As I've said before, I totally ship Andrea and Shane together, and so in this season I think we will see a little more of that in my story. But don't worry, there will still be lots of Daryl and Serena, and all the others we love.
Anyways, I own nothing, unfortunately. But I still love comments.
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As Serena followed her boyfriend down the highway on foot, collecting supplies from the car parked around them, she thought she could hear a whistle coming from behind her. Daryl turned, having heard the whistle too. They both saw Rick, standing a good distance away from them, waving his hands, motioning for them to get under the cars.
Daryl froze, looking down at Serena's stomach. There was no was she was gunna fit under a fucking car. He narrowed his eyes, looking in the distance behind Rick. From behind the RV emerged a walker, stumbling towards them, though he hadn't noticed them yet. Then another appeared, and another, appearing on both sides. Daryl's stomach turned, it was an entire herd.
He grabbed her hand, pulling her behind a truck and ducking down. He whistled up to Glenn and T-Dog who were collecting gas. They looked at him first, then saw the walkers behind the truck, on their way towards them. Daryl motioned for them to get under the vehicles.
Serena looked over at him worried. She knew as well as he did she would never get underneath a car. She held tightly to his hand. He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to think. He thought about the story Glenn had told him, about how they had escaped Atlanta when they first met Rick. How he had been able to walk right though a hoard of walkers, all he had to do was cover up the smell.
He opened his eyes. He could hear the moaning of the walkers from behind them. They were getting close. He let go of her hand, opening the door to the nearest car and pulling out the body on the front seat. He turned to Serena, "Lay down." He told her. She did as she was instructed without question. She trusted him.
She threw herself down on the ground, lying sideways. Daryl then draped the rotting corps over her, the dead person's head coming to rest only inches from her own. She held back vomit and tried to breathe through her mouth. He grabbed another body from the same car, lying down beside her on the asphalt. He pulled the dead body over top of him and looked over at her. She was staring at him longingly. She was praying to god his plan worked, but was scared to death it wouldn't. "I love you." She whispered to him as she could hear the moans of the walking dead getting closer.
He smiled at her and shook his head as he reached out, grabbing her hand, "Tell me after." He whispered back, holding on tightly to her.
A walker came around the truck they had been cowering behind moments ago. He breathed the air deeply, shuffling along towards them. Soon, more of them came into view, slowly weaving between cars, aimlessly headed alone the road. As the first few zombies past by them Serena held her breath, fearing every second of it. They seemed distraught, like they could catch wiffs of her. All in all, they passed by the couple without incident. She could also see them walk right past the cars that Glenn and T-Dog had disappeared under. She took a breath, watching as a few stragglers shuffled past her. She couldn't believe it, his plan had worked. Daryl had saved her, again.
They waited a moment, silently, before pulling the bodies off of them. Serena crawled over to Daryl who was sitting up looking at her. When she reached him he wrapped his arms around her. It didn't seem real, how close they had just come to losing one another. He held her for a moment, before releasing her from him grip. She moved back from him and he grabbed her shoulders, "Ok." He said, nodding, "Tell me now."
She smiled, "I love you." She told him again.
He smiled back at her and sighed, "I love you too." He said, before taking her lips in his own. He had never said those words to anyone. He didn't think he had ever felt that way before. But what he felt for her was special. He had been ready to rip apart any zombie that dared to attack her. When he looked at her he got a tingling sensation in his stomach, and when he was away from her, she was all he could think about. All that had to mean he loved her.
Their connection was soon broken by Carol's scream, coming from the direction of the RV. They split apart from one another, Daryl standing up before reaching down to give her a hand as well. They hurried back towards where they had heard Carol's call. When they reached her she was standing by the guardrail of road, looking down the incline into the woods. She was grasping her mouth in disbelief while Lori held her. Carl was standing behind them, with Shane and Andrea, who had reached the women first.
"The walkers, they're after my baby." Carol cried.
Serena looked at Lori. Lori looked just a frightened at Carol, but tried to explain, "A walker went after Sophia, cased her into the woods. Rick went in after them."
Serena looked down at the brush below. It was thick, but she trusted Rick would be able to help Sophia. They would be ok. She had to trust.
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Daryl paced back and forth, watching the tree line for any sign of Rick or Sophia. He had wanted to go charging in there after them, insisting he could track them down, but Serena and Shane had talked him out of it, telling him to wait a little while. Serena was leaning against a car, with her arm around Carol, who was sobbing quietly. Carol, of course, blamed herself, and could not seem to get it together.
Lori was just as worried of course, but she was trying her best to comfort Carol, who had become a good friend. She looked over at Daryl, who was still pacing, "Don't you ever sit still?" She commented.
He looked at her and shrugged, "In a world like this, who has time to sit still?" He asked her.
Serena smirked to herself. She was sure Daryl probably had a case of ADD, but it was his quick thinking and reacting that had saved their asses on more than one occasion.
Rick finally emerged from the bushes alone. He was wet and muddy, and looked out of breath. When Carol saw that he was alone she burst back out in loud sobs. Rick looked up at them, confused, "Sophia didn't make it back here?" He asked.
Daryl jumped over the guardrail, walking down towards Rick, "She didn't come back here. If you show me where you last saw her though, I might be able to find her."
Shane was standing at the top of the hill still, looking down at them with his arms crossed, "What happened, Rick?"
Rick explained, "I found her, left her by a spring under a tree, then lured the Walker away. I killed the son of a bitch and when I went back for Sophia she was gone. I thought she'd come back here. I told her how to get back." He looked back into the woods, "We have to go look."
Shane sighed and looked over at Glenn, "Common Glenn, let's go with them for back up."
Glenn nodded and climbed over the guardrail, heading down to where Daryl and Rick were standing. "How are we gunna even know where she went?" Glenn asked Rick.
"Sophia is no different from an animal." Daryl answered before Rick could say anything, "If I can find her trail, I can follow it."
Glenn looked at Daryl and nodded, having been on excursions with him before. Glenn still wasn't sure what he thought of Daryl. He had realized that Daryl was a completely different person from Merle, but who that person is was still a mystery to all of them, except for Serena it seemed.
Serena stood up from leaning against the car, walking up to the edge of the highway and looking down at her boyfriend and 3 other companions. She leaned down, putting her hands out on the guard rail, and gave Daryl a look, "Be careful." She knew there was no way in convincing him to stay at the highway with her, and she also knew there was no chance in her going with them.
He smiled, "I got this." He told her. She felt a little better that he had his trusty crossbow over his shoulder, but she would still worry. Before they turned into the woods, she blew him a kiss. To her surprise he reached his hand out, pretending to catch her invisible kiss. He then put it in the left pocket of his plaid shirt, patting his chest, still looking up at her.
She burst out laughing. God, how cheesy were they? She thought about it for a moment, realizing that she really didn't care.
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Oh god, cheese! Well after taking almost 20 chapters for Daryl and Serena to really fall for one another in my last story, you had to know it was about time I bring on the cheese. Also, for those of you that don't mind an R rating, I'm still considering a one shot of pure fluff from these two. Let me know your thoughts on this and my story in general.
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