Chapter 10

Once again, Sam strode out of her tent a few hours after the fight with Daryl and it was becoming dark, soon everybody would be settling in for the night.
Daryl was with Carol and Claire who didn't seem to be scared of him no longer as she locked her tiny arms around Daryl's leg, making him groan with annoyance. Sam made her way over, smiling to herself as Claire giggled as Daryl tried to get her off him. Carol gave her a sweet smile and Sam nodded and smiled back, Carol knew Sam felt bad for going off at her and didn't take any of it to heart. Whereas, for Daryl, he left momentarily heading back to his tent away from the group while
Sam stayed back and apologised properly to Carol for her behaviour earlier... but honestly... she just wanted to apologise to Daryl.

Sam took her time walking over to Daryl, her thoughts spiralling out of control as she prepared what she was going to say.
"Hey..." Sam lightly said as Daryl sat down next to the fire, ignoring her "What happened before... I realise now that you were only looking out for me... like you always are..."
Daryl stood up, walking away from her but she followed him "Why are ya sayin' this to me? I don't care bout' what happened before so can ya just leave me be!" He spat the last words out.
Sam shook her head "Don't do this Daryl... make out you don't care when I know for a fact you do!"
He turned around without saying a single word, his face scrunched up with anger "I lied before... when I said I didn't care about you" His eyes narrowed on her face, not sure what she was getting at "When I first came here, I thought Shane was a guy I needed..."

Daryl scoffed "Is there a point to this?!" he shouted "I have better things to do than listen to this crap..." Daryl threw his hand up, and started to walk away
"Don't do this..." she called after him as he turned his back on her "Don't walk away when I'm god dam trying here!" Sam was getting fed up with this, she was trying to get somewhere with him but he wasn't letting it happen. She caught her breath, feeling a million different emotions inside her. Daryl began to talk, still with his back to her but turned his face to the side so he was looking at the ground
"What's the point Sam?" He asked, his tone sounding as though he had already given up. Sam stood still, with her arms over her chest as the silence surrounded them until she spoke again this time with a soft pleading tone
"You have got to stop doing this..." Sam paused, gliding over so she was now in front of him "Stop pushing away from me".

Daryl finally looked up from the ground, into her eyes and sighed "Don't take it personally" he answered in a husky tone "I do it to everyone, it's just easier that way..." He told her honestly.
Sam cocked her eye brow with confusion "What do you mean it's easier?"
Daryl knew he had said too much and instantly regretted opening his big mouth "Arghhh forget it!" he said shaking his head from side to side, turning on his heels but Sam grabbed his wrist.
"No" she said firmly "Tell me what you mean" she demanded to know. Daryl shoved her hand off him and she took a step back, noticing how she had angered him
"What's the point in gettin' attached to someone if they're just gonna die on ya anyway? Why don't ya just save yourself the pain?"
Daryl continued to talk and Sam listened carefully, it was all falling into place now- Daryl was afraid of letting someone in and getting hurt in the process.

"I see your point" Sam said in a matter of fact tone making him squint at her, wondering why all of a sudden she was agreeing with him.
"...but... that's also really lonely"
HA!
 He knew she wasn't going to let that slide, of course she would have something to say back to him
"Because of the world we live in now... we have to take every day as it comes... and live every day to as if it were our last" She said gesturing to the farm surrounding them, obviously talking about the whole zombie apocalypse they were living in every day.
"Live?" he repeated her and half laughed"We are hardly livin' anyway Sam. We're all just gonna get picked off one by one!" Daryl yelled in her face, throwing his hands up in the air as he pointed to what was left of their group.

He hadn't had meant to, but in his rage Daryl had moved closer to Sam and now they were only inches apart. Sam looked up into his blue eyes which had a tinge of grey and shook her head once again from side to side
"And that is exactly why you should let people in... Because it's all you've got. It may sound cliché but it's the truth."
Sam softly placed her hand on Daryl's chest his jaw tightening at the touch and Sam could feel his heart beat's pace quickening.
Daryl felt her breath on his face, and smelt the sweet scent of her hair blowing in the wind and got lost in her emerald green eyes
"I've been an idiot" she admitted to him, still with her hand on his chest "This whole time you've been the one... who saved me in the alley, saved me from Dave..."

Sam waited; this was the perfect moment for Daryl to make a move but his stood completely still. Daryl tore his eyes away from Sam and she felt her heart fall in her stomach, and she rested her head on his chest in defeat
"Why won't you just let this happen?" She muffled into his chest, then looked up to his face, gave up and removed her hand. Daryl said nothing yet again and Sam shrugged her shoulders with such despair in her eyes and turned away.
Daryl heard her footsteps walking away, he could hit him self... what the hell was he doing?! A beautiful woman had put herself on the line for him... even after all she's been through and all he could do was stand there like a pansy ass dickhead. He didn't know how to react in situations like these, hell he'd never had anyoneof such high standards have feelings for him, and he was just going to it pass by him? No way!

"Sam!"
She flicked her head back and saw Daryl do half run half walk thing, nearly tripping over his bike which made her grin as he caught up to her.
"I'm not used to this kind of thing" He gestured, pointing his finger at himself and Sam, which she found amusing as he stuttered on his words nervously
"Well well, and what is this kind of thing?" Sam asked cheekily. Daryl rolled his eyes and lowered his head so he was staring at her lips. Daryl grazed his finger up the side of her arm, giving Sam goose bumps as she stared back up at him.
Sam sucked in a breath as he moved his hand onto her cheek and he smirked, leaning his mouth down to hers, locking their lips together in light manner.

Sam's eyes were still closed when he broke apart from her lips and his hand fell from her face when Sam shuddered unintentionally.
"Sorry..." he said in a murmured and took a step back.
Images had appeared in her head when he had kissed her, images of Dave and when he had kissed her. Sam snapped out of it seeing the look on Daryl's face made her heart break "I'm sorry". Sam smiled gently, taking a step closer to him
"Can we try that again?" she asked but didn't wait for an answer as she lightly raised herself on her tippy toes, planting another kiss on his lips. Daryl's lip turned up and he put his hand behind her head pulling her in closer. This time they kissed more passionately, wrapping their arms around each other .The sparking noise from the fire caught their attention and they pulled back, noticing night had fallen and it was pitch black.
Daryl still cupped his hand around Sam's face as she traced her fingers across his collar bone and whispered "
I don't want to be alone tonight".
Hepeered down at the blonde woman he was holding as she looked up at him with such desire, leaning up again to plant a sweet kiss on his lips.

To be continued...

Authors Note - Yay! they finally kissed!

Did you all enjoy that?
I really loved writing that chapter and I wanted to bring out the sweet yet insecure side of Daryl.

What do you guys think will happen now? Should I bring Shane back into it or keep going down this road of Daryl/Sam?

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