Note*** Chap 2, A lot of this story is going to be just Daryl, the rest of the cast will be sprinkled in, but the biggest part of the story will Daryl and Kelly.

Walking alone in the woods Kelly rubbed her temples trying to relive the overwhelming pain. Her head had been throbbing the whole morning, and the more she tried to make it go away harder the pounding got. When she came upon a stump she sat down. Taking the rubber band out she let her hair fall down around her shoulders. She ran her hands from the front of her head clean down to her neck. Sitting there enjoying her moment of solidity she closed her eyes and just listened to the sound of nothing.

Kelly had almost dozed off when the sound of a not to distant twig breaking snapped her back to the real world. She rolled her eyes annoyed that her alone time was being interrupted. Since joining the group she was finding it harder and harder to get alone time. When the foot steps sounded like they were coming from right behind her she stood up and turned. Screaming she tried to move away from the body that was now right next to her she fell hard to the ground.

When she turned to look up she couldn't believe who was standing there in the sunlight. Daryl, the last person she wanted intruding on her peace and quite. "What the hell you doing wondering off alone, haven't you gotten lost enough. Or you trying for a second time?" Daryl asked in his off beat way. Kelly narrowed her eyes and bit her lip. She didn't know what it was about the man, but she didn't care for the man. And every time he made one of his hick comments to her she wanted nothing more than take his crossbow and beat him over the head with it.

Daryl reached out to help her up, Kelly shoed his hand away refusing his help. In a way she was just as stubborn and pig headed as he was, but she would never admit that to anyone. "What are you doing sneaking up on people? Don't you have something better to do? Like cleaning your bow, or killing something?" She brushed the dirt from her body. With out so much as another word she turned and headed back to camp. She didn't care if Daryl followed her, or wondered off into the woods never to be found again. She didn't want anything more to do with him.

Returning to camp the first person she came upon was Shane. She smiled and tried to just walk past, but as she did Shane grabbed her arm, stopping her. "What happen to your arm?" He asked turning her arm so that she could see the blood. Shane took a rag from his pocket and rapped it around the wound. As Kelly looked down shocked by what she saw, she noticed Daryl reappear from the woods. "Come on" Shane, still holding on to her arm, led her to Dale's camper.

"What happen?" Shane asked again, worried that maybe she had come across a walker and for some reason wasn't telling them.

"I fell, didn't even know I'd gotten cut." Kelly watched as they poured alcohol over the wound and bandaged it up. She even watched with an evil look in her eyes as Daryl approached. The loathing she felt for him at that very moment burnt red hot.

"Dam girl went off trying to get herself lost again, I had to go find her." Daryl told Shane and returned the evil stare from Kelly.

"Maybe if the redneck wonder wouldn't sneak up on people I wouldn't of fell." Kelly felt the need to defend herself.

"Nobody goes anywhere alone." Shane looked down at her. He wasn't siding with Daryl, but the last thing he needed was a member of the group going off for a walk and getting lost. Kelly stood up and walked toward Daryl stopping inches from him.

"Next time I have to shit I guess I'll make sure your there to wipe my ass." She whispered and walked away. Daryl looked back at Dale and Shane confused.

"Looks like you just made a friend. What were you doing following her around out in the woods?" Shane asked him wondering if Daryl was turning weird on them.

"You said nobody goes anywhere alone." Daryl answered and walked away. He was trying to do his part and look after the group. It wasn't the whole truth, but it was enough for them to stop asking questions. He didn't know what it was but he felt a need to look over Kelly. It had been almost a month since she'd followed him out of the woods. For some reason he felt she was his reasonability.

That night as the group gathered around the fire there was discussion of a run to town for supplies. They were running low on food, and basically everything else. Their most desperately needed item, medical supplies. Rick took charge as he normally did. They would return to the little city they stopped at when the moved camp. He asked for volunteers, and once it was decided who was going Rick broke them up into teams of two. Each team was to go to a cretin store for specific supplies. Just her luck Kelly was stuck with Daryl.

The next day they loaded into a van they had come across, it was large enough for the six of them to get in and out of quickly, and hold all the supplies they could plunder. Kelly sat in the van, anxiously awaiting their arrival in town. Since the end of the world had started she had stayed out of any city, town or suburb she could. She grew up on the good old country roads, where there was at least five miles in between each house. She followed those roads stopping at a house when she needed to and staying as long as she could.

Kelly had a pretty good thing going. It seemed that every house she chose to stop at had enough food for her to spend about a week there. When she would leave she would take as little as possible with her. Traveling light made it quicker to move from one place to another. That was until the day she awoke to a house full of walkers. She grabbed the two bags next to her and ran like hell. She was chased into the woods where she wondered aimlessly until she found Daryl.

Now she was sitting behind him staring at his head. What was she about to encounter. Kelly wasn't fond of Daryl and now that her ass was literarily in his hands she had only one question. Could she count on him when it mattered most?

Again let me know what you think. Chap three is already written, just waiting to see if any one likes how this is going so far. Thanks for reading.