A/N: Sorry for the late update, been busy with summer time pain! Thank you for the awesome reviews.

Choice...

It took Daryl a little longer then usual to wake up since he was still sore from last night. After he got dress he looked at Michonne, who was still sleeping. He walked over to her and gently kissed her shoulder, pulling the sheets over her exposed skin. He was happy to finally have his women by his side. The two of them started out as enemies but over time he slowly started opening himself up to her which in return made her soften up towards him, leading to them becoming best friends. Walking out the door he was approached by Glenn. He wanted to catch up with Daryl and talk to him about everything that happened up until now.

"How's Michonne?" Daryl sits next to him on the porch.

"She's alright, sleepin"

"Are you guys a couple now?"

"Yeah we are" Glenn smiled at him.

"How do you feel about her?"

"I care about her a lot but she not giving me all of herself to me. Whenever it's me and her she's affectionate, which is good but she acts closed off and sad. Every time i look at her i don't feel the love at all. Then when Rick comes around her she completely shuts down. He grabs her, tries to touch her and she doesn't stop him. Even when I ask her a question about how she feels about him she can't give me an answer. I want her to trust me"

"You need to give her some time. She did everything for Rick, even bonded with his kids and just swept her under the rug when we got here. I don't know what happened to him. She has to be the one to make the decision to cut Rick off." The two of them became quiet.

"I know now i can't go back to being the same person I was out there" His facial expression changed. Glenn needed to figure out a way to let him know he wasn't alone in this.

"You should talk to her about everything you just told me and ask for the truth"

"...Alright"

Later that day Carol meets with Rick outside by the abandoned house to talk about their alliance. She noticed something was different about him.

"So Daryl's out?" She asked.

"Yeah. We'll get by without him"

"What about information?"

"Jessie knows where the maps to this place are, just give me a few days" He gave her extra ammo for her gun.

"What about Michonne?" She seen the look on his face change. He wanted to save her but he needed her to see first hand that Daryl couldn't protect her.

"Don't do that to her, everyone in the group has the right to be saved including her" Carol didn't want Daryl out of the alliance since he played a strong role. She would talk to him on her own time.

"Just worry about lying low, I'll handle Michonne"

"What are you going to tell her?" He walked away without answering her. His silence made Carol felt uneasy about the situation. To her it sounded like he was going to hurt her, but she still wanted to keep the alliance intact.

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Rick was assigned to a shift in the guard tower. Looking through the scope of the gun he spotted Michonne sitting down on the open lawn, which made him smile. He seen Daryl approach her from the side. When Rick saw him wrapping his arms around her he loaded a bullet into the chamber and cocked the gun. He aligned the crosshairs of the scope at Daryl's head and relaxed his finger on the trigger.

"Rick, Rick" Someone called. He lowered the gun and heard Glenn calling his name.

"We need to talk" Glenn took Rick to the supply van to talk. They sat quiet for some time before Rick spoke up.

"What is this about?"

"You and Michonne" Rick signs.

"I miss her"

"Do you miss her or the sex?" Rick glared at him

"What are you saying?"

"If I treated Maggie the way you treated Michonne I would never want her to speak to me again... Did you want this place?"

"No, but I wanted her to be happy so I put my feelings aside"

"I don't get it, Almost every day i would hear you say how much you loved her. She would have the biggest smile on her face whenever she was around you. Remember that night in the church, when you held her close to you on the altar and said she's you're queen and you wanted her to be by your side. I can see why she'd be pissed. Why would you treat someone like that. All of this makes me wonder, did you ever want Michonne to be yours?"

"She's still my girl. My kids love her as much as I do. Daryl doesn't want her, just using her to get himself a piece of ass" Glenn shook his head in disgust.

"What does Jessie have that she didn't?" He didn't answer.

"Who are you in love with?"

"...Michonne" Rick stood up.

"There's a lot I don't speak on but this hits home for me. Michonne was depressed the whole time after that welcome party, every one could tell she wasn't the same. You were the reason she drinked so much. Now that Daryl is in her life..."

"I don't have to listen to this"

"Then don't, just look up and see that Daryl makes her happy" Rick clenched his fist and walked away. He would talk to Michonne later but for now he had to process what Glenn said.

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After Michonne took her bath she changed into her pajamas and laid next to Daryl on the bed. He becomes uneasy as she starts messing his pants.

"What are you doing?" She pulled the band back.

"It's okay" She lifted his shirt up and kissed his stomach. She pulled his member out of his underwear and started stroking it.

"Michonne stop" He pushed her hand away. She sat up on her knees.

"What!" She said in an aggravated tone. Daryl could see this was the was she acted when she slept with Rick, which sadden him. He couldn't grasp how badly Rick changed Michonne.

"Don't feel like you need to have sex with me in order to please me. Just being around you makes me happy" He put his member back into his pants.

"Did you tell Rick, bout us dating?"

"...No" Daryl signed, feeling frustrated with her.

"You still want him?"

"...No I don't"

"Then what is it? I can't see how your still in love with someone who hurt you" She puts her head down, hiding behind her dreads.

"It's my fault why you two aren't friends. I thought I was the one who could keep the tension at ease" He pulls the dreads hanging from the side of her face back, revealing her eye.

"That's between me and him. You didn't do anything wrong, you don't have to protect me from him" He signed. She could tell he didn't trust her at all.

"I need to know that you're on my side completely. I don't want half of you" She moved closer to him.

"I am by your side"

"i don't feel it" She flipped her dreads back and locked eyes with him.

"...I've always been on your side since we started talking to each other. You always made time for me, no matter how busy you were. Me and you always had a connection with each other, I just don't wanna get hurt by someone i care about again" He gently rubbed her hand.

"You're the only man I wanna be with" She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. As she pulled away he pulled her close to give her another kiss.

In the middle of the night Michonne couldn't sleep. The thought of going back to work overwhelmed her. Sitting up in the bed she looked at her uniform jacket on the wall next to her. Holding the jacket in her hands she rubbed the symbol attached to the arm with her thumbs. Thinking about everything Rick and her established together as a team she realizes this drastic decision has to be done in order to give Daryl all of her love.