AN: Who ever added this to the best of Daryl Dixon community, thank you so much! I just feel so honored to be one of 177, since there's like a thousand Daryl stories. So, again, that's so, so, so much!
Lily and Daryl ate their meal together in mostly silence. It wasn't that either of them was mad, they just didn't really know what to say to the other.
"Lily," Emily came up next to Lily while she was sitting at the table.
"What's up, sweetheart?"
"Do I live here too?" she asked, referring to the house.
"Of course, you didn't think we'd leave you out? Did you?"
The raven haired girl shook her head slowly.
"We couldn't live wit out ya," Daryl added.
"In fact, you even get your own room," Lily grinned. "C'mon, I'll show it to you."
Emily smiled and jumped up and down gleefully. Lily rose from the table, Daryl followed and they walked back inside through the sliding glass door. Once upstairs, Lily opened the first door on the right. It had plain white walls, and a twin bed with plain white sheets.
"Can we make it pretty?" Emily asked.
"Of course, I'm pretty sure we have some paint, and we can dye the sheets. How does that sound?"
"Can we make them purple?"
"I couldn't think of a better color," Lily ruffled the girl's hair. "Do you wanna go to sleep now?" Emily nodded as she crawled into the bed. Lily pulled the covers up and tucked them around her.
"Dary, come tuck me in," Emily called across the room. Daryl nodded and kissed the little girl's forehead. "I love you both."
"I love you too," Lily replied as she turned on a night light.
"Ya, I love yew too," Daryl told the girl.
Daryl and Lily left the room and went to theirs at the end of the hall. Lily opened her closet and found a silk type night gown and a pair of underwear.
"I'm going to take a shower," she told him. Daryl nodded and too got ready for bed. Lily was quick in the shower, and changed into her night gown. Daryl was already lying in the bed when she walked out of the bathroom. Lily climbed into the bed and rested her head on his exposed chest. She was shocked that he was actually sleeping shirtless. She looked up at him shocked.
"Yer okay wit it, right?" he asked, unsure.
"Why wouldn't I be? I told you, none of that bothers me. It's not like you could help it…" Daryl nodded and rested his hand on her small stomach. Sure enough, he felt the roundness to it. He kept his hand rested there as they laid in silence. "We should probably sleep. I'm sure we've got a busy day ahead of us."
The next morning, Daryl woke up to the scent of really good food. He reached over in search of Lily's warmth, but didn't find it. She must be cookin' he thought. So he rose from the bed and got dressed for the day in one of his sleeveless shirts and dark colored pants before going downstairs to the kitchen.
"Good morning," Lily greeted.
"Mornin'," he kissed her cheek and took a seat at the counter. "Whatcha cookin'?"
"Bacon, eggs, and pancakes," she replied. "Speaking of which, how do you like your eggs?"
"Don' matter. Whatever's easiest."
"Okay, will you go wake Emily up? Rick wants us all at the main house at nine."
"Whut fer?"
"I'm not sure."
"Be righ' back," Daryl disappeared up the stairs to wake Emily. They were both down a moment later.
"I wish I had toys," Emily said as she took a seat at the counter. Daryl reclaimed the seat he was in earlier, which happened to be next to her.
"Maybe we can make you some," Lily said, as she handed a plate of food to each of them.
"Make some?" she asked, with her confused look.
"Yeah, we can try. Right, Daryl?"
"Ya we'll make ya somethin'," Daryl agreed.
"Okay. When can we paint?"
"Soon," Lily promised, as she took a seat next to Emily with her own plate.
"Do we have syrup?" she asked.
"Yep," Lily moved back around the counter and set a glass mason jar of homemade syrup in front of the young girl.
"Thank you," Emily replied.
"You're welcome sweetie," Lily sat back down.
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The three walked across the beach to the main house where everyone else was.
"Just in time," Rick smiled at the trio."I was just about to explain that we need supplies. Not just food but other things we'll need."
"Like what?" Rose asked.
"We'll need medication eventually and I want to see if South America was affected as bad," Rick replied. "I need a few volunteers to come with me."
"I'll go," Lily said.
"The hell yew will," Daryl said. "Yew ain't goin' out there."
"Why not?"
"Why do you think?" Daryl looked down at her stomach. "I'll go. Yew stay here."
"B-"
"End of discussion," Daryl said. Their relationship wasn't one that they restricted what the other would do, but now Daryl knew he needed to. He couldn't let her risk her own life, along with the one of a child, his or not. Lily stayed quiet. She knew Daryl was right.
"I'll go too, that way I can drive," Mason said.
"If you're going to South America, I advise you not to go to Brazil unless any of y'all can speak Portuguese," Lily said. "Since, Mason speaks Spanish."
"Good point," Mason agreed.
"We can leave in the morning," Rick said.
"Can I get your help on something?" Beth asked Lily.
"Sure," Lily replied.
"Yours too," Beth pulled Maggie's arm and the three went to the room Beth had started sharing with Mason.
"Getting a little cozy, huh?" Lily asked.
"I really like him," Beth blushed. "I think I love him…actually."
"Love him?" Maggie asked. "When did you become so grown up?"
"I just don't know if I should tell him."
"You have to," Lily replied. "One thing I've learned in this world is everything you have could be gone in the blink of an eye. If that's how you feel, he has to know."
"Lily's right. I'm sure he loves you too, he sure acts like it."
"Yeah," Lily agreed. "He's been trying to keep you safe for quite some time."
"Okay, I'm going to do it…tonight," Beth sighed.
"You go for it," Lily smiled encouragingly. The three walked out of Beth and Mason's room and downstairs.
"Aunt Lil, will you set up a movie for Emily, Carl, and me?" Olivia asked. "Daddy and Uncle Daryl don't know how."
"Uncle Daryl?" Lily asked.
"You and Daryl are married, so he's my uncle. Will you help me now?"
"Yeah, c'mon," Olivia and Lily walked to the theater type room. It had a projection screen with a few rows of leather arm chairs. Daryl and Mason were in the room with the projector. "Have a seat with Emie and Carl," Lily made her way to the projection room. "Move over and let the pro handle this."
"Good luck," Mason replied as he moved out of the way.
"I don't need it," Lily said in a cocky tone. "Okay, you have to plug it in first," she pointed out and plugged in the projector. Then, she flipped the switch, and the projector came on, and projected the kid's movie onto the screen.
"Impressive…" Mason said. "For someone who couldn't figure out her toaster."
"It was very confusing!"
Daryl started laughing so hard he almost fell over.
"She couldn't figure out her dishwasher either."
"It wasn't easy to figure out…there was a lot of buttons. Plus, I'm more of the outdoorsy type anyway."
"I probably couldn't a done it either," Daryl tried to comfort her.
"Thank you, Husband. See, we can't all be appliance geeks," Lily stuck her tongue out at her brother childishly.
"Husband?"
"According to Olivia, we're married."
"Okay, wife."
When the three left the projection room after the couple shared a loving kiss, then they noticed Beth sitting with Judith next to Olivia.
"I think I'm gonna stay here with them," Mason took a seat next to Beth.
"Can you guys stay too?" Emily begged Lily and Daryl. Lily looked at Daryl, leaving it up to him. He nodded and the two took a seat in the second row.
"So, what are we watching?" Lily asked Emily.
"The Lion King!"
"Oo, my favorite!" Lily exclaimed, she leaned back next to Daryl. "Don't worry," she whispered. "It's not bad. By far my favorite Disney movie."
"I got yew ta distract me," he smirked.
"Oh really," Lily giggled as he kissed her cheek.
"Keep it down or take your love fest somewhere else," Olivia warned.
"An' whut are yew gonna do 'bout it, lil' punk?" Daryl asked playfully.
Olivia turned around with her fist balled up. Suddenly, Judith began to cry. Beth started to get up and leave the room. Noticing this, Lily stood.
"I'll take her."
"Are you sure?" Beth asked.
"Yeah, it'll be good practice," Lily smiled easily as she made her way over to Beth.
"I shoul' help ya," Daryl got up too, but Emily grabbed his arm.
"Stay wit me Dary," Emily said.
"Sure," Daryl sat down in the last remaining seat in the first row. Lily took Judith and left the room. She walked into the kitchen with the baby and made a bottle of formula.
"Have ya tol' ma brother?" Merle asked when he made his way into the kitchen.
"Yes actually," Lily turned with a smile, as she fed the small child.
"How he take it?"
"He was mad at first, but we talked it out. He's actually kinda happy...I think. We haven't talked much about specifics..."
"Hey Lily," Rick walked into the kitchen. "I want to thank you for letting us all stay here."
"Oh, it's no problem. Y'all are my family now and I want to make sure you're safe."
Rick chuckled softly and Lily raised her eyebrow. "You've picked up a bit of the southern accent. I think you've been hangin' 'round Daryl too much."
Lily laughed too, she hadn't realized it until Rick pointed it out. "So, I was thinkin' I'd make dinner tonight."
"What are ya gonna make?"
"I was thinking about making Chilli, Cincinnati style."
"Cincinnati style?"
"I means it has just a pinch of cinnamon."
"Cinnamon? In chilli?"
"Trust me, there's no better way to eat it. You'll love it."
"Do you want to give me Judith?" Rick asked. "I can feed her."
"Okay. Sure, I'm going to go back to the movie room."
AN: Sorry, I didn't know how to end this chapter and I had to update tonight or God knows when I'd be able to...so thanks again to all of my readers. I love you guys so much!