If she had a star for every time Daryl's smile made her day, Beth was certain she would have a galaxy.

Yes, a galaxy. A galaxy with the most beautiful, and brightest stars. Stars brighter than the stars in any other galaxy.

Daryl's smile is beautiful; a fact that Beth knows to be irrevocably true. Daryl might not smile much around other people, but when it's just the two of them the façade fades, the shields shatter, and Daryl is not afraid to truly smile.

She considers herself to be privileged, and truly blessed because of that.

Daryl's smile just does things to her if she's honest. His smile gives her hope. It gives her butterflies in her belly, and overall it just makes her happy.

If anyone who went through anything as terrible as Daryl did in his childhood, and was still capable to smile then nothing could possibly be forever gloom. She once believed the latter when she went through a rough patch in her life. She was wrong though because Daryl Dixon could still smile despite all the gloom he lived and nothing could possible prove more the fact that the bad times will go away and are not permanent.

She would always remember the first time she saw Daryl's smile. It had been when they met at Glen's party and the character that "would never get killed off the show" hit the sack. She had tripped and fallen on Daryl's lap, as everyone looked and laughed at Glen's look of horror, and she got to see his smile up close. She was instantly mesmerized by Daryl Dixon's smile.

A smile suited Daryl's face, and it sometimes sadden her that around others Daryl didn't smile much; that he didn't feel comfortable to. All other people would get when they cracked a joke around Daryl was a grin or a chuckle, and Beth couldn't help but think about what the others were missing out on.

Daryl's smile was just beautiful, and she wished he believed her when she told him so, and that he wasn't afraid to show it. Sometimes, though, she would get these selfish thoughts, and she just wanted to keep Daryl's smile to herself. Of course she would berate herself for her selfishness, but those thoughts only came to her when Daryl was in his fireman t-shirts or his sleeveless shirts and she saw other girls flirting with her man trying to get him to smile.

She wasn't the jealous type but apparently with Daryl she was. Who could really blame her though, her man was handsome as hell, and with his smile he could make anyone swoon.

A moment in the early stages of her relationship with Daryl that she would always treasure and love was when she first heard him laugh uncontrollably. The moment was priceless. Daryl's laugh, though, was what made the moment memorable even after the fact that Merle Dixon pooped his pants.

Every time she thought about that moment she couldn't help but laugh because the unbending Merle Dixon shit his pants, and Daryl laughed like he had never laughed before in his life, according to him.

It happened on a Friday night, June 3rd to be exact, Daryl made sure to know the exact date Merle shit his pants. She and Daryl had had diner, at his cabin, and were watching a movie afterwards when she went to the bathroom when Merle arrived. Apparently Merle had eaten some gas station nachos with chili that was bad, way too bad, and need a bathroom as soon as he finished eating the snack. He had been driving the moment when the diarrhea hit and the nearest place to him was Daryl's cabin so he drove as he fast as he could to the place because his stomach was killing him. As fate would have it though Daryl had been renovating his second bathroom and Beth had just entered the other when Merle arrived and even though she rushed to comply to Merle's yells –even resorting to wash her hands in the kitchen- she exited the bathroom too late and Merle soiled his pants.

The moment, like she said, was priceless. Merle was bent over holding his stomach looking traumatized, and Daryl was behind him processing his brother's abrupt silence. Then out of nowhere Daryl started to full out laugh. His laugh actually startled her out of the shock she went into after what happened to Merle. Afterwards, however, as she saw Daryl bent over himself but over laughter she couldn't help but laugh too. She didn't even hear Merle telling them to shut the fuck up or him moving her out of the way so he could enter the bathroom because Daryl's laugh was contagious. She honestly didn't know if she laughed because of what happened to Merle or because Daryl was laughing. All she knew was that Daryl's laughter sounded great and she needed to find more ways to get him to laugh.

She loved seeing Daryl so carefree and happy. She loved seeing his rough façade out of his face, and she never thought she would ever be grateful that someone shit their pants.

Anyways, Daryl laughed, she laughed and Merle cursed the hell out of them and the incident was one of the most memorable days of her and Daryl's life. Daryl truly believes that that incident humbled Merle, and he had something to blackmail his brother with, which was something he never had before, so he was a pretty happy camper about that.

Just as he was a happy camper right now.

She and Daryl were lying on their bed, spent from their previous activities. Daryl was smiling a proud smile because he got her to moan really loud and he was proud of his feat. And her well she could even be mad about his cockiness. She was still coming out of her haze, and seeing him smile, the way he was, took her back to that haze because Daryl Dixon was beautiful. His smile was beautiful, and she loved him.

"If I had a star for every time your smile made my day, I would have a galaxy," she told him as she settled against him and placed her chin on his chest facing him.

And Daryl, who was still too lost in his haze to brush her comment off like he always frustratingly did, just smiled in return and replied by saying,

"Woman, I would have a billion galaxies."

Note

I had a lot of fun writing this one. I mean imagine someone like Merle Dixon pooping his pants and tell me that all your masks wouldn't crack because of that. Anyways this pick up line is one of my favorites and I feel sorry for leaving this story for a while. Shit happened and I just didn't have it in me to continue it but I am going to.

Thanks for reading and please leave a review. :)