As the Dead Rise Chapter 10: Too Much Fun, a walking dead fanfic

*ELIZABETH'S POV*

I don't know why...but I have a feeling Ariya doesn't like me. I mean, she liked me fine when I first got here. But ever since Lori sent Carl to help me pitch my tent, she's been off. I'm no mind reader. But if I were to guess...I'd say that she has a crush on Carl. I'm not here to take her man from her. By no means. But I'd like her to give me a chance...

*BREELYNN POV*

"Okay so everyone. We need to figure out a watch chart. We'll have 2 people roaming the courtyard while everyone else is asleep. We need 2 people so one of them can get help if neccessary. People will be relieved every 4 hours through the night. The exceptions of the chart are Lori (because of her pregnancy), the kids (for obvious reasons), Hershel (we need him in top condition in case of an emergency) and Carol." The rest of us split up into groups of two. I'm worried because there's no one here that I've talked to (besides Merle and Daryl, who are talking by the campfire. I think they're going to be together though). I look around for a while before I give up and sit by the fire. It's like a middle school project all over again.

"C'mon. We got first shift." Daryl dropped my crossbow in my lap.

"Uhm, okay." I smiled at him and we walked over to the over-turned bus.

"This looks like a good a spot as any." He hopped up onto the bus and helped me up.

"So what are we going to do for 4 hours? I'm already tired." I yawned.

"Uhm well...ya can go to sleep. I got this."

"No. I'm not doing that to you. Let's talk or something so I can stay awake though."

"Deal."

"So, what's your plan?"

"Huh?"

"Are you going to stay with Rick, go off, find family, live alone? What's your plan?"

"Uhm don't really got one, I s'pose. You?"

"Well...I don't think this group likes me. I'm a burden to them. All I do is cause fights. And I don't like the glint in Rick's eye. It reminds me of Shane's eyes before you slammed him up against the barn yesterday. Or whatever day it was."

"I saw it too."

"I just don't want Ariya around all that."

"I understand."

"I just dont think we can survive alone. That's what's keeping me here. Well, besides you."

"I don't want to hold ya back."

"Well, I mean, there's other reasons, too. Like if we get caught in a herd and it's just Ariya and I we'd be in trouble. But we'd have a better chance with a big group. Numbers are everything these days."

"Isn't that the truth." We sat in silence for about 5 minutes.

"So, what'd ya do for a living, before the dead walked."

"Uhm...well, I got caught up in my brother's drug-dealing business cause he needed help. But, I owned my own motorcycle shop before all of that. You?"

"College girl."

"Oh, what college?"

"OU."

"Sooners?"

"Hell yes!" He laughed at me. It was silent again.

"Isn't it weird though?"

"What?"

''The dead. Walking."

"Pretty weird."

"I've only heard of that in movies and stuff."

"Me too. I used to make fun of the people who believed in all that. Look at us now. Trapped like birds in a cage to keep safe for as long as possible from these things."

"Yeah. Ya know what I miss?"

"What?''

"Cookie cake. Oh my fucking god. I'd kill for a cookie cake."

"Haha, I miss Mac 'N' Cheese. I lived off that stuff."

"Does poor Daryl have Mac 'N' Cheese withdrawl?" I asked in a baby voice.

"Yes. Yes he does." He said in a baby voice, too. Although, it didn't really sound right because of his gruff voice. I laughed. "Okay, that didn't work out. I'm too manly to have a baby voice." He puffed out his chest and I laughed again.

"Hey, shift's up!" I look down to see Maggie and Glenn. Glenn was eyeing Daryl questioningly.

"Have fun! It's boring as shit."I hopped off the bus and gave Glenn a hug. Daryl and I walked back ot the prison. It was warmer than last night, but it was still cold. We walked up to the perch and I slipped off my boots and pants, and slid on some pajama shorts. I didn't even bother to look at Daryl before I stripped to see if he was looking. He's too much of a gentleman. I pulled off my longsleeve shirt and adjusted the tank-top that was underneath. I layed down in his bed, where he was already laying. I curled up next to him and put my head in his neck. He rubbed my back with his thumb. I enjoyed the small gesture until it eventually stopped, and his breathing lengthened. He's asleep. I squished farther up to his neck and went to sleep.

*DARYL POV*

I woke up to the most beatiful women wrapped up in my arms. She's so cute when she's sleeping. Now, it's not like I'd ever tell her that. No way. I'm not good with that kind of stuff. All of a sudden her head popped up off the matress.

"Shane I will fucking murder you, Ya son of a bitch!" She murmured in her dreams. I laughed.

"Yer babe has a temper." Merle said as he walked out of his cell.

"She's not my girl."

"But ya want her to be."

"Like that matters. Her boyfriend just died. She keeps having dreams about him. She talks in her sleep. Well, except when we moved in here. She talks about Shane now."

"Maybe ya scared away her boyfriend dreams."

"Nah."

"She likes ya."

"Nope."

"Ya, Darylina, she does. Ya better wake yer hillbilly ass up and notice. She won't be hear long. Heck, none of us will be here very long."

*CARL POV*

I really like Elizabeth. Like, alot. I just don't know how to tell her. And Ariya probably wouldn't help me cause she's mad at me. I have no idea why though. Maybe I could talk to Dad.

"Hey Dad?" I walked into the main room, where Rick and Daryl were talking over a map of the prison that we had found in the lobby.

"What son?"

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sure, what about?"

"Uhm...so...ugh..." I didn't know how to start this.

"Ya like Elizabeth, don't cha?" Daryl winked at me.

"Heh, that obvious?"

"Kid, everyone knows that except her." Daryl walked out of the room, leaving me and my dad alone.

*BREELYNN POV*

I woke up for the second time. I rolled over to snuggle closer to Daryl, but he wasn't there. I kept scooting, thinking he was on the edge of the bed, and ended up falling off the bed.

''AHHGH!" I fell and hit my head. "Ouch."

"Smooth move, Sleeping Ugly." Merle said, he was walking up the steps.

"You're so nice, Merle." He smirked.

"So, ya like my brother."

"Is that a statement or a question?"

"Statement."

"Okay."

"So?"

"What?"

"Ya like my brother." I stayed silent. "Ya gonna answer?"

"What are ya talking about? You said it was a statement. If it's a statement then I'm not going to answer, because it's not a question."

"Okay, do ya have any comments on my statement?"

"No."

"So it IS true."

"I didn't say that, ya hick. I just said that I have no comment."

"What'd ya call me?"

"H-I-C-K. What does that spell? Hick."

"Ya better watch yerself, princess."

"Or what?"

"Ya wanna find out?"

"Sure. Enlighten me with your threats." He just smirked and walked into his cell. I pulled myself off the ground and crawled back onto the bed. This day doesn't have a good start. Maybe I should just go back to sl-

"Wake up, Lazy Bones." Daryl threw me a wet washcloth and I groaned when the cold water hit my face. ''Here ya go." He handed me a bowl of oatmeal.

"Ugh, I'm getting real tired of this crap." I sat the oatmeal down.

"You have to eat."

"Yeah. But not this crap. I'm going to go catch some squirrel or something." I slipped off my pajama shorts and pulled on some jeans, slid into my boots, and pulled my hair into a ponytail.

"Yer going to need this." He threw me my bow. I caught it and walked to the stairway.

"Ya coming?"

"I didn't know if you wanted me to come."

"Well, you are the main supplier of food for the group. So that must mean something."

"True. Hold on." He throws on his leather vest and grabs his crossbow. "Let's go." He popped his collar and I laughed. "What?" I mimicked him. "Oh. Ha, sorry." We walked out the door and through the gates.

"I hope there aren't very many walkers out here..." I said as we stepped into the woodline.

"There weren't many yesterday."

"True but there weren't many at Hershel's farm 3 days ago."

"Hah, ya got a point." We were silent for a while, killing squirrels and rabbit. I killed 1 of each, but Mr. Bigshot over there caught 4 rabbits and 7 squirrels.

"You're going to wipe out the whole forest in an hour at that rate!"

"Just means more meat for poor Bree who has to eat oatmeal." He gave me a pouty face. I punched his arm. "Ouch." He rubbed it. I just smiled. "Whoah." He dropped his bow and I spun around, looking at a beautiful creek that flowed into a waterfall. You could see straight to the bottom of the water.

"Whoah. This is amazing." I was awestrucked.

"Come on!" He dropped his game bag and his bow and dove in, clothes and all.

"Are ya crazy? You're not going to be able to dry off when you get out! You're supposed to take off your clothes and get in so your clothes will be dry and you don't get hypothermia."

"So what yer suggesting is I get naked?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"No...just, ugh okay!" I dove in, clothes and all, too. The water was warm.

"Why is it warm here? Did ya pee?"

"No, the water's just warm. It's warm over here, too. Maybe it's just me. I might make the water boil from my hotness." He struck a model pose. I cracked up and splashed water in his face. After he wiped the water out of his eyes he looked at me. "Really?" He kept getting closer and closer. I was backing up step by step until I hit the back of the rock thingy.

"Yes really." I say, and he pounces. He has me wrapped around his arms and he dunks me in the water.

"Truce! Truce!" I say when I come back up.

"Nope. Say 'Daryl Dixon is the most hottest and amazing guy on this planet and he is ten times better than me at splashing'." Oh, he was pushing my buttons.

"Daryl Dixon is the most hottest and amazing guy on this planet and he is ten times better than me at splashing." I said, smiling.

"Awe shucks. Ya don't mean it."

"Yeah I do. Except the 'ten times better than me at splashing' part." He smiled at me then his smile faded as his face grew nearer to mine. I did the same until our lips meet pasionately.

I ran my fingers through his hair, and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I seriously think thiswas the most passionate kiss that I'd ever had. It was so romantic and amazing. I never wanted to leave. Eventually, though, we had to come up for air. I looked up to him and smiled.

"Ya sure you've never kissed a girl before?"

"Damn. Was I that good?" He joked.

"Maybe." I blushed and he kissed me again, this time slower and sweeter.

"We better go before they worry about us." He said in between kisses.

"Let them."

"No. C'mon. Ya can't do that to yer sister."

"She can deal with it."

"We got all the time in the world. Er...this world. All of our food is going to rot. C'mon." He pulled me off of the rock and we waded up to the shore, where we grabbed our stuff and headed back to the prison.

Back at the prison, Rick was trying to figure to clear out the other cells. Carl and Elizabeth were running around outside, and I had no idea where Ariya was.

"Where's Ariya?" I ask.

"She went to take a shower about an hour ago." T-Dog answered. "Haven't heard from her since."

"An hour ago? She hates showers. She would've been back by now." I took off sprinting. I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't turn to see who it was. My eyes were on the bath house. I stop in front of it and yank open the door. I search each bath, and she's not in any of them. I search all along the fences, still not finding her. A tear started falling down my face. Oh HELL no. Not this again. I wiped it off and kept searching. After circling the fence for the fourth time, someone grabbed me on the arm.

"Stop for a second, will ya?" It was Daryl, of course.

"What?!"

"We need to sit down and come up with a plan to find her."

"No! The last time y'all done that the girl was a fucking walker in a barn! We can't stop and plan, Daryl. We have to find her. Tonight." There was a look of hurt in his wyws.

"Alright, fine. I give up." He put his hands up in surrender.

"Where should we start?"

"Uhm maybe she went into the cell blocks, or maybe she jumped the fence."

"Maybe, but I doubt she'd go into the cell blocks. I could definitely see her getting claustrophobic and jumping the fence or something so she could get some space."

"Okay, let's go to the gate and check outside." We jogged over to where the group was sitting around a fire, eating dinner.

"Where'd you two love birds go?" Merle wiggled his eyebrows.

"To find my sister, pervert." I spat at him. I wasn't really in the mood to deal with Merle.

"Now, that's not nice, Sugar Tits."

"Eh...you'll get over it." I walked to the gate.

"Where are you two going?" Rick asked.

"Ariya's missing. We think she went out of the fences." Daryl explained, and opened the gate for me. About that time, we heard a scream. It was an agonizing, gut-wrenching scream. It reminded me of my mother's scream.

*ELIZABETH'S POV*

*BREELYNN POV*

"C'mon. We got first shift." Daryl dropped my crossbow in my lap.

"Uhm, okay." I smiled at him and we walked over to the over-turned bus.

"This looks like a good a spot as any." He hopped up onto the bus and helped me up.

"So what are we going to do for 4 hours? I'm already tired." I yawned.

"Uhm well...ya can go to sleep. I got this."

"No. I'm not doing that to you. Let's talk or something so I can stay awake though."

"Deal."

"So, what's your plan?"

"Huh?"

"Are you going to stay with Rick, go off, find family, live alone? What's your plan?"

"Uhm don't really got one, I s'pose. You?"

"I saw it too."

"I just don't want Ariya around all that."

"I understand."

"I just dont think we can survive alone. That's what's keeping me here. Well, besides you."

"I don't want to hold ya back."

"Isn't that the truth." We sat in silence for about 5 minutes.

"So, what'd ya do for a living, before the dead walked."

"Uhm...well, I got caught up in my brother's drug-dealing business cause he needed help. But, I owned my own motorcycle shop before all of that. You?"

"College girl."

"Oh, what college?"

"OU."

"Sooners?"

"Hell yes!" He laughed at me. It was silent again.

"Isn't it weird though?"

"What?"

''The dead. Walking."

"Pretty weird."

"I've only heard of that in movies and stuff."

"Me too. I used to make fun of the people who believed in all that. Look at us now. Trapped like birds in a cage to keep safe for as long as possible from these things."

"Yeah. Ya know what I miss?"

"What?''

"Cookie cake. Oh my fucking god. I'd kill for a cookie cake."

"Haha, I miss Mac 'N' Cheese. I lived off that stuff."

"Does poor Daryl have Mac 'N' Cheese withdrawl?" I asked in a baby voice.

"Hey, shift's up!" I look down to see Maggie and Glenn. Glenn was eyeing Daryl questioningly.

*DARYL POV*

"Shane I will fucking murder you, Ya son of a bitch!" She murmured in her dreams. I laughed.

"Yer babe has a temper." Merle said as he walked out of his cell.

"She's not my girl."

"But ya want her to be."

"Like that matters. Her boyfriend just died. She keeps having dreams about him. She talks in her sleep. Well, except when we moved in here. She talks about Shane now."

"Maybe ya scared away her boyfriend dreams."

"Nah."

"She likes ya."

"Nope."

"Ya, Darylina, she does. Ya better wake yer hillbilly ass up and notice. She won't be hear long. Heck, none of us will be here very long."

*CARL POV*

I really like Elizabeth. Like, alot. I just don't know how to tell her. And Ariya probably wouldn't help me cause she's mad at me. I have no idea why though. Maybe I could talk to Dad.

"Hey Dad?" I walked into the main room, where Rick and Daryl were talking over a map of the prison that we had found in the lobby.

"What son?"

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sure, what about?"

"Uhm...so...ugh..." I didn't know how to start this.

"Ya like Elizabeth, don't cha?" Daryl winked at me.

"Heh, that obvious?"

"Kid, everyone knows that except her." Daryl walked out of the room, leaving me and my dad alone.

*BREELYNN POV*

I woke up for the second time. I rolled over to snuggle closer to Daryl, but he wasn't there. I kept scooting, thinking he was on the edge of the bed, and ended up falling off the bed.

''AHHGH!" I fell and hit my head. "Ouch."

"Smooth move, Sleeping Ugly." Merle said, he was walking up the steps.

"You're so nice, Merle." He smirked.

"So, ya like my brother."

"Is that a statement or a question?"

"Statement."

"Okay."

"So?"

"What?"

"Ya like my brother." I stayed silent. "Ya gonna answer?"

"What are ya talking about? You said it was a statement. If it's a statement then I'm not going to answer, because it's not a question."

"Okay, do ya have any comments on my statement?"

"No."

"So it IS true."

"I didn't say that, ya hick. I just said that I have no comment."

"What'd ya call me?"

"H-I-C-K. What does that spell? Hick."

"Ya better watch yerself, princess."

"Or what?"

"Ya wanna find out?"

"Wake up, Lazy Bones." Daryl threw me a wet washcloth and I groaned when the cold water hit my face. ''Here ya go." He handed me a bowl of oatmeal.

"Ugh, I'm getting real tired of this crap." I sat the oatmeal down.

"You have to eat."

"Yeah. But not this crap. I'm going to go catch some squirrel or something." I slipped off my pajama shorts and pulled on some jeans, slid into my boots, and pulled my hair into a ponytail.

"Yer going to need this." He threw me my bow. I caught it and walked to the stairway.

"Ya coming?"

"I didn't know if you wanted me to come."

"Well, you are the main supplier of food for the group. So that must mean something."

"I hope there aren't very many walkers out here..." I said as we stepped into the woodline.

"There weren't many yesterday."

"True but there weren't many at Hershel's farm 3 days ago."

"Hah, ya got a point." We were silent for a while, killing squirrels and rabbit. I killed 1 of each, but Mr. Bigshot over there caught 4 rabbits and 7 squirrels.

"You're going to wipe out the whole forest in an hour at that rate!"

"Whoah. This is amazing." I was awestrucked.

"Come on!" He dropped his game bag and his bow and dove in, clothes and all.

"Are ya crazy? You're not going to be able to dry off when you get out! You're supposed to take off your clothes and get in so your clothes will be dry and you don't get hypothermia."

"So what yer suggesting is I get naked?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"No...just, ugh okay!" I dove in, clothes and all, too. The water was warm.

"Why is it warm here? Did ya pee?"

"Yes really." I say, and he pounces. He has me wrapped around his arms and he dunks me in the water.

"Truce! Truce!" I say when I come back up.

"Nope. Say 'Daryl Dixon is the most hottest and amazing guy on this planet and he is ten times better than me at splashing'." Oh, he was pushing my buttons.

"Daryl Dixon is the most hottest and amazing guy on this planet and he is ten times better than me at splashing." I said, smiling.

"Awe shucks. Ya don't mean it."

"Yeah I do. Except the 'ten times better than me at splashing' part." He smiled at me then his smile faded as his face grew nearer to mine. I did the same until our lips meet pasionately.

"Ya sure you've never kissed a girl before?"

"Damn. Was I that good?" He joked.

"Maybe." I blushed and he kissed me again, this time slower and sweeter.

"We better go before they worry about us." He said in between kisses.

"Let them."

"No. C'mon. Ya can't do that to yer sister."

"She can deal with it."

Back at the prison, Rick was trying to figure to clear out the other cells. Carl and Elizabeth were running around outside, and I had no idea where Ariya was.

"Where's Ariya?" I ask.

"She went to take a shower about an hour ago." T-Dog answered. "Haven't heard from her since."

"Stop for a second, will ya?" It was Daryl, of course.

"What?!"

"We need to sit down and come up with a plan to find her."

"No! The last time y'all done that the girl was a fucking walker in a barn! We can't stop and plan, Daryl. We have to find her. Tonight." There was a look of hurt in his wyws.

"Alright, fine. I give up." He put his hands up in surrender.

"Where should we start?"

"Uhm maybe she went into the cell blocks, or maybe she jumped the fence."

"Maybe, but I doubt she'd go into the cell blocks. I could definitely see her getting claustrophobic and jumping the fence or something so she could get some space."

"Okay, let's go to the gate and check outside." We jogged over to where the group was sitting around a fire, eating dinner.

"Where'd you two love birds go?" Merle wiggled his eyebrows.

"To find my sister, pervert." I spat at him. I wasn't really in the mood to deal with Merle.

"Now, that's not nice, Sugar Tits."

"Eh...you'll get over it." I walked to the gate.

"Where are you two going?" Rick asked.