They walked back home in silence. Both were thinking about what just happened. Carol's cheeks were still red from blushing. She was smiling thinking about that they had finally kissed. Daryl was smiling too. He couldn't believe he finally told her how he felt.
When they finally reached the house, Carol grabbed Daryl's bag and her own and started putting the supplies away. "I can help put the stuff away" Daryl said walking over to her. She smiled at him "nope I have it you go relax or something" she said and kept putting away the stuff. He smirked and walked into the bedroom and figured he'd start a fire. It was getting colder each day and darker earlier so they'd need fires more often now.
While she was putting away everything she could smell the fire going and grabbed a can of soup and poured it into 2 bowls. She thought it'd be nice to just eat something and actually relax in front of the fire with him. She walked in the room and tapped his shoulder. He jumped a mile "jesus woman you almost gave me a heart attack… I didn't hear you walk in" he said. She laughed a little and handed him the bowl "sorry… but heres dinner" she smiled and sat on her bed. Daryl smiled at her and got up on his couch and started to eat. He couldn't help to stare at her. He got in deep thought about how she's his everything right now. Carol looked over and saw him staring at her and she could tell he was thinking about something. She walked over and sat next to him on the couch "what are you thinking about" she asked and looked at him. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her "oh nothing… just the usual kind of stuff" he said.
When they were done eating they put the bowls on the ground for now. "do you have anymore logs.. the fires going out" he asked. She shook her head "theres 2 trees in the back yard that are knocked over we can cut those up tomorrow… but right now no" she said. He just nodded and watched as the fire was slowly dying, watching it made him tired. Carol noticed he was starting to doze off and grabbed his blanket and put it on him then went back on her bed. They both fell asleep fast.
-Forever-
Carol was talking in her sleep. Her dream was starting so perfectly. Her and Daryl were together and Sophia was with them. They were the perfect happy family. Daryl went off to work and he was going to go have lunch with Merle after then come back to have family time. Carol thought while he was gone her and Sophia could have some girl time. She walked up into her room and saw Sophia was sitting there groaning and had blood on her arm. She wouldn't look at Carol she was staring at the wall. "Sophia sweetie whats wrong?" carol asked and walked up to her. Still no reply. "Sophia… you can talk to me" she put her hand on her shoulder and turned her around. Sophia lunged towards her trying to bite, Carol was screaming and crying "Sophia". Sophia just kept trying to bite her. It wasn't her sweet little girl anymore. She heard someone walking up the stairs. "daryl?!" she yelled. She looked at the door way and there stood Ed laughing as he watched her struggling not to get bit. "that's what you deserve you little bitch" he said with a smirk. Sophia got closer about ready to bite her in the face. She screamed again trying to push her off. She couldn't hurt her little girl but she didn't want to die.
Daryl woke up to her screaming and kicking "Carol!" he yelled shaking her. He hated seeing her scared like this. "Carol wake up!" he yelled still shaking her. She finally opened her eyes and the second she did she hugged him crying. "it's ok… it's ok" he tried to calm her down and hugged her tighter. "I know it was just a bad dream… I'm sorry to wake you up" she said wiping away tears. "don't be sorry… I'd rather have you fine then sleep" he said. She let go of him and put her head on his shoulder calming down. He slightly smiled and wrapped an arm around her. "we all have nightmares especially with all these damn walkers.. don't beat yourself up over this okay" he said looking at her. "I wont I promise" she said, she was finally calmed down.
She laid back down a little tired now. She felt a lot better with him there. Daryl saw her start to doze off and he got up to go back on his couch. Carol looked up to see him walking over there "Daryl… could you sleep with me tonight? I feel a lot safer with you near me" she asked. He nodded and walked over nervously. She wanted him in her bed, he knew not like in that way but still. He laid down next to her. She put her head on his chest and cuddled into his side. He was tense at first but loosened up. He wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her forehead. She was already fast asleep. He loved having her this close to him.
He watched her as she slept smiling. He was crazy about her and it took him this long to finally let her know. They've known each other 3 years and now finally he told her that he cares about her. He thought about earlier…. She could've been gone forever if he didn't shoot that fucker in time and she wouldn't have even known how much he did care. She was really all he had and if he lost her he couldn't go on. He was crazy about her. "she needs to know how much I really love her" he thought as he started falling asleep.