I woke up to a the sounds of a busy day, I noticed that Alex was not in our tent confused I go out to see Alex talking quietly to Daryl, I smile glad he made a friend because even as a child he didn't talk much to anyone outside of our family and close friends.
"Hey Alex, oh and Daryl" I say as if Daryl was an afterthought, he scoffs and I smirk before sitting down right next to Daryl a surprised look crossing his face quickly but then vanishes into his mask of indifference.
I go out to search the cars some more and after 30 minutes of nothing I come across a black truck with some wine coolers in the back when I grab those I move onto the front see the jackpot a bottle Southern Comfort wrapped in a paper bag.
Lucky for me only a little bit is missing. I should share this, but only with Daryl and Alex the rest can have those shitty wine coolers. Walking back I stash my winnings in my tent and give the coolers to the girls, after some hugs, I get to leave them.
Its early afternoon and my watch is next. after an uneventful 3 hour on the top of Dale's RV Shane takes over and as I walk away I can swear I feel his eyes watching me but when I turn my head he's focused elsewhere.
Its dark and most are in bed by the time I grab my bag of fun lol, yay for me, I walk to the fire to see Daryl and Alex sitting around it did they move at all? I'm curious until I see that there is 5 more wooden bolts next to Daryl's crossbow and he is working on a sixth.
"Daryl, Alex look what I found" I say before producing the bottle from behind my back "Well I'll be damned, girl" Daryl say before looking at Alex.
My brother smiles before snatching up the bottle and taking a long swig before passing it to Daryl that's surprising.
He takes a look at the bottle before smirking "southern comfort, girl you sure know a ways to a man's heart "Daryl say as he theatrically puts a hand over his heart, "Yeah, that was my goal" I say with a straight face, shocking Daryl and making Alex giggle I start to laugh and Daryl scowls taking a large gulp of the whiskey.
Soon we got into a pattern of drink, pass, drink; pass soon the bottle was all most gone. Alex soon goes to the tent, Daryl and I sat in peaceful silence for awhile before "We should go scavenge from a nearby town tomorrow" he says in a quite but sure voice "Why not?" I say smiling at the thought that he wanted to include me.
Guess my hunting skills impressed him more than I thought. As we take the last few swigs and head to bed I hope tomorrow will go uneventful.
TBC
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