There is one thing that Daryl knows to be irrevocably true; he and Beth are complete opposites. For a while Daryl questioned the validity of their relationship, because of that fact, but as time went on, and he went on to share his life more with Beth, he realized that opposites do attract. He always thought that statement was a lie. He always thought that the people who were trash, or broken only deserved to be with other people who too were broken. He always thought that he would never deserve someone as light and pure as Beth Greene, and that he was always destined to be alone since he didn't want the life that he only knew, his parents. Beth, though, proved him wrong, and he was eternally grateful for that.

The differences with him and Beth are honestly the things that balanced their relationship. If anything Daryl believed that he and she fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. No puzzle piece is the same, but they still shaped the big picture that they were meant to create together, and that's why Daryl believed that he and Beth were meant to be pieces of the same puzzle. A puzzle that is bigger than the standard thousand piece puzzle that focuses on one sole scenery. Their puzzle consisted of so many things. Their puzzle was compromised by Beth's store, his construction company, his cat, and Beth's dog. It consisted of a fire truck, all different types of music instruments and records, their cabin, his crossbow, the Greene farm, that T.V show that Glenn made them watch, and so on. If anything their puzzle was forever growing and it clearly demonstrated that the two were meant to be together because it showed how even though they are different together they formed a great picture.

As they got to know each other and got time to spend their time together, they got to share pieces of their puzzles, because everyone has their individual one, that, then, one gets to unite with the people of their choosing and create a bigger one. It was like as they shared pieces of their puzzles the more strong their relationship became, and the bigger picture the puzzle was to create became more captivating.

One of the first things that Beth shared about her to Daryl was her love for music. She introduced him to new songs she knew he would appreciate. She, also, taught him how to play the guitar, because according to her everyone, at some point in their lives, should be in a band. She was always encouraging him to form one with his fellow firefighters.

She, though, was also teaching him because he secretly always wanted to learn how to play an instrument, and, well, who was better to teach him than his girl, he had naïvely said to her one day. Naïve because he thought that having Beth teach him was going to be fun, but his lessons turned out to be even harder than his firefighter training. Beth took her lessons very seriously and she wouldn't cut him (especially him) slack, but he wouldn't trade his lessons for anything in the world. His guitar lessons were everything because he got to create music with Beth, and music before anything was beautiful, but creating it with someone you love made it even more so.

Daryl, on the other hand, shared his love for being in the woods and hunting with Beth. He had spent a lot of time in the woods in his youth, and, well, he was an expert when it came to that habitat, or at least according to Beth.

On their days off, or days when he wasn't on call, Daryl would take Beth into the Georgian woods and showed her everything he knew. He showed her which plants were edible, and which ones she should steer clear of. He showed her tracks and droppings of different animals and taught her how identify them correctly. He taught her how to build a fire and shelter, as well as, how to purify water.

Basically he taught her everything he knew and was extremely proud when she mastered everything. However, the most proud she had ever made him was when she, by herself and with no help, tracked and shot with his crossbow her first deer. The excitement, pride, and shocked look on her face, for her accomplishment, had been perhaps one of the most beautiful looks he had ever seen on her. The accomplished, loving and prideful look on his face had been one of the most beautiful looks she had seen on his face. And, also, since then Beth became his favorite hunting companion. There were times he still hunted by himself but he really enjoyed having Beth's company when he was in one of his favorite places in the world, so she joined him hunting frequently. Beth seemed to enjoy the beauty of the woods as much as he did.

So as they returned to his cabin-now theirs- with a deer hanging between him and Beth, Daryl couldn't help but smile. He never in his life ever imagined that he would have anything like what he had with Beth. He always thought that his puzzle was complete because it was so gray, dull, and with destroyed pieces, that it could not possibly unite with any other puzzle. But as they cleaned the deer, cut it up, and put some aside so they could feast, Daryl couldn't help but be glad. Glad that he allowed himself to share his puzzle with others, not just Beth. If he hadn't shared his puzzle, open up, and stop thinking so low of himself, he probably wouldn't have had taken the steps that led him to the moment where he was right now. He wouldn't have met Glenn and he wouldn't have been forced to attend the party where he met Beth and basically taken the steps to complete his puzzle. A puzzle, he knew, was both beautiful and rare. Rare because what he and Beth had was unique; they were opposites after all.

And so after they finished cutting, storing, and cooking their venison, Daryl couldn't hold himself and lift, with his fork, a piece of his rare venison steak and say to his girl,

"I want you to steak your claim on me, because our love is so rare."

Beth, who smiled incredibly wide at him, then replied, as she raised a piece of her own staked steak, "Oh, I already staked it," making him smile widely too.

Afterwards, though, as they finished their feast, Beth took his plate and hers, placed it on the sink and then turned to push him out of his chair. Confused by her actions Daryl asked her what she was doing. They both liked things to be clean, so every time they finished using the kitchen he would wash dishes, she would dry them. He would sweep, and she would wipe the table and counters. Together they worked fast and like a well-oiled machine to keep things tidy.

"We'll clean later," Beth said but not answering his question. No, Beth succeeded in getting him out of his chair and began leading him to their bedroom.

Opening the door and ushering him in first, Daryl asked her again what she was up to.

"I'm going to steak my claim on you, since it seems you have forgotten I have!" Beth finally responded him with a mischievous grin as she pushed him to the bed and playfully slapped his butt, ready to remind him who had claim on him.

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