A/N Ok so clearly the whole 'update once a week thing' isn't working cause I'm busy and everything, so I'll update whenever I can, simply cause its easier. Enjoy this last update before school starts for me

Beth POV

Days had passed since Daryl had kissed her, and it was almost the only thing she could think about. She knew she'd began to have feelings for the redneck, but she never expected it to become anything more than some stupid little crush, but by some miracle, he seemed to feel the same way about her.

The group had had a very long day at the prison. More walkers than usual were piling up against the fence. The original prison group needed to think of a plan of action, and fast, before the walkers became too much more of a threat. "We can't just keep killing them as they pile up," Maggie said, and most of the group agreed.

"Why can't we just leave 'em?" Merle demanded. "They ain't causin' no problems, just keep getting rid of 'em like you been doin'."

"Their building up more and more every day, it's not safe for us," Michonne put in. Though she was not one of the original group, she was treated one due to her skill and ability to keep everyone safe.

"She's right," Daryl agreed. "We need to find a way to secure those first two gates again." The first two gates that had kept the walkers out of the prison had been smashed in when the Governor had let his first attack.

"We get enough people rounded up n' we'll be able to clear all of them that's out there," Rick said. "If we sneak through this gate, we'll be able to get a few while they're still piled up by the fence." He gestured toward the third gate that the group had gathered by. It was the only one that hadn't been smashed in, and they were lucky that it hadn't.

"We'd need a decent sized group," Glenn butted in, "but it can be done. Who'd we send in?"

"Daryl. Michonne. Maggie. Merle. Me. You," Rick responded. "We'd have to see if any of the Woodbury folk are handy with weapons. They'd help us too."

"I want to help," Carl said. Beth mentally rolled her eyes. Ever since he'd killed that boy on the day of the governor's raid, Beth had found he'd been acting more like Shane had, before he went totally crazy and wound up dead. She didn't have a good feeling about that.

Rick bent down to his son. "Carl, this is very dangerous. I know you can handle a gun, but we aren't going to be able to use them. It's a waste of ammo and the noise would just attract more prey. You'll have to sit this one out." Carl was silent as his dad shut his offer down.

"I'll help," Beth volunteered. She had been quiet during this 'meeting', as she had the baby and was tending her as well as paying attention to everyone else.

"What? No, that's crazy!" Maggie protested. "I don't want you to put yourself at risk doing this."

"Why? You are, so I should be able to too! I know how to kill walkers. I'm not completely hopeless, you know." Beth felt the need to defend herself. She didn't want Maggie treating her like a child.

"Kid's right," Daryl said. "She took out walkers on our run the other day, saved my ass couple days before that. She knows how to fight." He didn't like Maggie treating Beth like a total defenceless person either. Beth couldn't help but perk up at his coming to her defense.

"Fine," Maggie said. The group decided that they would clear the yard of walkers and attempt to make new gates to keep more walkers from piling in. Rick left to go see if anyone from Woodbury would be of any help, and Beth left baby Judith with Carol. The group gathered their weapons, and Rick returned with one large man from Woodbury, who was clutching a hammer.

"Alright, let's get to it," Rick instructed the group. One of the other group members opened the gate long enough for everyone to pass through, and quickly closed it afterwards. The next few moments were a blur. Beth stabbed every walker she could reach, and went after more once a few near her were killed. The numbers diminished quickly, and soon the walkers were all dead, permanently. They began to drag the bodies into a pile so they could burn them as soon as possible.

It was a giant success, they agreed. It had taken them the majority of the day to kill and burn the bodies, and everyone set back into their normal routines once they were done. Beth returned to her cell and took Judith. Daryl popped in to check on her, as per usual. "Ya did good today," Daryl remarked. "Gettin' pretty good at killin' those things."

Beth gave him a small smile. "Thanks," she responded. "I'm glad it went as well as it did."

"Could've definitely been a disaster if things went wrong, that's for sure," Daryl agreed, nodding his head. "How's the baby doin'?"

"Good, she's getting really big!" Beth exclaimed, looking down at the growing baby. Judith took this opportunity to start crying. Beth tried to settle the baby but her attempts didn't work.

"Here, let me see her," Daryl said, gently taking the baby from Beth. He started bouncing her around and making quiet hushing noises, and the baby was quiet in a couple of minutes.

"You're a natural," Beth joked. "Usually takes me a while to get her settled when she's like that."

"It's nothin'," Daryl replied. "Well, it's my turn on watch now. See ya."

"Bye," Beth muttered back, setting the baby down in her crib, then lying back on her own bed.

The nightmares that night were worse than usual. It started off with them going beyond the gate to kill the walkers, as they had that morning, but everything went wrong. Maggie dropped her weapon and got run down by a few hungry walkers; Glenn tripped and hit his head on the ground, running to save her. A walker snuck up behind Daryl—as unlikely as that was to happen—and sunk its rotting teeth into his neck.

"Beth! Beth!" someone was shaking her awake, again. Of course, she knew it would be Daryl.

"Sorry...nightmares again..." she apologized.

"You don't gotta be sorry. We all get 'em," he said, sitting down beside her on the mattress.

"This one was worse...it was about today, but everything went wrong. The walkers just stomped right over us, there was no way we could kill them...everyone who went out there got killed..." She paused, trying to block the memory from her mind.

"Hey, it's ok," he told her. "We got out fine, everybody's fine..."

"You're right," she said, lying back down. It was silent for a moment, until Daryl got up and began to leave. "Daryl, wait. Will you stay with me? Just until I fall asleep?" She felt awkward asking, but she knew she'd be safe if he were here.

"Uh...sure," he replied, sitting on the edge of her bed once again.

"You can lie down, if you want," Beth said. So he did, kicking off his boots before he let his feet touch the mattress. To make them both more comfortable, he wrapped his arms around her and the pair fell into a dark, dreamless sleep.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed it! School just started for me so it might be hard to update every week but I'll try my hardest