3 Years Later

Daryl stared at the ceiling as he laid in his bed while his new 'girlfriend' and a new resident to the town, Sarah, kissed his stomach up and down. Of course it felt good but there was always something missing. Some kind of spark. He hasn't been able to put his finger on it. Daryl reached on his nightstand and grabbed his phone to look at the time.

"Shit!" He said as he jumped from his bed.

"What's wrong?" Sarah said.

"Gotta get to work. Get dressed." He said throwing on a pair of jeans. Sarah groaned.

"Just come back to bed." She said with a seductive smile.

"Can't."

"Come on! We hardly spend anytime together, Daryl." She groaned.

"Look! If I could, I would. But I need to keep this damn job to pay for this shitty apartment now that Merle is gone! Now lets go!" Daryl said putting on his shirt. Sarah got up from the bed and got dressed.

Daryl dropped Sarah off in front of the diner and went into the shop. He hated working there seeing that him and two other people were working there. Everyone either moved away or passed on. Hardly anyone came in and the pay was shit but like he said, he had no choice but to work here. But someday he knew that he will open his own shop in a better town. He went to his work bench and waited for someone, anyone to come into the shop.

It wasn't until noon that an old pick up truck came into the garage making some weird noise. Daryl thanked God that he finally had something to do. He grabbed his tool belt and walked over to the truck.

"What can I do ya' for?" He asked. The driver got out of the truck and smiled at Daryl.

"How are you, sweetie? I haven't seen you in such a long time!" Norma said. Daryl smirked and gave Norma a tight hug.

"Just hanging around. Getting some work done."

"That's good! So can you help me with this old junk?" Norma asked.

"What's wrong with it? And why isn't Shaun taking care of it?" He asked.

"It's been making this noise since last week. Shaun can't stand this thing and doesn't want to fix it anymore. Can you believe that old man wants me to get rid of it knowing damn well this was my daddy's truck?" Daryl chuckled and began to inspect it.

"I think I can fix it. Give me... three days and it'll be up and running." Daryl said.

"Oh thank you so much. Can't have this thing going to the junk yard seeing that Kat wants it as a wedding gift." Norma said patting the lid of the truck. Norma looked up at Daryl with shock. Daryl felt himself freeze at the sound of her name. Did she say wedding?

"Wedding? She's... getting married?" Daryl asked.

"I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have said anything." Norma said. Daryl could hear her mutter under her breath calling herself 'stupid'.

"It's... fine. I've been over it for awhile now. No need to be hard on yourself." Daryl said. Norma looked at him know damn well that was a lie.

"I'll best be going. See you around, Daryl." Norma said leaving the garage in a hurry. Daryl stood there for what seemed like forever before snapping and throwing a wrench across the garage.

"Fuck shit!" He yelled. He grabbed another tool about to throw it when Sarah walked in with his lunch almost hitting her head.

"What the fuck, Daryl?" She yelled. "That shit almost hit me!" Daryl stared at her and then at the old pick up truck. He went over to her and pulled her in the garage. He closed the gate.

"What are you doing?" Sarah asked. Daryl then proceeded to pull her into him and kiss her, leading her to the truck.

Sarah was left sweating and panting leaving the garage. She didn't know what came over Daryl but she wasn't complaining. She walked back to the diner and got back to work.

"Sarah! Take the table in the corner for me? This damn family over here is running me wild." Said one of her co-workers.

"Sure." Sarah grabbed a notepad and pen out from her apron and walked to the corner booth. It was only one customer. A woman. Though Sarah hated to admit this but this woman was very attractive.

"Hello, my name is Sarah. How can I help you?"

"Hi! Can I get the cheese burger special?" The woman said.

"Really? You think you can finish that?" Sarah asked. The woman laughed.

"I think I can see that I've had it and finished it before."

"Well, damn! What can I say a girls got to eat, huh?" The two laughed.

"But hey, I've never seen you before? You new?" Sarah asked.

"Nope. Lived her my whole life. Just went away to finish my degree. Came back for my... wedding and my residency."

"Well, congrats and you trying to be a doctor here?"

"Yep, I actually have an interview in two days. Trying to surprise my fiancé." She gave a sad smile.

"I hope you get it. You seem like a nice woman." Sarah smiled.

"Thanks. I hope I do. I miss this town so much even though I said I would never come back."

"Eh, things change, huh? By the way what's your name by the way?" Sarah asked. The woman held out her hand.

"Kat." Sarah smiled and shook her hand.

Kat walked out of the diner with a full stomach and a smile on her face. She really did miss the town. Things have changed but it felt the same to her. She decided to visit the old book store down the block. As she was walking, she received a text message. It was her fiancé, Lee. Kat groaned. The guy needs to cut the cord for God sakes.

"Hey Babe! Where are you?"

"I told you already. I'm looking around the town." Kat texted back. She put her phone back in her pocket but not before there was another text.

"Okay! Just hurry back. I miss you ;)" Kat smiled a little. Lee was a great guy but there were just some things she couldn't stand about the guy but that's relationships for you, right? Kat began to message him back but was hit on the shoulder by someone walking pass her, dropping and breaking her phone in the process.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Kat yelled. Kat looked up at the person who made her drop her phone. Daryl.

"Sorry-" Daryl stopped as he looked down at Kat. Kat changed. Again. Her hair was shorter, she wore different glasses, and she dressed differently like a professional.

"It-it's fine. Don't worry about it." Kat said picking up the pieces.

"I'll pay for it." Daryl said.

"No, no. If I said it's fine then it's fine." Kat stood back up and looked at him.

"So... how you been?" Kat asked. Daryl grunted.

"Huh? What was that? I don't understand caveman." Kat said. Daryl sucked his teeth and smirked.

"Don't start, Kat." Daryl said.

"Just trying to lighten the mood. But seriously how you been?" Kat asked.

"Fine. Just fine." Daryl looked at his shoes, kicking some pebbles around. He could see her engagement ring shining.

"Heard you getting married." He said pointing to her left hand. Kat stood quiet and nodded.

"Is he a good guy?"

"Yeah, he is."

"That's good. Really good." Daryl said. Kat nodded.

"I better go. Want to head to the book store before heading home." Kat said. She walked away from Daryl and he headed towards the diner.

"Daryl!" He turned around and looked at Kat.

"It was really nice to see you." She said. Daryl smirked.

"Yeah, you too." They both continued to walk away. Kat let out a sigh and started to cry. Daryl kept looking over his shoulder watching her walk away. Again.