I feel really bad for having no carly in ages so I thought I should be nice and update. I have focused more on Tiffany on this chapter but you will understand why in a couple more chapters to come.

Chapter 23: 20 Miles back to the start

"Ya shittin' me" Tiffany slammed her hands on the steering wheel as the truck's engine started to drag. She knew she should have rebooted the gas a couple of miles back but she was so eager to get to her destination. But now she wasn't going to get to that destination because the truck had completely stopped in the middle of the country road.

"Ya just killed it" She mumbled looking up to the sign implying to her that she still had at least twenty miles to go to get to the Greene's farm. She picked up a dirty bottle of water she found and gulped it down in one go and then threw it to the back of the truck. She tied the strap of her sniper around her shoulders and picked up her knife. She checked her surroundings and deciding it was all clear, she then jumped out the truck. She walked to the sign and sighed.

"Don't think I can run twenty miles huh?" She looked the pole up and down then chuckled and started running down the road in a medium pace.

She got bored after a couple of hours running down the road that didn't seem to change. She even started to laugh when she came upon a small bridge and ran across it as the sun was setting. This was the times she wished she had a camera because the world was really beautiful to her. She was built for this world; she was happier in this world.

It started to get dark as she ran past an old house in the middle of nowhere and decided to take a quick nap. She opened the door and searched the house finding nothing but bodies.

"RIP" She said while kicking the bodies head and walking into the kitchen to find out of date candy. She walked back into the room and gasped sarcastically as the walker she just hit in the head walked slowly towards her. She opened the candy packet.

"Want some? Ya can't have the yellow ones though because they are my favourite" She mumbled and threw some candy at the walker's face making it moan. She popped one into her mouth and decided the walker was getting a little close. She put the packet down and threw her knife into its skull. She picked up the candy packet and then received the knife.

"More for me" She chuckled and then decided she needed to stop talking to herself.

At the crack of dawn she left the house and started to run down the road again. She felt a little uneasy at the fact she looked like bones from all this sudden long running but she needed to get to the farm. After two hours she she passed some stores that Glenn and Maggie once told her about. She then decided to take the route into the woods to feel a different atmosphere. After a few hours Tiffany was sweating from the hot heat and the sun, she always liked the rain better. She estimated she had at least half a mile to go but the back of her legs where throbbing and she felt lightheaded. Her breathing was all messed up affecting her entirely but all she wanted to do was cry. She loved Carol and Daryl but she didn't even know if they where alive. Even if they weren't at the farm then this would be all for nothing. Her pace started to slow down as she ran out the woods and was in line of sight of the farm. She ran through the field whimpering every time her foot hit the ground but she wasn't stopping now. When she got closer she couldn't believe her eyes.

Fuck is that her...

Tiffany looked and seen a figure by the graves of the burnt barn.

"Carol!" Tiffany shouted not caring if every walker heard. Carol's figure turned around and she put her hand over her mouth. Tiffany smiled and chuckled and started to run. Tiffany breathing quickens, trying to appease the need for oxygen. She noticed her foot nearly slipped from beneath her, but she carried on, crying, whimpering and laughing all at the same time. She finally got to Carol, making Carol take a step back from the force but they both embraced each other, crying that they have finally after months found each other. Carol cried at how this reminded her of how much Sophia should have returned. Sophia should have run out the woods and flew into Carol's arms much like Tiffany just did minutes ago. Maybe Sophia sent Tiffany too her?

Tiffany looked over Carol's shoulder while they where hugging, to Sophia's grave and smiled. Suddenly they both heard a car's engine but they where both too ecstatic to go and find out if it was a threat or not.

The car stopped right in front of them, causing them both to turn there heads towards it. Daryl stepped out the car and took two big strides to them. Carol cried out and Tiffany laughed as Daryl hugged them both.

"I fuckin' love ya two Dixons" He said and kissed Carol on the top of the head.

They went into the farm house and decided to stay there for the night. Tiffany took a room upstairs leaving Daryl and Carol downstairs in the front room to keep guard.

"It feels weird being back here" Carol said sitting on the window still with Daryl. Daryl nodded not really wanting to talk about it. Carol was right thought. It felt eerie at the farm because that was where the group started only a few years ago. Daryl didn't want to think about this though; he wanted to spend time with Carol. Carol stood up and walked across the sitting room, Daryl decided to follow her tracks. Daryl slid in behind her putting his angel wings jacket over her bare shoulders. Suddenly his body relaxed heavily against hers as his arms came around her waist.

"These months have been so long" He said over her shoulder.

She groaned faintly in agreement. Now that everything was quiet, with no more need to talk, watch or pay attention, every fibre of her muscles seemed about to dissolve with fatigue.

"Did you get something t to eat?" She put a hand on his leg, and his arm tightened holding her close.

"I'm fine" Daryl sighed annoyed that she worried more about other people then herself. The warmth of his body was beginning to seep through the layers of their clothes between them, dispelling the night's chill. She sighed and snuggled back against him, feeling warm and protected. The cold immensity of the night had lifted, now that she had her family close, together again, and safe. Carol started to stroke his leg making his body responding to it already. He pushed her back gently to the bed sofa and before Carol knew it Daryl was straddling her. Daryl slid his hands down her legs but she quickly reached back and grabbed one roving hand, bringing it round and placing it on her breast. Daryl slowly moved his free hand back up her leg and popped open her pants button, he moved her pants along with her panties down her legs and threw them onto the floor. Carol tried to eager him faster but he was having none of it. He wants this to last. He moved his hand on the hot flesh of the inside of her thigh, groping swiftly upward and inward and getting a moan from her in return.

"Fuck, ya beautiful" He murmured into the curve of her neck. His fingers had reached their goal, and she arched her back, not wanting it to end but she then suddenly remembered Tiffany being upstairs who was more stubborn then Merle who could come down the stairs any minute.

"Daryl?" She said, keeping her voice low but it turned into a moan.

"Daryl, Tiffany is upstairs" She continued.

"Love ya, love ya so much..." Daryl replied moving his fingers into her core slowly and back out again.

"I love you, too" She moaned and arched her back into his fingers.

Daryl stood up in order to all his clothes off; Carol watched him then took off her top and bra. He straddled over her and leaned down to suck her breasts for a long time, she ran her hands up his bare back and cupped his ass. Daryl decided he needed more of her.

"Wrap ya legs round me," he whispered, and nipped her earlobe with his teeth. She did as she was told and heard him moan when she dug the heels of her foot against his ass. Daryl shifted slightly and they both moan at how suddenly her core was filled with him. They found a fast rhythm because they couldn't wait no longer.

"Daryl, I'm gonna come" She sucked in a breath as he sped up.

"So am I. I need... I want ya" he replies feeling her body raise off the sofa bed, forcing his cock through his grasp deeper. He felt her body shudder in his embrace and the walls of her core was clamping around him. He found his orgasm shortly after her and they both fell asleep quickly.

R&R

Marvella.M