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I was at Alexandria. Maggie, Daryl and Carol were off doing something. I would've loved to join but being basically the only doctor left forced me to stay. It sucked being sidelined. I was never a stay at home kind of gal. I want the adventures, but alas, I'm the last of my kind here. Due to the Whisperer attack, Alexandria was somewhat destroyed and needed to be rebuilt. So, that's what people did

Again, I, was stuck in the infirmary because I'm the only doctor and no one wants me dying. It's some bullshit but whatever. I was sitting down when Carl walked in with Michael. I noticed blood dropping down Michael's arm

"What happened?" I asked

"He was hammering in nails and somehow he managed to hammer a nail inside of his hand" Carl said as Michael reluctantly revealed his hand. Sure enough there was a nail in it

"How the hell did you manage that?" I asked

"That's what I wanna know? You still have two eyes and can't figure out where your hand is?" Carl asked as he left Michael in my care

"It's a good thing you left that nail in" I said as Michael sat down. I walked over to him as I held a rag

"This is gonna hurt" I told him as I yanked the nail out. He yelled in pain.

"Now, use this and apply pressure to the wound" I said. He did as told as I grabbed some disinfectant

"If you thought that hurt, you're in for a surprise because this shit is gonna burn. We have to clean the wound before we can bandage it" I told Michael

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I really only had people come in for injuries they got during the reconstruction. It had been a couple days since we got back and there was still no sign of Daryl, Maggie and Carol. I walked out of the infirmary and saw Taylor

"Are they even coming back?" I asked her. She then pointed. I turned to see Maggie, a young boy and two unfamiliar faces. Well, one unfamiliar face as the other was wearing a mask. Then wouldn't you know, I saw Daryl and Carol. I rushed over and gave Daryl a hug. He hugged me back

"You have to let me know when you're going to be gone so long" I told him

"It wasn't exactly the plan" Daryl said. I looked at him confused

"I'll explain later" He told me before giving me a kiss on the forehead. I felt my heart swell up. It was the little things

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Lyra was sleeping at Judith's house as me and Daryl laid down on our own bed. I was running my fingers through his hair

"We ran into some trouble out there. Apparently they've been after Maggie's group for a while now. We actually fought this guy and he knocked me out for a little bit, and the mother fucker blew himself up after saying 'Pope marked you.' Whatever the hell that meant" He told me

"One enemy after another" I sighed

"It never ends" He said. I leaned over and gave him a kiss, he did not hesitate to kiss back. The kiss was desperate as we had both been preoccupied and hadn't really had any time together, intimately. I got ontop of him

"We doing this, cowboy?" I asked him with a smirk. He scoffed

"Don't call me that" He said before I leaned down and pressed my lips against his once more

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"What the hell do you mean Daryl didn't come back?" I asked Carol

"We went on our seperate paths. He'll be back, probably" Carol told me

"Thanks, that makes me feel so much better" I said

"At least we got Dog" Carol said

"Yes, Dog will absolutely replace my husband" I said. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and saw Carl

"You'll have to let it go. Carol doesn't control Daryl. No one does" Carl said. I pointed at him

"That is not true" I said

"There's someone who can control him?" Carl asked shocked. I sly grin on my face

"Oh yeah" I said. Carol's jaw dropped as Carl still wasn't getting it. I sighed

"You'll get it when you're older" I said

"I'm an adult?!" Carl asked

"Sex man, sex" I said. Carl sighed

"That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure" Carl said

"Yeah, um I call bullshit, but nice try" I said. A fond memory replayed in my mind

Me and Daryl were having dinner. Daryl cooked squirrel because, he preferred catching his own food. There were candles around us as we ate, and some nice music playing in the back

It would've been perfect, had Daryl not been such a fucking slob. I've never seen anyone eat so messily. He was like a toddler making a mess with their apple sauce. He looked up at me as he noticed I was staring while I ate, myself

"What?" He asked. I sighed

"You eat like a child" I said

"That a problem?" He asked

"Not necessarily" I said as I had finished eating

"Then why point it out?" He asked

"'Cause I'm an asshole" I said

"You got that right" Daryl muttered

"What was that?" I asked

"Nothing" He said. I listened in on the music playing. I got out of my chair and walked over to Daryl. He had finished eating. I grabbed his hand and I led him to the living room where the music was playing

"What are you doing?" He asked

"Dance with me" I said with a smile

"No" He said

"Why not?" I asked

"I don't dance" He said

"You do now" I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck

"Y/n, no-" I cut him off

"Please?" I asked. He looked at me as his eyes softened

"You don't tell anyone about this" He said

"I won't" I said with a smile. He awkwardly put his hands on my waist as we swayed side to side. He was so stiff

"Do you even know how to dance?" I asked him

"No.. that was Taylor's thing.. wanted to become a professional" Daryl said as we swayed to the music

"Well, luckily for you, I'm a great teacher. Taylor will be impressed by the time I'm finished with you" I said before our lips met

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07/17/22

God, I'm so excited for this book to end. It's so long