Daryl was gone when she woke up, proving once again, he was not a stupid man. She dressed and went downstairs where she heard the plans for day; defense training. Apparently Rick had handed over all of the guns with the exception of a rifle for emergencies. She chose to go with Daryl and the group as Maggie and Glenn went back to the pharmacy on another run.

"Be careful Maggs, okay?" she said as she hugged her sister tight.

"You know I will be," Maggie replied with a smile as she let go of the embrace.

In the afternoon when she got back, she found Maggie looking upset and was concerned as Maggie rushed her up to her room.

"What happened?" she asked as soon as the door closed behind them.

"One of those people almost got me today in the pharmacy with Glenn," she rushed out.

"Are you okay? Did you get hurt? Did you get bit?" Beth asked frantically trying to check her sister physically with her eyes.

"No, Glenn took care of it, but that's not the problem. Daddy thinks they're just sick, Bethie. I did at first, but not after what I saw today, and the barn is full of them," she said in one rushed breath.

"What?!" she almost screeched at her older sister, staring at her with big eyes.

"Be quiet!" Maggie said, taking her hand, "Oh and Lori's pregnant," she added.

Beth felt as she had been hit in the stomach. How could her daddy keep those things? She saw what they could do to people when she was stuck in the city. They used to be people, but not anymore. Daryl was not going to be happy about this, neither was the group when they found out as well.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked Maggie looking at her, confused.

Maggie looked down, not meeting her eyes, "Because Mama and Shawn are in the barn, Beth." Nothing Maggie said made sense anymore. She felt lightheaded and angry and she could feel the tears coming.

"He needs to let them go, Maggie, they're gone." she implored to her sister, needing her to understand, "I saw what they can do Maggie, they are not people anymore. They just kill and eat and kill some more. You can't let Mama and Shawn stay that way," she told her sister, as tears ran down her face.

"I know that now, Beth, I'm sorry," Maggie said as she wrapped Beth up in a hug.

"I gotta tell Daryl, Maggie," she told her as she looked up and met her eyes. Maggie looked alarmed at the prospect.

"Beth, no. Not right now…give me some time to work on daddy, okay?" Maggie begged her, knowing how upset Daryl would be once he learned how close Beth was to danger.

"He's going to know if I'm lying, Maggie, I don't know how, but he always knows," Beth said. Maggie smiled softly at that.

"Can't you just avoid him for the day or distract him with sex?" Maggie smirked at her.

"Maggie!" Beth yelled, her mouth falling open at her sisters statement, "Besides, daddy would kill us both if I had Daryl in here all day and night," she laughed, pushing her sisters shoulder, grateful for the broken tension. They giggled together at the thought of their daddy catching them in her room. The laughter was tinged with the sadness of realizing their family members were really gone.

She decided her best bet was to try and avoid him without avoiding him. She threw herself into helping Lori and Carol in their camp and in the kitchen, helping with laundry and farm chores. She saw Rick working on her daddy, trying to get him to see reason and let them stay. It was working pretty well since Daryl went hunting after the training session and was now making himself some bolts. If she avoided him too much he would notice, if he hadn't already, so she was trying very hard to keep busy when he could see her as to keep the questioning down. Besides, if all else fails, she could try and distract him with sex, right?

Her plan worked for most of the afternoon when he caught her by the stables, hugging her from behind whispering in her ear, "Why are you avoiding me?" Dammit, she thought to herself.

"Just trying to stay busy is all," she said sweetly. He gave her a look that let her know he knows she's full of it. Time to distract him, she thought, turning around and throwing her hands around his neck, trying to walk him backwards into the stables.

"What are you doing?" he questioned her but still letting her walk him backwards.

"Distracting you," she replied as she got him in the stables pushing him up against a dark corner.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah," she said breathlessly reaching for his face and kissing him deeply. She started running her hands under his shirt and up his chest as he groaned into her mouth, tongues colliding with one another. Her hand traveled down to the top of his jeans lightly dipping under the waistband. She could hear his breath catch as he whispered, "Beth, what are you doing?"

"Nothing much," she replied through hooded eyes, popping the button of his jeans. She slowly worked the zipper down, as she kissed him. Reaching into his pants, she lightly touched his hard length, rubbing her hand up and down. He was breathing faster, which hitched and became even faster as she sank to her knees and took him in her mouth.

She looked up at him as she worked him in and out of her mouth, listening to him grunt and moan, trying to stay quiet. He looked down at her, wide eyed and put his hands in her hair holding on to it as he threw his head back.

"Oh god, Beth," he said, trying to stay quiet as he gasped out another moan. She caught his eyes again as he looked down at her watching her mouth glide back and forth over him, taking him in as deeply as she could. She moaned around him and he thought his knees were going to give out.

"Ohhh…" he gasped out as he came to the finish line, holding her hair tighter, moving his hips along with her mouth. She swallowed him down and smiled as she looked up, "Are you hungry?" she asked, getting back up.

"I am now," he laughed tugging her out of the stables and toward the house.

She saw Maggie and Glenn in what looked like a heated conversation and as Maggie caught her eye, her face turned to a smirk as she stared at her little sister.

Beth looked at her quizzically, wondering what was so amusing and then Maggie put her hands to her hair, smoothing it down. Her hands flew to her own hair, realizing her own hair was a mess, trying desperately to fix it before her daddy saw her.

"Daryl!" she hissed, "You could have told me my hair was a mess!" as he turned to look at her.

"I think it looks great." he told her, with a half smirk.

Great, she thought. She's pretty sure half the group saw her mussed hair and knew exactly what they were doing as a blush stained her cheeks.

Once in the house she sent him to the kitchen for food as she ran upstairs to fix her hair in the bathroom. Hopefully, he wasn't too mad at her when he found out she was keeping the barn a secret from him. He might understand since she promised Maggie, but the guilt was starting to eat at her. She made it through dinner and into bed where she felt like she could finally breathe.

She felt him crawling up her body as she was drifting in and out of sleep. She wondered what he was up to now.

"What're you doing?" she murmured, trying to keep her eyes open.

"Shhh," was his only reply and he started to kiss her neck slowly, his big hands traveling under her shirt, pushing the fabric up as he reached her breasts and lightly traced her nipples, making her shudder. He worked her shirt over her head, kissing her on the lips, working his way back down he kissed her stomach and skimmed his hands along her sides.

"Oh…" she moaned out, trying to keep quiet.

He took the waistband of her shorts in his hand and worked them down her legs, kissing her navel as he went.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love that you never wear panties to bed?" he asked with his face pressed into her skin and she smiled at him.

"All the time," she replied.

He got the shorts off and kissed his way back up her legs, worshipping them like he'd never seen them before. As he got higher, her breathing got faster and as he pushed her thighs open wider, she grabbed handfuls of his hair, trying to bite back a moan.

As he ran his tongue along her slit, her legs tried to come up, but he had held them in place, swirling his tongue around her clit, stroking her with his fingers as he slid two in, working them back and forth as he looked up at her biting her lip and eyes closed tightly.

"Look at me, Beth," he told her.

Her eyes snapped to his and she felt like she was going to lose her mind as he continued to lick and tease her repeatedly. She felt herself growing close and pulled on his hair tightly while grinding her hips closer to his face. She threw her head back and used every bit of control she had to stay quiet while she came. Once she came down, he climbed back up her body, kissing her gently while getting under the blankets with her pulling her close.

"You gonna tell me what you're hiding anytime soon?" he asked into her neck as he lightly kissed it.

Her eyes snapped open. Why she thought she could hide anything from him she'll never know.

"Promise," she said as she turned her head to look at him.

"Alright," he replied and closed his eyes, letting sleep take him.

She drifted off soon after, worried about what was going to happen next.