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Beth sat watching her friend, she fidgeted uncomfortably when Bob put his hand on hers to gain her attention.
"Everything alright?" he asked her she nodded yes. "Would you like another drink before we go off to the restaurant?" Bob smiled genuinely at her.
"Umm yes please, but just a soda I have a lot of studying to do." she shrugged as he walked away to the bar.
"Having fun Beth?" Michonne raised her eyebrows towards Bob.
"Umm yes thanks" she sat there playing with a napkin "Michonne?" Her friend looked up at her.
"You did tell Bob about Daryl didn't you?" she asked nervously.
"Of course, I tell Tye everything, so in turn there are no secrets between them, they have been thicker than thieves most of their lives." she said reassuringly and yet it didn't make Beth feel any more comfortable, Bob reappeared at the table placing a glass before Beth, she thanked him and took a small drink, that wasn't right she thought, she took another small sip, that had alcohol in it, she was sure she had asked him for just a soda? Or had she, her head was beginning to feel slightly giddy, she stood from the table, excusing herself she made her way to the bathroom, couple of minutes out of the hot bar would do her wonders. She lent against the sinks, looking into the mirror, she felt dizzy, sickly, going into a stall she locked the door and sat down on the toilet seat, then dragged her phone out of her pocket, she needed to talk to Daryl, she pushed the buttons and waited for the line to connect.
"Hello" a gruff voice shouted and she sighed in relief.
"Daryl?" she asked.
"Beth? You ok? I have been trying to get hold of you, wait a minute its too noisy in here I will take ya outside." she could hear him moving around then the line was quieter. "You still there?" he asked.
"Yeah, Daryl I feel kinda funny." she said.
"What ya mean?" he asked "You sick Beth?"
"Think Michonne and her friends slipped me more drinks than I actually wanted." she sighed pressing her hand to her head.
"Beth, I want you to do something for me, I want you to go out the front and jump into a taxi, tell them where you live and make your way back there, can you do that keep me on the phone Beth, Beth!" he shouted she could hear the panic in his voice.
"I should tell them I am going" she said, her voice slightly slurry,
"No Beth No, you need to get straight outside don't let them see you, just get in a taxi and go back to the dorm, Beth please" she nodded at the phone then giggled to herself.
"Sorry yes ok, I am going now" she stood up and a wave of nausea rushed through her body, her sight blackening slightly at the sides, she must have had some serious drink.
"Beth?" she heard his voice and it pushed her back to reality.
"Daryl, I feel bad" she felt herself start to cry.
"Sweetheart come on, do this for me I want you to just go" she nodded at the phone again and left the bathroom, she made her way back to the bar and rushed past the high seating platform, she could see her friends up there but she didn't stop, she made for the front door and signalled a taxi, she jumped in the back and gave her address.
"I am in the taxi now Daryl, thank you" she sighed.
"Beth don't be going to sleep, you talk to me tell me about college anything" he begged.
"College is good, but I miss...I miss you Daryl Dixon, I wish you were here so I could curl up with you and sleep, I think I love you." she whispered down the phone, sleepily.
"Beth come on keep talking I miss you too" he said to her.
"Can I come home Daryl? I don't like it here, people arn't nice and your not here, I could go to college at home." she sighed yawning.
"We will talk about it all, are you nearly there?" he asked her and she suddenly became aware of her surroundings.
"Yes, we are on the campus." she dug around in her purse and pulled out some notes for the taxi driver, then she handed them to him.
"Beth can you give the driver the phone please." she handed the phone to the driver who looked at it cock eyed, then took it.
"Hello?" the driver spoke.
"Look, I don't know but I suspect she has been drugged, she needs to be handed to the dorm mistress person who's in charge, would you mind?" he asked praying Beth picked the only driver in America who wouldn't want to take advantage of her.
"She's about the same age as one of my girls, consider it done" he spoke and handed the phone back to Beth, then got out of the taxi and made his way to the dorm entrance he rang the bell.
"Daryl, Daryl, I want to tell you a secret" Beth could feel the fact that she was acting really stupid but she couldn't stop her mouth from running "I want you to be my first, I love you Daryl Dixon" she was trying to get out of the taxi when she spotted her dorm mistress heading towards her.
"Hello" she waved as she landed on her face "I'm fine" she shouted to anyone who would listen.
"Beth come on, up you get come with me, think we should see the nurse shouldn't we?" she felt a hand on her elbow but her vision was so blurred now she couldn't see properly.
"Daryl?" she asked.
"No Beth it's Ms Peletier, is that your boyfriend on the phone?" she asked, Beth nodded and mumbled something incoherent handing the phone over, she could hear words being spoken but she had no idea what was said all she wanted to do was sleep now, she was so tired, sighed as someone lifted her off her feet and she let her eyes close, the blackness surrounding her.
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Daryl was sat at the bar watching Merle make a complete dick of himself, he turned to the drink before him, swigging it deeply, nothing like a beer with a whisky chaser. When he felt his phone begin to vibrate, he snatched it out of his pocket looking at the screen Beth, he slid his finger across the screen answering the call.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Daryl?" he heard her ask, something didn't seem quite right about her voice.
"Beth? You ok? I have been trying to get hold of you, wait a minute its too noisy in here I will take ya outside." he pushed his way outside the bar, indicating to Merle where he was going, Merle nodded to let him know he understood "You still there?" he asked.
"Yeah, Daryl I feel kinda funny." her voice was slurry, she was drunk
"What ya mean?" he asked concerned "You sick Beth?"
"Think Michonne and her friends slipped me more drinks than I actually wanted." she sighed, he felt a lump rising in his throat, as he guessed what had happened.
"Beth, I want you to do something for me, I want you to go out the front and jump into a taxi, tell them where you live and make your way back there, can you do that keep me on the phone Beth, Beth!" he shouted down the phone at her a mixture of panic and anger rushing through him, he suddenly felt Merle at his back, silently listening to what was being said.
"I should tell them I am going" she told him, her voice was becoming worse he only had so much time.
"No Beth No, you need to get straight outside don't let them see you, just get in a taxi and go back to the dorm, Beth please" He heard her giggle, then she spoke to him.
"Sorry yes ok, I am going now" he heard her stand up but nothing else happened, he began chewing on his thumb his nerves gripping him tightly, he wasn't there he couldn't help her, he couldn't protect her.
"Beth?" he begged her,
"Daryl, I feel bad" he could hear her sobbing down the phone, his heart tearing in his chest.
"Sweetheart come on, do this for me I want you to just go" he heard her start to move again, breathing into the phone, he heard the sound of the bar she had been in then there was street noise, he sighed when finally she gave her address of and there was a clunk of a car door.
"I am in the taxi now Daryl, thank you" she sighed, relief washed through him.
"Beth don't be going to sleep, you talk to me tell me about college anything" he couldn't have her going to sleep, he needed her alert or at least aware.
"College is good, but I miss...I miss you Daryl Dixon, I wish you were here so I could curl up with you and sleep, I think I love you." he heard her whisper down the phone to him, the statement took his breath away, had she really just said that to him? He couldn't let himself be distracted, she was drugged and very probably drunk, priorities Dixon, he told himself.
"Beth come on keep talking I miss you too" he demanded.
"Can I come home Daryl? I don't like it here, people aren't nice and your not here, I could go to college at home." he could hear her yawning.
"We will talk about it all, are you nearly there?" he asked her, wishing he could just say yes, that he would be there in a few hours and come and get her bring her home to him, she could go to college here, live with him, he shook his head.
"Yes, we are on the campus." listening hard he heard the rustle of paper and a thank you from her.
"Beth can you give the driver the phone please." he asked her hoping that she had picked a half decent man.
"Hello?" the driver's voice was confused, Daryl could hardly blame the man he would have been too.
"Look, I don't know but I suspect she has been drugged, she needs to be handed to the dorm mistress, person who's in charge, would you mind?" he asked the man.
"She's about the same age as one of my girls, consider it done" the driver answered him, then Beth's voice came back on the phone.
"Daryl, Daryl, I want to tell you a secret" Beth began "I want you to be my first, I love you Daryl Dixon" he coughed and couldn't help but blush at this new statement, then he heard the car door open, he waited listening. "Hello" he heard her saying, then there was a loud thump "I'm fine" she was shouting now and he couldn't help but smile as he thought of her sat on her butt in the middle of the floor drunk as a skunk, the only thing that ruined the picture was her new so called friends had drugged her, obviously he didn't know for sure.
"Beth come on, up you get come with me, think we should see the nurse shouldn't we?" he guessed that was the dorm mistresses voice, he continued to listen.
"Daryl?" Beth's voice.
"No Beth it's Ms Peletier, is that your boyfriend on the phone?" the kind voice asked her, then a voice down the phone spoke to him.
"Hello?" she asked. "I am Ms Peletier, I have Beth now, I will make sure she is fine and investigate this incident." she told him and he felt himself relax completely.
"Thank you, tell her, tell her me too" he said and hung up looking at his brother.
"Lil brother?" Merle asked him.
"Someone drugged her" he growled.
"Wanna go on a little road trip?" Merle asked him, Daryl walked towards the truck and jumped in, if they left now they could be there day after tomorrow. "Woo hooo" shouted Merle as he jumped into the truck beside his brother "Going to kick some ass" they pulled out of the lot and headed off towards Beth.
