Care About Her
Mere looked at Daryl as he settled into the coffin. "What?" Daryl asked. He could tell something was up and he was about to hear it. Merle had been nothing but a pain in the ass recently, constantly teasing him about Beth. Daryl knew he had feelings for her, but he doubted Beth knew anything. Merle assumed he just wanted a piece of ass.
"We ain't at the jail anymore, little brother. It ain't jail bait anymore." Merle smirked as he settled down on the floor.
"Shut up." Daryl rolled over and blocked out his brother's laughing.
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They were sitting around the table, and for once, Merle was silent. Beth was asking Daryl what had changed, why he thought it was a good idea to stay here. He just stared at her. he couldn't bring himself to tell her. He just couldn't. when the dog barked he walked over to the door and opened it, realizing too late that was the worst mistake he'd ever made. "Merle! Beth!" He tried to block the walkers from coming into the house. Merle and Beth came running. Beth tossed Daryl his crossbow. "Get out, go to the road." He and Merle started to clear the walkers. "We ain't getting out of this."
Merle started to push Daryl towards an open window. "Go, now." Daryl nodded and climbed out, waiting for Merle before they took off to the road where Beth was supposed to be waiting. When they got up there and saw Beth's bag, and the car pulling away Merle knew Daryl was about to break. He started to scream and run after the car but Merle pulled him back. "Daryl stop." He looked at him, slapping his face to get him to focus. "You can't chase a car, be smart." He looked around. "We'll find a car, then we'll track them down."
Daryl looked towards the taillights that were almost gone. He slowly nodded his head and let Merle drag him off. Merle watched his brother and knew, despite all of the teasing he put Daryl through, his little brother was in love, and until they found that sweet girl, he wasn't going to be okay.