Chapter two

(Warning racist remarks from Daryl + merle's, it meant nothing by it just how the characters talk)

Daryl and violet walked through the trees, both of them scanning the area for walkers. Daryl had a string of squirrels and a couple rabbits hanging of his shoulder, violet was walking ahead of him and he couldn't seem look away from her ass as she walked. Oh god she had a sweet ass. He could just imagine the men's reactions when he brought her in to camp. She looked like a model, but she seemed way to smart. She didn't talk much, he liked that, other girls would have been moaning and shit about how sore their feet were or how hot it was. She was quiet, quick and smart. Daryl wasn't much of a talker himself but he wanted to hear her voice, he wanted to know more about her. He knew once she got in camp and met his brother she would avoid both of them and probably hook up with one of the guys. But she seemed different, he never met a girl who could hunt or kill a walker that easy.

"What's the group like?" she asked and brought him out of his thoughts.

"Erm, got an old guy who owns an RV, sits there and plays with his watch, 2 cops, cops wife's a slut and got a kid, chinaman, black man, 3 other woman, woman who gets beat by her husband and has a little girl, 2 guys, and me 'n' ma brother" he told her, they were now walking side by side

"They got names or?" she smirked.

"Yeah they're a bunch of idiots, I'm warning you now you should be prepared to be questioned by the cops" he said.

"Oh great, hated cops before this and now there's two of them in your group" Daryl actually chuckled at her comment leading her to smile to herself.

They chatted lightly, he told her about his rude brother and she just said she's use to remarks. He wondered want she meant by that but didn't want her to be uncomfortable. They talk about films and music and found out they had a lot in common. She told him how she learned how to hunt and skin. He was impressed, and surprised himself at how much he wanted to keep talking to her. She was easy to talk to and had a nice smile and laugh. He felt himself wanting to make her laugh. But when he asked her questions she gave short answers. But he didn't want to push her. After a while of silence Daryl began to talk.

"You don't talk much" he said more of a statement than a question.

"I'm not much of a talker, you get too cosy with someone, say something you shouldn`t then they hold it against you." She said with a plain expression and no emotion in her voice. He nodded in response. He knew there was defiantly more to this girl.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You can but that doesn't mean I'm going to answer." she said as she caught his eyes.

"what's a girl like you doing in the woods alone when there are dead people walking round wantin to eat ya?" he asked her staring straight ahead.

"A girl like me?" she asked him raising her eyebrows.

It was then when Daryl realized what he had said to her, his mouth went dry and he started to blush and looked down at where he was walking, in his head he was thinking 'yeah a stunning girl like you shouldn't be out alone in the woods, a lucky man out there should be taking care of you' but before he could speak they heard groaning they knew all too well.

However he couldn't see a walker, he turned around and saw violet kicking what use to be a man now snapping his jaws at her and swinging its arms, her bow was just out of her reach.

"FUCK" he heard her call out, he saw her struggling to keep it away.

Daryl raised his cross bow and aimed for the walkers head. He shot an arrow, and the walker fell right on top of violet. She kicked the body of her and brushed herself off.

"Took long enough to kill it" she said as she got up. He rushed over to help her up.

"You bit or scratched?" he asked while he was checking over her arms, she could hear the panic in his voice.

"No I'm fine, thanks for shooting it" she said as she pulled away from him and grabbed her bow.

"Yeah sorry I was kind of thinking bout shit, I wouldn't have let you get bit" he stared at her as she met his eyes.

"Yeah look its fine" she quickly looked away from his gaze and shifted her weight.

"We're not that far from camp now" he said as he started to walk.

They walked for about 15 minutes in silence until they began to see the camp. They hadn't spoken since she was attacked by the walker. She was walking a couple feet behind Daryl keeping their space. She caught herself checking him out a couple times, but drew her eyes away.

"That it?" she asked as they began walking closer.

"Yep" he said.

Dale was on top of the RV like always, he was the first one to see Daryl was back, but not alone. Most of the group was around the fire, they all began to turn their heads and stand up. Waiting for Daryl and violet to arrive. Violet's eyes went over all the group members, she could recognise the cops from Daryl's description.

"Who you got there Daryl?" dale asked from his spot on the RV next to glenn. Sam and max walked out of the RV laughing when they noticed violet, their eyes widened and Daryl didn't like the way they were staring at her.

"My name's Violet" she stopped walking and put her hands in her back pockets, shifting her weight. Daryl stood staring at her, he could tell she got all tense when she saw how many people there were.

"Hello Violet, I'm Rick Grimes" he held his hand out to her, she hesitated and just nodded to him. Daryl couldn't help but smile to himself, he was staring at max and Sam who seemed to have massive grins on their faces and nudging each other with their elbows. Course they were staring at her she's beautiful.

"Well well well, finally my baby brother brought us something home to play with, ay baby brother" they all turned their heads to Merle who was walking slowly over to violet. "well who have we got here? Sugar tits."

Violet just stood her ground and stared at him "oh wow you know how to flatter all the girls, I'm surprised you don't have so many women around you." She said sarcastically. Daryl smirked, not many girls stood up to Merle, well actually no girls stood up to Merle, ever.

"Merle leave her alone" Daryl told his brother. Merle jut grinned.

"Okay okay, I'll be in ma tent if anyone needs me" Merle said but directing it to violet he walked past her and winked. He walked away staring at her ass.

"I take it that's your brother?"

"Yeah" was all Daryl said

"Look violet, why don't you go with Amy and set up a tent get something to eat then we can talk later, I'm sure you're very tired" Rick said to violet. She nodded politely and smiled. Daryl could tell it was a fake smile. He looked at her as her eyes drifted to meeting Sam's. He didn't like the way they were looking at each other.

Amy came over to Violet and smiled she led her over to the RV to get a tent. Daryl went to go and skin what he caught by his tent. He sat by his tent and watched violet, he couldn't help it. He felt anger go through him when he saw Sam and max approach her.

VIOLETS POV:

Oh god their all staring at me, shit, they're going to want to know where I came from. Yeah that's not going to happen. Oh why did Daryl leave me here.

"Here" Amy said as she held out the tent, I looked up at her and I realized she was talking to me. She looked about the same age as me, maybe a year or two younger. I cleared my throat and smiled. I took the tent and talked out the RV.

"Thanks" I said

"no problem, so violet right?"

"Yep"

"I think someone has a crush on you" she told me as she nodded towards Daryl. He was watching, like staring right at me. I could feel his blue eyes on me. "I wouldn't get involved with the Dixon brothers though, there both like ticking time bombs" I smiled but kept my eyes locked with Daryl.

"Hey" I heard someone shout out, I turned around and there was guy standing there smiling. He looked about 24 or 25, dark brown hair, stubble, he was wearing a dark grey band t-shirt and jeans. "I'm Sam and this is my friend max" he nudged the guy standing next to him. He was a bit shorter than Sam, and he had light and longer hair. Max smiled but was staring at my breasts. Well this was going to be fun I thought to myself.

"Hey" I smiled at them. Me and Amy were walking slowly to put up my tent, Sam offered to help put it up. The only space was between Sam and max's tent and Daryl's. I didn't mind though I liked Daryl, there was something about him.

"Um you sure you want to put your tent here? It's right next to Daryl" Amy told me, I nodded.

"Yeah why is there something I should know about him?" I asked her

"No I mean he's off hunting a lot anyway, he seemed to take a liking to you though." She winked

"All done" Sam appeared from behind the tent and smiled. I said thanks and told them both that I'm just going to put my stuff in there and be out in a while. It's weird how everyone is so nice. All the women kept smiling and offering me food and Sam and max just seemed excited to see a new girl. I don't like they way Shane stares at me, Daryl did say he was a bit weird. Rick seemed nice though, Daryl told me about his wife and Shane.

Daryl watched as violet walked in to her tent which was next to his, he saw Sam walk away from her, he was grinning. He felt jealousy coming of him, he was angry at himself, at Sam, at her. Letting himself get jealous over her. He only knew her for a couple hours, he didn't understand the feelings he was having for her, he had never been jealous. Merle was the only one he had ever cared for in his entire life. He carried the animals over to the fire to carol and Lori. They said thanks but he just grunted and walked away, he was staring at Violets tent. He was tempted to walk in to her tent and take her there and then. But she's not a whore, she deserves to be treated right. Part of him just wanted to go in there and listen to her talk, to her laugh. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and had a relaxing voice. He didn't know how to deal with his feelings so he just walked in to his tent and deal with his hard on that he had since he laid eyes on her.

It was now evening and they were all around the fire. Reminiscing, joking and telling stories. Violet was surprised at how happy people seemed to be. Daryl was sitting opposite Violet, he liked the way the flames of the fire reflected of her skin, the crackling sparks made her green eyes sparkle, they caught each other's eye's a couple times, but violet broke away. He was not hiding the fact he was watching her. Violet was sitting between Sam and Amy. Andrea was next to Amy, then Lori, Carl and rick, then Daryl, Shane, Glenn, T-dog and Jacquie, then max next to Sam. Carol, Ed and Sophia went to the tent early. Rick aid they never sat round the fire. Daryl could tell she wasn't very comfortable with people trying to talk to her, he remembered her saying she wasn't a people person. Violet was wearing skinny jeans and a baggy jumper, she had he legs up on her chair and her arms hugging herself.

"So, violet we know Daryl found you in the woods but where exactly did you come from?" Rick said calmly, with his son sitting squashed up beside him. Violet looked away from the fire and at Rick, she sighed as she began to talk.

"Well where do I begin" she sighed and looked into the fire, "well I lived in the woods when the outbreak happened, and I caught on pretty fast that they needed to be hit in the head and just walked through the woods heading to Atlanta." She said, she told them about how she liked living on her own and how she knew how to look after herself.

Rick nodded and told her she was welcomed as a part of the group. Violet felt a little bit guilty for not telling them the whole truth. But they didn't need to know. They seemed to trust her, but she knew better than to trust people you know less than a day. Dale told them a horror story and one by one they all went to bed. There was a chorus of good nights.

By later that night, it was only Daryl, Sam and violet up. Daryl was still watching violet from across the fire, he knew she was hiding something and knew she didn't like people. That made him like her even more. She was talking quietly to Sam, Daryl felt a rush of jealousy go through him. He hadn't talked to her since they walked out from the woods, he clenched his hands into fists and stared in to the fire.

Sam got up and held a hand out to violet "hey, I'll walk you to your tent if ya want?" Sam asked her as she looked up at him.

"Um nah I think I'm going to stay up a little longer" she said as her eye drifted towards Daryl then to the fire. Sam glanced behind him to Daryl then back and violet.

"Okay, than night violet, sweet dreams" he said as he walked backwards from her smiling.

"Night" she said simply with a small smile.

Daryl watched Sam walk off, Sam's eye didn't move from violet but violet just stared off in to the fire, thinking of her own thoughts. Once Sam got in to his tent, Daryl returned his gaze back to violet. He still couldn't believe how beautiful she was. After a few minutes of silence, violet stood up and wiped down her jeans.

"Night" violet said as she locked eyes with Daryl. He was dead tired, but he didn't want to leave her alone by the fire. Daryl got up with her and they began to walk to their tents in silence. Once she got to her tent she looked at Daryl and smiled. He nodded as his way of saying goodnight, he saw her go into her tent and zip it up. He then got in to his own tent.