Hey guys! so here is another update. Idk its kind of short, but I wanted to post a little something.

Also, some of Aly's past is revealed and such.

Anyways, I'll leave you guys to read some. Its 2:00 am here and I'm dead beat. Happy reading.


"Hey little man! How's your wound doing" Alyson asked Carl as she approached him and he smiled at her, nodding in acknowledgement "It's better" he told her, still holding his cute boy-ish smile as he answered.

Alyson sat down next to him and smiled back as she rested her hands on her knees. "Well, that's good to hear, because I was planning on inviting you to swim with me back at the pond" she motioned for the pond with her head gently and Carl's smile just grew bigger as he nodded in her direction once more.

"But first I gotta ask your mom ok? I can't promise anything, but I'll try to convince her ok?" she told him as she stood up ready to search for Lori. "Go get whatever you're gonna take in case she says yes" she said as she patted his head gently and went off to search and ask Carl's mom for permission.

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"How'd you get my mom to say yes" Carl asked, getting more excited as they reached the pond, before turning to look at Alyson, who was smiling down at the child.

"Well, I told her that you deserved some fun and that you were going to be with me. I thought she was still going to say no, but she agreed" Alyson replied to him as she shrugged, gently placing their stuff down on the dock as she sat down.

"This is so cool!" Alyson giggled at the excitment in his voice as she took her boots off along with her socks, while Carl did the same.

"Do you have a swimsuit Aly?" he asked her and she just shook her head letting him know she didn't really have anything to swim in. He looked at her disappointed and she quickly shot him a smile.

"I'll still be swimming with you kid. After all I still have my undies which is the same. You ok with that?" He nodded to her quickly and smiled brightly, his disappointment from before vanishing into thin air.

"Well, lets do this!" she grinned and stood up as he took off his small shirt, which she took and folded neatly, while he sat down at the edge of the dock with his feet in the water.

"You're lucky you brought swimming shorts Carl!" she told him as she turned around and slowly took off her purple shirt, folding it carefully, before bending down to place it next to Carl's.

"I didn't know you were giving free strip shows now Alyson" Alyson head quickly shot up to see Daryl heading their way. She smiled and shook her head once he stood in front of her.

"We're going for a swim" she told him as she turned her head back to Carl, who was looking back at them, and looked back at Daryl. "Kid deserves some fun after all that's happened" He nodded at her and turned to Carl.

"Yo kid! You better take care of Aly here! Can I trust you to do that?" he heard Alyson scoff as Carl smiled and nodded back to him.

"That's your job!" she remarked as his eyes turned back to her and leaned in closer to her.

"Well I can't keep an eye on you when you go and disappear all around like nothin's happening Fey!" he told her in a mocking tone and she just rolled her eyes.

"Whatever." she brushed him off as she turned to take off her shorts and fold them like she had done with the other pieces of clothing previously. Daryl immediately took notice of the black hipsters she was wearing and quickly turned to look away.

"You should join us Daryl" Carl said, his eyes squinting as he tried to shield the sun away from his eyes, while staring up at Daryl.

"Yea Dixon. Looks like you could use some fun in your life" His eyes turned back from Carl to Alyson as she removed the hair tie that kept her hair up, making it fall over her shoulders. He had never really seen her with her hair down and he had to admit he liked it, but he would keep that to himself.

"Like hell!" he turned around to leave, but she quickly grabbed his wrist. He flinched away, but turned back to her, taking how she looked in just her underwear and disheveled hair, making him wonder, for a moment, if she looked like that each morning after a heated night.

"You can just stay and keep watch if you like?" she told him. He nodded gently and Alyson's eyes lighted up. She quickly turned around and motioned for Carl to go over to the back of the dock as she positioned herself there, getting ready to run.

Before Daryl knew what was going on, Alyson and Carl had jumped into the water, making it splash and soon he heard the two of them giggling as they had reach back to the surface. He rolled his eyes and sat down, putting his crossbow to his side, while staring at the scene in front of him. Alyson kept splashing water towards Carl while he tried to keep it from his face.

A small smile crept to Daryl's face as he observed Alyson. There she was, playing in the water, without a care in the world. Letting go of the constant routine of having to keep eyes everywhere to not be caught by surprise by a walker or one of their own. Humans had turned into monsters themselves and even resorted to the lowest of measures to survive. He constantly worried about her safety, though it was not like she was weak and defenseless, he knew. He had seen her in action and she could manage her own just fine, but he always felt the need to keep an eye on her and protect her.

Even when sometimes Daryl himself didn't want to admit it, he knew she was someone special. Back at the Quarry, she had been the one person who had approached him, 'trying to make conversation' like she had told him. She putted up with his bipolar moods and always remained unfaced by him, he also couldn't forget about her smartass remarks... she always seems to have one for everything he says.

Daryl had begun to feel attracted to her, because even when they insulted each other, she would never back down and that was something he admire, but in all honesty, he also knew she was one good looking girl and he would check her out once in a while, because he admire her beauty as well. She was strong, brave, had a smart ass mouth and could bring him to the point where he just wanted to tape her mouth shut, but he still respected her, he was always aware that she didn't need him and the reason she decided to approach him was simply because she felt like doing so and nothing else.

Back at the C.D.C, he had learned a few stuff about her while they drinked away the liquor he had found. She told him how her father was a drug-dealer and how her mom would use her body, before becoming preggo with her, to get her father customers. She confessed him that when her mom got knocked up with her, that she wasn't sure who the dad was. Two years after she was born, her grandmother took her in, because things became really nasty back at her folks house. He was surprised he still even remembered that. He had also learned from her that her grandmother died when she was 10 and ever since she was placed in the system, where they would move her around from home to home every 6 months, sometimes she was places in small insitutions and would stay there for a year the longest.

Maybe that was why he was so protective of her. He knew quite well, or atleast understood her better after that. He could relate to her in a way or the other and that was one of the few reasons he was attracted to this girl. They shared pain and had to toughen up at a very early age.

"Hey! snap out of it Dixon" she told him as she splashed to water in his direction and Carl grinned as he got behind her and jumped on her back as payback for before.

"Fey! you get my clothes wet, you will have to do all my fucking laundry! You hear me!" He yelled and she just splashed some more water his was, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Like hell!" she said, mocking him as she and Carl swimmed back to the dock and got out of the water, quickly reaching for their towels to dry themselves off.

"You done playing 'round girl?" Daryl said as he stood, moving towards her and she nodded gently as she reached for her shirt, putting it back on over her wet bra.

"Man! Dixon! are you too much of an over-grown man to have some fun and chill out" she looked at him as she stepped into her shorts, zipping them up and buttoning them, quickly grabbing her socks and boots to put them back on.

Daryl smirked at her. She noticed but decided to brush it off. Standing up once she was done with her shoes, she went to grab her things, but Daryl had beated up to her, handing Alyson her stuff and Carl's his. Alyson thanked Daryl and grabbed Carl's smaller hand walking off with him.

Suddenly a hand reached for her wrist, holding her in place as a body moved closer behind her. "Maybe you can help me have my over-grown man fun later Al" Daryl whispered against her ear, making her cheeks heat up at the insinuation he had just made her.

With that, Daryl released her wrist and moved past her, leave a Carl tugging on Alyson's hand behind, at a safe distance.