"Daryl!" Abby whispers in a panic while nudging his shoulder. Abby learned quickly that Daryl was a heavy sleeper after getting off work and it was sometimes almost impossible to wake him up. "Daryl Dixon! Wake up!" she whispers while shaking him back and forth.

"Wha?" He says opening one eye.

"Daryl! My parents are pulling up! You need to leave before they see you in my bed!" she says while getting up and throwing him his jacket and opening her window.

"damn it...I feel like a horny teenager with all this sneaking around.." He grunts while climbing out of the window and walking away.

"psstt!"

Groaning he turns back towards her window and raises an eyebrow. "What?"

"You didn't kiss me good-bye..."She whispers while her face flushes red. Smirking he walks back and leans into the window and places his lips to her's for a second then walks off back to his trailer. Sighing she shuts her window and pulls back the curtain and lays back down on her bed with a dreamy smile on her face.

Things with Daryl were great but at times he treated her more like a child then a girlfriend...She absolutely adored him but it seemed like their relationship was still the same. The only thing that has really changed between them is that he would come to her house when her parent's were gone and they would lay in her bed until he fell asleep. They wouldn't hold hands or even touch while they laid there. He always stayed at least an inch away from her at all times and he would barely kiss her and they hadn't gone any further since that night at the bar. Abby wasn't complaining, she was happy just knowing that Daryl wanted to be with her and that's all that truly mattered to her.

She was also happy to be back to normal. Her bleach hair and revealing clothes were no more. Her hair was now a soft brown and Daryl made sure to toss her outfit in the trash first chance he got. He made it quite clear that she was not to do that again.

Merle still didn't know about their relationship and Daryl was freakin' out. He had to tell him because of how close he was to Abby and he knew Merle wouldn't let it go. He decided to tell him as soon as he got back from his job as a mechanic. The longer he waited the more nervous he became inside and by the time her heard his older brother's bike he was close to having a panic attack.

"What's up lil'bro." Merle said while walking into the house.

"Uh..Merle I gotta talk to ya man..."

"Whats got ya panties all in a twist?" He said snickering as Daryl shifted back and forth on the balls of his feet.

"I'm uh..Damn it...man I'm kinda seein' Abby." Daryl replied while waiting for his brother's reaction.

"No...lil'bro tell me ya didn't..." He said frowning

"It's not like I planned it...It just happened.."

"Tha fuck ya mean it 'just happened'?!" Merle shouted. "What did ya do to her?!"

"No man!...nothin' like that! She showed up at the bar the other night and was grinding on sum guy and I flipped out and pulled her outside and I kinda...kissed her." He said. "Merle, I kinda like Abby and we are seein' eachother now..."

"Listen here lil'brother, If you hurt that girl it'll be me and my size twelve boot that you'll answer to. I won't hesitate to stomp yer ass if your just messin' with that girl."

Daryl was fuming on the inside "Why tha hell you so protective of her anyway?! Huh?!"

Sighing Merle shook his head. His brother needs to know but it wasn't his place to say. First chance he got he would talk to Abby and get her to tell him. "Daryl don't you go an get an attitude with me ya hear?"

"Whatever. I'm goin' to sleep." He said as he went to his room.

The next few days Abby wasn't able to spend much time with Daryl as her mother had taken a few days off since Abby was feeling sicker. She enjoyed the time with her mother but missed Daryl.

"Abby? Are you all right dear?" her mother asked.

"Oh! I'm fine mom, just a little bored. It's been a while since we've been able to spend time together and I want to do something other then sit around all day." She said.

Sighing her mother shook her head. "Abigail...I understand that you want to go out and have fun but it isn't good for you to over exert yourself. You have just a two more treatments until we find out if the chemo is working or if we need to get you a bone marrow transplant."

"Over exert myself? How can I do that when all I do is sit here in this house by myself and do nothing?!" She argued.

"Abigail. I'm not fighting you on this. We are done discussing this." she scolded. "Why don't you go read a book and rest."

"Whatever..." she mumbled while walking from the living room to her bedroom. 'why is it that even when one of them are home they still ignore me?' she asked herself.

Picking out a book she laid down on the bed and opened it to the first page and began to read. She had been reading for no more then ten minutes when her mom called out to her from the hallway.

"Abby darling!" her mother shouted

"Yes?" she asked sitting up on her elbows.

"I'm going out for a few hours. I'll call you later to check up on you. Bye!" Her mother shouted as the door slammed shut.

'Great...All alone again...' she thought.

Picking up her phone she sent a quick text message to Daryl to see what he was doing and only had to wait for a minute for a reply.

'Nothin' was his short answer.

Laughing Abby sent him another message. 'Wanna hang out?'

Snorting at the 'I guess' he sent she shook her head and rolled her eyes.

Surprisingly when Daryl finally showed up he brought a few movies for them to watch and brought along a case of beer. Sometimes it really shocked her on how adult like he was. He was the very definition of a man. He drank beer, drove a truck, had a job, his own place and even smoke cigarettes while the only adult thing she had ever done was kiss. For most of the movie Abby would sneak glances at Daryl and she felt as though she wasn't good enough for him.

Daryl on the other hand was growing annoyed at the not so discreet looks. "What is it?" he sighed while throwing his arm across the back of the couch lazily.

"What do you mean?" She asked confused.

"You've been givin' me these looks since I got here. What gives?"

"It's just...never mind...it's childish.." She whispered.

"Hey now.. none of that ya hear me?" He said lifting her chin up. "Tell me what's botherin' ya."

Looking into his deep baby blues she couldn't refuse. "It's just that we really don't know each other very well and the more I think about it the more it doesn't make sense that your with me and I guess I'm afraid that your just going to get tired of me..."

"Is that all?" he smirked. "Abby you need to stop worrying about things like that."

Frowning she gave him stern look. "What's that suppose to mean Daryl?"

"It means that if I didn't like ya I wouldn't be here."

"But what if you decide that I'm not good enough and you rather have a big breasted women as your girlfriend instead of me?" she asked.

Shaking his head he looked back at her with a serious scowl. "Girl...Listen here cause I'm only gonna say this once...I never had a girl worth keeping and I ain't ever had a girlfriend."

"You never had a girlfriend?" Abby asked shocked.

"Nope. Never." He replied.

"Why? It seems like your pretty popular with women."

"Those girls are not the relationship type. They were just a quick fuck." He said.

"Eh!" she squeaked embarrassed by his vulgar word. "Daryl!"

He couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction. She was so sweet and innocent. She wore her emotions on her sleeve. It made him want to tease her just so he could see her face flush red.

Smirking he leaned over where he was just a few inches from her face "What? Ya getting all embarrassed at the word, Fuck?"

"I...It...It's just so.." She stuttered. She could feel his breath brushing her face and her pulse quickened. He was so close that if she leaned in their lips would touch. She wanted him to kiss her again but didn't know what to do. Should she just lean in or wait to see if he will kiss her on his own? He hadn't tried anything since their kiss at the bar and maybe he was waiting for her to make the first move this time?