Chapter 12: Rough Hands

They all ran towards the light and through the now open doors of the CDC. The shutters slammed shut behind them once they were all in and they looked around at their deserted surroundings. A man stepped forward from a door way and looked at them all,

' I'm Dr Edwin Jenner' he gave them a small smile

' Thank you…thank you I'm Rick Grimes' Rick shook his hand and introduced everyone to Jenner. Jenner nodded and looked at everyone,

' I need you all to submit to a blood test before we all get too settled' Rick nodded and they all slowly followed Jenner downstairs to a small lab.

One by one they sat with Jenner and allowed him to take a blood sample. He showed them around the centre and took them all to rooms where they could sleep and shower.

Daryl paused outside his door and locked eyes with Abby as she walked into the room next door to his.

Abby dumped her bag on the floor and sat down on the soft, cushiony bed. She pulled her vest over her head and tugged her shorts off and lay back down on the bed in her underwear.

After a while she stood up and walked into the bathroom. She studied her reflection in the mirror; it was the longest she'd looked in a mirror in ages. She was thinner and she looked tired. Her hair was longer and she desperately needed a shower but other than that there wasn't much change.

She turned the tap on the shower and waited for the steam to start billowing out of the cubicle before she pulled off her underwear and stepped under the steaming water. It made her skin tingle as she placed both hands on the wall and bowed her head, letting the water cascade over her.

She felt his rough hands on her body before she knew he was there. He ran his hands up the sides of her thighs, over her hips and up her stomach until they stopped on her breasts.

She felt his body press against hers under the hot water, his lips were on her neck as one of his hands released her breast to recline her head back so he could kiss her lips.

He turned her around and lifted her so she could wrap her legs around his waist; he paused briefly and ran his hand over he cheek before kissing her and entering her at the same time.

She moaned and gripped his body tightly as he thrust in and out of her; his lips caressing her neck. She could feel herself getting close –

' Abby?' Abby opened her eyes and raised her head from under the stream of warm water,

' Abby it's Laurie…Jenner said we could eat in 20 minutes'

' Ok I'll be there' she rubbed her face and tried to forget the images that were flooding her mind.

She rubbed herself with a towel and paused to grip the sink and steady herself. She couldn't believe she'd even thought of him in that way, it's not like he'd think of her in that way. She dropped her towel on the floor and looked at herself again in the mirror, she couldn't help picturing his hands on her breasts again. She mentally shook herself and pulled on some clean cloths that Laurie had left for her.

She walked out of her room and shut the door; she looked up to see Daryl coming out of his room. He glanced up at her but she moved quickly past him and walked down the hallway. Daryl stared after her; she'd been weird with him since the walker attacked her at the gas station.

They ate dinner together round a table, Jenner and Rick spent most of the meal deep in conversation while the rest of them laughed about Glenn's inability to consume large amounts of alcohol.

When the meal was over they all walked back to their rooms, Daryl had left first so Abby was confident he'd already be shut away in his room.

She got to her room without seeing him and closed the door, she turned around and almost screamed when she saw Daryl sitting on her bed,

' You wanna tell me what your problem is?' he said quietly.

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