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By the end of their first day with Merle, neither Daryl or Jillian were any closer to figuring out what they were going to do. As the sun started to set, Merle unchained Daryl and everyone started up the stairs to the bedrooms. Merle motioned Daryl and Jillian into the bedroom they had spend in their first night in. He chained Daryl's ankle to the bed frame then started backing out of the room with Sophia who started struggling.

" You can't take my sister!" Jillian said as she started forward.

" Well I can't leave her in here with you two. Ain't right. I saw what you two did in the woods, can't let this little girl see that, you bunch of perverts." Merle said.

" We aren't going to be having sex. Please, let me have my sister." Jillian pleaded. He was standing just outside the door way. Sophia was against his chest and he was holding her there with his handless arm. His gun was pointed at Jillian. Daryl was sitting on the bed, facing the doorway. She looked back at Daryl. " Tell him, Daryl. Tell him we aren't going to have sex. Tell him to leave her with me, please." She begged. He looked up at her but didn't say anything. He didn't want to anger his brother. If Merle's mind was made up to keep Sophia with him then he was going to do it. Daryl knew Merle wouldn't hurt or touch the girl but if he got mad, there was no telling what he'd do. Daryl slowly shook his head at Jillian who's mouth fell open. " Daryl, please." She said softly. Merle started to laugh.

" Good night you two." He said. He reached out with his gun hand and nudged the door. As soon as it shut they heard him lock it. Jillian moved to the door quickly and started turning the handle.

" Merle!" She called out. " Open the door, please!"

" Jillian." Daryl started. She kept turning the handle a few more times before she kicked it.

" Open the door!" She yelled.

" Jill, sit down." He said. Jillian spun around and glared at him.

" How could you just sit there and let him take her from me!" She snapped.

" He ain't gonna hurt her none. He kept her safe last time he had her." Daryl defended.

" That's not the point, Daryl. You didn't even try and help me." She said.

" I ain't gonna fight with you. That ain't gonna help us." He said. " Just calm down and let's figure out what we're going to do." He said. He reached out for her hand but Jillian shook her head as she frowned. He sighed and dropped his hand to his lap.

" So Merle just comes back into the picture and you are just going to do whatever he wants?" She snapped as she crossed her arms over her chest. She pushed away from the door and started to walk around the bed.

" That ain't fair and that ain't right, Jillian. I fought him for you last time we were here and we weren't even together." He said as he turned in the bed so he could watch her. She was walking towards the window. " You really think I won't fight him now for you?" She shook her head but didn't say anything as she reached the window. She stared out into the night. " What do you want from me, Jill?" He asked softly.

He wanted to yell at her but he didn't want Merle to know they were fighting. He would use that against them. He had already tried to convince Daryl that Jillian was just using him to get off, that she didn't really care about him. Daryl knew that wasn't true but she was making him mad. She just couldn't see or didn't want to see that he had been trying to help her by not saying anything. She sighed and face him.

" Tomorrow we are leaving." She said. His shoulders dropped. He hadn't expected that. He dropped his eyes to the bed and nodded.

" Yeah, be the smartest thing for you." He said quietly.

" We are going to convince him to let us take Sophia back to camp and get our supplies then you and I will go wherever he wants." She said. Slowly he brought his eyes to her face.

" What?" He asked. She started towards the bed.

" I want to take Sophia back to Mom. I want to get our stuff then we will leave. Maybe we could slip into camp at night. You, Merle and Sophia can wait in the woods while I could go to our tent and pack up our bags real fast then I will come back into the woods. Once I'm back with you three, we let Sophia go back to the camp then the three of us can slip away." She said as she sat down. He swallowed as he looked away.

" You sure you want to leave them?" He asked. They weren't looking at each other. " Ain't gonna be safe out there, you know that."

" I can't be away from you." She said softly. She crawled over to his side of the bed and straddled him. She put her arms around his shoulders. He put his around her waist and they hugged tightly.

" You don't have to go with us." Daryl said as he closed his eyes.

" Yes I do. If you're going then so am I. Maybe after a while we can slip away from him and go back to the camp." She said.

" You'd be safer to stay." He said. He knew he should refuse to let her come but he knew her and if he tried to stop her, she'd get mad at him. He couldn't leave her, maybe forever, knowing she was mad at him.

" I know." Was all she said. " But I couldn't live with myself if I just let you walk away without a fight. We will stay with him until we figure it all out." He started rubbing her back. This girl was amazing. He turned his face so his forehead was resting against her shoulder. She was going to leave her family for him.

" Can't say we ever will get away from him." He said as he closed his eyes.

" I'm not asking you too. We are in this together. I didn't tell you I love you because I was bored. We are a couple, that means we do things together, no matter what. I'm in this for the long haul." She said. He squeezed her then brought his face up so he could look into her eyes.

" You sure you want to do this?" He asked. She nodded.

" I go where you go." She said. " I trust that you will keep me safe. I actually trust that Merle will keep me safe. I think once he sees how much we mean to each other, and that I won't leave you, that he will protect me too." He nodded.

" In the morning we will tell him our plan." Daryl said.

" Did you mean it when you said it?" She asked softly.

He nodded again as he searched through her eyes. She sighed slightly as her whole body relaxed. She smiled and closed her eyes. He moved his hands from her back to her face. He cupped her in between his hands and brought his face to hers. He closed his eyes and started rubbing his cheek against her. Her skin was soft against his. She always loved when he rubbed his goatee against her. It turned her on and relaxed her.

" I meant it." He whispered.

" Say it again." She whispered as his right cheek passed over her chin. He brought his lips to hers.

" I love you." He breathed into her mouth. She smiled and sighed again.

" I love you." She whispered.