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Chapter6: Promise
They finally relaxed when they got into Tennessee. It seemed quite and abandoned but there where a lot of stores every three miles they went. After travelling further into the state they found a mansion in the middle of nowhere, the high walls surrounded it, making it completely safe for any walkers. Carol and Daryl looked at each other with disbelieve, they didn't even need to discuss about it because before they knew it they opened the gate for the truck.
"We did good, real good" Daryl smiled looking towards the big house. They both felt free, like they could move around without being constantly worried. Hopefully they could really make this mansion out of something. But Daryl smile dropped when he spotted two figures walking out the house with weapons.
"Get the fuck behind me!" Daryl pushed Carol behind him and aimed with his crossbow. If they wanted this land they where going to have to make peace with them or kill them.
"Daryl, is that you?" The familiar man asked as he and a woman got closer.
"Maggie!" Carol stepped aside from Daryl. Daryl smiled appeared again and lowered his bow that was pointing at Glenn and Maggie.
"Oh my god, Carol" Maggie and Carol ran to the middle and hugged "I thought you where dead!" Maggie continued as they started sobbing.
"Am I glad to see you're ass" Glenn said walking towards Daryl and slapped his back.
"Is it just ya two?" Daryl asked, blocking out the other two woman squealing about the there return.
"Yeah, man. We left the state straight away and got here. I don't know if the others made it out, Rick was obsessed with keeping the prison so I left with Maggie" Glenn said looking towards Maggie and then back to Daryl.
"I think us four should try and stick here for the time bein'" Daryl opened the truck and passed Glenn some bags.
"Do you think we will see the others?" Glenn took the bags and watched as Daryl received his own and shut the door.
"They don't have the brains to get out the state" Daryl walked towards the mansion realizing the woman where already in.
"It's just that I am in the dog house at the minute. Maggie is missing Beth and her dad" Glenn whispered the last part as they walked through the door.
After an hour, Daryl explored the house because he wanted to know his exits and every little detail of the mansion just in case of an emergency. There were seven bedrooms, so Daryl picked the bedroom closes to the door. He threw all his bags on the bed deciding he was too busy to unpacked and walked downstairs into the kitchen.
"Your bedroom is the second from the right. I've put your bags in there" Maggie said, smiling at Daryl as he leaned against the door frame and then she looked back at Carol. Carol closed the kitchen draw and turned to face them.
"There is enough food for me to make a nice dinner tonight" Carol smiled and blinked a couple of times to make sure she really wasn't in a dream. Moments later Glenn walked in with a big map and some other map books.
"Maggie and I passed a hospital a couple of miles from here" Glenn took a seat looking down at the map, Maggie and Daryl took a seat around the circular table.
"That's going to be dangerous" Daryl took the map from Glenn and looked around the area of the hospital on the map.
"There is going to be so much in that hospital that we need" Maggie interfered, she wanted the medical supplies- it didn't feel right being low on medical supplies as much as they where right now.
"I'm really unsure, but Maggie is right" Glenn said to Daryl.
"No, we are not doing it" Daryl knew how dangerous it would be, and the fact there is only four of them it would be nearly impossible.
Carol took a couple of steps towards the table and looked over the map that was in front of Daryl. She pointed her figure on the hospital and moved it slowly down a road, she read the names her figure passed on the map and then stopped.
"Pharmacy" Carol tapped at the pharmacy on the map a couple of miles away from the hospital. Glenn and Maggie leaned over the table to see the map, and Daryl couldn't help the small smile.
"There is always a Pharmacy a couple of miles away from a hospital. That one is big too" Carol watched as there stunned faces locked onto hers. She turned around and started with the dinner.
"Tomorrow us guys will go there and ya woman stay here" Daryl ordered with Glenn nodding in agreement.
"What, no!" Maggie and Carol protested at the same time.
"Why not?" Glenn looked over to Maggie and she looked over to Carol.
"We'll be fine, it's not like we haven't been out there before" Daryl looked over to Carol worried face.
"Maggie and I want to go to this store, less than a mile away from here" Carol tried to keep her voice soft but she knew the two men would protest.
"What for?" Daryl stood up, feeling small sitting.
"It's a weapon store" Maggie answered for Carol.
"We thought that it would be easier if you go to the Pharmacy and we go to the weapon store then meet back up here when we are all done" Carol fiddled with her fingers. Daryl knew she was right, it would be easier but he was not going to risk it. He was not going to risk her getting into danger for him not to be there.
"No, ya both keep ya asses here" Daryl pointed to the floor, he watched as they both nodded.
After dinner and the four of them had a hot shower, Daryl took first watch while they got rested up. He walked the wall until he seen Glenn hurry out the mansion.
"I can take over" Glenn jumped onto the wall and pulled the rifle into his hands.
"Are ya sure?" Daryl looked into Glenn anger face.
"We just keep arguing at the minute. It's fine" Glenn said not needing to say Maggie's name for Daryl to know who he was talking about.
"Woman" Daryl chuckled and walked towards the mansion; Daryl walked into his room and flopped onto the bed.
Carol heard his door shut from the opposite of the hall, she knew then he was back from taking watch. She sighed making her body look smaller on the bed, trying to transfer her own heat. She was cold, much colder then she was in the barn with him. She tried to remember how his body felt so hot against hers. Carol suddenly gasped and sat up when she heard the door open.
"It's only me, woman" Daryl said closing the door after him and putting his unpacked bags on the floor. He sat on the side of the bed taking off his boots.
"What are you doing?" She asked hitting her back onto the bed.
"Ya too far away from me" Daryl lay onto the bed and pushed her closer to him. He instantly felt relief that she was really with him, that she was safe. Carol smiled feeling the hotness of his body warm her up like he could read his mind.
"Can ya promise me somethin'?" Daryl broke the few minute silence.
"Depends what it is" Carol looked up at him looking at her.
"Ya don't go to that damn store tomorrow" Daryl felt her small chuckled, he knew how stubborn she can be, and that's why he needs this talk.
"No, I fuckin' mean it. If I come back and find out ya gone, I will come and get you're ass myself" Daryl put his hand under her chin and moved her face closer to him.
"Okay, Dixon"
"Promise?" Daryl asked looking for her to say what he wanted her to say, but instead her lips brushed onto his lips, he moved his hand around the back of her head and pulled her closer. He then forgot about the promise.
Carol sat on the porch, praying Daryl and Glenn would be okay, they had been gone most the morning and now that lunch was passing quickly they started to worry. It shouldn't have taken this long just to go to a Pharmacy. Maggie sighed and sat beside Carol. Carol looked down at the gun Maggie was holding out for her, she then smiled at the girl knowing exactly where they where going.
So what do you think the woman are up too! How is Daryl going to react? Please review!
Marvella.M