***Sorry this one is so short, but I promise to make it up to you all. Hope you like this one***
"Daryl stop, please" Beth screamed as she and Carl jumped off of the bed, causing the game they were playing to fall on the floor as they chased after him. As Daryl barreled out the back door, Abraham didn't even have time to register what was happening before Daryl rammed his entire right shoulder into his stomach, taking him down to the ground. Daryl loomed over him, punch after punch hitting Abraham's face. Daryl could feel his knuckles getting bloody, but he didn't care.
"Like hitting women and people weaker than you huh? Why don't you try with me?" Daryl sneered in between punches. Flashes to his mom and him both getting beaten as well as the bruise on Beth's beautiful face fueling his anger and rage.
"Daryl, Daryl stop" Beth screamed as she and Carl came running out the already open back door. Michonne, Rick and Carol came running around the front of the house when they heard the screaming as did Tyrese and Glenn. Maggie had followed Beth and Carl when she saw them take off out the back door after Daryl.
"Daryl please" Beth screamed thru tears as Rick and Tyrese started to pull Daryl up off of Abraham. As they did, Abraham staggered up and struck one good punch, landing right under Daryl's right eye. With that, Rick and Tyrese both let Daryl go and he started lunging for Abraham again, connecting with one strong punch across the nose that sent Abraham falling, knocked out on the ground. Daryl stood there watching him, his chest heaving up and down while he gasped for air, knuckles a bloody mess. Causiously, Beth moved in front of him, gingerly taking his hands into hers.
"Daryl, you are hurt" she said thru tears as she looked down at his hands and then up to the bruise already forming under his eye. He looked down at his hands intertwined with hers and flung them out of her grasp. He needed to get away, away from all the eyes, away from her tears. He needed a few minutes to calm down. He turned and stormed off toward the woods around the back fence.
"I'll go after him" Rick said as he started to move toward the path that Daryl had just taken. Beth held her hand out to stop him.
"He just needs a few minutes, he will be ok" she said solemly as she turned to head back into the house. She knew he would be back, he just had to calm himself down.
"What the hell is wrong with him. That damn dirty redneck!" Rosita sneered as she looked up from Abraham, who was starting to come too. Maggie saw Beth's eyes flash as she turned to face her.
"There is nothing wrong with him! He was just protecting his family. Maybe you should be more worried about GI Joe laying there and less concerned about that damn dirty redneck. Because let me tell you, he is 100 times the man yours will ever be. " Beth said, her eyes narrow and her arms folded across her chest. Rosita started to stand and Maggie and Michonne both moved in front of Beth.
"I wouldn't. I would go back to taking care of Abraham and leave it alone. There has been enough today" Maggie said, her tone even and threatening at the same time. Rosita stopped and sighed, knowing that Maggie was right. She turned and leaned back down, starting to help Abraham back up. As he struggled to get up, he watched Beth, Carl and Maggie head back into the house.
"Your bleeding" Rosita said as she looked up at his face, gently touching his nose.
"You got off lucky! That damn dirty redneck could have killed you" Michonne chuckled under her breath as she walked past them and toward the house.
