Chapter 7
Daryl peered out the window and watched carol leave with nicki and the others that decided to tag along he grabbed his crossbow and waited until they were out of view, he walked out the back door and jumped the fence over to ricks house
Rick told him there was something he wanted to show him….. Daryl knocked on the door two times before ricked opened it and welcomed him in "so what's up" he said curiously
Rick walked to the basement door Daryl trailing behind "you won't believe what I found in the basement" he said walking down the stairs flipping on a light Daryl looked around in surprise "YES" he yelled fist pumping the air "I'm getting shit faced drunk tonight" he hollered
Rick just smiled and gazed into the room filled with wine and a few cases of beer he walked over to a shelf and pulled out a bottle "I wonder why all this is down here" he said gesturing around the room , I think this person was a collector"
"yea or a really heavy drinker" daryl said chuckling
"only you would think that" rick grinned he was about to speak when a groan cut him off he pulled out his gun , Daryl did the same with his crossbow they nodded to each other and walked towards the back the stench of rotting flesh got stronger as they reached the back and found a door
They looked at each other for a second before swinging it open; inside was a walker as soon as he noticed the two it reached out greedily trying to grab its next victim its rotting hands reached out as it crawls towards them Daryl was quicker and with one swift movement him shot it in the eye
Daryl huffed "we might as well grab some beers and get over to the docks"
"Yea I'll move the body later "he said walking over grabbing a pack of beer
They walked upstairs shutting the door behind them it made rick nervous to know that they had been living in a house with a walker what if carl went down there he would have to make a mental note to have everybody check their house he didn't want anything bad happening when things were finally looking up
Carol enjoyed watching nicki and Judith splash around in the water, it was so nice that the kids get to live a normal life now they didn't have to go through the pain of seeing your friend torn into or the walkers that plagued the earth everywhere they were lucky to have an isolated area that they could call home
"So carol….." Lori said breaking her thoughts "whens the wedding''
"Oh I really don't know if Daryl wants one "
"Not having a wedding? how could you be happy with that "
"Well as long as I'm with Daryl I'm happy" she finished
"Well too bad because I'm planning your wedding "Lori said getting up running to Judith before she ate some sand
Nicki shot out of the water "carol look what I found ''she said holding up small seashells "that's very nice sweetie' she smiled brightly " can I take them home " she begged ' I suppose so " she said the little girl dropped them in her bag and ran off to find more
"hey aunt carol look what I found " carl yelled excitedly swinging from an old rope"
"Carl be careful" carol and Lori yelled in unison
"it's ok its sturdy " he said climbing back a little farther on the hill " I'm going to jump" he swung before Lori could yell no landing in with a huge SPLASH
He came up laughing "that was…AWESOME"! "I'm going again" he said scrambling out of the water
Lori just smiled at carol "boys will be boys"
Carol laughed
"What ya laughing about "Daryl asked
Carol turned around surprised "you nearly scared me to death" she said slapping his shoulder
"Sorry' he said giving her puppy dog eyes
"Look what we got "rick said holding up the beer
"OMG where did you find that "Lori said grabbing one
She took a sip "it's not freezing cold but its good"
They laughed
"Hey dad look at this "carl said swinging out of the tree and into the water
"cool I want to try Daryl said running up the hill ripping off his shirt "
"Yup boys will be boys" carol repeated
This moment right here was perfect just being together in a peaceful area with your loved ones made life a whole lot better and for carol life couldn't be happier
