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Chapter 7

Beth POV

I was exhausted. Mentally, physically, whatever other ways there were to be exhausted.
I just wanted to sleep, and sleep for days months years.
Ever since we got back to the house Daryl's been actin strange around me like I don't exist or somethin.
My failed attempts at small talk were embarrassing but how else was I gunna talk to him?
We were both sitting in the living room across from each other not sayin a word, so I decided to break the silence.

"I think I'm gunna make somethin to eat, you want anything?"
"I'm good" He replied.
"Daryl we gotta eat let me just make you somethin"
"Said I'm good" his tone became more angered.
"Look ever since you findin me in the woods you've been actin weird, but can you not take it out on me" I said tiredly.
"ok let me not fucking take finding you in the woods passed out on you" He stood up from where he was sitting.
"Can we not argue for a day or is that impossible for you? all you ever do is pick fights with me"
"It wouldn't be impossible if you weren't such a stupid bitch I didn't ask to be stuck with you!" He said.
"Screw you! Fine you don't wanna be stuck don't be stuck with me I didn't ask to be paired up with you either asshole!"
Was he serious? After everything that's what he had to say to me?

I ran out the door with my bag on my back and my knife on my side.
Where I was headin I had no idea but I couldn't handle bein with someone who totally hated me.
I didn't need him to like me, just accept I was there but I doubted he could do that for me.
I heard him yellin my name but I stopped caring in that moment I stopped caring about everything.

Daryl POV

I had fucked up, which wasn't a surprise.
I didn't wanna yell at her anymore she wasn't my fuckin kid but the fact that she made me feel like I had to protect her made me more angry.
She ran out the door before I could apologize and the next thing I knew I was yellin after her.
I wouldn't let her leave like that not in a million fuckin years.
I got on my bike and headed the direction she had run off to.
It didn't take me very long to find her.
Did she really think she could leave just like that?

"Beth get on stop messin around" I yelled. She acted like she didn't hear a word I said.
"I'm sorry I fucked up I know is that what you wanna hear from me?"
"I wanna hear you treat me like a person! I wanna hear you treat me with respect! I'm not some girl without feelings your words always slap me across the face" She looked defeated while she spoke.
"Beth please just get on the damn bike!"
This time she didn't hesitate just got on and wrapped her arms around me, except she wasn't holding on for dear life like last time.

Once we got back "home" she headed straight to what was left of the moonshine.
I wanted to take it away from her but she had to make her own choices.
Didn't the last time she got drunk teach her anythin?

I gave her a funny look.
"Don't you dare even start that 'drinkin is bad for you shit' Dixon" She said.
I tried not to laugh but I couldn't help it her face was so serious
I put my hands up defensively "hey I didn't say a word did I?" a grin on my face.
A flood of relief washed over her. "Bottoms up" She opened up the jar and took a big swig.
A bitter look on her face after. Then she took another and another.
"Never tastes any better does it?"
"Spose not, which probably means you shouldn't be drinkin it"
She glared at me but couldn't hide the smile creeping on her lips.

"I'm sorry about earlier I shouldn't have ran off I just didn't know what else to do.
I want this to work i really do it just seems you're doin everythin to make it not" she said.

All I could do was look at her and shrug. maybe I was fuckin it up for my own sake.
Always too damn scared of what hasn't even happened yet.
"Let me git some of that" I said gesturing to the moon shine.
Beth was already on a good buzz I wanted to get there too.
She took another sip before handing it over.
"Aye yi sir" maybe she was a little more than buzzed.
I took a big swig myself and couldn't help remembering the last time we drank together.
This time there would be no yellin not a fuckin second of it.

"Maggie would kill me if she saw us now." she chuckled with sad eyes.
"Daryl?"
"Yeah?" I replied.
"I wanna look for them, I wanna find them. Rick, Maggie, Carl, Michonne. All of them. I'm sure you'd like that too.
I can't sit here and act like everythin is okay because it's not."
"I can't" I said quietly.
"Because you're scared"
"I'm not"
"You're scared there's gunna be nothin left to find. But I can feel it. I can feel them and they're still here, they're everywhere I look."
She moved closer to me on the floor.
She placed her hand over my heart "Here" her touch sent shivers through my whole damn body.
Moving down to my stomach "Here"
up to my eyes "And here" Her hand dropped and grabbed mine.

"We'll be okay yaknow? You'll make it and maybe I will too. Don't be so hard on the world as shitty as it can be sometimes."
"You're not so bad you know that Greene?" Was all i could manage to say.
"Not sure if I can say the same for you Dixon." she said with a wink.

She was beautiful in that moment I just wanted to stare into her blue fuckin eyes all night long but I knew I couldn't.
It was Beth and I would be damned if i started to feel that way about her.
"Uh it's gettin late we should probably get to sleep" I suggested.
"You go ahead I'll stay up for awhile and keep watch"
I wanted to object but my eyes could barely stay open I walked to the couch and let sleep take me.