A/N- hello readers! Im so excited to write these upcoming chapters! So im gonna changed the rating to 'T' because in the previous chapter I really didn't use that bad of smut soo ya… if anyone thinks otherwise please leave a review and I'll take it into consideration :) so without any further ado, chapter 3!

Chapter 3

Erin and Jay walk through the field carrying the baskets of wet laundry. Neither of them dared to say a word about what happened, they decided to just enjoy the encounter while it lasted.

Erin drops her baskets of laundry when she hears a blood-curdling scream in the direction of the barn. Jay watches as she starts sprinting, so he sets his baskets down as well and takes off after her.

"ERIN HELP ME PLEASE!" Erin recognized the voice as Kim's. A rush of adrenaline pushed her to run faster until she reached the barn. Kim was trying to fight off a walker that had wandered into the barn. Erin grabs the walker by its dirtied shirt and flings it across the room. Erin helps Kim up and checks on her.

"Yeah- yeah I'm fine. It didn't bite me" Kim rasps. Erin pats her back then averts her attention to the walker having its brains bashed in by Adam.

"Kim, are you okay?" Adam pants. Kim nods then Adam rushes over and pulls her into his chest, shocking everyone gathered around.

"Adam… I'm fine, everyone's looking" Kim whispers into his ear. He pulls away then looks at everyone, they all stared back at him.

"How'd that thing get in here?" Jay questions both Alvin and Adam.

"It came in from the direction of the lake, I'm surprised you guys didn't see it" Kim directs to Erin and Jay, who both blush and try to keep a serious face.

"Well we need more people on watch, we can't keep having incidents" Jay snaps at them. He walks back towards the field where the laundry was so Erin follows him, worried yet somewhat angry.

"hey! What the hell was that? I'm sure everyone is as shocked as you. No need to make everyone feel like shit cause of it!" Jay whips around with the basket of laundry in his arms.

"Kim almost died Erin! Open your eyes! If that had been you in that barn… I would've been way harder on them, we can't act like everything is sunshine and beaches! Life is different now and we gotta be more alert, especially if we're gonna have people working alone." Erin couldn't agree with him more, but she didn't much appreciate how he approached the subject.

"Okay Halstead, you win. Lets get this laundry hung up." Jay looked flabbergasted.

"Wow I actually won a fight with Erin Lindsay… that's a first" He remarks sarcastically.

"Well don't get used to it Halstead" Erin retorts back.

*later at night*

Everyone gathered in the living room waiting, Hank and Antonio hadn't returned yet.

"Erin, they'll make it back. They've got to" Kim tries to comfort her. It clearly wasn't working.

As the group waits impatiently, a pair of headlights shine through the cracks in the boarded-up windows.

"They're back" Alvin announces, looking out the front door to be sure. Erin is the first to jump up and rush through the front door and greet Antonio and Hank.

"You guys made it! Are you okay?" Erin wonders. Hank steps out of the vehicle while Antonio was doing something in the back of the truck.

"We found him" Hank announces, his eyes beaming. Antonio returns to view with a face that Erin hadn't seen in a long time.

"Justin!" Erin gasps. Justin smiles wide and limps over to her and envelopes her in a hug.

"Are you hurt?"

"Jeez Erin, enough with the questions. I'm fine, just twisted my ankle when we had to run out of that grocery store" Justin explains. Erin shoots Antonio and Hank a 'what were you thinking?' look and sits into her hip.

"You know we only go in grocery stores with the whole group." Erin grumbles. Voight walks over to her and hugs her, placing a kiss on top of her head.

"What am I? chopped liver?" Antonio jokes.

"Of course not, c'mere" Erin laughs and gives her friend a hug.

"What'd you guys get?" Alvin asks Voight.

"All sorts of stuff" Hanks answers simply.

Quick A/N- I'm gonna do a time jump to get things going, hope y'all don't mind :)

*1 month later*

Erin stared at the sink as tears streamed down her face. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"Are you sure?" Jay asks quietly, his throat suddenly dry.

"L-look at it Jay! It's clearly telling me something!" Erin yells louder than she thought.

"It'll be alright, we can do it" Jay says, nervous of her response.

"Jay… having a baby in these times are seriously dangerous! Yeah I wanted kids but not in this mess!"

"Erin listen to me, we can make sure this baby is safe, we'll keep you healthy so that the pregnancy goes well. Please Erin" Jay looks deeply into her eyes and holds her hands, she looks back at him and blinks away the remaining tears.

"Okay… I'll keep it." She agrees.

"When should we tell Voight?" Jay asks.
"As soon as possible." Erin responds.

"We can announce it at dinner, so that everyone knows" Jay suggests.

"Yeah… better to get it out there" Erin sighs.

*At dinner*

Erin doesn't touch any of her food, instead she pokes into her potatoes with her fork and sighs, the time was coming when she would have to reveal to the world that Jay got her pregnant.

"Uhm- I uh… we have an announcement to make" Erin says awkwardly, avoiding eye contact, especially Voight.

"I'm… I'm pregnant…"

A/N- another cliffhangerrr! Hehe hope y'all enjoy this story :) I wanted to make the chapter wayyy longer but I feel like shorter chapters are easier to comprehend and stuff plus I felt like this was a good point to stop the chapter. So read, enjoy and review! Love, author.