~Thank you so much for the reviews everyone. I really appreciate them I do not own the Walking Dead or Daryl Dixon. I haven't said that in awhile so… There we go lol~

Daryl POV

We drove for about an hour and a half before we got to a clear rocky area to leave the truck. I looked over at Kenny who was anxious in his seat.

"Are we here?" He asked.

"Almost. We have to grab our gear and were going to walk into the woods until we find a place to set up camp."

Kenny nodded and we all got out of the truck and went to the back to start grabbing things.

"Hey sugar, you need help lifting anything heavy? Wouldn't want you to strain yourself." Merle tried hitting on Archer again.

She rolled her eyes and grabbed a huge backpack and shoved it towards Merles chest knocking the wind out of him.

"Shit woman." He groaned.

Archer smirked. "That's not even the heaviest thing we got. Don't worry sugar, if you need me to take it I will. Wouldn't want you to strain yourself." She winked.

I smirked and nodded in approval as I secured the backpack on my back and grabbed a few other items to carry.

Archer made sure Kenny's backpack was good and gave him one of the smaller coolers before she and Merle grabbed what was left.

I led the way into the woods with Kenny closely by my side.

"Alright be sure not to trip on anything as we walk." I told him.

"How will we know if the spot is the right spot?" He asked.

"You'll know. I believe in you."

I glanced over at him as we walked and he had a determined look on his face. He would intently look at his surroundings. We walked a good 15 minutes before he started to run ahead.

"Kenny! Where are you going?" I asked.

"To the spot!" He cheered as he kept running. I ran after him before I got to his stopped body and he was grinning. "Is this a good spot?"

I looked around and it was a nice open piece of land and I can see through the trees that there was a lake very close to us. I looked down at the spilling 4 year old. "It's the spot. Nice job." I ruffled his hair as he giggled with delight.

We dropped our stuff as we waited for Archer and Merle to get to us.

"Nice spot, Daryl." Archer complimented as she dropped our stuff next to ours.

"Don't thank me. Kenny found it." I corrected her.

"I did mommy! Daryl said that he believed me and I did it!" He beamed.

Archer chuckled a little. "You might be a better camper than I am baby. Good job!" She pulled him into a hug and kissed his cheek. "So what is on our to do list?"

"We set up camp as quickly as we can then go hunting." I told her. She nodded and pulled out her tent and started to assemble it. I went with Merle as we set up our huge one.

Once the tents were set, we tossed our sleeping bags in them and the rest of our stuff and then regrouped in the middle.

"I might skip out on hunting. I'll go look for firewood and get that set up and maybe go to the lake and get some water to boil." Archer told us.

"What about Kenny?" I asked.

"He can go with you guys. He really wants to learn how to use his bows and arrows."

"You sure?"

"I trust you Daryl." She smiled at me. She walked over to Kenny and spoke to him quietly for a few minutes before he came running to me.

"Can we go now?!" He asked.

"Yeah come on." I led the way. I had my crossbow with me, he had his arrows on his back while he held the bow in his hand and Merle had his shotgun.

We walked to a section of the forest where there was plenty of trees for Kenny to have target practice. I pulled out a hunting knife and carved some targets on the different trees to give Kenny something to look at.

I turned to him and saw him standing patiently. "Were gonna practice a bit before we go do the real thing."

"Pff… I ain't gonna stick around for this. I'm going to do a real man's job." Merle spat before he walked deeper into the forest.

I rolled my eyes. "Ignore him."

"That's what momma says to do too." He replied.

I smirked. "That's good." I stood down to his level. "Alright so you're going to position your arms like this, and hold this like this." He listened very carefully to me to every direction and pointer I gave him until he was ready to shoot. "Just breathe and take the shot."

He took a few deep breathes then shot the arrow but it missed the tree. He pouted. "I did bad."

"Just try again and concentrate." I urged him. I remember Merle would snap at me for missing but I wasn't about to start that with my kid. Maybe when he's older I will but for now it wasn't necessary.

I watched as he positioned himself like I told him before and concentrated on the target. When he let the arrow go it hit the target. He smiled and looked over at me. "I did good?"

"You did good." I ruffled his hair.

I stood up and went to lean against a tree as I watched him shoot more targets and recover his arrows. Within 20 minutes I say he got 10 out of the 15 shots he took.

"You ready to shoot for real stuff?"

"Like real animals?" He asked.

"Yup. Birds, squirrels, deer, and boars."

"And we eat them?"

"It will be our dinner. I'll even show you how to gut and clean them."

"Does mommy do that?"

"Are you kidding? When your mom was younger, she took down a whole boar alone."

His eyes went wide. "Really?"

"Yup. It was incredible. This was probably twice her size." Alright im exaggerating. It was half her size but every kid loves a good story, right?

"Woah…" He said with wonder. "Can we catch one too?"

"We can try. They are sneaking animals."

"What are we waiting for?!"

I chuckled at his enthusiasm. And led him into a new part of the forest.

Archer POV

While the boys were gone hunting, a set up a fire pit and got fresh water from the lake nearby. I started to boil it while I got the cooking stuff set up when the boys come back with their kills.

I hoped that Kenny was enjoying himself. I know that when I was young I enjoyed camping and hunting especially with Daryl.

It had been a few hours and I was getting bored so I decided to go hunt as well. I went in the direction of the boys and decided to put my tracking skills to the text. I'm not as good as Daryl and Merle but I was decent enough. I followed what I thought was a trail and shot squirrels along the way. It took me about an hour but I actually caught up to Daryl and Kenny.

I stayed hidden and watched as they were hiding behind some bushes observing a deer a little ways from them. I could hear Daryl letting Kenny take the shot and giving him the encouragement to do so. I smiled at that. If it were Merle, he would have pushed Kenny aside and took the shot himself.

I got my bow and arrow ready just in case Kenny were to miss, I could take a shot and slow down the deer enough for him to take another shot.

Sure enough Kenny took thought shot but it grazed the deer and startled it. I quickly jumped out of my spot and shot it in the leg before it got away.

Daryl and Kenny turned and looked at me.

"Momma!" Kenny greeted.

"Go after your kill baby. I slowed it down for you."

He nodded quickly and ran off in the direction of the deer. Since the deer was bleeding it was easy for him to track it.

Daryl and I just walked quickly behind Kenny.

"What are you doing here?" Daryl asked.

"What I got stuff done and decided to join in on the fun." I smirked.

"Well nice job shooting the deer before it got away."

"No problem."

As we got closer to Kenny and the deer, we saw Kenny shoot it once more and actually got in in the head.

"I did it!" Kenny smiled brightly at us.

"Nice one kiddo." I gave him a hug and then grabbed our arrows. "This should feed us well this weekend."

"I agree." Daryl said as he picked the deer up by its legs and started dragging it. "Add it with our squirrels and whatever Merle caught and we are good to go."

Kenny was walking up ahead and I stayed behind with Daryl but I still kept a close eye on Kenny. "He sure seems to be enjoying himself." I commented.

"He's a Dixon. We enjoy the hunt and being outdoors, even if he doesn't know it."

I sighed. I knew Daryl wanted to tell Kenny that he was his father but i'm just not 100% ok with it yet. "He's a lot like you. He even has your sassy temperamental mouth."

Daryl raised a brow at me. "How so?"

I smiled at the memory. "When he was two, he wanted to go outside so badly. I told him no cause it was raining. He threw the biggest fit I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He was saying all sorts of nonsense out of anger it was unbelievable. After about 20 minutes I gave in and let him go outside."

"I don't say nonsense."

"You say more nonsense than a drugged up Merle."

"Shut up."

I smirked and we walked in silence until we got to camp. Merle was sitting on a log gutting a squirrel and smirking to himself. I studied him closely. "What are you laughing about?"

"Nothing mom."

I raised a brow at Daryl and he shrugged. I walked over to Merle and pushed him back so he would look at me.

"Woah Darling. I know I'm an attractive beast but you need to learn to keep your hands to yourself." Merle started to chuckle.

I glared at him and stared at his eyes. His pupils were huge. "Son of a bitch…"

"What?" Daryl asked after he dropped the deer.

"Your brother is high." I raged.

"What the hell?" Daryl ran over and grabbed Merles chin to see for himself. "God damn it Merle. I thought you went hunting."

"I did. I went hunting for my bike and my stash."

I shook my head in disappointment. I should have known Merle would do something like this. It shouldn't surprise me he would still do it even if Kenny was around. I led Kenny into our tent and told him to stay before I came out to give Merle a piece of my mind.

Daryl POV

When Archer took Kenny to the tent I grabbed Merle by the shirt and pulled him off the log. "Man what the hell is wrong with you?"

"What? I like being buzzed up while I hunt." Merle said.

"There is a kid around us."

"That didn't stop our old man from doing the crap that we did."

"So that makes it ok to it? You are a piece of work Merle."

"I am aren't i?" He started chuckling again as he pushed away from my grip. "You need to lighten up brother."

I was going to say something but Archer interrupted me with her raging. "Are you out of your god damn mind?"

"Listen sugar I already got a mouth full from Daryl. Don't need your sass either. Besides you like better with your mouth shut or around my…" I watched as Archer punched him in the nose.

"You pig!"

Merle was pissed now and I got up and wiped some of the blood coming from his nose. He lunged forward for Archer but I stepped in and pushed her behind me.

"Don't even think about putting your hands on her." I warned him.

"Who the fuck are you to threaten me. She's not even your woman!"

"Don't matter. You don't think about touching her!" I yelled.

Merle got pissed and punched me in the gut. "I didn't think I would see the day that my own brother, my flesh and blood would pick a bitch over his brother. You're weak and whipped brother. " He spat then walked off into the woods.

Archer kneeled next to me and helped me sit up. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." I groaned out.

"Thank you. You didn't have to step in but thank you."

"It was nothing."

"It was something." She leaned in and kissed my cheek.

I stared at her then to her lips then back to her face. I cleared my throat. "We should start gutting the meat."

"Right." She replied. "I'll go get Kenny."

I watched as she trailed into her tent. What was I doing? I have never in my life defended anyone against Merle. Merle doesn't take anyone's crap and I would never be stupid enough to stand in his way especially while he was on drugs. I knew Archer was capable of defending herself but I just thought back to the night with her ex and how he hit her like it was nothing. I didn't want to see that again especially if the attacker was my own blood.

But Merle was right. Archer was not my woman…but I wish she was. As much as I try to shut people out and stay strong, she is the only person in my life that has been able to break me down from that and with Kenny in the picture, he was doing just the same thing.

I didn't think I would want this life but as I spent time with Kenny just those few hours that's all I wanted to do. I wanted to be there every day for him, something my daddy never did. I wanted to be there every day for Archer because I know coming across a good woman is rare these days and I know I let her slip away once but I know now I never want to do that again.

I'm going to tell her that tonight.

~Well what did you guys think? I am so sorry with the late update. School is really taking a lot of my time these days but anyway please leave a review and tell me what you think and what you want to see happen :D ~