Carol had acquiesced and gave Daryl her cell phone number and he called her right there where they were standing in the alley so she would have his number. They were going out on Friday night and he told her to pick wherever she wanted to go and he would take her.
Also, don't tell Merle, like she would even do that. She knew Merle had warned him off more than once.
She went inside her apartment after he walked her home and leaned against the door. She felt like he was still outside, hoping she would open the door back up, but she didn't.
She went to bed and laid awake for some time thinking she had gotten herself into something she had no way to get out of. He was going away and she was wildly attracted to him, and that was not a good thing.
She hadn't felt that way in a long time though, so maybe she should just not overthink it. She could try that but it wasn't her.
Carol could ask Tammy but she didn't want to involve her, it wouldn't be fair to ask her to keep a secret from Merle.
She had no one to talk to about it and she felt so lonely. Carol was up late that night, thinking, overthinking and thinking some more.
Finally she fell asleep and slept until almost noon the next day.
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When she woke up and rolled over to grab her phone it was flashing a text message.
Good Morning Beautiful, I had a great time last night.
With a blue heart emoji. She smiled and rolled over onto her back. She texted him back.
Me too, I'm looking forward to Friday
Can I come over now?
She laughed and typed back.
Good things come to those who wait.
He typed back sad face emoji and that he couldn't wait till Friday.
Me either Daryl.
So it was on now, Daryl said to himself as he read her last message, smiling to himself. He would wait till Friday if that's what she wanted to do. Something told him that this girl really hadn't been treated well before. He aimed to change that.
The work week dragged but now they kept in touch via text and that was something that always made her smile. He texted her good morning every morning and good night every night.
Sometimes he would call her and they would talk for a while, when he was outside at night smoking. Carol hadn't had a friendship with a man before like this, they talked easily with each other about so many topics. It was like they knew each other for longer than just a week.
They liked a lot of the same things, the same books and music type.
At work he came in the office when he needed to and for coffee in the morning but they didn't act any differently towards each other. Especially when Merle was around.
She had a fairly good idea of how Friday night was going to end up, and there was one thing she bet Merle didn't know.
His brother was an unapologetic and outrageous flirt. As the week went on his texts became more and more risqué and listening to his voice on the phone made her wish he was there with her.
His voice made her feel things she hadn't felt in a long time and every day that got closer to Friday, she was filled with more and more anticipation.
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Daryl was like a wound up top by the time Friday came, he had been perusing her all week and trying to make her feel special. Because she was and he wanted her to know that, above all else. He liked her a lot and had from the very beginning.
But god damn he was hoping to get laid too.
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On Friday night she went home from work and soaked in the tub listening to her favorite band, Sublime. They had agreed to go to a pretty fancy restaurant and she had actually bought another dress, a blue one this time. She had shopped for it alone at Andrea and Michonne's dress store and they had not steered her wrong.
No one knew they were going out together, because Merle would have had a shit fit of epic proportions. She wanted to tell Tammy but she didn't want to put her in a bad position. So she kept quiet and so did he.
Daryl walked up to her door and he could hear the music playing. Of course she liked Sublime, why was he even surprised to hear it coming out of her apartment. He smiled as he hummed the words to Badfish, 'Two pints of booze, tell me are you a badfish too?'
He knocked on the door and she answered putting on her shoe, the ones he liked from the party. She got the shoe on and stood up to face him, giving him a wide bright smile.
"Hey." She said looking at him for a beat, he had on a white shirt and a tie and jeans, he looked good enough to eat. And he smelled divine, some kind of musk scent she knew from her teenage years. She didn't know people wore it anymore and it was swirling around in her brain now.
The smell of him was intoxicating. It was Kiel's musk she was sure of it now.
"Hey." He said as she opened the door more and let him in. "Badfish huh?"
Her eyes lit up. "You like Sublime?" As she walked over to grab her purse.
He looked at her, he didn't think it was possible but she looked even better than she did the other night. She had on those shoes too. Holy hell those fucking shoes. He had to think of something else besides getting her out of those shoes and that dress.
What were they talking about? Oh right, Sublime, she asked if he liked them which he did. She looked so hot he couldn't even remember who Sublime was right now. He quickly pulled himself together.
He nodded. "Course." He said giving her an award winning smile. She didn't notice his struggle right at the moment.
She grabbed her purse from the table and walked back over to him.
"One second Carol." He said looking at her his voice just a whisper. "I just want to look at you. You look amazing."
He looked at her with appreciative eyes and it just about melted her heart. She didn't know what came over her in that moment and later she swore it was the way he smelled.
"Speak for yourself." She said walking up to him with a smile on her face. 'Santeria' came on and she grabbed him by the tie, pulling him close to her and that was all the encouragement he needed. He was on her like lightning kissing her and walking her backwards towards the couch.
They reached the couch and she had kicked off her shoes by then, he sat down and she climbed right up into his lap. Her dress was hiked up around her waist almost and she didn't care, for once in her life she was going to do something crazy.
He ran his hands up her back and pulled her close to him and continued kissing her, and her hands were going up his shoulders and through his hair.
"Been wanting to do this all week." He said in between kisses and she nodded her head.
"Me too." She said kissing him again and again.
He deepened the kiss licking along her lips until she opened her mouth with a moan on her lips. He slid his tongue against hers for a second and then looked up at her.
"We're gonna miss our reservation." He said quietly, not wanting to break the spell between them, but wanting to be a gentleman.
"How does Chinese sound?" She leaned down and kissed him again. "Later."
He loosened his tie and dove in for another kiss.
"Sounds like just what I want."
All I really wanna know, I already know.
All I really wanna say I can't define.
It's love that I need.
He moved his lips down her neck, trailing wet kisses to her collarbone and she was moving on top of him now without abandon. He ran his hands over the front of her dress and she threw her head back letting out a moan that made him bury his face in her chest as she came back towards him.
"Carol, you sure?"
He asked, but she was already unbuckling his pants and pulling at his tie frantically. He supposed that was as good an answer as any.
"I'm sure, I'm sure." She said standing up and pulling at his shirt until it was off of him and she got back on his lap. "Been a long time for me."
She couldn't believe how forward she was being, there was something about him.
She kissed him again and this time he let out a groan as she went for the buckle of his pants and started unzipping them.
"Me too, a really long time." He said as she was standing up so he could get his pants down, He got bold and reached under her dress and slid her underwear down her legs slowly, his hands lingering on her skin.
A trail of goosebumps erupted along the path of his fingers and she shuddered. His touch lit her on fire, just like she thought it would.
He pulled her to him as she was still standing and his face was between her thighs, he breathed her in. His brother was going to be livid when he found out about this. He could almost hear Merle saying 'Don't you bother that girl, she don't need your bullshit.'
The problem was, his dick was also talking to him and he was listening. to his dick at the moment.
She got back in his lap and he looked at her.
"Wait, Carol I can….." He said but she only shook her head and in one motion she had him inside her. They both let out noise as she took him all the way. He pulled her close and kissed her hot and dirty now, no more fucking around.
They had been fucking around for two weeks now. That was done.
She moved slightly and then again. He put his hands on her hips and started moving her more and she leaned down and kissed him. Her hips moving more and more until he thought for sure he would lose his mind. She was incredible, and not just because she was fucking him on her couch right now.
But that was fucking awesome too.
"I'm never gonna be able to keep my hands off of you at work now." He groaned.
"You'll find a way." She laughed
"We'll see who can't keep away from who." He said as he reached down between her legs and stroked his thumb over her. He wanted her to come all over his dick, to feel her pulsating around him.
He rubbed her faster and faster while she worked her hips against his. He wanted this bad, he needed it.
She arched her back and leaned back, still pumping her hips up and down in his lap. He didn't stop and she felt sweat breaking out all over her skin, she was not usually loud in bed. But this time she couldn't help it.
"Oh oh my God." She cried. "Oh, oh Daryl…"
"That's it Carol, come on." He whispered hotly in her ear. "Come all over me, come on my sweet girl."
She felt her body getting overheated, tingling and the delightful pull in her stomach. It was going to happen soon, he was taking her over the edge of the cliff.
His words just driving her closer and closer and closer until she couldn't hold back any longer. She buried her face in his shoulder.
'Oh my god, I'm coming…." And her voice trailed off as she gave herself over totally to the feeling, inhaling his scent and falling apart on his lap. She kept moving her hips through her orgasm and pulled him right over into oblivion after her. He held her hips in place and came screaming out her name.
He held her tight against him for a moment and then moved her so he could see her face, He pushed the hair out of her face and smiled at her.
"This is one hellova first date."
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True to her word, Carol ordered Chinese food and they ate it in her bed watching TV. She felt comfortable with him which was a strange but good feeling. He made her laugh and he had been doing that all week.
She laughed when he said 'Merle would probably cut his dick off if he found out about this' and she countered with 'Merle would have to answer to her if he did, because she really liked his dick'
And then she blushed so deeply because that wasn't something she would have ever said. He brought out something in her that was thrilling and different.
It was also scary. Because in the back of her mind she knew this could never be more than what it was.
A fling, because he was leaving.