"Hey, wake up sleeping beauty." I mock the names he usually calls me.
I woke up a few seconds before I said anything, our faces close to one another, one of his arms still around my waist. His eyes flicker open when I speak the words "huh.." He grumbles out blinking quickly awake. "What time is it?" He asks, the night still illuminating the room.
The haziness of sleep begins to wear from his blue eyes "round 4" I looked at my watch when it beeped me awake.
He sits up off the floor and tries to crack his neck "damn floor" he mutters to himself.
I sit up now myself and say back "I don't know what you're complaining about, I slept fine." I smile to him.
"Thats not- not what I meant-" He rubs an arm around the back of his neck nervously.
"Haha" I laugh back sweetly "it's fine, lets get going." I stand up and grab the few things in the room that are mine to change into. I go into the bathroom to use the broken toilet, better then a hole in the ground, and change my clothes from the day before. I switch my jeans and change tops before heading out of the room "hey, cool vest." I tell him when I get out. His back was turned around towards me and on the back of the black leather were angel wings.
His head cocks to try and look at what I complimented and he notices it when he looks at the mirror behind him "oh ya." he shrugs, I guess not noticing it when he picked it out of one of the houses.
Daryl drives quickly back towards the jail, most of the drive is silent "can I ask yew somethin'?" He breaks the silence.
"sure." I say back, curious what he wants to ask.
He bites his lip while staring at the road ahead "what happened to you and that family?" he asks, glancing between the road and myself. I look at him, not expecting the question "after what happened with your.." he goes to elaborate further on what he meant but stops, not sure if he should go on.
"no, no.. I get what you mean." I stop him from saying the words. I look out the window when I tell him "they couldn't take the sorrow and pain I brought them. I wasn't adopted and was put back into the foster care system." I look back to him. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and puts it in park, the engine running "what are you doing?" I question, nervous walkers might here the engine and draw themselves closer.
He turns his upper body just a little to face me more "I was wonderin'" he stops then, buying his inner lip.
I look at him, his eyes averting from mine "wonderin' what Daryl? You're scaring me." I tell him honestly, getting nervous.
"I was wonderin' if yew wanted ta go out" he mutters.
I chuckle "we are out." I look out the front window "pretty out in the open if you ask me. We should really get moving." I say tapping the dashboard.
His head shakes "no, I mean out with me." his eyes meet mine this time and he stares at me for an answer.
I smirk "Daryl, are you trying to ask me out?" I ask coyly.
He shrugs "maybe" and glares at me from the side for a response while biting the inside of his cheek.
"why?" I ask him, not sure what it is he see's in me. I've just started coming around to the idea of me liking Daryl again, but I can't imagine him liking me. I'm a disaster of a person whose self worth is just as much of a disaster as the world is.
He just stares at me with a look I can't place "caus' of that." he smirks before continuing "caus' yew think of yourself as nobody, cause I think of myself as a nobody, cept when I'm with you. And I don' like the idea of you thinkin' that way." I don't say anything, not sure how to respond to him and what he's saying. "cause yer not nobody Sadie-Mae, yer a pretty damn good somebody" he finishes.
I smile to him and nod, my heart feeling something it hasn't felt in more than a decade. He smiles and exhales back to me before putting the car back in drive and getting back on the road. As the wheels hit the pavement I put my left hand over his that's resting on the gear shift. He doesn't look back to me, but he intertwines his fingers with mine as we make our way back to the jail.
We pull up to the jail slowly, allowing whoever is on watch to see that it's us "Daryl." I say as we get closer, Carl opening the gate for us to go through. He glances over to me "let's not say anything to anybody" I say, hoping he doesn't ask why or get offended.
"wasn't gonna, none their business anyway" he smirks back, agreeing with me. I squeeze his hand just a little and release it as we pull through the gate. I hop out of the car and Daryl pulls it up further to park it with the others.
Rick gets the other gate as the 3 of us walk up to where he is parking the car "we got some supplies for the group and stuff for Judith as well!" I explain to Rick.
"That's Great. Thank you Sadie. How was shooting practice?" He asks me curiously.
"I actually got my own squirrel" I beam proudly. "I think I'll be able to help out around the fences pretty soon" I assure our leader.
He smiles back to me "that's great, I was wonderin' when we'd all start to rub off on you" he nudges my arm "Dixon can take it easy now keepin' an eye on you" he mentions before walking off to meet up with him.
I look down to Carl "what's that suppose to mean?" I ask him, hoping he'd know something.
He shrugs "Dad asked Daryl to keep an eye on you at the farm. He was worried" he says before walking away, leaving me confused with more questions.
I follow him and meet up with the 3 men at the car, taking supplies out "Sadie-Mae, don't forget ya bow" Daryl calls out to me walking towards the jail entrance. I want to ask him about what Rick said, but I can't in front of the others, not without letting my emotions get in the way.
"Thanks" I call back to him, going to the back seat and getting the bow Daryl gave me out of the back seat. I walk inside behind the others and make my way to my cell to put it away. Daryl stayed behind to talk with Rick and I go off to find Judith "we got some toys," I coo towards the baby walking into a cell where she is being cradled by Beth "and some food, clothes, bedding" I smile toward her as Beth hands her over to me.
"That's great, shivs and handcuffs aren't something babies should be playing with" she smirks as I do.
"I feel like I was gone a week, she seems so much bigger than just one day ago." I explain while holding her.
Beth laughs "maybe you have baby fever, want her to stay young forever."
"As if" I chuckle back and we both laugh together.
"Will you watch her and put her down for a nap for me? She coughed up all over this shirt, I want to clean it before it stains" she shows me where Judith burped on her and I nod. She thanks me and leaves the cell.
"Rick wants to have a meeting." Carol pops her head into where I am napping along with Judith. I sit up and nod with a yawn and she enters to grab the sleeping baby. I walk out with her, shoes still on and meet up with everyone in the courtyard.
Rick stands in front of us, his head down. He starts slowly "when I met with the Governor, he offered me a deal." He plays with something between his thumb and pointer finger, spinning it around "he said- he said he would leave us alone if I gave him Michonne." And I was gonna do that... to keep us safe." His eyes surrounded by circles show the obvious weight on his shoulders. "I changed my mind. But now Merle took Michonne to fulfill the deal and Daryl went to stop him and I don't know if it's too late." My heart sinks at his words, Daryl went to stop him. What if something happens to him, what if he doesn't come back again. I look down at my feet, trying to hide my emotions from people seeing. Rick continues "I was wrong not to tell you. And I'm sorry." His voice changes "what I said last year, that first night after the farm, it can't be like that. It can't. What we do, what we're willing to do, who we are, it's not my call. It can't be. I couldn't sacrifice one of us for the greater good because we are the greater good. We're the reason we're still here, not me. This is life and death. How you live, how you die- it isn't up to me. I'm not your Governor. We choose to go." I look up to him "we choose to stay." I look around, at the people I call my family. "We stick together. We vote." I look back to him "we can stay and we can fight or we can go." he finishes, walking out of the courtyard leaving us all to our thoughts.