"Hey! Ya' gonna have to talk to him one of these days." Merle said. Kat rolled her eyes and turned to him.

"I don't want to! I am mad, Merle." Kat said. Merle rubbed the back of his neck. She had every right to be upset. What they did was stupid. He was still surprised she was talking to him, seeing that he was the one that dragged him out there but then again she didn't know that. Kat turned away from him and started to clean the stables again.

"Kitty Kat, please he wants to talk to you." Merle said. Kat looked at him and bite her thumb nail. She didn't know what to do. On one hand she wanted to talk to Daryl so bad. That was her best friend! On the other hand what he did was stupid and he didn't deserve her friendship. But being the person that she was she couldn't turn her back on Daryl but she decided that he was going to pay for making her worry and angry.

"Look, I'll think about it."

"Fine. I'm just saying its been like what 2 months since he went away and you haven't said a word to him." Merle said.

"I know! You know what? I'll write him a letter but that's as much as he's getting." Kat said. Later that day, Kat went into her room and got out her stationary. She sat at her desk wondering what she should say. But nothing came to mind! Kat wanted to write how he made her so upset she cried, how she felt so alone at that tree, and that she was mad at him for getting himself into such a situation. But all she could write was a greeting and what her day was like. The next day, she found Merle by the arcade in town and gave it to him.

"This your letter to Daryl?" Merle asked. Kat nodded. Merle started to open the letter right in front of Kat.

"Hey! That's private!" Kat tried to grabbed the letter but Merle was too fast and taller than her. Merle looked the letter over and laughed.

"Is this what you really wrote? You must be pissed." Merle said.

"Just give it to him, okay?" Kat said as she walked away from Merle.

It was a two weeks later when Merle went to visit Daryl in the detention center. Daryl sat in his seat shaking his leg, waiting for his brother to come. When he saw Merle walking through the doorway, he instantly felt relived. Merle sat across from him and smiled.

"What's up, little bro?" Merle asked.

"Nothing. Fucking losing my mind here." Daryl said.

"Woah! Cursing now are we?" Merle laughed. Daryl glared at Merle.

"Calm down! Hey, got something for ya." Merle took out a piece of paper out from his jacket pocket and slide the paper to Daryl. Daryl looked at the paper and then at Merle.

"What's this?" He asked.

"Just open it." Merle said pushed the paper towards Daryl. Daryl grabbed the paper and opened it. He recognized the stationary and instantly knew it was from Kat without reading a single word.

"Jeez, this is some letter." Daryl said after reading.

"Boring as fuck that's what it is. I could tell she was pissed when she wrote it."

"How?"

"Because she's just bottling everything in! Who doesn't talk to you for two months and then one day decides to write to you to only write a letter talking about how she cleaned horse shit from the stables?!" Merle said. Daryl snickered.

"Yeah.. I can see why she's mad at me." Daryl said looking down at the letter.

"I say write the kid back. Just so she'll calm down."

"Yeah I will. Just get me her address from Harper and I'll write her back."

Almost a month later, Norma walked into the house with the mail and sat next to Shaun on the couch.

"Bill. Bill. Subscription. Letter for Kat?" Norma held it up to Shaun.

"Yeah, it's from Daryl." Shaun said. They looked at each other.

"I think it'll be fine. They've been friends for a long time and Kat is a smart little girl." Norma said. Shaun raised his eyebrows and nodded.

"That's true but if that boy gets her in trouble later down the line, I'm gonna-" Norma put her finger to his lips.

"Shaun, Daryl is a good kid and would never get her in trouble. And how is he going to get her in trouble from a detention center?" Norma said.

"Uh... That's is true too. It's just that's my little girl." Shaun said.

"Aw you big lug." Norma kissed his cheek and took the letter to Kat. Norma knocked on Kat's door and entered. Kat was on her bed reading a book as usual.

"Hey, baby girl. You got a letter." Kat looked up from her book in confusion.

"A letter? From who?" Kat asked. Norma sat on the end of Kat's bed and handed it to Kat. Kat looked at the letter. It was from Daryl! Kat tried to hide her excited composure from her mom. She opened the letter and read it.

"What does it say, hun?" Norma asked.

"Daryl said that he's sorry.. and that he should have never gotten himself in that situation. He said that he misses reading with me." Kat said.

"That's very nice." Norma smiled.

"He also said that he's been reading a lot in there and recommended a few books too!" Kat smiled.

"That's great, honey. Why don't you write him back?"

"I will." Norma hugged Kat and walked out of the room. As soon as she did Kat read the letter over and then went to her desk to write her letter to Daryl.

Daryl sat in the cafeteria of the detention center, trying to keep down the mystery meat in the lunch. He saw a guard come in with a bag and stood in the middle of the room.

"Alright, listen up for your name!" The guard said. Daryl sighed and went back to his food. After awhile Daryl stopped paying attention. He didn't think his name to be called at all today. No one bothered to write him since he's been in here except for Kat but he hasn't heard from her since he sent his letter. He saw a pair of feet come near his table and Daryl looked up at the guard.

"Dixon! I said I have a letter for you or are you deaf?" The guard said. He handed Daryl the letter and walked away. Daryl looked at the letter and saw that it was from Kat. Daryl smiled and opened the letter. It said that she was really upset but she forgave him for what he had done since Merle finally explained to her what really happened and why they did it and that she can't wait for him to come out. Kat wrote that she had read two of the books he recommended to her and that she enjoys reading them at the tree in the open field. Daryl finished the letter and put it in the pocket of his jump suit to respond later.