Rick has been talking to the other group since we got here. I on the other hand had other things to do like figure out why Daryl had a cut on his head. I was staring at it for a few minutes until Daryl finally couldn't take it anymore.
"What are you staring at darlin?" He asked me with his head cocked.
"What happened to your head?" I asked and went to touch the wound but stopped myself.
"I went lookin for you and the girl and I fell into a ravine. Once I got back up I had some ears around my neck and was bloody and the blonde bitch shot me." Daryl explained and I looked both scared for his safety and livid at that damn whore.
I pulled his shirt apart ripping a button or two off and saw that there was a new wound on his side. I growled and walked away from him to find Andrea. I would have found that bitch but Daryl stopped me by wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Don't worry bout it darlin she feels like shit enough. Now why don't you introduce your new friends to our group so they will stop standing by their cars, staring at us." Daryl stated and nodded his head to the new group.
I sighed and made a gesture for Lee's group to come over to our group and we have a little get together. The two groups mingled into one and we got as comfy as we could. I was so not into this little powwow so I just sat on the floor and leaned against Daryl.
He sat in his little chair and played with the ends of my hair. They started talking about who they were and what their plans were. I wasn't paying attention because I was just too relaxed. I more than likely would have fallen asleep if it wasn't for Daryl tuggin at my hair out of nowhere.
"Courtney they are talkin to you." He said.
"Jesus what?! I was gonna fall asleep." I bitched and looked at the large group.
Duck, Carly, Sophia and a banged up Carl giggled.
"I wanted to know what you thought about letting this new group join us." Rick stated.
I thought for a few then looked at our group then shifted to Lee's group.
"They can be useful. More people means less work but in the same breathe somethin tells me they can't hunt for shit so that is more work for me and Daryl." I stated. Simple facts were always the ones to put the nail in people's coffins.
"Let them stay. The children already like each other and besides it's the right thing to do. But I will warn you they are not a happy bunch. Majority of these people act like they've been suckin on sour patch kids for hours." I stated trying to get back to my nap.
Daryl and T-dog laughed at what I said. They kept talking and finally decided to let the other group join us. We started to just relax for a while until Clementine and Carl walked up to me.
"Courtney you told me I could name the bull and Carl wants to help." Clementine said and Carl nodded. I blinked lazily at them and sighed.
"No one wants to let a fat bitch catch a nap." I said and went to find the cow and her calf. I didn't have to go far to find them and pulled them to the group.
The women awed the little calf, Glenn slowly walked up to the calf and rubbed its head gently. Carl did the same and I could tell that they were going to ask me something. Rick and Shane had that look on their face.
"Now I have been meaning to ask why is it when you are here the animals are calm but when you were gone the only people they would let near them is Daryl and Al?" Dale asked me.
"Animals react to smell. So if they smell me on someone then they know it's fine. I placed my hand on Carl and Glenn. My scent lets them know they are to be trusted. If you want a more lasting affect than a few days I am going to need to hug you and rub my face against yours a few times a day." I explained.
They didn't seem to believe me so I grabbed Rick and Daryl. I whistled for the dog to come running and you could hear his paws before you saw him. I presented both of the men to the dog and of course the dog went to Daryl.
"Now watch." I said and hugged Rick and rubbed my check against his. He relaxed a little and returned the hug. I pulled back and let the dog choose again. It went to Rick first then to Daryl. I turned to the others with a tada look on my face.
They looked a little impressed by this, I smiled a little and went back to Carl and Clem.
"So thought of a name yet?" I asked.
"Yup we are gonna name him Bully." Carl said.
I smiled gently and knelled in front of the animal.
"Well Bully welcome to the family. Did anybody name the other animals?" I had asked the group and looked to see the cat was sitting in Daryl's seat and the turtle was near T-dog.
"Um no not really. Do you want us to?" Rick asked me. I nodded to him, watching them trying to figure out what to name the other three animals.
I turned my head and watched Daryl while he sat back in his chair with the blue Russian in his lap.
"The cat is a girl and her name is Arrow." Daryl said. I nodded accepting the animal's new name.
T-dog had picked the turtle up and just looked at the duo. T-dog was thinking about it but you could tell that he was havin a hard time figuring out a name. Then out of nowhere he smiled real big.
"The turtle is Raphael." T-dog stated.
I rolled my eyes but nodded my head letting him have his TMNT moment. The Dalmatian had stayed with Rick so when I looked to him to he looked as if he already knew what he was going to name the dog.
"I want to name the dog Charlie." Rick stated and the dog barked as if he was saying that he liked this name.
We started talking and then decided to get some work done. We cleaned clothes, organized the food, got some wood and a few other things. Once we were done it was dinner time and we all sat around the camp fire and started to eat dinner.
They were talking to each other and just getting to know each other while I was snuggling into Daryl a little and enjoying the fact that I was with my group again. Daryl leaned down and kissed my shoulder softly. I smiled and turned to him and kissed him gently.
"Wanna go to bed darlin?" Daryl asked me and rubbed my back.
"Yes please. I would like to just lie down." I told him and stood up. He stood and took me to our tent.
The others watched as we wondered off to our tent. His tent was off away from the group but you could tell that he was a part of them but the outcast. He opened the tent and let me get in before him.
He zipped up the tent and turned to see that I was slowly taking off my clothes an saw that I was acting differently. He got behind me placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Darlin are you alright?" He asked me.
"Just tired Daryl. Will you get the last of my corset straps for me?" I asked him and pointed to the bunch of ribbon that I couldn't untie.
He smiled gently at me and nodded. He dealt with the ribbon quick enough and helped me get into a shirt and some shorts. He got comfy and once we both were ready for bed we grabbed a sheet that I had taken and placed it over us. We snuggled into each other and dreamt of a world without walkers.