Adult-FanFiction.org : Television / Streaming

A woman's worth.	By : SpikesSlayer08 Category: S through Z > The Walking Dead Views: 4517 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own The walking dead or its characters. This is not for profit only fun.

Chapter List
- 1
- 2
- 3
Big thanks you to Jaded79 for beta-ing this for me and thank you all for ready this so far I really hope you’re enjoying it. Let me know

Chapter 2

Getting a feel for you.

They had made it to the CDC just as the sun was starting to go down. The whole trip there Daryl had been sure to stay behind the car Carol was in, he knew she was safe as long as Rick was in the car with her but he still worried.

Why did he worry? Sure he had always thought Carol different, beautiful when they first met. But he had never gone out of his way to keep an extra close eye on her, although he hadn’t with any of them. Merle would have told him he was being a pussy maybe, that is why he held back and with Merle now gone he was free to be more himself with the group, with Carol.

When the doors to the CDC had opened he had stood guard as they all rushed inside, it was almost too good to be true; they were finally safe. They had shelter, safety, food, water, a warm soft bed and a hot shower… oh the shower, he had to admit he had enjoyed every second of it.

As he moved through the hallway, he saw little Sophia and Carl sharing a room together giggling and talking. He couldn’t help but smile. In the room next door, he saw Rick and Lori and then the next was Ed who had passed out on the small single bed in the room, but he quickly noticed Carol wasn’t in there.

He moved further down the hallway placing his dirty clothes in the small basket sitting just inside the room that he had claimed as his own. He looked across the hall seeing the light to the common room on. Moving inside the door, he saw Carol sitting on the lounge chair, a book in her lap slowly starting to doze off but she jerked awake when she heard his bare feet move across the floor.

“Daryl, you scared me,” she gasped hand over her chest.

“Sorry,” he muttered moving to pick up the book that had tumbled from her lap and handing it to her; she took it smiling at him.

“Thanks.”

“You look tired, you should get some rest,” he sighed sitting down across from her.

“I was but someone came in here and woke me up,” she laughed softly.

“Why are you sleeping in here? There are other rooms out there with beds that would be a lot more comfortable than a couch,” he asked confused. But all Carol could do was look down, mentally scolding herself for saying anything in the first place and then it clicked for him. “Ah if you sleep in another room you’re avoiding Ed on purpose and he will get mad but if you just happen to fall asleep on a couch while reading a book… well it happens.” He sighed, he had seen this before with his own mother.

“My mother used to do this after her and my dad would get into a fight,” he confessed. She looked up at him smiling softly as he continued. “My mum was a beautiful lady but my dad could be a real bastard once he had a few drinks.” Carol nodded understanding.

“I have to ask, who was it that talked Ed into staying with the group?” she had been dying to know since they had left the camp knowing that Ed never changed his mind once he had made a decision.

“Rick and I had a chat with him,” he admitted looking down. She moved forward nodding, placing a soft kiss on his cheek. He had the urge to turn his head and meet her lips with his own but he stopped himself.

“Thank you,” she whispered sitting back. “You probably saved both me and my little girl.” He had to get out of there, her smile, her smell, her lips, her words, her eyes… it was all too much. If he didn’t leave he knew he would make a fool of himself and kiss her and whether he liked Ed or not, she was married; and while she was thankful, she had given him no reason to think it went beyond that.

“I’ll let you get some rest,” he said standing and walking out of the room leaving her alone.

For a moment there she thought Daryl was going to kiss her and if she said she didn’t want him to, it would have been a huge lie. Her mind was screaming to know the feel of his lips on hers. She knew it was wrong to be having these thoughts, she was married and even though her marriage was built on fear and nothing more, she wasn’t the cheating type.

She had always been faithful to Ed even though she knew he wasn’t. But his unfaithfulness had kept him off her case at least. Honestly, her and Ed hadn’t slept together in years; she was just his maid and his punching bag and she could live with that as long as he kept his hands off Sophia.

Daryl warmed her heart, her limbs, her… well he warmed her, he had her feel something she hadn’t even felt at the beginning with Ed but what could he possibly want with her? “You really think a man like that would touch a used up old hag like you?” She could hear Ed’s mocking voice echoing in her head making tears burn her eyes, fighting them back she laid down on the couch pulling the thick cover up over her as she hugged the book and tried to get some sleep.

Their safe sanctuary had been short lived. The very next day they were given information about the “virus”, well as much as the doctor knew which honestly wasn’t a lot. And then they had discovered the place was going to be engulfed in flames. They managed to escape thanks to Carol’s fast thinking and Rick’s grenade but it had been a close call and they had still lost someone, granted she choose to stay but it was still a loss.

Then they had been on the road all morning and had found themselves stuck behind a mass of cars on what was once a busy highway. When the herd had blown through, Carol’s worst nightmares had come to life as she watched in horror as her little girl was chased into the woods by two walkers.

Rick had gone in after her and Lori held Carol close trying to keep her quiet so not to bring the herd back on them but what fuelled a rage that couldn’t be controlled was how Ed just sat there and did nothing. He didn’t even look worried or upset and she felt everything inside her snap.

“Aren’t you going to do something?” she hissed at him. “That is your daughter,” she said pointing into the woods.

“She was stupid enough to run in there, I’m not going in there just to get myself killed,” he replied flippantly.

“You’re a piece of shit!” she spat. “The very sight of you makes me sick!” He moved fast getting in her face.

“You would do well to remember your place.”

“Go on, do it! Show everyone here what a big man you are… you forget Ed that in this world you’re not the scariest thing stumbling around anymore,” she almost laughed at him seeing the fear on his face. She knew she would pay for her words later when no one was around but right now she could care less.

“What the hell is going on?” Daryl asked moving towards her with T-Dog following grasping his bloody arm.

“Did you get bit?” Lori asked stepping back fearfully.

“No dumb ass cut himself open on a car,” Daryl huffed. “Now what the hell is going on?”

“Sophia got chased into the woods by walkers, Rick has gone after her,” Lori explained.

“What?!” Daryl felt panic burn through him slinging his bow over his back and running full speed into the woods. Carol looked at Ed with disgust, shaking her head and moving to stand on the road edge praying they found her little girl.

When they had returned empty handed she felt gutted, her little girl was alone in the woods and it was getting dark and she didn’t even know if she was still alive. But they had gone back out at first light. Ed had announced he was tired and had stayed on the highway with Dale and T-Dog and she was glad he did, she couldn’t even stomach looking at his face any longer.

Then things went from bad to worse and young Carl had gotten shot forcing Rick and Lori to leave the search and head to a farm not far from the woods. They had all met up there the next day leaving Sophia supplies and a message to wait for them but with Rick weak from giving blood to Carl, Shane with an injured leg, T-Dog’s cut on his arm, Glenn doing a supply run and Ed being lazy, that left Daryl to go out alone to look for Sophia.

She saw him talking to the other guys looking at maps before he moved to head off, crossbow on his back, gun and knife on his waist. She moved fast to get to him, stopping him in his tracks.

“I’m coming with you,” she announced but he shook his head at her.

“No you’re safer here.”

“Daryl she is my little girl….,” she started but he cut her off.

“Yeah and she is going to need her mum when I bring her back... she needs you safe not going off and getting yourself hurt or killed in the woods.”

“I’ll be with you, I’ll be safe.”

“And I’ll be so busy keeping an eye on you I could miss something… a walker, her tracks and a clue to where she headed,” he tried to explain. “I’m faster alone, better.” She sighed, nodded knowing he was right, she would just slow him down, her presence would distract him.

“I’ll bring her home,” he whispered not being able to stop himself from moving forward and cupping her cheek. “I promise.” She nodded looking up, a tear escaping her eye; he moved his fingers wiping the stray tear and looking in her eyes.

He could get lost in those blue eyes if he let himself, it would be so easy. Forcing himself to look away, he turned letting his hand drop from her face and moving out into the woods determined to keep his word to her and to bring home her little girl.

Ed had stood out in the front of his small tent watching the exchange between Daryl and Carol; he could see how the redneck looked at his wife and he would be damned if he would let some redneck take what was his.
- 1
- 2
- 3
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

A woman's worth.