* Please Review! Only one more chapter and I'm kind of sad about it.*

Dale held Jillian close to him. He was looking out of the window of the hospital. His hands were rubbing her back. Her arms were wrapped around his waist. No one was talking as they waited for information about Daryl. He had been rushed into surgery without even waking up again. It was thirty minutes after they arrived and no one was telling them anything.

" You guys need anything?" Shane asked softly as he came to Dale's side. He placed his hand on her lower back. " Jillian, can I get you something? I'm going to get some coffee." Jillian wiped her eyes as she pulled away.

" No, thanks." She said.

" You, Dale?" Shane asked.

" No, thanks." He said. Shane nodded and walked away. Dale looked at Jillian. " You want to sit down?" He asked. She shook her head.

" Can you ask Andrea to go to my house and pack me a bag. I'm going to sleep here with him." She said.

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The lake water was warm and refreshing against Daryl's skin as he swam around. Jillian was holding onto his back, her legs were around his waist. Her long hair flowed around them. She let him go, making him turn around. She smiled at him a second before she slipped under the water. He smiled as he felt her hands come to his waist. She pulled him out of his boxers and into her mouth. His eyes shut and he brought his hands to her.

" Oh fuck." He groaned as she moved her mouth against him. His hands came to her hair. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes, enjoying the sensations she was giving him. She cupped his balls with her hands and she swirled them around, intensifying the blow job she was giving him. Daryl felt his stomach clutch after a while. His eyes flew open as he started to cum in her mouth. He felt her mouth moving as she swallowed him down. He jerked as she tighten her mouth on him. " Ah, shit!" He whispered. It wasn't until she popped out of the water with a smile that he realized how long she had been under the water. "How the hell did you stay down there so long?"

The scene around him changed quickly. Colors swirled around him, making him dizzy. He closed his eyes and reached for Jillian. Suddenly he felt grass against his back. He opened his eyes and looked up at the blue sky. He looked to his right and found her laying beside him. She took his hand, interlacing their fingers. She looked at him and smiled.

" What the hell happen?" Daryl asked. She shrugged her shoulders. " Why ain't you talkin?" He asked. She just smiled again. Something started stroking his left hand. He looked down at it but saw nothing touching him. He held his hand up as he looked at it.

" Daryl." She said. He looked to his right again. " Come back to me." She said.

" I'm right here." He said. He looked back at his left hand again. " What the hell is touchin me?" He asked.

" Come back to me, please." She asked. He looked at her again.

" What the fuck are you talkin about? I'm right here, Jill." He said.

" Open your eyes." She whispered. He looked back to his hand. He tilted his head as he moved his fingers around. Something was rubbing his hand.

" My eyes are open." He said.

" Don't leave me, please. I can't make it without you." He looked at her. She was starting to fade.

" What the hell is happenin to me?" He asked. The world around him started to shake until it to started to fade to black and than there was nothing.

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Jillian ran her fingers up and down his arm while she stared at his face. Her right hand was rubbing the top of his left hand while her left hand continued to rub his arm. She leaned down and kissed his hand. She was alone with him in his hospital room. She had asked everyone to leave them. He had been in surgery for three hours and the doctors weren't sure he was going to pull through.

" Come back to me." She whispered as she rubbed her cheek on his hand. " Just don't leave me." She whispered. She sat up and looked at him. The vent he was on was forcing his chest to rise and fall as the machine pushed the oxygen into his lungs. " I'm not leaving you until you open your eyes." His heart monitor was the only sound she was getting from him.

She stood up and leaned over his head. She pushed the hair from his face, sweeping it to the right side of his head. She smoothed it down as she smiled at him. Her eyes were burning with tears. She continued messing with his hair pushing it down and running her hands through it. She looked at his face before she touched his cheeks. She gently touched the vent that was attached to his mouth.

" Can you hear me?" She asked. " Do you know I'm here?" She sat on his bed and stared at his face. " Can you feel me touching you? You were shot, do you remember? The bullet is out now but your right lung was hit. That's why you have that tube in your mouth. It's making you breath because you won't do it on your own." She covered her mouth with her hand and started to cry than. She closed her eyes as one hand came to rest on his chest. She took a few breaths before she opened her eyes again. She cleared her throat and took a deep breath. She patted his chest. " Just rest, my husband. You're going to be fine. You're strong, I know you will pull through. There isn't anything that can hold a Dixon down for long."

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Something was chocking him. He tried to swallow but something was stopping him. Alarms started screaming around him. He heard Jillian's voice and she sounded like she was panicing. He needed to open his eyes. He needed to see what was wrong with his woman and what the hell was in his throat. He squeezed his hands against the blankets than started to fight everything around him. He tried to grab the closest thing to him.

" Settle down, Mr. Dixon!" Someone was saying to him. Two strong hands came down on his ankles.

" What's happening to him?" Jillian called out.

" He's chocking on the vent tube. We have to get it out." He knew that voice. That was Doctor Northman's voice. Daryl's eyes flew opened as a tube was being pulled out of his throat. He started to cough and his hands came up to push the doctor away but they were grabbed and pushed back to the bed. He looked up at Shane's face. Shane was on his right and Rick was on his left.

" Now Daryl, just calm down! Let the doctor take care of you!" He ordered.

Daryl started gasping to breath. He started coughing next and the coughing hurt his throat and his chest. Jillian was in the back of the room, locked in Dale's arm. Rick and Shane let of Daryl as Doctor Northman filled his vision. Daryl was trying to look past him. He needed to see her. Rick knew what Daryl needed. He walked over to Jillian and took her arm. He put his arm around her and led her to the bed as the doctor checked over Daryl.

She came up on his left side and took his hand. Daryl's eyes flew to her face as he squeezed her hand. She smiled even though he could see the tears in her eyes. Doctor Northman placed an oxygen over Daryl's face. He adjusted it to fit Daryl and was talking but Daryl couldn't hear him. He couldn't take his eyes from her face. She was rubbing his hand. After a few minutes, Doctor Northman made everyone leave the room. He wanted to order a few test to be run on Daryl. She sat down on his bed and swept her hand over his hair.

" Are you okay?" She asked. She brought some water to his mouth. He took a few small sips.

" What the hell happen?" He asked when she took the cup away.

" One of Ryan's men shot you in the chest. You have been in a coma for a week." She said. " I didn't think you were going to make it." He laid his head against the pillow and closed his eyes.

" I didn't know hangin out with you was gonna get me shot." He said. She laughed and wiped her eyes. " Where is Ryan?"

" He's dead. I killed him." She said. He opened his eyes and looked at her.

" And those guys?" He asked.

" Dead. Between Rick, Shane and I, they were all shot." She said.

" So who's running the town?" Daryl asked.

" Well, Rick for right now. Chris stepped down at chief of police and Rick stepped up. But we are going to hold elections to vote in the new mayor. We are going back to the way this where before the walkers." She said.

" I heard you talkin to me." Daryl said. Jillian smiled.

" I'm glad you came back to me."