'You don't have too,' Carol told Daryl as he moved his gear into Merle's truck.

'We not taking 3 trucks, keep mine, you might want to do something,' Daryl told her.

In her mind Carol was wondering what the heck he thought she would plan to do, or where she would go. She told him yes she might go visit Lori but she could walk there. She sighed and nodded she would keep his truck just in case anything happened.

He gave Sophia a cuddle and kiss then moved onto Carol, Merle stood there holding Sophia not knowing where to look as his brother kissed the heck out of Carol in the end he cleared his throat, 'Children in the room,' Followed by a few coughs, Daryl held her hand all the way to the truck, then Merle passed back Sophia, Daryl gave them both a quick kiss.

'I'll see you Sunday,' He told her.

'We will be here,'

'Ok ring Andrea, if you need anything, or ring me if you need me back,' He told her.

'Daryl just go, Rick will be waiting what could possibly go wrong,' She winked at him.

'Don't or I won't go,' he warned her.

'We will be fine, I promise,' She told him.

Carol and Sophia watched as the truck drove off for a few minutes then headed inside. Carol pulled out her overnight bag and Sophia's and loaded the baby up into the truck. She packed their bags during the day while he was at work and what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him none. She was not spending the weekend at home, she drove off never seeing the little treats Daryl had left under her pillow.

Daryl had watched them out the side mirror until they turned the corner to go get Rick.

'So by the look on your face you finally got some brother?' Merle asked him, Daryl shot him a look warning him he wouldn't spill anything. 'Am I gona be a Uncle again?'

Merle parked in front of Rick's house and Daryl gave him a shove to help him get out the door. They quickly loaded up Rick's gear to get going. Merle was giving Daryl good natured ribbing. Lori waved them off and headed inside to gather up her bags and baby, loading him into the truck.

5 hours later saw Daryl lying in the tent alongside Rick and Merle one of which who had just farted in the tent. Daryl leaned forwards in his sleeping bag moving to the entrance opening the flaps to let some air in before he died. He could be a home rather than out in the dark in the cold with the guys. They were going to rise early and try track a deer or something. Daryl after he flicked the tent flaps crawled out going out a little way away from camp to take a piss. He come back and cracked a beer hoping it would make him sleep a little better.

He was missing Carol, they had scratched an itch but he wanted more. He didn't want to be lying in a stinking tent with them he wanted to go back. Carol hadn't text or anything, he checked again. He sighed hoping that was a good sign, he headed back into the tent hoping Carol was ok.

5 hours later Carol was holding her sides trying not to laugh her head off at Andrea's impersonations of Merle. She was having a great time, they had taken the lid off the spa on the deck at Daryl's house. They hadn't told the guys that Lori and Carol were spending the weekend with Andrea. Sophia was sound asleep in her bed in Daryl's room and Carl was asleep in the porta cot in the spare room. The baby monitors were on the table near the spa.

Andrea had poured everyone fake cocktails but you wouldn't know they were not drinking from all the giggling that was going on. Eventually they got out of the spa to head inside to watch a movie, while eating chips and dip. Andrea and Lori were good company.

'What's the funniest thing is that the guys will be stuck out in a tent, eating beans, and here we are watching a movie and stretching out in the bed alone,' Andrea declared.

'I think Daryl was worried about me being home alone, I should have told him,' Carol suggested.

'Nope, don't tell, it will make them think they can go off every weekend or something, pretend we missed them heaps.' Lori told her.

'I do miss him,' Carol admitted. Andrea and Lori exchanged looks.

'Its just because its new, sex is new, everything is new, give it a few years of washing his dirty socks and jocks and the novity will wear off.' Andrea told her.

'Talking about jocks, Rick wondering why I won't go buy him some, I'm not his Mama, he can go buy his own jocks right, I'm not being a bitch for not to go buy them,' Lori asked.

Carol looked to Andrea, she didn't know, buying underwear for your partner or husband wasn't something she had thought about.

'He's a big boy now, make him buy his own, or go buy a g-string for him,' Andrea giggled, Carol shook her head thinking about it, she didn't know if she would buy underwear or not. If she had time maybe. Luckily she didn't have to answer she went to get Sophia to feed her. She noticed a look pass between Lori and Andrea.

'Soooooo Carol, when are we going to talk about those bite marks on you?' Andrea grinned at her, Carols hand went to her neck, Andrea shook her head. 'Lower the ones on your boobs?'

'What, he didn't leave bite marks on my boobs,' Carol looked down.

'So he could have left bite marks there?' Lori teased, 'Walked right in,'

Carol face flamed, 'Ok, ok, we did it, thats all you need to know,'

Lori and Andrea high fived each other, Carol shook her head. All these people were so noisy about her and Daryl. They gave her some gentle teasing until they went to bed. Carol stretched out in Daryl's bed closing her eyes sleeping like a star fish having a little giggle to herself with him thinking she was at home all lonely alone.