* Please review even though this story is finished. This story was written before we knew a lot about Daryl and his past. So this is based on Daryl, season 1, when he wasn't a team player and came across as not liking anyone. This is one of my first fics so I hope you like it!*

seven months earlier:

Merle and Daryl slipped into the bar stool of their favorite bar. Merle looked around and spotted the bartender as she started towards them. The young woman put napkins in front of the brothers and smiled slightly. She was a pretty girl with long dark hair with two blond streaks on either side of her head. She had dark blue eyes and a very slender frame.

" What can I get you boys tonight?" She asked. She had been waiting on them since they started coming to the bar, six months earlier.

" You know what we want." Merle said with a smirk. Jillian placed her hands on her hips in mock anger.

" Listen, I have told you boys time and time again, I am not going to have threesome with you." She said. Daryl smiled and Merle laughed with a shrug.

" You can't blame a man for tryin." He said as she grabbed the beer she knew they'd order. She placed a beer in front of each man then crossed her arms on top the counter and rested against it. Daryl picked up his beer to take a drink.

" If you hadn't told me you were brothers I might have considered it." She said. Daryl's hand stopped with the bottle midway to his mouth as he looked at her. " But since you're brothers, it's kind of weird." She winked at them and walked away laughing. Merle nudged his brother.

" Ya hear that? She'd consider sleepin with us if we weren't brothers." Merle said.

" Will you shut up already?" Daryl said after he took a swig from his beer. He turned in his bar stool to watch the TV. " That kind of girl is too good for the likes of us." He said.

" She sure is hot though." Merle said as he turned in his seat.

Daryl's eyes were glued to the screen as a new flash came over. The whole bar were quiet as everyone started watching it. Reports were coming in from everywhere about people attacking and eating others. A shoulder brushed against Daryl's a second before light perfume greeted him. Daryl looked to his right to find Jillian leaning against the counter. Her small arms crossed over her chest.

" This had been going on all day." She said. She glanced at him before looking back at the TV. "What do you think is going on, Dixon?" Daryl cleared his throat then looked away.

" How the hell would I know? I'm just a stupid hick." She looked at him and smiled.

" You're smarter then you think, Daryl Dixon." She said. He looked slowly at her. " Tell me what you think?"

" What's it matter what I think?" He asked. She shook her head and looked back at the TV. When she didn't say another word, Daryl looked away.

Three weeks later:

Daryl crept through the town with his cross bow up. Merle had gone missing somewhere in the city. Daryl had come to find him but so far there had been no luck. A movement from inside a building to his right caught his eye. It was too fast to be a walker so he decided to check it out. He quickly crossed the street and slowly pushed open the door to the drug store.

He heard the sounds of items being moved around and started carefully walking through the store to find the source of the noise. He watched everything as he moved through the store, making sure no walkers were coming for him. When he reached the back of the store, he saw an open door. Going in, weapon first, Daryl silently walked into the back.

" Daryl? Daryl Dixon?" A small voice asked. " Holy shit, it is you!" He heard a second before he was rushed by the bartender he had come to know. She wrapped her arms around his waist and squeezed him tightly. " Oh my God, you made it!"

" Jillian, what the hell you doin here?" Daryl asked as he pulled her away from him. He noticed another girl staring at them. She had Jillian's face only with she had blond hair.

" My sister and I have been hiding out here since the outbreak." Jillian said.

" Well this is a stupid place to hide." He snapped.

" Wow, Jillian. It seems you missed telling me about his charming personality." Her sister snapped. Daryl frowned slightly, she had been talking about him?

" We didn't know where else to go." Jillian said. Daryl sighed.

" Come with me, I got a place you will be safe." He said.

" I'm Jocelyn, by the way. Thanks for asking." The blond said.

" You two get whatever supplies you can and follow me." Was all Daryl said. The girls picked up their book bags and strapped them on their backs.

" We have a car in the back, it's filled with shit. We were going to make a run for it but we didn't know where to go." Jillian said.

" Then we will drive it to the camp." Daryl said. Both girls came to him then and each took one of his hands but he pulled away from them. " Look, I can't shoot anything with you two holding on to me."

" We're scared, Daryl. You don't have to be a dick, alright?" Jillian said softly. Daryl locked eyes with her for a few seconds before he spoke again.

" Hold on to my shirt if you have too." He said. Each girl took a hold of the back of his shirt before they left the store.