Daryl dropped Carol and Joey off at the house and headed down to meet Merle at the garage, he had rung to say he needed him there as soon as he got home to help. Carol was left with bags and a tired kid just inside the kitchen door. Daryl mumbled his appoligies as he left again.

Carol looked around and there was evidence of both her men having been there this morning, she picked up a third coffee cup thinking about it. She poked Joey in front of the tv and moved to put clothes through the wash.

Something wasn't quite right, she looked around and went into Rick's room, everything was fine in there, Joey's room and hers were untouched, she wandered into Merles and there was evidence that he had had Andrea there, she had put a claim on his room by leaving some stuff there.

Carol wasn't very happy about this. Her staying wasn't part of the deal and Carol could tell she left just enough stuff behind through out the house so Carol knew she had been there. Carol walked into Merles shower and saw shampoo in there. She walked out again down the hall and picked up the phone and called him.

She opened the fridge to see if there was anything to eat and there was food in there that wasn't theirs. She walked back down to Merles room and started looking around. It was almost as if she had moved some of her gear into their house.

Carol reached out for the phone watching Joey nearly falling asleep on the chair watching his favourite show.

'You haven't moved Andrea in here have you?' Carol bit out when Merle answered.

'No, no I haven't she stayed over one night I swear,' Merle said into the phone.

'Why is her shit all over our house then?' Carol asked him.

'Its not is it?'

'It looks like she's marking her sent all over the place, this is Joey's home,' Carol told him.

'Hang on babe I'm coming home,' Merle hung up the phone.

Five minutes later Merle come into the house looking around Carol was coming back from putting Joey on his bed, Merle sweeped her into a kiss. She pushed him away,

'Don't I'm mad at you,' She told him.

He followed her around as she pointed out what Andrea had left behind from her sleep over.

'She can't stay here Merle, I don't want her living here,' Carol told him. 'Unless your out, then she can live here.'

Merle looked at her and shook his head.

'I'm not out,'

'She can't stay here, like live here, tell her to stop rubbing her sent over my things,' Carol told him, Merle stood there nodding. He really didn't know what to do, he kinda wished he never agreed to go out with Andrea now it was getting confusing for everyone. New ground for everyone. It was easier adding Daryl in he just slotted in after a rough start between Rick and Daryl which they seemed to sort out.

Carol thought she would be ok with Merle and Andrea which she was, she just didn't want her changing things in her home. Joey's home.

'Babe I'll get her stuff out of her, I didn't even know she left it,' Merle told her.

'I know what she's doing she's marking the house, I don't want her marking my house.' Carol told him.

'You don't want her staying here,' Merle asked.

'I don't want her rubbing her scent on my things in my home, this is my home and Joey's not her's, if you want to fuck her do it without her leaving her shit here.' Carol told him.

'Sugar, I didn't know she done all that, I'll talk to her,' Merle told her. 'Now come give Merle some sugar.'

'I think Merle you have had enough sugar,' Carol told him pointing to his neck, she immediately knew how Rick felt when Merle marked her. In the cold reality she wasn't used to sharing her men, she didn't want to see marks on their bodies either that she hadn't put there.

'Sugar,' Merle started to talk to her, Carol gave him a look he knew he was in the total shit. It was a rule between them not to mark her but he let someone mark him up, she hated to think what the rest of his body looked like.

'Take your shirt off,' Carol instructed him pushing him into her bedroom, he shook his head. 'Take it off.'

'Sugar, she don't know,' Merle explained, Carol reached for his shirt tugging it up and looking at him shaking her head.

'Go back to work Merle and pray that heals up real fast.'

Merle left annoyed, Carol was annoyed, the trip away with Daryl hadn't gone all that well, Joey had been homesick for Rick and Merle, Daryl had slept in Joey's bed and Joey had slept with her because he had taken so long each night to sleep. Daryl was frustrated, Carol had been frustrated, Joey had enjoyed the days but not the nights. He enjoyed Daryl during the day light hours but would traded him for Uncle Merle and Uncle Rick at night in a heart beat.

Daryl felt like shit most of the time hearing the little boy ask for his brother over and over trying to sleep. Asking for Rick, anyone but him. He didn't blame him. In the short time he known him he had a bit of a rough start. Carol sat on the side of her bed, kicking off her shoes deciding to have a shower, she went through and locked the doors so any little boys if they woke wouldn't get out of the house.

Carol was just getting into the shower when her phone was ringing, she reached out and grabbed it staying in the shower with her head out.

'Baby, I miss you,' Come Rick's voice over the phone, 'Where are you?'

'Shower, I missed you too where are you?'

'Coming down the hall,' Rick said.

'Oh really?' Carol hung up her phone Rick in his uniform come into the bathroom pulling off his clothes as he went, kicking them all into the hall so they wouldn't get wet, he stepped in behind her wrapping his arms around her putting his mouth to the back of her neck. He groaned holding her tight in his arms.

'God you feel good,'

'How are you here? Your meant to be working,' Carol asked him.

'Pray there's no emergency, Shane's in the drive way, I've got ten minutes before he comes in.' Rick muttered running his hands across her breasts, she felt his erection pressed into the crack of her butt.

'Happy to see me then?' She turned around into his arms. Pulling his head down into a kiss, she missed Rick, she knew he missed her horribly while she was away. He moved his hand between her legs running his finger over her clit.

'I don't have a lot of time, you don't gotta if you dont wana,' Rick told her, she pulled him into a kiss.

'I want to,'

He turned her bending her over took her from behind pushing into her hard and fast, he knew she wasn't quite ready he waiting until she relaxed a little, wrapping his hand around rubbing her so she would relax, he held her so she was not having a full face of water. She nodded that she was ready and he started moving fast, his size meant he hit her g-spot with ever thrust, she hadn't had him for a while and he was being a bit rougher than he normally was and it made her a bit excited she could feel herself losing control fast, his pants indicated to her he was close. She came and he finished slightly behind her.

He pulled her up against his chest, 'Sorry, that wasn't the best, Babe you ok?'

'I'm fine, good,' Carol turned in his arms washing his dick for him which was covered in his and her juices.

'I don't wana run but Shane prob going to come in here,' he kissed her deeply stepping out of the shower drying himself and pulling on his uniform. Carol washed quickly wrapping herself in a towel walked him to the door, waved at Shane and kissed him goodbye.