Everyone had gathered in the common room after hearing about Rick having gotten an announcement to make. To everyone's surprise Daryl had come in still holding Judith in his arms. They had all known that Daryl had a bond with the child but they hadn't seen him look after the girl for a long period of time.

Rick was standing on the table in the middle of the room as he normally did during the meetings or announcements "You all know what happened on the run yesterday" he started as he glanced at Michonne who was sitting at a table with crutches by her side. He looked around the rest of the room to see everyone slowly nod.

"Now I'm not going to pretend that it was not a disaster of a run, we managed to bring food back but we didn't manage to get the baby stuff we needed and Michonne got injured" he said looking disheartened as he spoke "And if it wasn't for Daryl we probably wouldn't of made it back" after Rick said this many eyes went to Daryl but he was more occupied with the baby in his arms.

Rick smiled at seeing Daryl with Judith "Now the reason why I'm bringing this up, is because I believe that most of us is in need of some training and we ain't going out on runs until me or Daryl feel everyone is ready" as he finished his sentence he looked around expecting to see shocked faces but none of them seemed fazed. If anything Beth seemed to be agreeing and Carl looked excited.

Even though Daryl wasn't looking at Rick he was listening, he walked over to Beth and gave Judith to her. Judith looked sad to leave Daryl but he smiled at her and walked closer to Rick "I'm guessing you want me to train someone then?" he asked looking up at Rick.

Rick nodded at his best friend "If you don't mind. I was hoping you, me and Michonne would help train everyone here as we all need a tune up" he said but instantly had Michonne on his case.

"How am I suppose to train someone?" she asked nearly shouting.

"Well even with your leg like that, you could still give hints and tell someone if their stance is wrong something like that" Rick said with a smile "That's if you and Daryl agree to do it anyway?" he finished.

All eyes were on the two people who were just standing still in thought eventually they both nodded signalling they were on board. Daryl moved closer to Rick as he also faced everyone else. Beth had to admit seeing Daryl near Ricks side again was good, he was easily second in command of this place and knowing that made her feel the prison was once again a very safe place.

Hershel cleared his throat causing all eyes to go to him "Excuse me Rick but who do you want to get training?" he asked curiously.

"Well I want Beth and Carl to receive one on one training with Daryl and Michonne and I would take the rest of us to have a tune up course with stuff like aiming, technique and all the necessary stuff" Rick said and saw everyone nodding showing that no one was angry with him saying they needed to improve.

Carl's eyes lit up, he was going to be trained by one of the two best walker killers they had, Beth was also excited but for a different reason, it was possible that she was going to be trained by Daryl which meant spending time alone with him and that was something she wanted.

Daryl had to admit he did like the idea of everyone getting to be on the top of their game, but he especially liked the idea of Beth and Carl being trained one on one with him or Michonne, if he was honest he wanted to be in charge of Beth and her training but that wasn't his call.

Rick looked around the room again and noticed a few questioning eyes "Maggie and Glenn I don't want you two to go through any training and because of that would you mind taking up guard duty for a while?" he asked the pair who was sat together.

The pair looked at each other and shrugged "Don't bother us, we will set up a bed in there and will even take night shifts as well" Glenn said with a smile. After that was said Maggie and Glenn left the room to change the guard tower into their new room.

"I'm glad that's settled, now everyone except Beth and Carl, I want you all to go to the field tomorrow morning, we will begin then" Rick said and everyone nodded and left to do what ever their jobs were for the day, Carol had taken Judith from Beth because Rick had asked her too before she left. Which left Beth, Carl, Michonne, Daryl and Rick in the common room.

They were all sat around the table that Rick had been standing on "First I want to ask Beth and Carl if they want this training but if you don't then you don't have too but you wont go on any runs ever" Rick said in a stern voice.

Beth and Carl both looked at Rick and he knew that they wanted this training and he couldn't help but smile proudly at his son, even Daryl and Michonne had a small smile on their faces.

"Now that's, that settled who wants to train who?" Rick asked and this time he was greeted with some shocked faces.

"You mean your not picking?" asked Daryl who for once did seem surprised.

Rick shook his head "I think that it would be better if we all spoke about it openly instead of me picking who trains with who because that way everyone is happy" he said looking at the four of them.

"I don't really mind who I train" Michonne said with a shrug. Daryl just shrugged at Rick which meant he didn't mind either but he had to admit he did want to spend time with Beth but he would never admit it.

This basically left the decision up to Beth and Carl. The two looked at each other and then at the three in front of them. "Well I don't really mind who I'm with" Beth said in a soft voice as she looked down, just like Daryl she wants to spend time with the red neck hunter but was too embarrassed to say so.

Carl however had no such worries "I want to be trained with Daryl" he said with a beaming smile. Beth felt a strong sense of disappointment and her body language showed it but it went unnoticed by everyone except Michonne. Daryl also felt disappointment but managed to hide his.

"Perfect so Daryl will train Carl and Michonne will train Beth" Rick said rounding up what had happened.

"Seems like it" Daryl said "We start tomorrow" he said to Carl and then left the room. It felt like he was angry at something but most of them chalked it up to Daryl being Daryl. Beth watched Daryl leave and was sad that he had left but she turned to Michonne and forced a smile.

"When do we start?" she asked.

Michonne looked at the girl and couldn't help but see the disappointment in her eyes but she chose to ignore it for now "Give me two days, I need to do something first" Michonne answered. Beth nodded at the response and left for her cell, leaving the three people alone to talk amongst themselves.

/

When Beth made it back to her cell she collapsed onto her bed, face buried in her pillow she let out a small scream. She rolled over on her bed so she was facing the ceiling. She was feeling so many things at this moment in time.

She was feeling upset because she wasn't going to get the time alone with Daryl that she wanted, she was kind of jealous of the fact that Carl was going to spend all that time with Daryl but the main thing she felt was anger because she was unable to stand up and say what she wanted. She had the perfect chance but because she was too concerned about what people would think she just passed up the chance.

She was happy that she would have Michonne teaching her and she was sure that she would learn a lot from Michonne but no matter how hard she tried, that thought wasn't enough to cheer her up.

She got off her bed and went off towards the kitchen area of the prison hoping to find Judith, she hoped looking after the baby for awhile would cheer her up.

/

Outside in the prison yard Daryl had his own way of dealing with disappointment, he was at the fence where a number of walkers had assembled and he was currently stabbing them one by one with a crowbar that was kept near the fences.

He was a little upset because he wasn't going to be spending time with Beth but he was a little pissed off because she didn't say she wanted to train with him and was so confused as to why that bothered him so much. He kept killing walker after walker until the small group of walkers were all dead, he was panting heavily from the work out but his mind was still racing as to why he felt this way. He thought they were getting closer over the past few days.

He started making his way back to the concrete area of the prison 'maybe it was all in my head' he thought to himself and the more he thought about it the more it made sense. He was the one that saved them at the store so she would be grateful so that would be the reason why she was so kind to him.

Now he was starting to get pissed at himself for believing in such a thing of him having a chance with Beth. She was an innocent farmer girl and he was a red neck hunter who was the best person at being anti-social anyone would ever meet.

He glanced at his bike as he walked past it and that's when he knew he had to get out for awhile. He walked back into the common room to see that Michonne and Rick was still at the table talking. He walked up to them "I'm going on a run" it was not a request, he made that clear by the tone in his voice.

Rick and Michonne looked at him, Rick was a little shocked at the statement while Michonne didn't change her face from the normal calm one she wears.

"Why? We got all the food we could need for awhile" Rick stated and was still a little confused and in all honesty Daryl had only come back one day ago, he needed time to rest.

Daryl didn't look to happy at this moment but he knew Rick needed a good reason "Because I heard that in that store Beth and Michonne left a lot of stuff that was for Lil ass kicker and Michonne left her sword there so I thought I would go get them" he stated in a slightly aggressive way.

Rick looked at Michonne to see if it was true about her Katana (only Daryl calls it a sword) when she nodded Rick looked at Daryl again "Daryl you just came back yesterday, I think you need some time to rest properly and then we will go and get that stuff" Rick said trying to get Daryl to calm down and think but he knew it was hopeless, once Daryl decided something it was likely to happen.

"I don't give a shit if I came back last week, I'm going and that's that" Daryl said then turned and stormed out of the common room. Rick went to get up to chase after him but Michonne stopped him "Let him go, you saw what he was like" she said calmly "He needs to go out there and calm down, he will be fine" she said as she saw Rick calm down slightly.

"I know he will be fine but question is will he come back this time?" Rick questioned as he heard a bike engine roar from outside. Michonne smiled at Rick "Don't worry, he will definitely come back" she said confidently.

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