They were given two houses side by side, but they chose to stay together at night for now. It felt safer. Aaron told them to enjoy hot showers and to go explore Alexandria. Daryl and Beth sat on the front porch. Beth was on the floor leaning against the railing where Daryl was sitting restringing his crossbow. One by one the group came out of one house or the other freshly showered. They were using both to shower. Rick came out last. He had a clean shaven face.
Beth smiled. "Wow! You clean up nice sheriff!" she teased. He smiled at her.
"Get that guy to do the same." Rick said nodding his head at Daryl. She watched him walk off down the street.
"I think I'll take a shower too." she stood up and looked at Daryl.
"Mmmhmm." he mumbled totally engrossed in what he was doing.
She walked over to the door and stopped. He looked up at her when he didn't hear the door open. She was just standing there looking indecisive and unsure of what to do next.
"Ain't you going?" he asked. He looked at her, blue eyes under a fringe of dirty hair.
"Yeah, but Daryl we are alone. Everyone left." she wasn't quite sure how to go about flirting with Daryl Dixon. She tried a knowing smile, but her face felt stiff and he was just sitting there staring at her. Daryl knew exactly what she was doing. He just didn't have any idea what to do with it. Their flirting was awkward. Neither of them had much experience with it. Her because she was young and him because in the world before he hadn't been in those types of relationships.
She sighed. "Do you want to take a shower with me? You know, together?"
He dropped the spool of string he was holding and it rolled over and hit her foot. He jumped up to grab it and she bent over at the same time to pick it up. Their hands touched and they both stood up quickly. Daryl saw the blush on her face and felt heat on his own.
"Come on. Let's go in." he said quietly reaching for the doorknob.
The house was huge and empty. The furniture and decorations seemed completely out of place. Fake flowers in a vase, art work on the walls. And it was clean. Beth felt like she should take off her shoes before walking on the carpets. They wandered through the kitchen with it's marble counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Daryl reached for Beth's hand and they went upstairs. Rick's stuff was on the floor of the first bedroom they looked in. The next room had a twin bed and was obviously a child's room. The third room had a double bed and a door leading to a bathroom. No one's stuff was on the bed or floor so Daryl led Beth into it. He laid his crossbow on the bed and took of his vest and tossed it on top. He went over and closed the bedroom door. Beth had already gone into the bathroom. He heard the shower. He wasn't sure what to do next. Undress in the bedroom or the bathroom? He pulled his shirt over his head and kicked off his boots. He leaned down and pulled off his socks. When he stood up Beth was in the doorway wrapped in just a towel.
"Are you coming?" she smiled shyly.
"If you drop that towel." he replied meeting her eyes. There he'd given it his best shot. It still felt awkward. But it must have been right because the towel was on the floor at Beth's feet. He walked over to her and reached behind her head and loosened her ponytail so her hair fell down in waves over her shoulders. Cupping her face in his hands he leaned down and kissed her. Beth was dizzy. Every time Daryl kissed her the world seemed to spin. She reached for the belt loops on his pants to steady herself and her fingers brushed the button on his fly.
"Take them off." he whispered in her ear. And then he was kissing her neck and shoulder and she couldn't think straight. She tugged at the button and zipper on his pants and pushed them down over his hips. He used his legs to get them the rest of the way off while he continued to drive her crazy nipping at her neck. They made their way into the bathroom and Daryl kicked the door shut. Steam from the hot shower filled the room. Beth reached for the handle on the glass door and stepped under the spray of hot water. She closed her eyes and tilted her head back. Daryl joined her and reached for a bar of soap. For a minute they forgot all about what they had been doing to each other and just took advantage of the hot water.
"Shampoo!" Beth screeched and she grabbed the bottle. It smelled like lavender and Daryl didn't even complain when she reached over and massaged a handful into his hair. Her touch felt good. Not to mention the fact that she was pressed up against his back completely naked and wet. He turned to face her and rinse the shampoo from his hair. When he opened his eyes she was looking at him. A part of him actually. Daryl felt self conscious for a second until she knelt down in front of him. He backed up against the tile wall. If he didn't lean against something he was going to fall over. He was so turned on looking down at her big blue eyes staring up at him.
"Beth…" he breathed. She took his hardness in her hand and he shivered.
"Okay?" she questioned. He nodded unsure if her asking permission or what she was going to do was better. He got his answer when her hot mouth was where her hand use to be.
"Damn girl!" he groaned and he had to control the urge to thrust his hips forward. He didn't want to hurt her. Although she was doing everything right he had a feeling her experience with this particular activity was limited.
Beth had done this twice in her life before Daryl. Two boys, two awkward, rushed blow jobs. The parts were the same, but this time was different. She wanted to do it and she wanted him to like it. Daryl's reaction let her know that she was doing good so far. He was hard and soft at the same time.
As good as it felt he had to stop her because he didn't want to finish yet. He reached down and eased her up against his chest. He kissed her softly.
"You ain't done that much have you?" he breathed into her mouth.
"No.. Was it wrong?" she pulled away from him and searched his face.
"Oh god no! It was good.. Too good! But I don't want to finish in your mouth. I want to be inside you Beth." he said. That made her knees weak. He found the bar of soap and lathered up her body paying special attention to her breasts. He turned her so her back was against the wall. He slid his hands down her slippery body until he was on his knees with one of her legs draped over his shoulder.
"But first I want to show you how good you made me feel." She could only nod. She didn't know how it was possible to feel his breath in this steamy shower, but she could. He kissed the inside of her thigh and licked his way between her legs. She'd never had this done to her before. When his tongue lightly flicked her clit she shuddered and put her hands on his head to steady herself. He swirled his tongue inside of her once and then stood up and wrapped her leg around his waist. She kissed him and she tasted herself on him.
"Look at me." he said huskily. Her pupils were huge. Not taking his eyes from hers, he guided himself and pushed inside her. He watched her bite down on her bottom lip as he pulled out slowly and then thrust back in with a little more force.
"Harder Daryl, do it harder." she whispered.
He wasn't gonna last long. Not when she talked like that. He held her hip and thrust into her harder like she wanted. Her head fell forward onto his shoulder.
"Yes.. Like that.." she breathed.
"Look at me. I want to watch your face when I make you come." he said pushing her against the tile with his body.
"You mean when I make you come?" she licked her lips and that did it for him. He braced himself with one hand against the wall as his orgasm hit him. She followed seconds later watching his face and loving that she made this happen.
They stood in the lukewarm shower and tried to catch their breath. When Daryl felt Beth shivering against him he reached up and turned off the water. They stepped out of the shower and wrapped up in towels.
They had to put their own clothes back on because there wasn't anything in the closets that was going to fit either of them. They went back outside and walked the wall because Daryl wanted to see how strong it seemed. Beth looked at the houses and the few Alexandrians they saw and felt completely out of place. It just didn't seem normal here. She wondered if this could ever feel normal. She caught up with Daryl and reached for his hand lacing her fingers through his.
"Let's go back and see what everyone thinks. This place makes me feel lonely." she said.
Daryl glanced over at her. He felt something too. He wasn't sure it was loneliness, but it was definitely an empty feeling like loneliness.
"Okay." he said. He noticed people watching them as they walked and this made him uncomfortable. He moved closer to Beth and he saw that she was watching the strangers too.
The sun was setting and there were candles in some of the windows. The house where they had all decided to stay together tonight was lit up with candles too and both Beth and Daryl were eager to be inside it's walls with their people, away from the curious stares of their new neighbors.
