Beth zipped her bag shut and smiled to herself, she couldn't wait till they got to a place where they could stop for a bit. They were always in such a rush and had to be on their guard, there was never any time to really try and push him a little. If Maggie knew what was going through her mind right now she would probably scold her and tell her all the reasons it was wrong and wouldn't work. She didn't care about any of that though and besides Maggie wasn't here, it was just her and Daryl. Daryl- the man who had stayed beside through this whole ordeal, even when she was at her worst. Losing her father and being separated from her sister hadn't exactly brought forth her best behavior and at times she wondered why he even put up with her. He had to have some kind of feeling s for her and she intended on finding out exactly what those were as soon as they could find a place to breathe a little.
Daryl watched her closely as they made their way through the woods, wondered what was going on in that beautiful mind of hers. Didn't want to ask her because he was afraid of the answer, funny thing about Beth was she wasn't afraid of him in the least or telling him exactly what was on her mind. She had a dreamy faraway look on her face and he wondered with a spear of jealousy if she was thinking about Zach or that Jimmy kid. He wanted her to be thinking about him but knew that was ridiculous, she didn't think of him that way, he was sure of it. Why should she? He was 15 years her senior and she had just lost a boyfriend. Those boys couldn't love her like he could...wait ...love? Oh hell he was in love with Beth... there was no other explanation for these ridiculous musings, he had heard about this but always shook it off as an excuse for mushy ridiculous behavior. Now he knew that it was definitely real and there was no escaping it, he would have to either go for it or get over it. He was letting this thing distract him and it would get them both killed before it was over.