Authors Note: The Walking Dead and it's characters do NOT belong to me, I just play with them! The song is "She's In Love With The Boy" by Trisha Yearwood
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Katie's sitting on the old front porch
Watching the chickens peck the ground
There ain't a whole lot going on tonight
In this one horse town.
Over yonder, coming up the road
In a beat-up Chevy truck
Her boyfriend Tommy, laying on the horn
Splashing through the mud and the muck.
"Bethy, honey.. What're you doin' on the porch? It's after 10... bout time to come inside, I'd think..."
She regarded her mama with a small frown and turned back to look down the dirt road that led to their farm.
"I'm waitin' on Daryl, mama.. I won't be too long." Annette smiled and nodded, walking back inside to settle down for the night, knowing her daughter wouldn't be inside for a good while.
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
And even if they have to run away,
She's gonna marry that boy someday.
Beth Greene smiled wistfully to herself as she thought about Daryl; her boyfriend. The rough red-neck that everyone around the small town loathed. But she didn't loath him. She loved him fiercely with every fiber of her being and although she hadn't said the three words out loud to the grumbly man yet, she was sure he knew how she felt. Or at least she hoped he did.
Pretty soon, faster than she had thought, the headlights to Daryls' old Ford Truck could be seen coming down her driveway. She anxiously remained on the porch stoop, fighting the urge to run to him and wrap her arms around his waist.
Once parked, he sat in the truck and beeped the horn quickly, trying not to make too much noise and Beth at once stood up, rushing to the passenger side, scooting to the middle of the bench seat, laying her head against the crook of his neck. He smirked deviously and planted a light kiss on her forehead and proceeded to back out, one arm rested over her shoulders.
Her daddy says, "he ain't worth a lick,
When it came to brains, he got the short end of the stick"
But Katie's young and man, she just don't care.
She'd follow Tommy anywhere.
Annette sat on the couch as the couple left the property and glanced warily at her troubled husband, Hershel.
"That boy needs to stop calling her out so late at night... I won't tolerate it much longer..." he grumbled to himself and she could only chuckle to herself as the man simmered none too silently.
"That boy reminds me of someone I once dated, Hershel Greene...And from what I remember, my daddy wasn't too fond of us dating neither.." She reminded her husband thoughtfully.
"The boy's over half her age, Annette! I knew I should've forbid it, when it started!"
Now Annette was just mad. Won't no need for her husbands' tone and she set him straight right quick and in a hurry.
"And apparently, according to you, my parents should have forbade me from seeing you, considerin' you were 15 years older than me!" At her tone, he hung his head, "So you best hush, if you know what's good for ya.." she continued playfully, to lighten the mood.
Katie and Tommy at the drive-in movie,
Parked in the very last row
They're too busy holding onto one another
To even care about the show
But later on outside the Tastee Freeze,
Tommy slips something on her hand
He says, "my high school ring will have to do
Til I can buy a wedding band"
A whole year and still, Beth couldn't be happier with her life despite the unhappiness of others at her current relationship status. She had been dating Daryl for a year now and after a lot of ups and downs, they were finally on the same ground concerning their feelings for one another.
One night after six months of various dates and cruising around old dirt roads, Beth finally bit the bullet and said those three words to Daryl Dixon. He had visibly paled at first but recovered quickly as he tightened his hand in hers, saying the same back.
"Me too, Beth... I didn' know how't say the words... Seemed like they weren't nough'" he said in his hoarse, quiet voice as if he were afraid to voice his feelings. But voice them, he did...
Now, six months after their declaration and she couldn't be happier. They had made love that night in the bed of his truck, after he put layers of blankets in it and pulled to a deserted place where he regularly hunted during the fall.
Even though he was mored experienced than she, they still fumbled and bumped noses as they kissed, nervously undressing each other.
But once the hesitation vanished with the first thrust, they found an awkward but comfortable rhythym.
"Didn't ya want a veggie burger, Beth?" Her thoughts were interrupted with a questioning gaze from Daryl. She realized they were at the local dairy queen and nodded her head, smiling brightly at him. He grunted and exited the vehicle to go up to the order window, leaving Beth to her own devices in the truck.
A few minutes later, they were both seated in his truck, eating lunch and staying in a comfortable silence.
"I've been thinkin'... We oughta... I'unno..." Daryl grumbled from the drivers' seat, obviously tongue-tied.
Beth smiling endearingly to herself and stayed quiet, knowing he'd come up with the right words in a minute. She knew not to rush him when he wanted to talk about something serious. And by the conflicting look on his face, she knew it had to be serious.
"You wanna...make things more official...? I mean, y'don't have to... Is'just a thought is all..."
Now came her que to say something and she almost found herself speechless, but regained her composure quickly.
"You mean... get married, Daryl?" She suspected that was the case but immediately, she could see the doubt creeping onto his face at her words, thinking she'd say no, "I think that'd be great... Perfect, actually..." she reassured him quickly, smiling brightly with tears forming in her eyes.
"Yeah, I reckon' so... Thinkin' you're the only one that I can, y'know... see putting up wid' my ass for the next 50 years or somethin'..."
At his words, she squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck, catching him off guard but not making him uncomfortable anymore compared to the first time she showed affection towards him.
Gathering himself, he reached into his shirt pocket pulling out a thin but beautiful charm bracelet with a crossbow and music note dangling from it. He shrugged indifferently and handed it to her hesitately, as if he were afraid she'd bite him.
The tears started spilling over as Beth clasped the hook around her wrist, covering the rough scars that adorned it. "Daryl... I love it..."
Seeming uncomfortable but accustomed to her emotional outbursts sometimes, he continued, "Couldn't get ya any ring yet... Don't have the money... But saw this and thought of ya... Dunno' when I can get a band but... this here..."
"It's perfect, I love it!" She continued crying as she hugged him, knowing that this was a grand gesture in itself. A promise of marriage one day... that's all she had hoped for.
It wasn't until after midnight that they finally ended their night and Daryl drove back to the farm to drop Beth off at home, a small smile gracing his features.
Her daddy's waiting up til half past twelve
When they come sneaking up the walk
He says, "young lady get on up to your room
While me and junior have a talk"
But Mama breaks in and says "Don't lose your temper
It wasn't very long ago
When you yourself was just a hay seed plow boy
Who didn't have a row to hoe"
"My daddy said you wasn't worth a lick,
When it came to brains, you got the short end of the stick.
But he was wrong and honey, you are too.
Katie looks at Tommy like I still look at you."
"Hershel... Come inside, now. No use in waiting up for her.. She's a grown woman now!" Annette called from the hallway of their house out to the porch where her husband stood.
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she heard the familiar sound of Daryl's truck pulling up and furrowing her brow as the engine cut off. Oh boy, this oughta be good... she thought to herself.
"Hey Momma! Daddy!" Was the first words out of Beths' mouth when she exited the truck, holding Daryl's hand tightly although the guy looked like he could flee the scene any moment.
"Young lady, mind telling us why you're just now getting home? At this hour?" Hershel asked, trying to keep a firm voice with his youngest child.
"Now Daddy, it isn't that late now. I'm 20 years old, I should be able to stay out past 12, at least." she said sweetly, no attitude whatsoever in her voice.
"You still live here, Bethy so what I say goes. You know that."
Beth seemed as if she hadn't heard him and pulled Daryl to the front steps, not even five feet away from her parents. Annette noticed the guy biting his lip and staring down at the ground, scowling at it. For a moment, she wondered what the ground ever did to him but she knew him by now from the way Beth talked of him. His past, family and such dull reminders of the rough childhood and scars he posessed.
"Anyway, we have somethin' to tell you-" "You aren't pregnant, are you? Oh Bethy..." At her Momma's words, Beth blanched and shook her head vigiorously.
"No, Mama. Don't be silly! We're gettin' married!"
With the silence that followed, you could swear you'd hear a pin drop and after looking at Hershel, you'd thought he'd kill the guy right where he stood.
But looking defeated at the whole situation, Hershel just nodded his head and pulled Beth into a hug. "I hope you're making the right decision, doodlebug.." And that was that.
"Oh, won't y'all come in for somethin' to drink?" Annette gathered her emotions and called to the happy couple, bound and determined to be happy for her baby. She knew how much they loved each other and after dating over a year, she figured her daughter knew what she was doing.
And even if they had to run away,
She's gonna marry that boy some day.