AN: Here's the next chapter, enjoy! Reviews are welcomed. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead, It solely belongs to AMC and Robert Kirkman. I only own my own Character Timi.

The First Real Talk

After finally decidin' where we were going next, we started headin' towards the CDC instead of Fort Benning. Rick thought it was better to go to the CDC to see if they've found anythin' about the disease. I didn't really care where we were goin', guess since my brother ain't around doesn't really matter if I stay with this group.

Somethin' tells me that maybe I can finally interact with the kid soon. Speakin' of the kid, since most of the other cars were full she decided to be in my truck. Better than Shane, he's been actin' a little strange lately, and I don't want him touchin' my girl. Well she isn't mine, well not yet any way, but maybe soon.

She was sittin' in my passenger seat just playin' with the string of her bow and lookin' out the window. I saw her use it once or twice, she wasn't bad at it. I'd like to take her huntin' sometime I think she'd be a natural. I'm just not sure if huntin' would be her thing.

I was wonderin' what was going through her mind as she sat there quietly. We never really talked much, since I'm such a god damn pussy. Wish I did have the balls to communicate, but I have no damn clue what to talk about.

Timi turned her head towards me and I quickly glanced back at the road. I don't think she caught me starin' because after a few seconds she turned her head back to the window. I took one last glance at her and turned back to the road so I could focus on my drivin'.

We finally made it to the CDC, it was gettin' dark out so I'm glad we made it. When we stepped out with our stuff we noticed a whole bunch of dead bodies, some civilians and some military. It was one hell of a site, looks like hell went on. There might not be anyone left in that place. We headed up to the CDC and we were all careful of the bodies on the ground just in case some weren't fully dead.

When we approached the door to the CDC and it was sealed tight with some kind of titanium steel looking shit. Rick started yellin' at this camera 'cause he could have sworn he saw it move. I thought Rick was just losin' it, hell we're all losin it. His racket started to bring the geeks down on us, so I helped Shane kill some of them that got close.

We decided to head back towards the cars, but out of nowhere the door to the CDC opened with a bright white light. We all ran inside to get away from the geeks. The Dr. Jenner dude said we could stay as long as we complied with a blood test.

Ain't never had no fancy blood test before, but if that meant being off the streets for a little while, I'll do it. Anyway this Dr. Jenner was the only one left and the others left or "opted-out". I don't trust this Dr. Guy so I'm gonna keep a close I on 'im.

The Dr. showed us some rooms that were available and as soon as he told us to go easy on the hot showers we all went straight to our rooms. Everyone wanted to take advantage of a hot shower, which had been a long time since any of us had one, and who the hell knew when we'll get that opportunity again.

After I took a shower I threw on a decent pair of jeans, my red checkered sleeveless t-shirt, and my boots. About an hour after we settled in we had some dinner, plus another thing 'bout the CDC they had wine and other Alcohol. I was gettin' shit faced drunk from the southern comfort I was drinkin', I just felt so relaxed and calm for once in my life. I could tell the kid was even havin' fun and I was surprised she was drinkin' some wine.

She looked so pretty smilin' at the jokin' and playin' around everyone was doin'. Get a hold of yourself Dixon it's just drunk talk, ain't interested in 'er. I teased Glenn about him Drinkin' and I think I may have pushed him too far because he was slowly becoming drunk as a skunk. It was funny as hell though, the China man is a funny drunk. Eventually everyone was startin' to disperse and head to their rooms. Some of us guys stayed around for a while, Glenn and T-Dog decided to head to the REC room and hang out.

I decided to head to bed and chill out by myself until I fall into a drunken stupor. As I was headin' to my room I noticed the kid's door was still open. I decided to check on her and see if she was alright. I stood in front of the door, with my arms crossed, and saw the kid sittin' in bed drawin' or somethin' in 'er notebook. I decided to make my presence known by clearin' my throat. The kid looked up at me and I noticed she had a little shock written on 'er face.

"What's up," she asked me as she fidgeted with the pen in 'er hand.

"I saw your door open and I thought I come by, check on ya," I said feelin' shy all of a sudden.

I should have just went to my room instead of initiatin' a conversation with 'er.

"Thanks," She said to me with a slight smile.

I let out a grunt and mentally cursed myself. Why do I have to be such a pussy when I'm tryin' to talk with this kid? She went back to doin' whatever she was doin' in 'er notebook, so I decided to go check it out.

"Whatcha doing kid?" I asked looking down at 'er.

I think I scared her because she looked surprised that I was right next to 'er.

"Just doodling," she said with a shrug.

"You're pretty good," I said looking at 'er doodles.

"Thanks," she said trying to hide a smile.

I sat next to 'er in 'er bed and held out my hand saying, "Can I see more."

"Sure," she said handing me 'er notebook.

For about a half hour I sat there flipping through 'er notebook, I made some comments and asked some questions about some of the different doodles. She answered them and we laughed at a few funny ones. I couldn't believe this girl was actually makin' me laugh it ain't often when a person can do that.

It was cool hangin' out with Timi, I never knew she could be good company. Way to quickly, I finished it and handed it back to 'er. I thought about askin' 'er a question, but I just sat there like an idiot lookin' at my lap. I couldn't just come out and say, hey I like ya, would ya like to be my girlfriend in this fucked up world. It just ain't that simple. She asked me something instead, "Where did you learn how to hunt?"

I looked at 'er with a raised eyebrow, I didn't expect 'er to ask me somethin'. I thought hard about it and eventually I answered 'er question, "Mostly my brother taught me how to hunt."

I looked out into the distance and said, "but my pa taught me something's too when he wasn't too shit faced drunk or out god knows where."

"You didn't get along with your pa?" She asked me.

I knew she didn't mean no harm in that question, but I couldn't help myself from gettin' pissed at the asshole who ruined my life.

"Don't wanna talk 'bout it," I said with irritation.

"Sorry," she said with a small voice.

I felt guilty at talkin' to her like that, ain't 'er fault. I looked over at 'er and said, "Don't be, ya didn't know."

She did a little nod and still looked a little uneasy.

"Did ya lose any one?" I asked 'er to change the subject.

"My mom, aunt, and grandma got infected, had to kill them. Also my dog ran away," she said playing with 'er pen again.

"Sorry 'bout that," I said feelin' bad for 'er.

She just shrugged and asked, "Do you miss your brother?"

It was cool that she asked me about my brother, didn't think she cared that much.

"Course, he's blood. He can be an asshole sometimes, but Merles my brother," I said with a small smile on my face.

"I hope you find him," she said looking at me.

"Me too, Kid." I said to 'er.

"Do you think you can teach me how to hunt sometime?" she asked me with hope in 'er eyes.

"I'll think about it Kid," I said with a smirk pulling at my lips.

All this time I wanted to take 'er huntin' and she actually wanted to go with me, it's kinda like a weird dream. She nodded with a smile, I could tell she was happy.

"It's gettin' late, I'll see ya 'round Kid," I said as I got up and walked to the door.

"Kay, night Daryl," she said to me.

I looked over my shoulder as I closed 'er door and said, "Night Kid."

I stood outside the door with a slight smile pullin' at my lips. I couldn't believe we actually talked for the first time. It was hands down one of the best moments in this world. Hopefully we'll talk again sometime and soon. I walked to my room and shut the door. I got into bed and quickly fell asleep with thoughts of me and the kid huntin' someday.