Taylor suddenly stopped running and listened she heard footsteps 'Walkers don't come this far up the hill' she thought to herself. Her heart pounded in her chest. Carefully she climbed up tree and looked over as much of the forest as she could and there she saw a lone walker confused at why the walker was this far up she grabbed her bow and an arrow and shot the walker. Whilst pulling the arrow out of the walkers head she saw a break in the forest and headed for it.

As she walked out of the woods she spotted an RV. A man in a police uniform quickly turned his head as a young boy he was talking to pointed to her.

"Oh my god" he said smiling racing up to her. Taylor was confused by his choice of words but smiled back.

'Um, I was just walking through the forest trying to find a safe place to camp and i saw a break in the trees and walked towards it' The man in the police uniform held out his hand

"Rick" he said as they shook hands,

"Taylor" she replied. Everyone around her stopped and stared right at Taylor. "Did i say something wrong" she asked. Rick just looked at her and repeated:

"Taylor?" as if not believing what she was telling him. "Taylor, as in Teddy?" Rick questioned.

"Yeah?" she answered, confused at how he could know that.

"There is someone you might want to meet" Rick said smiling and everyone else smiling some even laughing with what seemed to be joy. With perfect timing a man with an angry look upon his face stormed out of the forest. Quite a muscular man with a crossbow on his back and Taylor suddenly understood why everyone was smiling. She knew that man.

Pre-Apocalypse

"Daryl!" Taylor called as she walked over to the barn the back of Daryl's house. She pulled open the barn doors and inside there was Daryl but not sitting on the bench but at the back of the barn in the dark shaded part and he looked up at her then buried his head back into his arms which were wrapped around his knees. Taylor walked over to him. "I can't stand this anymore" he said before Taylor had the chance to say anything.

She placed her hand on his shoulder which he shook off. He looked at her and stood up, as he walked out the barn he muttered "I don't need no-one"

Present

"Daryl" Taylor shouted and the man with the crossbow turned around with a face like thunder. Then all emotion left his face as he stared right at Taylor.

"T-Teddy"? he asked and she smiled back at him. He slumped his crossbow off his shoulder onto the floor and after taking his slow first steps in her direction he fell to his knees. The group around her smiled some with tears in their eyes.

Taylor ran up to him, she knelt in front of him. She lifted his chin up "I'm here" she said and gently kissed his lips. Daryl smiled, wrapped his hands around her waist, stood up and spun her 'round. The group laughed and three woman standing together were smiling with tears in their eyes clearly getting emotional.

"So...?" Taylor said looking over at Rick "Who's this person you wanted me to meet?" Rick shook his head and laughed along with the others.

The first person to introduce herself was a woman with short hair. She walked over to Taylor holding hands with a little girl.

"I'm Carol and this is my daughter Sophia" Carol said. Taylor instantly took a liking to Carol she seemed the kind of person that she could get along with.

"Hello" Taylor responded "I have something I think you might like" she said to Sophia who looked to be no older than 12 or 13. Taylor stuck her hand in her pocket and pulled out a red lollypop and handed it over to Sophia. Sophia took the lolly

"Oh, wow, thank you" she said. "Not a problem".

As night fell there were some in the group Taylor still didn't know but she knew all the women such as the blonde woman, Andrea and her younger sister Amy and she also knew the Grimes family which included Rick his wife Lori and their son Carl who looked to be about the same age as Sophia.

At night Daryl was sitting next to her when the group was sitting around the fire. Daryl sat with his hand around her waist. Taylor felt comfortable, safe but something make her feel uneasy then out the corner of her eyes she saw a man staring at her a man she had not yet been introduced to so out of politeness she looked at him and smiled. He did a sort of half smiled and winked at her in a friendly way and she smiled.

"Who the fuck you winkin' at Shane?" Daryl asked standing up.

"Who ever the fuck i want to" Shane replied now also standing up. Taylor knew this wasn't gonna turn out good. Rick had began to stand up ready to get in-between Shane and Daryl. She interrupted:

"Daryl, stop it!" Daryl looked over at her

"No!" he replied "I only just got you back and I'm not gonna let some asshole like him change what we have"

"Is that what you think I'm like?" Taylor asked with disappointment growing on her face. "I've just found you after 3 months of thinking you might be dead but some guy winks at me and suddenly you'll mean nothing to me?"

That's not what I..." Daryl begun.

"You obviously don't know me as well as you thought" Taylor finished and ran off into her tent which either Shane or Rick had set up for her.

Later, Daryl entered her tent

"I was just trying to protect you" Daryl explained.

"He was only trying to be nice" Taylor replied sorting out her bed.

"I know I guess I was scared" Daryl said, trying to explain himself.

"Or Jealous" Taylor suggested stopping what she was doing but still not looking up and smirking too herself.

"Oh, jealous was I?" Daryl said leaning over and tickling her waist.

"Yeah" she said whilst giggling.

He stopped tickling her and looked right into her eyes moving hair out of her face and smiling passionately at her.

"I've missed you so much" he said. "I couldn't think straight without you, I would dream about you at night about when we used to sit right at the back of the field of your dad's farm and stay there all day and at night when we used to stare at the stars. How perfect it felt with you in my arms. Then I woke up to this excuse of a fucking world which was made a million times worse with you not lying next to me"

"I love you, Daryl" Taylor replied "and tomorrow you can wake up and i'll be there right by your side" Taylor lay down and patted the space next to her encouraging Daryl to lay down next to her which he did. He lay on his back with both hands behind his head and Taylor snuggled up to his and put one hand on his chest and he wrapped one arm around her shoulder and Taylor closed her eyes.

"Teddy?" Daryl asked breaking the silence.

"Mmm" Teddy replied with her eyes still close.

"I love you too" Daryl answered and Taylor smiled snuggling up to him even more with was where they fell into a peaceful sleep, together.