Trying To Survive

by Alena-Marie3

Elizabeth Parrish had survived a major zombie apocalypse and the death of her family. Travelling to find some human survival, she meets the odd group consisting of Rick Grimes, Shane, and Daryl Dixon the three leaders. She finds herself slowly falling for the hot-headed, surly, and stubborn hunter Daryl. Can their love last through death and tragedy?

25. Epilogue

Epilogue

ReedusLover3

** Here we go! The Epilogue, after this I will write the sequel "Nothing Left to Loose"! It will cover the eight months or so that the group is moving about- they will get to the prison later in the story! It will get more steamy in this story between Elizabeth and Daryl!

Short epilogue here we go! **

I laid by the fire with a wool blanket covering me. Lori and Carl were huddled under two sleeping bags- trying to keep warm, and the other's except Rick and Daryl were sleeping. I couldn't sleep, what Rick told us today was making my stomach churn and bad thoughts revolve in my mind. Rolling on to my back I stared at the sky and stared at the starry night before sitting up.

"I'm gonna go the bathroom." I told Lori and Carl before slipping my knife in my boot. I walked towards the forest edge and was just about to enter it when a hand gripped my wrist.

"Where do ya' think you're goin'?" Daryl asked, his breath fanning across my neck.

"Bathroom." I said and turned around to face him. I was only to his shoulders so I had to look up to see his face.

"Don't be long. Stay close." He told me as his grip loosened, nodding I went into the forest and quickly did my business. Making my way back to where Daryl waited, we stood in silence and watched Rick pace back and forth in the road.

"Do you think he's alright?" I asked quietly, and glanced up to see Daryl already watching me.

"I'm sure he is just stressed." Daryl stated and saw me shiver from the cold. He moved closer and brought me into his chest to warm me up. "We all are, we just saw our friends die."

"I'm getting use to it." I paused and sighed. "It keeps happening."

"We'll get through it. We'll be all right."

Later that night Daryl had gotten off his watching shift and woke up T-Dog to take over for him, and Glenn took Rick's shift. Daryl laid down next to me under the wool blanket and wrapped his arms around me, making me feel safe. Soon enough I fell asleep in his arms and I knew if anything happened to him, to any of the group, I wouldn't know how to survive on my own.