𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝗼𝐬𝐬𝐛𝗼𝐰 | Daryl Dixon

"Temporary home"

I decided to stay at Alexandria with this new group, they put me in a house with Daryl because he has a house by himself and they think I'm dangerous, they say that Daryl can "handle himself"

By the time I get all settled in in my new house it's night time, I sleep on the couch downstairs, Daryl has a bedroom upstairs, while I'm downstairs I take off my shirt and I'm just in my bra and I hear the stairs creak, I turn around, Daryl is standing on the stairs, staring at me, "what?" He looks away "nothing" I slip on a new gray t-shirt, he opens the fridge and grabs a beer

I look over "can you pass me one?" He grabs me one "sure" he throws me one, I sit on the couch, drinking my beer, Daryl looks over at me "don't get to comfortable here, you won't stay long" I roll my eyes "your the one who asked if I wanted to stay here" he looks out the window "just don't think your gonna stay here long" I lay down "why don't you get that stick out of your ass" he turns around quickly "don't talk to me like that!" I get up " I'll say what I want!" He gets up close to me "I already new that by now!" I push him away "whatever!" He slams his beer on the counter "you sound like a teenager" I walk up to him with my knife "don't!....say that to me" he turns around and pushes my knife away, I put my knife away "sorry, just don't talk to me like that" i put my knife in my bag and look out the window next to Daryl "I just feel like one day I'm just gonna wake up.....and this would all be a dream" Daryl looks over to me "you can't wake up this is not a dream, it's the new world" my eyes start to form tears I run outside, "Bella?" Daryl runs outside but doesn't see me, I run down the street and go to the gate, I climb up on the lookout post and I just sit there staring at the stars, a woman climbs up after me "hey....I heard we got a new member today.....I'm Maggie" her welcoming smile fades as she sees me crying

She crawled up and sits near to me "are you ok?" I laugh through my tears "no....I'm not, I just hate this new world, I've lost so many people, I just want them back" she hugs me and I lean on her shoulder "and the first person I met here was......Daryl.....is he always such an asshole?" She smiles "he's lost some people too....he just doesn't want to get to close to anyone.....he's afraid of losing them"

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Daryl wakes up in the middle of the night to the sound of the door closing, he steps his crossbow and walks down the steps, he puts it down after he sees who it is, Bella is asleep on the couch, he goes back up the stairs and goes to sleep