Cricket sits in the tent, holding her face in her hands as Daryl walks in. "Annie?" She looks up at him, tears in her eyes. Daryl sighs and moves to kneel before her. "Are you okay?" She shakes her head, causing him to pull her into his arms. "It's going to be okay, Cricket."

"I'm scared."

"I know you are, but it'll be okay." He promises as he pulls her onto his lap. She wraps her arms tightly around him and grips his shirt in her hands. "Everything will be okay, Cricket."

"What if we don't find, Carol?" Daryl pulls back.

"Don't tell me you're giving up now too."

"I'm not giving up, Daryl, but I'm scared. We got a barn full of walkers and a little girl who just wants her mother. It's..." cricket swallows. "It's been a long time since we've seen Carol." Daryl moves her off his lap and gets up. "Daryl, where are you going?"

"To look for Carol seeing how everyone is ready to just give up on her."

"You can't, you're still injured."

"You're right. It's been days since she disappeared and she could easily be out there hurt. The more time I sit here waiting to be healed the less of a chance that she's okay."

"Daryl, you can't go out there when you're still hurting." Cricket places a hand on his chest, but he moves away.

"Watch me." He says in soft, but cold tone before storming out of the tent.

"Daryl." She growls as she runs to catch up with him. "Don't you dare go out looking for her." Daryl turns to her with fury in his eyes.

"Just because I'm fucking you don't make me your bitch." She stares at him, her heart stopped mid-beat, staring at him with shock and hurt in her eyes. He turns and heads towards the stable. Cricket lets him go, tears filling her eyes.

"Cricket?" Nate walks over, having seen the fight. "Are you okay?" She looks at him, tears rolling down her face. His face hardens. "Go lay back down. I'll deal with him."

"Nate-

"Go, Cricket." She goes and heads back to the tent as Nate heads off to catch up with his father.

He walks into the stable to see his father throw the saddle on a stand, grunting as it pulls on his stitches. "Dad, you can't go out there." Daryl glares at Nate.

"I'm fine."

"No, you're not dad. You are still healing." Nate says as he heads to one of the horses.

"Go back and worry about Amy."

"Like you do with Cricket."

"Stay out of it." Daryl growls.

"You made a promise to me awhile ago, dad. You promised me you wouldn't keep pushing people away."

"I'm not pushing people away." Daryl snaps.

"That's exactly what you're doing." Nate pushes his father back, causing Daryl to look at him with anger. "You're pushing away anyone who gives a damn about you!"

"You watch your mouth, boy, I'm your father!"

"What if I don't? Are you going to hit me? Be like your father." His words cause Daryl to flinch. "Go ahead dad! Break my ribs! Punch my face in! Do whatever it takes to get your anger out, but I'm not going anywhere and neither are you!"

"Nate-

"You can't can you? You can say the most horrible things to people, but I know you would never raise your hand to your children or to your woman. You're not Will Dixon, dad. You're not your father. You can go around saying you don't deserve to be loved, but we both know that's bullshit. It's not that you think you don't deserve love it's that you're scared of it. You're scared of Cricket. You're scared of how you feel about her, what you think of her, what she makes you want. You want a family with her, a life with her, you never wanted that with my mother."

"Nate-

"It terrifies you. Every day she gets past another wall of yours and every day your defenses are weakened and it scares the shit out of you and we both know why."

"Nate-

"You love her and that makes you just want to push her away. You say the most horrible things to her because you want her to leave you so that you don't have to deal with the emotions that you don't understand."

"Don't talk about things you don't understand."

"Oh, I understand perfectly dad. I always have. I've been by your side for nineteen years, dad. I know exactly how you are." Daryl looks away from him. "We don't know if we'll find Carol, dad. We all know that there is a huge chance that she's gone."

"Don't you dare-

"You have done so much, dad. You've done what no one else would do. You went out looking for her every single day. You got yourself hurt for her. You have done so much, more than most. Just let it go, dad. Just allow yourself to heal up. Let Rick and the others take over. Stop pushing Cricket away and stop hurting her. She loves you, dad, and trust me it's crazy to imagine, but she does. She cares about you and she loves you. Are you seriously going to push her away, hurt her just to make her hate you, you do that and you will turn into Will, dad. You'll turn into the man you hate. All that man had was anger and hatred for the world. Do you really want to be just like him? I've seen you with Cricket, she makes you happy, happier than I have ever seen you been. So, go ahead and throw that away if you want, but you'll just be screwing your life over just like your father did." Daryl doesn't say anything. He looks at his son with no emotion on his face. "Are you going to say anything, dad?"

"It's not that easy." Daryl says.

"It's easy, dad. You either chose to be happy or you chose to throw everything you care about away." Daryl looks at Nate before sighing.

"Go back to Amy."

"Dad-

"I'm not going out, Nate." Nate nods before grabbing the saddle and bringing it back to where it belongs.

"Go talk to Cricket." Nate orders before making his way back to camp.

Daryl watches Nate walk back before running a hand through his hair. He lets out a heavy breath as he heads out of the stable and makes his way to camp. His eyes can the area, but doesn't find Cricket. When his eyes meet his son's, Nate looks towards Daryl's tent. Daryl nods and makes his way towards the tent.

He walks in and finds Cricket laying down with her back to the door. "Cricket." She doesn't answer. Daryl kicks his boots off and moves to lay down beside her. "I'm sorry, Cricket." He slowly, cautiously, wraps an arm around her and pulls her to his chest. His heart aches as he hears her soft sob. "I'm sorry for everything I've said, Cricket. What I said was horrible and it wasn't right." He whispers. "I know you're just looking after me. I know you care and I'm not used to that. I've never had anyone, but my son that actually cared about me enough not to let me go and get myself killed." Cricket doesn't say anything. "I love you, Cricket and it scares me. It scares me more than you can ever imagine." She turns and looks at him and he looks back at her. "I'm sorry, Annie, I really am." She wraps her arms around him and snuggle up against him.

"Just hold me." He nods and wraps his arms around her. He kisses her temple and rubs her back.

"I'm here, baby, I'm here." She closes her eyes and lets out a sigh.

"I love you, Daryl."