Hello!

Just want to say a quick thank you for the follows, favourites and reviews from the last chapter. Some people were surprised by Hershel's reaction. I always see him as the calm and collected man who can see things from someone else's prospective but there is one thing Hershel Greene is and that is a protective father, his girls are his world.

How would you guys react if you were in Hershel's shoes?

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Disclaimer; Another week has gone by and another week I do not own The Walking Dead, boo!

A/N: Next weeks chapter is going to be last chapter until the new year... first chapter of the new year will be on Sunday 5th January!

Home Is With You: Chapter 16

Daryl
So last night didn't go to plan, all of yesterday Beth was telling me how Hershel would be fine with it, he would welcome me to the Greene family with open arms. Everything would be ok and in my heart of hearts I knew that it wouldn't be ok but then I started thinking that everything would be ok and Hershel would see that I loved Beth and would do anything for her, die for her even but he is pissed and I don't blame him. If my 19 year old daughter came and told me she was seeing someone like me, I'd go and shoot the guy and ground my daughter for the rest of her life, I wouldn't be happy so I don't know why I thought Hershel would be.

If this was before the fall, what would I have to offer her? I lived in some shithole trailer with Merle. Neither of us worked and we spent our time getting drunk or high and sometimes both. I had a criminal record and came from a family whose name was like a curse on people. My daddy took all our money and ran off with a waitress half his age, my momma fell asleep with a lit cigarette and burnt the house down. Merle was in and out of juvie and prison and I had absolutely nothing... even the bike is Merle's, although I did all the damn work on it. Beth wouldn't have looked at me twice in the old world and I don't blame her, she would've kept her distance from the white trash piece of shit that thought she was hot.

I stayed up with Beth most of last night because she was upset and thought Hershel hated her, of course that wasn't true and it was me that he hated, he could never hate Beth, no one could ever hate Beth. I promised her that everything would be ok in the end and Hershel would come around and everything would fix itself but I'm not sure if I believe that... I have to tell Maggie and this is going to be a fight in itself. I like Maggie and have real respect for her but I know she won't like me messing around with her little sister.

I'm meant to tell her this morning when we trade off from night to day shift. Beth thinks we should finish speaking to Hershel before I speak to Maggie but I want Maggie to hear it from me before Hershel gets the chance to tell her. I want her to hear it from my mouth in my own words before he gets there first and makes me sound like a pedo. I've been up all night between Beth being upset and then I couldn't sleep because I was then over thinking things, I am so tired and really not into going on patrol today but I have to.

The alarm was going to go off in half an hour but I might as well get up now and speak to Maggie before everyone else wakes up and we have an audience, the last thing I want is people overhearing our conversation... I also don't want any of them to see her beat my ass.

Took me no more than 5 minutes to get dressed and I made sure to turn the alarm off before going outside, Maggie started coming down the stairs when she saw me come out of the door, Glenn stayed on watch in the tower.

"You're early," She stated as she came and stood in front of me.

"I wanted t' talk t' yer about somethin'," I replied.

"Everything alright?" She asked in panic.

"Yeah... sorta... well your dad is pissed at me," I started and she looked confused "Look Maggie you know I got respect for you, that's why I'm tellin' yer this face to face rather then you hear from your old man," I paused and looked at the floor "Me and Beth have been seein' one another," I looked up to meet her gaze and she looked shocked "It's been goin' on f'r a few months but I love her and for some crazy reason, she loves me too," I explained.

"You and Beth?" She questioned "You and my little sister, have been seein' each other? Sleeping with each other?" She asked and I could feel the red in my cheeks which was answer enough for her "Wow... I didn't see that comin'." She stated.

"Beth is scared that everyone is gonna hate her. She wanted to come and tell you with me but I told her I wanted to speak to you on my own... let you know how much I care about her and what I would do for her," I told her.

"You're a good guy Daryl and my sister could do worse... she did do worse," She commented "Remember Jimmy? I wasn't a fan," She added "Look... if you and Beth wanna be together then I'm ok with it, but just treat her right and don't break her heart, because then I might kill you, as for my daddy... let me talk to him, I'll get through to him," She said.

"Can yer talk to Beth? She's upset about last night and I think it would be good f'r her t' hear that you're ok with this?"

"Of course." Maggie wrapped her arms around me and I wrapped one awkwardly around her for a short hug before she pulled away "Hurt my sister, I'll shoot you." She said with a sickly sweet smile.

Beth
I didn't want to leave my room because I didn't want to go and face my daddy, I didn't want to hear how unhappy and upset he was and I also didn't want to run into Maggie. Daryl said he was going to tell her this morning, I did tell him that we should wait until my daddy calms down about everything but he said he wanted to tell her. I know she's going to be mad, she is super protective of me and she never really liked me having a boyfriend. When I was seeing Jimmy she would follow us around and spy on us to see what we were doing, she was a little mean to Jimmy and then when I was seeing Zach she was quite mean to him too and told me how much she didn't like him. She said he reminded her of one of the sleazy athlete types, he wasn't and was actually quite sweet but he was cocky.

I'm sure between my daddy and Maggie they are coming up with ways to shun me from the family and kill Daryl... I'm sure of it. My daddy is actually a good shot and so is Maggie so Daryl better watch his back.

There was a light tap on my door and then Maggie poked her head around the door, she smiled softly at me and came in closing the door behind her, she sat next to me on the bed and wrapped her arm around me and pulling me as close to her as she could.

"I spoke to Daryl," She started "I'm not mad, I'm happy that you have someone to look out for you and be there for you. I know daddy isn't happy about this but I'll talk to him, I can see how much Daryl cares about you and I know Daryl will do anything for those he cares about," She explained to me.

"You're ok with this?" I asked and pulled away from the embrace "I honestly thought it was daddy who was going to be ok and you that wanted to kill Daryl," I told her.

"Daddy doesn't want to kill Daryl," She stated "Well... he might... I don't know but what I do know is that everything is going to be ok," She said.

"Thank you Maggie."

Maggie
I didn't say this to Daryl or Beth but I'm not actually that surprised that they are together, in fact I've suspected for the last few weeks. Beth thinks I don't see her leaving at night if Daryl is in the tower and she thinks I don't hear her coming back half an hour before everyone wakes up. I've seen the way they look at each other and when they came back from their ordeal with The Governor I saw how Daryl was with her, I saw how protective and worried he was over her, they think that they have hidden their feelings well but I really don't think that they have. I'm surprised that my dad didn't figure it out because he normally knows this kinda stuff, especially with Beth. She is so bad at keeping secrets and always gives it away by the way she acts and looks at people, my dad figured it out when she kissed Zach for the first time.

I can't say I'm thrilled that my 19 year old sister is dating a 35 year old man but Daryl is a good man and I know he won't take advantage of her and he will protect her. I know he loves her and it' clear that she loves him too so I'm not going to get in the way of that, do I think it will last? Hell no. They are two very different people with literally nothing in common so I don't think it will last more than a year but I will speak to my dad like I promised them to get him to come around or at least stop planning Daryl's death.

I found my dad in the library, reading the bible and I couldn't stop myself rolling my eyes. I sat down opposite him and he looked up at me and closed his book, he knew why I was here.

"I take it they told you," He stated.

"Daryl told me this morning," I replied.

"What do you think about all of this?" He asked.

"They love each other, anyone can see that. Daryl is a good guy, yes he's not my first choice for Beth but he will protect her and he will do anything for her. She loves him too and we can't say she's not allowed to or ban them from seeing each other. I don't think it's going to last forever, they don't have anything in common and Beth has never been in a grown up relationship before; Jimmy and Zach were just kids. You need to get on board with this or Beth is going to pick Daryl over you," I explained to him.

"She won't pick a man over me," He argued.

"Believe me dad, if you made her choose between you or Daryl, she would choose Daryl for one simple fact. He wouldn't make her choose," I said and he sighed "To be honest dad, Beth has done worse. You remember Jimmy and Zach? Terrible choices. Daryl's a good guy with a good heart, he's a protector and I know he'll die before something happens to her," I told him and he knew I was right; he just didn't want to admit it.

"I still don't like it," He muttered.

"You don't have to like it. All you have to do is be civil to Daryl and be daddy to Beth," I told him and he nodded "And when things do go wrong, just be there for her and not say I told you so... you know how Beth can get," I added.

"She's just lost so much of her childhood and innocence already because of the way of the world now and I don't want her rushing into something she isn't ready for," He said.

"I understand dad but Beth is growing up... she's nearly 20 years old, she's nearly full grown and there's nothing we can do about it," I pointed out to him and stood from my chair to stand behind him and wrap my arms around him "I love you dad and Beth loves you, all she wants is her family by her side. Let's do that for her and be there to hold and guide her. She'll be ok," I promised and kissed his cheek.

"I suppose I should go and talk to them," He sighed.

"Give it till tomorrow and just mull things over today... they'll understand."

Hmmm... interesting!

Maggie is ok with the relationship but doesn't think it will last. Hershel is going to go along with it for Beth's sake. Daryl still seems a little bit like personal enemy no1 but I have a feeling things might change.

The next chapter is going to be GOOD! That big bombshell I mentioned a few chapters ago? Well it's finally here... and believe me when I say it is going to be a huge bombshell which is really going to test some already rocky relationships. We're also going to see the angry side of Daryl and an angry side to Beth, someone's stay at the prison may be coming to an end.

Ahh! I really can't wait for this.

As I said a couple of chapters ago, I haven't seen this storyline done before but if there has been one, please send me the story so I can take a look because it will be really interesting!

Till next week... hahahaha!

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