Two

A/N: This is for my sweet bff Teagan. I love you xoxox Your wish is my command today.

She turned the camera towards him. "Daryl, right." And she handed him her lighter.

He nodded and lit his cigarette. "Harley. How's it going."

"Doing good, you?"

He nodded affirmative. He was doing alright on this June night, Merle was buying tonight and it was a great night to go out on the bike later. He was off for a little while and had plans to catch up on some much needed sleep.

"May I?' She held the camera up at him.

"Might as well." He nodded as she took pictures of him with her hand on the shutter button. He had one of those faces that took a great picture she was sure of it. "We're practically going to be related."

She stopped and looked at him. "What do you mean?"

"Your sister's Andrea, right?"

"Yeah?"

"She's marrying my brother."

She stopped taking his picture. "Wow, I never made the connection."

He laughed. "You remember my brother at all?"

She shook her head. "Maybe I didn't know him; I barely knew you."

"He was a grade ahead of us and…well he cut school a lot. So it's no surprise you didn't know him."

"Andrea said he's a prosecutor now, over in the next county."

"He is." Daryl nodded.

"She said they met in court, so I'm guessing they were against each other."

"They did, and he says she wiped the floor with him, twice." He laughed. Merle said that was when he decided he had to have her. Any woman that could kick his ass in court was worth knowing better.

"She's tough, my sister."

"You still eat them?" He asked. "The mint M&M's?"

She grinned and nodded. She still couldn't believe that the world was so small and she had met her future brother in law so many years ago at a gas station.

"And you're a photographer?" He asked and she nodded again. "You left a long time ago. Up east right?"

"Yeah, I live in New York now, I work for Gotham Magazine and New York Press." She said. "What do you do now Daryl."

"I'm a cop."

"He's a detective." A voice off to the side of them said and she turned to see Andrea and Amy. "Don't be so humble Daryl."

Harley launched herself at her sisters and the three of them hugged for what seemed like an hour to Daryl. They made a sweet picture, the two blondes and one brunette. They were so happy to see each other and it made him smile.

Family was important Merle was all he had in this world that was blood. He knew that all these girls had was each other too and something about that made them all kin already.

"Here, let me." Daryl said, reaching for her camera and she gladly handed it to him. He told them to smile and he took a few shots of the three sisters.

"So you two remember each other?" Amy said.

"Sure." Harley smiled. "He used to be my M&M dealer."

Andrea looked at her quizzically, as she reached into her back pack to take out the pack of mint M&M's. Her sisters knew about her other habit, besides smoking. Then Andrea understood.

"Daryl worked at the Sunoco station that I used to stop at on my way to work at the printing place in high school."

"Nice, and here I was worried you wouldn't know anyone." Andrea said.

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Merle was waiting inside at the bar for everyone and he knew Amy already. Andrea introduced him to Harley and he wrapped her in a huge bear hug. He was the kind of man that made everyone feel welcome and liked. Her sister had found a good one.

"Nice to meet the littlest sister." He said as he took Andrea's hand. "Got us a table already, follow me."

They followed him to the table in the corner by the outdoor courtyard. The waitress arrived after they were seated and her name tag said Tara on it.

"Hey cookie." Merle said to her. They went to school with her and her girlfriend Alisha and they would be at the wedding also.

"Tara did you know my sister Harley?" Amy asked and Tara shook her head.

"I was five years behind you Ange, and three behind Amy. Nice to meet you Tara." She said smiling.

"Nice to meet you too, can I start you all out with some drinks?" She said.

"Sure." Andrea said. "Who's driving? I feel like sangria."

"I'm not drinking." Merle said. "I'll drive you girls home sugar."

"Pitcher of Sangria Tara, make it two." Andrea said.

Merle leaned over to Daryl, who was sitting next to him and whispered in his ear. "You got your bike kid?"

Daryl nodded, as if he had any other means of transportation at all.

"Ok lay off the Sangria then."

"I hate that shit, give me an iced tea. "Harley said to Tara. "Please and thank you."

"You got it, anything else?"

"Not just yet Tara." Merle said. "Thanks, in a few minutes."

Tara nodded and was off to get their drinks.

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Two pitchers of Sangria and five appetizers later Andrea and Amy were wasted and Merle was sitting between them. He was as sober as a judge just like he promised and Daryl was driving so he stopped after one glass. Harley didn't drink at all so she was laughing at her sisters and cutting up with Merle.

Daryl sat there watching her, he remembered her from high school and the gas station. She always had her back pack and her camera, even back then. He hadn't made the connection to Andrea until one day when he was at her house and saw a picture of her.

Andrea had explained that they had different mothers and Harley was a little younger than she and Amy, closer to Daryl's age. Then he informed her that he knew her from school. Andrea had replied that it was such a small world and you never knew who was going to come across your path.

They all said good night at the restaurant and were standing on the side walk when Daryl turned to Harley and asked. "Do you want to come for a ride on my bike?"