Night Watch
Chapter 8 - Comfortable
Beth Greene

Daryl and I have been seeing each other for about a week now. We only get time together when we're on night watch and even then we don't get to relax much. Over the past couple of days the walkers have been gathering again and we've been killing more and more walkers. We think it might be the kids drawing them closer when they're playing. Another problem we have is one of the kids, Lizzie, thinks that she can become friends with the walkers and they won't hurt her. We caught her getting close to the fence talking to one of them, she had been feeding him rats and we told her to keep away but she has been doing it still. She doesn't have a mom anymore and her dad is doing his best but he's struggling, Carol has now stepped in and she is helping the girls understand more about the walkers and what they are. I'm not sure Lizzie fully understands but Mika seems to and she's trying to help Carol with Lizzie but nothing seems to be getting through to her.

I have been having the best time with Daryl so far. We were getting to know each other more and Daryl was now very slowly starting to open up to me. Last night we spoke about out lives before all of this and it sounded like Daryl had a rough past with his past. He said before all of this he used to follow Merle around a lot and the two of them drank too much, took too many drugs and he got arrested quite a lot for fighting and things like that. He didn't really wanna talk about the reasons why he was arrested so I could only gather that it must have been bad. I've accepted that Daryl is not one to open up a lot but when and if he wants to open up then I'll be here ready and waiting for him.

As far as our physical relationship goes we haven't got any further then making out. Neither of us were ready to take things any further just yet and that was ok. I've told Daryl that I didn't want to make love with him or anyone else until I am completely in love beyond reasonable doubt and he understood that, he said he wasn't in any rush for us to take them steps. I enjoy just spending time holding hands with him and kissing him, he gives me these sweet little kisses every now and again. I always smile when he does that, it proves to me that Daryl cares and he likes to show me affection.

Daryl and I have been having one little debate. I want to tell my daddy about our relationship before he finds out another way, however Daryl doesn't want to say anything just yet and I think that it's because he's a scared of the reaction. I don't think my daddy will be that bad with the news. I think he'll be happy that I'm with someone who can look after me and care for me. That's all my daddy's ever wanted for me, he wants someone who can make me happy, look after me and protect me. No one is going to do that better then Daryl. My daddy likes Daryl and the two of them are really close and I think Daryl is worried my daddy will see him in a different way for going after his daughter.

My biggest fear is my daddy seeing us kissing or someone else seeing us and telling my daddy before I get the chance to. I've said this to Daryl but he said to hold off a little more until we know where our relationship is going. Of course that makes me think that Daryl is rethinking the decision the be with me but I don't think he'd drag this out and hurt me if that was the case. I just want to be open and honest with him. I've never kept things from my daddy and I don't want to start now. One of the things my daddy hates most is being keeping things with him and I don't want to upset.

I got up from my bed and made my way up to Daryl's room. I stood in the doorway and saw him laying on the bed with one of his arms over his eyes, maybe he was asleep and I should come back later.

"What?" I heard Daryl ask.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you" I said.

"Sorry for being rude. I thought it was Michonne or Rick askin' me to do somethin'" He said to me.

Daryl sat up in the bed and motioned for me to come and sit next to him which I did "It's ok. I just wanted to talk to you about telling my daddy. I don't like keeping things from me, I've never kept things from him and I don't think he'll like it if I start now. I just wanna tell him before he finds us kissing or someone else tells him" I explained.

"I know you wanna tell 'im. I promise we will but I think that he's gonna have questions. I wanna be able to answer then questions so I think we should hold off, just for another week or so. Can you hold out that long?" He asked.

"A week?" I questioned and he nodded "Fine. We'll tell him in a week" I said.

"Good" He replied.

"I hope he don't find out from someone else before that" I commented.

"He won't. It's not like we're paradin' round the place makin' out all day" He replied.

"Speaking of making out…" I started and leaned closer to Daryl.

Daryl's lips met mine and we started kissing. It started off as a slow and loving kiss but it soon turned heated and needing. Our bodies moved closer together and Daryl's hands went to my hips, my top had ridden up a little so it was skin on skin contact. I could feel the electricity flowing through as we kissed. I brought my hands up to the side of his head so he couldn't move too far away from me. Daryl's hands moved a little further up my body but he stopped before he moved too far up.

Air became an issue so we pulled away from the kiss and Daryl rested his forehead against mine, our hands were still on each other. I didn't want to move from this spot right now. I've never felt more comfortable with anyone, not even Jimmy. Daryl's thumbs started moving around in small circles and it was giving me goose bumps but in a good way. I moved my lips to Daryl's and I gave him a brief peck on the lips.

"You dunno what you do to me Greene" He said quietly.

"I think I do" I replied and looked down at his trousers where you could tell her was getting a little 'excited'. I didn't think the kiss was that hot and heavy but Daryl obviously thought something different.

"Sorry" He mumbled and moved away from me so there was a large gap.

"Don't be" I told him "I don't mind Daryl… just proves to me that I excite you and you wanna be with me. It's not a bad thing" I said.

"I don' want you to think that I'm tryna push you into somethin' your not ready for" He told me.

"I know and you're not pushing me" I said.

"I'll wait… as long as you want" He replied.

"I know you will. I don't know why you think you're always doing something wrong. You've had more respect for me then Jimmy and Zach ever did" I said.

"Whatdya mean?" He questioned.

"Jimmy… he used to try and pressure me into having sex with him. We had multiple arguments about it. We would make out and he would try and start undoing my top of something. He would start undoing his shirt… he would make it obvious he wanted to push further but I didn't want to… so I didn't" I explained.

"What about Zach?" He asked.

"He wasn't as pushy as Jimmy but he made it clear he wanted to do other things. He asked me to do things to him and I said no, it was obvious he had more experience then what I did. It wasn't because I didn't love Jimmy because I did. I didn't love Zach but I cared a lot about him but I didn't feel comfortable enough with them to move further physically. I've always told myself that I wouldn't give myself to someone if I didn't love them or feel comfortable with them" I explained.

"I'm glad you stuck with that" He replied.

"Me too" I said.

"Beth!" I heard Maggie call out. I gave Daryl a short kiss before exiting Daryl's room and made my way down the stairs where I saw Maggie standing at the bottom at the stairs "What you doin' up there?" She asked me.

"I was speaking to Daryl about watch tonight" I said.

"Oh.. Well could you come and help me with somethin?" She asked.

"Sure" I replied.

Daryl went on watch a little earlier tonight. I was sitting in my room waiting for him when Rick told me he was already out there. I don't know why he left me behind. I thought he wanted me to come on watch with him, it was really the only time we get together that we can be alone. We can kiss and cuddle and no one can see us. Had I done something to upset him? Was it to do with our conversation earlier? What was going on with him?

I got to the tower and saw Daryl looking off into the distance as if he was in deep thought. I didn't want to disturb him but he heard me. He turned to face me and smiled softly before turning back away from me "What's the matter?" I asked him.

"Nothin'" He replied.

"Why leave me behind?" I asked.

"Just thought you might wanna rest" He answered.

"Don't lie Daryl, you're not very good at it. Tell me what's going on" I said to him as I approached him.

"Are you comfortable with me?" He asked.

So this was to do with our conversation earlier "Yeah I am" I replied "I didn't wanna upset you earlier when I was speaking about Jimmy and Zach but you asked so I answered" I told him.

"I just don' like the thought of 'em pushin' you to do things" He said.

"They were just teenage boys. They never pushed me far enough for me to feel violated or anything like that. You don't need to spend time worrying about it" I explained.

"You'll tell me if I do anythin' to make you uncomfortable, right?" He questioned.

"I will, I promise" I replied and kissed him.

Hello! I'm back after my short break.
Thank you for being so patient and amazing.
Whilst I was away I was reading through what I have planned for this story and writing more.
I have got some good things coming up in this story for you guys.
We're going to see Daryl be a little more vulnerable mentally and physically.
Maggie is going to go into big sister protective mode and of course the Governor is going to make his return.
I am so excited for you to see everything I have planned.
Keep an eye out for more chapters and stories
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