A/N: So sorry this took so long, hope that you all like it. xoxoxoxoxoKrissy

True to his word, Daryl was at their house the next day for breakfast at nine am as she had told him. Carol had music playing in the den of course and he and Sophia sat at the kitchen table while Carol was cooking breakfast.

His mind was on everything but breakfast as he watched her though, she had just about blown his mind when she asked him to spend the night. Sophia was chattering on about her game "Life is Strange' and had already extracted a promise from him to play with her later that day.

Still his mind was not on the game right now, it was on her, unusual for him. He loved his games, but they were just games, he knew that he loved her completely and his life was about to change.

The whole drive to her house he had been worried that he was making a mistake and that it would scare her off. She had made it perfectly clear that she wasn't scared off, right from the jump.

Daryl listened to the music that was playing and he realized he was getting used to her genre now, he actually preferred it. She had put on 'Nirvana' and he found himself singing along.

Think I'm just happy.

"I have a seminar in Savannah next month." She said not looking away from the pan she was cooking pancakes in, but Daryl's ears were on high alert.

"Will you come see me?" He asked and he didn't know where that was coming from. He was normally so shy, but she was breaking him out of his shell.

"If you want me to…"

Sophia piped right up, like only a teenager could. "Oh for God's sake Mom, of course he'll want to see you."

"I do." He replied. "I can meet you there, just tell me when and where."

"Ok." She smiled to herself, at least that was out of the way. She had wondered if she should tell him, and frankly if he hadn't turned up on her doorstep last night she had decided to ask to see him. He wasn't like other men his age.

It was trite but true, he had taken a chance on her and she wanted to take a chance on him too.

Breakfast passed with good food and good conversation and after Daryl went in the living room with Sophia and helped her help Max Caufield try to rewind time to save her friends. Carol sat and read a book while they played and she was struck by how good it felt.

It felt so normal, in a way that she never felt with Ed.

She had wanted to meet him for a long time, that was clear to her now. Seeing him in person had changed how she felt and took away her fear.

Sophia went on the sleepover at one o'clock and Carol and Daryl went to the movies. They sat together watching the movie and holding hands. They had talked about going to the movies together once and it just felt like the thing to do.

By the end of the movie they had eaten their weight in popcorn and decided to go back to her house. They sat facing each other in the living room and as the sun went down all of the worry that remained in her mind melted away. He had called Tara and let her know everything was ok and he could hear in her voice how happy she was for him.

He was going to give her a big fat kiss when he got home.

Carol had put on some soft music, it was 'Wishlist' by Pearl Jam and he knew the song.

I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on. I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down.

They sat there on her couch staring at each other for a beat and then at the same time they were leaning closer and closer until their lips met.

It was everything each of them thought it would be, Christmas day, your birthday and the Fourth of July all in one, fireworks.

Before she knew it Carol was on her back and he was hovering on top of her. He looked down at her and she smiled up at him.

"This ok?" He asked pushing a lock of her hair out of her face, and she nodded. Then he kissed her again and again and she was under his spell.

This was a moment he had dreamed about and he was caught up in it immediately, caught up in her.

Carol was everything he thought she would be, soft and warm, so beautiful and the way she made him feel was unlike any other woman before her.

She pulled him closer and let her legs fall open and he swore he had died and gone to heaven and he couldn't suppress the moan that tore from his lips. Girls his age didn't do it for him at all, but she did and as he captured her mouth with his and devoured it, he hoped this would be for the long run.

Daryl knew it would be a challenge, with them living so far away from each other, but her was willing to give it his very best shot. Women like her weren't easy to find. He had looked plenty and the attraction he felt for her was the once in a lifetime kind. He knew it when he felt it.

They kissed for a long time and ran their hands over each other's bodies with that wonderful anticipation of new found love. Every touch and every sigh was brand new and exciting and they were in no hurry. Carol could feel him against her and he was hard as a rock, if the past two nights didn't convince her that she wanted him, that did.

She had a feeling he had way more to offer in that department than her ex did, and she had not been with many men at all.

This was going to be good, she just knew it.

Carol thought about the age difference again for exactly two seconds and then his lips were on her neck, hot and wet. The trail from his mouth on her skin gave her chills and then he blew hot air across where he had been sucking at her collar bone, she arched her back and let her hand fall off the couch in surrender.

There wasn't anything she wouldn't give him if he asked for it.

So what if he was younger, he had the most amazing hands and they were working their way under her shirt at that very moment. Carol could feel it rising inside of her, a burning fire that was going to be out of control soon, and she would give herself over to it. She wanted it and was prepared to chase it until she got it.

Carol wrapped her legs around his waist wantonly and didn't give fuck all what it seemed like. She needed to feel more and more of him and she couldn't get close enough. Her hands were clawing at his back and she was pulling him against her right where she wanted him.

It had been so long since she felt this way, since she had been close to a man because she wanted to be

He was grinding his hips against her and his hand had found her breast, then suddenly as she looked up at the ceiling she saw stars and let out a cry of pleasure that almost made him fall off the couch.

Daryl stopped what he was doing and looked down at her flushed face after a minute as the clock in the hallway chimed, he could not believe what just happened. "Did you just…?" He whispered in the darkening room, and she nodded.

"Yeah…" She replied softly and he pulled her close to him.

"I love you." He whispered against her hair and breathed her in. She was the one and he knew when this week was over he was going to ask her to marry him.