Sorry guys! I forgot that I hadn't updated yet today.
I had already started washing clothes again by the time my mom came back. I couldn't bare to look back at her because I'm sure that my eyes still looked red and wet.
"What happened? Where did Daryl go?"
"He, um, went back to camp I assume. He headed back into the woods."
"Well here you take these and give them to him when we get back." She held out some pills and gauze towards me.
"I don't think he wants me too, I mean he already left before I could do anything this time. I don't think he will appreciate it if I corner him later." She looked me in the eyes and continued to hold out her hands.
"I raised you to take responsibilities for your actions. When you get back to camp you ask him again. Please." I took the pills and wrapped them in the gauze to keep them sanitary and put them in my pocket.
"Thank you. Now you head back to camp and start hanging up the clothes to dry while I finish up here."
I didn't really want to leave her, but I never argued with Mom since she has enough to worry about. I grabbed the laundry basket and started back up the hill and thought about what I would say to Daryl. I probably shouldn't say anything he already thinks I'm a babbling idiot. Maybe it would be better to just leave him alone and tell Mom he didn't want any help. As I got back to camp I went to the clothes line and started to hang up the wet clothes. No I could never lie to Mom she would see right through me. It was a hot day, so the clothes would be dry in a few hours. I would fold up Daryl's clothes and bring them back to his tent and offer to take care of his cut.
Waiting for the clothes to dry was awful. I tried to distract myself by talking to Andrea and Amy or helping Dale keep watch, but I just kept thinking about having to talk to Daryl later. It was making me sick to my stomach. When I went to checked the clothes and found they were dry I started to fold everything into piles. I picked up the Dixon brothers clothes and walked towards their tents. I put Merle's right inside the door of his tent and walked over to the second tent.
"Daryl, I brought your clean clothes and some pain pills with gauze if you want it. Daryl?" I opened the flap and looked inside to see if he was ignoring me and I saw he wasn't inside.
I was thrilled and stepped inside to put his clothes on his sleeping bag. I then stood up and pulled the gauze and pills out of my pocket and I kneeled down to balance the meds on top of his clothing. I froze I heard the tent door open.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" Daryl looked furious.
"It's just your clothes were dry and so I wanted to bring them back. I also got a couple pills for your head, I'm sure that it hurts and I got some gauze to put on it if you wanted to." Daryl didn't respond, but came over, grabbed my arm and pulled me up. He started dragging me towards the door and pushed me out before pulling me back around and looked me in the face.
"I don't need ya sniffin' around in my business! Ya don't go into anyone else's tent to do the same for them!" He kept his finger in my face as he yelled at me.
"Well baby brother, I don't see why your complainin' about. Most men would be glad to have cute little bitch like her sneaking into their tent. Don' worry Honey if you need some lovin' this Dixon'll put out for ya." We both quickly turned and saw Merle standing behind us with some squirrels. He just looked at us and laughed before turning towards the main fire area to gut the kills.
I turned back towards Daryl and he was glaring at Merle's back and gripping my arm harder than before. Being up this close to him again gave me enough courage to try just one more time to get to know him a little better.
"Look, I'm sorry about going into your tent, but I wanted to leave the medicine somewhere safe where you would find it. I would really like to fix up your cut a little bit. I know you don't really need it, but it would make me feel better after having hit you in the face with a rock."
Daryl looked me right in the face and his eyes didn't look quite so harsh. After a few moments he dropped his hand and gave me a slight nod. He turned and went back into his tent. I stood for a few seconds staring after him surprised that he agreed, but I quickly followed before he changed his mind.
