A/N: Just some nonsense I had floating around in my computer
Warning: Carol is a little mad at Daryl at first, but it wont last. :) Also language warning.
Twenty three is a song I like a lot. I'll put up lyrics, :)
Its also the age they were last time they saw each other.
AS always thank you for reading. :)
It was such a beautiful day. Carol would always remember that. It had been a beautiful day, when he blew back into town. Carol, Tara and Andrea just got done with
their 7-3 shift in the ER. It was Friday and they were all off for the weekend.
There was nothing better than it being your weekend off. If you were a nurse, which they all were.
Working every other weekend was not a good time. But it came with the job, along with night shifts and holidays.
The sick needed care every day, not just Monday to Friday.
They were out fairly early 3:45 which was good considering they had to give report for a full house. That could take hours sometimes, depending on how critical the patients were.
They were sending a few up to the floors so that cut out some of the time it took.
So they were free till Monday morning at 6:30. The weather was going to be nice and they had some plans for their days off. Life was good.
They were laughing and chattering with each other, like always.
Tara heard the whistle before Carol did, two short bursts and looked over. She couldn't believe her eyes. The man she saw standing there had been gone a long time.
They actually hadn't known where he was. He had gone on a six month trip with his brother on their bikes and just never came back.
They were walking out of the hospital, onto the side walk, she Carol and Andrea. Andrea and Carol looked over at the same time.
There he stood, leaning against his bike smoking a cigarette like he hadn't been MIA for five years. Like it was just another day and he
was waiting to see if they wanted to go out, like it used to be. But it wasn't like that anymore. He was wearing his usual jeans and a shirt
with the sleeves cut off and boots, always boots. He looked the same.
Carol could not believe her eyes really and she was almost in shock. It didn't last too long though.
Tara watched as Carol turned to them. Very calm, extremely calm, Tara was impressed. She was keeping her cool it seemed.
"Excuse me one second." She said, he voice missing the usual softness.
Maybe not Tara thought to herself.
She walked over and he smiled at her, a smile that went right up to his eyes, until he saw her arm raised. He stopped her from landing the slap on his face and held her wrist. Then he spoke to her in that slow drawl that he had, what Carol had once called his panty dropper voice. It had certainly worked on her, that was for sure. That was a long time ago though and she wasn't falling for it. Not again, not this time.
"Ah, ah." He said warding off her hand. "What smatter, aint glad to see me." He laughed and then kissed her hard on the lips. She pulled
back and slapped him for real. He just laughed. He had expected as much.
"Oh ok, it's like that?" He laughed, shaking his head.
She turned and started walking back to her two friends. He got on the bike and kick started it.
"I'll see you later Carol." He called after her.
She raised her middle finger and he laughed as he drove past. Behind her Tara put up two fingers and said "Deuces Daryl."
"What the ever-loving fuck?" Andrea said.
"Oh right you weren't here, can I tell her? "Tara said.
"Whatever. "Carol said, shaking the sting out of her hand. "Knock yourself out."
Tara almost saw steam coming out of her ears.
"That's Sophia's father." Tara said.
"Oh shit." Andrea said. "Where's he been?"
"Dunno, haven't seen him in almost five years." Carol said, shrugging.
"And He doesn't know about Sophia." Tara added.
The three friends walked to Andrea's car and got in all the while having a conversation. Andrea and Carol got in the front Tara in the back.
"So, what happened, he looked happy to see you." Andrea asked.
"He's full of shit." Carol said.
"Daryl, is a paramedic, used to work here, they had a thing." Tara shrugged.
"We were fuck buddies." Carol rolled her eyes. "Let's call it what it was Tara."
"A thing, and a baby, why didn't you tell him." Andrea started the car.