Danielle could feel every muscle in her body trembling when she laid eyes on the blood covering her hands. With the blurred haze that clouded her vision, she was guessing that she had hit her head. Unsure of whose blood she had on her skin, she felt over her body for any major wounds, but found none. It didn't take long to feel around her immediate area until she felt a tense, warm body under her touch. Giving her head a good shake, she blinked her eyes intensely until her vision became clear again. The moment she saw who it was, she wished she could go back to being blind. Daryl's crystal eyes were staring frantically back at her. She pursed her lips and let her eyes scan over his body only to find a large chunk of flesh in his right forearm gone. Tears stung her eyes and her heart pounded loudly in her chest. When she took note of the sound of many walkers banging on the walls around them, she knew he had been bitten. A sudden chill shook her body as she brought her eyes back to his. Daryl raised his good arm to rest his blood-covered hand on her cheek stroking it gently with his thumb.

"S'okay" he muttered causing her to shake her head.

"This isn't real" she replied through a sob making him wince a little. Without speaking, he reached around with his other arm wincing a little more as he pulled a handgun from his belt. When she saw what he was doing, she tried pushing it away, but he just moved it back to her hand.

"You know whachu gotta do" he grunted as soon as she had the gun gripped in her hand, "Don' let me get to be one of them. I don' want you to see me like that."

"Don't leave me here alone." she blubbered in reply not caring about the tears that were now flooding down her face. Daryl did his best to wipe them from her cheeks but only made them dirtier with blood and mud.

"I won't be gone" he coughed a little causing blood to trickle out of the corners of his mouth, "You just won't see me."

He forced a small smile, but it was clear to Danielle that he was in extreme pain. She leaned down to try and give him a kiss but he turned away.

"Don't know if it'll infect ya" he grumbled moving her forehead to his lips and kissing it gently. Danielle tried holding back another wave of sobbing and gripped the gun tightly in her hand. She moved it slowly up to his temple her hand shaking violently. Daryl moved his hand to grip onto her free hand making her look him in the eye again as he mumbled, "I love you."

"I love you so much" she replied through another sob before quickly pulling the trigger. She closed her eyes and looked away from Daryl's now lifeless body unable to bear the sight. A few moments into the silence, she realized that she was really alone. When she heard that the efforts of the walkers outside was intensifying, she held the gun in front of her and stared at it for what seemed like an hour. With her mind made up, she held the gun up to her own temple and closed her eyes. Just as she was about to pull the trigger, she heard Daryl's soft voice whisper in her ear, "Dani"

She felt a sudden jolt in her body and found herself sitting upright in bed. There was a cold sweat that covered her whole body and she looked over to see Daryl just sitting up and staring worriedly at her. She was breathing heavily her heart pounding and eyes tearing up. Daryl opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Danielle throwing her arms around him.

"Uh…mornin'" his voice was muffled by her mess of hair. She pulled away without speaking and kiss his lips hard before going back to hugging him again.

"It wasn't real" she whispered more to herself than to him. That's when Daryl's curiosity got the best of him.

"What wasn't real?" he asked pushing her away and looking in her eyes. Danielle blinked wildly and just felt of his face for a moment before she was completely convinced that he was really there. A sudden calm came over her and she let out a loud sigh of relief before pushing him down and laying her head on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair gently as she went on to tell him about the awful nightmare she had.

"Everything felt so real" she added silently, "It felt as real as you do right now."

"Well is wasn't and ain't ever gonna be" he replied calmly as he kissed the top of her head softly. Danielle furrowed her brow and bit on her lip.

"How do we know?" she asked making him tense up a little. She sat up and looked at him as she continued, "You're one of the people most at risk of this happening, Daryl. You're the hunter. You go out in those woods almost every day risking your life to get us some squirrels to munch on. I haven't mentioned this until now, but I get scared shitless every time you go out there. I worry every time that you're not gonna come back and I'll be here all by myself. Don't tell me that 'it ain't ever gonna' happen because that's a promise you can't keep."

Daryl moved his hand to her cheek and leaned up to kiss her lips gently.

"You're right." he mumbled running his fingers through her hair, "I can't promise that it won't happen, but I can promise that I'll do my best to come back to you every night."

It was a grim promise one that made her stomach turn, but it was enough to calm her for the moment. Danielle laid back down on him closing her eyes as she listened to his heart beat. As soon as she felt herself slipping back to sleep, she jerked herself awake again and stood up out of bed. Daryl scrunched his face not wanting to get up just yet. After changing into a black tank and some dark blue jeans, Danielle smiled down and him and leaned in to kiss his forehead gently.

"Stay in bed if you wanna, Lazy Bones" she mumbled making him scoff. She smiled brightly at him as she walked out of the tent and into the sunlight. It was easy for her to feel unusually optimistic knowing that her dream was just that. Knowing that not only had Daryl not been bitten by a walker, but was sleeping soundly in the tent behind her made her thankful that she still had him. When she saw Glenn getting ready for another trip into town, she skipped over to him catching him a little off guard.

"What's got you so pepped up this morning?" he asked hesitantly. Danielle just beamed a smile at him and shrugged.

"Woke up this morning and had a sudden sense of gratefulness" she answered, "Grateful that we're all alive and well."

Glenn just raised a brow at her and backed away slowly as if he was afraid the mood was going to change. She heard him mumble a weary "alright" before walking over to the camper to get a gun from Dale. With a sudden rush of adrenaline, Danielle hurried back to the tent not bothering to tell Daryl who it was. When she quickly unzipped the door and stuck her head in, he was in the middle of putting pants on and didn't have a shirt on yet. She heard a loud THUD and looked to see him laying on the bed and covering himself.

"Seriously?" she asked was a laugh. Daryl's cheeks flushed as he moved to pull a shirt on and walk out of the tent.

"Don't sneak up on me like that again." he grumbled wrapping his arm around her neck and pulling her into a kiss.

"Let's go to town with Glenn today" she replied quickly. Daryl's face contorted as he pulled away to look at her.

"Are you serious?" he asked cautiously, "Why?"

"He and Maggie always go on their own and I think we should go with. I'm tired of this farm."

"Fine" Daryl grumbled kissing her forehead, "I'll go talk to Glenn, you talk to Maggie."

Danielle nodded eagerly and took off running knowing exactly where Maggie would be at that time of the morning. It seemed to take her less than a second to make it to the chicken coop where Maggie was laying down some feed.

"Maggie" Danielle shouted as she ran up to where she was. Maggie looked at her with the same raised brow Glenn had given her earlier.

"What's up?" Maggie asked handing her a bucket of feed. Danielle smiled a little trying to catch her breath as she laid feed down for the birds.

"Daryl and I would like to join you and Glenn on your trip to town."

"It ain't a holiday" Maggie said shortly, "We go there, get whatever shit we need, and get out. Why would you wanna come?"

"I'm sick of this farm!" Danielle blurted causing Maggie to look hard at her, "Sorry, but I would like to see something other than fields or trees. And Daryl's already talking to Glenn about it."

"Well since Glenn won't be able to say no to Daryl without pissin' himself, I guess I gotta say yes." Maggie mumbled. Danielle smiled brightly dropping her bucket of feed and giving Maggie a big kiss on the lips before running off to find Daryl. Maggie stood there stunned for a moment before rolling her eyes and going back to feeding the chickens. From the look on Daryl's face when she saw him, it was clear to Danielle that Glenn had said yes.

"Why so glum? We're finally getting out of this farm and walking around." she said excitedly. Daryl sighed and shook his head.

"Dani, you just got done talking about how scared you got every time I went to the woods." he replied, "You know that walkers're out there in town too."

"We'll be fine, Daryl!" she added her smile not faltering, "Maggie and Glenn make it out okay all the time."

Daryl shook his head again and pulled her into a kiss.

"Don't make me regret agreeing to this"

Danielle just beamed a smile up at him before pulling him into a tight hug.