A/N: So I'm going to be posting a few of these in a row because they connect to things that will happen or have happened in Family Affair. I'm working on the next chapter of that as well; it's a little harder because we didn't see anything that happened within Rick's small group so I'm walking into darkness which is kind of fun because I can have them encounter whatever I want. If you have any ideas for that let me know.

Story Eleven: Permission

Riley was sitting on one of the picnic tables she was watching as Carl and her dad worked down at the farm a smile crossing her lips as the boy tripped over a root falling face first into the dirt. She kept it together pretty well until she saw her dad double over in laugher.

Daryl was walking by and saw his sister laughing at something turning his attention down to the farm he saw Carl pushing himself up from the ground and knew the boy must have fallen.

"it's not nice to laugh when people get hurt"

Riley's eyes snapped over to her brother "says the man who laughed when Merle walked into a sliding glass door" she piped up without missing a beat

Daryl smiled at the memory and walked over taking a seat by his sister

"last night" he started

Riley looked over at him "I know cheesy and dumb"

"I was gonna say nice and sweet…but whatever"

Riley looked over at her big brother "you're not going to make fun of me"

Daryl saw Bob, Maggie and Tyresse heading down towards the cars and got to his feet

"nah" he replied as he started walking towards the group "its nice to see that love hasn't died"

Riley smiled at the retreating back of Daryl, before also getting to her feet.

As Daryl walked away he thought about what happened last night and how much love was shown between both girls; the Dixon's were never one for romance or emotion so for Riley to show it was a huge step one of which Daryl was glad to see he often worried that Riley was becoming to hard and closed off….he would forever be indebted to Beth and all she has done for his sister

Riley walked through the cell block and stopped in front of Herschel's cell; the old man was sitting with his Bible reading over a section Riley knew he had probably read a million times already

Riley bit her lip rubbing the back of her neck; looking around the cell block she quickly entered the cell "hey Herschel"

Riley left Herschel's cell about fifteen minutes later with a small smirk on her face. As she left she bumped into Beth and caught the girl before she stumbled.

"hey" Beth whispered looking over at the cell Riley just left

Beth's eyes widened "chill…he didn't hear and if he did he acted like he didn't I had to check in about something"

Riley watched as Beth's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, but Riley simply shook her head and walked around the girl

"Riley" Beth called out

Turning around Riley walked back towards Beth and smirked connecting their lips

As she pulled away she mumbled

"some things are worth the wait"