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Lyric laid in her bed later that night, staring at the ceiling with her hands behind her head. The house was quiet and for the first time in a long time, she wasn't feeling lonely. She had made a big dinner, cracked open a bottle of wine and they had enjoyed the evening before every one turned in for bed. A shower schedule had been made up with half of them showering in the morning and the half at night. Lyric sighed to herself. She tossed the blankets off of her legs. She sat up then got out of bed, pulling her grey converses on. She was going to go outside and swing on the porch for a while. It always relaxed her and helped her to sleep.

( Daryl's POV)

I was walkin the length of the fence like Rick asked me to do when I heard a noise from the the porch. I brought my cross bow around to the front of me and slowed my steps. I crept around the side of the house at the same time Lyric was walkin across the porch to the wide porch swing. It was almost midnight. What the hell was she doin out that late? I snuck into the bushes by the house to watch her for a few seconds.

She sat down and started the swing slowly. She rested her elbow on the arm rest on the left side of the swing. Her chin was restin on the palm of her hand as she sighed. Lyric was starin off into space. Whatever she was thinkin bout, she was thinkin hard cause she was frownin. Her small shoes were pushin against the floor of the porch, makin that swing move slowly. She sat back and sighed. Her hands dropped to her lap and she stared at them.

I wanted to know what she was thinkin about.

At dinner she was nice but she kept lookin at Carol. When Carol would say anythin to her, Lyric seem to have a a hard time makin eye contact with her. I still didn't buy that her granddaddie was so paranoid that he built that big fence and put all that food in the basement but I ain't the type to get into every one's business. Maybe I could look around the house and figure somthin out without havin to ask her. Maybe somone else would ask her for the truth. I backed away from the brushes and stood up straight before I started around it. Her head snapped up right away.

" Hey." She said. " What are you doing out there?"

" Just checkin shit out. You?" I asked, walking onto her porch.

" Just trying to relax." Lyric said, smilin at me. Man, she had a nice smile. " You guys don't have to worry. The gate has an alarm as well as the fence. If anything touches it, it will go off and wake me up." I sat down on the top step. I put my back against the railin so I could look at her directly.

" Don't hurt to be careful, right?" I asked. Lyric nodded.

" I guess you are right on that one. Rick said you guys barely slept last night so I'm sure you are tired though."

" Sleep better when I know shit is safe and locked down."

" Would you like me to show you the alarm? It might put your mind at ease." She offered. I had to nod while I rubbed my chin.

" Might." I agreed. It might work. I was tired as hell and really just wanted to sleep but I needed to know what was goin on outside. Lyric stopped the swing and stood up.

" Come on then." She said with that smile again.

I stood up and followed her into the house. She stood back and let me walk in before she shut and locked the door. I turned around to face her cuz I didn't know where the alarm was. She had her back to me and flipped down a panel that was on the wall right beside the door. She cast a look to me then motioned me to her side. I frowned but walked over to her.

" Okay, this alarm I sent every night or if I go out. This is alarm is for the windows, the doors. and the porch. The code to turn it on is, 1096." She said. I watched as she typed in the numbers. It beeped three times before she looked at me again. " I'd like it if you didn't tell anyone else the code. I don't want a lot of people fucking around with it and if you tell the others, I will have to change it." She was trustin me with the code?

" If the door opens or a window breaks?"

" Or if something comes on the porch, the alarm will sound." Lyric said. " Now I will show you the fence and gate alarm. The main control is upstairs in my room."

I felt like I was startin to panic as she walked past me. I ain't ever been in a woman's room. I turned around slowly at the same time she was walkin up the stairs. I swallowed hard but forced myself to follow after her. I was breathin hard and hopin she couldn't hear me. My hands started to sweat. I grabbed the strap on my cross bow, prayin my hands would stop shakin. I didn't want to follow her, I didn't want to go to her room but if I didn't, I'd look like a bitch. I ain't a bitch.

We walked through the hallway and by the time we hit the stairs leadin to her room, I was holdin my breath. I forced myself to swallowed cuz my mouth was dry. I frowned while we climbed the second set of steps. She drew my attention right to her ass, again. Man, did I want to have my hands on it and I didn't know why. I ain't like this women now-a-days. More important shit goin on then tryin to get laid. But damn, I bet her ass was tight. I bet her skin was soft, like a baby's. I licked my lips before I thought about it. I squeezed my hands tighter.

" Here we are." Lyric said when she reached a door at the top of the steps.

She grabbed the handle, turned in then walked in. I followed slowly after her, walkin into her room. The first thing that hit me was the smell. It was amazin. Her room smelled like fresh honeysuckle. The room looked like a reformed attic. The ceiling was high and arched. She had a huge bed on my right, in the center of the room. Across from the bed was a dresser. There was a circle window on the wall directly across from me and under that window was a little vanity with a mirror. She walked right over to that vanity and picked up a remote.

" Come here." She said to me. I was walkin towards her before I could stop myself. " Look out the window." I leaned over her vanity and looked down at the fence. A small red light blinked suddenly. "Did you see that light?"

" Yeah." I said.

" The red light means it is disabled." She said. A second later a green light blinked. " The green light means it has been turned on." She said. I frowned and looked down at her. And I had to really look down because she was so tiny.

" Now what is a girl like you doin with all this shit?" I asked without thinkin. I didn't miss how her face fell. " Why the hell do you need all this?" She looked away from me. She turned to the vanity and opened a drawer. She dropped the remote in it then closed it.

" I told you." She said slowly, still not lookin at me.

" You ain't told me shit." I said. It came out meaner then I meant it too and I kind of felt bad. Lyric shook her head, finally lookin up at me.

" My grandpa just wanted to be safe." Lyric said quietly. I frowned at her but she just gave me a small smile. " So I'm pretty tired now. I better go to bed. I will see you in the morning." I didn't want to leave, I wanted to know more but she wasn't gonna talk and I wasn't gonna push her too. I hated to be pushed so I wasn't gonna do it to her, not yet anyways.

" Alright than. Good nght." I said before I turned and walked out of her room. I closed the door behind me and started down the stairs. I didn't trust that alarm and was gonna make her set it off tomorrow so I could hear it.

I walked down the hallway and couldn't wait to sleep. I went into my room, shuttin and lockin the door behind me. I moved over to the bed and opened the windows in the house. Walkers moaned loud somtimes so if they came up to the fence, I wanted to able to hear them. I set my cross bow down on the floor by the bed then stripped down to my boxers. I kept my clothes and shoes by the bed just in case.

When I was layin in the bed I laughed to myself. I hadn't spelt in a bed since I hurt myself at the farm lookin for Sophia. For the past few months I'd been sleepin on a cot. Ain't been bad just ain't like sleepin in a bed and this bed was fuckin huge. I ain't ever seen a bed that big before. I sighed and shook my head to clear it. It was gonna be a busy day the next day and I needed to sleep.