Kayla was cooking breakfast one morning when Daryl emerged from the Greene house after being bedridden for a day. She looked his way for a moment and then back at the cooking eggs and meat. He half walked half limped over to her while she remained focused on the food.

"Kayla?" Daryl's southern accent said.

"Yeah?" Kayla breathed out as she turned her head to look at him.

"I'm sorry about last night, I didn't mean make you uncomfortable..."

Kayla just smiled. "Don't worry about it Daryl." She assured him. "It's just I have spent a lot of time trying to forget about it."

"That makes two of us." Daryl replied.

"Want some breakfast?"

"Yeah." Kayla turned back to the food and plated the eggs and meat. Then she handed it to Daryl. "That's a five star meal right there." Kayla said. "Enjoy." Daryl chuckled and sat down in the one chair to eat.

Once breakfast concluded Kayla went over to Rick. "Need any more searches today?" she asked. "We're doing gun training today and Shane is heading over to a housing development this afternoon." Rick told her. "I don't want anyone going out alone anymore not after what happened with Daryl."

"Want me to go with Shane?" Kayla offered.

"I need you here. Just in case anything happens with Carl or anyone else."

"Okay."

Kayla turned to leave, but Rick stopped her. "Thank you again for everything you've done." He thanked her. "Of course." She replied. With that said Kayla walked off.

OOOOO

Kayla spent the first half of the morning helping Dale out with the RV engine. Glenn stopped by with beef jerky and peaches which the two happily accepted. "Thanks Glenn." Kayla said taking a bite of her peach. "No problem." He replied in a shaky tone.

"Everything alright?" Kayla asked.

"Yes." Glen answered quickly. "Why wouldn't everything be alright?"

"I was just asking."

Glenn quickly walked off and Kayla looked at Dale with a confused expression. "Is he always like that?" Kayla asked. Dale shook his head and went back to the engine with Kayla next to him.

The two were screwing a bolt into place when Lori's voice called out. "Dale!" the woman yelled. Kayla and Dale looked at one another before walking over to where Lori, Rick, and Shane stood. Kayla noticed Carl sitting on the one seat looking pretty guilty when he noticed the gun in Lori's hands. "How the hell did this happen?" she asked angrily.

"Well it's my fault." Dale said. "I let him in the RV he said he wanted a walkie, didn't you send him for one?"

"So on top of everything else he lied?" Lori questioned. Kayla looked over at Carl who was looking at the small group. "What's he thinking?" Lori questioned causing Kayla to look back at her.

"He wants to learn how to shoot." Shane interjected. "He asked me to teach him now it's none of my business, but I'm happy to do it. It's your call."

"Well I'm not comfortable with it." Lori admitted. Rick and Shane looked at one another who then looked at Kayla which Lori noticed. "Oh now don't make me out to be the unreasonable one." She said. "Kayla?" Kayla looked at Lori and shrugged. "Lori I am not trying to go against you here but Carl needs to learn how to protect himself." She told Lori.

"Look I have my concerns…" Rick said. "But-"

"No buts." Lori cut him off. "He was just shot. He is just back on his feet and he wants a gun?"

"Better than him being afraid of them. There are guns in camp for a reason he should learn to handle them safely."

"I don't want my kid running around with a gun."

"How can you defend that?" Rick questioned. "You can't let him go around without protection."

"He's as safe as he'll ever be right here."

"Lori," Kayla cut in. "I know this ain't my business or my kid, but he's growin' up in a world where it is a matter of life or death. He should know how to protect himself against walkers."

"Look everything you two are saying makes perfect sense…" Lori agreed. "It feels wrong…look I didn't feel good about him following you out into the woods and I wish I had said something, I should have gone with my gut."

"He's growing up." Rick interrupted. "Thank God…we have to treat him like an adult."

"Then he needs to act like one! He's not mature enough to handle a gun."

Kayla looked over at Carl as he stood up and walked over. "I'm not gonna play with it Mom." He told Lori. "It's not a toy. I'm sorry I disappointed you…but I wanna look for Sophia and I wanna defend our camp. I can't do that without a gun."

Rick turned to face his wife while Kayla looked at Shane. "Shane's the best instructor I know." Rick told Lori. "I've seen him teach kids younger than Carl…" Lori walked over to Carl and told him to take the whole gun thing seriously which he promised he would. With that everyone went their separate ways.

Kayla walked over to Daryl's tent where he was reading a book on his cot. "Mind if I take a look at you injuries?" she asked. He looked at her. "Sure." He answered closing his book. She walked in the tent and kneeled down next to his cot. He pulled off his already unbuttoned shirt and rolled on his side, allowing Kayla to have access to his arrow wound. She pulled the bandage off carefully and examined the stitches. "You Mr. Dixon are a remarkable healer." She commented. "I think I can take these out by the end of the week. I just have to clean it up a bit. Glenn!" Kayla called out the tent. Glenn appeared seconds later at the tent. "Yeah?" he asked.

"Can you get me the first aid kit?" Kayla asked.

"No problem." Glenn replied.

Kayla turned back to Daryl. "Have you been in here all day?" she asked.

"Not like I can do anything else. Hershel said to take an easy and so did you." Daryl replied.

"As in don't go hiking miles into the woods. After I'm done we're going for a walk."

"Where?"

"You'll see."

Just then Glenn came back and gave her the first aid kit. "Thanks." She said. "No problem." He replied walking off. Kayla opened the kit and pulled out the antiseptic wipes. She cleaned the wound and the skin around it, making Daryl twitch from it stinging. Then she placed a fresh bandage on it. "Can I see your head?" she asked. Daryl rolled over to face her and she slouched a little to be level with his head. She put her hands on his head and pushed the hair put of the way to look at the wound better. She looked at the wound carefully and used a fresh antiseptic wipe to clean it off a little while Daryl watched her as she did it. "You're staring…" she said with a small smile. He blushed. "Just watching." He defended. "Watching what?" Kayla asked, not looking away from his bullet wound.

"What you're doing." He answered.

"What I'm doing is on your head…you're looking at my face."

Daryl half smiled. "You have pretty eyes." he told her. Kayla looked at him and blushed. "Thank you." She replied. "You have a nice smile."

Kayla finished up on his head and sat back. "How bout' that walk now?" she asked. Daryl nodded and pulled his shirt on, buttoning it as they walked out of his tent.

Once the two were far enough from the camp Daryl asked Kayla where they were going. She took one of his hands in hers. "You'll see when we get there." She told him, ignoring Daryl's body tense up when she held his hand even though he didn't let go of hers. She smiled and led him towards the side of the property, a smile forming on her face when he tightened the hand she was holding.

Kayla led Daryl to the side of the property where Patricia had a small field of wildflowers blooming. The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly, making it a perfect afternoon. Kayla sat down with Daryl in the grass and looked at the mountains. "It's pretty isn't it?" she asked. Daryl turned his head and looked at her. "Yeah…" he agreed. "Very." Kayla turned her head to look at him and smiled.

"Why'd you cut your hair?" Daryl asked curiously.

"Had a bad encounter with a walker in the woods while looking for Sophia…" Kayla explained. "It grabbed me by my hair…why?"

"Just wondering."

Kayla looked back at the mountains and rested her head on Daryl's shoulder. He looked at her and pushed his eyebrows together for a moment. This girl was something else. He liked her no doubt, but did he want a relationship in a world like this? He didn't really know. All he knew was in that small moment he was just sitting in a patch of wildflowers looking at the mountains with a pretty girl who had her head on his shoulder. It was normal. More importantly it was peaceful.

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