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Present day:

The next day, when Daryl came outside for breakfast, Jillian was already by the fire. She had made coffee and was pouring it into cups then handing them out. Daryl looked at her, watching her as she smiled and spoke with Dale. Her eyes shifted past Dale to Daryl. She bit her lip slightly and dropped her eyes. When she looked up again, he was still coming her way. He noticed that her hand shook slightly as she handed Dale the cup.

" Can I get some of that?" Daryl asked, surprising everyone.

" Yeah, of course." She said. She picked up a cup she had sitting on the ground and poured him some coffee.

" Thanks." He said as she handed it to him. She nodded then looked away.

" Will you be hunting again today, Daryl?" Dale asked. Daryl raised the cup to his mouth and looked at her over rim. She had moved on to Andrea but he could see she was having a hard time not looking at him.

" No." Daryl answered Dale, but his eyes still on Jillian. Dale came over to him then as Daryl took a drink.

" Can I offer you some advice?" Dale asked softly. He had turned his back to the group and no one was paying any attention to them.

" What's that?" Daryl asked as he brought the cup down.

" Maybe it's time to let go of the past, maybe it's time to consider things weren't what they seemed to be." Daryl frowned and looked away from her. He meant Dale's eyes.

" What the hell you talking?" He asked.

" You got the look of a man that sees a woman he wants but thinks he can't have her." Dale looked back at Jillian. She glanced up at the two man then dropped her eyes when Daryl looked at her. "She's right there and there isn't anything stopping you from having her again but yourself." Daryl's frown deepen and he looked back at Dale.

" You know, you don't know shit." He said before he walked away.

The day passed like any other day. Rick, Shane, and Jillian decided to take stock of everything they had so they spend a lot of time in the basement. Daryl wondered around the house and the yard but soon got bored and went out into the woods even though he said he wasn't going too. He decided to come back right before dinner. He didn't always take down animals when he was out, the freezers in the house had plenty of meat, he just felt the need to be out there. Being in the woods calmed him down.

After dinner, everyone was talking, exchanging stories of their past around the fire. Daryl sat in but didn't talk. He was sitting on the ground directly across of her. She was struggling to not look at him, he could see it. He wasn't trying to hide the fact that he was watching her. He took a drink from his cup, still watching her over the rim as she talked quietly to Shane. He didn't like that the cop had seemed to have taken a liking to her. Something Shane said made Jillian laugh and that made Daryl grip his cup hard.

" So, the nearest town is a half hour away. Shane, Jillian, and I took stock of our supplies. We are pretty good on things but we should still try and raid the town. We are going to run out of things sometimes and I'd rather not wait for that to happen." Rick said. Jillian leaned in and whispered something to Shane. He bend his head down to hear her better and Daryl thought he was going to lose his mind. "Now I'm not asking anyone to go, everyone here knows how dangerous going into town is. Shane, Jillian and myself are going tomorrow, if anyone wants to go, your welcome to it."

" I'm goin." Daryl said as he dropped his cup. Everyone looked at him with shock on their faces, everyone but Jillian. He was staring right at her. " I'm goin. Take my truck and a car and fill them up with shit." Rick nodded.

" That's great." Rick said. " Thanks a lot." He said. Daryl nodded as everyone but Jillian looked away from him.

Everyone talked lightly through the night until it was time for bed. Daryl had gotten up about an hour before everyone else. He heard everyone come and go to their rooms and he paced the floor. He wanted to know if Shane was in her room, in her bed, but he knew he couldn't just go pounding on her door. He had no claim to her anymore. He thrust his hand into his hair as he walked over to the window. He was pissed. He was pissed that she was spending time with Shane and pissed that she was going to town. He decided to take a walk.

He crossed the backyard with his hands in his pockets. He was going to sit by the lake and try to relax. His shoulders were tense and the night sounds were just what he needed. If it was safe, he'd be out into the woods. He reached the lake in no time. He stopped walking and swore out loud. He hadn't meant too, he had thought he had cursed in his head. But Jillian turned around and they locked eyes. He couldn't just turn around and go back to the house. He walked over to where she was sitting on the bank and sank down beside her. He bent his knees and rested his arms on them. Neither one looked at each other.

" Ain't safe out here without a weapon." He said. His own cross bow was laying by his side.

" You have your bow." She said. His mouth went into a tight line.

" You ain't got to go to town." He said.

" You don't either." She said.

" You going for him?" Daryl asked.

" For who?" She asked.

" For the cop." She laughed softly.

" I'm going for the group." She said. They fell into silence again for a few minutes before she spoke again. " You don't have to go." He sighed then.

" Yeah, I do."

" Whys that?" She asked as she looked at him. He shook his head. ' For you.' he thought.

" For the group." Jillian laughed and looked away, making him look at her then. " What the hell you laughing at?"

" You." She said as she looked at him again. " Come on, Dixon. You and I both know that you don't play well with others. You could care less about the group." He shrugged then looked back over the lake. She smiled and looked away again. They fell into silence again. Daryl had a million thoughts whirling around inside him but he stayed quiet. " Well, it's going to be a stressful day tomorrow so I guess I better go to bed." She said with a sigh. When he didn't say anything, she stood up and wiped off her jeans. " Night." She said. He nodded but didn't talk.