Don't worry about what I said in the author's note in Chapter 14 about one of Daryl and Carol getting a new love intrest because I found out from vickih that it is a rumour so take no notice of what I wrote about it in the last chapter haha sorry. Panic over.

Thank you for the reviews please keep them going and I'll update earlier. I like this chapter the most but there are a few hits for the next couple of chapters.

Chapter 15: In love with ya love

Once they quietly got back to the mansion they stood around the car unloading there supplies that would hardly last a week.

"Daryl, I'm sorry" Carol pulled him aside everyone. She could see in his face he was still angry; they stood like that watching others talk to there loved ones. This is that week Carol thought. This is the week that Carol misses Sophia the most; not that she didn't miss her all the time but there where still weeks that where better then others.

"Ya shouldn't be apologizin'" Daryl looked at his shoes. He needed to go into the woods alone. He needed to think and take his anger out on a walker or a squirrel rather then someone else.

"It was my fault. I shouldn't have gone in the basement... I shouldn't have gone like you said" Carol looked up feeling Tiffany eyes staring at them with her hands folded from the distance but Carol ignored it.

"Just fuckin' leave it" Daryl started to walk but Carol got in front of him. They needed to talk about this; she couldn't have them argue over every little incident.

"We need to talk about this" Carol put both her hands on Daryl chest. She didn't look into his eyes put kept concentrating on her hands.

"I knew it was a fuckin' bad idea! I should have just put my foot down when ya wanted to go" Daryl shouted and packed away from Carol.

"I know, I should have done what you said. But I need to practice to get better just in case you're not around" Carol knew everyone eyes where on them now but she was surprised at how she didn't notice that Tiffany was the closeted to the two then the others. Normally everyone would back off if they started to argue.

"Ya shouldn't have to do put 'em bastereds down! I couldn't even safe ya in there! Ya had to be the one to put both walkers down! I should have done that not ya!" Daryl felt his body burning up. "Why couldn't ya just of stayed in the damn mansion huh?" He shouted.

"I know, I'm sorry" Carol looked away trying to fight the tears while Daryl shouted and repeatedly kept hitting the car. Everyone let him, he needed this anger out.

"No, no, no. Carol, ya goanna let him treat ya this way? Ya shouldn't be sorry!" Tiffany said over the racket from Daryl and pointed at him. Carol looked at Tiffany and she knew Tiffany was right. Carol shouldn't be apologizing she saved him.

"I shouldn't be sorry, Tiffany's right. If I didn't go down into the basement with you Daryl you could have been killed!" Carol shouted lightly but still surprising everyone. Daryl turned around and looked at her; he knew she was right he could have been killed and then they would have killed Carol when she would go down the basement to find him. He shivered at the thought.

"But it still don't mean that ya could have been killed in front of my eyes" Daryl shouted and then looked over to Tiffany. "AND YOU!" Daryl pointed at Tiffany. "You need to be on guard more! Ya could have had ya ass bit too" Daryl continued.

"What the fuck? I dealt with it!" Tiffany defensively shouted. That was it for Daryl, he needed the woods.

"Why is it that I always lose the ones I care for" Daryl shouted and walked towards the gates and into the woods.

She couldn't stop the tears. Carol whipped her tears away and looked at her surroundings. She was sat on their bed wanting to cry it out all alone. She hated arguing with Daryl it was just that he was so protective she couldn't do anything herself. It was like Daryl wrapped her in cotton wool and then kept her in a soft bouncy castle so then nothing would happen to her. Daryl couldn't keep her safe forever; they both knew that. But Carol knew he would keep her in cotton wool for as long as possible; but maybe she was complaining about nothing. Maybe if Daryl being protective was okay for Carol to take. Besides Daryl has saved and cared for her in the last couple of yeas more then Ed had done in his whole life. Maybe it was better for someone to care then for someone to not care at all. Carol jumped out her thoughts as she heard a heavy loud knock on her door.

"Come on in" Carol called out getting ready for the conversation she would be having with Daryl. She knew it was Daryl. She recognised the knock. The door opened and at Carol surprise it was Tiffany. Tiffany walked into the room and then the door closed.

"Thought I would check on ya" Tiffany said fiddling with her necklace. A million things went through Carol mind. Tiffany always acted tough like Daryl and Merle but deep down like Daryl she was soft. It was like Tiffany was one half of Daryl and another half of Merle. She acted like an asshole as Merle was and she always seemed to find her concerned for others, side which you guessed it, from Daryl.

"Why?" Carol asked unsure on what else to say.

"Ya are a Dixon too, right?" Tiffany jumped onto the top of the chest drawers and her hand went back instantly to fiddling with her necklace. Carol looked at her necklace but thought better then to ask a Dixon about there personal things. She has already gone down that road.

"Daryl and I aren't married" Carol told straight and watched as Tiffany body slouched in surprise.

"Oh" Tiffany open lips barley moved. Tiffany never really questioned if they where married because it was clear they where a couple.

"Well" Tiffany sighed "I actually came here to tell ya that ya and Daryl shouldn't argue" Tiffany looked down at her swinging legs. Carol smiled at how much Tiffany suddenly looked like a little girly girl. Maybe Tiffany was a girl who loved make-up and rang up guys at the end of the school day. What if Tiffany was never like what she is today, maybe this world changed her into a fighter. This world could have thrown all her make-up away for a knife.

"All couples argue" Carol sighed and watched as Tiffany turned back into the fighter.

"I know" Tiffany said defensively. "But what ya and Daryl have is somethin' that is so rare in this world" Tiffany looked up at Carol.

"What about you and your boyfriend" Carol asked. Tiffany had to still love her boyfriend no matter what he did. You can't lose love that quickly; in fact it's hard to lose the love when you have too. But something about Tiffany told Carol she wanted to go and look for him to have that hug every girl dreams.

"I never loved him. I thought I did but I didn't" Tiffany said slowly and continued "I've never loved anyone. The only thing I love is living in this new world; to be alone where I was always meant to be" Tiffany held her tears in and treasured the silence Carol was sat in.

"Seeing ya and Daryl made me realise that I can't love; it made me realise that I'm in love with ya and Daryl's love" Tiffany let a tear fall, she not crying because she weak; it's because Tiffany has been strong for too long. She shot up onto her feet quickly. Carol sat there is silence unsure on what to say. Everything Tiffany said felt true like she was telling Carol her whole life in a couple of words. Carol looked at her hands; here was a girl younger then Carol who has already given up on wanting to love. Maybe Tiffany cared about love in the old world because the ones that are heartless are the ones that cared too much.

"I see ya as a Dixon" Tiffany smiled and then winked. Before Carol knew it Tiffany had bolted out the room like Daryl would do in the first years of their friendship.

Carol felt more tears start to form.

Daryl walked out the woods feeling a lot of the anger flushed away. Once he got in the house it was quiet like the times when someone has just died from getting bit or shot. Daryl walked up the stairs to the corridor to find Tiffany rushing past him.

"What's the fuck wro-"Daryl started to ask but she interrupted him.

"Shut the fuck up" Tiffany whispered and walked past.

Daryl shook it off his shoulder and went into his room to find Carol sitting on the edge of the bed.

"What's wrong with Tiffany?" Daryl asked kicking off his boots and kneeling in front of Carol. He brushed his fingers on the bottom of her lip and moved them slowly to her jaw. He could never be angry at Carol for long.

"We where talking; it got emotional but she sees me as a Dixon though" Carol smiled still feeling her stained tears on her cheeks.

"That's because ya are in my eyes" Daryl pushed her back watching her lips as his found hers. Once he pushed her onto the bed she tried to swallow, but he was suddenly so close to her she couldn't even think. Not only did he reach for her, but he went straight for the buttons on her shirt. Instead of unbuttoning it, he tore her shirt open. Carol heard the scatter of buttons hitting the wood floor but never allowed her gaze to leave his face. She loved it when he was like this.

"I really thought I lost the two women I love the most today" Daryl whispered hovering over her. Carol smiled knowing he was referring to her and Tiffany. Daryl undressed her as if annoyed by the whole convention of wearing clothes. He wanted them off and wanted them off now. Daryl then unbuttoned her pants leaving her to manage the rest with her hands while he wrestled with his own clothes. Once they where both totally exposed to one another Daryl lowered his mouth to hers slowly. She gasped a little at the first touch of flesh to flesh while he eased his tongue into her mouth slowly and deeply. For an instant she was too surprised to react. She inhaled the warm, male scent of him. It acted like a powerful drug on her senses. She could feel the strength in his arms and the sleek power in his body. She could also feel the hard bulge from him against her.

"When we do this" He said into her neck. "When I'm fightin' for ya to see me again. Do ya know what I think about when I come back to ya?"

She shook her head, still unable to stop watching him.

"I'll think of this. This, now" Daryl said smiling into her neck. Now she understood why he wanted this. Not just because he wanted the pleasure. But because when he will be alone again, he will be alone thinking of her.

"I'll think of ya body" Daryl continued. "How it feels to be buried inside ya. How ya look at me, the sound of ya voice. The scent of ya skin. The taste of ya. How I want to keep ya safe. I love ya woman"

Daryl moved his hand, to her pussy.

"I love you" Carol whispered biting her lip and feeling the tears. Ed would never say what Daryl just said. Ed just wanted a quickie and then he would be gone but Daryl was different. He wanted her. Tiffany was right again this was something they should treasure. She spread her legs wider, aware that this was turning her on in more ways than one. His hand moved faster as she started moving faster too against his length. As he dipped her fingertips into her and bringing them out every bit of skin between her legs was over-sensitized and needy, and everywhere he touched brought a different sensation, a different shock of pleasure. He then slid his fingertip around her entrance, then just around again, spreading her legs as wide as they would go. Carol let her hands fall, lightly running over the head of his member and then started to massage with her hands making his face turn with pleasure. Carol arched her back as he entered her without warning but sometimes that made it better. After a while Daryl found their rhythm. Carol couldn't keep herself from thinking that they where acting like it was the last time. The last time they would be together.

"Why does this feel like this is our last time" Carol whispered and then groaned feeling tears in her eyes from her orgasm. Daryl trusted into one last time and they both moaned loudly; enough to send him back into a second orgasm, something he'd only experienced once or twice in his life. Daryl fell beside her and pulled her into a hug covering them both with the blanket.

"There will never be a last time" Daryl said sleepily but didn't fall asleep until he knew Carol was.

R&R - I will try and update after Tuesday next week because I have a college interview. Have a good day! ;)

Marvella.M