The next morning, my brother sent me down to the cafe to get us some breakfast to bring back to the room. Daryl's being more and more lenient with me, it's kind of confusing me to be honest. I mean…he'll never get over his protective ways, but so far he's let me go out alone. And we don't even really know these people yet. But he did tell me to come straight home and not talk to anyone.

I got each of us some eggs and bacon and threw in a small plate of pancakes. That should be good. Daryl always makes me eat breakfast, he says I'll get sick if I don't. He should be satisfied with all of this.

As I was grabbing some napkins, I happened to notice three girls across the way sitting at a table looking at me. I looked away ignoring them. So far, the only person I like here is Chad. Once I got what I needed, I began heading out of the cafe. I had to pass those girls on my way out. They kept looking at me, I did my best to ignore them.

"Hey." One of them said. She had short brown hair. I stopped and looked at them. "No, sit." She said.

I looked down at my food then back up at her. "Uh…I kinda have to get back to my room."

"Are you Le?" She said ignoring my response.

"Yeah?" I gave her an odd look.

"Please sit down." She smiled. I just gave her another look. "I just wanna talk. Just for a minute."

I hesitated. "…okay." I finally sat down. I put the tray next to me.

"Hi, I'm Leila." The first girl said. "This is Amber and Sam." They each said hi.

"I'm Leann." I said.

"Oh, we know who you are." Leila said earning another look from me. "Chad told us all about how you ditched your brother and then killed all those walkers."

"He did, huh?"

"Yeah, you're seriously badass."

"Yeah." Sam said.

"Well…ya know? I just been out there a long time."

"Oh, you have an accent? Leila said. "Are you from the south?"

I nodded. "Georgia."

"Oh you lucky—that's probably why you're so naturally tan."

I let out a small laugh. "Well, I should probably get back to my my room—

"That's a lot of food." Amber spoke for the first time.

"Oh my God, Amber." Sam said.

"Well, it is."

"It's not all fer me." I stated. "My brother's waitin' fer me back at our room."

"Oh, sorry. We shouldn't keep you anymore." Leila said. "But we should definitely hangout sometime. This might sound weird, but I really wanna straighten your hair."

"Uh, sure." I smiled. I ran a hand through my hair. It was longer now, but I kind of liked it. I wasn't used to it, I always had it shoulder length or shorter. My hair wasn't completely straight. It was a little wavy and kind of curled at the ends just like Daryl's.

"So, I guess we'll see you then?" Sam said.

"Yeah." I smiled. "It was nice meetin' ya." I picked the tray up and made my way back to the room.

"It's about time." Daryl said when I walked in.

"I know, sorry." I sat the tray on the table and sat down. My brother joined me.

"What took ya so long?" He asked without looking up, he was getting his food.

"It's probably cold. We'll have to reheat it." I stated. "Some girls stopped me and was talkin' to me."

He looked up at me then. "I told ya to come straight back and not talk to anyone."

"I know, but what was I 'sposed to do?"

"Tell 'em to go to hell."

I giggled. "Yeah, right." We took turns reheating our food then ate pretty fast, neither of us were really saying anything.

"I'll take the tray back down with our plates." I said.

"Nah, leave it. We can take it back when we go get dinner."

"Oh, right." I shook my head.

"Ya got any plans fer the day?" My brother asked me.

"So far no."

"Well, maybe we could— My brother was cut off by a knock at the door. "You expectin' someone?"

"No." I shook my head and looked at him wide-eyed. Daryl went to open the door.

"Hey, is Le home?" I heard a voice. It sounded like the girls from earlier. My brother didn't say anything just looked at me. I gave him a quick glance then came to the door. "Hey, what's up, girl?" Leila said and walked in without me inviting her. She was holding a big bag. Amber and Sam followed her in.

"Hey." I said nervously and closed the door. "What's, uh, all that?" I pointed to the bag.

"Just some stuff." Leila replied. "I thought I could do your hair."

"Why exactly?" I let out a small laugh.

"Just to see how you like it. And don't you want to look pretty for Chad? I hear he really likes you." She winked at me. My face flushed and I glanced at my brother. He was watching me carefully with a scowl on his face. I looked back at Leila.

"Gimme a minute." I walked over to Daryl in the other room.

"What the hell's this?" He glared.

"I didn't know they were comin', I swear." I looked over at the girls, they made themselves comfortable on the couch and weren't paying any attention to us. "Just…I'll take them in my room."

"No." Daryl said.

I gave him a weird look. "What? Why?"

"Cuz it's my room, too and I don't want all their girly shit all over my shit."

I sighed. "Daryl…it'll be fine, okay. I won't have them stay long." I walked back over to them. "Okay, let's go in my room." They followed me in.

"Let's start with your hair." Leila said. She pulled out a hairbrush and started brushing it even before I said anything.

"Ow." I said.

"Sorry." She apologized. "Your hair is already pretty nice, but I think it will look prettier straight." I just nodded. She finished brushing and got to straightening. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. "All done." Leila said and handed me a mirror. "Take a look."

I actually really liked it. I smiled. "Wow, thanks, Leila."

"It looks really good." Sam said. "Doesn't it, Amber?"

Amber looked up from her book. "Yeah." Then continued reading again. I smirked. She's not much of a talker.

"Let's do your makeup now." Leila said excitedly.

I froze. "Oh, no. That's okay." I said.

"Oh, come on. You're gonna love it."

"You don't have to, though." I laughed nervously.

"I want to." She smiled. "Just let me. You'll love it, trust me."

I hesitated. Daryl isn't going to like this. "Okay." I sighed.

"Yay!" Leila squealed.

"So, how come we haven't seen you in school?" Sam asked me.

"I ain't in school." I stated.

"Why not?" Leila asked while doing my makeup.

"I don't like school."

They laughed. "Well, who does?" Sam said.

"Yeah, we just go because it's something to do, you know? Plus, it gives us something of life before all this." Leila became a little saddened.

"You should go." Sam said.

"Yeah, you really should. It's actually kind of fun."

"I'll have to thank about it." I bit my lip. They have a point in a way. This could be my only chance at having a normal life. But…I hated school. Do I really want to do that to myself again?

"Done." Leila smiled.

"Oh my God, Leila!" Sam said. "It looks really good."

"It does, doesn't it?" Leila said proud of her work. Even Amber looked up from her book to see.

"Are ya sure about this?" I asked nervously.

"See for yourself." Sam handed me the mirror. I almost gasped when I saw myself. It didn't look like me at all. I mean…it did but better. I've never wore makeup before. I wasn't allowed. Everybody in my house would have killed me. It does look really good, though.

"So, you like it?" Leila said.

"Yes." I smiled. "A lot."

"Well, you're welcome." She said putting her stuff away. "By the way, I have another hair straightener at home. You can have this one if you want?"

"Really?" I asked excitedly.

"Sure. Here." She handed it to me.

"Thanks."

"Of course." Leila smiled then cleared her throat. "We better get going. But you should definitely think about coming to school. Class starts tomorrow at eight."

"Okay." I smiled. "I might do it."

"Great." Leila said. "Well, we gotta go now."

"I'll walk ya out." I said. We walked to the door.

"Oh, I'm having a little thing at my house tonight. You should come. Chad will be there." She smiled.

I blushed. "Sure."

"It's room 21A."

"Okay, thanks." I smiled.

"See you, then." She waved.

"Bye." Sam said.

"See ya, thanks again." I closed the door once they were down the hall. I turned and saw Daryl sitting at the table cleaning his crossbow. I walked in there.

"What the hell was that all about?" He asked without looking at me.

"Oh, I don't know." I leaned against the table. "They just showed up."

"Yeah, I saw."

"They invited me to a thang tonight. Can I go?"

"No. Yer grounded." Daryl answered immediately.

I blinked at him. "Ya said I wasn't."

"Yeah, well, I changed my mind." He finally looked up at me. I sighed and looked away. Daryl grabbed my face with one hand like he does and looked at me. "Are you wearin' makeup?"

"Oh yeah." I smiled. "Leila did it. Do ya like it?"

"No, I don't." He said roughly. I gave him a sad look. "I-it looks…nice, but ya look better without it." He grabbed a napkin. "Come'er." He wiped the lipstick off my mouth.

"Daryl." I whined.

"I don't want ya wearin' that shit to yer friend's house."

I perked up. "Ya mean yer lettin' me go?"

"Yeah, only if ya promise to be home by midnight."

"…cain't I sleep over?"

"Only if there ain't any guys there."

"Okay." I nodded.

"And none of that." He pointed to my face. I smiled.

I went into my room and just kept looking at myself in the mirror before I washed the makeup off. It did look really nice. However, the longer I stared at it, the more uncomfortable I became. I don't know what happened. I just got so…turned off from it. It's like when you bite into a rotten apple.

I took the sides of my hair and pulled it back in the middle leaving the rest of it long then I hurriedly made my way to the bathroom and washed my face. I dried it with a towel.

"Ya okay?" My brother asked me.

"Yeah." I nodded. "I just had to get that off."

"Yeah, you— Daryl was just looking at me.

"What?" I said.

"I, uh…never saw yer hair like that before. Ya look…cute."

"Ya thank?" I smiled.

"Yeah, it's always coverin' yer face." He tapped my nose.

"So's yers." I giggled.

"Well, you ain't me."

Later in the evening, Daryl and I went down to the cafe to get some dinner. I told him I wasn't hungry but he made me eat. He said if I didn't then I wasn't allowed to go to Leila's tonight.

"So, I was thankin'…"

"Yeah, what was ya thankin'?"

"I might go to school."

Daryl stopped eating and looked at me. "What?"

"Leila and Chad and everyone else goes."

"So?"

"So, I thought maybe I would, too. Ya know? Just to be normal." I shrugged.

He sighed. "We ain't normal. We never been normal."

I blinked. "Daryl…I thought ya would be happy."

"I don't care if ya go or not. I'm just surprised, is all. Ya always hated school."

"I know, but maybe I can give it another try. Maybe thangs won't be so bad this time."

"Well…that's fine. But I'm gonna miss ya durin' the day."

"It's only fer a few hours, Daryl." I giggled.

"Yeah, a few hours that I won't see ya."

I smiled at him. "Are ya done? I'll take yer plate up."

"Yeah." He handed it to me. I stacked them on top of another and took them to the counter. Suddenly, someone put their hands over my eyes.

"Guess who?" They said.

"Chad." I laughed.

"What's up?" He took his hands away and I turned to face him.

"Nothin'. Just got done eatin' dinner with Daryl."

"Daryl?"

"My overprotective brother."

"Oh right." He laughed. "Did you hear about Leila's party tonight?"

"Yeah. I'll be there." I said.

"Cool. I look forward to seeing you."

I blushed. "Me, too." I smiled.

Chad let out a small laugh then nervously rubbed the back of his head. "So, can I, uh…meet your brother?"

I gave him a weird look. "Ya wanna meet my brother?"

"Well, yeah. Isn't that what you're supposed to do when…"

"When what?" My eyes widened.

"When you're dating."

I almost laughed. "But we ain't datin', though."

"Well, no, but…we kinda are."

This time I did laugh. "No, we ain't."

"Yeah, but maybe someday. I like you."

I blushed and looked away clearing my throat. "Okay, you can, uh…ya can meet my brother."

"Cool."

I put my hands up. "I'm just warnin' ya, he's a hardass." I smirked.

"That's okay."

"Gimme a minute." I walked over to Daryl. He was already looking at me. "Hey. Remember Chad?"

He scowled. "Yeah, I remember 'im."

"Well, he wants to meet ya."

"He already met me."

"Not really." I tilted my head to one side. "Come on, Daryl. He's nice."

He sighed. "All right." He lifted his crossbow. I can't believe he brought it. "Bring 'im over." I gestured for Chad to come over.

"Daryl this is Chad. Chad this is my very overprotective brother, Daryl." I smirked.

"Nice to meet you, uh, sir." Chad said. They shook hands.

"Yeah, you just remember the overprotective part." Daryl narrowed his eyes at him. "And don't call me sir."

I let out a nervous laugh. "Yeah."

Chad nodded. "Is that a Horton Scout?" He asked my brother.

"Yeah." Daryl gave him a questioning look. "Ya ever use one?"

"My uncle taught me. I'm not very good, though. I've never been much of a hunter. I don't like killing things."

"Well, who does?" Daryl said. "Huntin' ain't fer fun, it's fer livin'."

"I couldn't agree more, sir—uh, I mean…Daryl."

I was silently laughing at the two of them. They were completely different. Plus, Chad said he wants to date me. Daryl doesn't like anyone who wants to date his baby sister.

"So, what do ya plan on doin' with my Le tonight?" Daryl asked Chad. Chad looked a little nervous. I looked at the ground with a smirk. I feel kind of bad for the kid.

"Uh, well…we're just going to bang-HANG," Chad's eyes widened as he corrected himself. "I meant to say hang." He laughed nervously. "I don't know why I even said that. I would never...uh, never mind." He laughed again.

My face flushed, but I wanted to laugh so bad. It was hard to hold it in.

My brother did not look impressed. "Mhmm. Well, I want 'er home by midnight."

"Of course."

Daryl squinted at Chad. "How old are you, boy?"

"Uh, eighteen."

"Yer too old fer her."

"Daryl." I said.

"My Leann is a delicate soul." Daryl said making my face flush. "You remember that, too."

Chad nodded. "Got it." We just kind of stood there awkwardly for a moment.

"Don't ya got somewhere to be?" Daryl asked Chad.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry." He turned to me. "Bye, Le." He went to give me a hug, but Daryl stepped in front of him.

"Bye, Chad." He said. Chad looked at me from around Daryl.

"I told ya." I giggled. "See ya tonight."

"Yeah, see ya." Chad smiled and walked away.

"Ya told 'im what?" Daryl looked down at me.

"Just that yer a hardass." I smiled sweetly at him.

He nodded. "Got that right."

"He's nice, ain't he?" I said to Daryl as we were making our way back to the room.

"Yeah, he's nice. Stay away from 'im."

I giggled. "What?"

"I ain't gonna let him take my baby from me."

"Oh, Daryl." I waved him off. We just arrived back at the room and went inside. "I gotta go get ready fer tonight."

"What do ya gotta get ready fer? Ya look fine."

"Thanks but I gotta change my clothes." I went right into my room and changed out of my jeans. I put a black pair of leggings on and a nice white shirt. I also changed my shoes. I kept my hair the way it was, pulled back in the center. Daryl's right. It does make me look cute.

"Le, I'm goin' on a run." Daryl just informed me. "I might not be back by the time you are, so can I trust ya to come home by twelve?"

"Yeah, but…yer goin' on a run? Right now?"

"Yeah, we need some thangs. Plus, it ain't fair that we're eatin' these people's food and not pullin' our own weight. I'm gonna see what I can do."

"Well, okay. Be careful."

"You, too." He gave me a kiss. "Home by midnight. I mean it."

"Yes, Daryl."

"Good girl." He grabbed his crossbow. "Love ya."

"Love ya, too." He was out the door in a second. Wonder why he left so suddenly? That was kind of weird. Oh well. I shrugged.

"Le, I'm so glad you made it." Leila greeted me at the door.

"Hi." I smiled. I stepped inside. There was only a few people there.

"I love your hair, but…why'd you wash the makeup off?

"Oh, I must have forgot about it and washed it off in the shower." I lied.

"That's okay. I can redo it before Chad gets here." She smiled.

"Oh, no that's—

"Nonsense. Let's go." She grabbed my hand and took me to her room.

After Leila did my makeup, I sat there with a drink in my hand barely talking to anyone. "Hey," I finally said to Leila, "won't yer parents get made if we drink their booze?"

She laughed. "This is my house. My parents live down the hall."

I blinked. "Oh."

"Come on. I want you to meet some new people. She introduced me to the others that were there.

"Do you mind if I ask what happened to your finger?" A guy asked.

"A walker bit it."

Everyone gasped. "Y-you mean…you got bit and didn't die?"

"No cuz my brother cut it off in time.

"Whoa! That's crazy awesome!"

I laughed nervously. "Yeah, well…

"Chad's here." Leila told me. I turned around to see Chad standing by the door, he was talking to a few people. He noticed me then started making his way over. I swallowed hard.

"Hey, beautiful." He said and kissed my cheek. I blushed.

"Hi."

"Want a drink?"

"Oh, I already have one."

"So? I'll get you another." He smiled taking my cup. I smiled back at him. He really is cute.

The party went on. I spent most of my time with Chad, we really hit it off. And he's super nice! He walked off at one point and I was left with Leila and a bunch of girls. I was pretty drunk.

"I bet you've never been with a guy before." Leila said.

"Not true." I said. "I was with a guy named Jay a while back. He was twenty-seven."

"Bullshit!"

"He was! I ain't lyin'."

"And you guys did it?" Sam asked.

"Well, not it it. But we did other stuff."

"Was he hot?" Leila asked me.

"So friggin' hot." We all laughed. Chad came back and handed me another drink.

"I ain't even done with the one I have."

"That's okay." He said.

"I think yer just tryin' get me drunk." I giggled.

"Can't argue with the truth."

Chad and I were away from everyone else. We were making out, he was grabbing parts of me and I wasn't stopping him. "Let's go somewhere." He said.

I gasped inside and got a little scared but then he planted kisses down my neck and it gave me a good feeling inside.

"Okay." I breathed.

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