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Chapter 20

Rick got up the next morning feeling good. The events of the previous night out of his mind for the moment. He actually jumped when Daryl came out of the room across from his. Events crashed into him and he remembered what had happened. Daryl was living with him for a while. Rick headed downstairs and he heard the other boy's footsteps behind him. He was seriously expecting a push from Daryl but he never got it. They ate breakfast quietly since Rick's dad was already gone for work. "Are you leaving the house? Cause I'm going to," Daryl said finally. Rick nodded, "Yea I'm going to. Dixon was already outside when Rick came out. Rick frowned, "Why'd you wait?" Daryl shrugged, "I don't know. Kind of a dumb idea. Just didn't know where I was going to go. Where are you going?" Rick wasn't sure at first, "Well, I think I'm going to the park." Daryl smirked, "You think? Kinda gotta make up your mind don't you?" Rick ignored him, "Well you go and have fun. I'll be at the park." Daryl nodded as Rick started walking. Rick was surprised when the boy fell in to step with him on the sidewalk. "You're coming with me?" he asked. Daryl sighed, "Well I was going there in the first place." Rick nodded. Of course. The kid wasn't going to just come with him for no reason. They walked quietly to the park, not talking. Daryl pretended like he wasn't walking with Rick and as the park came into view they moved farther away from each other. Rick turned into the park and kept going. He noticed Daryl stopped at the entrance.

Lori was there like usual. He wondered if that girl had anything else to do other than hang out here. Glenn and Maggie were there, as well as T-Dog and Tyreese. He headed towards them and saw someone else there that he didn't know. Lori smiled when she saw him, "Hi Rick! We met a new girl today! Her name's Michonne." Rick smiled at the girl. Tyreese nodded, "She's my cousin. She decided to spend some time here with my family." Rick smiled, "I'm Rick. Even though you probably already know since Lori yelled at me." Michonne smiled, "Nice to meet you Rick," she glanced over Rick's shoulder, "Looks like we have company." The group turned to see Shane and Merle coming up to them. The tall kid grinned at the sight before him, "Who's the new bitch?" Merle smirked, "You shouldn't call people that Shane. It's not nice." Rick noticed that Daryl wasn't with them. Shane was still grinning as he took a step forward and grabbed Michonne's hand, "C'mon you don't want to hang out with them. They're a waste of time." Merle groaned, "Shane, I gotta get going. You gonna be alright?" Shane rolled his eyes, "Yes dad, I'll be fine." Merle hit Shane in the head and then jogged for the entrance of the park.

Rick saw Daryl approach them from behind. Daryl was leaning a bit to his left side away from his stab wound. He must have been watching Daryl a little too intently because Shane turned around letting go of Michonne, who moved back to the group, "Welcome back Daryl. You wanna help me out or are you gonna be an ass?" The younger Dixon scowled at Shane, "You shouldn't say anything. You left me for dead back there." Shane shrugged, "Hey you really don't think we left you on purpose did you? We would've come back. It was a moment of panic." Daryl looked at him, "What?" Shane smiled, "Yea. Come on, we like you Daryl. You're a good guy." Daryl didn't move, "So you didn't want me to die?" Shane smirked, "Nah, we don't want you dead." Daryl grinned but before he get any words out Shane started talking again, "But you probably don't want to hang with us anymore." Daryl shook his head, "No, I want to." Shane grinned, "Well come join the right side then." Daryl started over to them. Shane looked at Daryl, "So how'd you get out of that fight Daryl? There's no way you could've fought them off." Daryl's expression changed and instead of looking mad he looked embarrassed. Daryl looked down at the ground and Shane smirked, "Did you have to get your ass saved? Who was it? Come on Dixon." Daryl didn't raise his head but Rick saw Daryl meet his eyes. Rick was surprised when Shane actually noticed the movement. "No way. Grimes saved your worthless ass? Are you kidding me? You got saved by Grimes? That's one huge joke there. Wait until everyone finds out about this," Shane was laughing. Daryl lunged at him and the two began to fight again. Daryl went to kick Shane in the stomach but Shane used the same move he had on Rick and Daryl was on the ground in an instant. Daryl's head slammed into the ground and he didn't get up right away. "I'm not doing this right now. I have news to spread," Shane ran off down the path towards the entrance.

Daryl got up slowly and held his head. Rick wanted to go down and make sure he was alright but the other boy glared at him when he took a step, "Just go away." Rick didn't move and neither did his group. Daryl slowly stood up, "I said get out of here Grimes. I want you away from me. You mess everything up. I'm going to be the laughing stock of the whole place now." Rick still didn't move and Daryl was getting angrier. Rick was ready when the kid jumped at him. Driven by anger, Daryl's attempts were sloppy and Rick could dodge them easily. Rick pushed himself forward and kicked Daryl hard in the stomach but Daryl absorbed the blow and threw his own punch. Rick saw Glenn come over to help and shook his head, "No! Stay out of this." Rick knocked Daryl back again but the kid just came after him over and over. Rick needed an opening. He was getting tired. He finally got his chance and he kicked Daryl hard in the knee. Daryl's leg gave out and Rick followed up with a punch to the head of the, now kneeling boy.

Daryl crashed to the ground, panting heavily. The boy glared up at him, "Just couldn't leave me alone could you?" Rick finally snapped, "What the hell have I ever done to you? The only thing I've gotten from you is harassment even though I barely even talked to you. You're so full of yourself that you can't accept that you needed help. If I had left you out there that night, you would've died." Daryl opened his mouth but Rick wasn't done yet, "It's not my fault that you have to be such a problem. That you have issues at home and can't live there. My dad took you in so you wouldn't have to move out of this town. So you wouldn't be in a whole new place. He only thought of you during that decision. Then you have the nerve to come over here today and yell at me for doing helping you out. I don't get what it's going to take to make you see what an idiot you can be. If there's one thing you should be saying it should be thank you because I'm the one who saved your pathetic life for no reason. I could've left you but I didn't and you don't give a shit about any of that. What the hell is wrong with you?"

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