Chapter 12

"We should get going." Bay turned her head up and smiled at Daryl when the sun had set and dusk started to come on.

"Why? Afraid of what might be crawling around here in the dark?" he teased her gently, and was surprised when she stiffened and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Daryl... Please tell me that doesn't mean that a spider is crawling all over me right now."

"You scared of 'em?"

"Yes. Incredibly! I am horribly afraid of and grossed out by the 'Three S'."

"Three S?"

"Spiders, Snakes and Ships." she explained and made Daryl laugh out loud.

"SHIPS? The fuck, Bay? How are ya grossed out by a damn ship?"

"I don't like ships or boats or whatever ya wanna call them. My stomach turns just looking at them. Been on one once, it was the worst. Threw up over the rail the whole time. Just think of the many ways you could die by being on a ship in case that it sinks! Ever seen a Titanic movie? Those aren't romantic, those are damn horror flicks to me."

Daryl chuckled quietly while she gave her dead serious explanation. "You're cute." he smiled and blushed slightly, but he felt like he'd done good when he saw a huge smile form on her lips. He bit his bottom lip and peeked up at her with a shy smile, before he cleared his throat. "Alright, no spiders, snakes or ships, then. But I reckon we really should go, cause two of those things might be around."

Bay jumped up faster than he could blink, making him chuckle once more as he helped her pack their things and fold up the blanket. As they made their way to the truck, he felt Bay's hand slip hesitantly into his. Daryl interlocked their fingers and squeezed once, reassuring her that this was okay and that he wanted it, too. Bay grinned happily, but lowered her head and looked at the ground, so it wouldn't be too obvious, although Daryl was not doing any better. He'd never before felt his face hurt from trying to contain his big smile, it was definitely all new and exciting.

"Are you staying tonight?" Bay asked when they were on the road.

"Umm,... yeah... if that's okay?"

"Of course that's okay." she smiled, but Daryl was frowning slightly as he watched the road. Bay felt that he wanted to say something. He opened his mouth a couple of times, but hesitated and kept thinking some more, before he finally spit it out.

"I ain't expectin' nothin'... just so you know... Don't want ya to be scared or nervous when ya sleep next ta me from now on... 'kay?"

"Okay. And just so you know,... I trust you. I'd never be scared of you."

Her words brought a proud smile to his lips. He had figured that she trusted him since he still had the keys to her place, but hearing her say it out loud felt damn awesome. "Good!" he said and hoped that he would never ever do something to break that trust she had in him.

They soon arrived back home and had a bit of an awkward moment when they didn't quite know what to do now. Both were suddenly back to being shy around one another. It was silly, because both wanted to repeat that kiss badly, but neither dared to initiate it or even get too close to the other at that moment. "Ummm... you hungry?" Bay asked and fidgeted with her hands while standing in the middle of the living room and looking around nervously.

"Nah... just ate..." Daryl was chewing on the inside of his cheek and looking around as well. His eyes landed on the TV-set and the sofa-bed. Yeah, maybe some TV will be good. "Wanna watch some TV? Just... hang out? Relax?"

"That's a good idea. I'll get us some water." Bay went into the kitchen while Daryl took his sneakers off and crawled into his corner of the sofa. Bay soon followed, but before she did, she also changed out of her jeans and into a pair of shorts to be more comfortable. "I should get something to use as bedside tables." she giggled as she handed him his glass of water. Right now there was nowhere to put them other than the floor, and sometimes they ended up getting knocked over.

"I could build some." Daryl offered. "Always got leftover material at work. Guess I could make something outta that stuff."

"Yeah, that would be nice. But only if it won't get you in trouble."

"I'll ask the boss on Monday."

"Cool." Bay smiled and sighed quietly. Why is this weird again? She found her answer quickly. Because we let it get weird every time. She was a bit jittery about it, but if one of them wouldn't make the first step, they'd never get anywhere. Daryl had kissed her back, so he obviously wanted this as well. She put her glass on the floor and scooted closer to him. "I'm cold." she stated, even though it wasn't true. It was June in Georgia after all.

"No ya ain't." Daryl smirked teasingly, happy that she was the one to make the first move once again.

"Hey, that's not nice!" she giggled and poked his ribs, giggling even more when he jerked and tried to ward off her hands. "Oooohhh is someone a little ticklish?"

"No I ain't. Ya just surprised me." He laughed and grabbed her wrists to keep her from poking him again.

"Riiiiight. Okay, guess we can admit that we both lied just now. I'm not cold and you are definitely ticklish." Bay laughed and took a deep breath to gather some courage. "So let's try again... I would like to be held by you..." Jesus Christ, Bayanne! Could you be more formal? Why not write him a letter on fancy stationary? Just hug him you stupid girl! She blushed and hid her face behind her hands and laughed. "Oh God... I'm sorry, that sounded horrible."

Daryl finally had mercy on her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder to pull her closer. "Nah,... took guts... You're braver than me where that shit's concerned." he admitted shyly. It was true. He had a much harder time than her to put himself out there. If she wouldn't have made a move just now, they might have ended up watching TV whilst sitting in their respective corners all night long. If it hadn't been for her bravery, they never might have kissed in the first place. Which brought him back to the present. Bay was nuzzling his jaw softly and Daryl's heart started beating much faster in anticipation of what was to come. Daryl turned his face towards her and lowered his head, while she craned hers up again. Their lips brushed gently and this time it was Bay who caught his bottom lip between hers. Daryl made an almost inaudible sound in the back of his throat and Bay felt it more than she heard it, because her fingers were resting on the side of his neck. It gave her a little rush and she started pressing her lips against his more firmly. They exchanged several open-mouthed kisses, both growing more confident with each press of lips against lips. Bay soon felt the tip of Daryl's tongue prodding her lips and it made her shiver and loose every bit of oxygen that had been in her lungs. Bay parted her lips as the pull of arousal made her insides flutter, and it got even worse, when his hand slid to the back of her neck and up into her hair, holding her in place almost possessively. He angled his head and let his tongue slip into her mouth, releasing yet another little sound when it touched hers. They both shivered as their tongues started to glide and swirl and explore, and Bay found out that an actual kiss aroused her a good ton more, than the fantasy of it had. She was very glad that she wasn't a boy and that he wasn't able to tell how excited his kisses had her. She gladly let herself fall into all these new sensations. Oh good Lord, this feels so incredibly good. I wanna do this all night. Oh God... Those were the last coherent thoughts she had, before she turned off her head and just let herself feel and enjoy.

Before she knew it, Daryl was slowly pulling her to straddle his lap. She went with pleasure and wrapped her arms around his neck, never once breaking the kiss while she got comfortable on top of him and buried one hand into his soft hair. Daryl was in heaven. Nothing had ever felt as good as kissing Bay. Still, he was careful not to let himself go too much. His dick was a little bit hardened already and he wanted to keep it from growing to full length and girth. He was glad that he wasn't a pubertal teenager anymore and that he was able to control himself and his dick at least a little. Even though she had already felt his erection before, he was still nervous about potentially scaring her off or making her nervous by getting wood this soon into kissing. He was surprised that his dick already responded to this, even though they kept it pretty tame. It was intense, but not heated. Their kisses were deep and gentle, sometimes playful and explorative, but there was not yet a real sexual component to it. Bay's initial feelings of arousal had ebbed off a little, too, and she simply enjoyed kissing him and all those positive feelings that came with it. They were just two young people who were falling in love and getting to know each other better on a physical level, and innocently so. Daryl was soon able to relax and enjoy it more as well and they both lost track of time while they were locked in their tight embrace. Bay pulled away with a giggle, when she heard Daryl's stomach growl and gently tickled his belly.

"Someone's hungry." she smiled as Daryl blushed a little.

"Fucking embarrassing. Just fucking ate." Daryl mumbled and hated his traitorous stomach for interrupting them.

"Actually it has been a couple of hours. I could eat, too." Bay smiled and raised her arms above her head to stretch her back and arms out a little. Her top rode up, revealing the soft skin of her midriff and drawing Daryl's attention. He couldn't help it, he immediately imagined kissing and licking all around her belly button and going lower and lower and lick along the waistband of those sleep shorts. He felt the heat build in his lower abdomen and quickly tore his gaze away from the tempting view, so he wouldn't pitch a tent right then and there. He didn't want to test his luck and find out exactly how cool or not she was about certain things. The girl's a damn virgin. She sure don't wanna feel ya get horny as fuck just from looking at her belly. Get a grip on yourself, boy.

"What would you like? I didn't defrost any meat. How about breakfast for dinner? Or pasta?"

"No damn noodles, Bay. Breakfast sounds good, since we skipped it and all."

"Yeah, right? What do we want? Eggs?"

"Yeah. Got bacon left?"

"We do, yeah. Pancakes or waffles? Uh, since we got apples left, how about apple-cinnamon pancakes?"

I might just love that damn girl. Daryl thought with amusement, because those pancakes sounded damn good. She was seriously going to make him fat with all those delicious meals she whipped up. Her grandma must have been some kind of 5 star chef. "Yeah, I like that." Daryl replied enthusiastically and finally loosened his embrace and let go of her so she could get started in the kitchen.

Daryl watched her from the bed and felt silly for already missing her, even though she was right there. He fell back into the nervous habit of chewing on his lip while he pondered whether or not it would be okay to do what he'd imagined himself doing a couple of times now, which would be to walk up to her and hold her from behind and tease her a little by kissing her neck. She made the first move twice now, you coward. If she can be brave, you can at least try. She made out with ya, so she wants this. She makes ya feel like a man, so act like one. You wanna be a real man for her and take care of her in every fucking way, so grow some balls here. Daryl slowly scooted to the edge of the sofa and got up. He went to the bathroom first to relieve himself and splash some cold water in his face, before he slowly walked up to her. Tentatively he placed his hands on either side of her waist and slightly pulled her back against him.

"Hi." Bay smiled quietly while she made pancake batter from scratch. "Decided to keep me company?"

"Yeah. That okay?"

"Very!" she looked up at him with a big grin and pressed a kiss against his cheek before she focused back on the task at hand. Daryl took a moment to get comfortable, then he snaked his arms around her to hold her tighter. Bay smiled, while she worked. She was happy that he was making a move this time. It was silly, because he had obviously kissed her back, but this showed her, that he was really into this as well. Suddenly she felt Daryl's warm, soft lips pressing against her neck. Uuhh, that's nice. She smiled to herself and closed her eyes in bliss for a moment. Daryl got braver when he felt her lean into his touch, and Bay inhaled sharply and almost dropped the whisk in shock, when she felt Daryl's hot, wet tongue lick a path from the junction of her shoulder, up to a spot right underneath her ear and ended his journey with a little suck.

"Holy mother of God!" she breathed as her body trembled lightly and her skin turned into gooseflesh. Daryl couldn't deny that her response excited him a lot. Just from this, baby girl? Shit,... makes me wonder how you'll react when we really get into some stuff I wanna do with ya. And just like that a ton of naughty images flashed through his brain of all the things he wanted to try with her, if she'd let him. He was just about to imagine what she would sound like during orgasm, when he realized that she was still firmly pressed against him and that it would be a bad idea to think about this any further in that moment. Neither was licking and sucking on her neck, but her response had awoken his primal urges and he found himself unable to stop, especially with her obviously liking it. He'd been wanting to suck his mark into her for a while now and he wouldn't give up his chance to finally do it. The thought that it might be a tad bit too soon didn't occur to him in that moment.

Oh shit! Oh God! Daryl had bit her neck gently and was now latching on and sucking on the sensitive skin on her neck, and Bay felt the apartment start to spin. It felt so incredibly good, but it also brought back that sharp pull in her abdomen and this time she felt her nipples harden almost painfully. It scared her that he was able to do this to her this quickly and she felt a bit overwhelmed. This was new to her after all. She had kissed a boy before, but nobody had ever done something like this. She'd had no idea it would cause such strong reactions inside of her. However, she didn't want to push him away and hurt him or make him shy again, so she gently put her hand on his cheek and slowly disentangled from his embrace. "I need the eggs... Daryl, stop..."

"Mmm." he grunted and gave one last suck before he pressed a kiss to the now darkened skin and released her with a little smirk full of male pride. Bay walked over to the fridge and took a deep breath when the cool air hit her and helped her cool down and clear her head a little. It's just new and I have to get used to it. It's all good. It was really really good and I do want more of that. Just gotta keep my cool and get freaking used to it.

No matter how proud he was of seeing the hickey on her neck, he still noticed quickly that Bay was suddenly a bit fidgety. Shit... that was too much... I'm a goddamn idiot. "Sorry..." he mumbled with a deep and disappointed sigh.

"No! Don't apologize!" Bay whirled around so suddenly, that he startled for a moment. "I'm just being weird, it's not you, I promise. I just... uh... it's very new... I've never ummm... nobody ever did that before... It was just a little overwhelming, but not in a bad way. It just made me nervous,... That sounds bad, I'm sorry." Bay fell silent for a moment while she tried to find the right words. "Okay, cards on the table? I'm going to be nervous a lot, I imagine,... in case this works out and we get to know each other better in that way, I mean. If you don't want that, that's cool, I just want us to stay friends in that case, because I love having you in my life... What I'm saying is... I might be nervous a lot, but that doesn't mean that I don't want it... whatever is going to happen. If I don't want something I will tell you without hesitation, I think you know that by now..."

"Ain't sure what yer sayin', Bay..." Daryl had no idea what to make of it. Was he allowed to kiss on her or was he supposed to wait until she made a move to show him what she wanted?

"I know, I'm not saying it right. I'm rambling... Okay, listen... I don't want you to walk on egg shells around me. I'm doing all of this for the first time and I have to learn... a lot... so yeah, I'll be nervous, but like I said, that doesn't mean that I don't want it. You don't have to be super careful with me, I don't even want that. I liked what you did just now, very much so... I have to get used to it,... that I like it, I mean. Does that make sense?"

"Not really." Daryl was chewing on his thumbnail by now. He was curious, but also a bit uncomfortable with the conversation.

Bay sighed deeply in defeat. It was frustrating not being able to express what she was feeling on the inside. She understood that it wasn't making any sense to Daryl who surely had a ton of experience. Frankly she wanted him to give her hickeys and much more and that was exactly, what freaked her out. Daryl had some kind of power over her in a lot of ways and one of those ways was the sexual one. He turned her on, it was as simple as that, and she had trouble believing that her reactions to him were normal, especially the quick rate at which he was able to make her want more. She definitely needed some girl talk. I should really consider getting a phone.

"Bay? You okay?" Daryl asked after a couple of minutes when she still hadn't said anything.

"Yeah. Just forget it. It's alright." she smiled and leaned up on her toes to press a gentle kiss to his lips. "Everything's good."

"Sure?"

"Yes. I just... I don't know,... gotta get my thoughts in order I guess." she started pouring the batter on the griddle and smiled to herself when Daryl carefully wrapped his arms around her again.

"This okay then?"

"Yes it is. The other thing was okay, too."

"Yeah?"

"Yes. Really." She put her hand on his wrist and gave him a gentle squeeze to reassure him, then she decided to change the topic to get rid of the slightly awkward mood. "Wanna come to church with me tomorrow morning?"

"Pfffff... nah, thanks." Daryl scoffed, but Bay wasn't offended. She knew that it wasn't for everybody. "Why you goin' anyway? Thought ya didn't have yer faith no more?"

"Things change. I just wanna go and say thanks."

"Say thanks? For what? For all the crap that happened to you?"

"No. I want to say thanks for having you in my life." Bay smiled when her reply shut him up quickly. Pride swept through him and he grinned silently against her neck and kissed the mark he'd made.

"Maybe I'll swing by Pat's while you're gone. Get some clothes... " he trailed off, waiting for her to tell him if she was okay with him staying a couple of more nights.

"Good idea. I'll drop by Erin's after church. Or do you think she is with Sam over the weekend?"

"Sure she is. I'm here with you,... she's with him..." he didn't quite know himself why he put it like that, but it might have had something to do with his thoughts about what exactly they would be from now on. Am I her boyfriend now? She officially my girl?

Bay obviously wasn't so sure about the answer herself. "Soooo,... we're like them?"

"Dunno. Are we?" Daryl started drumming his fingers on her belly.

"I don't like anyone else."

"Me neither." Daryl admitted quietly, but his nervousness was still very apparent by the way he was fidgeting.

"So I guess that means... umm... if we only like each other... and we do... stuff... That's like a... couple... right?" Bay felt awkward putting a name tag on it, but she wanted to know just like Daryl did.

"Yeah." Daryl finally started breathing again and was relieved that seemed to want the same thing he did. "Sounds right. Bay?"

"Yeah?"

"You forgot the apples." he laughed as he pointed at the pancakes.

"Shit! You distracted me."

"Next time then." Daryl chuckled and gently kissed her neck again. She's too fucking cute.

After they ate, Bay took a quick shower before she snuggled back into Daryl's arms. He buried his nose in her damp hair and inhaled deeply. She smelled so damn good, it was driving him nuts. Before they knew it, they were back to kissing. It was dark, only the light of the TV illuminated the room in a whitish-blue glow. They had turned off the sound and the only noises that were heard in the room were those of heavy breathing, the wet smacking sound of their kissing and the rustling of sheets and blankets as their tongues swirled and their hands started roaming a little. Well, Daryl's hands... Bay's hands were frozen in place on his neck, she didn't dare letting her hands glide along his body. Daryl didn't even notice, he was totally into what they were doing. In between kisses he would kiss and nibble along her jaw and down her neck before he returned to her lips and thrust his tongue into her mouth to tangle with hers. They were in their sleeping position, with Bay molded to his side and her leg curled over his. He was rubbing her thigh with his strong hand, gently at first, but the pressure he used turned firmer the more intense their kissing got. Eventually he gripped her leg and pulled her on top of him again to gain better access to her neck. While they made out his hands stroked up and down her back and over her arms. Sometimes he buried them in her hair and held her to him while he plundered the depths of her mouth and dominated the kiss. Bay was putty in his hands, she loved everything he was doing and she sure didn't mind when his warm, slightly calloused hands slowly traced up the back of her thighs, causing a pleasant fire to ignite and course through her veins at his touch. And when he tentatively cupped her ass in his big hands, she instinctively pushed herself against him to show him that it was okay. Daryl gave her butt a nice squeeze, making himself groan quietly, when he pulled her closer, and it made her giggle a little. More out of nervousness than anything else. She loved what was going on, but she was definitely out of her element.

"Daryl?" she asked under her breath after what seemed like a little eternity of making out. "What you did... the hickey... Can I do that to you? I wanna try."

Fuck me, hell yeah! "Sure." he answered coolly, not letting on how excited it had him. He had accepted that trying to keep an erection from happening wouldn't work during this kissing session, he was already at half-mast and having her suck on his neck would get the rest of the job done. Good thing that she wasn't sitting right on top of it, but a bit above. She wouldn't notice right away, if at all. Bay was nervous, she didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Daryl by doing it wrong, so she very hesitantly kissed along his jaw and up to his ear. She didn't quite know if it was the right move, but she carefully caught the lobe between her teeth and tugged ever so lightly. Daryl groaned quietly and dug his fingers harder into her butt cheeks in response. Bay shivered. Getting a response like that felt absolutely awesome and it boosted her confidence a little. She pressed little kisses to the side of his neck next, until she found a nice spot.

Alright, here goes nothing. Bay remembered what he'd done to her and copied him. She slowly let her tongue lick and circle on his skin, surprised that doing so aroused her. She closed her lips around the wet spot she had left and started sucking. She remembered what Erin had said about guys preferring rougher touches and so she sucked harder than he had sucked on her. His response was empowering. He gripped her and pulled her against him once more, while he also bucked his hips up. He hissed in pleasure and tilted his head to the side to give her more access. He never wanted her to stop and having her suck on his neck also brought up images of her doing the sucking in another place. His cock was fully hard within seconds and he pumped his hips up into the air, instinctively looking to get some friction to ease the throbbing in his loins.

Feels damn fucking good he thought and removed one hand from her ass to bury it in her hair again. "Harder." he growled quietly and immediately released another groan when she increased suction. His growled instruction had Bay trembling and she had to pull away to catch her breath. She looked down at her masterpiece in the light of the TV and loved that he now had a mark as well. It looked damn good on him. "My turn." Daryl murmured before he grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her down to his lips again for a deep kiss. Ten minutes later Bay had her second hickey and another ten minutes later, Daryl had his second one. They kept going and going for hours, just enjoying being close and giving each other love bites. Bay eventually fell asleep first and when Daryl was completely sure that she was out of it, he sneaked off into the bathroom to take care of his painfully hard erection, knowing that it surely wouldn't be the last time he would have to do it.

Thank you for reading!

Sorry for the unusually long wait. As some of you know I had to help out at my son's daycare group and it killed me, lol. Thank you so much for all the support, kind words, follows, favorites, reviews and your general awesomeness. Love you all. I'm sorry if this chapter is a bit slow, I am still working on getting my mojo back. I'm sure the next chapter will be less "filler-y".

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