth stuffed her text book and pencils into her bag, she picked up her folder and went towards the door, hoping that Jimmy would be stood waiting for her outside the room, but no, Mary-Jane and Sapphire were both stood there giggling as she walked out.

"Oh my God, did you see him that new kid" they both stared as he came out of the class room looking down at the sheet of paper in his hand, Beth turned round to see what they were staring at, he looked up at her and she was stunned by his eyes they were stormy blue, almost grey, she gave a tentative smile at him, then looked down at the piece of paper.

"You have English with me next period, we can walk there together if you like?" she offered he stared at her, then walked away, with out a word, ok little weird.

She put it out of her mind and went off to English with the girls, the rest of the morning was nothing more than classes and homework, then it was lunch, she almost ran to the lunch room, wanting to see Jimmy, sit with him, talk to him, tell him she was sorry for being a bitch at the end of last year but he was going away and she wanted some freedom.

"Beth, Beth! Over here!" she saw Mary-Jane's hand fly up in the air calling her over to the table they were all sat around, she grabbed up a bowl and put together a salad, then paying swiftly she made her way over to her friends, listening to them all gossiping about what they had done over the summer she felt a little left out, her summer had been long and boring and let her mind wander, she looked around the for Jimmy but couldn't see him disappointment seeped in, she looked up and spotted the new guy. He was sat on his own with a small paper bag in front of him, not making eye contact with anyone, she felt sorry for him it wasn't nice for anyone to be on their own, as if he could hear her his eyes darted up to her staring hard, she just looked back at him giving a slight smile, he looked away snatching up his bag and moving swiftly out of the room, she shook her head and went back to her friends.

"So Beth what did you do this summer?" they asked her and she fell into conversation again forgetting completely about the new boy, Jimmy came over eventually and sat down next to her.

"Hey" he said

"Hey" she whispered into her salad.

"How was your summer?" he asked her.

"Good, spent most of it at the farm, busy summer." she explained.

"What about you and your travels?" she asked, Jimmy had been touring Europe with his parents, as he was going straight off to college after graduation, she looked up into his dark eyes, his little freckles blending into his tanned skin.

"It was fantastic, I have someone coming over from Italy, we are going off to college together." he explained.

"Oh" Beth sighed, he gave her an apologetic smile.

"Friends?" he asked her, she nodded and stood up, cleared her bowl then walked out of the room, she slowly made her way to her next class knowing she was over quarter of an hour early, but it didn't bother her she just didn't want to be around Jimmy now, she sighed and lent against the wall. Tears welled in her eyes great first day, oh yay, she sensed someone next to her and looked down at her feet, carefully wiping the tears away so no one noticed, she knew it was the new kid.

"Hi" she said quietly, he nodded at her not saying anything "You don't say a lot do you?"

"If you ain't got nothing to talk about then don't bother talking" he shrugged.

"Oh right" she looked around fidgeting.

"You...You ok?" he asked her looking down at the floor hiding his eyes behind his air.

"Yes thank you, I don't know if you will need it but in case you do, I am a personal tutor" she said.

"What ya trying to say, calling me thick?" he snapped at her

"Umm no I just thought...Well I just wanted to say." she stuttered out.

"Yeah whatever" he picked up his bag and marched off, well whatever then.

At the end of the day Beth went to her truck and flung her bag into the back, she drove home, singing along to the radio, she pulled up outside the house and jumped out of the cab, grabbing her

bag, she ran into the house.

"Hey" she shouted but there was no answer, sighing she made her way into the kitchen and low and behold there was another note on the fridge.

Beth, Daddy had to stay late and deal with an emergency operation,

I had to pop back to Old Mrs Jones's and put her into bed.

Maggie is staying over at Glenn's I have left you something to eat in the fridge.

Love you Ma.

Beth flung the door to the fridge open, pulling out the plate of yesterdays leftovers, she looked at it, ummmm no just yucky, she threw the contents of the plate in the bin then went to the sink and washed it off, pulling open a cupboard she yanked out a large packet of chips, she emptied the contents into a bowl and got herself a coke then went up to her room to do her homework, she settled in behind her desk, turning on her lamp, piling her books up she tried to lose herself in the only consistent thing she had in her life. But her mind kept wandering off, a set of pale grey eyes kept staring out at her from the screen, they seemed to be haunting her, she made a decision there and then, that she would try and speak to Daryl Dixon again tomorrow, apologise for embarrassing him today.