My Hunter (Daryl Dixon Fanfic)

Chapter Forty Six

I wake up to see no one was with me but Gio. I had went to sleep with Daryl in the tent.

Did I over sleep?

I walk out to see Lori and Carol hanging up laundry.

"Good morning sunshine, up and at em, we got a lot of ground to cover." I yawn sleepily and I see Gio crawl out after me. I pick him up and go to the group.

I stand next to Daryl who was putting on over shirt.

"You didn't wake me up this morning." I say petting Gio softly. He scruffs little Gio and then looks at me.

"You look like you needed it, plus, it gave your ankle a little bit of rest. How is it doing anyway?"

"It's fine, I'm ready to go out and look for Sophia." He wraps his arm around me and smiles.

"All right, everyone's getting new search grids today." Rick said looking at the map. "If she made it as far as the farmhouse Daryl found, she might have gone further east than we've been so far."

"Nothing about what Daryl found screams Sophia to me." Shane said sitting in the passenger seat of a car, his back was turned toward us. "Anyone could have been holed up in that farmhouse."

"Anybody including her, right?" Andrea said looking at him.

"Whoever slept in that cupboard was no bigger than yay-high." Daryl said biting on his finger.

"It's a good lead." Andrea said while leaning on the car hood her cleavage all out.

"Maybe we'll pick up her trail again." Rick said looking at the two of us.

"No maybe about it. I'm going to use Buttercup. Maybe head up this ridge right here, take a bird's-eye view of the whole grid. If she's up there, I'll spot her." I said looking at the map.

"Good idea." T-Dog said looking at me smiling. I nod my head slowly. "Take Daryl with you, maybe he'll see his chupacabra up there too."

"Chupacabra?" I ask look at Daryl trying not to laugh.

"You never heard this? Our first night in camp, Daryl tells us that the whole thing reminds him of a time when he went squirrel hunting and he saw a chupacabra." I look at Daryl who was just nodding the whole time.

I laughed hard with Rick and T-Dog.

"What are you braying at, jackasses?" Daryl said asking all three of us.

"You believe in a blood-sucking dog?" T-Dog asked still laughing.

"Do you believe dead people walking around?" Daryl shot back and I raised my hands up in surrender while still laughing really hard.

Andrea goes to grab the shotgun Rick had. "Woah woah woah. You've ever shot one before?"

"Well if I am going out there I want one."

"Yeah, and people in hell want Slurpee's." Daryl said following me to the stables.

I saddle up Buttercup and look to the side to see Gio on my shoulder hissing at Buttercup. "Hey you two cut it out! If you guys can't get along I'm not taking either one of you."

They both hushed up really quickly and I looked to see Daryl looking amused at me while leaning up against the wall.

"What is it?" I asked softly putting my hand on my hip.

He shakes his head and walks over to me grabbing my hand. "I'm just glad I get to spend the whole day with you."

I smile at him and we just stare at each other for a really long time. Even though we weren't saying anything, it was like we were having a whole big conversation.