Save me, Save you
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summary: twenty-nine year old Kathryn Smith and her daughter three year old Jasmine have been on their own until they meet the Atlanta group on the highway. both mother and daughter carry with them a scared and frightening past but Kathryn is also carrying with her something more. Enter Daryl Dixon Hunter, tracker, and all around bad ass as well carries a dark past can they both save each other or will someone or something tear them apart?
Theme song: Kiss From A Rose by: Seal/ Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by: Bryan Adams
Chapter 10 part 2: Hard Times, Rough Roads, and Surprises
After breakfast, which consisted of canned fruit, Kathryn walked to the library.
How beautiful it looked, no it wasn't big but it was a descent size. Kathryn walks to the shelves while everyone was outside but her and Beth.
Everyone seemed to be in on this big secret surprise, it unnerved her a little but also made her giddy at the same time.
She grabbed a book from the shelf seeing it was Gone With the Wind by Margret Mitchell.
Smiling, she sits down in a rocking chair and reads aloud to her unborn child, rubbing her stomach up and down.
Kathryn had gotten so into it and talking animatedly brings out her own voices, she didn't notice the young blonde shyly walked in.
Beth stood in front of the rocking chair. "Kat, Carol says it's time for lunch."
Looking up from the book, Kathryn smiles. "Okay, thanks Beth I'll be there in a few minutes… tops."
Beth smiles as she turns to walk away, she stops and turns back. "Do you think you could read to me as well? I know it sounds little kidish but when you read...it just brings it to life."
Kathryn smiled and nods. "Yeah, Beth I can do that and it doesn't sound kidish at all."
Beth nods as she walks out of the room, Kathryn sighs laying the book down.
It was noon and she was tired already, Carol had fixed a small lunch saying dinner was going to be a bigger event.
Kathryn huffs as she looks at her adopted mother. "Ok, you all have been scheming, can you please tell me what is going on?" Kathryn begged.
Carol laughed as she shook her head. "Sorry, no can do, I made a promise to Daryl I wouldn't tell until everything was ready."
The young woman groans. "Maybe you should get some sleep, you look tired. We'll send someone to get you when everything is ready."
"Yeah I feel tired; the baby has been kicking my ass and zapping my energy." Kathryn pouts, Carol laughs as she responds. "Yes, that was the same for me when I had Sophia. Don't worry, by the time he or she comes you'll get your energy back."
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Daryl smiled at the gazebo; they had fixed it up for what he planned.
Carol told him she sent Kathryn to take a nap, he goes to get her, he'd been so excited since she spotted the place.
As Daryl entered their bedroom, he smiled seeing his pregnant girlfriend sleeping.
To him this was the most wonderful view he had seen, the woods of Georgia didn't compare.
Walking over to the sleeping mother to be he sits down beside her.
He didn't want to wake her, but he had planned this, they all did and it was going to be amazing.
Laying a gentle hand on her shoulder he gently shakes her awake "Come on littl' mama time to wake up." He whispers in her ear.
Kathryn moans and rolls away wanting to sleep, but hearing Daryl urged her to wake, she couldn't fight it anymore.
Upon waking she was met by soft lips, she moans in pleasure as she wraps her arms around his neck.
"Well that's a great way to get me up." He chuckles as he sits up.
"I bet, now come on it's time for yer surprise, we're wasting daylight." He pulls her up and walks to her bag.
Finding a white short sleeve shirt he picks it up "Want you to wear this, I like the shirt ya have on. Just this is what I want fer ya to wear."
Kathryn shakes her head as she takes her black sweater off. "Boy this had better be good."
Daryl smiles. "It will be I promise."
Taking her hand, he leads them outside where white chairs were set up and the group stood.
The chairs led to a gazebo with Christmas lights lit up and decorations adorned around the entrance.
She watched as Daryl made her stand down the aisle way asking her to stand there.
Hershel appeared at her side a smile on his face. "You think you're getting it?"
Kathryn laughs even though she wants to cry. "Yes, I think I am daddy." Hershel smiles as he kisses her forehead.
She looks back to see Daryl waiting on the right of the gazebo, her heart starts beating fast as Hershel leads her down the aisle.
Once they stopped near the steps, Hershel gives Daryl her hand and takes his position at the top of the steps.
Tears fell from the woman as Hershel begins the ceremony; both Daryl and Kathryn stared into each other's eyes.
"Daryl you said you two made your own vows once, but you like to do different ones now?" Daryl nods not looking away from the angel in front of him.
"I never thought I'd do this. Then again I never thought...I'd fall in love." He looks down at their feet before looking back up.
"When I met ya and Jasmine...honestly thought like Shane, just more mouths to feed," He chuckles, shaking his head as he continues. "But Jasmine saw different, she squirmed her way through walls I built. Then I saw ya, sad, broken, and alone."
Kathryn smiles as tears roll down her face. "I ain't good with words...I ain't no poet or nuthin. But I will promise this. To love and protect ya, through good or bad until sickness or walkers eat us."
Everyone seemed to laugh at that last part, they all guessed since no one knew if they were going to die of old age that this was second best.
Kathryn wipes her eyes as she looks at the rugged man in front of her.
"Daryl...there's so much I want to say...so much I want to do. Once I met you I knew, somehow I knew you were it." She looks over at her mother and smiles, Carol nods for her to continue.
"Whether you knew it or not you wormed your way in my heart as well. But I will to love and cherish you, through good or bad until sickness or walkers eat us." She tries not to cry.
Hershel smiles as he asks Daryl to present the rings, Kathryn looks at him surprised because he's not a jewelry wearing guy.
Daryl holds his hands out presenting her with two female rings; one was a normal gold band while the other was a gold band with a black stone on top.
The one beside them was a male gold band with a scull on top with ruby eyes.
Kathryn smiles as she cries; taking Daryl's ring she slips it on his ring finger as he slips hers on her ring finger.
Hershel smiles and looks at Daryl. "You may now kiss your bride."
Daryl smiles grabbing her waist pulling her in close he kisses her hungrily and passionately.
As he pulls back everyone was clapping, though the now married couple didn't seem to notice.
That's when the song Time of My Life from the movie Dirty Dancing started playing softly.
Kathryn looked around and found a boom box playing beside her.
Daryl takes her up the steps and they shared their first dance. He surprised her by him leading; to her he didn't seem the type of man to know how.
They smiled as he spun her causing her to giggle, and for the first time it felt like the world didn't go to shit. Like their past never happened and that's what he wants her to feel.
After the dance Rick had started cooking the deer Daryl had found while he was out.
Kathryn couldn't believe it she was Mrs. Daryl Dixon! It felt surreal, he was the least romantic and here he tried his best to make this work.
To her he did she couldn't keep the tears from stopping as Carol, Lori, Beth, and Maggie each took turns hugging and congratulating her.
It took the whole family to go around hugging and saying their congratulations.
While they were eating, Daryl turned to her. "I know this isn't my thing, but I wanted to do this right even if the world went to shit. I want you by my side as my wife. You, Jass, and OUR unborn child are all the family I have left."
Kathryn drops her fork and hugs her now husband, he had told her once about his brother, so this she knew meant everything to him.
"I love you Mr. Dixon for now and for always!"
"And I love you Mrs. Dixon for now and for always!"
They lean in kissing each other passionately, which got the group cheering