Amy was waiting in the living room for Beth looking at her watch. "Beth I'm gonna leave without you if you don't come out!" she called to Beth.

"I'm just getting my shoes on! Calm down!" Beth laughed "The others haven't even asked where we are!"

Amy rolled her eyes and went to grab her keys as Beth came out of her room. Amy turned to her "Finally! Let's go! I'm starving!" she said to Beth.

Beth smiled, never get between Amy and her meal. They got into Amy's car and headed to the Grimes' home, people have certainly arrived already, parking was a little difficult but they got it.

They decided to go straight to the backyard where sure enough most of the people were gathering. Lori caught Beth's attention "Beth!" Lori said walking over to her and hugging Beth and Amy. "How are you girls? School going okay?"

"School is school." Amy laughed.

Lori laughed as well at the comment, "Ain't that the truth, so we have some of the guys grilling up some food, a few people are inside making drinks. If you don't want anything with alcohol the cooler is by the hose. Just make yourselves comfortable but try and find a seat outside within an hour okay?" Lori explained.

Beth and Amy looked confused at one another, "Why what's going on?" Beth asked.

"Oh nothing hun, nothing bad I swear." Lori smiled, "Just trust me, okay?"

Beth shrugged and smiled saying "Okay." Lori nodded and went off to mingle with more of her guests while the girls decided they needed a drink of some kind before they ate and went inside. They were greeted by Merle, Axel, Oscar, Tyrese and Sasha. "Hey guys!" Beth said while she and Amy gave everyone hugs. "How are you doing?" Beth asked Tyreese when she got to him last.

"I'm doing just fine." Tyreese said with a smile.

Sasha smiled, "Yep, he's doing great."

"Where's Karen?" Amy asked.

"Oh I think she's outside talking with Jaqui." Tyreese explained. "She was so happy about seeing everyone tonight and she told me she was going to mingle as much as she could."

Merle laughed, "You got a feisty one there, don't cha?" patting Tyreese on the back.

Tyreese chuckled, "Yeah man but I wouldn't trade her for the world." Tyreese said looking at Merle with a smile. "Speaking of which, when are you gonna settle down with a nice lady?"

Oscar laughed very hard mixing his margarita "We have been asking him that for the past 15 years and all we've gotten is-"

"Who needs a lady when you family and great business." Axel and Oscar said in unison and everyone laughed.

"Ahhh, I don't need a lady." Merle explained sipping his beer. "No I'm quite happy with the life I'm living now." Merle continued, "The only person I need to concern myself with getting a lady is Daryl."

Everyone sighed and nodded in agreement. Amy gave Beth a knowing smiled and nudged her discreetly. Beth rolled her eyes and looked over at Merle who was smiling at her and winking giving her a nod of knowing. Beth got very embarrassed and straightened up . Amy silently chuckled at her best friend then looked at Axel and Oscar, "So what are you guys making?"

Meanwhile outside Rick was drinking a beer chatting with Bob and Shane when he spotted Daryl walking towards him, "Hey man! You made it!" Rick called out to Daryl.

Daryl smiled and shook his head, "Shut up, hey guys what's going on?"

"Not much," Bob said. "Just chillin' talking about work." The other men nodded in agreement as Lori walked over with Andrea.

"Hello boys, how's the food coming?" Lori asked giving Rick a kiss on the cheek.

"Not too shabby if I do say so myself." Rick said smirking at her.

Everyone chuckled as Spencer went over to the crowd as well, "Hey guys," he said shaking Rick, Daryl, Bob and Shane's hands "Ladies," he added giving Andrea a hug as well as Lori. "This a great get together. Noah said he was sorry he couldn't make it, I just dropped him off at the train station to his parents but they haven't seen him in a while and they won't be able to each other for the holidays. It was very last minute."

"Why thank you Spencer, your mom and dad seem to be enjoying it. I completely understand, tell him not to worry, this is what this gathering is all about." Lori said nodding over to Spencer's parents who are now chatting with a just arriving Hershel and Petunia.

Spencer looked over and smiled "Oh yeah, they were very excited."

"Yeah Amy looked happy to see everyone too." Lori said to Spencer.

"Yeah she was happy to come too," Spencer said, "Do you happened to know where she is? Rosita and all of them said they haven't seen her yet."

"Oh yeah," Lori said pointing to the house, "She's in the kitchen with Beth getting a drink. There were other people in there so I think they just got caught up."

Spencer looked over to the house and smiled, "Thanks, see ya in a bit." Spencer said as he started towards the house.

"Oh! And Spencer!" Lori said stopping him for a moment "Remind all of them to be outside in a seat in 30 minutes!" Spencer nodded and headed over to the house.

Shane laughed sipping his beer, "That boy is whipped." Everyone laughed at that, "Who wants to bet he already has a ring."

Andrea swatted Shane "Shut up!" she said, "They're happy and in love, let them be!"

Everyone smiled and shrugged and Daryl broke the silence saying "I'm gonna go get a beer." He nodded to everyone and walked towards the house as well.

"Now he's whipped." Rick said. This time Lori swatted Rick rolling her eyes, "What? He's in love." Rick said mimicking Andrea and everyone laughed.

In the kitchen everyone was laughing about a joke Merle just told when Spencer walked in, "Hey guys." He said walking over to Amy putting his arm around her and giving her a kiss on the head.

"Awe…" Merle said in a funny voice. "When are you two gonna end up shacking up?"

Amy got very embarrassed and looked towards Beth when Spencer spoke up chuckling at his girlfriend of 3 years, "We're working on it." He said laughing "It's not us it's our-"

"Woah woah woah, it's not my fault!" Beth interjected defensively and everyone laughed as she took a sip of her martini. "Noah won't get his shit together and just move in with me."

Everyone chuckled, including the couple, at the truth of the statement when Daryl walked in and Merle perked up even more walking over to his brother, "Little brother!" he said clapping him on the back. "You need a beer!" He stated as if reading Daryl's mind.

Daryl smiled at his brother, "You know me too well man. Hey guys." Everyone greeted him. He nodded and smiled at all of his friends and he saw Beth and smiled a little bit bigger. Merle noticed but didn't say anything as he handed his brother a beer. "Thanks man." He said opening it and standing a little closer to Beth but not terribly so he wouldn't seem creepy or desperate.

"Oh," Spencer said ending the awkward pause. "Lori wanted me to remind everyone that we need to be outside soon."

"Oh yeah," Amy said remembering, "What do you think it's all about?" She asked as everyone grabbed there drinks and started to head outside and find seats.

"No idea." Beth said. She looked at Daryl and gave him a small smile. Daryl smiled back at her and followed her outside with everyone else.

Tara immediately saw them "Hey guys!" she exclaimed grabbing Denise's attention towards their friends as well. "We just got here and were immediately told to grab a seat." Tara explained to everyone.

Beth noticed someone in the corner of her eye, "I will be right back." Beth said to her friends and nodded over to Hershel and Petunia. Everyone nodded understanding. Beth walked over and put her hand on her father's shoulder as well as Petunia's. "Hello." Beth greeted, giving them small hugs.

"Hello Bethy." Hershel said, "When did you get here?"

Beth blushed in embarrassment "I've been here for over an hour actually, in the kitchen." Beth told them sheepishly.

"Oh hun," Hershel said chuckling "It's okay." He looked over to Petunia and said "It's not like we went looking anyway." They all laughed at that. "Now, go be with your friends." Hershel said sending her off.

Beth smiled at her father, and went back to her friends and was surprised that Daryl was still sitting with them and had a seat open for her between him and Amy. Though she was surprised she was really happy and took her seat smiling at him and blushed when he smiled back. Her attention immediately went to Carol and Ed who started to stand up and get everyone's attention.