Oh man... not again! Down boy! Daryl was groaning inwardly when he felt his cock twitch happily inside his sweatpants, when he was able to look down Bay's shirt, as she was leaning forward slightly, in order to take off her shoes.

It was official, Daryl was back to being 13 years old again. What that meant? It meant, that he was walking around with an erection pretty much non-stop these days...

Another month had passed, and Bay was now four months along in her pregnancy. She still didn't have a "real" protruding bump, instead her belly looked, like it was just heavily bloated. When she wore one of his t-shirts, she still didn't look pregnant at all, but since she was proud of her little belly, she wore her tight, form-fitting shirts, that fully displayed the cute curve. She didn't have to hide it anymore, everybody knew by now, and everybody was very happy for them, and excited for the new arrival. The first baby in their group... Somehow, it had all of them looking forward to it.

In the past couple of weeks, Daryl had quickly realized, that the cliché was true: pregnant women fucking glowed. Bay was glowing. She looked healthier than he'd ever seen her. He wasn't able to put his finger on it, but she looked even more beautiful than before, and her little belly was so fucking cute... he couldn't help but touch and kiss it all the time. It also filled him with pride. That was his baby in there... she was actually having his baby, and she was happy about it. He loved her more and more every day, he was honestly able to say that.

Like all of that wasn't already enough to make him lust after her like fucking crazy, Mother Nature had decided to top it all off with one more thing... What she was still missing in the belly-department, she had made up for in the boobs-department. Bay had gone from a small B-cup up to a D-cup, and that was already starting to get a bit too small, as well. The doctor had told them that she might not be done growing yet, and Daryl couldn't wait to see how much bigger they would get. He had always loved her tits, which had been a nice handful, and he'd always thought they were perfect and just right, but he couldn't deny the fact that the changes were turning him on to no end. Her boobs were so full, so round and so heavy now, he was never able to get his fill. She was killing him. One look at her and his dick started growing to stand up at full attention within the shortest amount of time. Every free minute was spent cupping, rubbing, massaging, squeezing, kissing, licking and sucking the delicious globes, and when he wasn't with her, Bay and her fantastic boobs were on his mind all the time, making him have to adjust himself constantly. Just like he had to right now...

Bay looked up with a grin when she heard him groan, her eyes immediately drawn to the tent in his loose sweatpants. "Again? Really?"

"Can't help it if ya look like fuckin' sin, girl. Damn,... I just whacked off in the tub..." Daryl sighed, sounding a little miserable, while he rubbed his face hard with his hands. He hated not having more control over himself. Usually he was pretty good at keeping himself in check, but lately? Not so much. He wanted her all the damn time. He wasn't able to stop thinking about it, the image of her bouncing tits kept flashing up inside his mind over and over again.

"Hmmm,..." Bay bit her lip and grinned sexily as she slowly walked over to where Daryl was sitting on the edge of the sofa-bed. "Too bad you didn't wait... would have been a nice after-work-treat to watch..."

"You can watch right now, babe." he groaned low in his throat. His hands were already pushing her work t-shirt up, and he pressed a gentle, loving kiss to her rounded belly, before he pushed the shirt up over her bra-clad breasts. He didn't even wait until she had pulled it off all the way, he couldn't wait, so he pushed his face into her ample cleavage right away. "Mmmmmmmm..."

"I love being pregnant." Bay laughed quietly, and buried her hands in his wild, but soft hair. "Ever since these puppies got so big, I've been making enough tips to get our kid through college."

"Fucking bastards... can't say I can blame 'em, though." Daryl mumbled against her boobs. "Everybody's all over ya lately... It's makin' my fists itch somethin' awful, girl."

"Is it bad, that I think it's hot when you get jealous?"

"Not if it gets me laid." he looked up at her with a cute, cheeky grin.

Bay laughed and leaned down to kiss him. "Are you very hungry?"

"Not for food right now."

"That's what I thought." Bay reached behind her and unclasped her bra with a giggle.

"Fuck..." Daryl sighed joyfully as he brought his hands up to cup her full breasts.

Bay hissed when he started squeezing. "Careful! Not too hard. They're a little sensitive today."

"Sorry." he murmured apologetically. He looked up at her, right into her eyes, and slowly opened his mouth and circled her nipple with the tip of his tongue. "That better?"

"Yeah." Bay moaned quietly. She pushed him back a little and straddled his lap. Her lips traveled along his jaw and up to his ear, while Daryl's hands carefully caressed her beautiful tits. "Remember that movie we watched on my birthday? The porno?" She whispered into his ear. Daryl's breath hitched in his throat in response. He suddenly got the feeling like he was in for a good night.

"What about it?"

"There was this scene... in that bedroom... You know,... the guy put his... between her breasts?"

Daryl almost came in his sweat pants, when he caught her drift. Oh holy goddamn mother of fuck! She's gon' let me fuck her tits! "Ya want me to fuck these?" he asked as he traced the pad of his thumbs across her nipples, wanting to make sure that they both meant the same thing. "Ain't gon' do much for you, I guess."

"You know I love giving you pleasure, Daryl." she said with a little embarrassed smile. "And knowing you, you'll return the favor anyway, so I'm not worried about me not getting anything out of it."

"You ain't wrong." he smirked. "C'mere."

Bay matched his smirk and gladly let herself be pushed down onto the bed, happy to just lay back and let him ravage her. She would be lying if she would say she didn't enjoy how much he enjoyed all the changes that were happening. She had never felt more wanted, and she loved it.

Two nights later, they were once again cuddled up together on their bed, naked, satisfied and happy. Daryl's warm hand gently stroked Bay's baby belly in a circular motion, having his fiancée laying on her back with her eyes closed, and a blissful smile on her face. Daryl was on his side, propped up on his elbow, while he rubbed her swollen abdomen, and looked down at her with a smile of his own. "Are ya nervous 'bout tomorrow?"

"Yeah." Bay's smile widened and her eyes opened. "But not about marrying you. Not at all... but I'm really nervous about if you're gonna like my dress or not."

"Yer kidding, right? You know you could wear a damn potato sack and you'd still be the prettiest girl in the world ta me... but shit,... Imma look like an idiot next to you."

"No, you won't. You're the most beautiful person in the world to me. Inside and out. Don't you know that? That's why I told you that you don't have to change anything about your appearance for the wedding. I just want you to feel comfortable and to be happy."

"Yeah... Ain't changin' ma hair, but I feel better about wearin' that shirt and tie instead of an old t-shirt and my camouflage cargoes... Especially with you havin' a real dress."

"You're gonna be drop dead gorgeous, baby." Bay smiled and kissed him soundly.

"Think Merle's gonna be there?" Daryl asked quietly, as he traced the motions of his hand on Bay's belly with his eyes. His face had taken on a slightly sad expression.

"No one has seen him in over two months..." Bay was disappointed for Daryl. He was hoping so hard that Merle would be there for his little brother's wedding day, but Bay was pretty sure, that Daryl's hopes would be destroyed.

"Yeah, he wanted to lay low after he got them damn Mexicans their money... But he's got all kinds of sources... maybe he heard... about us and the baby..."

"I think, if he had heard about it, he would have shown up here by now to give us a piece of his mind. He wouldn't have been able to help himself from staying away and keeping his mouth shut. I'm sure he would have some very colorful things to say about us getting married and starting a family."

"I should have looked for him..."

"Daryl, don't!"

"He's still family."

"Yeah, but he got himself into this mess. He left to lay low and abandoned you. Again. He needs to get his shit together. He can't keep going like this forever, because if he does, then that 'forever' is gonna be a very small time span." Bay ranted in a slightly raised voice, before she took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "I'm sorry, but he keeps doing this to himself. You can't help someone who doesn't want help."

"What if he's dead? What if his hand got infected and he wasn't able to get pills for that?"

Bay bit back a remark about how it was Merle's own fault that he'd gotten his finger removed by some drug lord's henchman. Instead, she took another deep breath and counted to 10. "Do you have any idea where he could be? If you do, we can check those places tomorrow morning, before we have to be at the courthouse."

"Ain't much time to get shit done before we have to be there..." Daryl shrugged a bit pessimistically.

"Do you want to postpone the wedding until we find him?" Bay asked, calm on the outside, but angry and depressed on the inside. She wanted to scream when Daryl looked at her with big, hopeful eyes

"Ya would do that?"

"Yes." she sighed deeply. "For you. I'd do almost anything to make you happy, including this. You want him to be there, that's pretty obvious by now... So we wait until we find him and drag his sorry ass back into town."

"Fuck, I love ya..." Daryl smiled and kissed her happily. "You're the best. You really are."

"Yeah, yeah..." Bay sighed after he released her, and turned her back on him. Why do I love him so damn much? Why can't I be more selfish?

"Tired?" Daryl smiled and kissed her shoulder.

"Mhm."

"Alright. Sleep tight, baby girl." he kissed her shoulder once more while he moved to spoon her.

"Yeah. You, too." Bay whispered with her eyes closed. She was incredibly tired all of a sudden. All of the excitement for their wedding was gone. It wasn't happening tomorrow, because of Merle and because she was weak where Daryl was concerned. She wanted to cry, but she was even too tired for that. She thought she might lay awake all night, despite being exhausted, but before she knew it, she had fallen asleep. It wasn't a peaceful sleep, though.

Her dream transported her back there. Back to the future, where there was only running away, fighting and the underlying fear of dying either a gruesome, painful, horrible death at the hand of the undead or an agonizingly slow death by dehydration and starvation. Bay relived a small portion of her coma dream that night, and woke up crying and gasping for air as fear and panic washed over her like a tidal wave.

Daryl, ever the light sleeper, shot right up with her and immediately started working on calming her down. "Sssshhhh, it's alright. Just a dream. Ya ain't there, Bay. You're here with me. That world ain't real. You're here, with our baby in your belly. It's all good."

Bay was barely listening to him. She shook her head at him and looked at him with wide, panicked eyes. "I can't wait."

"Wha'?" Daryl was confused.

"We're getting married tomorrow, Daryl. I can't wait. I can't do it. I'm sorry. Too much can happen. I lived it. I lived it again just now. Everything is ready. We are getting married tomorrow, with or without Merle. He's not gonna ruin this for us."

"But..."

"No but, Daryl. No. You can get up early, give yourself some time to go look for him, but I'll be getting ready for our wedding in the morning. I'll be at the courthouse at noon with our friends, and I hope that you will be there, too. That's all I can say about it."

"Of course I'm gonna be there, Bay. Are you kiddin'?"

"Sometimes I don't know what to think. You're like a puppy when it comes to Merle. Like an eager to please puppy. Yeah, I know the truth hurts. I know you don't wanna hear it, but that's how it is. I'm not holding it against you, he's the only blood family you have left... but... with the way he acts, how much meaning does that even have? Pat, Sam and the others, your other family, they have always been there for you. Always. Just like I will always be there for you. I think it's more important that they will be there later today. Don't you? Think about it."

It was the last she said, before she rolled back on her side, turning her back on him as she tried to go back to sleep. Daryl didn't say anything. He knew she was right, but he desperately wanted Merle to be there, too. Deep down, he needed Merle's approval. It was fucked up, but that was the way it was. Daryl couldn't help feeling that way. He would marry Bay one way or another, but he really, really wished that Merle would be by his side and share that moment with him.

"I'll be there no matter what. Ya know that, right?" Daryl asked quietly, but he didn't get an answer.

Daryl got up early and left Bay behind to sleep some more, while he drove over to Patrick's. He wanted to ask his best friend to help him go check out some places and look for Merle, but as it turned out, neither one of them would have to look far.

"Hey, sorry for waking ya up, man." Daryl apologized when a sleepy Pat opened the door for him. "I need yo-"

"Who the fuck comes ta see ya at fucking six in the mornin'? Oughta kick their teeth in." A very familiar voice grumbled from inside the apartment, making Daryl's jaw hit the floor.

"Merle? What the fuck?" Daryl quickly pushed the door open a little wider and entered the apartment. He eyed his older brother who was trying to get comfortable on the couch, before Daryl turned his wide eyes back on Pat. "The hell is goin' on? He been here the whole time? What the hell, man?"

"Relax!" Pat held his hands up, trying to placate his friend, who was about to throw a tantrum. "Was supposed to be a surprise." Pat put his hand on Daryl's shoulder and pushed him another couple of steps into the apartment, so he could close the door.

"Ah, baby brother... should'a known that was you. Always been a pain in the ass in the mornings." Merle grinned with sleepy eyes.

Daryl didn't return the grin. He was up in arms and utterly confused by the whole thing. "Where the fuck have ya been, Merle? And why ya here now?"

"Your little girlfriend over there tracked me down." Merle gestured towards Pat.

"I knew you would want him to be there when you got married,... so we started to look for him." Pat explained, rendering Daryl speechless and making his heart warm up. Pat knew him so damn well, he truly was like a brother... and a better one than Merle, as well.

"It's true then, huh?" Merle stretched his limbs and cracked his knuckles before he sat up. "Gettin' hitched to Miss Bayanne, yeah? And been stupid enough to put a damn bun in her oven?"

"Wasn't stupid. Wasn't planned, but wasn't stupid neither." Daryl defended himself.

"Ha!" Merle scoffed. "Maybe not planned by you..."

"Wasn't planned by Bay, neither. You know she wanted to go to college..."

Hm, that's true...Merle thought and shut up for a moment ."Ruining yer whole life at age 20, baby brother. Ya should know better."

"That's where you're wrong. That's what you don't get, Merle... I'm fucking happy. My life was ruined before, now it at least got some meaning. Imma be someone's husband. Imma be someone's daddy. And you can bet your methed-out ass, that Imma give it my best shot and be the best husband and daddy I can be. I want this. And I want ya to be there. But if ya can't shut up and have my back for once in your life, then ya gotta stay away. I mean it. I ain't gonna let you drag my family into some kind of shit of yours."

"Pfff, your family, huh? I'm your damn family, son."

"You're part of it. But you're not all I got. Never have been." Daryl told Merle the ugly truth, making his older brother swallow hard. "So what's it gonna be? You gonna stand by me today or what?"

"Yeah, yeah. Don't get your panties in a bunch. I'll be there." Merle sighed. "Still don't get how you ended up being like this. Thought I taught ya better. At least she's a decent one. Gotta give ya that."

"Don't ruin today for her. She's been through enough." Daryl half stated and half pleaded with his older brother.

This time it was Pat who scoffed. "Trust me, D, if he fucks this up, there'll be hell to pay. We got ya."

Daryl sent Pat a grateful nod. "Alright. I'm gonna head back and get ready."

"Best prepare yourself, D." Pat was grinning. "From what I hear, Bay looks damn pretty in her dress."

Daryl didn't respond. He was looking forward to seeing her in her wedding dress, but where he was concerned, Bay was the most beautiful being in the world, no matter what she was or wasn't wearing. No need to prepare for anything. He gave Pat another nod, before he turned around and opened the door. "See ya later. And thanks."

"Anytime." Pat smiled and closed the door behind him.

He should have listened to Patrick. He should have prepared for being hit with a sledgehammer of emotions. He didn't even know what was happening to him, but when Bay entered the courthouse in her wedding dress, with Erin and Jessa by her side, Daryl was absolutely blown away. He was speechless and he was overcome by intense emotions, all the while his head was gloriously empty. He was a little horrified to realize that tears were welling up in his eyes, and that he was absolutely unable to keep it from happening. "Shit!" he muttered as he lowered his head and squeezed his eyes shut for a moment. Merle snickered, but he kept his mouth shut for once. Even he had to admit that Bay made a beautiful bride.

"Told you." Pat put a supportive hand on Daryl's shoulder, but he was grinning from ear to ear. He loved seeing Daryl so rattled. He understood where Daryl was coming from, though. Bay really looked beautiful in her white dress. If it would be him and Jessa, he would be on his knees, thanking the Heavens that he was allowed to marry such a stunning creature. "Come on, dude. Get it together and greet your bride."

Bay's face hurt from smiling so hard. Daryl looked gorgeous. He was dressed completely in black, and it suited him very much. He was wearing "nice" pants and leather shoes. His black button-up shirt fit him perfectly and was tucked into his pants. Initially he had wanted to wear a black tie as well, but ultimately, in a last-minute decision, he had decided he liked the outfit better without the tie. Bay loved the way he looked. He really pulled it off, and already, she couldn't wait to pull the clothes off his body later.

Daryl finally looked up to see her smiling face, and he was a little relieved to see tears brimming in her eyes as well. "Fuck, baby girl..." he said while his breath rushed out of him. "You're killing me here. Fucking look at you..."

"Look at me?" she giggled quietly. "Look at you, baby. Wow. You look so good in this."

Daryl leaned down to kiss her, but ended up kissing the back of Pat's hand instead. "What the fuck, man?" he frowned at his best friend while he wiped his lips.

"No kiss before you say your I do's." Pat grinned and ushered them into the room.

Bay's gaze fell on Merle and she paused for a moment, trying to shake off some images from her coma dream, before she was able to give him a smile. "Good to see you, Merle. It's nice to have you here."

"Ya look good." Was all he said as he looked her up and down, surprising everyone when he didn't say more than that.

"Thank you." Bay smiled and squeezed Daryl's hand. "Ready?"

"Been ready for 2 damn years." Daryl muttered with a little laugh, even though he hadn't even realized the full extent of his feelings until less than a year ago.

Bay smiled brightly at him and pulled their joint hands up to her face, pressing a kiss against the back of his hand. "Then let's go." she said, and after he had squeezed her hand once more, they walked up to the officiant.

The ceremony was nearing its end and it was time for the vows, just before they would exchange rings. Merle frowned when he watched Bay and Daryl lean close to each other.

"The fuck are they doin'?"

"They are whispering their vows into the others ear." Sam explained after he had quickly handed Erin a tissue.

"Why? Ain't they supposed to say 'em out loud and repeat after that guy?" Merle had never been to a wedding, but he'd seen some shit on TV, like everybody else.

"Usually, yeah. That's the way most people do it, but Bay and Daryl agreed that the promises they would make to each other were just meant to be heard by them... or something like that."

"Hm." Merle grunted and leaned back in his chair again. He was bored. He couldn't wait for this part to be over and get to celebrating with some free booze.

While their friends watched on, Bay was the first, to recite her vows to Daryl, trying hard not to sob and weep through them. "I believe in you, the person you will grow to be and the couple we will be together. You have been my best friend, mentor, playmate, confidant and my greatest challenge. But most importantly, you are the love of my life and you make me happier than I could ever imagine and more loved than I ever thought possible. From here on out, I promise to be your lover, companion and friend, your partner in parenthood, your ally in conflict, your greatest fan and your toughest adversary. Your comrade in adventure, your student and your teacher, your consolation in disappointment, your accomplice in mischief. I will love you, hold you and honor you, I will respect you, encourage you and cherish you, for all the days of my life."

Daryl swallowed hard, trying to keep up his own composure. Of course her vows were much better than his own, because she simply had a better way with words, but he knew that she, thankfully, didn't care about that. She knew that he loved her, and that no matter what he said, that it came from the heart and that he meant it. "Ya know me better than anyone else in this world... and somehow ya still have it in you to love me. I promise that I'll never take that for granted. I love ya, baby girl, and I promise that I'll always take care of you and our kid. I'll always put our family's needs first. No matter what. I'm yours... have been from the moment ya first smiled at me back at that party, even if I didn't know it until last year. I'll always be there and protect you and all that's ours. Promise."

Bay nodded slightly and quickly wiped at the tears, that had managed to escape. "I love you." she whispered, before the officiant asked them to exchange their rings.

"And by the power invested in me by the state of Georgia, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Mr. Dixon, you may kiss your bride." The officiant smiled and thereby finished the ceremony.

The guy had barely gotten the words out, when Daryl already threaded his fingers through Bay's long waves and pulled her in for a long and soulful kiss. Their friends clapped and hooted and cheered, but neither Bay nor Daryl, really registered their overjoyed pals. They were completely caught in the moment of sharing their first kiss as a married couple. Thinking back, if someone would have told them a year ago, that they would end up married and with a baby on the way, they both would have laughed in that person's face. She had been just a lonely girl behind a counter, working hard on making her dreams come true, having lost hope that something good would ever come along again. He had been just some guy, who had drifted around with his friends. A nobody, who'd painted numbers on the sidewalk in order to have a meal at night, never in a million years expecting someone to truly want him. They had both been in for a surprise. Bay and Daryl hated surprises, but what a wonderful surprise this one had been. Fate had brought them together, and without even thinking twice about it, they had healed, nurtured, supported, taught and, most importantly, loved each other.

The bond they created was a strong one. They were Bayanne and Daryl Dixon now, and nothing and no one would ever be able to break up their amazing union.

THE END

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