
Beth and Daryl’s first time together – which is anything but smooth and is everything awkward – and their time together now, which is much improved.


“Always got time to appreciate the pretty things, Daryl,” she said when she finally started slowly toward him. The leaves rustled beneath her old scuffed boots; there was a bramble stuck in her hair and a jagged hole in the sleeve of her sweater.
He watched her come and knew she was right.
