Here We Go Again

Chapter 10

A/N: I'm glad you all liked the dream in the last chapter ;) Let me tell you, that was quite far out of my comfort zone for writing, so you should all be thankful haha! Seriously, I felt so awkward the whole time. When I was finished with it though, I was insanely happy with it. Anyway, enjoy chapter 10!
McBrideReedusLover.~

"Hey Andrea?" Lori asked as she sipped her coffee. Her and Andrea had went on a shopping spree earlier that day and stopped off at the local cafe. They would've brought Carol, but she was working.

"Yeah?" Andrea looked up from the magazine article she was reading.

"Do you find Carol is a little more touchy on the Daryl subject than she used to be?" Lori had been thinking about yesterday when she was talking to Carol over the phone.

"I heard that Daryl slept over at your place? Hope you didn't have too much fun!" Lori laughed. Bugging Carol was mean, but it was also funny as hell.

"Can we not talk about that!" Carol pretty much shouted into the phone.

"Calm down Carol, I was only teasing you..." Lori was surprised at Carol's reaction. That wasn't like her at all. Usually she just laughed sarcastically or something along those lines. Why was she so uptight all of the sudden?

"Now that you mention it..." Andrea thought on the topic. "She has been a little crazy lately. Didn't she yell at you yesterday?" Andrea asked.

"Yeah, I don't know why. That's not like her at all." Lori shook her head. Suddenly, she had an idea. "Maybe we should invite her to our Vegas trip next month? I could get Rick to ask Daryl to come. She wouldn't know he was coming. It would be perfect. We're all getting separate rooms. You and Shane, me and Rick. So why not have Carol and Daryl share a room?" Lori raised a brow.

Andrea pondered this for a moment, and then smiled. "I think it's genius."

"Perfect. We'll invite Carol tomorrow." Lori smirked. Sometimes, she surprised herself with her genius plans.

"Where ya been little brother? You never came home last night." Merle questioned Daryl as soon as he walked in the door. "You weren't bangin' that girl I heard in the background were ya?"

Daryl shut the door and glared at his brother. "No. I wasn't." He had been hoping Merle was too drunk to remember, but apparently he was wrong. He started to walk away, but Merle stopped him.

"Woah woah, I ain't finished with you. You need to go into town and get me some advil or somethin' for my headache."

"You brought it on yourself, you do it." Daryl growled and tried walking away, but Merle grabbed his arm.

"Look at you, havin' a pair a balls." Merle smirked. "You can pick up supper on the way." He shoved Daryl out the door. Daryl glared back at the house before walking to his truck. His brother was a real idiot.

The diner was very busy when Daryl walked in. The line was almost to the door. He glanced around the room for Carol, and he saw her at the register. She seemed overwhelmed with the amount of people. He noticed her look his way, and she gave a small smile before focussing back on the customers. It was about ten minutes later before Daryl was at the front.

"Hey." Carol smiled. "Take out, I presume?"

"Yeah. Merle sent me out to get him a bunch a crap." Daryl rolled his eyes.

"Well lucky for you, you're my last customer before I can finally leave. Anyway, what would you like?" Carol was ready to punch in the order.

"Just two burgers 'n fries." That was usually what he got from this place, seeing as it was pretty much the only thing they served.

"Okay. 10.50 please." Carol waited for him to dig out the money. He placed a twenty on the counter. "9.50 is your change." She handed him back his change. "Hey, I have a favour to ask."

"Shoot." Daryl glanced behind him, thankfully, no one was waiting to order.

"Well, my car won't start again. I don't know what's wrong with it, but it just won't. I've had to take a taxi to work every day this week. Can you give me a ride home?" Carol didn't want to have to ask him, but she didn't want to pay the taxi again.

"Sure. I'll wait for ya." Daryl gave her a small smile before sitting down on one of the benches. A few minutes later, Carol came out with his bag of food and her purse.

"All set." She smiled and headed out the door. She waited for him to unluck the door of his truck. They both got in and buckled up.

"I'm gonna stop off at my place, drop this off to Merle. I'll take ya home and have a look at the car, if ya want that is." Daryl was just looking for an excuse to be with Carol. She didn't treat him like crap. She was actually nice to him.

"That would be great." Carol smiled. She wanted him to fix her car, but she didn't want to ask him. He'd already done so much for her already.

"You don't have any oil in this thing woman!" Daryl shook his head. No wonder her car wouldn't start. "You need to get your oil changed."

"Great. Well I'll have to get it to the shop somehow. You don't own a tow truck do you?" Carol nudged him with a smile.

"Hell, I can change your oil for ya. Done it with my piece of shit truck a lot."

"No, you don't have to. You've already done so much for me Daryl." Carol would gladly take it to the shop if he didn't want to do it. She didn't want to overwork him.

"Nah, it's fine." Daryl looked at her, and then back at the car. "Probably do it tomorrow. You work?"

"Nope. The diner is closing for renovations tomorrow, so I'm unemployed for a while." She smiled. Maybe she could spend more time with Daryl, when he wasn't working of course. Well, she could even spend time with him while he was working, but she didn't want to seem like she was crowding him or anything.

"Good. I'll be over 'round three if thats okay?"

"That's fine. I'll be here." Carol smiled. "You probably have to get back to Merle before he eats your dinner too."

"Ah shit!" Daryl had completely forgotten about supper. "I'll see ya tomorrow!" Daryl hopped into his truck and sped down the street. Carol just laughed and headed back inside.

Carol was woken up by her cell phone ringing. She hadn't realized it was already noon. She quickly answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Carol, did you just wake up? You sound awful!" Lori exclaimed into the phone.

"Yes." Carol flopped back onto the bed.

"Anyway, me and Andrea were wondering. You want to go to Vegas with us next month? Me, Rick, Andrea and Shane are all going. It would be fun if you came too! We'd have such a great time! The hotel we chose is gorgeous too! It also has a great swimming pool! And the restaurant, amazing! You can also see the whole city from the window! Oh, the bar-"

"Lori!" Carol laughed into the phone. "Calm down already! The diner is closed for renovation, so I won't have to worry about work. I guess I could go with you guys." Carol decided to get out of bed and make herself some brunch.

"Great! I guarentee, you'll have a great time! Lots of fun!" If Carol could've seen Lori, she would see the big smirk on her face.

"Wonderful." Carol rolled her eyes with a smile. "Well, I'll talk later, have to make something to eat."

"Alright, bye bye!" Lori hung up the phone and smiled. Now, it was time to call Daryl. She knew his number because she was looking at Carol's phone one day. There were a lot of texts to Daryl, which she found amusing. She would've got Rick to call, but then she realized, Daryl didn't know Rick all that well, and Lori was more persuasive. It rang, and then Daryl picked up. "Hi Daryl, it's Lori. I was just wondering, Andrea, Carol and I are all going to Vegas next month with Rick and Shane. I was thinking you could come with us, after all, you're such good friends with Carol. It would be rude of me not to invite someone to spend time with her. It will be lots of fun, plus Carol wants you to come, don't tell her I said anything though, she'll probably kill me. So what do you say?"

Daryl was a little shocked at Lori's offer. Vegas? With Carol? Lord knew how badly he wanted to go, only because Carol would be there. But was what Lori said true? Had she really wanted him to go? He didn't want to let her down. "Fine." He mumbled into the phone. He didn't want to sound too excited.

"Great. Remember, don't tell Carol!" Daryl found that a little odd, but he didn't argue. He hung up the phone and sighed. What was he supposed to tell Merle?

"Hey lil' bro!" Speak of the devil. "Some friends of mine are goin' away for a lil' while, asked me to go with 'em. Took 'em up on the offer. You'll be on your own for a little while." That was very strange, but Daryl didn't question it. He wouldn't have to tell Merle after all.

"Whatever." Daryl muttered. He looked at the time. It was just after noon. He figured he would go get the supplies he needed to fix Carol's car, and then head over to her house. "'M goin' out for a lil' while." He called out to Merle before leaving the house.

A/N: Kind of a filler chapter. Sorry bout that! R&R lovelies!
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