A/N: This is a figment of my over active imagination. I like to put them in all kinds of situations. It doesn't necessarily mean I agree with their behavior. But some things wont stop banging on my brain to get out. I do not Own The Walking Dead, but I wish I did.

"Carol, Right. "He said as she turned to face him. His voice soft and hypnotizing. "Lori's friend."

She turned and saw the handsome man with the beautiful blue eyes that matched the voice. She knew him, but she couldn't believe he had remembered her. They had not spent any time together, but yet he sought her out to say hello today.

They met at a barbeque of all things on Memorial Day. He was an old friend of Rick's, from college. Rick was her best friend Lori's husband. She and Lori worked together at the local grammar school, teachers off for the summer, and Lori had been asking her to come visit for a long time. She wouldn't even had been there but Ed was away on business, so she and Sophia went. A welcome change from their life of imprisonment. It had been a wonderful day for them. Her friends were a few years younger than her, but still they were close. Sophia and Carl knew each other from school and played well together. It had been a great day.

His name was Daryl they didn't speak much that day, just hello, nice to meet you. She had been busy playing with Sophia and Carl and cooing over Judith.

But that following Friday he remembered her when they literally bumped carts at the grocery store. She was struck again at how good looking he was.

She didn't usually go for blondes, Ed had dark hair, but then, that hadn't gotten her far at all. Did it.

She noticed this man alright, he was all shoulders and arms even in the button down shirt he had on now, she could see that. But not like a man who worked out, more like a man who worked with his hands for a living.

Her own husband went to the gym, a gym rat. She found Ed disgusting with his over pumped up body. He felt the same about her, so they were even.

She forgot if he had said what he did for a living, mechanic? Maybe. She knew he had just moved here, Lori had told her he was divorced, no kids. He was starting a new job in town.

She nodded.

"Daryl right?" She remembered his name, but she wasn't letting him know that.

He nodded, his eyes going over her slowly and openly. She felt her cheeks getting warm he was so blatant about it. He had just checked her out head to toe.

"Where's your little girl." He asked looking around, as if Carol would lose Sophia in a grocery store. That child was her whole life, her reason for living, literally. If she was with Carol she would have been right there, but he didn't know that, he didn't know her life.

"Sleepover." She answered.

"And you're shopping on a Friday night?" He laughed, a musical merry laugh.

"My exciting life." She raised her eyebrows and motioned towards his cart. "So are you."

"My exciting life." He said grinning at her. "You know I'm new in town don't know any of the hot spots yet, nowhere to go, no one to go with. Plus I needed stuff.'"

She laughed too, which was a rarity for her, she rarely had anything to laugh about. It felt good though.

"So a guy has to do what a guy has to do right?" He said.

"Even on a Friday night." She smiled and he noticed her smile lit up her whole face. He noticed her blue eyes also, so much so that he couldn't look away. She was so pretty, long Auburn hair, blue eyes, nice shape, he thought to himself. Just his type. He'd like to get to know her better, but he knew she was married. They were silent for a beat.

Then he decided fuck it, you never got anywhere if you didn't ask.

"It was nice talking to you." She began to turn to leave, but her put his hand on her arm gently, so gently something told him she needed a soft touch.

"Wait Carol, if your little girl is busy tonight can I take you to dinner?" He asked.

"Um, Daryl." She looked up at him. "I'm married." She was sure he knew that, she had her rings on. She wasn't allowed to take them off.

"I know." He leaned in close to her and whispered his voice low and dark." I don't care."