After noon all, hope your all well. thank you for the new followers and the new review i like that you all seem to like story, makes me what to keep writing. its time we hear from Merle which i have never ever wrote before, please let me know what you all think. happy reading :)

Chapter 13.

January 21st

Merle's POV

Merle was popped up in one of the bar stools, he had one hand flat on the counter and in his other hand a tumbler. Merle wasn't really paying attention to anyone around him, his through's were on Daryl. His baby brother meant everything to him, and he do anything to protect him. It had always been that that way even when they were kids, Merle would protect him even taking most of the beatings from their father, until Merle found himself looked up in jail all because he was always high on drugs and getting into frights.

Max had come to see Merle in jail after their dad had killed their mama and tried to killed Daryl. Max had warned Merle that he needed to be clean and to stay clean when he got out of jail because he would need to be there for Daryl. 'the boy is going to need us to help him thought this Merle, he doesn't need you getting high all the time.'

Merle had promised he would stay clean, he understood where max was coming from and since that day Merle had stayed cleaned and moved into max's house with Daryl when he got out of jail and they both tried to help him the best way they could.

Merle still felt guilty to this day for not being there that night for Daryl, but he had been there every night since than. And will always be there to protect his baby brother, which is why he was now sitting in Dixie's bar, he wanted to know about this carol, as he had never seen his baby brother let anyone touch him apart from family and it took years to get to that point. He also never seen his baby brother smile so much or take an interest in girls. Merle had been trying to get Daryl to chase skirt with him for years. His baby brother took after their mama with his looks and he knew if Daryl wanted he could have any girl dam girl in this town. When he did get him out you could see them watching him with hungry eyes like they wanted to eat the boy. Daryl seemed oblivious to this or really didn't give a fuck either way, not to say the boy hadn't went home with a few of them but it was always just a onetime thing and he was usually good and drunk by then.

If this carol could manage to make his baby brother smile and to let her touch him and to be in his personal space when they had only just met on Friday, then Merle needed to make sure this girl stayed around, maybe she would be good for the boy, but first Merle wanted to make sure that she wasn't someone who would hurt his baby brother, Daryl had been hurt enough.

"can I get you another one?"

Merle looked up into the face of a pretty blue eyed, blonde hair woman he had never seen before.

"another whiskey please ma'am"

"coming right up, names Andrea by the way, and this here is my bar."

"Merle, didn't know ya owned this place, been here a few times and ain't ever seen ya before."

"that's because I have only been here a few months, before that it was my uncle dale's, but when he died he left it to me." Andrea said as she leaned against the counter and placed the tumbler down sliding it towards Merle. "your Daryl's brother it you?"

"thanks" Merle said before taking a sip of his drink "that's right, how ya know Daryl?"

"I don't know Daryl really, but I did see him Friday night talking to my new girl, they seemed to it off." Andrea said.

"that was carol, right?" Merle asked

"that's right, you know her?"

"nah nothing like that, saw her today at the garage talking to my baby brother, they seemed quite friendly."

"I just knew, they liked each other." Andrea chucked.

Merle laughed he liked this woman, which he found surprising as Merle only thought woman where good for one thing and talking ain't one of them. But he found her easy to talk to, he could easily talk to her all night without even fucking her. Merle shook his head at that thought.

Ya Merle Dixon for fuck sake, ya fuck woman not talk and like them, and ya there to find out about carol.

"this carol, what's she like?"

"I've only known her for about a week or so, but she is really nice, kind and caring."

"so, she's not going to mess my brother around than?"

"no, she's not like that Merle, in fact she didn't even believe me when I told her I thought Daryl liked her." Andrea said.

"that's good then." Merle said as he finished his drink, handed over the money for his drinks and stepped down from the bar stool. "thanks sugar tits."

Andrea took the money and placed it into the till. "don't call me that."

Merle laughed and winked at Andrea "sure sugar tits, see ya around."

"don't." Andrea growled. "see you Merle."

Merle was still laughing as he pushed open the doors and headed out into the car park.