A/N: Hello there my pretties how are you?
So yet again this is the edited/fixed version of chapter 4, fixing all the stuff is doing my head in but I know it has to be done. Plus it gives me something to do on the bus to school :P
Haha so any who, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and it would make my day if you left a review so go crazy :D x
Chapter 4: Distractions
Carols POV
Carol couldn't contol herself anymore, she stepped over to a nevous Daryl who was biting his thumb. She pulled his hand away, tilted his head slightly so he was looking at her, and without hesitation kissed him.
Carol completely ignored the fact that she had most likely ruined their friendship. Just hearing him say how she meant too much to him. Those words flipped a switch in her mind and in that moment she couldn't care less about the consequences of her actions. In that moment of madness she had a deep desire to kiss him and nothing else would do.
Carol felt him tense and knew instantly that he didn't feel the same way about her. The reality suddenly hitting her like a tonne of bricks. Oh god, she just broke her one true friendship. No she didn't break it, she obliterated it by doing the one thing she knew Daryl hated. Physical contact. Not to mention she did the most invading one, she kissed him. Was still kissing him.
At that thought she began to pull away but gasped when she felt Daryl wrap his arm around her waist and pull her closer to him. Then to her delight he boldly ran his tongue along her bottom lip, begging her for an entrance, which she gladly gave him. Their tongues instantly fighting for dominance. Carol moaned in pleasure and wrapped her arms around Daryls neck, pulling him even closer. If that was physically possible.
When the pair begrudgingly pulled away from each other they were both out of breath and panting heavily. Carol smiled and rested her head against his chest.
"Huh, glad ya feel tha same way then"
Daryl sounded very breathless and she smiled at the fact that she had made him so.
"Right back at you hunter"
She paused slightly still trying to catch her breath before continuing, her voice wavering as she spoke next, fear building in her chest at the possible responses.
"So what happens now?"
Daryls POV
"So what happens now?"
Carols words raced around in his head. What did happen next? He thought sharply to himself. Lord knows he wanted to keep seeing her, if you could call it that, but he knew he didn't want the whole group to know.
"Can we uh just keep it between us, just for now. I'm not ready for the rest of tha group to know. That's if you wanna have an us."
Daryl stammered the last of his sentence, filled with a fear that she had only kissed him in the heat of the moment, and it not meaning anything to her. In an attempt to lighten the mood he continued.
"S'pecially Glenn. Lil bitch would never shut his mouth 'bout it, and he's bad enough as it is."
He looked down to see how she'd react, and when she started to laugh he took it as a good thing, but of course there was a little nagging voice in the back of the head telling him she's laughing at him not with him. But then she smiled sweetly up at him, stood on her tip toes and placed a chastised kiss on his lips. With that, all his worried were gone.
"Of course I want an us Daryl."
Carol giggled lightly. It sounded as sweet as honey to his ears. When she stopped giggling she continued on with her response, still smiling at him.
"And I'm happy enough with not telling anyone, I don't really mind. So long as I'm with you."
Not needing anymore of a response Daryl passionatly kissed her again and then, when they were both breathless from the kiss, rested his forhead against hers.
"I can do that."
He smiled at her slightly before stepping away to lean against the counter.
"I should probably go huntin' now, I'm already late for goin' out."
He sighed in disappointment, not wanting to leave anytime soon. In an attempt to keep the mood up he threw in a joke, just for good measure.
"And you distractin' ma didn't exactly help either."
He winked at her and she just fake pouted, clearly not happy at his departure either. He just chuckled lightly.
"I'll be back before dark."
Daryl stepped back in front of her and kissed her forehead sweetly. Carol just smiled and him and said what she always did before he went out on a hunt or run, as though nothing had changed.
"Stay safe."
With that he kissed her forehead again and walked to his cell, grabbed his crossbow and walked straight out through the prison gates towards the forest. The one place in this world that hadn't changed at all.
Carols POV
Carol was always worried when Daryl left to go on a run or to go hunting, and today was no different. She was worried as hell about him, but she had an odd feeling of peace inside of her. It peeved her slightly, but she understood why it was there. She knew it was because all the other times he went out Carol would be afraid Daryl wouldn't come back and how he would never know how she felt about him. However now that she had expressed a minor fraction of her deep feelings for him (by kissing Daryl) it felt like part of a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
In a desperate attempt to distract herself, Carol began to make breakfast for the rest of the prison group and the members of Woodberry. Slowly but surely everyone started to file into the kitchen, and one by one Carol filled up their bowls and handed it to them. Each of them said their thanks or gave her a slight nod in appreciation.
Now that everyone had eaten, Carol wiped her hands on a towel, as she did she took a scan of the area until her eyes landed on Rick, who was sitting at a table in the corner by himself. Carol began walking over to the table where Rick was sitting eating his breakfast, she sat down in the chair beside him and spoke.
"Hey Rick"
Rick looked up at her and smiled
"Morning Carol, have you seen Daryl this morning?"
Carol could feel heat start to creep onto her cheeks but she contolled herself enough so she hoped it wasn't noticeable.
"Uh yeah I seen him"
Carol very noticeably stuttered but if Rick noticed he didn't act like it. She mentally slapped herself and continued.
"He came down early to get breakfast before going hunting. Said he'd be back before dark."
Carol smiled at Rick before looking back down at her hands which had suddenly become very interesting.
"I'll go check on Judith. Give her a bottle. See you later Rick."
"Thanks Carol"
Carol smiled warmly at him one more time before walking over to the kitchen, grabbing one of Judith's bottles and making it up with the correct amount of formula and bottled water. Once that was done she started over towards Ricks cell which he shared with Carl and baby Judith. She looked into the make shift cot and cooed.
"Why hello there beautiful, did you have a nice long sleep? Yeah? Thats good, now come on to I give you some food."
Carol continued to coo nonsense to the little girl the whole time as she hungrily drank the bottle in record time.
"Now then why don't we go see who we can go talk too."
Judith giggled a very bubbly response and so Carol took that as a yes and began to walk down the stairs to where everyone else was, a wriggling Judith in hand.
Daryls POV
Daryl had managed to only shoot a few squirrels and a rabbit, he was about to call it a day when he saw fresh tracks on the ground, he prayed to God (if there even was a God) that it was a buck. One buck could feed the whole group for a couple of weeks so he easily decided to try catch it before dark.
Thump.
"Hell yeah."
Daryl quietly said to himself. He had managed to track and kill the buck in less than what he presumed to be two hours. He had also managed to get a few more squirrels along the way. Daryl was quite proud of himself for ending up with such a big catch.
He quickly walked over to the buck, not wanting to have a repeat of what happened at the quarry. He grabbed its two back legs and began his long treck back to the prison.
Daryl could see the prison walls, and was never so grateful for the sight either. His muscles were screaming out in pain having heaved the buck such a long distance. He waved his arms to Glenn who was on watch, signalling for him to open the gates. Daryl continued to pull at the buck until he was right at the gate, which was then pulled open by Carl. Daryl slipped in, and as soon as he was the gate was closed quickly by Carl again. Michonne had come over to help him carry the buck the rest of the way, he had never been so grateful to see that woman in all his life. Just as they had reached the back of the prison where Daryl liked to skin the animals Rick came out.
"Holy shit Daryl! That thing's massive."
Rick gaped at him as though he had never seen such a thing in his life, Daryl chuckled lightly.
"Ain't that big, actually quite small for a buck if ya ask me."
Rick just shook his head, knowning the Dixon wouldn't accept a compliment. So instead he slapped him on the back, and walked away. Daryl turned back around to look at the buck and instead found himself staring at Michonne. He had forgotten the woman was there.
"Um ya can go now, I'll skin 'em"
Michonne just nodded and walked back inside. She didn't speak much, one thing he liked about her. Daryl sat down on the ground and began to skin the smaller animals first, he had just finished the first squirrel when he heard someone sit down beside him, he glanced over and saw it was Carol. He smiled a small smile at her before going back to skinning the next squirrel. Without asking Carol picked up a rabbit and began to repeat what he was doing to the squirrel, she wasn't as fast as him but it still helped to speed up the process. Plus, he liked her company.
"I'm glad you made it back safe."
Carol smiled over at him, he stopped skinning and looked at her,
"Course I made it back safe, I got you ta come back ta."
He saw her cheeks blush slightly and he lightly chuckled. Daryl wiped his hands on his trousers to rid them of most of the blood before reaching across. He gently turned her head so she was looking at him. He leaned across and placed a small kiss on her lips before leaning back and proceeding to skin the animals he had caught, side by side, with the one person that mattered in his life, Carol.
A/N: Well I hope you guys enjoyed that :) this chapter didn't change overly much, more so the first part of the chapter, the end bit of Daryl's I didn't know how to change because the next chapter resolves around it but anyways :3
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