"But can you come for a sleep over?" Sophia swung her hand in Daryl's he was taking her to have a burger for dinner. "We have your bed."

"Not tonight... maybe I can come sleep over if mommy's on call or something." Daryl told her.

"Can you tell mommy to let you come back to live at my house?"

"Sophia, I'm staying at uncle Merle's right now, that's where I'm sleeping but you know you can call me whenever right. You just tell mommy you can call me when ever you want to." Daryl tried to deflect her conversation of the questioning of him coming back to her house. "You can call me anytime."

"But they are having a daddy's day at school and I don't have a daddy to come..." Sophia told him, she pulled her hand out of his and stood there with her hands on her hips. "Tell mommy she can't come... she told me she would come but I want you."

Daryl didn't know what to think, or say. Carol clearly didn't want him to come. Sophia was digging in her pocket and pulled out a crumpled bit of paper to hand to him. He opened it and it was a hand written invitation to daddy's/uncles/granddad/special friend day. She painstakingly put his name on it. Some of the letters were upside down but he could make out it said 'To Daryl.' She was staring there looking at him with her big blue eyes Daryl couldn't help but agree to come. He looked at the date and time seeing it was for tomorrow and he knew Carol didn't ask him to go.

"I'll come... I'll talk to your mom."

"She's not a daddy, your my daryl so you can come." Sophia assured him.

"Ok, I'll be there. You can count on me." Daryl told her, she took his hand again and she skipped along beside him. Daryl shoved the invitation into his pocket. He was mad at Carol because Sophia wanted him to come and Carol must have veto'd it.

He spent the rest of the time he had with Sophia talking about what was going to happen at school tomorrow. He found out she made a special surprise and there was going to be singing, they also were going to eat something. Daryl nodded along. He then took her home to her mom.

He knocked on the side door as Sophia burst through it calling out for her mommy as she went. "He said yes... he said yes... he's coming to daddy day and now you can't come!" Sophia blurted out to Carol as she run towards her mom to greet her. "You said he was busy and he's not and he's coming and I invited him... so there!"

"Sophia... don't talk like that to your mom." Daryl growled her, Carol just glanced at Daryl and told her to say goodbye to Daryl because it was late, Sophia come and hugged Daryl.

"Mommy can Daryl stay for a sleep over?" Sophia asked her mommy.

"Um, no but maybe if you get through the bath real quick Daryl might read you a story." Carol told her. "Is that ok?"

"It's fine," Daryl told her, she started to head off with Sophia who was already stripping off her clothes as she run down the hall to the bathroom, the last thing Daryl and Carol saw was her naked butt running into the bathroom. Daryl reached out and wrapped his hand around Carol's wrist for a second and whispered. "I can sleep over if you want me too,"

Carol turned around and shook her head. "You don't have to do that tomorrow, I already told her I would go."

"You didn't even ask me. Of course I would go for Sophia, Merle will be going right?" Daryl asked her.

"I don't know, I better go bath her before she tips out all the shampoo." Carol pulled her hand away from Daryl, she was at risk of pushing him up against a wall and kissing the life out of him. She was getting flustered and he smelt so good and was being kind to Sophia. Sophia had been asking for days for Daryl to come to the Daddy's day at school but she had to get away from him before she did just that. What the hell was wrong with her, she just wanted to do dirty things to him.

"Do you want me to stay... you kinda look like you want me to stay." Daryl asked her.

"I'm fine... go make a coffee or something and I'll get Sophia sorted out."

"OK," Daryl told her, "I know you are thinking about it."

"Don't flatter yourself." Carol headed off to Sophia who was busy brushing her teeth over and over with loads of tooth paste when Carol looked in at her. She bathed her, helped her into her pj's. When they come out of the bathroom Sophia was dressed in her all in one pj suit, dressed like a mouse. Daryl was stretched out on the couch like he used to do when he was living there. He looked across at the little girl.

"Do I need to stick you in a hole somewhere?" he teased her.

"No... just read to me."

"Alright. If that's Sophia in there lets go read a story." He followed her to her bedroom to read her a story. Carol come out with her dirty clothes to washing machine. Carol yawned as she walked through. She sat down on the couch when she put the load of washing on. She only meant to lie down on the couch for a moment but when Daryl come out she was snoring on the couch.

Daryl stared at her, he looked at the time it was barely pushing seven thirty. She was activity snoring. There was something different about her, he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Her boobs were nearly spilling out of the top she was wearing. He bent over pulling off her shoes. He put them on the floor and bent over to pick her up to take her though to the bedroom to put her to bed. She buried into his chest when he scooped her up, she trusted him he knew that. He loved her and she loved him, he knew that too. He just had to make her realize that she did, and stop pushing him away. Let him back in, or he was going to hang around like a bad smell until she couldn't resist him anymore.

He unbuttoned her pants and pulled them off, she wasn't wearing a bra so he left her in her panties and tee shirt, he glanced down her body his eyes resting at her stomach. He stared at it for a few moments and then he pulled a blanket up over her. He stood staring at her for a few minutes. He couldn't leave the house because Sophia was still awake and he could hear her padding down the hall to get a drink.

He pulled Carol's curtains and went out to see what Sophia was doing.

"Go back to bed princess girl." Daryl come into the kitchen, she looked surprised to still see him there.

"You said you were going away back to uncle Merle's," She held her hands up for him to carry her.

"I'm gonna stay over because mommy's very tired." Daryl told her. "Back to bed."

"Mommy falls asleep in my bed reading my stories." Sophia told him. "Uncle Shane had to wake her up."

"Uncle Shane huh? He was here?"

"He come in because mommy left the lights on and the curtains on." Sophia told him.

Daryl was sure now that Carol was pregnant. Her bigger boobs, swollen lower tummy, falling asleep all the time. They both turned their heads towards the door when they heard a knock. Daryl walked over with Sophia in his arm's and opened it. Shane was standing there. Daryl's eyes narrowed when he was carrying a movie and some take away food.

"Can I help you?" Daryl asked him. He squared off in the door way, with Sophia in his arms.

"Yeah... Daryl hows it going, is Carol on a call?" Shane asked.

"No she's sleeping," Daryl told him. He gave Shane a stare to try make him back off. He knew the other man was interested in Carol. He was telling him to back off and Shane was getting the message.

"So you're here..."

"I am here... and you are here." Daryl said.

"Right right. I was just on my way home. Night Sophia, tell your mom I stopped by."

"We will, see you around... Carol and I will have you over for dinner sometime." Daryl told him as he shut the door in the other man's face. Sophia wasn't sure what just happened between Shane and Daryl, but they didn't seem to like each other