"We need to tell them." she whispered frantically as she chewed on her nails. Daryl nodded with a sigh of acceptance, he had always known they wouldn't be a secret forever but he still didn't want to have this conversation. Beth and him exchanged a meaningful look before he kissed he on the forehead and opened the door.
Daryl cleared his throat nervously as he and Beth entered the room where the rest of their group was beginning to scope out spots to sleep for the night. Even though it had already been weeks since they had escaped from Terminus and been reunited with the other prison survivors Daryl still felt a twinge of astonishment every time he looked at someone. For so long he had been sure that Beth and him were the only survivors that he just could not get over how wrong he had been.
Beth gripped his shirt sleeve to get him to stop in the doorway. He looked down at her nervously before she reached down and slipped her hand into his with a smile.
"Hey guys." she called out, soft enough to not draw attention of anything outside the house but loud enough that everyone in the room turned their heads to look at her. She still hadn't let go of his hand and he saw Maggie's eyebrows go up at the sight. "Daryl and I have something we need to tell you." her voice was much stronger than his would have been if he had been the one to speak. He squeezed her hand in encouragement. Public speaking was never his strong suit.
"Wait." Glenn said, interrupting her by holding up a hand. "Are you two together?" he asked no emotion in his voice as he flicked his hands in a strange motion that Daryl figured was supposed to mean together.
"Yes but." Beth was cut off before she could finish telling them their news as the room had erupted into quiet cheers and exclamations of 'finally!"
"Three days Daryl. You couldn't have held on to this for three more days?" Carl asked, shaking his head mournfully as he dug through his bag before tossing Michonne a candy bar. She caught it gleefully before tipping it towards him and Beth in a cheers gesture.
"Wait you all knew?" Beth asked before looking up at Daryl with a confused smile.
"You're kind of obvious." Tara said with a snort. Daryl looked away awkwardly at that admission, seeing Beth blush for the corner of his eye.
"I'm happy for you Beth." Maggie spoke softly as she smiled at her sister. "For both of you." Daryl nodded in her direction before he looked at Beth again with a shrug.
"Well thanks you guys but um." she paused and fidgeted with her shirt hem for a second. "That's not all we needed to tell you."
The room fell silent in confusion and Daryl suddenly found himself longing for his crossbow or the old riot gear that Eugene wore.
"Daryl and I are goingtohaveababy." Beth admitted in a rush as she clutched his hand like a lifeline. He returned the pressure as he saw Rick put his head in his hands and Glenn wince.
The room sat in stunned silence until Maggie slowly stood up. "I am going to kill you Dixon."