Carol looked out the window in the kitchen and she saw Daryl pull up the drive driving Merles spare pick up. He had Sophia with him still and he had his bike strapped in the trailer in the back of the pick up. She watched him and Sophia work together to get things organised to bring stuff into the house. She couldn't help but smile because she already heard what he and Merle got up to at school today. She could see a black eye starting to form on his face.
She opened up the door before he got to the top step. He had his duffle bag over his shoulder, he pushed his sunglasses off his face so she could see.
"Daddy's home." He announced as he dropped a kiss on her face. "And he's home to stay..." He called out as he walked through the kitchen. Sophia was dragging a bag up the steps for him.
"For daddy but its to heavy." Sophia told her.
Carol reached out to take the bag. It was really heavy, "Leave it and he can come get it himself. Did something happen at school today?"
"No... well they got into a tumble that's all." Sophia told her, she didn't dob him in.
"Anything else?"
"No..."
"You didn't give a sex ed talk at play time to your friends about how babies are made?" Carol was slightly amused that the school wanted to have a meeting with her about Sophia telling the kids that she was IVF and now she had a real daddy.
"Well I just told daddy how babies were made... he didn't know. And the other kids heard." Sophia told her.
"Really, I think daddy knows how babies are made."
"Really and he made me tell him again." Sophia put her hands on her hips. "I could have been playing with my friends."
Carol and Sophia walked through the house looking for Daryl and they found him spread out on Carol's bed hanging over the edge playing around with a clock radio. Sophia took it as a signal to jump on his back and try make him give her a piggy back ride.
"Soph you're hurting me." Daryl groaned, he rolled to the side to buck her off. Sophia held on even tighter, Carol come over and sat on the edge of the bed to watch what he was doing.
"Are you going to sleep in here?" Sophia asked.
"Yes..." Daryl said.
"No..." Carol said.
"Daddy's sleep in mommy's bed." Daryl glanced at Carol, Carol watched Sophia's face and she took in the news. Sophia didn't seem to be worried about it.
"Like Uncle Merle and Aunty 'Chonne?" Sophia asked.
"Just like that." Daryl told her. "Righto, lets go make dinner, momma needs something to eat and I'm starving." Daryl told her Sophia headed off down to kitchen, "Come here." Daryl stopped Carol from leaving by tugging on her hand. "This ok?"
"Very ok, I've missed you."
"Did you throw that Dildo away?"
"No I'm saving it for the secret santa and I'm going to rig it so Merle wins it." Carol told him.
"That's my girl." He leaned in and kissed her. They heard a big clang in the kitchen like every single pot and plate had fallen out of the cupboards. "We better go see what she's breaking." He held her hand the whole way through to see whatever mess Sophia was making.