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Today Daryl and I were going hunting. He had a route all planned, and I was excited when I noticed that there was a small waterfall along the route. I snuck a pack of travel shampoo, conditioner, soap and a towel in my bag hoping I could convince him to stop so I could get a real good washing. We had yet to clear the showers in the prison, and just a hand wash wasn't really cutting it for me any longer.

"Come on girl let's go!" Daryl yelled from the gate.

"Okay baby, be careful, and please stick with Daryl. He'll protect you." My mom said fawning over me as I put my pack on. "I think he kind of likes you honey."

"Oh please mom. He has no interest in me that way. He only barely started tolerating me." I said with a laugh.

"Honey he has not agreed to take anyone on a hunt for as long as I have known him." She said before kissing my head. "Be safe and I'll see you both when you get back."

I headed on out to the gate to hop on Daryl's bike. He looked only slightly annoyed, but I would not let him ruin this for me. I hadn't really been outside the prison since I arrived and while I was grateful for the security...I was getting a bit stir crazy. We drove for what felt like hours before he finally pulled the bike over and parked. I carefully climbed off and managed to do so finally without falling on my ass.

"At least you did it gracefully that time." Daryl said with a slight laugh.

"Glad I can be so amusing for you Dixon. So what exactly is it we expect to find out here, I mean besides walkers." I said as a walker approached us and I took it out with my knife.

"Not sure, but we could use the meat. Hershal thinks he can get a freezer hooked up using those solar panels from the house you were at." Daryl said as we made our way through the woods. We ran into surprisingly few walkers and managed to get a fair bit of small game. As we headed back to the bike to load up I decided to wander off slightly to see if the falls I saw on the map were going to work for my wash up. It didn't take Daryl long to notice I was no longer behind me and hearing him make his way towards the falls himself I decided to just dive in and not ask for permission to stop. I removed shirt and just as he approached I unbuttoned my jeans.

"What in the hell do you think you are doing?" I heard him yell as he approached.

"Bathing." I said as I shimmied out of my jeans. "I saw this on the map and packed for the occasion. I need to bathe Daryl."

"Do you have any idea how stupid that was, what if you ran into walkers and I didn't get here?" He asked as he got up in my face.

Daryl didn't intimidate me, no I had been around enough men who were actually violent to know the difference. So I decided to just proceed as planned. I didn't move from my position in front of him I simply undid my bra and placed it on his shoulder.

"Well now you can keep watch." I said before bending down to remove my panties. I stood back up and looked in his eyes before proceeding to enter the water. The entire time I was in there I did my best not to look at him. Never in my life had I been that bold, and that confidence was beginning to fade. I could feel his eyes on me as I had entered the water, and even now as I was washing I could feel him looking over. "Can you pass me that towel in the bag?"

"Get it your damn self." He barked.

"Fine I will." I said as I exited the water and turned my back to him.

"Hurry up will ya...we're losing the light." Daryl barked again.

"Done." I said as I pulled the clean shirt over my head and began to pile the dirty ones in the bag.

I got the silent treatment for the remainder of the ride back to the prison. I knew I had to just added to the list of things that piss Daryl off about me. We pulled into the yard and he was off his bike without a word and stormed off into the prison. My mom came out to greet me and I gave her a soft smile.

"Still think he likes me mom?" I said with a laugh.

"Yes honey I really still do." She said as she wrapped her arm around my shoulder. I had to laugh, she and I must have been looking at different situations because I clearly felt like Daryl Dixon could not stand to be near me. That night I couldn't sleep so I decided to go up and relieve whoever was on watch. When I entered the tower I was surprised to see that Daryl was on watch once again.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" I asked him as I straightened up my clothes coming to stand beside him.

"Shouldn't you?" He asked not answering my question.

"Couldn't fall asleep." I said as I took the binoculars from him and looked out at the treeline.

"Neither could I." He said still not looking at me. He looked uncomfortable around me still, and it really bothered me. Ever since that day I accidentally kissed his lips I have wanted to do it again, but after today I was thinking that would never happen.

"Look Daryl, I am sorry about today. I didn't mean to put us at risk like that I just needed to get cleaned up. I get your mad at me, probably the last person you want to be around right now, but…" I was rambling, but he cut me off with a searing kiss before I could finish. I reacted almost instantly and moved my arms from my sides to his shoulders. I felt his hand weave its way through my hair to the back of my neck. We finally pulled apart only to breath, but the second his lips left mine I longed for them to return.. "Wow."

He didn't say anything. He just looked at me chest rising and falling heavily as we both tried to catch our breath. That kiss left my lips tingly and my entire being wanted to just be wrapped in his arms.

"I thought you didn't like me." I said finally looking up to meet his eyes. He didn't respond again, just took as step closer to me and placed his hand at the base of my neck again. He stared at me for a minute before I gave him a soft nod.

"I never said that." he said before once again capturing my lips in the searing kiss. He effortlessly picked me up and placed me on the control table that was still standing in the centre of the watch tower. He was so tall this new angle meant he did not have to crane his neck down so much to continue our kiss. We remained like that for a few moments before we heard someone clearing their throat that the entrance of the tower.

"I'm here to relieve Daryl from watch." Glen said with a smile. I buried my face in Daryl's chest for a moment and giggled. I felt like a teenager just caught by her parents.

"I'll let you two be." I said finally pulling it together. "I think we should talk later." I added.

"Well guess we were all right, you don't hate her after all." Glen said with a smirk directed at Daryl. I tried to stifle the giggle that threatened to emerge as I walked past glen to climb down the tower. I knew there was something about Daryl from the moment I laid eyes on him. He stirred something in me that I don't even know I felt when I was with Jonathan, and that terrified me. I think it terrified us both.