Chapter 10

"Emily, Emily." I was being shaken slightly. Daryl sounded worried. The car was still moving but I could tell it was going slow. My head felt like it was on fire. "Emily, come on shit." I turned my head feeling a tear run down my face.

"What?" my throat was croaky. I tried to clear my throat but it make me feel worse.

"What's wrong with you?" He sound concerned he looked worse like he was in pain.

"I'm just sick it's fine. Why are you upset?" he looked back to the road.

"I've been trying to wake you for a while. We had to stop before, Jim was bad. He wanted to be left behind so he is gone. Do you need anything to make you better, I can get the RV to stop." I opened my eyes as they get closing.

"I just need more sleep I'm fine."

"Okay then." I went to sleep again listening to Daryl's breathing and the sound of the car.

Daryl

I did not like driving. I was going to get Emily to drive but then she wouldn't wake up. I didn't want to tell the others because they would just leave her on the side of the road like they did with Jim. I don't know why but I couldn't leave her. I hit a pothole jerking the car around Emily slipped over while she was asleep and her head was resting on my shoulder. She cuddled up to me and smiled. I tried to push her back but I couldn't; I just seemed not to care that she was that close. Her hand that was holding on to my arm relaxed then she seemed to relax to. I hopped that meant she was getting better I couldn't handle her tears much longer. After two hours, she started to wake up. She stretched her legs then opened her eyes and looked up at me.

"S-sorry, umm I didn't umm." Blush spread across her cheeks. She straightened up and moved close to the window.

"Nah, its fine. Glad you don't drool."

"Umm yeah."

Emily

I was staring out the window, could fell Daryl looking over at me every now and then.

"Hey, are you fine from that headache thing? You looked like shit."

"Umm thanks. I'm fine little dizzy though." He reached over with his hand and felt my head with his hand; my body went stiff. "What are you doing?"

"You head was warm before, it has cooled down a lot." I smiled at him.

"Yeah, it was a problem before this all happened. But it goes away."

"Good can't take crying." I giggled at him. I looked over he was adjusting himself in his seat.

"Are you okay?"

"Don't like driving much."

"Would you like to swap?" He looked at me then shrugged. I moved over close to him and sat on his lap; I moved his foot off the pedal with mine and grabbed the wheel.

"What are you doing?" he sounded shocked; I just held the car steady.

"Just move across to the other side we are swapping." He slid out from under me, as I made myself comfortable on the seat he looked at me.

"Have you done that before?"

"Yeah a few times. I'm not going to explain." He smirked.

"Okay." We just kept driving in silence.

Hours later the cars in front of us stopped. We were in front of a large building.

"The CDC." Daryl turned to me. "Looks deserted. Let's go." We both got out of the car and joined the others. We made our way to the doors of the CDC, stayed with Daryl. T-dog turned to Rick.

"There's no one here." Rick kept trying to open the metal shutters that were in front of the doors.

"Then why are they shutters down?" I looked behind us and saw walkers coming towards us, I tapped Daryl who looked back and saw what I saw.

"Walkers!" Daryl shot them with his cross bow. Then he started yelling at Rick I just looked at the building Rick was right. I thought the same as him. Everyone started talking at once. Shane wanted to go to Fort Benign but we all knew we had to find shelter before dark. Everyone started heading towards the cars except Rick and me. Daryl grabbed my arm and tried to pull me away.

"Rick has a point. If there was no one here the shutters wouldn't be down." He shook his head at me.

"The cameras moved." Rick stopped everyone; we all looked at the building. Rick started talking to the camera, I went to go help him but Daryl would not let go. Then the door open and bright lights covered us. I pushed Daryl away and ran into the building everyone else following me. The room was big and bright. It seemed to be untouched by the outside world. I turned and saw everyone walk in slowly; Daryl came and stood next to me, his gun pointing towards a man with another gun.

"Anybody infected?" his gun pointed at us. Rick stepped forward.

"One of our group was he didn't make it."

"Why are you here? What do you want?" it was obvious what we wanted.

"A chance."

"that's asking an awful lot these days."

"I know."

"You all submit to a blood test. That's the price of admission."

"We can do that." Everything was a rush after that. The men got all the stuff we need, and our clothes. Then we were lead down to the basement. He led us into a big room. He was all alone then down to a small room. We all lined up to get our blood taken. I looked at Jenna, we all called him.

"You look pale. Are you okay?" I smiled at him.

"Never got used to needles." He looked at me cautiously.

"Sick?"

"Iron deficiency, don't like needles anyway." He sighed.

"Take iron tablets after this should help." I nodded then looked at Daryl who was staring at me.

"What Daryl?"

"You didn't tell us that." I looked away as the needle was pushed into my arm.

"You didn't need to know." He just stood up and talked to Rick, they whispered to each other in the corner of the room.

Jenna made me stay in the room while he went and showed everyone else where the food was, Daryl left the room. Jenna came back with Two sandwiches, a bottle of southern comfort, iron tables and a bottle of water.

"Take these, rest then go see Rick, down this hall and to the left. Here is some food and something to drink" I grabbed the bottle and pills off him.

"Thanks." He smiled and walked out. I put the pills in my mouth and had a sip of water. Daryl came and sat next to me.

"You're sick. Is that why you had a headache." He took the pills from me and read the bottle.

"Apparently, but its fine. Got my pills." I snatched the bottle off him and stood up. Shit. I stood up to quick; I swayed and almost fell catching myself on the edge of the chair. "Its fine I got it." I went over to a small couch and lay there. Daryl left the room again. When I woke up I ate the food and open the bottle of southern comfort.

I found Rick talking to Dale in the hallway, he saw me and came towards me after saying goodbye to Dale.

"We don't have a lot of rooms; I thought you could bunk with Holly." He saw Daryl come up behind me. "Daryl you're bunking in the same room as James."

"Whatever. I heard someone say something about showers." What showers, I was suddenly excited. Rick smiled.

"This room is the shower room there are six private cubicles. Toilets are in you rooms. Everyone else has had a shower but you two." I was about bouncing with joy.

"Which one is my room. Got to get some clothes." Rick smiled.

"Last room on the left. Daryl your last room on the right." Rick looked down the hall and saw Lori. "Excuse me." Then he left. I walked straight to my room grabbed my clothes, and rushed to the showers.

When I got there it was filled with steam. I went to the shower in the corner of the room and undressed slowly. My stomach still sore. I turned on the water and stood under it. I closed my eyes and let the water run over me.

"Nice!" I quickly opened my eyes to see Daryl standing in front of me looking me up and down.

"Fuck off! Have a shower you stink." He came into the cubicle and turned off the water.

"Why you being a bitch to me lately?" I looked him in the eyes.

"It doesn't matter." I turned around and turned the water back on. He got into the cubical next to me and got undressed. After my shower I dried, myself off and got dresses. Daryl was still in the shower. I looked into his cubical. His back was to me; his back had muscles as well as being covered in scars and a tattoo. Hope he had not seen mine. Walked into his cubical and kissed his back where his tattoo was. He went completely still. I walked out of the room and headed towards my room. When I got to my door, my stuff was outside on the floor, it had a note on it.

'Emily, James and will be in this room you can stay with Daryl. Love Holly.'

"Fuck!" I sat on the floor against the wall and put my head in my hands. Daryl walked down the hallway with a towel around his waist. He looked down at me.

"Been kicked out of your room?" He smiled.

"Did you know about this? Did you know that Holly and James were going to hook up?" he just smiled at me. "Well thanks, guess I get the floor in the hallway." I got out the bottle of southern comfort from my bag and took a big swig.

"You could always stay in my room I promise to be good." I kept drinking.

"Who says I will." He held out his hand. I took it and he lifted me up. He grabbed my bag and led me into the room. I plopped down on the couch, Daryl grab a pair of boxers from his bag and put them on without taking off his towel. He let the towel go, and sat next to me. I kept drink out of my bottle. Twenty minutes later I had finished my bottle and started on the bottle Daryl had swiped from the kitchen. After a while, everything was getting hazy; then I blacked out.