Time Jump Two Weeks.

'Do you think your strong enough to do this?' Carol asked him.

'I think so, I wouldn't suggest doing it if I wasn't, Rick's going to be right there,' Daryl told her.

'You think so?'

'I didn't mean that the way it sounded.'

'Well you think so, you think you're strong enough to hold her in the water or you are NOT strong enough,'

Carol wasn't sure, he'd was doing a lot better, it been 2 weeks since she'd been to see Ed and they were trying to get on with their lives. He wanted to start taking Sophia back to Daddy swim classes and Carol was freaking out a little. Andrea checked him out a week ago telling him to start swimming, he'd been swimming lengths daily, increasing every day. He was getting stronger and stronger.

'Nothings going to happen to her, even if I drop her, there are ten other men there,' Daryl tried to make her feel better, it wasn't working she was freaking out a little.

'Thanks Daryl that puts my mind at rest,'

'I intended too,' Daryl gave her a smile. 'She's my daughter, I'm not going to let anything happen to her,'

Carol nodded, she knew he wouldn't but there were too many what if's running around and around her brain. What if he dropped her and she went under the water. She couldn't help worry, Daryl could see she was conflicted.

'What if ... what if Merle and I take her into Daddy swim class?' He finally suggested.

She nodded, she was good with that, if he was with Merle in the water. 'I'm ok with that, its not that I don't trust you, its just she's ... she's my baby,'

'She's my baby too,' Daryl told her, 'I'm not gonna let anything happen, but I will take Merle,'

She nodded and hugged him, he understood that she was always going to worry it didn't matter if he had Merle there, or Rick, hell even Shane. It didn't matter who was there she would worry. She was Sophia's mother and she'd been fighting for her since the day she was born.

'Here I was thinking you would be waiting to see me in my swim trunks, with my muscly body,' Daryl teased her a little.

'Yeah that too and also the fact we are finally going on our honeymoon as long as you both don't drown,'

Carol moved around the nursery she was still looking for things they they needed to take for Sophia. She had p.j's, and that was it, she kept getting distracted. It was all Daryl's fault he'd found her new underwear and kept bringing it in to show her what she had brought. He was walking around talking about swimming lessons with her. At the same time he was spinning around the tiniest g-string she had ever seen that Andrea had made her buy.

She was doing her best to ignore him but he apparently thought it would be a good idea to bring in underwear and bra's to talk about as well. Carol just grabbed fist full of Sophia's clothes and put it in the tiny case they had brought her. They were going to be away 5 days. She didn't have the heart to tell him the chances of him having sex was unlikely because Sophia probably wouldn't settle well in her portable cot in a strange place. He was likely to have to play the sandman and get her to sleep before anything happened.

She got a wax yesterday and cut him off 4 nights ago and he'd been without sex for ages according to Daryl. She had her own agenda, she'd got a wax that she didn't want to reveal until they were officially on their honeymoon. She had a full set of underwear with a sexy baby doll nightie with matching bra and panties that he hadn't found. Mainly because she did hide it in Andrea's room. She was just thankful Merle hadn't found it. Both the Dixon boys seemed to have a way of sniffing out new underwear.

'Put it away,' She whispered, they were moving around quietly, Sophia was having a nap before swimming.

'I like it, look its see through,' Daryl held it up so they could look though it. She shook her head, he was going this nuts about the underwear he had found she didn't want to think what he was going to think when he saw the baby doll outfit.

'Just help pack and we can go, if we don't pack we don't go, you don't get to see it,'

Daryl finally stopped playing with the sexy underwear long enough to come help put clothes in the bag. He fished out a bag of diapers, a container of wipes and put it by the bag. He pulled out little tights and dresses, soft leather shoes Carol liked with the soft leather bottoms. To Daryl they looked more like slippers but Carol said they were shoes and were ok to wear with anything. Sophia had a few different colours, Daryl couldn't understand why something so small cost so much. Carol had argued the quality and the fact that they would grow with Sophia's foot and she didn't want to shove her feet into shoes that didn't fit.

'So what if ... we left Sophia behind?' Daryl had been teasing her for days about leaving Sophia, Carol didn't like it, she wasn't ready also Sophia was still on the boob.

'I'm thinking about leaving you behind and just taking Andrea and Lori,'

'Is it really a honeymoon if we are going with Merle and Andrea?' Daryl asked.

'Yes, because they offered to have Sophia over night, she's sleeping through now, and if she wakes and needs me I can get her,'

Carol finally relented and accepted the offer that Andrea and Merle made. They asked if they wanted them to have Sophia overnight in their hotel room as a wedding present to them. Two nights when they wouldn't be getting up checking on her. She did trust them to look after her. She'd caught them checking her through the night when they thought Carol and Daryl were asleep. They were very attached to her and Sophia beamed every time she saw them.

'You wanna go to a movie or something?' Daryl asked her, 'Or we could do whatever we wanted,'

'Sleep? Sleep? or Sleep?'

Carol was tired, emotionally drained, everything over the past few months had been a lot to deal with, she would be happy to hand Sophia over and just chill out. Lie in bed with a good book and then sleep the night away not feeling every time she woke she would have to check her. Then lie in bed thinking or trying to reason with herself that she didn't need to keep checking her but getting up to check anyway. Some nights Daryl found her asleep in the bed in the nursery because she slept better when Sophia was close. She couldn't explain it she just had to sleep near her sometimes.

'Or sleep, come on lets pack this underwear before we go to the pool,'

She followed him though to their room. She was packed, she just had to get her stuff from Andrea's room and she was done. They were going to come tomorrow, Andrea had to work today, then they would come for the 4 days after. They were not going far. 100miles to the city. To see the sites and enjoy.

'Daryl, go put the pram in the truck,' Carol told him, he nodded and grabbed it, pushing it outside. Carol took her chance to duck into Andrea's closet to grab her bag, she was just zipping up her bag when Daryl come in.

'So we have some time before swim class, Merle's gonna shower and follow us, but we still have time, do you wanna?' Daryl gave her a sexy grin, 'Do you wanna fool around?'

'No... Stop!' Carol giggles as he tackled her sideways onto the bed. He knew he wasn't getting any but it was fun trying. He just had to make it to tonight.