This is just a short chapter, that will, hopefully, keep you all interested while I'm on a little break. My husband is working day shifts and then he's off for a week, so I probably won't be posting for awhile. Gonna get me some alone time even if it kills me lol.
Chapter 7
"Rise and shine, Pumpkin!" Tabby said as she shook Daryl, who was still passed out in the RV, awake.
He rubbed his face and looked outside, "Holy shit, what time is it?" he asked groggily.
"Dunno, but everyone's eating breakfast." she said as she plopped down in the driver's seat before handing him a plate and continuing to munch off of her's. Daryl stared at her for a second, the thought of poison crossing his mind. She rolled her eyes and grabbed a piece of food off of his plate and popped it into her mouth. "See, not poisoned."
Daryl chuckled a little as he took the plate, she'd always been able to read him like a book. They ate in silence for a few minutes, he was pretty surprised she hadn't taken off the second he took the plate.
She cleared her throat a little bit, "Soooo..." he looked up at her as she watched him awkwardly. He raised an eyebrow at her, waiting for her to continue. "After you passed out last night, me and Merle started talking. I mean, we're gonna be stuck together for a while, so maybe we should start being more civil to each other." Tabby couldn't suppress a slight giggle when he looked at her with his "what the fuck" look. "Okay, okay. I need to be more civil. So I was thinking, we really sucked as a couple, Daryl. Like, hardcore blew at it. But we were really great as friends." She finished with a small smile.
Daryl finished chewing before he spoke. "So ya wanna go back ta how we was when we was kids?"
"Yes, I want to go back to how we were when we were kids." she corrected with another smile.
"Shit, Tabs. Ya really tryna fix the way I talk?" he asked with a small smile of his own. He remembered how she was always correcting him when they were kids, she had stopped when they got married, like she had stopped caring.
"Naw," she said, pinching his cheek. "I just like fucking with you." Tabby started laughing at the irritated look on his face as she left the RV.
The women were all sitting around the quarry doing laundry. Reminiscing about life before this, all the things they missed.
"I miss my vibrator." Andrea suddenly burst out, causing all the girls to giggle, which just got worse when Carol chimed in with her "me too."
Tabby finally stopped giggling long enough to reply with, "what do you mean miss?" causing all the girls to giggle more and stare at her.
"You mean you still have yours?" Amy asked, a little embarrassed.
"Of course I do, why do you think I had Glenn pick me up batteries and booze." the other girls started laughing again. "You can laugh all you want, but my date nights with Jensen are the only things keeping me from turning into the biggest bitch on the planet."
The giggling kept up, but Andrea was finally able to ask, "Jensen? You named your vibrator Jensen?"
"Hell yeah, Jensen Ackles! Probably the sexiest man on the planet." she smiled as she kept scrubbing at the shirt in her hands. She looked up at the other girls and noticed their dumbstruck looks. "Seriously? You don't know who he is?" They all shook their heads no, "Holy fuck, Jensen Ackles, as in Dean Winchester, as in Supernatural. Only like the best show ever made." she explained.
"Wait, is that the one were they go around and kill ghosts and stuff?" Amy asked.
Tabby nodded a little bit, "Kinda, they take care of all the things that go bump in the night. Like vampires and werewolves." she giggled as Amy crossed her arms.
"You really still gonna give me shit for liking Twilight?" she asked with a huff.
"Of course I am!" Tabby laughed. "It ain't ever gonna let up til you admit that it's a horrible, terrible franchise."
They argued for a little bit before the other women pulled them back into the conversation. Apparently they had changed the topic from vibrators to men, and best sex they ever had. They were all a little surprised when Carol didn't name Ed as her best time, they had figured he probably sucked in bed, but they didn't expect her to say it out loud.
"What about you, Tabby? Do any men from your past live up to Jensen?" Lori asked with a small giggle.
Daryl was walking by, probably headed back into camp after hunting, judging from the string of squirrels he had with him. "Just one." Tabby replied, watching him walk away.
The supply run group left the next day. Tabatha had voiced her opinion about how it was a stupid idea to send so many, especially when Merle was a part of that group. She felt helpless not knowing what was going on out there. Most importantly, not knowing what was happening to the man she had considered closer than a brother her whole life.
When they eventually got back, she was happy to see everyone was still alive, but once she realized Merle wasn't getting out of that van, all that emotion quickly turned to panic.
"Where's Merle?" she asked the group, barely registering the happy reunion of the man named Rick with his family. The rest of the supply group looked at her, as if at a loss for words.
