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Poison Ivy

Timi and I were out in the woods lookin' for some game to bring back to the farm. Supplies have been getting low and winter was comin' fast. Since things have been crazy 'round here, Hershel is going to let us stay here for the winter. I was lookin' for some tracks and the kid was followin' at a slow pace behind me.

I noticed some deer tracks in the dirt and tried to see how disturbed the area was, could be close. The kid didn't even notice that I had stopped and she ran right into my back. I turned and looked down at 'er, "Focus kid, ya gotta watch you're surrounding's."

I smirked at 'er adorable embarrassed face and nodded towards some tracks in the dirt.

"Looks like a deer came through 'bout an hour ago, went north, could catch up to 'im soon," I said as I looked at the tracks.

"Alright, let's do this thing," she said with a smirk.

I snorted and shook my head at 'er. The kid could be such a dork at times, but that's what made 'er so god damn adorable.

"Come on," I said and followed the trail.

It took us about thirty minutes to find the small buck, it could definitely feed our group at the farm. I slowly moved to where I felt comfortable to take the shot. I aimed my crossbow and held it steady in my grasp. I took the shot and the buck dropped like a ton of bricks.

"Awesome," I heard the kid say as she looked at the kill.

I smirked and started walkin' towards the buck.

We stopped in our tracks when we heard low groans coming from the woods.

"Come on," I whispered yelled in 'er ear and pulled 'er along into the woods.

I decided to put Timi behind a large tree and bushes and told 'er to stay there until I get back. I went to see if I could save our buck from getting' devoured by the walkers. I stayed low as I went through the woods tryin' to get my buck. When I got there, about five walkers were munchin' on the damn thing. I shot 'em all, but the deer was a fuckin' loss.

I made my way back to the kid once all the walkers passed bye.

"Couldn't salvage the buck, two geeks were eaten 'im," I said with narrowed eyes.

She sighed and said, "I guess we should head back, it's getting late."

"Yeah, I'll go out tomorrow and see if I can find somethin'," I said.

We started walkin' back towards the farm side by side. After walkin' for a while I started feelin' an itch on my arms. I thought to myself about the bushes I stuck Timi in, I had a feelin' it was poison ivy. Itched almost as bad as when I got poison oak on my ass. I started to scratch my arms because my skin was getting' really irritated.

"You don't think we were hiding in poison ivy, do you?" I heard the kid say.

"I think we did," I said lookin' over at 'er.

Her skin was breaking out and I had a feelin' mine was too. I felt bad for givin' the kid poison ivy, I should have thought about the bushes, but walkers were comin'. I'd rather her have poison ivy and not being eatin' by a walker. I kept scratchin' myself because it itched like hell.

"We shouldn't scratch at it. It'll only make it worse," she said to me.

"I know, but it itches like hell," I said still scratchin' myself.

When we got to the farm we went straight to Hershel to see if he had anythin' for our poison ivy.

"Whoa what happened to you?" Glenn asked us when we got to the porch of the farm house.

"Looks like they came in contact with some poison ivy," Maggie said with a smirk.

"Yeah, does your father have anythin' to help?" I asked.

I was annoyed with the two love birds. Makin' fun of us when we were fuckin' icthin' like hell.

"Come on, I'll give you the bottle of calamine lotion we have, but first you should get rid of those clothes and wash your skin to help," Maggie said as she led us into the house.

"You two can wash up in our bathroom, there should be washcloths in there. I'll get you two a fresh pair of your clothes and the lotion and leave it outside the door. You can throw the towels and clothes that came in contact with you in this bag and we'll burn it later," Maggie said to us.

We thanked her and went into the bathroom with the bag she gave us.

"Can't believe we got poison ivy," I said as I started takin' off my shirt.

I put it in the bag and started to take off my pants.

"I know, it's crazy," she said.

We got the washcloths and washed ourselves from head to toe. Once we finished up there was a knock on the door and Maggie said she left the stuff by the door. I opened the door slightly and got the stuff. I handed Timi 'er clothes and we both got dressed. We helped each other put the calamine lotion on each other's infected areas.

"We look ridiculous," I said while lookin' at my reflection in the mirror.

I looked like a freakin' pink cartoon, like the pink panther.

"We do, but at least it will help," she said to me.

"Yeah guess so," I said.

I grabbed the bag and we left the bathroom together.

Right as we stepped out Maggie came by and said, "Here I'll take the bag, you two go rest up."

I mumbled a thanks to 'er and we went to our tent. We laid together in our tent, both fightin' the urge to scratch ourselves.

"Can't fight this urge of scratchin'," I said as I furrowed my brows in frustration.

"I know, me either," she said.

"Ain't gonna sleep tonight. I'm way to itchy to even think about sleeping," I said lookin' at my girl.

"Yeah me too," she said.

"How about we talk?" I asked lookin' up at the ceiling.

"Daryl Dixon wants to talk? I think the poison ivy got to your head," she said with a smile.

"Shut up, I'm just sayin' to pass the time, ya know?" I said lookin' awkward.

"I know, so what do you want to talk about?" she asked.

"I don't know," I said with a shrug.

"Guess we're both bad at talking," she said.

"Yep, what a perfect pair we make," I snorted.

"Yep, two peas in a pod," she said with a cute giggle.

"Pfft… guess we are," I said smirkin'.

"Ya know, I knew you liked me since we were at the campsite," I said looking' into space.

"Really, how?" she asked.

I started tellin' the story of how I found out that the kid had feelin's for me.

Flash back (3rd person)

They were all sitting by the quarry doing the laundry. The woman started talking about random topics to pass the time.

"Who do you like out of all the men here?" Amy asked her sister Andrea.

"I don't know, never really thought about it," Andrea shrugged while dipping a shirt into the lake.

"How about you Timi?" Amy asked.

"Dales pretty hot," Timi said with the best straight face she could muster.

Everyone started laughing and shaking their heads.

"Seriously who? I think Glenn is cute and even Shane a bit," Amy said smiling.

"Well, I think Daryl is kind of cute," Timi said feeling the heat of her blush rush to the tip of her ears.

"Really? Daryl Dixon, Merle Dixon's brother," Lori chimed in.

"Yeah, but just because Merle is a jerk doesn't mean Daryl is deep down," Timi said with a shrug.

Daryl overheard the women talking about the men they like. He was coming from the woods after hunting and catching only a few squirrels. He was going to ignore the girly talk, but something inside him told him to stay and listen. He chuckled at the kids joke about liking Dale, but when he heard his name he was shocked to the core. She even stood up for him, he couldn't believe someone actually liked him.

"Well whatever floats your boat," Jackie said with a giggle.

"Yeah, plus it's not like he'll like me back and it's the apocalypse there's no time for a relationship," Timi said.

They all nodded in agreement and went back to the task at hand. Daryl stood there looking at the kid and taking in everything she said.

"Ya stalking the woman now, baby brother," Merle said coming up behind him.

"Leave me alone Merle," Daryl said and tried to walk away from his brother.

Merle stopped him by grabbing his wrist.

"Come on baby brother, I can see the wheels turnin' in ya head. Which girl got ya all jumbled up?" Merle asked looking at the women at the quarry.

"Just drop it Merle, ain't nothin'. I was just comin' back from huntin'. Barely even noticed them," Daryl said.

"I know ya baby brother, ya were in deep thought and lookin' at one of those purty girls," Merle said nodding at the woman.

"Alright I was, just drop it Merle," Daryl said.

"Which one baby brother? Was it that purty blonde chick Amy or her sister Andrea? 'Cause I know ya ain't inta older chicks like that black lady and Lori definitely ain't right for ya," Merle started saying as he looked at each girl.

"No one Merle, let's get back to camp," Daryl said.

"It's the mixed girl, isn't it? Thought ya didn't like 'er baby brother. Thought she was too young and innocent. She is purty fine though, ya don't mind sharin' with you're ol' brother Merle," Merle said looking at Timi with a suggestive grin.

"Ya don't touch 'er Merle," Daryl said glaring at his brother.

"Wow baby brother ya must really like this chick. Well don't worry you're purty little head Darylena. I won't touch you're little crush," Merle said chuckling as he walked away.

Daryl glared at his brothers retreating back and took one final look at Timi before he went back to camp to dress the squirrels.

End of Flashback

"You listened in our conversation?" she asked.

"That's what ya worried about, through that whole story," I said lookin' at 'er with a raised brow.

"Na I'm just surprised you knew that long," she said.

"Yeah I was surprised ya liked me, but I figured we'd never get together. I'm glad we did though," I said.

"Me too," she said.

Timi grabbed my hand and I held it strokin' my thumb along 'er skin. I kissed 'er and she kissed me back.

"Go to sleep kid," I said after we finished our kiss and too sleep she went.

I watched 'er sleepin' and she looked so cute and peaceful. I'll never get bored of watchin' the kid sleep, it makes me happy that I have 'er next to me and I wouldn't want it any other way. Soon after I drifted off to sleep holdin' my beautiful girls hand.