Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia.

This chapter has a surprise for Merle and Daryl x

Somebody To Die For

Chapter 18

"Hey guys," Bailey said with a warm smile as they all sat down at the table. "How's Lil Asskicker this morning?"

"She's much better, already laughing again." Rick said smiling down at her as she cooed at all of them happily.

"She's a tough baby." Carl said softly.

"She sure is, takes it off her big brother," Daryl said softly as he ruffled Carl's hair.

Rick smiled at the two of them. "It's so nice to just have a day of rest for once," he said, feeling much more relaxed.

Everyone nodded at that as they all had breakfast which was pancakes and powdered eggs, they all happily ate the food and sat down talking.

"When do you think the baby will be born?" Emma asked Bailey shyly.

"I'm not sure yet, sweetheart," Bailey said softly as she rubbed her flat stomach. "Probably not until the summertime," she said with a faint smile.

Everyone smiled at that as they all went to do their own thing with Bailey having a check over with Hershel and Anna about her baby.

"Do you feel any pain?" Anna asked her softly.

Bailey shook her head. "No... I'm OK for now," she said with a small smile as Hershel placed his stethoscope on her stomach. "Do you think the birth is going to be OK... after what happened to Celia?"

"I think everything will be fine, just have plenty of rest and don't exhaust yourself." Anna said gently and she nodded in understanding as Daryl held her hand tightly.

"Just get some sleep and something to eat." Hershel told her warmly and they both nodded in understanding.

"I can do that," Bailey said as they went to sit on the sofa. "If there's one thing I'm good at it's sleeping," she said with a chuckle.

Daryl smirked down at her. "That ain't the only thing yer good at in bed," he said quietly.

"Too much information!" Beth said shaking her head in amusement.

They all laughed at that as they all sat down and watched the children play with their pets when they saw the cats come over to Rick looking curious.

Pebbles and Patch sniffed at him wearily before cuddling into him as the other cats followed suit and made themselves at home.

Rick laughed down at them. "Looks like I've made some new friends, eh?" he asked as he smirked at the children.

"They like you," Rose said softly.

"I like them too, which cat is yours?" He asked softly.

"Pebbles and Patch are mine," Rose said with a smile. "And Smokey and Monty belong to Emma and Katy," she said, looking at the two black cats.

"Ben belongs to Dylan." Katy said softly as she pointed to a black dog lying with Dylan who was smiling happily.

"Felix belongs to Sam and Ghost belongs to Peter," she added with a smile. "Where did Charlie come from?"

"Sophia and I found him alone on the highway," Penny said softly, as she stroked the black Labrador.

"He's lucky to have you all then." She said smiling as Daryl took Bailey up to bed so she could rest; the baby was making her tired.

"How are we for supplies at the minute?" Rick asked Carol as he bounced Judith on his lap. "Do we have enough for the next couple of months at least?"

Carol smiled. "I think so. After Axel and Oscar helped us out with getting some from the prison."

"I'm glad, thanks." Rick told her and she smiled at him as Anna smiled softly at Judith and tickled her gently as she giggled, grabbing her thumb and sucking it.

"We'll need to get medical supplies for Bailey and the baby." She said softly.

Merle nodded. "I'll take care of that. I can do a run to the hospital soon and get some stuff for her. She's my sister after all, an' that's my nephew or niece."

Rick smiled softly; Merle was a lot different from the man who had first arrived back in their camp in Atlanta.

"I'm so happy for her and Daryl." Beth said softly and Carol nodded.

"Love you," Daryl said softly as he climbed into bed next to Bailey and cuddled into her tightly.

"I love you too; I love Aoife and this baby." Bailey said softly as she cuddled into him and he made sure she was warm enough.

Daryl rested his chin on top of her head. "I finally got the family I always wanted... with ya," Daryl said with a smile. "The day I watched ya get married to Dave... broke my heart," he admitted for the first time. "Thought I had lost ya for good."

"I thought about you every single day when I was married to Dave, how you were and if you had a family of your own." She said softly.

"The only woman I wanted a family with, was ya Bailey no one else." He said kissing her lovingly on the lips.

"I only ever wanted you too," she said softly, with a small sigh. "If only we hadn't been so dumb and told each other sooner, huh?"

Daryl chuckled slightly as he buried his face into her neck. "I never really was a smart one."

"You are smart; you were just frightened of showing your feelings." She said softly as she curled into him and he held her tightly.

"Let me touch you?" She asked softly as she kissed him lovingly on the lips.

"I'd rather touch ya instead," Daryl said as he rolled on top of her. She could feel Daryl's cock go hard through his sweatpants, and ran her hands down his chest, feeling his scars. Daryl pulled her top off, and kissed a trail from her neck, down over her chest, between her breasts, and finally to her stomach. "Hey, little one," he said softly, as he grinned at her stomach, before making his way back up to her breasts. Bailey gasped slightly when she felt his hot breath against her nipples, as he watched them harden before lowering his mouth down and sucking gently, his teeth lightly biting down. Bailey moaned softly, feeling the tension building up in her body, as Daryl's mouth continued to work its way further down.

"Please Daryl," she whimpered as he slid her panties down her legs. "I need you so much."

He lowered his head down and kissed the inside of her thigh, his hands running over the smooth skin there, before his tongue moved and slowly brushed over her clit, making her whimper underneath him. Fuck, this man drove her crazy. He began to move his tongue, licking at her, as she writhed around underneath him, her hands tangling into his hair. Her body was flooded with desire now.

"Daryl!" she gasped out. "Please!"

"I'm right here," Daryl said as he moved back up her body and hugged her tightly, before taking off his sweatpants and using one hand to guide himself into her, groaning as he slid into her tight walls. He pushed himself the whole way in, before leaning down to kiss her nose gently. She placed her hand on his hips, and began to encourage him to thrust into her, rocking her hips against him every time their skin met again. She trailed her legs up to his waist and wrapped them around him tightly, allowing him even better access.

"More, Daryl," she begged. "Please. Harder, oh-" Daryl did as instructed and his rhythm was hard and fast, almost animalistic. He couldn't stop himself, he wanted her so much, needed her so much, loved her so much. Forever.

His rhythm picked up with desperate need when suddenly he felt her hand against his cheek, "Look at me, Daryl, please," she said softly, and when he looked at her, he saw her cum. Her eyes fluttered shut, her body trembling with pleasure as her moans got louder and louder, and at the same moment he felt the telltale clenching of her interior muscles. She looked so fucking beautiful right then that it almost hurt; she was his, his family. Daryl thrust into her a few more times before he felt his body shake, and he came inside her, holding onto her waist tightly as he emptied himself, both of them breathing heavily.

"I- oh." She breathed out as she recovered from her orgasm and Daryl pulled her into him tightly as she stroked his cheek.

"Need more?" He asked gently.

"That depends," Bailey smirked as she lay back against the pillow, and Daryl licked at her neck. "Are you offering?"

"Sure as fuck am." He said smirking as he licked along her collarbone and then down to the valley of her breasts where her locket was and licked his lips.

He licked around her breasts before taking her nipple into his mouth and sucking gently, making her moan underneath him. He loved how her body was changing; it was fascinating, and sexy as hell. He massaged the other in his large hand, before switching sides, as she ran her long legs up his back.

"Please Daryl need more." She gasped as he roughly pinched her right, she trembled in pleasure and he continued to suck her plumb breasts happily, he loved her tits.

"I fuckin' love yer tits, woman." He said with a growl.

Bailey blushed at that, Dave had never complimented her or said her body was beautiful. He had instead enjoyed playing on her insecurities, she was tall for her age with rather small breasts and had a flat stomach but she was considered quite tiny.

"Yer so beautiful, Bailey." He said kissing her lovingly on the lips and she pulled him into her tightly as they kissed each other softly.

"You're beautiful too." She said resting her forehead against his as he held her tightly to him and she curled into him.

"I ain't beautiful," Daryl said quietly. He couldn't understand why Bailey would want him. He wasn't exactly a supermodel, not to mention his stomach and back looked like he had just stepped out of a slasher movie.

She tilted his face so he had to look at her. "You are to me."

"Yer beautiful too, I loved ya ever since we were kids." He said burying his face into the side of her neck as he held her.

"I'm not beautiful Daryl; I'm plain looking and ugly." She said softly.

Daryl cupped her face in his rough hands. "Woman, ya got no idea how beautiful ya are. Any man would be lucky to have ya, but I got ya," he said with a smile as he kissed her throat. "Ain't never seen anyone more perfect. And after that day ya married Dave, I cried 'cause ya were gone. Yeah, I fuckin' cried for what was probably the first damn time in my life."

"I hurt you so badly." She said ashamed and she kissed him lovingly on the lips as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Let me make it up to you." She said softly as she made him lay down on the bed and he did so as he looked at her beautiful face.

Bailey sat back and straddled his lap, taking his hard length into her hands and stroking gently. Daryl groaned quietly underneath her, before he placed his hands on her hips, urging her closer, he wanted inside her. She smiled at him, before raising her hips, and sinking down on top of him, as he pushed his length inside of her, pushed himself forward until he was buried as deep as was physically possible. His long, hard length, filling her, making her moan. She leaned forward and grabbed onto his strong shoulders.

She pressed her nails into his shoulders as they both adjusted to the position. They wanted to move, but they wanted to just enjoy being connected at this moment too.

Finally, she raised her hips before dropping back down, as Daryl began to thrust up into her. Bailey gasped, closing her eyes, as Daryl's hands reached up to play with her breasts, almost driving her over the edge right there. She clenched, tightly around his cock as he thrusted for a second time and soon came to find a rhythm. At first, they were tender, slow, but they could never stick with that pace and soon they had become a force of want, need, and his hands gripped her ass, pulling her body in closer to him as he pounded into her.

Her breath was warm against his body, heavy, as his hips increased their tempo. She was crying out, almost screaming, by the time that her orgasm hit her completely. It was a great wave of pleasure, as she threw her head back. She moaned his name, loud enough that the sound echoed throughout the walls, and they had probably heard downstairs, but she didn't care. Her fingers dug almost painfully into his shoulder as her release took over, but he didn't seem to mind, as she added her own mark to his body.

She arched her back into him, as his own release was close. She knew he wasn't far away, she could feel it. He was losing the rhythm, thrusts becoming desperate, hard, as he pounded into her over and over again. She moaned out again, still overwhelmed with pleasure, and the warmth of him filled her. Daryl grunted and gripped her waist tightly, and Bailey knew he was very close. He buried himself deep inside her, as he felt himself explode, and came hard into her, breathing heavily.

They held each other silently as they rode out their orgasms and Bailey buried her face into Daryl's shoulder as he stroked her soft hair.

"Love ya." He said softly.

"Love you too," she replied as she threw her arm around his waist. "Weren't we supposed to be resting?" she asked with a soft chuckle.

"We are now." He said smiling as he saw Aoife come in as he pulled on his sweat pants, Bailey had pulled on her nightgown as they all fell asleep.

Anna rocked Judith gently in her arms as she cooed at her happily.

Anna smiled down at her. Her daughter. "You're so beautiful, aren't you, little one?" Everyone grinned as they watched her. She was a million times more of a better mom than Lori ever could have been. "Hey, Merle, mind if I come on that run to the hospital with you? I know what we need to get."

"Sure, no problem just let yer man know." Merle told her with a smirk as Rick sat down next to her and they both fussed over Judith who cooed happily.

"She looks much better." He said kissing them both.

"She sure does," Anna said with a smile as Judith clapped her hands at them. "It's gonna take more than that to knock this little one down, eh Asskicker?"

Judith cooed at them adoringly as Ghost walked over and she snuggled into him as everyone watched with a smile as Merle and Anna got up.

"Shall we go then?" He asked as Daryl and Bailey came down with Aoife who went to play with the other kids.

"Sure thing," Anna said with a smile, as she went to get her jacket and the car keys.

"Do you want us to come with you?" Bailey asked.

"No we're fine, you two rest." Anna told them as she kissed Rick lovingly on the lips, hugged Carl and gave Judith a big cuddle.

"Take care you two, we'll see you soon," Rick said with a smile, as Merle said goodbye to Beth and they headed out to the car.

They got in the car and headed towards the hospital as they watched it snow heavily on the roads.

"It's gonna be a long winter," Anna said with a small sigh as she drove carefully, so as not to lose control of the car this time. "At least we have the house now."

"Yeah, that's true," Merle nodded as he looked out the window. "So what do we need from the hospital?"

"We need prenatal vitamins, bandages, sutures and antibiotics." She said softly as they pulled up outside the hospital and saw that there were bodies in bags.

"Looks like they were overrun." Merle said as they headed inside the hospital and went to the maternity ward where they found plenty of stuff.

Anna nodded. "Rick told me when he was in the hospital; the army came in and shot everyone. Luckily Rick was in a coma, so they thought he was already dead."

"He had a close escape," Merle said as he wheeled a blood pressure monitor out of the room.

They then headed into the kitchen area where they found the shelves were still stacked with tins and other things as they shoved it into the bags when Merle saw a blanket and some foot prints leading into the opposite hallway.

"Someone's been here."

They heard a rustling sound coming from another of the rooms, and Merle pulled Anna behind him. "Fuck, someone's still here I'm guessing."

"What do we do?" Anna whispered.

"We hide see who it is, if they pose a threat kill them." He said softly and he looked around carefully and saw the coast was clear.

"C'mon let's go." He said and they hurried out as they saw a man in his late fifties walk towards them.

Merle felt the blood drain away from his face as he stared at the man.

Anna looked at Merle who had gone white and frozen in place. "Merle," she hissed between clenched teeth. "We gotta move... Merle!"

"Well, well, well," the man said with a grin as he looked between the two of them. "If it ain't my boy Merle."

"You know him?" Anna asked quickly. Merle still hadn't said a word; he was more or less stuck.

"Course he knows me," the man answered. "I'm his old man."

"Not in my fuckin' mind." Merle snapped as he dragged Anna and the supplies they had out of the hospital as Will followed after them.

"Ain't ya gonna take me with ya?!"

"Why in hell would I do that?" Merle snapped.

"Because I'm yer father," Will answered. "I changed Merle. The end of the world will do that to ya. Come on; give yer old man another chance. Plus, it looks like yer havin' a baby," he said, pointing to the medical supplies. "I wanna meet my grandkid. This pretty lady the mother?" he smiled at Anna.

"No I ain't the one having a baby and she aint my old lady." He snapped allowing Will to get into the back of the car as they drove back to the house.

"Where's Daryl, is he alive?" Will asked Merle concerned.

"Ya see for yerself." Merle said coldly as they drove up the house.

Merle parked up the car and Will got out first, with his small bag of supplies. Merle looked at Anna and sighed before they got out. "Daryl ain't gonna like this."

"What a house ya got here," Will grinned as he looked around the outside of the mansion, before he followed the other two inside, as they went through to the sitting room, where hopefully the others were.

They headed inside where they found the others sitting in the living room talking happily to each other when Daryl saw Will and felt rage run through him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE!?" He yelled as Bailey got up and tried to calm him down along with Aoife.

"Daryl, I've changed please." Will pleaded with his son.

"LIKE HELL YA HAVE!" Daryl roared as he stormed towards his father. Merle stood frowning; he had known this wasn't going to go down well. He didn't like his father either, but Daryl had gotten it worse, and he knew he would be angry. "What were ya thinkin? Bringing him here?!" he yelled at Merle.

Bailey placed her hand gently on his shoulder. "Daryl, its ali-"

"Get off!" he snapped as he shoved her hand away, before glaring at Will. "YA MADE MY LIFE HELL!"

"I know that and I am so sorry, I want to make things right with the two of ya." Will said quickly as he suddenly glanced at where Bailey was and blinked.

"Bailey?" He asked confused, she was John's daughter.

"Yes that's me." She said wearily.

"Knew yer dad," Will answered, noticing her confused look. "We used to drink in the same bar. Was a good man."

"Yeah, well, he's dead now," Bailey said flatly as she sat down with Carol and Aoife.

"I'm sorry about that." He said sadly and looked at all of them as they glanced at him and he looked at Daryl, he looked angry and his eyes were blazing with rage and other emotions.

"Is she your wife and is that your daughter?" He asked nodding at Bailey and Aoife.

"Ain't any of your fucking business," Daryl snapped, his fists clenching at his sides. "I'm gonna take a damn' walk," he growled, picking up his crossbow and storming out the door, without so much as looking at anyone.

Merle sighed as he sat down on a sofa next to Beth. "Give him some time. Ya fucked him up, ya can't expect a warm welcome," he told Will.

Will nodded sadly and sat down in a sofa as he looked at Bailey then Merle and Beth carefully with his piercing blue eyes.

"So how long have you been married?" He asked Merle softly.

Merle looked up and chewed on his bottom lip. "Well... we ain't really... I, uh... a couple of months or so I guess, kinda lost track of time."

Will nodded in understanding and then looked at Bailey who was rubbing her stomach and rocking Aoife softly as she fell asleep.

"How long have you and Daryl been married for then?" He asked softly as Aoife waved at him shyly.

"I'm not sure," she answered quietly, as Carol rubbed her arm softly from beside her.

"So yer the one havin' the baby then?" Will asked.

"Yes, it's our first child together." She said before feeling tears build in her eyes as she quickly got up and hurried out of the house crying.

"Is she alright?" Beth asked worried.

"I dunno," Merle said as he watched her go. "Daryl was a bit of an ass... I'll go talk to her," he said as he got up, and followed Bailey out of the house.

Everyone else sat in silence as Rick watched Will carefully. "So you're Will Dixon?"

"Yeah that's me; I'm Merle and Daryl's father." He said calmly as he watched Rick wearily along with the others.

"You're the one who gave Merle and Daryl the scars?" Beth asked although she already knew the answer.

"Yeah I did that and I'm not proud of it." He said sighing.

Merle went out to the backdoor and found Bailey sitting in the snow, on the step with her knees pulled up to her chest, her eyes red. "Hey," he said softly, as he sat down beside her and gave her his jacket. "Ya alright? Yer gonna catch yer death out here."

"I'm alright, just worried about Daryl." She said wiping her nose as she shivered slightly and rubbed her bump gently.

"He didn't mean to hurt ya, ya know that right?" Merle asked her softly.

"I know but I just want to help him." She said watching the snow fall onto the ground and melt.

"He just needs some time to cool off, Will was an ass to him, I get it why he's angry," he said quietly, and Bailey nodded slightly. Merle stood up and offered his hand to her. "Come on; let's get ya inside before my niece or nephew gets sick. Go to bed and warm up, get some rest for a bit. Do as yer big brother says," he added with a small chuckle.

"I'm glad Beth has you and I'm glad she has you." She said hugging him warmly before she headed upstairs to bed and he saw Daryl having caught some racoons for them.

"Need to talk to ya." He said calmly.

Daryl huffed before setting the raccoon down in the kitchen. "The hell ya want?"

"Well first ya can drop that fuckin' attitude, boy," Merle said firmly, as he moved the raccoon so Daryl's attention was on him.

"I don't wanna talk for Christ sake." Daryl snapped at him.

"Yeah well tough shit, yer wife is upstairs crying and I think yer better go and apologise for acting like an asshole to her." Merle snapped at him.

Daryl growled as he looked at Merle. "Yeah, well, everythin' woulda been fuckin' fine if ya hadn't brought back the devil himself!"

"Stop actin' like a fuckin' child Daryl," Merle said as he shoved him away.

"Boys!" Carol scolded as she came into the kitchen. "Enough!"

"Now Daryl we all know you're upset with Will being back here and we're all behind you and Merle but Bailey needs you and so does the baby." She said calmly and Daryl looked ashamed.

"She, Aoife and the baby alright?" He asked quietly, worried that he had hurt her.

"They're alright but Bailey's upset." Beth said looking at him.

"Dad's up with her right now," Maggie added, as she pulled some things out of the cupboard for dinner. "She got a little out of breath, she needs to be relaxed. This isn't good for her."

Aoife wobbled into the kitchen where she looked up at Daryl. "Dada mad?" she asked quietly.

"No darlin, I aint mad at any of yer." He said picking her up and they headed upstairs to where Bailey was in bed fast asleep with Anna and Hershel beside her.

"Is she alright?" He asked worriedly.

Hershel stood up and he and Anna packed away their medical equipment. "She'll be fine," he said quietly, a little disappointed in Daryl. "Baby was just upset, that's all. You should give her time to rest."

Daryl nodded feeling ashamed of himself as he watched them leave and walked to where Bailey was fast asleep, her chest rising and falling.

"I'm so sorry Bailey." He said ashamed.

He sat down on the bed beside her as Aoife fell asleep in his arms. He rubbed Bailey's stomach gently, as he watched over his family.

"How's Bailey, Hershel, Anna?" Carol asked as she served everyone dinner with Will sitting quietly at the edge of the table to give everyone space.

"She's alright; she just needs rest and Daryl's with her." He said softly.

"Bout time," Merle muttered as he ate his dinner with Beth next to him.

"So... where have you been staying?" Rick asked Will.

"In the hospital mostly, here and there, wherever I could find that had a roof," Will replied, as he ate his food happily.

"So you didn't run into any other groups then?" Anna asked him wearily as they all ate their food contently.

"I did run into a woman who stabbed me and then took my supplies, fuckin bitch." He said angry that he had been fooled by her.

"What happened?" Hershel asked curious.

"These two woman run up to me, saying that they were raped by a gang living at a prison so I try to look out for them when one of the women stabbed me with a fuckin' katana." Will said rubbing his side.

Rick frowned. "Didn't that woman have a katana that was at the prison...? Michonne?"

"That was her!" Will said quickly. "And the other was, was um... Lori."

"Of course it was," Rick said with a sigh. "Looks like we have a common enemy, if nothing else."

"She kept going on about how her ex husband had taken her away her baby and was raising her with some dumb, blonde bitch." Will said as he finished his food and Merle looked at him.

"Were yer serious about what ya said earlier?" He asked calmly.

Will paused for a minute and looked at him. "Yeah, I was, Merle," he said quietly. "I was young and stupid back then. When the dead come to life and start tryin' to eat ya, and yer left alone to reflect on things, ya get time to think. And I had time to realize what a bastard I was."

"Yer got give us time, specially Daryl." Merle told him and he nodded as he suddenly saw Dylan and went pale.

"Dylan, Rose?!"

"Daddy?" Dylan asked shocked as he looked at Rose. "What?!"

"What the hell ya mean daddy?" Merle said confused.

"They're my kids, your siblings." Will choked before he turned pale and crumpled onto the floor as he started to have a heart attack.

"Daddy, no!" Rose cried hurrying over.

Merle stared wide eyed at the scene in front of him. "Hell no... Hershel, help him!"

Hershel grabbed his medical bag as he hurried over and crouched down next to Will on the floor.

Hershel had managed to help get Will's breathing under control and looked at all of them quickly.

"He needs rest." He said and they helped up to a room where he sagged on the bed and they all saw the skull tattoo on his right forearm.

"He's had that for as long as I can remember," Merle told them, remembering how he used to see it flash before his eyes as Will beat him. He sighed as he gave him some blankets. "He's got a lot of explainin' to do when he wakes up. Apparently I got another brother an' sister."

"We better tell Daryl in the morning as well." Beth said as they saw Dylan and Rose walk over to them shyly.

"So you and Daryl are our older brothers?" They asked softly.

Merle nodded. "It looks like it," he said with a small smile. "Yer Dixons now, the two of ya."

Dylan and Rose grinned at that as everyone headed to bed.

Daryl woke up and it saw it was still dark outside and held Bailey tightly as he saw her face scrunch up in fear.

"No Dave, please no, please stop." She whimpered terrified.

Daryl felt his heart ache as he looked at her. No wonder she had been upset with him earlier, he had probably reminded her exactly of Dave. He sat up and shook her gently, not so much that he would startle her. "Bailey, wake up, darlin', I'm here."

She woke up then breathing heavily, her hair a mess as she looked at him and burst into tears as she sobbed into his shirt and he held her tightly.

"I'm sorry." She sobbed brokenly.

"Sh, sh, it's alright I'm here and I'm sorry about last night." He said pained.

She didn't reply to that, she just gripped his shirt tightly and cried into him. "Don't leave me."

"I won't ever leave ya Bailey, I love so fuckin much." He said kissing her softly and she curled into him tightly as Carol came in with Beth and Merle.

"I don't want to lose the baby." She said scared.

"You're not going to, sweetheart," Carol assured her.

Daryl nodded in agreement. "Dave's gone now, baby. And ya got me to protect the two of ya."

"I love you all so much." She said softly before falling asleep and they watched over and Daryl stroked her cheek softly as she slept.

"Dave really hurt her." Beth said sadly.

Daryl nodded. "Yeah, he got what was comin' to him," he said flatly. As far as he was concerned being burned alive was too good for him.

"Daryl, we gotta talk about something," Merle added quietly.

"What is it?" He asked looking at his brother curiously.

"Dylan and Rose are our baby brother and sister, Will's the dad." Merle explained quickly as Daryl took this in stunned silence.

"HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT!" He yelled shocked.

Bailey woke up again at the sound of Daryl's yelling. "Huh... What is it?"

"Fuck, sorry baby," Daryl said softly, as he took her in his arms and held her tightly. "It's alright, go back to sleep," he said, before looking at Merle and lowering his voice. "Yer kiddin', right?"

"I aint kidding, they're our baby brother and sister, Will saw them, said their names and he had a heart attack." Merle explained.

"Will alright?" He asked dryly.

Merle nodded. "Yeah, he's in bed restin' right now," he said, and Daryl nodded, his face blank. "I think he's genuinely sorry for what he did to us."

"Yeah, well he's gonna have to do something fuckin' good to prove it," Daryl mumbled.

"Just give him a chance Daryl, he wants to see his grandkids and get to know us." He said softly when they heard a knock on the door.

Daryl opened it to see it was Will with Dylan and Rose.

Will gave him a small smile. "May we come in? The kids wanted to see if their big sister was OK," he said, nodding to Bailey on the bed.

"Yeah sure, c'mon in kids." He said softly and they came in with their pets as they sat on the bed and Bailey woke up looking much better.

"Hi Bailey, how are you?" Dylan asked shy.

"Hey there Dylan, Rose," she said softly. "I'm doing good thank you," she said as Ben, Pebbles and Patch all curled up on the bed.

Daryl sat down next to her and kissed her forehead. "Bailey, this is my brother and sister," he explained.

"It's nice to meet the both of you." She said warmly and Will smiled softly at her as he watched his son bond with his two siblings.

"So I hear you two are having a baby?" He asked softly.

"We are it's our first one." Daryl said pulling Bailey into him as they held Aoife in their arms and she cooed at them.

"Is she yours?" Will asked softly.

Daryl smiled at Aoife. "Not by blood, no. But as far as we're concerned, she's our kid, just the same as this baby," he said softly.

Will nodded. "I know I weren't a great example to ya, but ya grew into a good man."

"Merle and Bailey helped with that, just give me time." He said softly and kissed Bailey lovingly before they saw Carol come in with breakfast.

"Hey everyone how are ya'll?" She asked kindly as she placed the trays down and they all started to eat their breakfast.

"We're good thank you, Carol," Bailey said with a small smile. "How are you? How's Axel?" she asked with a wink.

Carol blushed pink. "We're good, he's a lovely man and he adores Sophia and she likes him." She said softly.

"I'm happy for you, Carol," Bailey said softly, as she fed some breakfast to Aoife.

"So how long have y'all been living in this house?" Will asked.

"A few weeks." Merle said as he finished his breakfast and they all headed downstairs so Daryl and Bailey could get changed.

"I'm sorry for lashing out at ya." Daryl said softly as he pulled her into him.

"It's OK, baby," she said softly as hugged him tightly. "I understand why you were mad," she said as she stoked his arm. "I would have been too. You can make it up to me later," she added with a wink.

Daryl smirked at her as they walked downstairs with Aoife and sat in the living room as Bailey went to help Beth and Carol with the sewing when Daryl saw Dylan walk over with Rose.

"So you're our big brother?"

Daryl nodded. "Yeah, I guess so," he said as he ruffled their hair. "Ya need anythin', ya just tell me, alright?" he asked softly.

"Thank you." They said softly as they sat down and watched Bailey gather all of the dirty clothes and she started to mend them.