* Please Review! it's the end and im sad!
Daryl was settling into the couch a week later. Jillian walked Rick and Shane to the front door and thanked them for helping her get him into the house. He was still a little unsteady walking since being in the coma for a week and from the pain medicine he was on. She shut the front door and leaned her forward against it with a sigh. She was finally going to be alone with him and they could start to put their lives back together again.
Daryl watched as she came back into the room. She smiled as she walked over to the couch. She shooed Hunter away as she perched on the edge. She sighed and smiled at him. He was laying down with a blanket over his legs. She took a hold of his arm and started rubbing it. She looked at his chest and everywhere else but at his face. He could see she was struggling with her emotions.
" I'm alright." He said. She nodded as she patted his stomach.
" Yeah, I know." She said. She smoothed the blankets over him.
" Look at me." He said. She shook her head and covered her mouth with her hand. He reached out and took a hold of her wrist. He brought his other hand to her chin and tilted her head up. " Look at me, Jill." He said. She sighed but meant his eyes. " We been through a lot."
" Yeah, we have." She said softly. He sighed.
" Made it through." He said. She smiled again.
" Yeah, we have." She said again.
" Doc said I ain't gotta to wait to have sex." He said. She pulled away and laughed.
" You did not ask him about that!" She explained. He grinned.
" Yeah, I did. Man's got needs and right now, this man needs you on top of him." He said.
" No, Daryl." She said.
" Since when do you turn down sex?" He asked. " You know how long it's been?"
" Last time we had sex was the night before you were shot, yeah, I know how long it has been." He grinned and grabbed her hips.
" Then I know you need it as bad as I do. Can't get better without it." He said as he pulled her onto his lap.
" You sure?" She asked.
" Come on, Babe. Get to riding me into health." He said with a grin. She laughed as her hands came to his shoulders.
" I don't know." She said.
" Come on, ain't nothing a good, deep dickin won't take care of." He said as he thrust his hips slightly, making her laugh again.
4 years later:
" No!" She yelled at him. Daryl slapped his hands down on the table and leaned in. A movement like that had been known to scare off people, it made people jump and run. But not her. She stared back at him with fire in her eyes.
" Yes! You gonna eat it!" He ordered. She pushed the plate again and shook her head, sending her dark hair over her shoulders.
" No!" She yelled. Daryl's mouth tighten.
" Aaliyah Elizabeth, you ain't gonna talk to Daddy like that now eat that sandwich!" He ordered.
" No, Daddy. I don't want it." She said softly. Her shoulders dropped and she looked at him with the big, bright blue eyes. He sighed and sat down across from his 3 year old.
The first month after the shot out at the town center, they had been tensed, both waiting to make sure she started her period. When she did, they had been so excited that he swung her around their bathroom. It was the only time in their relationship that they had ever been excited for her monthly job. Jillian had gotten pregnant with Aaliyah three months later.
" You gotta eat for Daddy, baby. It's lunch time." He said. She started rubbing her eyes.
" But I'm tired, Daddy." She said.
" Me too. Mama's keepin us up , ain't she?" He asked. She nodded and held her arms up. Daryl smiled and stood up. He walked around the table and swept her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face into him.
" I wanna watch a movie." She said as he started for the couch.
" You want me to get your blankie?" He asked. She nodded. " You lay on the couch and Daddy'll run up to your room."
" Kay, Daddy." She said when he set her down.
He quietly jogged up the stairs and to the left. He opened the door to his daughter's room and walked over to her bed. It was so full of stuffed animals that he was never sure how she could sleep and be comfortable. He grabbed her favorite blanket and came out of her room. He looked up at his closed bedroom door. He listened in and heard Jillian sigh. He smiled than went down to settle Aaliyah down for her afternoon nap.
He went to the TV and turned on her favorite movie. Never in his life had he ever thought he'd ever watch Sleeping Beauty, hadn't even known what it was until the first time he saw it with Jillian and Aaliyah. It was Jillian's favorite childhood movie. Once the movie started he turned back to the couch. Aaliyah was laying on her side with Hunter's head on her tiny legs. She looked just like Jillian but with his eyes and his attitude. She may have only been 3 but she gave Daryl a run for his money every chance she got. He smiled as she started rubbing her eyes. He walked over to her and spread the blanket over her.
" Thank you, Daddy." She said before she yawned. He smiled and crouched down. He started rubbing her hair. " I love you." He took a hold of her tiny chin and brought her face to his.
" I love you." He said before he kissed her forehead. He let her go and she snuggle into her blanket with a smile. " Now I'm goin to check on your mama. You best stay here on the couch or I'm gonna spank you." Aaliyah smiled again.
" Silly Daddy." She said. He tried to give her his meanest look.
" Now Aaliyah, one of these days I might actually spank you then what are you gonna do?" He asked. She placed her small hand on his knee. She was still smiling. They both knew it was an empty threat. He ruffled her hair and stood up.
He crept up the stairs to their room and pushed open the door. Jillian was sitting in the center of the bed, her back against the head broad and blankets pulled up to her waist. She looked up and smiled at him. He walked in and over to the bed. As carefully as he could, he climbed in bed with her and slid over to her. He leaned against her side and crossed his legs at his ankles. He kissed the side of her head as he brought his hand up to cradle his new little one's head.
" He alright?" He asked when he pulled away. Jillian looked down at their 4 week old son as he clamped down on her and pulled away. She grimaced slightly.
" I don't know why he does that. It hurts so much." She said as she took a hold of her breast to guide it out of his mouth. " It's like he's trying to see how far it'll stretch." She said. She adjusted her bra as Daryl reached forward and picked up the cloth resting on the baby's chest. He wiped the milk away from the baby's mouth.
" He's like his dad. Don't wanna be away from them." He said. She laughed as she pulled down her shirt. " Let me have him." He said. He put his hands under Gage's arms and gently picked him up. He set the baby on his lap and started patting his back. Jillian rested her head on Daryl's shoulder.
" What's Aaliyah doing?" She asked.
" Watchin that damn princess movie again." He said. " Lil one will run through the mud, try and drag my cross bow around the house, and wants to climb every tree she finds but she wants to watch that stupid girl sleepin and gettin kissed. I don't get it." Jillian smiled
" She's the prefect mixture of you and me." She said. He smiled as Gage stretched out his arms and burped. He turned the baby around and brought his little face to his own.
" You ain't gonna watch any princess movies." He said. Gage sighed as his head tilted to one side. He drew his legs up to his stomach and whined slightly. Daryl stared into the baby's face. Gage opened one eye than closed it again. He brought the baby to his chest and looked at her. " You want him in his room?"
" No, he can stay here. I'm going to take a nap if you're alright with her." She said.
" She's alright. She gonna sleep for a while then Dale's comin to take her to the park." He said. She smiled as she nestled into their bed. She looked up at him.
" No more babies, alright? These sleepless nights are killing me." She said. He moved to the side and laid Gage down beside her. He adjusted the blanket over his wife and his son.
" You know you gonna get whatever you want outta me." He said. " You and these lil ones own me."
" Daddy!" They heard Aaliyah call from the bottom of the stairs. Daryl shook his head.
" Take a nap, Babe. If he wakes up and you're still tired, I'll take him." He said. She smiled and nodded. He got out of their bed and walked out into the hallway. Jillian watched as he put his hands on his hips. " I told you I was going to spank you if you got up off that couch!" He yelled.
Jillian started to laugh when Aaliyah's laugh rang out. Daryl grinned and took off down the stairs. Jillian closed her eyes as she listen to them run around the house. She could tell they were circling the stairs. Aaliyah was running down the hallway, around the kitchen, through the dinning room and into the hallway again. She could hear Daryl chasing after her. Aaliyah suddenly squealed and Jillian knew he had caught her. Slowly the laughter grew louder before she heard Daryl tell her to be quiet. Jillian opened her eyes as their daughter's head popped into their room. She could tell Daryl was holding her up.
" Night, Mama." She whispered. Jillian smiled.
" Night, Aaliyah." She said. Aaliyah disappeared quickly.
" Come on, you gotta take a nap. Grandpa's comin to take you to the park, you don't want to be tired." Daryl said as he set Aaliyah on top of his shoulders.
" Can I spend the night with Grandpa and Aunt Andrea?" Aaliyah asked as her fingers tangled up in his hair.
" Then whose gonna watch a movie with me after dinner?" Daryl asked.
" Please, Daddy?" She asked. He grinned as he walked down the hallway.
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