Before I fall

Chapter 24(damn pigs)

When we pull up to the gate carol opens it and immediately looks at me.

"I'm fine." I mumble as I stagger out of the car. I have my bag slung over my shoulder and my jacket over my forehead trying to stop the bleeding.

I walk into the bathroom of the prison and look in the mirror, there is a pretty nice sized gash on my forehead. I hear the door slam open and I whip around.

"Geez Daryl, you scared me." I smile but he doesn't.

"What the hell happened?" He said in a stern voice.

"I hit my head, it's not a big deal." He rolls his eyes.

"Maggie told me what happened with your head, I'm just trying to figure out why she was so mad and looked away from the road." He has his arms crossed now.

"Bob.. He didn't grab medicine, and instead he got alcohol, I grabbed it away from him and went to throw it off the roof but he pulled his gun out on me. Maggie just got upset by that." I was looking anywhere but at his eyes now.

"You told me that you weren't going to her hurt." He said with concern in his voice.

I chuckled, "no, I said I would come back alive." He pulled me into a hug, which felt strange because he usually wasn't the touchy feely type.

I separated and looked at him, "I'm fine." He then shook his head and kissed my lips briefly then started to walk away until I grabbed his arm and pushed him against the wall. I made us so close that our lips were barley apart, are bodies clung to each other and I could feel Daryl tense up, then I smiled and pulled away.

"You're such a tease." He grunted.

"Learned it from the best." I called over my shoulder.

"Jenna, I'm so sorry." Maggie ran up to me.

"Don't worry about it, If I was driving that could have been me who hurt you, so really there isn't a need to apologize." I smiled at her.

"Well I still feel bad about your head." She started playing with her hands.

"Maggie listen, you couldn't have known that a walker would jump out in front of the car, so please, stop apologizing." I patted her shoulder and walked towards Carl.

"Hey bud." He just looked at me, then at the ground.

"What's wrong?" I asked him with concern in my voice. He huffed and motioned for me to follow him outside.

"What's wrong Carl?" I asked again and he shuffled his feet.

"My dad won't let me go on any runs unless an adult is going to, but he said it would have to be either you, Glenn, or Daryl. I already talked to Glenn and Daryl and they both said no way." I brushed some hair out of his face,

"if that's your way of asking me.. Okay." I smiled and he hugged me.

"Thank you Jenna." I patted his back and we headed inside.

While we ate dinner that night rick sat across from me, "you can take Carl out tomorrow, a small run, no more than four hours, and please make sure he comes back alive." I nodded and grabbed his hand.

"I wouldn't let anything happen to Carl." He smiled at me and we continued to eat.

I helped carol wash the dishes and tidy up the prison and then went upstairs to my cell.

"Oh my god!"I gasped Daryl was siting on my bed.

"What took you so long" he asked with an irritated voice,

"nothing, I was helping carol clean." I didn't know where he was getting at.

"You weren't with rick?" He asked. Oh I get it now, he saw me grab ricks hand earlier.. Was he jealous?

"No I wasn't with rick, why would you care if I was anyways?" I small smile played on my lips.

He stood up and walked over to me, "because you're not his." He kissed my forehead and went up to the perch tower where his bedroom was.

Was he implying that I was his? Not ricks? Hmm. Well I better get off to bed, I put on a pair of pajama pants and took my shirt off so I was wearing a tank top. I pulled my hair into a messy bun and laid down on my mattress, Daryl must have been here for awhile because the place he sat was warm.

I slowly drifted off to sleep. Right when the sun started to peek through the trees Carl ran into my cell. "Jenna! Jenna!" He shouted while bouncing on my mattress.

"Ugh, five more minutes." I grunted. I heard the disappointment in his voice when he sighed. I smiled and jumped up curling him in my arms, he squealed with laughter.

I started laughing too. I could tell people were already awake downstairs so I didn't mid making the noise. Carl tried pushing me off but I started tickling his neck.

"Uncle! Uncle!" Carl said between bursts of laughter.

I heard rick chuckle from my doorway, Carl ran out. "I'll meet you downstairs in five minutes!" He said.

Rick walked over and sat on my bed, "he really seems to like you." He said as he places a hand on my knee. I nodded and smiled.

Then rick started to lean in.