Andrea had made Carol go with her to the cafe to get something to eat to keep her strength up. Merle was sitting by his side when she come back. They were going to take Sophia back to the hotel for the night, Carol had fed her, Merle would come back to walk her back in a few hours, they'd been holding her in arms for hours, had her tucked in with Daryl. They promised to bring her back if she needed her. The hotel only 1/2 a block for the hospital.

Carol put her water beside the bed sitting down leaning forward looking for any signs of change, there hadn't been much. He'd opened his eyes for a few seconds at a time. Not really knowing what was happening. His stats were coming down then going up. He was going to be tired they told her while his body worked to recover from the massive blood loss, he would recover, he would be tired for a while.

She looked at the time it was 8pm she knew they would throw her out soon, it was past visiting times. She reached out to hold his hand looking down at his big hand in hers. Rubbing her thumb around the palm for a while. Glancing around at the comings and going of who else was in the ward.

'I'm thinking... I'm thinking we can start trying Sophia on food now, she's nearly 6 month's... I've been looking at different idea's, how we are going to do it, some people just hand them broccoli or fresh fruit to try,' Carol struggled to think of ideas to tell him or what she could talk about.

'So I'm thinking of trying that, keeping feeding her, your ok with that right? I just read some guys don't like their women feeding because they think the boobs belong to them, but you never seemed to mind me feeding Sophia, ... its cheap, and she likes it, you like them right, ...I mean, ...you got a little carried away with them, remember that night in the spa, when you put your hands on me, like that, I really liked it, you were... Oh God!' Carol blushed a little remembering that night him sucking and making her so hot and bothered in the spa. It turned her on. She looked around hoping no one heard her confess she like what he did to her. All the nurse were playing them no mind.

'I've never done anything like that before,' Carol leaned in closer, 'You know, anal or anything like that,' she whispered, 'but some people like it, I seen a movie when I was in college, about this couple, it wasn't a huge porno or anything. It had a story, but the guy threw the girl up against the wall and they went at it hard, really hard. She was screaming, like good screaming, like it was so good she screamed.'

Carol looked around, she kept talking, 'I mean, we could go out in the woods and do it up against a tree or something,' she looked down at him, his pale face, she knew she loved him, but she was glad he was out of it while she was telling him her sexual confessions.

'When your at work, I think about us having sex and it makes me, I don't know, sometimes I touch myself in the shower thinking about you,' she confessed, 'I wish I was better at it for you, maybe you could teach me, but I do like it when you put your mouth on me. I know when your thinking about it, you get that look in your eye, the one that undresses me with your eyes. When you look at me like that, I feel the heat, right down to my toes,'

Carol looked to see where the nurses were, 'Maybe I need to watch some more movies, find out how to do it. I mean, Andrea and Lori teased me about some stuff. But to be honest Daryl I don't even know how to do a blow job, I mean I heard from friends that you could never give a bad blow job, but can you really. Why's it called a blow job, because your sucking, and you'd really want the guy to shower first. So what do you do, I wana try that, go shower. Or would you run for the shower. And can you do it in the shower? Do you always have to go to your knees.'

Carol drew breath musing about what she was whispering about to Daryl, she was sure this wasn't what they had in mind when they told her she could stay talking to him quietly.

'Did I tell you I thought your tattoos were sexy? The first time I saw you with your shirt off, walking around nursing Soph, I really can't tell you all the thoughts that went through my head right then.' She rubbed his arm a little, looking at his arm's, 'your arm's, no wonder half the women in the town want you, its like arm porn. Full on, every time you move them its some women's wet dream,'

'Hon i really dont know what to do to with a guy. I mean what do you like, I mean really like, I know you have had more experience than me, but hmmmmmmmmmmm I don't know, I like it, I like you, I like it when we have sex, make love... '

'Maybe we could watch together? One of those movies, do you have one, I imagine Merle has one if you don't. Have you did that? Watched with someone before?' Carol looked at her watch, 'I don't know what to talk to you about, I probably shouldn't be here talking to you about sex, and porn or blow jobs,'

Carol took a sip of her drink looking at him. 'I don't want to be separated anymore, I want you to move in or me to move in, with Sophia. I wanna get married, as soon as your out of here. I know I should wait for you to ask me, but I'm asking you, you want to marry me?' She squeeze his hand again. 'Its pretty romantic, maybe I should get someone to come marry us here, cos you can't say no,... do you think we could?... I want you to come home to me every night, not drunk and vomiting though,'

Carol looked down at her hand he was squeezing it, 'Yeah, ... married, please,'

'Oh god, your awake,' Carol whispered bending over to kiss him, 'You wanna get married?'

He nodded, 'Yeah,' He was looking at her a little, Carol groaned.

'How much did you hear?'

'Woke up... talkin bout... feedin Soph,' he licked his lips, She helped him take a tiny sip, 'Anal... porn... blow...jobs...' he whispered

'Oh god, I'm so embarrassed,' Carol put her head in her hands, her phone buzzed, she checked Merle was coming soon to walk her, 'Merle's coming to pick me up, I'm going to have to leave you thinking about it, I'm pleased your awake so you can hear I love you,'

'I know,' he whispered, 'Tell ... to... bring the... thing,'

'What? Tell Merle to bring the thing? Will he know what the thing is?' Carol asked him, he nodded, 'Ok,' Carol text into her phone.

Ten minutes later, Merle come into pick her up he slipped something into his hand under the blankets, '5 minutes ok?' he told Carol.

She leaned over to kiss him.

'Wait,' he tried to pull out a tiny box, 'help,' he fumbled dropping it off the bed, she bent down to pick it up, looking at it, 'Open... it,' he told her and she did open up the box to see an engagement ring in the box, 'put ... on '

Carol was stunned, he had a ring, and that Merle packed it without Daryl telling him to, she slipped it on, bending down to kiss him wishing she could climb into his bed. She couldn't believe how pretty it was, and he already had it. She had no words, her day had been shocking, and at the end, he'd already been planning them being together. She kissed him again promising to bring Sophia tomorrow, and she would see him tomorrow.