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Chapter 10
Shane didn't understand why the group wasn't fond of Daryl. He was nicer then half of them. The only people who did seem to like him were Glenn, Carol and Shane himself. Daryl was walking around the house more and the people who didn't like him weren't very happy. Carl would always hide by Lori and Lori would glare at Daryl whenever he walked by. Hershel didn't care either way but Andrea and Beth made themselves scarce when the kid wandered the house and yard. The one day he saw Daryl slip outside. T-Dog was on watch and he saw the younger man walk up to him. Shane moved close enough to hear the conversation. "Hi," Daryl said quietly to T-Dog who jumped for a second but then smiled, "Hi, you're Daryl right?" Daryl nodded, "Yea. I'm surprised you didn't know considering the fuss I caused here." T-Dog laughed, "I've kept my distance from the house while they worked on you. I'm surprised Shane didn't go deaf from your yelling." Daryl turned away, "Yea I guess. So how long have you been on watch?" T-Dog shrugged, "I've been on watch for a long time kid. With all the trouble you've caused." Daryl looked down at his feet and Shane could tell he felt bad, "Well, why don't you go and get some sleep? I can watch for a while. Nothing else to do anyway." Shane smiled as he saw T-Dog's face light up. "Really? You'd do that even after all that fuss?" T-Dog asked. Daryl nodded, "Yea sure. It's not fair that you haven't gotten a good break in the past two days." He hooked his crossbow over his shoulder and climbed onto the fence where T-Dog was sitting. T-Dog thanked him and walked away from the fence.
Shane walked over to T-Dog, pretending to be clueless, "Where you going T-Dog?" T-Dog grinned, "Your little kid said that he'd take watch for a little while. He's not a bad kid you know?" Shane smiled, "Yea I know he isn't." T-Dog walked inside and up to his room. Shane looked down to the fence and saw the small figure sitting on the fence with his crossbow. Shane smiled. This kid was going to pull his weight here. As soon as Shane trusted him not to get hurt, he'd send Daryl hunting sometimes. After a few hours passed, Glenn came out and walked towards the fence. Shane saw Daryl turn around and Glenn waved. Daryl hopped off the fence and they exchanged a few words before Daryl walked back to the house with his head down. Shane frowned. Glenn wasn't ever mean to Daryl.
"Hey what's up Daryl?" he asked. Daryl looked up at him, "Nothing, I was just taking watch. I would've taken a longer shift cause I know Glenn's been doing a lot too but he said no." Shane nodded, "That's fine Daryl. How about you go rest yourself anyway? You're going to get tired if you TRY to work yourself into the ground. Why are you doing that anyway?" Daryl looked at the ground again, "I just thought that maybe I could make up for…. everything." Shane narrowed his eyes, "For what? Who's shoving those ideas into your head?" Daryl shook his head, "No one. I just think I should start doing something helpful around here." Shane glared at him, "You don't have to make up for anything. You haven't done anything wrong." Daryl still didn't meet his eyes, "Yea but I still think that I should do something. I mean its not fair if I don't help out here. That'll give you more work." Realization flashed in Shane's eyes, "So that's what this is about. You think you have to repay me for saving your life?" Daryl didn't move but his eyes flashed up to Shane's for a brief second. Shane shook his head, "No. No way. You don't owe me anything Daryl." Daryl just stood there looking anywhere but Shane. Shane walked down the steps to where Daryl was standing and put his hand on his shoulder, "You don't have to do anything Daryl. I don't want anything. The only thing I want is for you to not push yourself so hard so that you hurt yourself." Daryl nodded slightly, "Ok. But-" Shane cut him off, "No stop. I'm done with this conversation. You go in and get some rest and don't do anything stupid." Daryl walked past him into the house and Shane leaned on the railing of the steps. This was not helping. Having Daryl think that he was forever in debt to Shane was not what he wanted at all.