Andrea dashed into the woods, she was out of breath, but knew she couldn't stop to take a breather. She only had an hour or so, before they would notice she was gone. She finally reached the tree with the bandana hanging from one of its branches. She took a look around and noticed no one else was there.

"Daryl, where are you?" She said, scared something might have happened. It was very dark and a walker could have easily found him. He was so confident in himself; he might get himself into trouble. She could feel her heart pounding as she called out his name again, "Daryl!"

She then felt his hands around her stomach and his lips on the back of her neck. "You scared me, where were you?"

"Sorry, I wanted to scan the area. I didn't want to be interrupted. He said taking off his shirt. They had been fooling around for more than a month, and surprisingly only been interrupted by a walker once. Daryl always had his crossbow with in reaching distance, and it was always loaded.

They cuddled for awhile; it was dark now. They both knew they had to get back to camp, but neither one wanted to move. They both felt safe and hope in each other's arms.

"Can I ask you a question about without you getting mad?" Daryl said turning his body up towards her.

"Hmm…this should be good?"

"What was the deal with you and Shane?"

"Theirs is nothing going on with me and Shane." Andrea said turning her body over to look at him.

Daryl knew there was nothing going on with Andrea and Shane any more; they spent every waking moment together. "I want to know about what was going on with you and Shane?"

She grew silent for a couple of seconds before finally turning over and sitting up. "You need to understand, I needed something. I needed to feel something after her death. I was alone; people treated me like a ticking time bomb. Shane was different, he treated me like an equal…it was nice. He was also not so bad on the eyes." She had rolled over and placed herself back in his arms.

As he heard the last sentence come out of her mouth, he pulled her away from him. He wanted to look at her face, "Cute? You think he is cute?" Daryl said very annoyed.

"He is not bad looking." She said grinning very widely which made him visibility upset.

"Then why the hell are you here with me?" Daryl said getting up from the cold dirt and putting his pants on.

"Oh, stop. I said he was good looking, I didn't say that I wanted to be with him. Shane is a complete and total asshole. He is nothing that I want, nothing I need." She said standing up, completely naked, holding his face.

"Some people say I'm an asshole." Daryl said softly. Picking her underwear and pants up and handing them to her.

She reached for them and kissed his chest. "People don't know you, like I know you."

Still putting on the rest of his clothes he let out one more question that had been bothering him for some time, "Why me, why are you here with me and not him?"

"I have to have a reason to be here?" He nodded at her, wanting nothing but an answer. "Shane was someone who wanted nothing from me and I wanted nothing from him. Honestly, it makes me sick, thinking I was ever with him." She said while buttoning her shirt and putting on her boots.

She stood up and he placed her hat on her, "You don't bully me. You don't talk to me like I'm just a dumb blonde with a gun. When I'm with you, I feel in control. I feel strong…we're a team.

"That's all I wanted to know." He said starting to walk back to camp.

"I'm not done! Come back here, you wanted to know why I'm here with you…I'm not finished. You, you make me feel."

"Feel what?" He said putting his hands in his pockets.

"I feel anything and everything. I feel alive when I'm with you. I feel like I have a chance to be something, in this crazy fucked up world." Andrea was starting to get choked up. "You also remind me of her…of Amy. She was wild and reckless and stubborn and drove me insane. She was also unbelievably kind and generous. She was brave and incredibly lovely. I loved her, and I love you." Tears now streamed down her face.

All of this took Daryl by surprise; he wasn't sure how to answer her.

"You are selfish. You feel like you are entitled to things you have never worked for, or have no appreciation for. Damn, you have an opinion about everything! You are the real stubborn one…and I love you."

It was now Andrea's turn to be surprised and confused. Then she looked up at him with one of her big smiles. "You said you loved me."

He walked over to her and wiped the tears from her face. "Hey babe, you said it first."

They walked back to camp together, instead of the usual way of them sneaking in one at a time. Andrea grabbed his hand and wrapped his arm around her waist. She spent the night in his tent, and made passionate love. It was different from before, they were truly in love and that made all the difference.

The next morning, they walked out of Daryl's tent together, instead of her sneaking off in the middle of the night. They didn't care anymore about what people would think about. The camp, however were all in a tizzy. Whenever either of them would walk pass someone they could hear hush whispers.

"What do we tell them?" Daryl said walking up behind Andrea and placing his arms around hers as she leaned against the fence.

"What do you mean? We don't have to explain ourselves to anyone."

She could tell that is not the answer he wanted to hear. "Fine, I would like to know then?"

"Know what?" She said turning around and looking at her lover.

"What are we?" He said putting his hands on his hips and leaning his weight to one side.

"We are…Andrea and Daryl. What do you want us to be?" She said wrapping her hands around his sweaty neck and laughing.

"I want a real thing. I want, damn girl, you know what I want." He said planting a few kisses on her lips.

"Daryl Dixon, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" She said now laughing louder and harder.

He wiped the sweat of his forehead and wiped his hand on the back of his pants. "I'm not asking you to go steady with me. I just want you to be my girl."

"Oh Daryl, sweetie, I've always been your girl." She said as he picked her up from the ground and held her close.