Carol blushed at Andrea's words she looked around and no one seemed to be bothered about the way Daryl had been with her. He wasn't shy at what he was doing. He was quite forward in fact. As a group they moved around looking at different things, Daryl and Rick were patrolling together. They walked past twice stopping briefly to catch up, Daryl touched and kissed her every time he stopped.

It was pretty obvious to everyone including Carol that he was doing his best to let people know that they were together. Carol was getting some looks as he stood there talking to her on the one time in the middle of the crowd with his hand in hers not caring who was going to see him. Carol could see some people looking at him, at her.

It was getting towards the end of the night and Carol ducked into the parenting tent with Lori to change the babies when Lori spoke to her for the first time.

'Don't worry about what people say, women in this town are judgy bitches and don't know whats going on between you or Daryl' Lori told her.

Carol looked at her as smiled a little.

'Have you heard something?' Carol asked.

'What haven't I heard. Honestly, these people don't know Daryl if they are talking about him like that.' Lori looked at her lifting her baby back up into her arms moving to the side so Carol could change Sophia.

'If these women, and I do use that term loosely women knew anything about Daryl they would know he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. Its just because some of them have been trying to get into his pants for years and your a new comer.' Lori told her.

'Its just I don't want people to think badly of him, I'm already the talk of the town with a baby and her Dad's in jail.' Carol told her.

'Rick told me he doesn't wana be her Daddy no more, you got a hot guy begging to be her Daddy. So its all happening fast you want to throw that away because of timing? Grab it with both hands don't let go.' Lori said watching Carol doing up domes on Sophia.

'You want Daryl, I would say you have him. I've never seen him activitly kiss a girl in public before, never in uniform, and I've known him since high school.' Lori said, Carol was busy tucking Sophia into her wrap and Latching her at the same time. Loving the wrap that she could have hands free. She put a little hat on her and tucked the blanket around again.

Lori was wearing something similiar for Carl. Except he was bigger than Sophia, she was still tiny like a doll. Carl was in a front back rooting around looking for a boob also.

'How are you doing that?' Lori asked Carol, Carol showed her and Lori managed to do the same to Carl so she didn't have to sit and feed him also. She put her Jacket on and pulled a blanket up to her front. They headed out because the fireworks would start soon.

'How long have you been with Rick?' Carol asked feeling bold.

'Since I was 16, 14years. I known them since I moved here when I was 14, I went out with Shane first. He's a player, didn't work out. About a year later Rick took me to the prom and it was all over.' Lori told her.

They were walking trying to get to the fireworks the crowd was tough to move through, suddenly Carol had a flashlight flashing in her face.

'You look like you need a police escort to the fireworks?'

Carol moved her head out of the flash light and grinned seeing Daryl and Rick. She nodded. He put his arm around her followed Rick and Lori towards where the others were.

'Soph ok?' Daryl leaned over into her ear.

'She's having milk she's fine.'

'She ever get off the boob?' Daryl asked.

'Sometimes. She's not used to being out this late, what is the time anyway?' Carol asked him back.

'10pm, Its all over after this, I've just got to do the car's and traffic control then I'm finished. Parade tomorrow.' Daryl told her. They come to a stop by the rest of them. They all stood together watching the fireworks go off in the sky making loud booms. Daryl was standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her. He had her pulled back hard against him. She had no doubt he was interested in her. She could feel it digging in her back. He kissed her neck.

He then began moving his hands into the baby wrap.

'What are you doing?' Carol hissed at him.

'Covering her ears, its too loud. It might hurt her ears.' Daryl said in her ear.

Carol stood watching for the duration with Daryl with his hands in the baby wrap with his hands over Sophia's ears because it was too loud. She shook her head in wonder of this guy she stumbled across, he worried about her, and Sophia and though of things she hand not even thought about. Of course it was too loud. It was loud on her ears. When it had finished she turned and cuddle him.

'Your too sweet, I was really nasty to you.' Carol told him.

'I heard what they said, I know why you did what you did. Please, come stay at mine tonight with Soph? I've got to go at 7am to work but will you come? I can come to you but by the time I leave here and run around getting uniforms and stuff it will be early hours of the morning.' He asked her.

'Yeah, ok, we will come. I'll ask Merle to stop by and get some stuff.' Carol told him.

'She don't need a bed, I got her one at my house ok,' Daryl told him.

'You got her a bed?'

'It was a long shot I figured if we were going to be going back and forward she need a bed. I got her diapers too, and cream and shit.' Daryl blushed, Carol could see it in his face even in the dark.

'Someone was very confident.' Carol said.

'Andrea told me, You still you know... that you didn't mean it, and what they said. Get some stuff and come, I'll be there when I finish here ok.' Daryl bent down and kissed her, he rubbed Sophia's head. 'Merle Carol's staying tonight, stop by hers on the way home?'

Merle answered with a nod and went back to what he was doing, which was making out with Andrea in the middle of the group.