The group sat at dinner together, enjoying the food and the boring small talk. That was mostly what their lives had become. Boring. But it was a great break from everything that had happened. As Carl told a story about something that Judith had done earlier that day, Beth let her mind wander. As her mind wandered, as did her hand. She had her hand rested on Daryl's leg under the table. Shyly, she moved her hand higher, causing him to turn towards her swiftly. She smiled bashfully and moved her hand away, but smirked at him.

"What're ya doin'?" he asked, slightly glaring.

"Hmm nothin'," she hummed, eating her food some more, playing innocent.

"Sure don' seem like nothin'," his voice was only loud enough for her to hear.

"Why? Do you want it to be somethin'?"

Beth wasn't sure what had gotten into her, but she kind of liked it. She had taken control and lead Daryl to their bedroom. It had been a few weeks since they began sharing a room and she was ready to finally do it, since he hadn't made the move. She shut and locked the door behind them. Daryl rose an eyebrow, but did not stop. She slowly began undoing the buttons on his shirt. That was what got his attention. His hands rested on hers, rightly stilling her movements.

"What 're ya doin', girl?"

"Daryl, I want to have sex with you," she blurted out, deciding it was high time that she finally do so.

"What?" he asked it like it was the most ridiculous thing that he had ever heard.

"What do you mean what? Is it so crazy that after all this time, I want to have sex with you? I love you and we could all die tomorrow!"

"You think I don' kno' that?"
"I know you know that. That's why I don't know why you didn't want to sooner..."

"Ya kno' how long 's been fer me? Too long. It ain' gonna be great."

"I have a confession to make," she said, biting her lip. "I've never had sex with anybody...so I have a feeling it won't be great anyway."

He tried to think of another reason why they shouldn't. She could get pregnant. "I don' want ya ta―"

"I have condoms," she said. "They're in the bedside drawer and have been...for a while. Maggie asked Glenn to get him when he left a while ago."

"I don' wanna ruin yer first time," he felt so insecure and this was an awkward discussion. Speaking frankly, he hadn't been with terribly too many people and most of the time when he was with someone, he was drunk off his ass and so were they. He hadn't found sex to be something that he needed to live.

"The only think that would ruin it, is if it wasn't with someone who I love. I want it to be with you and only you," she smiled at him and waited for him to say something else. But he never did.

His lips landed on hers once again and they moved over to the bed. She kissed him, trying to forget her worries. She wanted to focus on the excitement and the closeness she felt for Daryl. When else would she be so close with him? She was about to be as close as people could possibly get with him.

XxX

The two cuddled close together. Beth's head on his chest as they lay in the queen sized bed. He kissed the top of her head and she turned to look up at him. He rose an eyebrow as if to ask if she was still okay with everything that had just happened.

"Everything is fine, Daryl," she stated. She was sure that future times would be better. They both weren't used to things with one another and all of the other circumstances. It would be better.

"Does anythin' hurt or?" he didn't know what to ask. He hadn't exactly been in this situation. Nor had he ever loved someone liked he loved her.

"I'm fine," she promised, kissing him gently. "We should get some sleep, we have an early day tomorrow."

"Yer righ'. Good nigh'."

"I love you."

"I love ya," the words were quiet and barely above a whisper, but Daryl said it. He had finally admitted it to her. He was in love with her. Completely and fully in love with her and she deserved to know about it.

AN: I know it's really short, but I wanted to post something for you all. I'm literally about to leave (one of my friends is currently back from college and we seriously need to hang out so I'm about to go hang with her). So, I hope you enjoyed this little bit. I think I'm going to get into season 6 in the next chapter. As always, reviews and ideas are welcomed. I hope all had a happy holiday!

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