Title: Watched It Begin Again
Summary: SEQUEL to Good Girl. A look into the lives at the Dixon/Hayes cabin as they try to thrive during the Zombie Apocalypse. Daryl/Sandy, Billy/Becca
Chapter 1: Thriving
Sandy finally told Daryl because she and Billy were scared. Becca had thrown up the last three days, the nausea would come and go, but she still kept up an appetite. "Three damn days she's been sick and this is the first time you decide to bring this up woman!" Daryl yelled. They were all sitting at the kitchen table with the exception of Jamie who was upstairs taking a nap in his room.
"I thought it was something she ate, we all did." Sandy said holding Becca.
"She got a fever? Aches and pains?" Daryl asked looking at Becca intensely.
"No fever, only pain is my back and the soreness in my…" Becca stopped looking flushed.
"Where you sore? This ain't no time to be bashful! Can't give you the right medicine if we don't know what you got." Daryl said looking at her sternly.
Becca muttered something under her breath. Daryl spoke up "Can't hear ya girl?"
"My boobs Daryl, they're killing me, hurts to even wear a bra. Ok, happy I shared with the class!" Becca said cheeks tinged a little pink.
Sandy looked at her with a puzzled face, "You didn't tell me that?"
"Didn't think it mattered and I only started feeling it a few days ago. Why?" Becca asked now wrapped up in her conversation with Sandy.
Then Sandy shot up outta her seat. "Shit!" Sandy quickly put her hand over her mouth.
Billy looked beyond terrified at the moment going over to his sister. "Sandy what is it! What does she have?"
Sandy sat back down next to Becca. "Becca you been takin' your birth control pills?"
"Of course I don't wanna get…" Becca stopped talking and looked at Sandy. "No. No. I'm not pregnant Sandy, I take my pill everyday never miss, even if me and Billy don't fool around. I even got my period!"
"Yeah, it only lasted two days Becca." Sandy replied
"You know it's always weird! The doctor said it might be that way for a few years till I got regular." Becca said tearful eyes full of fear.
"Wait you saying she ain't sick, Billy just got her knocked up?" Daryl asked finally.
"It fits all her symptoms. I actually did read that stupid baby book Daryl, and the beginning has stuff about knowing if you're pregnant. Everything she just said is on the list. We don't have one of those pee tests but it all fits." Sandy said.
Silence filled the room. Billy went over to hold the now crying Becca Sandy standing next to Daryl.
Daryl was the one to break the silence. "Okay so we're having another baby then. Guess Jamie will have someone to play with now."
Becca looked up at him like he grew a second head. "What you're happy? I thought you'd be reaching for a wire hanger right about now." Becca said across Billy's chest.
"There ain't nothin' I can do about it now, Billy already got you pregnant! Be great if we had a hospital and doctor but we don't! We're safe here, can't risk moving 'specially with you in your condition. So, you try and stay off your feet and when the time comes you have it. Women been havin' babies for thousands 'a years this ain't any different. And we got that baby book, them extra baby supplies, and a roof over our heads this winter. Billy and me will start hunting more, so we can try not to dig into the canned food too much." Daryl nodded to the frightened young couple, at that moment they looked every bit the teenagers they were. Hell Daryl was terrified, but he couldn't let them see it he knew that they needed his strength at the moment.
Daryl found an old wooden crate out in the shed behind the cabin and he started a new project. He sanded it down, added some more wood to places it was missing it, and made legs for it to stand on. Becca broke down crying hugging Daryl when he finally presented her with the homemade crib. "Okay Red, that's enough, hope the little squirt likes it." Daryl said getting out of her embrace. They set the crib up in Becca and Billy's room, and planned on moving the baby into Jamie's room when it got older.
It was March and Becca was about ready to pop. Billy told her it looked like she had swallowed a basketball. Everything was going according to schedule and they knew she would have the baby any day now so they put her on strict bed rest. Sandy opened the door to Billy and Becca's room to find her reading to Jaime his hand on her swollen belly.
The whole idea had him so excited when he found out, he had a million questions. His first being how the baby got in her tummy. Sandy wasn't exactly sure what to say. Luckily Daryl took over telling him once you grow up and get married like his Aunty and Uncle you decide to have a baby. And when he asked why mama and him hadn't had a baby then yet, he told him they loved him too much to have another baby just yet. Sandy noticed he never told him they weren't married. Later when she asked him about that little omission he squirmed in that silent way of his. Then his answer surprised her. "I'd go down to the Court House tomorrow if the world was back right, if that would make you happy but I don't need a piece a paper telling me I love you. Or what my obligations are to you and Jaime. Ya'll are my family, Red and Billy too, you're everything to me, don't need a gold band 'ta remind me."
Becca started going into labor at around five in the morning, Billy immediately rushed to wake Sandy up. She had had the supplies she thought they would need ready for days now, so she let Daryl who was on watch know and she went into their room.
Daryl found himself pacing outside the door listening to Becca's quiet moans and Sandy and Billy's words of encouragement. He had put Jamie down for the night it was already almost six o'clock at night. Becca had been in labor all day. Sandy had already told him that the book said labor could take many hours but he was starting to worry now. Billy would come out for occasional breaks giving Daryl updates, but Sandy only left her side once and that was to pee and grab some food she took back to the room to eat.
He heard their voices all at once then he heard the crying. Billy opened the door "It's a girl, I have a baby girl! Get in here." Billy said stupid grin on his face yanking Daryl into the room. Becca was lying down looking exhausted, her red hair sweaty with a huge smile on her face and crying at the same time holding a tiny bundle. Daryl approached Sandy who was washing her bloody hands in a basin of water. She turned to him tears running down her face as she embraced him, repeating over and over "Thank God, they're both fine". They turned to see Billy holding the baby a look of wonder and awe on his face. He nodded for them to move closer.
Billy handed Daryl the bundle saying "Meet your niece Abigail Hope Hayes, see this is your Uncle Daryl and Aunty Sandy." Daryl held the baby as if she was made of glass. He looked down at this little pink creature and one of her tiny hands wrapped around his index finger. She was so small, Daryl didn't think he had ever seen anything that pure and helpless. He didn't realize he was crying till Sandy wiped away one of his tears. She truly lived up to her namesake, this baby perfect and new was their hope in this lost world.
A/N: So this story will be a series of little looks into there after ending up at the cabin.
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