Last night I had a dream I was on The Walking Dead, at some point I told Carol I loved Daryl because his arms were so big they had their own personalities and if he ever wore sleeves I would kill myself and if she was serious about him I'd fight her for his arms.

Daryl had been gone for a long time, Rebecca was trying her best to keep herself busy so she wouldn't think the worst. She had been to see Hershel about her wrist and he had bandaged it tightly to help it heal but that was the most he could do, without being able to see the fracture. It felt more secure and the swelling had gone down significantly, there weren't many jobs she could do with only one good hand so she was sat with Carl.

"Is Daryl your boyfriend?" Carl asked, his eyes were full of innocence and curiosity.

"Um, I don't really know." Rebecca replied,

"You kiss him though, so he must be." Carl nodded to himself seemingly satisfied with his own conclusion.

"Daryl ain't her boyfriend." Shane interrupted making Rebecca jump and twist around to see him limping towards them.

"Carl, you should go find your mom." Rebecca suggested smiling kindly at Carl who nodded and stood up to walk away. After Carl was far enough away to not hear their conversation she turned to Shane.

"What do you want Shane?" She hissed as he settled himself down a little too close to her.

"Just wanted to check up on you, with your prince charmin' being off in the wilderness." He whispered, tucking a strand of Rebecca's hair behind her ear.

"I'm fine, I don't need you checking up on me." She shuffled out of his reach and stared at the ground.

"Daryl's a lucky man." Shane sighed "Havin' two women sniffin' around him."

"What do you mean?" Rebecca choked out, she knew she was doing exactly what Shane wanted by asking but it hit a nerve.

"Don't tell me you haven't noticed the way Carol looks at him?" He laughed

"Carol's missing her daughter, Daryl's the only one doing anything about that, of course she'd rely on him." Rebecca's voice was shaking, she wanted to run away.

"Yeah, alright. Daryl's a real good guy." Shane carried on chuckling, shaking his head. "Hey, there he is." Shane pointed to Daryl who was walking towards the RV carrying a flower in a beer bottle. "Doesn't look like he's looking for you." He whispered in to Rebecca's ear causing her to shudder.

"You're a real ass, you know that?" Rebecca growled

"Don't act like you want me to stop." He reached to touch her arm.

Rebecca grabbed his hand with her uninjured one. "You touch me once more I will break your arm." She snarled.

Shane's eyes widened in shock before he broke in to laughter. "I like a girl with a bit of fire."

Rebecca stood up and marched away from him, hating the way he managed to wind her up so easily. He'd got in to her head, she saw Daryl exit the RV and felt relief flood through her. Smiling she started towards him but stopped immediately as Carol reached toward Daryl and pulled him in for a hug.

"Shit" Rebecca muttered to herself, tears threatening to spill she turned and hurried back to the farm-house, hoping there would be something for her to do there, to keep her mind off the images of Daryl and Carol together.

Rebecca had avoided Daryl all evening, rushing to help any one else and join any conversation she could to make sure she wasn't alone long enough for Daryl to corner her. She felt guilty, he looked confused and hurt, she knew he hadn't found Sophia again and it was getting to him but she couldn't promise she wouldn't accuse him of being with Carol. It was immature and childish of her but Shane had wormed his way in to her head, spreading poisonous thoughts.

"Want some company sweetheart?" Shane's voice was smug and self-assured.

"What could you possibly have to say to me Shane?" Rebecca was tired and didn't have time to argue with him.

"Wondering if you want some stress relief." his grin was full of thinly veiled intentions.

"How is it that you can't grasp the fact that I don't want to be with you."

"Oh right, because of Daryl? You think that red neck is gonna keep you safe, that he's gonna want a relationship with you? He don't know how to handle a woman like you." He stroked her arm "Daryl doesn't have to know anything."

A dirty hand landed on Shane's

"What is it that I don't have to know." Daryl snapped

"Daryl..." Rebecca breathed

"Ah, guess you found out, me and Rebecca are kind of together." Shane shrugged

Rebecca's eyes darted between the two men.

Before Rebecca could say anything Daryl's fist crashed in to Shane's jaw making him stumble back, clutching his face.

Daryl turned to face Rebecca "You okay?" he asked

Rebecca could only nod, Daryl turned and walked towards the group of tents not stopping to see if Rebecca was following or not.

Rebecca slowly walked closer to the tent Daryl and her were ment to be sharing, she was scared, not of Daryl of course, but he might be mad at her and she would hate that.

"You gonna come in or you gonna sleep out there?" Daryl called from inside the tent making Rebecca jump. She crawled in to the tent to find it really was small inside, barely enough room for both of them.

"I'm sorry." Rebecca whispered

"What for?" Daryl shrugged, rubbing his knuckles

"I should have been more direct with Shane?"

"Shane doesn't understand how to give up." Daryl groaned as he lent back.

"Daryl, I..." Rebecca reached out to him before deciding against it and pulling back, only to have Daryl hold her hand encouraging her to lie down next to him.

"I don't like the way he talks to you." Daryl whispered in to her hair as he pulled her as close to him as he could, her face buried deep in to his chest. "He needs to back off."

Rebecca closed her eyes as she listened to his steady heart beat.

"He needs to realise you're my girl." He murmured

Rebecca's eyes shot open and she tensed in his arms.

"I am?" her voice broke slightly as she tried to control her breathing, panic coursed through her body. Was it okay for her to get this close? Daryl's arms felt perfect wrapped around her forcing her to forget how scared she was in that moment. "I am."

"Did I scare you?" Daryl's voice rumbled

"No. You could never scare me." Rebecca smiled "You're the only thing in this world that doesn't scare me."