Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia
Somebody To Die For
Chapter 2
"Oh really?" Bailey said sarcastically as she watched Lori sitting down. "What kept you, huh?"
"Bailey, don't," Daryl said quietly, as he rubbed her arm soothingly.
She pressed her lips together but glared at Lori with disgust as she got up to go to the cemetery to visit her daughter, Celia's grave.
It had been a long time since she had last visited her daughter; it was her fault that she had lost her precious baby.
She sat down cross legged on top of the grave and sighed as she stroked the cross gently. "I miss you, baby girl," she said softly, feeling her eyes sting. "You would have liked it here with our friends," she added, with a sad smile, as she took the flower Daryl had given her out of her hair and placed it in front of the cross. "I'm so sorry, Celia."
She stroked the grave gently as she saw the gold writing on the grave and felt her eyes swim with tears of pain.
Here lies Celia Katherine Greene
Born - June the tenth 2012 - Died Tenth of June
Loving daughter, loving niece and granddaughter.
Flying with the angels
She felt a tear slide down her cheek, as she thought of her daughter, probably the only child she would ever have, never being able to grow up, never having a future. "I love you so much, Celia," she said pained as she held the cross.
She stroked the photo lovingly. Her relationship with Dave had crumbled after four years of marriage and violence; she had been a coward to stay so long with him.
Her mother hadn't cared about her but her father had, he had loved her.
After they had been bitten and turned to walkers, she was lucky she'd had her Uncle and cousins too, she had someone else to turn to when the world ended, and they were very close to her. After she had found Anna out on the road alone, they had travelled. Together, before she had brought Anna to Hershel's farm.
Bailey wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, she kissed Celia's grave lovingly before getting up and going back to the farm.
Anna was with Carl to check on him and to see how he was, the boy was so sweet and kind it melted her heart.
"How are you doing?" Anna asked softly. She couldn't help but think of her resentment for Lori, it should be her here with her son instead, but she was too busy out fucking his dad's best friend. "Are you feeling better?"
"A little thanks," Carl said softly, as he shifted around in the bed. "I'm glad Sophia's alright."
"She's a strong girl," Anna said with a small smile. She could tell Carl had a crush on Sophia that much was obvious.
Sophia came in then looking fresh and clean as she sat on the bed with Carl, the two best friends began to talk happily and Anna smiled warmly before leaving them to catch up.
She headed into the room she shared with Bailey; she picked up a photo of her parents, Alistair, Connor and her when she had gotten her medical degree.
She sat it down on her beside table and stroked their faces gently, before standing up and looking out of the window, over where the barn was. She knew what was in there, she knew how dangerous it could be if they got out, but she couldn't bring herself to do anything about it. She didn't want her parents and brothers to be gone for good, she couldn't deal with that. She sighed as she seen Bailey come in from Celia's grave, and thought about all the loss that the people in this house had suffered.
She sighed as Bailey came in and gave her a small smile before heading into the en suite bathroom and having a shower. Anna knew Bailey loved Daryl and he loved her but it seemed that they were both afraid of getting hurt.
She sighed and headed downstairs where she could hear Shane and Lori talking quietly in urgent voices.
"I think I'm pregnant."
Anna's eyes widened. "Oh god," she whispered to herself as she hid out of view from the two of them. If she hadn't been fucking stupid enough to have an affair with her husbands best friend at the end of the world, they hadn't even been using fucking protection?
"What are we going to do, Lori?" Shane asked worriedly, as she saw him pace around the sitting room.
"I'm going to ask Glenn to go to the pharmacy for me tomorrow," Lori replied quickly. "Ask him to get me a pregnancy test. Well, I won't tell him that's what it is; I'll write it down and let him figure it out for himself."
"Maybe you can get Anna to go get it, she's a doctor." Shane said and Lori considered this for a moment before nodding.
"I'll ask her, I love you Shane." She said softly and Anna wanted to gag at her, Rick and Carl would be devastated by this.
"I love you too, Lori." Shane said as they walked out of the living room and headed into the kitchen.
Lori walked into the kitchen, oblivious to the woman who had been standing listening to her conversation. She smiled at Anna when she'd seen her, and had the cheek to pick up some of the fruit that was sitting in the kitchen and help herself to it. "Hey, Anna?" she asked softly, and Anna turned around and gave her a fake smile.
"I was wondering... maybe tomorrow, would you mind running into town for me? It's just... I need a pregnancy test. I think Rick and I might be expecting," she said with a small smile.
Anna frowned at her, but bit back what she really wanted to say. "Sure I will, Lori," she said cheerily. She would go to town tomorrow and get that test, and she would make sure she left it somewhere that Rick would see it. She would end this bitch.
Daryl had been sitting on a tree log fixing himself some arrows when he saw Bailey heading towards him with her long light brown hair damp from a shower.
"Hey!" She called out warmly.
"Hey Bailey." He said smiling at her warmly.
"Our showers free if you ever want to use it," she said with a small smile as she sat down beside him. "It's nice to have hot water again."
Daryl chuckled. "Kinda got used to washin' in the great outdoors," he said with a smirk.
Bailey smiled at him. "So... what's the deal with you and Carol?" she asked mischievously. "You seem close. You like her?" she asked winking, as she nudged his arm playfully.
"Nah. We're just good friends, I helped look for Sophia and we became good friends." He told her and she smiled at him softly then as she saw Anna hurrying towards them.
"We are fucked." She said panting slightly as she caught her breath.
"Why?" Bailey asked confused.
"Lori's pregnant."
"Oh shit," Daryl muttered, setting his arrows down on the grass. If the situation wasn't bad enough, it had just gotten ten times worse. "How do ya know?"
"I overheard it in a conversation, and then she had the nerve to come and ask me to go to town and get a pregnancy test for her," she said disgusted as she sat down next to the two of them. "I'm going first thing in the morning, will you come with me?" she asked looking at Bailey.
Bailey nodded and gave her a small smile. "Of course, you know I will."
"Thank you," Anna answered softly. "Sorry, I wasn't interrupting here, was I?"
"No, we were just talking about stuff." Bailey said giving Daryl a quick smile as they saw Carol come over with Sophia.
"Lori is angry about something, she won't say why though." Carol said sitting down next to them along with Sophia.
"She's pregnant." Anna told her.
Daryl stood up and grabbed his arrows. There were too many people gathering for his liking, he tended to stay out of crowds if he could help it, and had been keeping himself to himself since Merle had disappeared. "I'll leave you ladies to talk," he said quietly, before heading off further down the garden.
"We don't know for sure yet," Bailey reminded her. "We need to go and pick up a test, it might just be a false alarm. And if she's pregnant, she's pregnant, there's nothing we can do about it, it's Lori's baby," she said, feeling a little jealous. She had lost her baby, but Lori could have one at the end of the world, with someone who wasn't even her husband? If only Bailey had that silver lining too, but she didn't have enough luck for good things to happen.
Anna hugged her tightly as they both smiled warmly at Carol as Beth and Maggie came in.
"Hey, what's up?" Maggie asked her cousin gently.
"Nothing much. I'm going on a supply run with Anna tomorrow; we need more medical supplies and some hygiene products." Bailey said as she wrote a list.
"Thank you. All of you for looking after my baby girl." Carol told them warmly.
"It's not a problem," Anna said with a smile, Sophia had been no trouble at all to look after. And as much as she wouldn't have minded caring for her, she was glad she had been reunited with her mother, a child would have been far too much more responsibility in this world than she was ready for. "Like I said, we all gotta look out for each other now. Is there anything you girls need?"
Maggie coughed and went red. She moved to where only Anna and Bailey could hear her. "Please don't tell dad, he'll flip, but... could you get some condoms?"
"No problem, Maggie." Bailey said smirking at her as they headed into the kitchen to prepare lunch for everyone which was chicken and roast potatoes.
"Hey Anna, can we talk?" Shane asked her quietly.
Anna sighed as she looked at him. As much as she didn't want to talk to him, she was a little curious and interested to see what he had to say. She nodded and set the food she was using down, before following him through to the sitting room. "What do you want, Shane?"
Shane looked at her carefully, she had gotten more beautiful since their break up two years ago and her blonde wavy curls were longer, her sky blue eyes glared at him.
"I just wanted you to know, the woman I was cheating on you with was Lori." He told her and left her standing in shock as he headed to where Lori was.
Anna felt a rage boil up inside her, but she didn't let it show. She would plan her revenge, but it would be a silent revenge, so as not to get kicked off the farm by Hershel. One way or another, they'd make that bitch pay.
She decided to go outside to get some air and headed outside to where her family was in the barn and rested her hand against it.
"I love you mom, dad, Alistair and Connor."
She could hear the groans and the banging against the door and it broke her heart to know that they didn't know who she was anymore; all they wanted to do was eat her. Anna sighed as she walked away and sat on a nearby log, until the noises had died down, she didn't want to alert any of Rick's group.
She heard a light shuffle and looked up to see Daryl sit down next to her. "Hey... ya alright?" he asked, fiddling with his arrows.
"I'm alright just tired." She assured him as they headed back to the house and saw Bailey waiting for them as they got closer.
"You love her, don't you?" She asked Daryl as they watched Bailey.
Daryl swallowed and shook his head. "No," he lied, as he slung his crossbow over his shoulder. "I uh.. we're just good friends," he said quietly, and Anna nodded.
"Hey, guys," Bailey smiled as they caught up with her. She looked at Anna. "What did Shane want to talk to you about?"
"That the woman he was sleeping with when I was going out with was Lori, fucking bastard." Anna spat looking upset and angry.
"I told Hershel that we're going on the supply run tomorrow." Bailey said calmly looking at Anna with soft cornflower blue eyes.
"I didn't mention anything about the pregnancy test though," she added quietly, wondering how her Uncle would have reacted to that news. "He said we can take a couple of the horses if we want them."
Anna nodded and gave her a small smile. "You didn't tell him what Maggie wanted either, did you?"
"What does Maggie want?" Daryl asked, looking between the two women in confusion.
"Maggie wanted condoms." Bailey said laughing at Daryl's expression lightly as they headed inside to eat dinner.
Dinner was filled with everyone talking and getting to know each other.
"So Bailey Shane told me you were married for four years, where is your husband?" Lori asked her as they
Bailey froze as she looked at Lori. "I don't know," she answered quietly as she picked at her food. "We uh... We broke up after he pushed me down the stairs and I lost my baby," she added, as everyone at the table fell silent. "He could be either dead or alive, who cares, eh?" she asked with a humourless laugh.
"I'm so sorry." Carol said upset for Bailey.
"It's fine it happened before this all happened." Bailey said quietly getting up and going outside to check on the horses with Daryl going after her.
"Bailey, wait," Daryl called out, just as he caught up with her before she went into the barn. A grey cloud had rolled over and it started to rain down on them. Daryl took off his jacket and wrapped it around her bare shoulders. "Are ya OK? If ya need to talk to me, I'm here," he said softly.
"He would hit me sometimes." She said not looking at him as they sat on a block of hay with the horses neighing as they ate their food.
"He hit ya?" Daryl growled disgusted that Dave had hurt her.
"He'd do worse than that," she admitted finally, as she looked down at her hands ashamed. "If I didn't make him something he liked for dinner, he'd throw the plates at me. If I didn't clean or iron his clothes properly, I'd get a black eye. There was other stuff too, but I... I had to stay with him," she said as she felt a tear roll down her cheek, and cursed herself for crying in front of Daryl. "I thought he would change."
"Bailey look at me, look at me Bailey." Daryl told her and she looked at him through tear filled eyes that met piercing blue eyes filled with emotion.
"What he did to ya wasn't ya fault." He comforted her as he took her into his arms and held her as she cried into his chest.
She nodded as she clung onto him tightly, before looking up at him with a tear stained face. "God, look at me, I'm sorry. I feel so stupid," she said, embarrassed.
"Don't be ya look beautiful like ya always do." He said hesitating before gently kissing her on the forehead before they headed inside the house.
They both went inside, where everyone gave Bailey a sad smile, as they all got ready for bed. She looked at Daryl and chewed her bottom lip. "Will you... uh... will you stay with me?" she asked quietly, not wanting to be on her own tonight. "Uncle Hershel won't know, and Anna won't mind if you're in the room. Besides, we're not doing anything wrong. I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."
"No I'd like to." Daryl told her as they both headed upstairs where he headed into the bathroom to get changed while she pulled on a pair of cotton shorts and a matching cami vest.
"Hey." She said as Daryl came out wearing a pair of sweats and a black wife beater as they got under the sheets, Anna was already asleep.
"Hey," he whispered softly as he pulled the blankets up around them and settled into the bed, pulling her against his chest. "Ya OK there?"
"I'm alright thank you." She said curling into him as he saw a tattoo on her right shoulder; it was a black star lily.
"Good I'm glad." He said burying his face into her hair.
"It feels like so long since I've slept in a bed," Daryl chuckled, thinking of the time he had spent in his sleeping bags. "I thought I didn't miss it, but fuck, I do. Comfortable as hell."
"You can stay in my room now," Bailey said as she drifted off to sleep. "If you want to."
"I do want to, thank ya." He said kissing her forehead gently before they both drifted off to a peaceful sleep.
Anna woke up early the next morning, she could tell, it was still dark outside. She stretched and yawned before getting up and going for a shower, before heading back into their room to pick out some clothes for her and Bailey's supply run.
She picked out a red tank top, a pair of jeans and her black cowboy boots as she headed into the bathroom to have a shower.
She was her face and body then her hair as she thought back to Lori and Shane's affair, Rick was going to find out soon and god only knew how he was going to react along with Carl.
She wasn't doing it because she loved Shane still, and fuck; she certainly wasn't doing it because she loved Lori. She was doing it, because there was a tiny bit of her that may have been in love with Rick. She sighed as she rinsed off her hair and thought of what she was going to do with the test once she had it. She would bring Lori down. She turned off the water and got dried, before going back into the bedroom to get dressed. The sun was just starting to come up in the sky, she figured it must have been around five or six in the morning.
Bailey had gotten up already and so had Daryl, they were both dressed and waiting for her as they headed downstairs where they saw Hershel sitting at the table with Rick, Glenn and Shane.
"Hey Hershel, me and Bailey are gonna head out now." Anna said and Hershel nodded at them in understanding.
"Alright you girls be careful." He told them.
"Don't worry, Uncle Hershel, we will be," she said as she gave him a quick hug. "Couple of dead people are no match for us, right Anna?"
Anna chuckled. "You bet they ain't."
Both Rick and Daryl smiled at that as did Merle who had just come in from watch as they watched the two young women ride into town.
"How did Anna get here?" Shane asked intrigued.
"Bailey was on her way here when she found Anna trapped in a herd of walkers," Hershel said, remembering the story they had told him. "She stopped to help her out and offered to take her to someplace safe, here. Anna agreed, but wanted to stop off for her parents and brothers, but they were killed just as they reached the farm."
"Where are they now?" Shane asked as he ate a piece of toast. He was nervous about the results of the damn test the two girls were hopefully going to bring home.
"Dead and buried," Hershel lied calmly, not bothering to tell them they were in the barn, along with Bailey's family and his family too.
"I'm sorry Hershel." Rick said saddened for the man.
"I am too, it's been hard on all of us this plague." Hershel said sipping his coffee as they all got up to do their chores when they saw Carl up and about playing with Beth, Sophia and Merle.
"Hey dad, Hershel." Carl said softly.
"Hi, son," Rick said softly, glad to see that Carl was up and about again. There had been a small time where he thought he wasn't even going to survive. "How are you feeling?"
"Much better thanks," Carl said with a small smile as he sat down with the adults. "Anna was taking good care of me."
"She's a good doctor." Rick agreed as he smiled at Sophia who smiled at him and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you for saving me from the walkers, Mr Grimes."
Rick smiled. "Don't worry about it Sophia, I'm just sorry we lost you when we went back for you," he said quietly.
Sophia shook her head. "Don't be, I know you all looked for me. I found mom again anyway, I'm alright."
They all smiled at that and went to do their chores.
Bailey and Anna had ridden to the local town pharmacy and were now gathering supplies which included Lori's damn pregnancy test.
"It hasn't been picked clean unlike the other town." Anna said getting some pads.
"Make's a change to find somewhere that still has supplies," Bailey agreed, smirking as she picked up a box of condoms for Maggie, before she turned to look back at Anna. "Why are you doing this for Lori? Why don't you just come straight out with the truth? Are you afraid of someone getting hurt...? Rick, maybe?" she asked softly.
Anna sighed as she grabbed some shampoo and conditioner along with some first aid kits, bandages, sutures and tweezers.
"I don't want Rick or Carl to get hurt; they're the innocents in this along with that unborn baby. It didn't ask to be born." She said sighing as something grabbed her by the arm.
"Shit, walker!" Anna yelped as she tried to pull out of its grip and reach for her knife. She hear a neigh from outside and seen the two horses take off, but not before she seen the small herd that was approaching the pharmacy. "Oh fuck, Bailey, look outside," she said as she pulled away from the walker and stuck her knife through its eye.
"Oh no," Bailey whispered as she seen the walkers banging at the windows and door to try and get in. "What do we do?!"
"Well don't panic that's for sure." Anna said as she tried to stay calm as they grabbed all of the supplies, Bailey had found two rifles and a Colt shotgun that she handed to Anna.
"We can shoot them but as a last resort." She said remembering what Daryl and Merle had told her at how the noise attracted walkers.
"Alright, got everything?" Anna asked Bailey.
"Yeah, I think so," she said as she picked up her bags and flung them over her shoulders. "You ready to get out of here?" she asked as they made their way to the door, guns and knives in hand.
Anna nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
Bailey nodded and they pushed the doors open as a swarm of walkers were around them as they fought their way out as they tried not to get bit or scratched.
"They should have been back by now." Beth said worried as she saw the sun starting to go down as they washed up plates.
"I'm sure they'll be fine, sweetheart," Merle assured her, as he sat down on one of the kitchen chairs. "They're tough girls."
Beth nodded as she heard a neighing coming from outside and smiled. "That's the horses. They must be back now."
They all headed outside to greet the two young women only to find that Bailey and Anna weren't on the horses, the horses looked spooked.
"Where's Bailey?" Daryl asked having come back from a hunt.
"Uh... they were meant to be on those horses," Beth said in confusion as she looked at Nelly and Flash who ran back into the stables. "I don't know."
"I'm gonna go and find her and Anna." Daryl said putting the squirrels on the side for Carol and Patricia to gut and Rick came out with Carl.
"I'll come too." He said getting in the Cherokee while Daryl got on his bike and they drove off as the others watched.
"You think walkers got them?" Lori asked quietly.
Merle looked at her and shook his head. "I don't know. Maybe they woulda been fuckin' fine if they hadn't been runnin' around doin' errands for you," he spat, Daryl had told him what it was that Anna and Bailey were going to town for, and it made him sick that Lori was being so selfish, risking other peoples lives so her husband wouldn't find out about her affair. "I tell ya one thing, if they're dead, yer gonna have my very pissed off brother to deal with," he mumbled, before walking away.
Daryl was driving as fast as he could as they drove to the town when they heard gunshots going off along with snarls and growls as they saw the pharmacy surrounded by walkers with Bailey and Anna shooting and stabbing them as they tried to escape.
"BAILEY!"
Rick was a little behind in the truck as he tried to catch up with them. He could hear gunfire in the distance, and knew it must be the two girls. "Shit," he cursed, as he put his foot down and tried to speed up. He owed Anna, for all she had done for him and Carl in the past couple of days.
They pulled up in the car park and saw that Bailey and Anna were both now resorting to shoot at the walkers with their guns.
"ANNA OVER HERE!" Rick yelled as they drove over as he and Daryl fired at the walkers.
Anna spun around to see the truck and fired at the walkers in her path, before breaking into a run, as fast as she could towards the truck. Rick was clearing the way for her, and she pulled the door open, before flinging herself in. "Rick," she panted, trying to catch her breath. "Thank God. We tried not to shoot, but there were just too many of them. They just kept coming and... Fuck."
"I know c'mon get in." He said helping her in as they saw Bailey get on the bike behind Daryl as they drove away from the walkers who snarled at them as they got away.
"Holy shit." Bailey gasped as she held onto Daryl as they drove back to the farm.
Everyone was quiet on the way back, the girls were just happy to be alive, and free of bites or scratches. The pulled up at the farm a short time later, and parked up the vehicles.
Bailey stormed off the bike as Anna got out of the truck and they both headed to where Lori was humming a song as she washed clothes.
Daryl knew this wasn't going to end well.
Bailey pulled the packaging that contained the pregnancy test out of her bag and threw it into Lori's hands. "Next time you want a damn fucking test, and expect people to hide your affair from your husband, go and get it your fucking self," she snapped her face red, and her eyes full of fire. "Do you have any idea how close we came to being walker dinner in that damn place? Stop pushing people around to do your work for you and stop being such a selfish bitch!"
She stormed back into the house with Daryl following her as Anna looked at Lori with disgust, she gave her a box with vitamins and left as well feeling angry and cold.
The walkers were really dead, they weren't human anymore.
Her mom and dad and brothers weren't coming back, but she still couldn't bring herself to kill them. She knew it wasn't safe for them to be here though, and maybe the sooner Hershel realized that the better. But he had been kind enough to take her in, so she wasn't going to be the one to ask him to get rid of them. She sighed as she went back inside, shooting Lori one final look of hatred.
She went into the living room and placed the supplies along with guns on the table as she sagged onto the sofa, breathing heavily.
"Are you alright?" Rick asked sitting down beside her.
"Not really." She admitted quietly.
"What's up?" Rick asked softly. She sighed tiredly. She couldn't tell him about the walkers in the barn, she couldn't just come out with everything about Lori and her affair, and she couldn't tell him who Shane had been cheating on her with. There was nothing much she could explain to him.
Instead, she shook her head and gave him a weak smile. "It's nothing. I'm just a little shook up, with what happened," she lied. "I'll be fine."
Rick nodded. "Alright, well, if you ever need to talk, I'm here," he said as he gave her arm a gentle rub.
"Thank you, that means a lot." She said giving him a small smile as she got up to place the supplies in the cupboards while Rick and Daryl checked through the guns they had found.
"Are ya alright?" Daryl asked Bailey gently.
Bailey let out a long breath, trying to release some of her anger towards Lori, as she stocked the medical items. "Yeah, I'm good."
"I'm glad." Daryl said as they finished stocking up the cupboards and went to help Carol, Maggie, Patricia and Beth with dinner.
Lori was looking at the pregnancy test in horror as she tried to cope with the revelation that was showing.
"Shit, how do I tell Shane and Rick," she muttered as she looked at the test and swallowed hard. Maybe she could get rid of it without them knowing. Maybe she could run into the pharmacy, get some pills, and-
"Tell Shane and Rick what?" Rick asked, as he stood in the doorway of their bedroom.
"Nothing Rick, just nothing." Lori said quickly as she hid the pregnancy test and looked at him quickly.
"Is there something I need to know?" He asked looking at her, she didn't love him she realised but it was good to have two men protect her.
She shook her head. "No, nothing, sorry, just a mix up. I thought Anna and Bailey got the wrong stuff I needed and I would have to go back to town, I knew you two wouldn't be happy, but it's right. It's all good, don't worry about it."
Rick nodded. "Alright, well, dinner's ready," he said, before turning and leaving.
Lori watched him go as Shane came in and stared at her, "Well?" He asked calmly.
"It's positive, I'm pregnant Shane." She said quietly.
"We're going to have a baby?" He asked stunned and happy.
Lori nodded. "Yeah, we are. What the hell are we going to do?" she asked. They couldn't keep it from Rick forever, she was going to get bigger, and in nine months a toddler would be walking around, not exactly something they could keep a secret.
Shane shook his head. "I don't know, we'll figure something out."
She nodded and the two of them headed downstairs to join the others for dinner and sat at the table as they all talked and ate.
"So how many walkers did you two girls see?" Shane asked Anna and Bailey.
Anna glared at him from across the table as she shoved some potatoes in her mouth and remained silent for a minute before she answered. "We seen enough thank you," she muttered quietly.
"Do all of you know how to shoot and use guns?" He asked them all at the table.
"Maggie, Anna and Bailey do but we don't." Beth answered as she ate some meat.
"Well, we were thinking of having a little shooting practice tomorrow, out in one of the fields," he added, before Hershel could protest. They were keeping the guns away, as asked. "You and Patricia are welcome to join us all, if it's alright with Hershel. And the other girls too."
Hershel shrugged. "It's up to them, they're old enough to make their own decisions," he said quietly.
"Then we'd like to go," Patricia said softly, and Beth nodded in agreement. "It could be useful for us to know how to fire them, especially with the world the way it is today."
"I'll give it a miss," Bailey mumbled as she picked at her food. She would rather jump off the roof than spend a day being told what to do by Shane.
"Daryl, Merle and Rick are going to be there as well." Glenn added and Bailey considered it for a moment before nodding.
"Alright, I'll come as well." She said and Daryl gave her a small smile as they all finished eating and helped clear the table.
"Ya any good with handguns?" He asked her.
Bailey shrugged. "I haven't really had much practice to be honest," she said quietly. "I wasn't really a huge gun user before the world ended."
"Well it won't hurt to learn now, don't worry I won't make fun of yer." He teased her and she smiled at him, her dark brown eyes sparkling with mirth.
"Thanks, Daryl for not being mad at me with the whole Dave thing." She said softly as they all headed to bed.
"I wouldn't have been mad at ya," he said quietly, as he got changed. "I was just upset that ya didn't tell me, I'd have killed him if ya'd asked."
Bailey gave him a small smile. "I know you would have. I just wanted to try and figure things out for myself for once."
Daryl nodded at her in understanding as they both got changed for bed and got under the sheets; Anna came in after them and got into bed as well.
"I hope to Christ, Lori tells Rick soon." She said before falling asleep.
Daryl got up early the next morning and looked at the two girls who were still asleep. He chewed on his lip for a moment. He should get up; get dressed and go down to the lake and wash, but there was the temptation of a hot shower only two seconds away. He tried to convince himself he didn't need it, that they might not have that luxury for long, and he shouldn't get used to it, but his muscles were stiff and tired and telling him otherwise. He sighed as he got up, careful not to wake anyone else, before picking up his clothes and walking through to the shower. He turned it on and shook his head. He was turning into a damn girl. He stood under the water and immediately realized it had been a good idea. "Fuck, this is good," he mumbled.
He washed his hair under the hot water and then conditioned it as he scrubbed off the filth and dirt off himself sighing in content.
"Christ." He said as he got out and wrapped a towel around his waist as Bailey came in and froze at seeing him pretty much naked.
Oh god, the man was sexy but in a rough way.
Her eyes looked at the muscles on his back, his arms and the tattoos on his body including the black snake on his right leg.
She felt something stir inside her as she watched him.
Daryl dropped the towel and Bailey's eyes widened, before he turned around to pick up his clothes. He froze in place when he seen Bailey standing looking at him, and instantly picked the towel up again, trying to cover himself. He swallowed hard as he looked at her. "I... um... I... I gave in to having a shower," he stuttered, as he averted his eyes from her.
"I see that," she chuckled nervously, her face turning red. "Fuck," she whispered as she turned around. "I'll um... leave you to get dressed."
She hurried out but paused as she looked at Daryl who had put on a pair of boxers and a clean pair of jeans.
"Nice tattoos Daryl; I love the flying demon one." She said winking at him as she headed downstairs to get ready for the gun practice.
Daryl shook his head as he pulled on an old sleeveless shirt. "Damn," he mumbled as he left the bathroom and said Good Morning to Anna, before heading downstairs, where Patricia had made them all some breakfast before their day. Rick and Shane were sorting out the guns, and collecting some old bottles they could use for targets, some of them weren't quite ready to take out actual walkers yet.
Merle sat down next to him and drank a strong black coffee. He was off the drugs now and needed something to give him a kick. "Where ya been the last couple of nights, baby brother?" he asked distantly as he sharpened his knife. "I ain't worried, but Shane's been askin' questions. Stickin' his nose in where it don't belong, if ya ask me."
"I've been out huntin' last couple of nights," Daryl replied, as he looked at Shane. "Ain't got anythin' yet though."
"Alright, sounds good." Merle said nodding at him as they all finished breakfast and headed outside where everyone took a gun and started to practice.
Anna was given a gun and fired at the bottles steadily.
Rick came up behind her and positioned her arms so they were straight, helping her to aim for the middle, if it was a walker, then it would be the head. She focused and fired a few times, smashing the bottles one by one, feeling quite proud of herself.
"Looking good Anna!" Carl called out from where he fired his gun along with Sophia, the two children weren't bad shooters and Bailey was doing well too.
Bailey fired her handgun easily at the bottles, feeling very pleased with herself.
Even Patricia, Carol and Beth were slowly getting the hang of things, managing to hit the occasional bottle, while Andrea seemed pretty good.
"I think we got some professionals here," Rick smiled.
"Ya telling me." Daryl said as he proudly watched Bailey shoot at the walkers, Maggie was doing very well.
"Are we going to Fort Benning?" Shane asked looking at them.
Rick looked at him. "Uh... I don't see why we should," he answered. "As long as Hershel is alright with us staying here, I think we have it pretty good," he said, knowing they had food, shelter and water here for the time being, with the small village not far away if they had to go and search for more supplies.
Shane shifted slightly and fell silent as they continued to watch while Rick headed into the house so he could check on Lori in their room when he found pills and a pregnancy test on the bed.
