Rick glared at him."I'm going to talk to Carol."

….Rick …..

Rick was trying not to laugh at poor Daryl. He made his way towards Carols cell laughing, but serious too. He really didn't want Carol upset and knew he needed to give Daryl a kick in the ass somehow too.

…..Daryl POV….

He had been standing in this room doing nothing for about 30 minutes now; he needed to move. Get out, find out the truth. He snuck down to the perch and seeing Carol and Rick downstairs talking, he dropped to the ground to listen, knowing full on it was a crappy move, and listening to them. But he shut his mouth anyway and stayed silent.

"Rick, I don't care, it's Daryl's birthday. If he didn't like it he didn't like it, I did my best." His heart dropped. How could Carol think he didn't love the gift? He nearly slapped himself. Cause you stood there like a jackass instead of kissing her. He heard Rick sigh. "No Carol, Daryl loved it, but you need to talk to him, Daryl sucks at Thank you's. He could hear Carol take a deep breath. "Maybe that's because no one has ever given him anything to be thankful for Rick. I mean we are all thankful for Daryl, but all we give him is more mouths to feed." Daryl's mouth dropped at her statement. She was everything to him, and she thought he was burdened by her? By the prison? Against his better judgment he peaked out from behind cover to see her. She had her face away from Rick, a sad gaze settling on her face. He saw Rick's shoulders moving, and he wondered what the hell was going through Rick's mind. Suddenly Rick reached out and spun Carol around kissing her on the lips full on.

Daryl's mouth dropped, a fire flooding through his veins telling him to rip Rick's throat out. He wanted to cry and kill something, all at the same time, and his instincts were telling him to run. Though he fought it, for the first time in his life, he knew he couldn't run away. He knew now. Anytime someone could snatch Carol up. He had to tell her how he felt, even if she didn't feel the same way. The thought of that rejection made him sick at his stomach. Suddenly Rick pulled away and looked Carol in the eye. "Carol, are you still in love with Daryl?" Her eyes watering she looked away. "Rick, I'm sorry, but I'll only ever love Daryl." Daryl's heart started thudding in his chest when he heard that. She wanted him over Rick? She wanted his pathetic, useless redneck ass over a good man like Rick? Rick just smiled. He reached in and hugged Carol. "Good, I think that's just what someone needed to hear." Then Rick walked away. Suddenly it hit him. Rick knew he was there. Dammit his stealth skills were going to shit.

He slipped down the stairs gently approaching Carol. "Carol?" She swung around to face him. "God Daryl! You gave me a damn heart attack!" He smiled coming closer to her. "I wanted to…um say thank you… for all the trouble you went through." She shrugged. "It's not trouble when it's you." She realized what she said around the same time he did. They both froze for a moment, then he saw the fear in her eyes. He did what he never thought he would do. He leaned in and kissed her.

They kissed for a moment fire on fire. He had never imagined that it would feel this good. Her hand wove itself in his hair and he kissed her harder, and then pulled away. Her head dropped, scared. "It's okay if you made a mistake Daryl." Suddenly angry he gently grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Carol kissing you would NEVER be a mistake. Ever. It was something I never thought I'd have the guts to do. You make my life worth living. You are the only one in my sorry ass life who cared enough to get me a present, much less the perfect present, and NO ONE in my family would ever go through what you did to get it. I love you Carol. Thank you." Her mouth dropped in surprise for a moment then she kissed him hard. "I love you Daryl. Then she started dragging him towards the warden's office. ( The only place with a couch.) They spent the rest of the night showing each other how thankful they were.

Sorry this is kind of short guys, I'm going to add one last chapter, I have just had a really hard time writing this one lately .anyways lettme know what you think.