Title: Judith
Summary: A scene of Rick with his baby girl.
Notes: A little add on to the episode 'Hounded' where Rick finally hold his baby.
"She's okay?"
He spoke to Hershel but instead of looking at the older man he looked at his baby daughter. She was precious, Lori's final gift to him.
"She's very healthy. I was worried she'd be weak considering the circumstances. But she's strong and healthy,"
Rick nodded as he held the baby close before his brow creased into a frown. "She's feeding?" Hershel nodded. "How?"
"Maggie and Daryl went out and got formula."
Rick felt a flash of distress within himself. He was the Father, he should have been there to take care of her.
"I fed her," Carl said. Rick detected the pride in his son's voice.
"Yeah?"
Carl nodded, a smile toying with his lips. "She was really hungry when they got back and Daryl took her and started feeding her. When she was feeding well he gave her to me and I fed her. She could barely stay awake through it and she was real slow,"
Rick nodded at the memory of the first time he'd fed Carl. He put one hand on Carl's shoulder and then looked to Hershel. "Daryl fed her?"
Hershel smiled, knowing he'd have been as surprised by the information himself and nodded.
"He bought her this back too," Beth said, holding up the little dolly in the yellow dress that Daryl and Maggie had returned with from their trip out. Beth had mentioned it at some point when they were first gathered together and Maggie had said Daryl picked it up.
"Daryl got my daughter a dolly?" Rick stated, but it seemed to be more to himself than anyone else and he shook his head. He looked down to the baby. "I want you to see how beautiful this world is," he said to her.
He smiled to Carl and his boy smiled back as they took her outside.