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Arm Wrestling

"I can't believe they're doing this," Lori said, shaking her head.

"I can," Andrea said with a laugh.

"Alright, let's do this. If I win you go on the next run and if you win I go," Glenn said.

"All right deal" Timi said with a hand shake.

They both put there right elbows on the rock in front of them and grabbed each other's hand.

"You two are seriously going through with this arm-wrestling thing?" Shane asked.

"Uh-huh," Timi said.

"I think Timi's going to win," Sophia said with a smile.

"No way, she's just a girl. Men are stronger, so Glenn's going to win," Carl said with a grin.

"Carl, women can be just as strong as men," Lori scolded.

Carl nodded and watched the two arm wrestle.

"Damn, you're stronger than I thought," Glenn said trying to pin her arm down.

"I took karate since I was 6 and a 1/2. Comes in handy," Timi said with a smirk.

"You couldn't mention that before we started," Glenn said still trying to hold her arm at bay.

"Nope, what fun would that have been?" Timi said.

Daryl and Merle were standing back from the whole scene, but still had a good view of it all.

"Ain't no way that girl's gonna win," Merle said.

"She's puttin' up one hell of a fight though," Daryl said with a smirk.

"Yeah, but I ain't never seen a tiny chick beat a man at arm wrestling before," Merle said.

Daryl shrugged and continued to watch the two wrestle.

About four minutes later Timi almost had Glenn pinned to the rock. Everyone was on edge. Timi pushed a little harder and used all her might and pushed Glenn's arm against the rock. Gasps of shock came from everyone and Glenn even looked surprised.

"Wow, nice one. I didn't think you'd actually beat me," Glenn said.

"Yeah, guess I got lucky," Timi said with a grin and a shrug.

"Wait a minute, this ain't fair. The China man ain't even that strong," Merle said from where he and Daryl were standing.

"I'm Korean and I'm pretty strong, I think," Glenn said.

"Whatever, if we want ta see a real challenge, I think the kid should face my baby brother," Merle said with a grin.

"No way Merle. It was just some fun. Ain't goin' up against 'er," Daryl said with a glare.

"Actually I never thought I'd agree with Merle, but I think that would be interesting," Shane said.

Everyone was murmuring around the area. Some people liked the idea and some people thought it would be an unfair fight.

"I'll do it," Timi spoke up.

Everyone looked at her with a face of surprise.

"I'll probably lose, but it seems like fun. I like a good challenge," Timi said with a smirk.

"Alright, we got ourselves a fight. How about tomorrow same time, so she can rest her little arms from the rough beating she had today," Merle said with a chuckle.

Some people nodded and some people still looked a little stunned of what was going to happen. After everyone dispersed to do their daily chores and get supper started, Daryl walked over to Timi.

"Ya don't have to do this," Daryl said with his arms crossed.

"But I want too. Why ya scared you're gonna get beat by a girl?" Timi said with a smirk.

"Nah, ain't scared of nothin'. I'm gonna beat ya fair and square kid," Daryl said with a glare.

"Okay Daryl. Hope you bring you're A-game tomorrow," Timi said with a wink and walked off.

Daryl shook his head and watched the kid walk off to do her chores. After Timi was out of sight Daryl went out to hunt for the rest of the day.


The next day everyone gathered around the same rock as yesterday to watch Daryl and Timi arm-wrestle. Some people bet things on who'd win and some people kept protesting that it was unfair.

"Ready for this brother. It will probably go quick, this girl ain't even gonna know what hit 'er," Merle said with a chuckle.

"Yeah Merle. Ain't even a fair fight," Daryl mumbled.

"Yeah, but we can show that girls can't beat men at these things," Merle said.

"All right come on. Let's get this over with, we all have work to do," Shane said annoyed.

Timi sat on one side and Daryl sat on the opposite side.

"Good luck, Daryl," Timi said with a smile.

"Thanks. Same to you," Daryl said with a smirk.

They put their right elbows on the rock and grabbed each other's hand.

"All right. Ready, set, fight," Shane said to them.

They pushed each other and both barely moved an inch, both keeping up with each other's strength. Timi couldn't help, but think about how his hands felt; calloused, rough and strong. She liked Daryl a lot and being this close to him and touching was really fun. That was the main reason she decided to accept the challenge.

Daryl also couldn't help thinking about how Timi's hand felt; soft, small, and she was pretty strong for a young girl. He tried not to think about her, but he knew he'd be lying to himself if he said he didn't have a thing for the kid.

After about 3 minutes Timi was pushing Daryl's arm down to her end inch by inch. Timi was definitely stronger than he thought. Everyone was watching with shock and awe written on their faces.

"Come on, Darylena. Ya don't want ta be beatin' by a girl, ya pussy," Merle said behind Daryl.

Some were cheering for Timi and mostly Merle was cheering for Daryl, but he was also putting him down. Timi looked at Daryl's face and saw the hurt in his eyes from what Merle was saying. Timi knew if she used all her might she'd win, but then Daryl would be tormented by Merle for the rest of his life.

Timi slacked a bit and let her strength falter so Daryl could pin her down. Of course she did it subtly so it didn't look like she let him win. Most of the group said aww and let out a nice game. Then most of them dispersed and went about their day.

"That was close. Nice game though you two," Shane said then walked away.

"Good job baby brother. Knew ya wouldn't get beat by a little girl. If ya did I would have beat ya ass and probably had ta disown ya as a brother," Merle said with a dark chuckle.

"Whatever Merle," Daryl said with a glare.

Merle walked away and Daryl and Timi were left alone.

"Why'd ya let me win?" Daryl asked with a serious glare.

"I have no clue what you're talking about," Timi said trying to play dumb.

"Cut the shit! I felt ya let yourself go. Ya could have pinned me I felt it. Why?" Daryl said anger clear in his voice.

"I… I knew Merle wouldn't have let you live it down," Timi said.

"I could have handled 'im. Don't need ya pity," Daryl said angrily.

"Fine, I'm sorry that I did it then," Timi said about to storm away.

Daryl grabbed her arm and turned her towards him.

"Wait, I… just… Thanks though," Daryl said nervously.

"You're welcome," Timi said with a small smile.

Daryl let her go and watched her walk off just like he did yesterday. He had no clue what his feelings were for this girl, but he does know that there is something about her that makes him feel strange inside. Maybe they're closer than they really realize.