One Shot #7

Get What You Need

Daryl stumbled up the porch steps and stopped when he saw that Beth sitting in one of the rocking chairs, staring off towards the graves where they had buried her mom, brother and Sophia.

"I'm heading out on a run, you need anything?" Daryl asked recovering and shuffling from foot to foot. He just couldn't stay put and do nothing. Everyone was torn apart. Rick and Glenn had left to get Hershel, Maggie had tried patching Beth up, thankfully she hadn't hurt herself too bad. He had refused to help pull Maggie off Andrea too, poor kid was distraught and you hand her a knife and ask her if she chose life? You don't need to be a genius to know not to do that. Daryl had bandaged her up and used super glue to close the wound, yeah it was gonna scar, but she'd be fine.

"I don't need anything you're gonna find in town. Thank you though." Beth said staring straight ahead. "Thank you for making the crosses too." She added, her voice catching. Daryl nodded and walked into the house for the list everyone had made.

"You think of anything I'll try to find it. No promises, but I'll keep my eye open." Beth nodded and pulled her knees to her chest and stared out into her yard. Daryl thought about patting her on the shoulder on his way back down the steps but changed his mind and kept walking. Beth shifted her gaze and watched while he drove off with T-Dogg. Lori came out and sat with her on the porch and scanned the yard.

"Have you seen Carl?" She asked shielding her eyes as she scanned the yard.

"I think he's checking out the barn now that it's empty." Beth said tearing up. She quickly wiped at her eyes. "I'm fine, you can go look for him." Lori patted her on the head like a child and left to go find her son. Andrea walked by and gave a smug look in Beth's direction. She still thought that she was right; that Beth had chose to live. She didn't understand that Beth had cut herself to feel something other than sadness. The pain had been a welcome distraction, but the pain that she had caused Maggie hadn't been worth it. She needed something else to take her mind off things, something else to distract her.

Daryl got back from the run as fast as he could and put away the supplies he and T-Dogg had managed to find. He was a bit worried, Beth wasn't on the porch anymore, and when he had gone inside to drop off a few things for the kitchen she hadn't been inside either. He didn't want to worry anyone or draw attention to her. She was going through enough. He figured she was around somewhere, thinking things over. He still worried though. He sat on a stump by his tent and started skinning a few rabbits he had caught in his snares. He cursed under his breath when Lori made her way towards him.

"I need you to go find Rick. He's been gone too long." Lori said. "Please I'm worried."

"I ain't your errand boy. Shane's got a car, he can't handle it? Or are you worried about sending Shane and one of them not coming back?" Daryl asked as he started to build a fire and set the meat to roast. "Go yourself." Lori walked off in a huff and Daryl watched while Lori made her way over to the cars and grabbed the map they had used to mark where they had looked for Sophia, and take off in one of the cars. Daryl shook his head and turned the meat. Sounds of movement in his tent caught his attention, it was zipped shut, so he was pretty sure it wasn't a walker making the noise. "Boy if you are going through my things again I am going to tan your ass!" He grumbled making his way to the tent, expecting to find Carl looting for another gun. He stopped halfway through his door when he found Beth perched on his bed, in what he guessed to be her "best and prettiest" underwear.

"Hi." She said softly, fidgeting and re crossing her legs. "I thought about something I need." She said quietly.

"Clothes?" Daryl said sarcastically looking around for hers. He saw them folded neatly in the corner and looked back to her, keeping his eyes on her face. "Come on kid, get 'em back on."

"I'm not a kid." Beth said reaching under his pillow and pulling out condoms. "I turned 19 in June."

"And I'm 34." Daryl said tossing a stray shirt he had lying around at her. When Beth broke eye contact and pulled it on he regretted handing her one of his shirts. He loved the way she looked in it. "You don't seem like the kind'o girl to just jump in bed with someone."

"I'm not just jumping in bed with someone. I like you." Beth said watching as he zipped the tent shut. "You like me don't you?" Beth asked watching while Daryl sat on the cooler across from her.

"Doesn't matter if I like you or not." Daryl said stubbornly as he reached for her clothes. "You want to talk, I'll listen, you need something, I'll get it."

"It matters to me." Beth said softly reaching for her jean shorts as Daryl handed them over.

"What about Jimmy?" Daryl asked watching while Beth set her clothes beside her on the bed.

"What about him? Don't tell me you actually think that just cause he's lived down the road from me my whole life I have to end up with him too." Beth said looking at him. Daryl shrugged his shoulders. Of course he agreed with her, he just wanted her to get dressed before someone caught her with him in his tent. He'd already have to make her wait till dark to sneak back to the house.

"I'm going to check my rabbits. Get dressed. You can eat with me tonight." Daryl said unzipping the door and stepping out. "I got some chips we can eat with it." Beth reached over the head of the bead and held up a ziplock with carrot sticks and cucumber slices. "Yeah we'll have that too. " Daryl said handing her a plastic plate and taking the other with him for the meat. Carol came by and Daryl loudly talked to her, hoping Beth would catch the hint and keep quiet. "Yeah don't worry I got enough for y'all." Daryl grumbled handing over most of the meat. Beth didn't eat much anyway, or at least he hoped that she didn't. "I'm not eating with you, just let me be. Wanna be alone." Carol made her way back to the house and Daryl went back to tending to his fire, making sure it was out.

"Dixon you seen Lori?" Shane asked walking up and trying to intimidate him. Daryl stood up and stared him back a few feet.

"She went looking for Rick." He said keeping his gaze on Shane, judging for a reaction. Shane looked jealous and possessive. Daryl let out a snort. "Go run along and chase your best friends wife." Shane clenched his fists but walked off and slammed his way into their SUV and took off.

"You think she's all right?" Beth asked quietly once he opened the tent flap again. Daryl nodded his head and held his tongue. Damn girl was stubborn as fuck. She hadn't bothered to get dressed. Daryl looked over the plate she had set up and had to smile. Instead of just dumping the food on it she had carefully arranged the cucumber slices in a circle around the edge of the plate, them laid the carrots out in a circle on top of the cucumbers and had dumped the chips in the center of the veggies. He looked at the plate he held, the meat dumped on in a messy pile and set it on the cooler she had set up as a table.

"I'm going to want that shirt back." Daryl said sitting beside her and grabbing a piece of the meat and shoving it in his mouth. He focused on eating and grunted a thanks when Beth dropped the shirt in his lap. He held out the plate of meat and almost dropped it when he noticed that Beth hadn't bothered to put on her clothes, and while he was roasting the meat she must have taking off her underwear. Beth ignored his stumble and took the plate and placed it back on the table after picking up a small piece of rabbit.

"It's really good." She said casually, like she was eating at the table, not sitting bare assed on his bed, perky tits staring right at him. Daryl turned his head forward and continued to eat, blushing to the tips of his ears.

"You trying to get caught?" Daryl asked once the food, still mostly eaten by him as gone. Beth shrugged beside him.

"You said you'd do your best to get me what I need." Beth said blushing herself at her words. Daryl shifted uncomfortably once she laid back on his cot and pulled her knees back so could still sit at the end of it comfortably. Daryl chewed on his lower lip and almost cursed when he looked over at her. God she was beautiful and she smelled like girls were supposed to smell like, clean and fresh. He was definitely glad they had stumbled on the farm. It was bad enough smelling the stinky men in the apocalypse, at least now the girls smelled like girls. Her legs were smooth and hair free and when he reached out to trail his finger over her shin they felt like silk, or what he figured silk felt like.

"You don't know what you need." Daryl said softly averting his eyes. "Heavy shit just happened. Don't be making any choices you might not have made had they not." Daryl said giving her calf a comforting squeeze.

"I thought about it the second I saw you." Beth said softly, not moving from the cot. Daryl felt her leg shift and he knew she was spreading them open. He tightened the grip he had against her thigh, warning her to stop. "I did!" Beth protested moving her other leg open. Daryl peered over at her and tried his best to keep a poker face but even in the darkness of his tent he could see just how pink and inviting her pussy looked. "I was so embarrassed, I was wearing a t-shirt with a care bear on it and my hair was a mess."

"It's an apocalypse. Nobody noticed your hair." Daryl said turning towards her and pushing her knees apart to get a better look. Beth scooted down the cot closer to him and smiled at him. Daryl trailed his hands up and down her legs and stared into her eyes. "I did notice the Grumpy Bear shirt. He was my favorite." Daryl said trailing his fingers over her outer lips softly. Beth arched her hips into his touch and Daryl pressed his free hand down on her stomach to hold her still. Suddenly his hand shot up and he covered her mouth.

"Daryl?" Maggie's voice traveled through his tent. "You seen Beth?"

"Saw her earlier. I'm not dressed. Check the creek." Daryl said lifting his hand but holding a finger to Beth's lips while Maggie walked away.

"Don't stop." Beth said as soon as he moved his finger away from her mouth.

"You need to head back. They're worried about you." Daryl said trailing his hand over her breasts softly.

"Be quick then." Beth said stubbornly spreading her legs even more, till they were hanging off both sides of his cot. She was starting to get wet, Daryl could smell her in the air. "Take off your clothes!"

"No, you never know when you have to run. I won't be running naked through your yard if there's trouble." Daryl said laying out between her legs and lowering his mouth and kissing her thighs softly. "You get loud and I stop." Daryl said lowering his mouth again licking at her center. Beth's fists twisted into his sleeping bag and she whimpered softly, biting her lip to hold back her moans. Daryl kissed up her body to her mouth and settled on top of her, pressing her into his cot. He grabbed the condom from beside her head and sat back on his knees and unfastened his pants with one hand while he looked down at Beth. "We still aren't past the part of no return. You ever want me to stop just say stop alright?" Beth nodded and kept her eyes on Daryl's hands. He reached forward and pulled one of her hands down and placed it on her center. "Touch yourself while I get the rubber on." Daryl said freeing himself and giving himself a few firm strokes while he watched Beth lightly trace over her lips and around her clit. He ripped the condom open and rolled it on and reached for her hand again, placing it on his condom covered dick. "Get me wet." He said showing her how to stroke him.

"I want you inside me." Beth said sweetly as she moved her hand up and down.

"Anyone been inside you before? Not just their fingers?" Daryl asked. Beth nodded and smiled as Daryl laid back on top of her, sliding into her tightness. "You sure?" Daryl asked fighting back a smile at how tight and warm she was.

"One of Shawn's friends." Beth said lifting her hips so he could slide further into her. Daryl kissed her and started pumping in and out of her steadily. "Oh Daryl!" she whispered into his neck.

"Quiet down or I'll gag you." Daryl said slowing down so he could reach down and press her legs back and pump harder into her. Beth whimpered and moaned and Daryl pulled out and roughly flipped her over and pushed the pillow under her chest. "Bite down on that." Daryl said sliding back into her. Beth buried her face in the pillow and smiled when Daryl leaned down over her and held her hand as he moved.

"Daryl I'm coming." Beth said turning her head suddenly and whimpering. Daryl leaned down and kissed her. "More." Beth said when he kissed her nose and started to move again. She turned her face back into the pillows and started moving back to meet his thrusts. Daryl groaned as he snapped his hips forward filling the condom. Beth smiled as he leaned down and kissed up and down her back.

"Get your clothes back on. You're going to get a chill." Daryl said tying the condom off and redoing his pants and belt after tossing the condom into a small pile of trash he'd burn later. A horrible scream filled the air just as Beth pulled on her jeans. She froze and turned her eyes to Daryl. He quickly pulled her sweater over her head and pointed to her boots. "You stay with me." Daryl said helping her with her balance while she slipped her feet into the boots. He unzipped his door and carefully looked around and found a crowd gathering out in the fields.

"Beth!" Maggie said looking around screaming. Daryl tugged her out and started to jog over.

"I found her she's fine!" He called out hurrying onto the scene. He stopped in his tracks and turned Beth away from the scene in front of them. "Don't look." He said pulling Maggie over to comfort Beth. Rick was trying to get everyone to help lift Dale back to the house, a walker had ripped him open, it looked like he had been gutted.

"He's going to bleed out before we get there." Hershel said sadly. "It's just too much damage." Beth laid her head against Maggie's shoulder. Rick sobbed as he pulled out his gun and tearfully tried to aim it and put his friend out of his misery. Dale mumbled that it was alright. Shane looked away, unable to take the opportunity to be a leader. Daryl stepped forward and took the colt away from Rick.

"It don't got to always be you." Daryl said slapping his shoulder and kneeling beside Dale who looked up at him in pain, whispering that it was ok, and to do it. "I'm sorry brother." Daryl said pulling the trigger. The loud shot rang out and Daryl lifted his had towards the woods and watched while walkers started making their way towards the farm. "Run. Now! Get to the cars, we'll meet at the highway till they pass!" Daryl said grabbing Beth's hand as he took off to towards his bike. He made sure that everyone had made it to the cars as he fired off his hand gun into any walkers that had gotten close before following the car that had Rick, Shane and Carl in it away from the farm. Beth clutched him tightly and trembled as they pulled away from her home. "I'll keep you safe." Daryl said over his shoulder. Beth squeezed him tightly and nodded into his back.