So this chapter consists of only Daryl, his dream and his thoughts after...hope you like it

Daryl looked around at the field in front of him. It was filled with tons of beautiful yellow flowers that were swaying in the gentle breeze that was blowing around him. He heard a giggle as a streak of blond hair came dancing around him and the air filled with the scent of vanilla and a soft giggle that he could not help to smile at.

"Come on Daryl" she said as she turned around and smiled as she extended her hand. He looked down at it, and then back up to her, locking on her eyes. They were as blue as the sky that hung above them.

"Beth" he breathed out as he watched her turn and run through the flowers, spinning and giggling. The beautiful sound of her laughing filled his ears as he watched her. He had this nagging feeling that he should be worried about something, be on the lookout for something but as she spun around and danced, her voice filling the air, he just could not look away from her. She really was beautiful. He had never seen anything more beautiful than her. He watched her spin and turn, laugh and sing and knew, knew in his heart that he was supposed to protect her, make sure she always had this joy in her heart.

"Come on Daryl" she called to him as she spun around. He could not figure out why she wanted him around. Why she felt like she had to stick up for him, and stick around him. Usually girls like her would not want to be anywhere around him. But if he was being honest to himself, he never knew another girl like her before.

"Daryl, come dance with me" she called as he looked down to pick the beautiful yellow flower that was by his feet. When he lifted his head back up, his eyes widened with fear.

"Beth, lookout" he cried out as a walker came up behind her. She screamed as she collapsed under the weight of the walker. He grabbed behind him to get his crossbow, but found nothing. So he took off toward her, moving faster than he ever thought he had before, but the spot where she fell seemed to just keep getting farther and farther away as her screams got louder and louder.

"Hold on Beth, I'm coming" he yelled out, his heart beating rapidly in his chest, feeling like it would explode. When he finally got to the spot where she fell, he looked down at the ground stunned. She was not there, there was no blood, no body, nothing.

"DARYL! HELP!" He heard her scream out. He whipped his head around, just in time to see her being pulled into the woods by an unknown arm around her waist. He took off after her, hitting the tree line in record time.

"Yer never gunna catch 'er little brother. You let her get taken" Merle appeared beside him, grinning like the asshole he was. Daryl ignored him and kept running toward the sound of her voice, toward the streaks of blond he could make out in the woods ahead of him.

"You failed her, like you failed me" Merle cackled beside him

"You failed yourself, you dumb shit" Daryl growled back, his lungs burning from running.

"Ya really think that little angel is going to want to keep ya around when ya get 'er home to 'er Daddy? Yer just a free ride to 'er" he laughed from beside of Daryl. "Yer not good enough for 'er" Daryl ignored him and kept running, leaving behind Merle and his words. He needed to get to Beth, save her from whatever took her. He kept running until he ended up in another field. In front of him was Beth, laying on the ground.

"Beth" he breathed out as he ran over to her, sliding across the grass to get to her. As he knelt down beside her, he gently ran his hand on her cheek. At the touch of his hand, her eyes started to flutter open. As her crystal blue eyes landed on his, a small smile graced her lips.

"You found me" she whispered out "I knew you would. You will always find me"

Daryl jolted awake from his dream, sweat glistening on his skin. He tried to calm his breathing as he looked over at the bed beside of him. There was Beth, alive and save. Her blond hair was spread all across her back as she slept on her stomach. Every few moments she would let out a soft snore. Daryl's breathing calmed watching and listening to her.

He thought back to his dream, the last few seconds of his dream to be precise. If he was honest with himself, he knew that his subconscious was right. He knew that he would always find her if she needed him too. He would do anything he could to keep her laughing and smiling, keep that angel essence about her. He doubted that she would want somebody like him to have that job, but as soon as she accepted his ride home, as soon as she stood up for all guys named Dixon, he took the job willingly. He would do whatever he could to make sure she made it to the farm safely, with all of her fire and sweetness still intact. If she wanted him to stay then he would stay. But if she told him that she wanted him to leave, then he would do that too. He wouldn't want too, she really was the only person he had left, but he would.

Damn that really was sad that the little blond beside him that he really had only known for a few days, that couldn't weigh more than 100lbs soaking wet was the only person he really had left. He had never had a friend before. Merle was his brother, and a shitty one at that, and most of the people he knew was through him and were just as shitty as Merle. He had never had somebody stick up for him like the little spitfire sleeping in the cot next to him had. And she certainly wasn't like any of the girls he had ever known before. The only things they had the same was their lady parts, and something inside of Daryl told him that Beth's were probably one million times nicer than any of the other ladies he had known before.

"Dammit, stop thinkin' bout 'er lady parts" Daryl scolded himself as a rush of heat went through him. She was just now becoming his friend, and he didn't want to mess that up by even assuming that she wanted anything more. He might have never met a girl like Beth before, but he knew that most girls didn't want a dirty, redneck asshole hitting on them. Hell, it's the damn apocalypse, who has time for the mess that would make anyway.

He sighed as he finally turned his head away from Beth and looked at the ceiling, folding his hands behind his head. She earned his loyalty the moment she defended him to their group. He would stick by her until the day came that she didn't want him too.

He closed his eyes at that thought and let the sound of her soft snores lull him back to sleep.