DARYL'S POV

I DON'T OWN THE WALKING DEAD CHARACTERS...

Beth's color dropped from her face and the card fell from her hand to the floor. She looked scared shitless. I walked closer to her and she took a step back as I grabbed the card from the floor.

'I somehow missed my invitation to your birthday party. I know I am late but Happy Belated Birthday Beautiful. Please forgive me for my absence, I promise to make it up to you. Love, Zach'

I looked up to Beth, my blood boiling but was quickly chilled to the bone with the silent tears streaming down her face.

"Is this the asshole from the alley?" I asked quietly, careful to not spook her and she just nodded in response. I wrapped my arms around her pulling her into me as she started to sob. "I'm not gonna let him hurtcha Beth, I'll do everythin in my power to make sure of that. How in the hell does he know where ya work?" I whispered into her hair. She pulled away from me slightly to look up at me.

"We go to college together. He is my RA for my dorm." she said with concern. I wasn't quite sure what him being her RA meant and I guess she read it on my face. "He is the head person in charge of our dorms." she said as her body started shaking.

"Come on, we are going to talk to Rick about this. There has to be something we can do to get him to leave you alone." I said as I threw the flowers in the trash and stuffed the card into my back pocket. I told Dale there was an emergency situation and that we needed to leave. He gave me a worried expression but told us to take our time. I called Rick while walking out to my bike to see where he was and then took a breath as I sat down on my bike. I was waiting for Beth to gather her things to leave and it wasn't until then that I had noticed the increased pounding of my heart and shaking hands. Rick had to be able to help in some kind of way. Then it hit me. He was her RA which meant he had keys to all of those dorms in that hall. He had perfect access to a vulnerable, sleeping Beth. There was no way she was going back to that college, absolutely not! She had just set down on the back of the bike and I couldn't help stop the words that came out of my mouth next. "Please tell me ya ain't gonna go back to that school or dorm with this sick motherfucker." I spit out.

"Daryl, I have one more year left and its not like I can afford an apartment on campus or just off campus for that matter. Its expensive. I will see if I can switch dorms if it'll make you feel any better." she said softly.

"Well he won't be at that school if I have anything to do with it." I snapped back before taking off out of the parking lot and heading to the police station. Rick was sitting at his desk when we got there.

"What's going on Daryl, ya sounded panicked when ya called. Oh, Hey Beth."he said as we sat down in the chairs in front of him.

"Remember me tellin ya about that sick fuck that attacked Beth?" I asked and he nodded a yes. "Well hes obviously stalking her now. He sent flowers to her at the shop."

"Okay, did he threaten her at all?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Not exactly. There's gotta be somethin we can do though. Restraining order or somethin? He has attacked her once already." I said.

"Twice actually." Beth whispered out taking me completely off guard. I gave her a puzzled look not understanding when the second time had happened. "He came into my room and was trying to force himself on me last year in the dorms." she said looking down and fiddling with her fingers.

"Okay, well with this tidbit we can probably get a restraining order placed or atleast I can try. It may take a week or so but I will try to pull some strings for ya, okay?" he asked as Beth and I both nodded. "Can I ask how he got into your dorm?"

"He's my RA. He has keys for all the dorms in our building." she said looking up at him.

"Okay, so Daryl, you and Beth need to contact the college, let them know what is going on. Let them know you are in the process of trying to get a restraining order and see if they can assign him to a different building or move Beth. Got it?" Rick commanded. I nodded my head pulling out my phone because this shit needed to be handled now. A woman at the college answered the phone. I explained the situation to the woman and she brought the Dean on the line quickly stating it assault was not something they took lightly at the school and that the Dean would need all the details so that they could get Zach into another dorm and remove him from RA duties. The Dean was brought onto the line and asked to speak to the officer that was handling the restraining order case so I put Rick on the line who gave all the information of the situation to the Dean. Rick hung up and handed my phone back. "Hes going to do his best to make sure Zach is as far away from Beth as possible and he will be reviewing both of their schedules to make sure there are no close encounters between the two." Rick said standing up from his desk and walking us to the door. "I will be contacting ya two about the case as soon as I hear anything." he told Beth and I.

"Do you feel a little better about me going back to school in a month and a half now? That's enough time to get this all straightened out. I will be fine and I will talk to Sasha about staying with me twenty-four seven if it will make you feel any better." she said as we walked to my Triumph.

"Beth, nothing about this situation makes me feel okay. Yer school is three hours away. Yer gonna be too far away fer my likin'. And the fact that fucker will even be in the same place as you frustrates me even more." I said stopping next to my bike and turning around to face her. "Its gonna kill me if ya go." I said making eye contact with her.

The next two weeks we hadn't heard any word from Rick. The tension between Beth and I grew more and more as July was starting to come to an end. We would only have 3 more weeks together before she would move back into her dorm and prepare for school to start. The tension we felt was over that exactly. She was determined to go back to school and her argument was always the same, she only had one year left and she had a scholarship she didn't want to waste. I tried to explain to her I would help her for paying for her last year of school if she would just go somewhere else and preferably somewhere closer to me but she wouldn't let me help. It was extremely frustrating, she was more worried about her education than her actual well-being. She was currently ignoring me at the shop because we had fought about it again at lunch today. I was finishing up on the last car of the day when Beth came down into the workstation with a smile on her face.

"Rick just called they just got the restraining order completed. And apparently the Dean has been in contact with him too and says Zach has been moved to the opposite side of the campus. See it all worked out Daryl." she said coming up and hugging me from behind. The physical touch was something I hadn't been prepared for. She hadn't been this close to me in weeks. She had given me light pecks on my cheek every now and then but the last time she had been this close to me was riding back from the police station on my bike. I placed my hands over hers weaving our fingers together to hold her in place.

"That's great Darlin, still doesn't make me feel any better about ya going back to that school. I don't want ya bein that far away." I let out quietly.

"We can visit each other on the weekends. I don't like being away from you either but we can make this work. Its only until the end of April." she said placing a kiss on my shoulder. I released her hands and turned around to face her.

"I love you and if ya wanna see each other on the weekends, that's what we'll do. I'll come visit ya every other weekend." I said as I cupped her face and leaned in to kiss her.

" I love you too Daryl Dixon. More than you know." she said as she wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me down for a more firm kiss. Her tongue ran along my lips begging for entrance and I quickly parted my lips to give her access. I was going to take anything she would give me, I was desperate for her. Our kiss quickly turned needy and passionate. It was apparent I wasn't the only one desperate for the other. Her hands started traveling down my chest and across my stomach until she reached the waist of my jeans. She started working to unbutton and unzip my pants before I remembered where we were and grabbed her wrists to stop her.

"Beth." I breathed out trying to catch my breath.

"Everyone else is gone and the place is locked up. Please Daryl." she said knowing what I was thinking of and my name fell off her lips in a tender begging way. I grabbed her behind her thighs just below her ass and lifted her from the ground, turning and placing her on the workstation bench. She pulled my shirt off in one swift motion and ran her hands back down to my jeans again. I pulled away swatting at her hands playfully.

"Let me play first." I said giving her a smile.

A/N: I know I am mean...leaving ya just when things were getting good. But don't worry I am already working on Beth's POV of what comes next. ;) hope you enjoyed the chapter. Reviews are appreciated ;) I am going to try to get atleast 1 or 2 more updates out to you before the end of the day. :) Bethylmas Part 2 maybe? Much Love & Bethyl On, Lovelies!