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In the morning, Daryl had taken a shower and got dressed in his room. She had left his room the night before and hadn't returned. He actually missed having her soft, warm, small body cuddled up next to his. She had made them breakfast and not spoken one word to him. Daryl sighed in his room and grabbed his cross bow off his bed. He slipped the straps over his head then walked out. Maybe with him in the woods all day she might have a chance to calm down before he got home again.

" Harmony?" He called out as he walked. He went through the living room and looked into the kitchen. He frowned when he didn't see her. " Harmony?" He called out again as he turned and moved through the house. He pushed open the front door to the house and was stunned to see her standing at the bottom of the steps, holding onto the reins of a horse. She must have went out into the barn when he was in the shower. " What the hell are you doin?" She narrowed her eyes at him.

" Oh don't worry, Daryl. If there any walkers out there, and they smell my menstruation, I will just jump right off the horse and become fast food. The massive amount of blood flowing out of me should be enough to distract them so you can get away." She snapped as she started to stroke the horse's nose. Daryl frowned as his hands tighten on his straps. She was making fun of him. His jaw started to work back and forth slowly. He was betting she wasn't even on her period.

" You ain't gotta be a bitch." He snapped. For a few minutes it seemed like they were at a stand still. Then Harmony shook her head and turned away from him.

" Let's go." She said, moving to the side of the horse. Daryl narrowed his eyes. At least now he could concentrate on his anger towards her and not on how she was going to feel against him. " Should I sit in front of you or behind you?"

" Ain't gonna be able to shoot with you in front of me." Daryl snapped as he came off the porch.

" Well I didn't know if you'd want me behind you. My massive PMS might make me haul off and stab you in the back." Harmony snapped back.

" Get the fuck on the horse." He ordered.

" I have never been on a horse before." She admitted. " I need help." Daryl's muscle tensed up as he tried to figure out if she was lying to him or not. His jaw was still working back and forth. " Stop it."

" Stop what?" Daryl spit out.

" Stop staring at me like that and help me." Harmony said. Daryl dropped his hands and came forward.

" Grab the saddle." He ordered. " I'm gonna push you up."

" You aren't scared I'm going to bled on you?" She muttered as she did as he asked.

Daryl's hands come to her waist a second before he picked her up. After Harmony was settled into the horse, Daryl pulled himself up. She came into his back after he got comfortable. He looked back at her then straight ahead of him again. He gathered up the reins then nudged the horse forward. As soon as the animal moved, Harmony jumped and grabbed him tight. Daryl tensed up again. His anger was melting into something else altogether, to his horror. Her hands were tight against his stomach. Her body was pressed against his.

" You need to calm the fuck down. Horse's gonna feel you bein scared and tense." He almost growled out as they moved.

" I got nervous, excuse the hell out of me." Harmony said. " The horse, and you, can just get the fuck over it."

His anger slid back into place again.

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They didn't talk much through the day. Harmony watched as he took aim and shot his arrows. He captured squirrels and a few rabbits. He strung them up on a string that he kept around his left shoulder and, after a while, turned the horse back towards the house. He had tried to hold onto his anger but it had slowly leaked out of him. Every brush of her soft breasts against his back, every time her arms squeezed him, every time her scent rose up, more and more of the anger seeped away from him. It was changing into something else. Something he didn't want to feel. Lust and desire.

Once back at the house, Daryl dismounted from the horse then reached his arms up to help her down. Harmony leaned down, placed her hands on his forearms then let him pull her down. Some how, neither was sure if she pushed against him or if he pulled her towards him, she ended up sliding down so her entire body was against his. Her hands moved to his shoulders as they stared hard at each other. When she slid down against his crotch, he sucked in his breath, her eyes widen and they both knew how turned on he was.

" Daryl," She almost whispered. His hands were on her ribs.

' Push her away! Get away from her!' His mind was screaming.

Harmony's lips parted and everything in him wanted his mouth on hers. Harmony's hands moved to his neck. She started to pull his head down, slowly, as she stepped up. She was going to kiss him again. And would have, if Daryl hadn't shoved her away from him. Harmony stumbled and caught herself before she fell to the ground.

" What the hell is wrong with you?" Harmony snapped as she glared at him. Daryl's face turned bright red. He reached out to help stabilize her but Harmony pushed his hands away from her. " Why did you push me?" Daryl had no answer for her.

' I panicked cuz I'm a pussy.' He said silently. Harmony was still glaring at him and he realized she was waiting for him to speak out loud. He stood up straight, cleared his throat and tugged on the string of animals around his shoulders. The silence stretched out until she shook her head at him.

" Don't ever touch me like that again." She said.

She turned and went up the steps towards the house. Daryl frowned and let his hands come to rest against his hips as she disappeared inside the house. His head dropped and he closed his eyes. He hadn't meant to be so rough with her but he had freaked out and he knew it. He sighed and opened his eyes. Taking the horse by the reins, he started off towards the barn. He was the biggest piece of shit in the world. He had never put his hands on a woman before.

Daryl kept his head down as he walked. He was going to skin and gut the animals by himself. He was going to put the horse back then handle to animals. He didn't want to see her and he was sure she didn't want to see him. He was embarrassed, again. Daryl raised his head up and squinted. He was embarrassed, again, and it was her fault, again. Why the hell did this woman keep embarrassing him? How the hell did she continue to make him feel stupid?

" Fuckin, stupid bitch." He snapped.

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Harmony snatched up a rag and started back through the house when she realized Daryl was back. He was sitting on the bottom step, getting ready to skin and gut the animals he had killed. She threw open the screen door, making him turn and look at her. She chucked the rag she brought him, hitting him in the face with it.

" Here!" She snapped. She turned and went back into the house but only made it a few steps before she spun around and stalked back out. She stormed down the stairs, knowing he was eyeing her the whole way. She faced him and planted her hands on his knees, stunning him. " I'm not on my fucking period but when I am, I will be sure to let you know! I am pissed at you, yeah, but not because I'm bleeding! I'm pissed because I went to you at the CDC, slept with you and you have said nothing to me since! Now, I try and kiss you and guess what? You push me away! If you are waiting for something better to come along well then I'm fucking sorry to tell you but there is nothing better! I'm the only living, breathing woman you are going to find around here. So if you think you are going to get better than me then you are stupid! You can get over that idea or just keep jerking off in the barn!"

Daryl sat up straight as heat filled his entire body. Harmony pushed away from him and went back into the house. He was staring out over the field. How the hell did she know that he was jerking off in the barn? What did she mean he had said nothing to her after they spent the night together? She didn't say anything to him. Daryl threw down the animals he had been holding and pushed himself up. He turned and followed her into the house. She hadn't shut the main door, only the screen door.

" You ignored me!" He yelled after he walked in. Harmony flew out of the kitchen with her face red.

" I went to YOU! I came to YOUR room! I pushed YOU into the bed! I undressed YOU and me! It was me climbing on top of you and riding you, NOT the other way around! What more was I supposed to do!" She yelled.

" You left me in the room and didn't say shit to me!" Daryl yelled.

" I was hung over and throwing up!" Harmony yelled. " I didn't want to throw up in front of you!" Daryl frowned and opened his mouth to yell back at her when a moan spun him around. Two walkers had suddenly appeared at the screen door. Harmony took a hold of Daryl's shirt. His arms went behind him to take a hold of her.

" My cross bow's outside." Daryl said as the walkers banged and pushed against the screen.

" What should we do?" She asked. Daryl started walking backwards, forcing her to do the same.

" You go upstairs. Lock yourself in a room. I'm goin out the back door. Gonna grab my cross bow then handle them." Daryl said.

" You can't go out there alone!" Harmony hissed.

" We ain't gonna fight about this! That screen door ain't gonna hold them long!" Daryl snapped. " Go." He said as he squeezed her. He let her go but when she didn't move he turned. " Damn it, woman, go!"

Harmony looked up at him but started backing away. She quickly moved the stairs as Daryl faced the screen door again. Harmony hurried up the stairs. Daryl waited until she disappeared into a room at the top of the stairs before he took off for the back door. Harmony listened carefully. Then the back door banged shut, she crept back out. She moved down the stairs and took a deep breath. She couldn't just sit back and let Daryl take all the danger on himself. He was all she had left in the world. She took another shaky breath then stepped out to face the walkers.