Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 3

Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews! More please! Thank you for those who have followed this and those who have made it a favorite. I am still blown away!

Kaden isn't supposed to be a liked character, he's going to be walker bait (instead of Sophia) but his two little brothers remind Daryl and her of the three Dixon siblings. Not all chapters will have flashbacks, so far I've tied them in. Not promising all the time. Summer's POV will be coming in later on, and I've never done a more then one POV story before so it'll be interesting.

I'm sorry if I'm not writing good enough in Daryl's tone, I tried!

Daryl came through the door and pulled his father off from beating Jewel. "You son of a Bitch, you want to hit someone?" he asked. "Merle and I weren't enough?" he questioned as he punched him.

"Tell him slut! Tell him you let some dickhead knock you up!" Will Dixon slurred.

"Jewel, truck now," her 18 year old brother ordered. "Keep your 'ands off 'er," he ordered as he went out the door and got in the truck. "'Hat I tell 'ou about bein' home alone 'ith him," Daryl told her as he drove to the edge of the woods. "You OK?"

"Yeah…." she answered.

"Clyde's not 'onna hurt you anymore, not comin' around anymore when Merle's 'ome," Daryl assured her as he hugged her. "I think you should tell Merle, especially now."

"Why? Do you think he 'ould believe me? He'd take 'is good friends word," Jewel told him.

Daryl brought her chin up and made her look at him. "You may not like our dear bot'er but whatever you think of him, he loves you. And he'd 'ever hurt you intentionally, and he'd 'urt anyone he knew was 'urtin' you. Just like I did," he told her.

"Promise me, you won't tell 'im Daryl. Promise me!" Jewel begged.

Daryl sighed as he kissed the top of her head. "I 'romise you. But you know 'es gonna 'ave the same reaction to you being 'regnant that dad did."

"I know, but he'll still 'elp, just like you," Jewel told him.

Jewel glanced up from behind her tent seeing the twenty year old male looking around to make sure that no one was around before he checked the empty tent before going to the next one. She reached into the waist band of her jeans and grabbed her knife and threw it, aiming perfectly landing right next to his hand.

"Son of a Bitch!" the man yelled.

Jewel didn't say a word before retrieving her knife. "Didn't my brothers' tell you to stay away Kaden?"

"Funny, I don't see either one of them here," he told her.

"So, that gives you the right to come snoppin' around hopin' to find my 15 year old daughter alone?" Jewel asked.

"Jewel you need help?" Dale questioned from on top of the RV.

"You see Summer?" Jewel asked as she kept her eyes on Kaden.

"She's out with Amy, everythin' OK?" Dale asked.

"Send Shane or Rick over," Jewel said.

"Got it," Dale said.

"Your brothers' are idiots, leaving the two of you alone, you're not always gonna be around to protect that hot teen of yours," Kaden warned her.

Jewel put the knife on the tip of his chin. "Oh they know I can take care of myself, and that I'd 'ill anyone 'fore they touched Summer. Trust me, if it wasn't for your lit' brothers', the first time you snooped 'round my daughter, Merle would 'ave found a walker to feed you to," she told him.

"I'd put that down if I was you, bitch," Kaden told her.

Jewel poked the knife harder into his chin, causing a bit of blood to come down. "You ain't seen a bitch Kaden," she warned him.

"Jewel, what's going on?" Shane asked as he came up with Rick.

"Oh this prick just was going into my tent lookin' for my 15 year old daughter, thinking' no one was around," Jewel told them.

"She's insane, I 'as just…" Kaden started.

"Just what?" Rick asked. "These aren't your tents are they?" he asked.

"I think we talked about this before, Kaden. You stay up there with your brothers', do what's asked and stay away from the women and girls," Shane warned him.

"The bitch is holdin' a knife on me," Kaden pointed out.

Rick looked at Shane. "I don't see a thin' do you?"

"Nope, I just see a woman protectin' what's hers. Go on Kaden, back up to camp. You and I are going to have 'nother talk," Shane told him as he pressed the gun in his back. "You comin' Rick?" he asked as he glanced between Jewel and Rick.

"In a minute," he told the other man as Shane nodded and walked away.

Jewel wiped the little bit of blood out of her knife. "You're bandage ok?"

"Yeah, maybe until your other brother get back, you and Summer should move up to the main camp," Rick suggested.

Jewel laughed and shook her head. "For some reason, I don't think the rest of the camp would agree 'ith you, Sherriff."

"From what I've been 'earing from people, they don't have a problem with you and Summer," Rick told her.

"No, it's my brothers'," Jewel told him. "See in my book, then they have a problem with me," she told him. "I can handle myself," she told him.

"I don't doubt you can, but I'd feel a little bit more comfortable if you just was a little closer to camp," he told her.

Jewel looked at him. "And I'd be more comfortable if my 15 year old daughter wasn't anywhere near Kaden Armstrong. Him and his two brothers, they didn' grow up to far from where Merle and Daryl lived in the trailer park. Mitch and Luke are 7 and 9. I personally know what can 'appen when your oldest brother is an ass," she told him.

Rick ran his hand through his hair. "I've 'een thinking' about what you said, your brother's blood being on my hands, you're right."

Jewel looked at him. "Well, there isn' anything you can do about now, the damage is done."

"I chained the door," the black man said as he walked toward them.

Jewel looked past Rick and then at the man. "What T Dog?" she asked as she walked toward him.

"I chained the door to the roof on my way out. I dropped the key, it was an acciden' and that's on me, but on the way out, I chained the door. I told them all last night, around the camp fire. The stair case is narrow, maybe half a dozen geeks can get through at a time. That's not enough to break that chain not that padlock. Your brother's alive on that roof, and that's on me," he explained.

Jewel looked at him then at Rick. "You didn' bother to mention that last night, when I was bandaging' your wound?"

"I was about ready to tell you now," Rick said.

"Do you know what this 'eat will do to a man, even a man Merle's size? Hells Bells, tell me where he is, I'm goin' after him!" Jewel told the two men.

"You can't go, you know that," Rick told her. "Think of Summer," he told her. "I haven't known you long, but I know that you aren't goin' to leave your teenage daughter alone in camp, without family. You don't trust anyone for that," he reasoned with her.

"It won't be long til Daryl get's back, and when he does, I'll tell him, I'm not runnin' from it," T Dog said.

Jewel looked at both of them and started to say something before she heard a scream.

"That's Carl," Rick said as he started to run toward the noise.

T Dog and Jewel looked at each other before taking off after him.

TBC in next chapter