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Beth POV

The next morning, Beth woke up before sunrise. She quietly crept out of the cell block and into the courtyard, so she could watch the sun as it began to rise. The teenager was thinking about her conversation with her sister, and was relieved that her sister supported her attraction to the older redneck. She was anxious about having to tell Hershel if anything else were to happen with Daryl, because she knew her father would not be as accepting.

"What'cha thinkin' about?" Beth jumped at the sound of Daryl's voice, but relaxed when she saw him appear.

"Oh, nothin'," she sighed. "I talked to Maggie about you last night."

"Yeah? What she have to say?" Daryl questioned her.

"Well, nothin' really. I just told her that I like havin' you around," Beth admitted.

That brought a small smirk to Daryl's lips. "Yeah, you're pretty great to have around too."

"Thanks," Beth said with a nervous laugh.

"So—she's okay with it? With the age difference n' everything?" Daryl himself was just in his 30's, but he knew that it was enough of an age gap to upset her father, and that was the last thing Daryl would ever want to do. He felt he owed the man his life, because if they had been turned away from the Greene's farm, the Atlanta group's chance of survival would be diminished extremely.

"Well, she knows I'm old enough to make my own decisions, so I think she is," Beth told him.

He crossed over to her and wrapped her in an embrace. "Good. Least she'll be able to help convince your daddy that this is ok," he laughed.

Beth laughed, too. "Yeah, that'll be a toughie. But I think he'll accept it eventually." She looked up and smiled at him. Daryl bent down to give her a soft kiss, and he couldn't help but notice it felt like the most natural thing he'd ever done.

They jumped apart as they heard footsteps approaching the courtyard, but they were relieved to find that it was just Maggie, who had taken the last watch and was now heading back inside the cell block. "Morning you two," she greeted the pair cheerfully.

"Hey," Beth greeted her sister in return. "How was your watch?"

"Quiet, which is a good thing," Maggie commented. "Not many walkers 'round the yards anymore, so I'm hoping it'll stay that way."

"Definitely be nice if it did," Daryl commented. It was a huge relief for the group to not have to deal with as many walkers filling up the yards.

Maggie nodded in agreement. "You guys might want to be more careful, just for future reference," she teased, and walked off into the cell block. She heard the two begin to laugh as she closed the door.

"I'm glad it was only Maggie," Beth joked.

"Would've been kinda awkward if it was someone who didn't know what was goin' on," Daryl agreed with her. "Well I'm goin' to go find Rick, see if there's anything he needs me to do."

"Okay, I think I'm going to go get Judith then I'll probably end up helping Carol with the children for the rest of the day," Beth told him, turning back to the cell block.

"Catch ya later," Daryl called over his shoulder, walking off to find Rick.

"See ya," she called back, getting ready for a long day of teaching the kids basic survival skills with Carol. It was a job she enjoyed, of course, but she wished that the kids didn't have to grow up so quickly. I guess they don't really have a choice, she told herself, closing the door to the cell block as she went to get Judith.