Wrong About You
Chapter 5
Beth-
I smiled when I woke up and felt Daryl's arms around me.
"Mornin'," he mumbled against my neck when I grabbed his hand.
"Good mornin' to you too," I said before rolling over to face him.
His hand slid up my arm and he brushed my hair away from my face.
"It's good ta see that smile of yours," he said.
"It's because of you."
He pulled me closer to him and rolled onto his back. I didn't realize how cold the prison was until the sheet slipped away from my body and the air met my bare skin.
I must've shivered because Daryl reached down and pulled the sheet and a quilt up over us.
I laid my head on his chest and closed my eyes.
For the briefest moment, I let my mind wander and I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was going out of my way to avoid Rick and I wondered if anyone had noticed it.
My mind didn't stay on that long when I felt Daryl's hand gliding across my back, making me shiver and him chuckle.
We laid there like that for a long time before Daryl flipped me onto my back and leaned over me, kissing down my neck.
My eyes flickered to the curtain of our cell when I saw a shadow pass by and then heard someone laugh.
"C'mon baby brother. Get ya ass up an' off that girl."
Daryl groaned, "Leave us tha fuck alone, Merle!"
I bit my lip to hold back a laugh while Daryl was cussing Merle under his breath.
I've been spendin' every day with Daryl for the past three weeks and today would be no different.
He was goin' on a run and had talked daddy into lettin' me go with him.
"Guess we better get up, huh?" I said.
"Yep. Jus' gon' be tha two of us so we need ta head out early."
We got ready and got the lists of what we needed to get and headed outside.
"We're goin' in the truck?" I asked.
"Yeah. We gotta get too much shit."
We were both silent as we left the prison. It would have been nice but it was almost too quiet.
My mind wandered again but this time I thought about tellin' Daryl what I had done. It would be better to tell him now than wait until we got back to the prison but I needed to take care of somethin' first.
When we arrived at the town we were scavengin', we immediately set to work on findin' everythin' on the lists and gettin' the stuff loaded into the truck.
Daryl put the last box into the bed of the truck and grabbed his crossbow.
"C'mon," he motioned for me to follow him.
We walked down the sidewalk until we reached a run down motel. He had me stay inside a car while he cleared out the rooms.
He was gone for a good twenty minutes before finally emerging from one of the rooms without his crossbow.
Opening the car door slowly as he approached, I saw the huge smile plastered across his face.
"Daryl, are you crazy? Where's your crossbow?"
He shrugged and took my hand, leading me back to the room he had come from.
Before I could step inside, he picked me up bridal style and carried me in and placed me on the bed.
As he locked the door, I looked around the room. There were candles everywhere and the sheets on the bed were clean and obviously didn't belong in a motel.
I watched as Daryl walked over to the table and pulled out too glasses and opened a bottle of wine.
My heart raced and my head filled with guilt.
Daryl really loves me and yet I betrayed him. I can't believe I did somethin' that stupid!
Daryl quickly finished off a few glasses of wine while I sipped on my first glass.
I knew where things were goin' and I wanted it but I was fighting hard not to ruin this.
Daryl didn't waste any time gettin' undressed before he started on my clothes.
He trailed kisses down my neck and chest as his fingers teased me.
For the first time in a long time, we didn't have to rush. We were able to take our time and enjoy bein' alone with each other.
As Daryl held me, I wanted to asked him if we could stay here. Just the two of us. But I knew he wouldn't agree to that even if he wanted to.
"I love ya, baby," he whispered.
I raised my head up off of his chest and smiled. "I love you, too."
On our way back to the prison, Daryl surprised me again by talkin'.
"Ya said 'fore that ya wanted kids. How many ya want?"
"I don't know. I always wanted four."
"What 'bout now?"
"I have Judith. I know she's not mine but I don't think a child should have to live in this world."
"Shit," he whispered to himself.
"What? Is somethin' wrong?"
"I ain't been usin' fuckin' condoms. Thought ya wanted kids."
I was speechless.
"You were tryin' to get me pregnant! You asshole! How could you?!" I yelled at him.
"Ya been talkin' 'bout havin' kids, startin' a family. It ain't never gon' be a good time ta have kids. Thought if it jus' happened, ya'd be happy."
"Daryl! You told me you didn't want kids. I was fine with that!"
Daryl slammed on the breaks and put the truck in park.
"I didn't want kids 'fore but I want 'em now."
In a way I was happy that he wanted kids but I was also a little pissed.
"Don't open your fuckin' mouth, Beth!" I told myself.
I covered my face with my hands and let out a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, Daryl. I..I just...you could've told me first."
"Thought ya'd be happy."
"I am. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It just shocked me is all."
Back at the prison, everyone helped unload the truck and we put all of our supplies away.
Daryl went to the guard tower to join his brother for watch and I went to our cell and took out my journal and started writing.
"I promised to never do what I've done, I've been lying to someone
Dear diamond, What will we do? Lie like the devil or just face the truth, Dear diamond, Be my saving grace, What he don't know will kill him, That I can't face"
["Dear Diamond" by Miranda Lambert ]
A/N: Let me start off by saying that I appreciate all reviews, both good and bad but I feel like I need to address some things mentioned by "Guest" in a review.
It did not take Rick 5 weeks to get over Lori's death, she had been dead for awhile. Beth even asked Rick how he got over Lori BEFORE she started sleeping with him.
The time line is different. They are both consenting adults who went about their grief in the wrong way. It took Rick time to mourn Lori, we mourn at different rates.
As I've said before this is them looking at what happened leading up to the first chapter- how they got where they were.
We are humans, even Rick and Beth, and make mistakes and hurt the ones they love the most.
Again, it's not canon, it's an AU. Please wait until I've gotten further into the story to pass judgement on it being Brick and not Bethyl and everything else. Like with most things in life, you have to be patient.
I hope I've been able to clear up some of the confusion. This is a BETHYL story.
Thank you all so much for reading, reviewing, favoriting and following. Y'all are amazing.
A very special thank you goes out to jazznsmoke for all of her help and listening to my ideas, not only for this story but for my others as well.