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Chapter Six (Rick POV)

I have been driving for about 2 hours now, following closely behind Carol and Daryl on his bike. Thankfully everyone got back to the car safe, and I couldn't be happier despite the circumstances. What matters most is that everyone is alive.

Except for Michonne.

I have yet to tell the rest of the group what happened to her. I just have to wait for the right time.

"Dad?" Carl said behind me, snapping me from my thoughts.

"Yeah, Carl?"

"Where are we goin' to sleep tonight?"

I thought for a moment before honking my horn once letting Daryl know to pull over. We all got out of the car to discuss it together. "Alright," I said, putting my hands on my hips. "I'm glad we're all safe. Now all we gotta do is figure out where we are sleepin' tonight. Daryl," I turned my attention to him. "How 'bout Carl, you, and I head into the woods to see if there's a house we can sleep in for the night?"

Daryl nodded. "Sounds like a good idea."

"What about me?" Glenn asked hoarsely.

"I need you here with Maggie to watch everyone else. If we find a place, I'll send Daryl back here to lead y'all to it."

Glenn nodded in reply.

"What are we gonna do if you don't find somethin'?" Beth piped up.

I turned my attention to her, my thoughts immediately reverberating back to what happened between us last night. I held her gaze for a while and she began to blush, quickly looking away.

"What about Michonne?" Carl asked, but I acted like I didn't hear him. Now is not the time.

"We'll find somethin'," I reassured Beth. "Alright. Y'all ready? We're losin' daylight." I looked at Carl and Daryl and they both nodded in response. Thankfully, Carl dropped the subject of Michonne.

I turned and started heading into the woods with them close behind me. We walked for about a half an hour before we came across a big white house that looked pretty untouched.

"This looks good," Daryl said from beside me. "Looks like it's pretty shu' off from the world."

I nodded. "Yeah. Let's clear it." I pulled out my gun as we walked up to the front door. I walked up to the window and banged on in three times, hoping that if there were any walkers inside, they would get drawn to the noise. I waited a few moments before I did it again, and then once more.

"Looks like it could be empty," Carl said hopefully, looking inside the window.

"Let's head in." I opened the door and motioned for Daryl to go upstairs. "Carl you go left and I'll go right. We'll meet up in the middle. Be careful."

He smirked before he went his way and I went mine. I made my way through the living room and dining room, not finding anything abnormal. This house was huge. There was a big possibility that we could make this a permanent residence. It was big enough that everyone would have their own corner of the house, and they would still have some elbow room.

I met up with Carl in the kitchen. "Find anythin'?"

"Nah," he said shaking his head. "S'clear."

"Upstairs too," Daryl said, joining us. "Wan' me ta go get tha others?"

"Yeah. This place is pretty big. We could probably stay here indefinitely."

"S'what I was thinkin'," Daryl agreed. "There's 7 bedrooms upstairs. This place is a goldmine."

I nodded thoughtfully before smiling and patting Daryl and Carl on their shoulders. "Daryl, go on and bring everyone home."

(Beth POV)

It had been about two hours since the boys have left, and I couldn't keep myself from fidgeting with something. I was always nervous when anyone in the group was gone, but as much as I was ashamed to admit, I was more worried about Rick than anyone.

Damn my feelings.

I jumped and gripped Judith tighter to me when the trees began to rustle behind me. I whirled around to face the noise and took a few steps back. "Glenn…"

Glenn hurried over and stood in front of me with his knife out. The trees rustled more as the unidentified subject drew closer, causing me to back up some more in case I had to run. Everyone stood behind Glenn with their weapons out, ready to jump in if needed. We were all on edge from being out in the wide open.

Daryl suddenly appeared from the trees and stepped back slightly from the intense look on everyone's face. "Damn, Chinaman. Tryin' ta kill me?"

Glenn smirked. "You know for a hunter, you're awfully loud."

"I ain't huntin'," Daryl retorted, throwing his crossbow over his shoulder. "We found a house. A pretty nice one, too."

"Where?" I asked excitedly.

"Imma take ya to it if ya just calm yourself, girly." Daryl started walking to his bike. "Hey,Korean! Follow me in the car!"

"Aw you got my ethnicity right for once. I'm touched."

"Yeah, well don' get used ta it."

Glenn laughed as we all piled into the car and Carol and Daryl on the bike. My heart began to race as we started to drive off to our new house, excited that our group was going to be all together again.

We drove for about ten minutes before we came to a huge white house. "Wow," I said leaning forward in between the driver and passenger seat. "This house looks amazin'."

"Looks in good shape," Glenn agreed, shutting the car off.

We all, once again, climbed out of the vehicle and walked into the house. It looked just as pretty on the inside as it did the outside.

"What do ya think?"

I jumped and turned around to find Rick behind me. "Looks good." I smiled up at him.

He reached out and took Judith out of my arms. "Can I talk to you upstairs for a second?"

I gulped and nodded, following him upstairs. He led us to a nursery that was obviously made for the baby that used to live here. There were toys still in the room and nice looking crib in the corner of the room, perfect for Judy.

"I figured we could pull one of the twin beds from one of the other rooms into here, and this could be your guys' room," Rick said snapping me out of my thoughts.

I smiled at him again. "It's perfect."

Rick walked over to the crib and lay a sleeping Judith down into it before walking up to me. "Beth…" His eyes roamed my face for a moment. "I'm really sorry about last night," he whispered. "I took advantage of you."

I blushed but refused to look away. "You didn't take advantage of me."

"Yes I did. You were intoxicated. You weren't aware of your actions-"

"Rick," I crossed my arms angrily. "I was perfectly aware of what I was doing."

"How could you want this, Beth? How could you want me? I'm an old man. Old enough to be your father."

"If not you, then who else, Rick?" I hissed, trying my best to keep my voice down. "Who's gonna take care of me when my daddy is gone? He ain't gonna be around forever, Rick. He's an old man. Hell, you might be old enough to be my father, but he's old enough to be my grandfather. He was 18 years older than my momma. Not much different than you and I."

Rick sighed in frustration and walked across the room to look out the window.

"Why are you fightin' it?" I pleaded. "Do you…do you not want me?"

He whirled around to face me, with a wild look in his eyes. "Do I want you? Fuck, Beth. I think that after what happened last night you would know just how much I want you. Do understand how hard it was for me to stop myself last night? You drive me insane."

I stared at him with wide-eyes. "Why did you stop then?" I jumped as I suddenly heard everyone laughing at something downstairs, feeling relieved that no one was up here listening to us.

Rick started to walk towards me quickly causing me to back up in surprise. He caught up with me and grabbed my hips, pushing against the wall. "This is what you want?" He leaned down and smashed his lips onto mine in a forceful kiss, just like last night. He started to kiss down my neck and one of his hands made its way under my shirt brushing against my breast, causing me to arch up into him. He growled in response. "This is what you want?" he repeated harshly.

"Y-yes," I gasped. "Oh God, please Rick…" My right leg wrapped around his waist and I started to grind myself into his semi-hardness.

"Hey, dad!"

I gasped and pushed Rick away from me as Carl began to walk up the stairs. I readjusted my shirt and fixed my hair just in time for Carl to walk into the room.

"You guys comin' downstairs?" Carl asked, happier than I've seen him in a long time.

"Yeah," I said, my voice sounding shaky. I cleared my throat. "We were just layin' Judy down. We're comin' now."

Carl smiled before walking out of the room, not suspecting a thing. I turned to look at Rick and found that he was already staring at me with an incredibly intense gaze that caused me to gasp. We stared at one another for a moment.

"We should head downstairs," He finally said, his voice an octave lower than normal, causing me to shiver. I didn't get a chance to answer before he rushed out of the room.

AUTHORS NOTE: So they made it to a safe haven! Yay! Carl is such a cock block. Oh well. They'll get their chance! I promise! Also, Rick will probably tell everyone about Michonne next chapter. It's gonna be tough! But they're a tough group. They'll pull through. Let me know what you guys think of this chapter! It doesn't take much of your time, and I REALLY appreciate it! The more you review, the faster I update! Thanks, guys!