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I Can Protect Myself

Chapter Five

It was morning before I found myself returning inside the house. Everyone was now getting up and ready for the day; meaning all chances of me getting some sleep were gone.

I was in the hallway, heading to my bedroom, when I saw Hershel step out of Trist's room where Daryl was. As soon as his eyes saw me, he stopped me, "Carrie, I want you to help Daryl outside to his tent, please. After that stay away from them." I couldn't push any words from my lips before he walked away.

Just because he was telling me for a second time, didn't mean that I was going to listen to him. I walked into the bedroom, only to see Daryl struggling to get a shirt over his body. "Don't stretch out too much. It will hurt and rip your stitched open." I informed him.

He jumped slightly upon hearing my voice before turning around to face me. "Why do you care?" His voice was harsh and angry sounding. That's when I noticed a small tray with a plate of food on it, along with a red, liquid to drink. None of the food had been touched, "Who brought you food?"

I changed the subject. There was no way he would've been able to even carry that lady night. Simply not possible. "Carol did." He mumbled as he stood up. Once more I decided to change the subject. "Did something happen to make you pissed off?" I asked, "Because you weren't like this when I left last night."

I crossed my arms over my chest, watching as he buttoned up the shirt. It brought back so many memories. So many in fact, that I suddenlt felt light headed. Daryl must've noticed because he was immediately had an arm warpped around me, and the back of his hand pressed to my forehead.

"Carrie? Are you alright?" His voice was shakey now, "Do I need to get Hershel?" I shook my head quickly, before taking a small step back. "No, I'm alright don't worry about it." I reassured him, with a small smile. "Are you sure?" He asked, moving his hand to cup my cheek.

"I'm positive." I stood up on my toes, and pressed a small kiss on his cheek, "Don't worry about it. I was just thinking about things. Now come on, Hershel asked me to help you out to your tent. " I explained with smile.

He wrapped an around around my shoulder, and I had one around his waist, helping as well as I could.

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Once outside, I helped him into the tent and onto his make-shift bed that was set up. I had moved his bag and crossbow over to the other side of the tent, before helping him lay backwards on the bed. "Are you comfortable?" I asked, fixing the small pillow that was behind his head.

He nodded slightly and didn't say anything. That's when Andrea appeared in the opening of the tent. I hadn't closed it. "I brought you this." She told Daryl, handing him one of the few books Dale had on his RV.He took it,and flipped through the pages before looking over at her. "What no pictures?" He smirked with a sarcastic tone.

"There weren't many to pick from." She laughed, looking at him; that's when she turned to walk away, when he called out, stopping her. "Next time you shoot me. You best pray that I'm dead." He said to her. She laughed slightly before nodding as she walked away.

The first thing Daryl did as soon as she was gone was throw the book out of the tent, "Zip that up will ya?" He nodded his head to the zip up door. Slowly, I nodded before stepping outside, and started to zip it closed. That's when he stopped me. "What are you doing?" He had a confused look on his face.

Stopping, I looked up at him, "I was closing the tent, like you asked." You could hear the slight confusion in my voice. He nodded slightly, “Yeah but why ya' leaving?”

I couldn't help but shrug my shoulders as I stood there looking at him. “I figured you would want to be alone?” Even I questioned the answer, “Besides I told Rick I'd take your place looking for the girl since you're not able to.” He shook his head, “No. I can go look for her.” I watched as he immediately tried to sit up, but the pain he must've felt in his side simply made him fall backwards again. “I think it's pretty damn obvious to the both of you that you're staying here. I'll come check on you and bring some pain medicine when i get back.” I said with a smile before finally leaving.

I wasnt actually going to look for the girl though. I would never get off the property with Hershel having a heart attack. I told Daryl that I was going to give him just a bit more hope that she would be found.

Comments

Please 'Carrie' on (get it? Haha)
Great Story!
SierraaDixon SierraaDixon
7/1/13
Keep it up! It's going really well so far! :)