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Chapter 12

Daryl POV

He had seen the way that Tyreese watched over her. The hug and the whisper in her ear. Her small smile. Seeing those things, including the kiss Tyreese and Carol had shared at the house, all told him he was too late. It was obvious that Carol and Tyreese had grown very close. Daryl was fucking pissed off...

Carol was HIS best friend. Carol leaned on him for strength and Daryl leaned on her. They backed each other up. Cared about one another. He and Carol had always had a special connection. She'd fought hard to make him understand he had value. She'd stood there as he'd raged against her in anger at the farm. She cared about him. Now, it seemed she had found someone else to care about...to love. After all, it wasn't like Daryl had ever been able to be affectionate with her. He'd waited too long. His realization of being in love with her seemed to come too late. Daryl ran his hand over his face and pinched the bridge of his nose in anxiety. Still, something made him doubt what he saw between Tyreese and Carol.

Daryl's mind flashed back to earlier...Carol and him at the house and on the bed. Yes, they had been acting, but there are some things you just can't fake. He remembered how she met his mouth, her chest heaving, her moan when he touched her breast. Her quiet whimpers. No. She couldn't have faked that. He drove the knife back into the dirt. Truth was, Carol wasn't his, he had never given any sign that she was to her or anyone. It was just something he took for granted. That she would always be there just for him.

Then again, this was a totally different Carol. This woman was an amazing fighter, strong and smart. He marveled at how she handled Joe in the bedroom. She didn't need him really. That was what stung. He'd always rescued her, and now it didn't seem she needed to be or even needed him any longer. Something in his chest hurt. Realizing she didn't need him. Realizing that he may have lost her to Tyreese.

Daryl wasn't the best at figuring out things that involved his feelings. It had always been safer to shove them aside or make a joke out of them. Looking up and over at Carol sitting closely to Tyreese made him recognize one emotion right away...jealousy...Daryl was jealous, and it was just plain pissing him the fuck off. He sighed and after she had handed out the granola bars, he'd laid back and tried to sleep. After a while, he felt Carol's eyes on him. He barely opened his eyes and could see Carol watching him. He wondered what she was thinking about...then she had gotten up, nodded to Michonne, grabbed her bag and went towards the creek.

A part of him was worried about her being on her own. Fear gripped him. He had only just gotten her back. Even if she was with Tyreese, he wanted her safe and within his sights. Tyreese laid there snoring away unaware of Carol leaving the camp. That pissed him off...stupid fucker. After waiting a few moments...With Michonne eyeing him, he slipped away from the fire and followed after Carol.

It didn't take him long to find Carol. She was standing there, overlooking the little pool that the creek had created. He was just about to step out and make himself known, when she started to get undressed. Daryl was stunned. He was still hidden to where she couldn't see him. He knew he was acting like a peeping tom, but he couldn't stop looking. Her back was facing him. He watched her undo her boots, take off her shirt, pants, then the bra, but seeing her slid down her panties, that was the most erotic thing he had ever seen. All because it was HER.

He could see every curve of her body in the moonlight. Her saw her get into the water. After a few seconds, he heard muffled crying. Her cries tugged at his heart. He recognized the sound and type of those cries. He'd made them a few times in his life. Most recently, for Merle and the other was when he thought he'd felt he'd failed everyone, his family, at the prison when they were attacked. Daryl wanted to step forward and hold her. He just couldn't take her turning him away. When the cries faded to nothing, he realized something...he needed to hear Carol say that she was in love with Tyreese. He believed she was, but his mind kept returned to that bedroom and her reaction to his touch. Daryl wanted to hear it out of her own mouth. He wanted to know before they arrived at Rick's camp tomorrow. He needed to know where he stood.

Stepping from behind the tree. He walked forward. Carol didn't hear him. She was still facing away from him.

"So, are you love with him?" he asked. His voice rougher than he thought it would be. Carol gasped, and quickly turned towards him, all while covering her upper body with her hands. Carol took a second and looked into his eyes.

"Dixon, I'm kinda busy here." she told him flatly.

"Do you love him?" Daryl growled at her.

Carol looked at him surprised. "Why would you care Daryl?"

"Because I do." Daryl answered. Daryl had seen the answer in her eyes. It flashed just for a second before she started to speak again.

"I don't think now is the time..." Carol told him.

"Just answer the question." Daryl asked her a little less aggressively.

"Ty has been amazing...I don't know if I would have made it without his help..." Carol started. Daryl growled. Then Daryl started taking off his boots. Carol looked shocked.

"What are you doing?" she asked him backing up a bit.

"I'm getting in..." Daryl told her matter-of-factly. He was done with all this bullshit. Time to lay out all the cards. Time to fucking man up.

He was starting to pull off his boxers when she turned around so she wouldn't see him. Daryl waded into the pool. He'd almost reached her when she turned back around.

"Do you love him?" he asked her. He'd gotten very close to her, their bodies inches apart.

"Of course I love him." Carol told him. Daryl raised eyebrow.

"Are you in love with him?" he asked. His hands were ever so slowly inching their way towards her under the water.

Carol's voice got very quiet, and she looked down into the water. Then she said, "I'm only in love with one man Daryl...and Tyreese isn't him." When her eyes lifted to look at Daryl, the love she had for him filled his very soul.

He reached out and grabbed her then, and pulled her body against his. Her arms encircled his neck, and he felt her breasts push against him. Daryl kissed her, and she opened her mouth to allow him to plunge his tongue deeper. Carol moaned loudly. She wrapped her legs around his waist, and then Daryl lifted her upwards until her chest was ever with his mouth. He latched on suckling and nipping at the little bud that had formed there. Carol had her hands in his hair and was gently tugging at his head. She moaned and he growled in response. When Daryl moved to the other breast, she began too tremble... He harden penis kept rubbing up against her ass crack and caused fire to run through his veins. Daryl wanted to taste her. He had to taste her! Glancing around he saw a rock wall that helped contain the little pool. He had an idea. It would take upper body strength, but he was pretty sure he could handle it.

"Come here baby." he whispered into her ear as she clung to him. Her hands running over his shoulders, her mouth on his neck.

"Do you trust me?" Daryl asked her.

Pulling back a bit. Carol said, "I've always trusted you and I always will." His heart leapt at the faith she had in him.

Carrying her he made his way to the wall. Daryl put his hands just below her ass cheeks, and in one fluid motion, he'd pulled her up and out of the water. She was leaned against the rock.

"Put your thighs on my shoulders." Daryl told her. Her eyes went wide, but she did as she was told. After Daryl seemed to find the balance he'd been looking for...he looked up from between her thighs. Carol shivered, yet smiled.

Then putting his hands underneath her thighs, he lifted her up and off his shoulders. She spread her legs open for him and he began to lick her slit. Carol moaned and leaned back on the rock to secure her balance. When he let his tongue delve between her slits, he found her little bud and teased it merciously. She trembled against him. It was a good thing Daryl had such a strong upper body, and it was even better that Carol was so damn light, because this position wouldn't be able to be done by a majority of people.

He felt her hand's grasp at his hair. She was getting wetter, and her juices were acting like an aphrodisiac to him. He moaned into her center and adjusted her so she opened a little more to him. Then Daryl let his tongue slid directly into her center. Carol began to whimper and tighten her grip on his hair.

"Oh my god Daryl." she whispered. He felt Carol's tremors on his tongue. He wanted her to orgasm, because he knew once he was in her he wouldn't last long. His grip tightened on her thighs, and he began to lick more deeply, more intentional...hitting all the spots she had whimpered a little more loudly at...Carol began to moan more and gasp. Her hands tightened in his hair to where it hurt. Daryl loved it. He was giving her pleasure and he reveled in it. She started whispering his name. "Daryl...Daryl...Daryl..." and then her body tensed and his mouth was flooded with the results of her orgasm. He caught as much with his mouth as he could. He'd become addicted to her taste. He savored it. Daryl felt her tremble a few more times, and then her body relax. He took her legs off his shoulders and slid her body down his...her hands went to his face and she kissed him deeply.

"Oh god Daryl...thank you that was just...was just..." she told him while she kissed him.

"It ain't over yet." he told her with a grin. Then he guided her to a more shallow part against the rock. Daryl then pulled her up and towards him slightly, and Carol wrapped her legs around him. Daryl put his one arm out and braced his hand against the rock. Then adjusting her position, he thrust up hard and fast into her. Carol cried out. She felt soft, hot, and perfect. Like her body was made to fit his...Daryl had almost came when he entered her...But he wanted her to orgasm with him in her first. Her needs were more important than his needs. Luckily, this part of the pool was more shallow. only reaching above his hips.

Daryl stopped moving in and out of her.

"Are you mine?" he asked Carol looking into her eyes.

"Yes, Daryl. Are you mine?" she asked him while gently touching his face.

"I've always been yours Carol." Daryl told her. They looked deeply into each others eyes, and then he began moving in and out of her slowly at first. They both closed their eyes in the ecstasy of it. Now even more intense knowing they were both each others...

As his movements in and out of her began became harder, Daryl realized he had found her spot. At each thrust, she was rising up and down to meet him. Carol's arms were now wrapped around his neck holding tight. While still inside her he turned to where his back would be against the rock. Leaning back and gaining balance from it, Daryl began thrusting harder and more purposeful. Carol's center was tightening around him, and when he felt the tremors of her beginning to orgasm...he let himself go. He thrust harder and faster into her. So much so, that she had lost the ability to maintain a rhythm with him.

Instead now, she just held on for the ride. He felt Carol cumming. He grunted in pleasure at her orgasm. He watched as her breasts bounced up and down. Then he felt his balls tighten, and he moaned loudly, as his seed shot up and inside of her...Carol leaned her head down against Daryl's. They stayed like that for a moment. Being together. Reveling in their claiming of one another.

"I love you Daryl. I always have..." Carol told him quietly.

Daryl pulled her up and off him. With her feet back on the ground, he looked down into her eyes.

"I fell in love with you the moment you believed in me." Daryl told her, while gently kissing her neck.

"But Daryl..I've always believed in you." Carol told him with a quizzical look.

"And I've always been in love with you." Daryl told her, taking the tips of his fingers and guiding her chin up towards his lips.

To be continued...