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Chapter 10:

Say The Word

The baby's cries filled the courtyard, Carl stood motionless, his face blank, but they can see the tears that fell down from his eyes. Rick knelt on the ground, reels with grief over Lori's death. Rosalyn finally pulling away from Daryl and wiped her tears before nodding to him "I'm alright... I'm okay" she mumbled

Daryl stared at her for a moment before nodding in understanding. He patted her head once before making his way towards Rick. Leaning forward in front of him, Daryl could see just how broken he was. His eyes were empty as he stared blankly at nothing. As much Daryl hated him from lying to him about Rosalyn's death, he still cared about him

"Rick, you with me?" Daryl waved his hand in his face "Rick?"

Maggie finally passed the baby into Carl's arms as he tried to calm her down. "Let me see the baby." Hershel said as Carl moved to where he stood right beside Beth and Rosalyn. Daryl notice this and walked next to Carl and strode towards them.

"We're gonna feed it." he said before frowning "We got anything a baby can eat?"

Ignoring his question, Hershel looked over to the baby when Carl stopped in front of him "The good news is she looks healthy." Hershel informed them before turning around towards Daryl "But she needs formula. And soon, or she won't survive."

Daryl looked over to the baby before shaking his head in disapproval "Nope. No way. Not her," he said "We ain't losing nobody else. I'm going for a run."

"I'll back you up." Maggie spoke up

Hesitating for a moment, Glenn added "I'll go too."

"Me too" Rosalyn finally spoke up. Turning around towards her, Daryl looked at her for a moment and she notice that he gave her the 'You're not going' look, but this time she shook her head and repeated "I'm going"

Daryl paused before finally nodded and turned to the rest "Okay, think where we're going." he told them before turning to Beth. "Beth." he tapped her on the shoulder before gesturing for her to follow him as they took a few steps away from the others. "Kid just lost his mom. His dad ain't doing so hot." he nodded towards Carl.

She nodded, understanding what she must do "I'll look out for him." she said before going back to Carl and her father

Daryl turned around and pointed to the prisoners. "You two get the fence. Too many pile up, we got ourselves a problem." he instructed "Rosalyn, Glenn, Maggie, vÃmonos."

Without saying a word Rick stood up and walked forward. Grabbing his axe, he then strides into the cell block"Rick!" Maggie called out desperately, but stopping herself from following him any further and watched him as he disappear into the cell block.

Shaking his head at this, Daryl went on "Get the gate" he told the prisoners. "Come on, we're gonna lose the light."

Daryl, Glenn, Maggie and Rosalyn rushed over to the car.

"There's a Piggly Wiggly at 85." Glenn suggested.

"No, the baby section's been cleared." Maggie informed them "Lori asked me to keep an eye out. I haven't had much luck."

"Is there any place that hasn't been completely looted?" Daryl asked as he took his crossbow off.

Glenn turned to him, seeming to remember a place. "We saw signs for a shopping center just north of here."

"Yeah, but there's too much debris on the road. A car will never get through there." Maggie pointed out

"I can take one of ya." Daryl said

"I'll go." Maggie volunteered. Daryl turned to his bike as Glenn moved to her, probably ready to talk her out of going.

"I'll take Rosalyn" Daryl suddenly said, cutting Glenn from saying anything. They looked up to him in surprise, no one expect him to say that, not even Rosalyn herself. Maggie looked towards Rosalyn, hoping that she'll refuse and let her go instead.

"Rosalyn-"

Rosalyn shook her head and cut them off "I'll go," she said sternly "For Lori and the baby, I have to"

After exchanging looks at each other, Maggie and Glenn finally nodded in defeat. Rosalyn gave them a small smile and receive hugs from them "You better take care of her, alright Daryl?" Maggie looked over to Daryl who just nodded

"Be careful out there" Glenn ruffled her hair and gave her his fist. Rosalyn laughed lightly at this and bumped her fist with him before taking the backpack from Maggie and turned around to make her way towards Daryl

Daryl motioned for her over. "C'mon."

She threw the backpack over her shoulder and soon she got on the back of the bike. She wrap both arms around Daryl's waist, and once she was secured on the back, Daryl started the engine. "Hang on tight," he called over as she tightened her grip on Daryl's waist. He nodded to Glenn and Maggie, and then they were off.

The outside of the shopping center was overrun. Walkers were wondering around the front of the entrance, so Daryl and Rosalyn decided to move on. He actually located an abandoned daycare center when they were on their way to the shopping center, so they turned back and returned to the road. They had to cut through the forest, just in case something happened on the road and here was too many cars on the main road. It would prevent them from going too fast and the motorcycle wasn't exactly quiet.

Daryl pulled to a stop at the backyard of the daycare and stopped the engine. Rosalyn got off and took his crossbow from the back of his bike. She could see a swing set in the back, along with other things you could find in a daycare center's backyard.

"Company's close," Daryl muttered as he got off the bike. "Stay tight."

Rosalyn nodded and give his crossbow out to him as he took it with a nod

Daryl was the first one to walk as he opened the fence for Rosalyn to go in first before he followed her after closing the fence and the two walked in to the backyard through the surrounding fence.

As she approached one of the back windows, Daryl stayed a few feet from her to keep an eye out and turned his back on her so he was facing the forest. Rosalyn cupped her hand around her eyes so that she could take a peek inside. She didn't see any walkers or anything inside, but that didn't mean there weren't any walkers inside. After confirming the safety she forced her elbow through the glass. As it shattered, she knocked out the rest of the glass, ignoring some of the glass to cut into her skin.

She carefully climbed through into the room, and she paused for a moment to look around. There were two cribs in there, probably for the infants, along with a whole bunch of toddler toys lying around and hand prints of children's hand on the wall.

"Rosalyn?" Daryl called out from the backyard, sounding a little worried

"It's clear."

Her eyes caught a changing station near the bathroom as she get the backpack from her back and made her way over. She knelt down and opened the bottom cabinet, there were diapers, along with a few bottles. As she grabbed everything and started stuffing it into the bag, she heard Daryl step through the window with a grunt.

Once she had everything they needed, she returned the bag to her back. She turned to Daryl who motioned to the door that was leading into the hallway.

Rosalyn nodded and walked over to stood behind him. Daryl peeked around the corner to check the hallway before giving a clear sign to her. Rosalyn stepped out right after him, and they nodded at each other, silently signaling each other. Daryl take the right hallway while Rosalyn take the left. Rosalyn was the first one to move as Daryl watched her back for a moment before turning down the other way, crossbow held in front of him.

After arriving at the end of the hall and finished checking each room, she heard a rattling sound from the kitchen she just passed. She turned quickly, her knife in her hand readily. She was sure that the kitchen was clear.

Daryl who heard the sound, turned and hurried down the hall towards her silently. Rosalyn moved forward to meet him by the kitchen, both paused. He stuck the end of the flashlight into his mouth and nodded for her to stay while he checked into the room. He reached over the half door to open it. He carefully stepped into the room, with Rosalyn right behind him, and the rattling was heard again, coming from the inside of the cupboard.

He looked over to Rosalyn who nodded and stepped around to the other side before placing her flashlight in one hand while the other reaching for the cupboard's door. She glanced at Daryl to make sure that he was ready for anything that was in there before she threw the door open. She was dumbfounded when all she saw was an opossum inside. It hissed at the sudden outburst before it was silenced by Daryl's bolt.

"Hello, dinner," he muttered out from his flashlight.

"That was just mean," Rosalyn muttered with a frown. "Why are you so mean to animals?"

"I'm mean to people, so why not animals?" Daryl just shrugged lightly "And I don't see a problem with that. Beside have you ever tried opossum?"

"No," She answered and she continue before he could open his mouth to respond "And before you ask, no I won't eat it..."

"Never thought you were so damn picky," Daryl muttered while rolling his eyes

"I am not" Rosalyn huffed in respond. Then, an idea came into her mind and she decided to tease him back. "If I were picky, why would I bother picking you?"

"Now, that was mean," He looked up to her dramatically at the retort "Since when did you become so mean?"

"Since I met you" Rosalyn replied with a grin and went to kiss his cheek

Daryl's mind seemed to stop working as he froze on his place while looking at her dumbfoundedly.

"I was just kidding about that" She shook her head and turned to the cabinets on the other side before calling over her shoulder "Oh and I'm not putting that in my bag." She ignoring Daryl's grumbles and placed her bag and knife on to the counter and opened the cabinets, only to find two small cans of powdered baby formula

"Found them," She called out "But, there are only two of them," she informed as she grabbed the cans and turned to show them to Daryl.

"It should be fine for now," he grunted. "We can find more later."

Rosalyn nodded and turned around to stuff the cans into her bag.

"Anyway, I like the thing that you engraved on the tags" Rosalyn complimented "Though it was kind of mean"

"Shut up" he grumbled

"You know, this is my first time wearing lover's tags,"

Daryl paused for a moment, "Lovers?" he looked up at her with a raised eyebrow

Rosalyn lowered her gaze to the floor and blood immediately started pooling in her cheeks "Well, when I say lovers" she started, "You know... it's a term for two people who are in a... how should i say this... a romantic relationship."

"What kind of relationship is this then?" he asked

She looked up to him with a frown. His expression had turned serious, but there was a bit of amusement in his eyes.

She had been wondering the same thing herself. She know he wasn't the type to date and calling her his girlfriend. She thought at first that they were maybe dating, but for some reason she doubt it. Daryl rarely show affection in front of the other, mostly he show affection when they were alone and it wasn't really much. She thinks that they just didn't seems to be dating in other people's eyes.

"I don't know, you tell me..." She muttered "What kind of relationship do want this to be?"

Daryl paused for a moment "Back in the prison when the prisoners ask me, I did tell him that I was your... boyfriend," he paused "So you tell me"

"You always make it so difficult to me" she huffed with a small laugh "I don't have to say it out loud to make the world knows, right?"

He snorted with a smirk "Right" he nodded "Come on"

"Alright" Rosalyn followed him back out into the hallway and the two stepped into another room, to see if they could find anything else for the baby. They went silent as they each searched around their own places.

The sun has set and it was already dark when they made it back to the prison. As they got closer, they could hear someone banging on the fences and shouting, to draw the nearby walkers' attention away from them.

When they almost reached the gate, she saw that Oscar and Axel was the one who were banging and shouting, while Glenn and Maggie were standing in the tower. The two had killed the two walkers that was near them, keeping them from getting closer to Rosalyn and Daryl.

While Oscar hurried to the gate and opened it, Axel were still trying to keep walkers distracted from them. "You want some of this?" he shouted. "C'mon! C'mon!"

Daryl drove through the entrance and up to the prison, the others following behind them. He parked his bike with the rest of the cars, and they both jumped off. They waited for the others and hurried into the cellblock.

"Beth!" Maggie called out to her sister as she passed through the door.

Beth hurried forward from where she sat and followed her over to one of the tables. A lantern had been set up there, to give them some light so that they could get the formula ready. Rosalyn placed her bag on to the table and start pulling out everything that they had gotten at the nursery.

Meanwhile, Daryl went over to Carl, who was holding his little sister.

"How's she doin'?" he asked.

"We got it" Maggie nodded to Rosalyn as she grabbed the bottle and formula, ignoring the rest of what they'd gotten for the moment. Rosalyn nodded as she watch Beth and Maggie to pour the formula in and filled it. Once it had been filled, they gave the bottle to Rosalyn who turned around, expecting to give it to Carl. She paused when she saw that Daryl was the one holding the crying baby, softly cradling her in his arms.

Daryl looked up at her and motioned for her to bring the bottle. Rosalyn snapped out of her thought and hurried over to pass the bottle to him.

"Thanks," he muttered. He flipped the bottle and placed it on to the baby's lip. "C'mon. C'mon,"

The crying immediately stopped as she started sucking out the milk, while Daryl cradled the baby in his arm. Still amazed by the two, Rosalyn softly smiled at the rare sight as she gazed at him softly.

"Didn't expect you to be so good with baby, Daryl" Sharon pointed out. "You look pretty good with a baby, right Rosalyn?"

"I didn't expect it either..." Rosalyn nodded dumbly, that was actually what she was thinking as she stared at him. You would never think that Daryl would make a good father figure, with his temper and how easily get mad, and how unsocial and rude he was (and that's not just it). But, here he was holding a bundle of joy in his arms

"Well, let's how good you look when you hold one" Daryl said, a little offended by their comment

Rosalyn immediately shook her head, "I prefer not to"

Daryl was already stepping towards her as Rosalyn made to step back, but she was stopped by Maggie's hand on her back. "Hey, didn't you like kids and babies?" she asked as Rosalyn glanced back an forth at Maggie and Daryl

"Well, yeah..." Rosalyn nodded. It's true that she love kids and especially babies, but she wasn't ready, she didn't want to make a mistake and drop the baby from her hands. "I just... can't"

"C'mon, she ain't gonna bite you," Daryl tried to reassure her. "She don't even have teeth."

"I'm not prepared for this, Daryl" she explained, hoping that he would understand and stop, but it seems like he was not going to stop until she held the baby. He was now in front of her as she shakes her head "I can't... please"

"It's gonna be okay," he insisted, ignoring her plead "You ain't gonna hurt her" He the baby out to her, his gaze were determined. Rosalyn paused before hesitantly holding out her arms to receive the baby. Daryl immediately placed her in her arms.

He grabbed one of Rosalyn's hand and pulled it out from under the baby, to place her hand on the bottle. She glanced down at the baby, who hadn't made a sound as she was being passed from Daryl's grasp into Rosalyn's. Everyone was silent as they watched Rosalyn with the baby.

"I already expect that she looks good with a baby" Glenn pointed out

"Right?" Maggie let out a laugh

They all smiled as they watch Rosalyn, but then their smile dropped when the see her shoulder were shaking. "H-Hey, what's wrong?" Glenn asked almost panickly. They could see tears fell from her eyes even though she was looking down and her hair almost covered her face.

A sob escaped from her lips as Daryl moved around her so that he stood at her back, wrapping his arms around her shoulder comfortingly "S-She is beautiful" she manage to choke out with a light laugh as she looked up with a small smile. Everyone just sighed in relieve and smiled at her

Daryl chuckled lightly before looking over at Carl, who was watching his baby sister with a soft smile. "She got a name yet?" he asked.

"Not yet," Carl replied. "I was thinking…maybe Sophia."

Rosalyn looked up at him when he said that.

"And… " He sighed. "Andrea, Amy, Jacqui, Patricia, or…Lori." He looked to the ground as that name crossed his lips and turned around "I don't know."

Rosalyn felt Daryl moved his face a little closer to the baby's which going through her shoulder, almost making her froze in embarrassment at how close his face was to hers. "Yeah…" he cooed at the baby "You like that? Huh? Little ass-kicker."

Rosalyn almost burst out at laughing at that, as the other grinned at him. Daryl grinned up at her before looking around at the others. "Right? That's a good name, right?"

The others laughed and nodded in agreement. Daryl looked back down at the baby. "Little ass-kicker," he murmured. "You like that, huh? You like that, sweetheart?"

As the other laughed at him, Rosalyn was staring at him lovingly withe a soft smile played on her lips without her realizing it. He does know how to make the situation better. "You three look really good together," Sharon suddenly blurted out

Both of them stopped and looked at each other, and she quickly lowered her face back to the baby, to keep the others from seeing her blush while Daryl just grunted in respond "Shut up…" he grumbled, which making the others to laugh again. Even Nathaniel, who dislike him, had a small smile on his lips.

Daryl glanced at Rosalyn and stared at her with a thoughtful look on his face. Rosalyn who seems to feel his gaze at her, turned around to met his gaze and her heart skipped beat in her chest. Somehow his gaze had stopped her brain from working and letting her to stared back at him.

Author's Note:

Aw~ Sorry if I suck at making a cute moment! I almost melted when I wrote this chapter!

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