Parallel Lives Chapter 46

Beth paced around the kitchen and walked over to peer out the window and down the road. Maggie had taken all three boys out for the afternoon to Dave and Busters. She was going to come back and watch them so Daryl and Beth could go out for her birthday, just dinner and a movie, but Beth had worked all morning to get every gift wrapped so that she and Daryl could have alone time before Glenn and Hershel arrived the next day for Christmas. Beth had actually jumped in Maggie's arms when she had arrived early shortly after breakfast. She had been dreading going to see Amy with all three boys, but Maggie had taken them to the Playland at the mall while Beth was at the spa. Daryl walked in the doors and Beth jumped directly in his arms and attacked his mouth. Daryl fell back into the door and barely was able to keep his feet under him.

"Christ Girl, let me get my boots off." Daryl said grabbing her under her thighs to hold her up while he toed off boots.

"No, bedroom now. Maggie will be back in 3 hours." Beth said pulling his mouth to her neck. "We're going to see The Glee Concert movie later and out for dinner."

"I haven't seen the show." Daryl said dropping her on the top of his tall dresser. Beth spread her legs and grabbed his hand and pulled it under her robe. Daryl circled her clit with his thumb and let out a grunt when Beth grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him closer so she could suck his tongue into her mouth. "Slow down, you said we had three hours."

"You can make me come a few times in three hours." Beth said moving forward to get off the dresser. Daryl kept his hands on her hips. "Let me down!" Beth whined reaching to wrap her arms around him. Daryl pushed her back and worked her legs over his shoulders before pulling her to the end of the dresser.

"Take off your robe and whatever the fuck else you have on under it." Daryl said pushing the hem up and lowering his mouth. Beth shrugged out of the robe and pulled her slip off before sliding her hands down and playing with his hair. Daryl leaned up and kissed her slight bump on his way up to her chest.

"Let's go to the bed." Beth sighed as he kissed her nipples. "I want to put my mouth on you too." Daryl pulled her back into his arms and carried her over to the bed. Beth crawled up to the pillows and sat back. "Take off your pants." She ordered as she leaned back and ran her fingers against herself. Daryl laid across the foot of the bed and stared up at her. "Come on!" Beth said kicking at the mattress.

"I want to watch you." Daryl said. Beth blushed and pressed her knees together. "Don't get shy on me now, you assaulted me at the door." Daryl said reaching up and grabbing her by the ankle and pulling her closer as she let out a little shriek. Beth leaned back on her elbows and let her legs fall open again when she felt his lips on her ankle. "I like the little trees." Daryl said sliding his finger over her big toe nails.

"It's Christmas." Beth said scooting closer to him and let him press her legs further apart. "You're pussy looks like flower petals after a rain storm." Daryl said trailing a finger over her lips. Beth let out a frustrated cry before reaching down and grabbing a handful of Daryl's hair and pulling him between her legs.

"Please." Beth whispered as he kissed her inner thighs. Daryl moved his hands up and cupped her breasts as he placed kisses against her center. Beth let go of his head and spread herself open. Daryl licked at her softly and continued to play with her nipples. "Oh God that feels so good." Beth moaned falling back flat against the bed. "You should take your clothes off. I want you in my mouth." Daryl sucked her clit into his mouth and rolled it around between his lips making Beth whimpers and hug the side of his head with her knees. "Don't you want to feel good too?" Daryl pushed back and kissed the inside of her knees before sliding off the bed and pulling off his clothes. Beth scooted to the side of the bed and pulled him closer by the belt as she pulled his zipper down and reached into his jeans.

'Give me a minute." Daryl said working his belt and button open while she pulled him through the fly of his pants and leaned forward to take him in her mouth. Daryl took a step closer so Beth could sit up comfortably. He cupped the back of her head as she moved over him, flicking her tongue against his slit. "Fuck!" Daryl said sliding in and out of her mouth. "You keep that up and I'll come in your mouth." Daryl said as Beth's forehead rested against his stomach before pulling back and licking up and down his length while she cupped his balls.

"You can come. Then you can make me come, get hard again, make me come again and then fuck me till I come and then you can come again too." Beth said smiling up at him as she moved her hand up and down slowly. "Or you can fuck me and we can take a nap till Maggie gets back." Daryl held her face still while he stepped out of his pants. He pulled her to her feet and backed up to her dressing table chair.

"I want you to ride me hard." Daryl said sitting down and pulling her into his lap. Beth placed her hands on his shoulders and waited for him to lean back in the chair so she could place her feet against the floor. Daryl moved his hands to her hips and helped her move. "Jesus Christ Beth." Daryl moaned while she grinded against him. Beth grabbed him by the back of the head and made him look at her.

"Don't you dare come." Beth said moving harder against him. "Not yet." Beth said moving her hands back and placing them against his knees so she could take him deeper. Daryl moved his mouth down and gently sucked on her nipples and squeezed her breasts together so he could alternate between the two. Beth's movements started to lose their rhythm as she trembled and clenched around him. "Daryl!" She whimpered slowing and grabbing him by the shoulders again.

"I got you." He said moving his hands to her hips and moving her in long strokes back and forth against him. "Feel good?" He asked against her mouth kissing her. Beth nodded and dropped her head against his shoulder and bucked her hips harder against him. Daryl moved one arm around her and moved his other hand between them and pinched and rubbed at her clit. Beth let her head fall back as she came. Daryl lifted her slowly as he moved in her to his own finish.

"We need to get a babysitter more often. I'll ask Jax if he's ok with Mika or Sophia watching the boys once a month so we can go out."

"What? Are we going to drive down the road and park like teens?" Daryl asked kissing her neck and shoulders. Beth shook her head. "No?"

"We can get a motel room for an hour for comfort purposes." Beth said moving off his lap. "Come rinse off with me. We have 2 hours left to nap before we should leave for the movie."

"Are you really going to make me sit through that?" Daryl asked as Beth pulled him to his feet.

"Daryl I want to eat a big tub of popcorn and not be judged. And I know you feel like gross movie nachos and sharing them with me." Beth said rubbing her hands over her stomach. "The baby needs junk food."

"I'll go in and buy you junk food. We can bring it home and you can eat it in bed." Daryl said pulling her into the shower. "I got to show you your present. Let's just go to dinner and come home, get the boys to bed and relax." Daryl said sliding the washcloth over her body. Beth leaned back under the spray to rinse off before moving to the bench to enjoy the steam while Daryl washed off.

"I told you not to get me anything." Beth said with a smile. Daryl turned the shower off and reached out the door to grab them some towels.

"You'll like what I did for you." Daryl promised as he wrapped her in a towel. Beth let him take her hand as she stepped on their bathmat and waited while he wrapped a towel around his waist. "Go on, get in bed and get your nap." Daryl said following her to bedroom.

"Aren't you going to nap too?" Beth asked pulling her nighty and robe back on. Daryl shook his head and pulled back the blankets so she could climb in.

"I'm going to finish the rocking horse." He said grabbing his work jeans and an old ripped plaid button down. He leaned over and kissed her on the head before heading out. Beth settled in the middle of the bed and was sleeping almost as soon as Daryl made it out to the garage.

Daryl sat at the little desk he had and went over the sketches and plans he had drawn up for Beth's birthday. He had known that eventually they would have to complete the basement and possibly remodel, but he had no idea it would be coming this soon. He could easily turn the laundry room/half bathroom and her office down in the basement into another bedroom, the guest room and redo the guest room into another bedroom for their kids. He planned on finishing the room over the garage for another room, one that he'd turn into an office/guest room with the futon. He rolled up the papers and put a bow on them and picked up the rocking horse to sand and stain it. He pushed on the horse and watched as it rocked back and forth before holding it still and running the back of his wrist over the wood, checking for any rough spots and sanding them away.

Beth rolled over in her sleep and flung her arm out, reaching for Daryl. She groggily remembered that she was only waking from a nap, and got to her feet slowly and made her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth and pee. She grabbed her jeans and clean underwear and pulled them on and sorted through her closet for a comfortable shirt. She settled on an empire waist button down and sat down to do her hair and makeup. She checked the clock and realized she'd have to rush if she wanted to get supper made for Maggie and the boys before they'd have to leave to make their reservations. Beth slipped on her socks and made her way to the kitchen and started to look through the cupboards and fridge to see what she'd make. She grabbed some veggies and set them on he counter and started over to the garage to get some meat from the deep freeze.

"Oh Daryl!" She gushed hopping down the stairs to get a closer look at the horse. "I love it. Looks just like Nellie." She said reaching out. Daryl grabbed her hand.

"Paint's still wet." He said with a small smile. Beth pulled her hand back but leaned closer to look. "You think he'll like it?"

"If he doesn't I'm going keep it for myself." Beth joked. "He'll love it." Beth said seriously. "What's that?" Beth asked pointing to the plans on his desk.

"Nothing. Daryl said turning her around. "What are you doing out of bed?"

"I'm going to put on some stew for the Maggie and the boys and make some baby food for Davey." Beth said trying to turn around. "Those the plans for the horse?"

"Just plans from something I'm working on." Daryl said lifting her up and walking her towards the freezer. He set her down and turned back to the desk and put the plans on top of one of the shelving units he had out there.

"I can reach up there." Beth said grabbing some cubed up rabbit from the freezer and walking back into the kitchen with Daryl trailing behind her.

"Not without a step ladder." Daryl said swatting at her behind as he made his way to their bedroom to get changed. Beth started chopping all the ingredients and tossed them into the pot with the meat and sautéed it all till the meat was mostly cooked before adding water and herbs and covering it to simmer. She put on some carrots to boil and started making some crescent rolls to go with the soup while the carrots and soup simmered. She heard a car pull up and made her way to the door to meet Maggie and the boys.

"Ma-Ma!" Davey screamed from truck as Abel and Thomas rushed up the steps. Beth hugged them and reminded them to take off their shoes and waited while Maggie carried a grumpy baby up the steps.

"Was he bad?" Beth asked taking the baby from Maggie.

"He wouldn't drink his bottle. He liked the lights and noises though." Maggie said tossing the diaper bag on couch. "Smells pretty good in here."

"I'm making you guys stew." Beth said. "And carrots for the baby."

"No!" Davey screeched. "Ba-Ba." He added letting Beth pull off his hat and coat.

"You don't tell your Momma no." Daryl said coming down the hall and taking the baby from Beth. He held him up in front of his face and gave him a stern look. "Carrots and then Ba-Ba. And you'll be good for your Aunt." The baby wiggled and kicked his feet happily into Daryl's chest so Daryl pulled him close. "Glad we see eye to eye."

"Da-La." Davey said slapping at Daryl's shoulders. Beth shook her head and headed to the kitchen to check on the carrots. She drained most of the water off and dumped the rest into the blender and set it to a high speed to puree the food.

Daryl stood by the highchair and rubbed the baby's back, waiting till Beth spooned out a serving of the veggies and poured the rest into an empty ice cube tray and placed it in the freezer. He stripped the baby to his diaper and sat him in his highchair while Beth pulled the rolls from the oven and checked the soup.

"It's ready!" Beth called out as she set the table. Maggie led the two other boys down the hall to wash their hands and Beth lifted their bowls and poured out milk and water for them. "Davey Daddy is going to feed you." Beth said walking by and kissing the top of his head. Daryl spooned a bit of carrot towards his mouth and Davey eagerly took a bite.

"I think he likes carrots best." Daryl said feeding him another bite.

"I think he likes Beth best." Maggie said watching as Davey's eyes followed Beth as she moved around the kitchen. "If I didn't know better I'd think he actually understood you when you said carrots first."

'He did understand, he's a smart boy." Beth said sitting beside Daryl. "He's going to settle for a bottle with Maggie, and I'll nurse him when we get back. Change of plans, we're just going to go to dinner. We'll be back before bedtime now." Beth said as she stood up to get more stew for Abel and Thomas. "Maggie what time are Daddy and Glenn getting here tomorrow? I'm taking the boys to see Jax in the morning. There's special visitation for Christmas Eve."

"I think sometime around 3pm." Maggie said gathering the dirty dishes and heating one of the bottles Beth had pumped. "You'll be back by then?"

"I'll be leaving at three, home by around 5pm. I want to go caroling." Beth said. Daryl stopped in his tracks and stared at her. "What? I'll take the boys and we'll walk around downtown."

"I ain't walking around and singing." Daryl said taking the bottle from Maggie and handing it to Davey. He looked at the bottle and back at Daryl. His little lip started to tremble and he threw his head back and let out a sob. "Alright have a good night Maggie." Daryl said setting the bottle down the highchair tray and standing up. He grabbed Beth by the wrist and pulled her towards the door. Beth stopped and pushed her feet into her boots.

"Davey Mommy will be back in 2 hours. You can sleep with her tonight too, since Aunt Maggie is taking your room. Abel and Thomas you help Maggie with the baby all right? I'll bring you back a treat." Daryl held her coat open and Beth eased her arms into it. "Maggie you call me if he doesn't calm down I'll come right home." Daryl waved to the boys and led Beth to the garage. Maggie turned to the boys and tried to calm the baby.

"Davey it's ok. Do you want to go watch TV?" Maggie asked lifting him from the highchair. Davey twisted and turned in her arms crying so Maggie let him down on the ground and promptly crawled over to the garage door and sat in front of t whimpering. "You can't sit in front of the door all night. I know it was a long day, and you spent a lot of time away from your mother, but we can still have fun."

"You need to give him his soother." Thomas said from the table.

"He needs one of his Beth blankets." Abel added from the living room. Maggie turned and looked at him. "Beth washes his blankets in her shampoo or bubble bath. They smell like her."

"That's brilliant. Watch the baby." Maggie said walking down the hall to the nursery and grabbing a blanket. She rushed back to the kitchen and draped the blanket over Davey's shoulder. Davey lifted to his face and rubbed it against his cheek. Abel came over and picked him up. Davey settled against him. Maggie took him and handed him his bottle again. Davey didn't throw the bottle and didn't fight her so she carried him down the stairs. Abel and Thomas followed her and turned on The Lion King. Davey crawled away from Maggie on the couch and eased his way to the floor. Maggie handed him his blanket and watched as he bunched it up and laid against the floor and stared at the TV. "Is he going to be ok?" Maggie asked as she settled on the couch.

'Yeah, he does the same thing when Merle watches us while Beth goes from a walk sometimes." Thomas said climbing up on Maggie's lap.

"Merle a good babysitter?" Maggie asked.

"Yeah, he's teaching us how to burp the alphabet." Abel said. "You want to hear?"

"You know I think that's something Glenn would enjoy a lot more. You can show him tomorrow." Maggie said.

Beth smiled at the waiter and let Daryl order for both of them. She had never bothered to go to a steak house, since they had all the venison steaks they wanted at home. Daryl always cooked or grilled their meat and she had no idea how to order. Daryl handed the menus back and smiled when Beth slid around the booth they had been placed in and sat beside him instead of across.

"People are going to think we're weird." Daryl said lifting his arm to drape it across her shoulders.

"I don't care." Beth said as she sipped her water. "This way I can eat off your plate easier."

"And I can finish yours." Daryl said leaning back so she could rest against him while they waited for their appetizers. "Aren't you glad you aren't a vegetarian anymore?"

"That was for 4 years while I was stuck eating campus food. The meat was terrible. All I ate was the salad bar." Beth said with a laugh. "You would have too."

"Somehow I think I would have managed to make it edible." Daryl said.

"Maybe." Beth said holding his hand. "Are you excited for time off?"

"Going to be nice to spend some time with you and the boys." Daryl said. "Got a feeling I'll be spending the first few days after Christmas putting a lot of toys together."

"So many toys, bikes and a new car seat." Beth said with a laugh. "I signed the boys up for swimming over the Christmas break too. They'll be taking a class while Davey and I are swimming. We got the 27th through to the 30th and then the 2nd till the 6th."

"They'll like that. Same time?" Beth nodded her head. "I can't believe you're going to make it to swimming for 9am. I figured you'd be sleeping in since I'm home."

"I saw the sign up page and I knew they'd have a good time. I'll sleep in on the 26th and the 31st and 1st." Beth said lifting her head once their salads and dinner rolls were brought over. "Thank you this looks delicious." Beth said with a smile. Daryl nodded to the waiter and waited till the waiter left before starting in on the salad.

"You make better salad than this." Daryl said chewing through the lettuce. "What ever you put on."

"I make the dressing from scratch. I know what you like." Beth said. "I like this one though. Such fancy lettuce." Daryl reached over and grabbed a dinner roll.

"He forgot the butter." Daryl said ripping the roll in half.

"Oh they want you to drizzle the olive oil instead." Beth said reaching for the bottle. "It's not as good as butter, but it's alright." Beth said drizzling carefully.

"Way too fancy here for me." Daryl said leaning back while the waiter took their plates away and silverware away. "He took our forks."

"I think he'll bring us more." Beth said. "Next date night we stick to Jacqui's." Daryl smiled and kissed the top of her head. The waiter brought over new silverware and steak knives and another waiter brought over their plates. Beth smiled at the presentation of the plates, grilled broccoli, eggplant and tiny little mushrooms and onions around a filet steak and a baked potato. Beth thanked the waiter again and smiled. She waited for them to leave before sliding her potato on Daryl's plate and taking his eggplant.

"You sure you don't want this?" Daryl asked adding the sour cream to the potatoes. Beth nodded and cut a bit of her steak. "Good?" Daryl asked.

"It's good." Beth said leaning over and kissing him. Daryl's ears turned red and he peaked to see if anyone was watching them. "No one's looking." Beth said smiling. "Besides what do you care? Don't you like that I can't keep my hands off you?"

"I like it when were alone." Daryl said. "I don't even like people looking at you."

"I only get mad when the look at you like they want to throw you down and mount you." Beth said. "So most women looking at you bugs me."

"They don't look at me like that." Daryl said. "They're scared of me. I'm still surprised you weren't."

"Scared of you? Daryl you were my hero. If I would have actually had a flat tire that day, we'd have been in the bathroom breaking Dale's sink." Beth said softly so no one would here her. "Everything's fine." She said with a smile when their waiter came over. "We're new parents, just excited to finally get to talk, the food's great." Beth said when he looked down at their mostly full plates. "You keep going on about how you were bad news before I don't see it. I wasn't even that scared of Merle."

"You just only see the good in people." Daryl said cutting up his steak. "If you'd have met me about 5 years before you did, I don't think we'd have ended up here."

"Aren't you glad we met when we did then?" Beth said as she started in on her plate. "Destiny Daryl. It was meant to be. If I had gone in on a Wednesday you'd have been at wing night and I would have met Tyreese. I'd still be living beside Shane, no baby or lake house."

"Yeah, I love Mondays since that's when I met you." Beth kissed him again before turning to her plate and eating.

"And I love you. Especially since you're going to go into the movie theater and buy my weight in Nachos and Popcorn."

"You sure you're going to be hungry after all this?" Daryl asked as he worked on his steak.

"Of course. I'm not getting dessert." Beth said.