This chapter is kind of short and sweet, but I promise I will update with very very crazy stuff in the next few chapters! Get Ready for one crazy ride for Josephine and Daryl.
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Josephine walked into her cell, leaning against the wall across from Daryl who didn't even look at her, he just kind of sat there with a blank stare as he whipped down an arrow that was caked with blood.
She crossed her arms and cleared her throat, making him finally glance over at her.
"And you're in here because?" She asked quickly.
"I came to get our stuff and putting it back where it belongs, but I got distracted…this beds kinda nice," He looked back at his arrow again.
"Daryl, can I be honest with you?" She slid down the wall, sitting her butt down on the hard ground below.
She scrunched up her knees so they were tight against her chest.
Daryl nodded, as if to let her know he wanted her to be as honest as she could.
"I know Merle is your brother, I get that. I just feel like after everything we had gone through together, that we were a team. I thought you didn't leave family, but you left me. I just couldn't believe you would run away from me that easily."
Daryl stopped what he was doing and swung his legs over the side of the bed so that they were now sitting across from each other and he sighed, glancing across at her.
"I know what it must of looked like Jo," He stated.
"Well, now imagine what it must of felt," She retorted, slowly. He could hear the pain in her voice.
"I did what I had ta, but I'm still sorry," He said, lowering his head. He felt the tension build in the room and finally Josephine got up from the ground and sat next to him. She pulled her hand up touching his cheek and she pulled it in a way that his face was now staring into hers. They sat there for a moment, lost in each others eyes.
Daryl remembered the first time he looked into her green eyes, so emotional and dark. He remembered looking at her whole face, so soft and delicate like a flower. She had that soft pale skin and rose cheeks, but now it was like her face had changed with time. The edges of her face grew more chizzled, and her skin was aged a bit. Her cheek bones and been more defined lately and the color of her cheeks were gone and replaced with dirty. Her eyes though, they were still so dark and glossy, emotions seeping out of them constantly. Even though her face had grown harder with time, he still found her beauty to be that of an angel.
"You promised no matter what happened that you would always make your way back to me, and I should at least thank you for keeping that promise, but you ever do something like that again and I wont let you live it down, you hear me Dixon?" Josephine narrowed her eyes at Daryl and he nodded.
They lingered there for a moment and Daryl couldn't take it any longer. He moved forward and grabbed her cheeks, pulling her in and planting a soft kiss on her forehead. He wanted so bad to kiss her lips, but he wasn't that type of person and things between them were just feeling normal again, and he didn't want to put any more pressure on their relationship than there already was.
"I couldn't walk away, I tried to because Merle, he's my brother and I felt like I had to, but I couldn't walk away from ya," Daryl spoke out softly, getting up from the bed he gathered his stuff and started towards the door.
"Stay," Josephine called out, watching him turn and face her. "There is enough room for us here, plus the perch gives me a back ache." She patted the bed beside her, letting him know he was welcome to sleep in the bed with her. She smiled lightly up at him as he placed his things back down and sat on her bed again, leaning back against the wall and getting back to cleaning his arrows.
They sat around for a while, Josephine taking her Axe and was sharpening it while Daryl cleaned his cross bow and arrows. They enjoyed the silence, and Josephine liked that things had settled between them. She needed to believe what he had done was truly a mistake and that by her side was were he belonged, which for a moment she had really questioned.
"JO, DARYL!" Rick's voice shot out in the common area. Both Josephine and Daryl exchanged glances before walking into the common room, both stunned at the sight.
Andrea was inside, looking around in shock.
"Where's Shane….and Lori?" She said looking around at everyone.
"Lori didn't survive, but she had a little girl," Hershel called out.
"T dog didn't survive either," Maggie added.
Josephine took a stand next to her brother, crossing her arms by her chest. She looked over at her once dear friend, but now she wasn't so sure who she was after the stories she had heard about her and this Governor.
Andrea looked heartbroken, tears in her eyes. She shot a look at Carl who suddenly locked eyes with her.
Carl," she said in sympathy. Carl took a step back, then quickly made his way to stand next to Josephine, who put her arm around him, letting his back rest against her body.
Andrea then turned to Rick but he refused to look at her.
" You all live in here?" She asked quietly.
"Here and the cell block," Josephine called out, making Andrea turn to her. Her face softened as their eyes met, but Josephine's remained composed at strong.
"There?" She said, pointing to the cell block that Jo and Daryl had just entered the room from. "Can I go in?"
Rick had told her that he would allow that and she had taken offense. She stated that she wasn't some kind of enemy, but Rick still wanted to keep his eyes on her. Josephine understood his reasoning, her 'boyfriend' had shot at them all, killing Axel. Andrea was shocked at what Rick had accused the man of, saying that the Governor had said they had shot at him first. Something was off with her and Josephine was uneasy about it.
They all broke off into different directions when Josephine broke off into Carls cell, folding some of her nephews clothes as he sat outside with his father for a bit. Josephine just wanted one afternoon to relax.
She could hear Andrea outside the cell with Carol, meeting Judith for the first time.
"She's so small, do you think I could I hold her?" called out Andrea, and she could tell that Carol hesitated and then lifted the small baby into Andrea's arms.
"Let me guess, Daryl named her Ass Kicker?" Andrea laughed.
"Rick….Rick's gone cold, so has Josephine…" Andrea said quietly, unaware that Josephine was in the next cell over.
She stopped folding the clothes and moved closer to the exit of the cell block to listen more intensely at the two women's conversation.
"Well they have a right to be after everything," Carol responded, sticking up for the two siblings.
"What is up with her? She didn't show any emotion at all in there…that worries me." Andrea seemed concerned and suddenly the baby made a few uncomfortable
"She's been through a lot. Rick kind of lost things after Lori and she really picked up the pieces," Carol stated.
"What about Daryl? How are things between them?" Andrea questioned. Josephine could feel her face getting red at the thought of mentioning her and Daryl's strange relationship.
"Well, you know how those two are. Just to stubborn to tell the other how much they really love one another. Its more obvious now than its ever been,' Carol replied, laughing a bit.
Josephine walked away from listening in on their gossip. She could feel her face flushed bright red at the mention of the L word. Of course she loved Daryl, it was undoubtable but knowing other people had noticed seemed to make her uneasy.
She heard the two ladies walk back downstairs, making it easy for Josephine to get a clean getaway. She made her way downstairs into her cell which she now shared with Daryl. He was sitting on the bed, a map in his hand and he quickly looked up at her when she entered it.
She quickly shut the cell doors and covered it with the sheet, making them invisible from the outside.
"What you think you're doing?" Daryl asked, getting up from the bed.
She quickly walked towards him, ripping the map from his hands and she felt her heart racing. His face was scrunched in concern as he stared at her confused by her current actions.
Then, before he could speak he felt her soft lips on his, her body crushed against his. He hesitated for a moment before placing his hands on her hips and moving them to her back as she let her tongue slide into his mouth. He was taken a bit by surprise by her sudden movements but he didn't question it. Josephine moaned slightly as she felt Daryl move his hands through her hair and land on the back of her neck. She loved the scruff of his beard and how it rubbed against her upper lip and chin. He tasted so good, and she wondered why they didn't do this more often.
Suddenly Daryl broke the kiss and looked down at her awkwardly.
"What was that?" He asked quickly, taking a step away from her so that he could catch his breath. She closed her eyes and gently shook her head, immediately regretting her actions.
"Shit, I dont know, I'm sorry," She rubbed her forehead, avoiding his glare.
"Don't be, I was just ahh… Just surprised is all," Daryl said bashfully. She now knew why they didn't always do what they had just done. Something about the moments after their physical interactions were left to be desired. She felt like some days Daryl acted like he wanted nothing to do with her physically and other days it was like the sexual tension in the room was overbearing and completely obvious.
"I don't ever want to be split up, do you hear me?" Josephine said, fumbling with her shirt sleeve nervously. She looked up at him and he was narrowing his eyes at her.
"Yeah, I do." Daryl looked down at her lovingly and Josephine really just wanted to shout through the prison how much she cared for and loved him.
"Good," She whispered as she placed her small hand on his cheek and smiled. She turned to leave but Daryl grabbed her wrist, making her spin around and the stood in silence for a second, their eyes locked into each others and Josephine felt like he was searching her soul for something.
"Jo, I promise I aint ever going to leave you again," He spoke softly and Josephine nodded quickly, knowing full well that she really could believe him.
"I know Daryl, I know," She responded and gently pulled her hand out of his grasp and swallowed hard.
She walked out of the cell with a heart filled with something she couldn't really explain, and she promised herself after this Governor situation, she was really going to tell him how she felt.