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Beth stood up and walked to the front she shook the hand of the teacher then turned to see Daryl and the newly free Merle both shouting up a storm sat next to her extremely embarrassed parents and sister, she took a small bow and walked off the other side of the stage to sit with her peers to wait for everyone to receive their scrolls. Her so called friends from the cheer leading squad rolled their eyes at her as she took her seat and she felt herself flush.

The ceremony finished and she walked towards her friends, who were all laughing and joking, she stood there listening.

"So we expect you won't be coming to the party afterwards then?" Zach elbowed her looking towards her family, and the Dixon's.

"Not sure yet haven't really decided, got to do the who dinner thing with the parents you know" she shrugged.

"Well you can bring dork brother one and two if you wish." he said laughing with all his friends, then she felt hands on both of her shoulders one slightly larger than the other, Merle lent forward and growled.

"Might take you up on that invite little boy" then he bent and placed a kiss smoothly on Beth's cheek and smiled at Zach "Want something you can't have young one?" he asked Zach and Daryl started to laugh.

"He's a pussy not worth the effort" he looked down at Beth his eyes softening "Congratulations" he smirked.

"Thanks" she looked at her friends as she was being guided away from her group, by the brothers Grimm as she had been calling them for the last two days, while she watched them at her farm messing around and doing the work, Daryl's Uncle had given him the week off while Merle was at home and for a short while sober as a judge, being with her father was a good influence for him.

Her mother and father kissed her and Maggie gave her a huge hug, to congratulate her Glenn casually lent in and pecked a kiss to her cheek quickly, mumbling his congratulations as well. She stood and posed for photographs doing all the usual, when her father looked at the boys and said

"Your turn boys photograph with my daughter please." Merle being Merle picked her up and swung her around holding her in his arms for his photo, then Daryl walked over fidgeting uncomfortably he stuck his thumb into his mouth chewing the skin there, so Beth took the initiative and wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him, he lightly curled his arm around her shoulders pulling her against him, he lent his head and placed a small kiss on her forehead just at the moment that Hershel clicked the camera.

Beth sat at the table looking at her newly extended family smiling happily one chapter of her life was over then next was about to begin, she still hadn't told Daryl that she was going off to college in another state, but it wasn't like they were boyfriend and girlfriend to be honest she didn't really know what they were.

"Penny for them" her sister whispered.

"What? Oh sorry Maggie I was just thinking about everything that is yet to come" she smiled at her sister knowing full well it never made it to her eyes.

"He will understand" she grinned guessing straight away what she was worried about.

"I just don't know what to say, it's not like we are a couple even" she shrugged and Maggie laughed loud enough to get everyone's attention on the table, Beth glared at her, suddenly Merle was tapping a fork on the edge of his glass of coke and everyone turned to him, she looked at him gratefully and he nodded.

"Well I just wanted to give Beth me present, ya see I got me a surprise that out does the brothers by large amounts" he knocked his brother's shoulder playfully, something came out of Daryl's mouth but much to her relief it didn't make any sense.

"So I got ya this" he handed Beth a small tablet computer and she looked confused.

"Merle, they are kinda expensive don't you think?" wasn't that she was ungrateful but he couldn't afford it what with the whole not having a job thing.

"Got me last pay packet from the army when I went to jail for the stint never got time to use it so I got ya this, but that's not the whole thing ya might want to stand with ya Ma when you wake it and just press play." he lent back against his chair looking far to smug, Beth was frightened by what she might find but she stood dutifully and walked to stand beside her mother pressing the buttons to make it wake up in the middle of the screen was a big white arrow, so she pressed it then to her surprise a figure jumped in to the picture.

"SURPRISE" his voice shouted and Beth took a deep breath it was Shaun but how? "Well got a message from a friend of Merle's who's posted here with us and he said that Merle wanted to surprise you with a message from me so here I am, I hope college goes well little sister, I hope being away from home for two whole years will be fun. I am very proud of you, oh and tell Ma and Pa I love them both and punch Maggie for me. Oh one last thing tell Merle's little brother to look after you or I am coming after his ass, sorry Ma, gotta go love you all" he blew a kiss at the camera and the picture faded, she felt the tears washing down her face as she looked at Merle.

"Thank you" she stammered and went to sit back in her place, next to Daryl, he handed her a napkin with out a word. The present giving continued until it got to Daryl who handed her a small parcel she opened it up slowly looking at the contents in side was a small hand carved set of angel wings for her bracelet she presumed, sat next to it was a piece of paper she opened it looking down it was a phone voucher at the bottom of it was a skype address, she looked up at him with a frown but he still said nothing. She pulled the last thing out of the box and sat in stunned silence it was a ring, a large man's ring, Maggie lent into her and whispered in her ear.

"It's his class ring, he wants you to wear it while you away at college, the skype is so you can keep in touch with him, the phone voucher too, and the wings are because you saved him" she lent back, a fresh batch of tears started to roll down her face, he had known all along, he had guessed she wouldn't stay here to go to college, pulling her small chain from around her neck she pushed the ring into place and replaced it. Daryl reached across and set the angel wings onto her bracelet then rubbed her hand with the tips of his fingers, she looked down at her wrist and then back up to him, he wiped the stray tears from her face with his finger tips, everyone in the room had disappeared into the back ground, there was no noise nothing but them here in this moment and Beth reached up and touched his lips with hers, they stayed like that till there was a loud cough and she pulled away both flushing red.

"Someone please get me a bucket" Merle chuckled Daryl shot him a look that told him to be quiet which made everyone start to laugh, then he lent into her ear and whispered.

"Barn" and she nodded.