Merle really didn't notice or care that Daryl was taking them away for a few days, he could understand it he had his own problems that he was quickly trying to sort out. He knew he was going to be in the dog box, but Andrea had arrived at the garage and asked him out on a date. With him stammering and stuttering told him she would pick him up on Friday night to go out.
He had no idea how to get out of it or how to broach the subject with Carol. He had sat on it for a few days too many and now it was Friday night he was standing in the shower washing the grime off him from working wondered what was going to happen when she showed up there, he wasn't any good at this asking girls out or he never said he was with anyone. He knew he was well and truly in the shit.
He didn't even know her phone number to ring and cancel. He wandered into the bedroom and started to get dried and dressed, pulling on clean jeans and a black button down shirt that he could wear out, he sprayed himself and looked in the mirror, he looked ok he thought. Not to dressed up. If Carol hadn't cut off his balls!. He was going to have to tell her before Andrea arrived and then he was going to try and figure something out.
He hadn't met a women quite as forward as her and she wouldn't take no for an answer. He didn't want to say he was with someone, then her ask who he kinda just stood there and nodded. He knew she knew him well enough they had dated for a while and she would tell if he was lying. He might be able to fool her for a little bit. Before he knew where he was she told him she would pick him up on Friday night.
Since then he really hadn't had much of a opportunity to tell Carol, well he had a chance but he was too focused on doing something else with Carol that bringing up that someone else asked him out on a date would shut down them having time together. He knew he should have told her but now it was too late. She was going to arrive on the door step and things were not going to be much fun. Merle thought he could go out and be a big arsehole or something so she wouldn't call him again. He still didn't know how that shit would fly with Carol.
He wandered into the lounge. Joey had been asleep for at least an hour, he knew this because he had laid down beside him and rubbed his back until he went to sleep. Carol, Daryl, Rick and Shane were playing cards around the kitchen table. Rick and Daryl were both freshly showered, Daryl had been working at the garage all day and Rick always showered after work because he liked to wash off all the stuff of his day at the police station.
Carol was sitting on Daryl's knee. Rick was watching them. He knew Rick kinda got off on watching, he had discovered that the brief double encounter they had had a few weeks back. They had a game of poker of sorts, betting bits of Joey's lego, Shane was trying to build a ship or something with his and trying his hardest to win it all.
'Ummm can I have a word?' Merle asked her. She looked up and saw from his face it wasn't going to be good. Rick and Daryl looked up to see what was going on Daryl knew Merle was up to something or something had happened just by the look on his face. As she stood up there was a knock at the door, Carol turned to open it and seemed really surprised to see Andrea standing there dressed to the nines. She turned and looked at Merle who looking again was dressed nice also.
'Oh, hi Andrea!' She stepped back to let Andrea come in, 'How's it going?'
All three men playing poker looked up and then they all looked at Merle and suddenly everyone seemed really busy helping Shane build his lego ship. Passing him bits of lego pretending they were not watching what was about to go down with Carol, Merle and Andrea.
'Hey Carol, Merle are you ready?' Andrea smiled at Merle who sort of stood there.
'Ummmm nearly, Carol I need to show you that thing?' Merle said.
'What thing?' Carol glared at Merle.
'The thing thats attached to the other thing.' Merle scratched the back of his head indicating for her to follow him. Daryl pulled out a chair and offered it to Andrea to sit on.
'So Daryl is it good to be back?' Andrea asked him.
'Its ok, I didn't know about Joey, you know, but I'm not going no where!' Daryl looked at Shane and aimed and fired a bit of lego at his head.
'He's good now?' She asked. Daryl nodded and took aim firing a bit at Rick's head. Pretty soon there was bits of lego flying everywhere, as the men tried not to make major conversation with Andrea. Rick got up and got a beer each out of the fridge, passed it around. Andrea shook her head and looked in the direction that Carol and Merle had gone. Daryl put his in front of him, he had a feeling he was going to be sent out for fast food and a movie, at some stage and didn't want to drink.
'What do you mean you agreed to go on a date? Why didn't you say something?' Carol hissed at Merle, they were standing in his bedroom having a argument about it.
'What the fuck you want me to do? Tell her? She wouldn't go!' Merle growled sitting down and pulling her with him. 'Not like I asked her!'
'Fine, just don't fuck her.' Carol told him.
'Says the girl fucking two other men.' Merle growled at her,
'That's not fair you agreed, and you know!'
'Can I just do this shit then?' Merle asked.
'Fine, go." Carol kissed him and Merle left knowing that Carol wouldn't come back out until they left.
She heard the front door open and close as Merle left the house, she come out and sat on the couch. She didn't really know how she felt about it. She wish she told him before Andrea arrived. Shane ducked his head around to say goodnight that he was going because he 'Had a Date!' He was super excited about it and promised to tell them all how it went in the morning. Carol told him he better ring her and tell her all about it. Shane was a much happier guy since tell Rick. He stopped to say goodnight to Rick and Daryl then headed out.
'I'm going to take a bath.' Carol stood up and stretched.
'Hang on! We getting dinner?' Daryl asked looking at her. It was after 8pm and he was hungry, Rick had thrown some takeaway pamphlets on the table. Carol nodded.
'I'll have whatever you guys have, what are you having?' Carol asked.
'Chinese or Indian?' Rick called out.
'Chinese! Sweat and sour pork! Fuck it get everything!' Carol called walking down the hall. Rick rung up and ordered a shit load of food for them. Daryl ducked down towards the bathroom that he, Carol and Joey were sharing.
'You want a movie?' He asked.
'Yeah, get something, no killing Zombies or stuff like that ok.' Carol told him.
'Yeah I know no Zombies, no horrors, no murders, so romantic then? or what!' Daryl asked.
'Just nothing dead, or cheating boyfriends.' Carol told him, he stepped up and cuddled up against her. Bent down and took the plug off her putting it in the bath and turned it on.
'Ok half an hour, get ya pj's on and we will have dinner and watch some shit you wana watch, about fairies and unicorns.' Daryl tapped her bum and walked out to get dinner.