A/N: This story hasn't really gone anywhere and so I've lost interest in it. This will more than likely be the last chapter.

A Little bit of Heaven.

The group was outside aside from Daryl and Carol who were inside. Chrissy stood next to Axel who had a nasty black eye forming; Daryl must have broken his nose.

He looked pissed and in pain as he shifted from one foot to the other. No one was really sure what happened just knew that he'd done something to piss Daryl off. Not the brightest move on his part. Rick slapped his shoulder and gave him a "Poor bastard " nod and walked away.

Axel was relieved that no one knew that he'd made a pretty bold move on Carol last night. It could have been easily taken as a rape attempt, which it wasn't, but he was an inmate. They could think that's why he was in there in the first place and give him the boot. He'd be out on his ass to fend for himself. He'd die out there and he knew it.

Chrissy rested her hand on his shoulder. It was soft and Axel smiled at her.

Well now this could be interesting.

"That looks painful."

"Yeah I'd give my left foot for a bag of frozen peas."

She smiled again and went to Beth and took Judy from her, giving Beth a break.

She'd taken to the group pretty fast and soon they were trusting her with the baby and other chores. She was so happy that she'd been found by this group. She was safe and wasn't hungry and was able to relax and not on edge all the time.

She was closer to Daryl than anyone else and had at first thought there could be something more between them, but he'd put a stop to that train of thought the first day at the prison.

Embarrassed wasn't the right word to use as she stood there. She was pretty sure he was just as embarrassed as his face fell and then turned so red she almost giggled.

They were standing by the gate as the others hauled some walker bodies out to the field and set fire to them. He was still on watch duty. She'd moved closer to him than she'd dared before and ran her hand down his bare arm. She was testing the water. He jerked his body away from her and glared for a moment before he relaxed.

"What?"

She shifted from one foot to the other trying to think of something to say. He didn't react the way she'd hoped and she felt a little self-conscious now.

" I...well I thought since you seemed to hang around me so much, and I know you're keeping an eye on me because of the others, but I thought maybe it was because you liked me a little too."

His face became crimson and he began to shift uncomfortable.

"Nah it ain't like that... I mean I like ya, but not like that."

"Oh... So is it because of Carol? Are you two together? "

He grunted.

"Hell if I know. She ain't acting like it no more, always mad at me and shit … Avoiding me."

By then the others walked back inside the gate and Daryl pulled it shut and relocked it.

It gave him a good excuse to end that conversation.

He stormed off back to the prison.

Carol turned the faucet on again, thankful the prison had running water. She poured the right amount of water into a bowl of powered eggs and began to beat it till it was the right thickness. She turned the gas stove on and began to cook breakfast.

She was avoiding Daryl. He was leaning on the door frame glaring at her; she didn't want to talk to him. She just wanted to cook and take care of the chores and do something so long as it wasn't talking with Daryl. She didn't...Couldn't handle Daryl telling her it wasn't going to work out. She wasn't sure she could stay if she heard those words. It would kill her, so being out in the world alone seemed more favorable. At least she wouldn't have to watch Daryl and Chrissy together. It wasn't until Chrissy came into the picture that she realized just how much she loved Daryl. Like, the world be damned, so long as Daryl was ok, kind of love.

Her heart was on the floor as she thought that. She grabbed the counter to steady herself; she felt sick.

This was killing her. She almost laughed.

She lived with a tyrant of a husband, got beat daily, then the world turns to shit and she loses her family to it and survived, but losing Daryl is killing her.

Her head was bowed as she held onto the counter. Daryl came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her tight to his chest. She could feel him breathe her in. Her whole body relaxed for a moment. She leaned into him enjoying the feel of his chest on her back, the warmth of him. She melted.

It was a show of affection in a public setting. Something he'd never done before. She wanted to turn in his arms and kiss him. Feel his lips on hers again; chapped lips and all.

Bet Chrissy would be upset if she walked in on this. Her whole body tensed as that thought crossed her mind.

Daryl noticed and turned her so she was facing him. Her head bowed looking at his feet.

She was confused, hurt, and scared.

"Carol?" His voice was soft.

He lifted her face by her chin and forced her to look at him and his heart broke as he saw tears flowing down her cheeks.

He almost lashed out at her, but instead he pulled her to him in a crushing hug.

He didn't know what to do; he was lost.

His natural reaction was to demand what her problem was but he knew that would just make things worse and he wanted to fix what had broken between them.

He knew he cared for her, knew she made him happy. He felt human when she was with him; whole.

He just didn't know how much he cared till she pulled away.

And watching her with Axel killed him. He felt betrayed and became angry.

But now he knew she didn't have feelings for Axel…the way she got behind him last night, away from Axel. He knew she wasn't interested in him like that.

He lashed out at her then and all it did was get him kicked out her cell. She shut him down before he had a chance to ask her what the hell was going on.

And this morning she walked past him without so much as a morning nod. So he followed her to the kitchen. Mostly he wanted to talk, but also he didn't want her alone just in case Axel came back for seconds. He watched as she started her work.

But after she started the eggs her shoulders slumped and her head bowed. She grabbed the counter and swayed a little. His heart ached for her and he couldn't help but go to her. She was sad and all he wanted was to comfort her.

"You shouldn't hold me like this," Her voice was weak.

Confused, he pulled her away a bit more and the pain in her eyes was almost too much.

"What the hell is your problem? Why are you pushing me away? You spent so much damn time pulling me to you and now you don't want me no more?"

He wasn't sure if it was a statement or a question.

Her eyes grew hard as ice. She pulled herself away from him and turned back to the stove. The eggs were a bit overdone. She pulled the pan off the fire and dumped the eggs into a bowl and added the last of the egg mixture into the pan and returned it to the stove.

He spun her back towards him.

"Answer me woman." She glared at him for a minute.

"You want me to answer that when you've already made your choice. Not very fair of you is it?"

"What n' the hell you talking 'bout'? What damn choice?"

She turned back to the stove, but he wasn't having it and forced her to face him again.

"Answer me," His face was hard and angry. It scared her.

"You chose Chrissy and you want me to admit that I love you? You're a fucking asshole Dixon, that's what you are, but there! I LOVE YOU! Happy? I've given you space, I let you be; I tried to make this easy on you and you want to make this so hard on me, well you can go fuck yourself Dixon. Now get the hell away from me." She spun herself so fast back around to the stove she almost fell. He reached out on instinct and steadied her. She pushed him away.

But he grabbed her wrists and yanked her to him.

"Shut your mouth woman and listen to what I got to say,"He loosened his grip and took her hands in his.

"I ain't chosen no one but you. I don't know what n' the hell gave you that stupid ass idea but that's the truth. Now stop acting like a damn fool. "

She almost laughed, but the only thing that came out of her mouth was "Oh".

He pulled her hands up and wrapped them around his neck, took her by the waist and pulled her gently to him and in such a slow sweet way. He brought his lips to hers and she melted into him. The moment seemed to last a life time. He'd never been that open and sweet about his affection towards her. His hands caressed her face in slow soft motion. His lips were demanding, but gentle.

He pulled back a little and looked her straight in the eye.

"I love you to, you dumb ass."

She barked out a laugh and pulled his mouth back to hers.

"Well ain't this some shit." Both Daryl and Carol jumped at the sound of Axel's voice.

"Shut the hell up."

Daryl pulled Carol to his side.

Axel rolled his eyes, his face twitching a little in pain. He shook his head and walked out.

They could hear him down the hall halfway back to the cell block calling for Chrissy.

"Hey Chrissy wanna take watch duty in the tower?"

Daryl grunted. Carol was in heaven.

A/N/ Done … Thanks for reading