Charlotte was doing her best to keep her cool. She and Patrick were sitting closer to the door, Grace was further down the wall, holding her stomach protectively. The moans outside were growing louder and louder by the minute. Charlotte noticed the worried look on her daughter's face every time they heard one, it was awful. She wanted to do anything and everything to calm her child down, but she couldn't think of anything. They needed to stay quiet so they didn't draw attention to themselves.

All of a sudden, they heard footsteps, coming up the metal stairs. Everyone shared a look. Charlotte crossed her fingers and hoped that it was one of their group. But, she knew it was most likely not, they would've heard somebody or something. "Grace," Charlotte whispered. The teenager looked up at her mother. "Do you have a weapon in here?" she asked. Grace frowned and shook her head.

"I've got my knife..." Patrick said. Charlotte held her hand out for it and he gave it to her. She kicked herself for only bringing her gun outside with her. She had the gun, but she didn't want to risk the noise. She stood and waited for the walker to get close enough. When it reached through the bars to get her, she used the knife to stab it in the head through the cell bars. She was close enough to smell the awful smell of rotting flesh. She thought that she would be used to it by now, but the smell made her stomach churn uncomfortably. She pulled the knife out and covered her mouth with the sleeve of her jacket and gagged.

"You okay?" Patrick asked Charlotte gently. She nodded and turned back around, awaiting the other walkers. She knew that more would come now, it was never just one. There were always more near by. He stood beside her and looked over at Grace. She was still sitting on the floor, he wasn't sure if she could get up on her own, but he thought that she was safer there anyway.

"I have my little pocket knife..." Grace said, realizing that she did indeed have it on her. She had been carrying something larger, but had become very uncomfortable as her stomach grew.

"Toss it to me," Patrick said, holding his hands out, ready to catch it. She did and he caught it.

More walkers did arrive, as expected. Charlotte and Patrick did what they had to and killed them. It was a very strenuous exercise, actually. They had to get the right aim on the walkers head and that was difficult though the bars.

Daryl stood back as people began to gather outside of the prison. He and Rick had taken care of Andrew, the prisoner that had caused all of this already. They were in the court-yard and everybody that had gone into hiding was now emerging. The only trouble was, Charlotte wasn't among them. He still hadn't seen any sign of her, Grace, or Patrick. It was like they had just vanished into thin air. As the minutes past, Aidan became more and more apprehensive. He feared that he had lost his mother for good this time.

A door swung open and the two looked up expectantly. But, they were disappointed to see that it was Maggie and Carl rather than Charlotte and Grace...Naomi made her way over to Daryl and Aidan, feeling like she was in the same boat as them. She took Aidan's hand and gripped it tightly. Her features stayed frozen in a pout.

Something was wrong when Maggie and Carl walked out...there was a bundle of something in their arms and their cheeks were tear soaked. Shane knew right away, and he couldn't say that he wasn't upset about it...It wasn't that he loved Lori or even cared much for her. She was manipulative and even kind of annoying at times, but he knew that he could possibly be held responsible for Lori's death. What if that baby over there was his? Then what?

"She's-?" Rick asked. Shane could see by the way that Rick was carrying his shoulder that he was feeling the same way that Shane was.

Daryl noticed that this situation was turning to one that was going to be about Lori and the baby. It wasn't that he didn't care, it was that he needed to find Charlotte and the others first.

"C'mon, Aidan," Daryl said.

"Where're we goin'?" Aidan asked.

"To find yer mom," the older of the two replied simply. Aidan jumped at the opportunity and followed Daryl back into the prison. He decided to start in their cell block, it seemed like the most obvious place.

"What's up there?" Aidan saw walkers gathered around one of the cells on the second level.

"Dunno. Let's go find out..."

"Dammit, I don't know how much longer I can do this," Charlotte said as another walker fell. This was wearing her out more than she would've expected. Her arms were tired and the number of walkers wasn't decreasing at all. It seemed like every time they killed one, another two would take its place.

"Stay strong, mommy," Grace said. "I...I wish I could help you..."

"Stay over there," Charlotte said quickly. Grace's safety was her first priority.

It seemed to happen all at once, the walkers were going the opposite way and then they dropped. She didn't hear anything over the loud moans and groans of the walkers. The smell had gotten worse and she was just powering through it.

"Hello?" a voice called. "Somebody in 'ere?"

Charlotte knew that voice, she knew that voice very, very well. Daryl. "We are!" she called, sliding the door open and walking out to meet he and Aidan. The little boy hugged his mother's waist and she wrapped her arms around him too. "I'm okay, sweetie," she whispered, bending down to his height.

"I was worried..."

"I'm sure you were. We just got trapped up here when everything started..."

Daryl held out a set of arrows to Aidan and put his own away. Aidan accepted them and did the same. Charlotte gave Daryl a smile and wrapped her arms around his neck without hesitation. It still took him a second to react to her and wrap his arms around her, but he was getting better about it.

"Thank you for saving us," she murmured. She looked over her shoulder to Aidan. "And thank you."

Daryl nodded. "Lori had 'er baby..."

"She what?" Charlotte backed up and looked at him worriedly. "When? How?"

"Dunno the details," he shrugged.

"She didn't make it," Aidan said quietly. Charlotte knitted her brow and frowned. She didn't like the sound of that. If it happened to Lori, who had given birth before, what hope did that give her for Grace's baby?

"We should go back out there and see what we can do," Charlotte suggested. Daryl and Aidan nodded.

"We're just going to stay here a while," Patrick said, looking over at Grace. Charlotte nodded and went on her way. Patrick bent down to Grace, who was still on the floor, and offered her a hand. She smiled and accepted it. He pulled her to her feet and she blushed deeply.

"I'm sorry, I'm kind of heavy now..." she frowned, thinking about how all of this could've been avoided.

"'S okay. I'm glad to help," he replied.

"I appreciate it, really." She looked up, meeting his blue eyes for a moment, but then she looked away blushing. "I never wanted any of this...y'know," she whispered.

"All of what?" Patrick asked curiously.

"I didn't want to be a mom...not so young anyway. I didn't even want to...well y'know...with my boyfriend...but he told me how it was probably going to be my only chance and that everybody needed to experience it once in their life. And, I thought that I loved him. But...he just changed. He became something awful..." Grace didn't know why she was telling him this; she felt that it was important to though.

"What happened to him?"

"Somebody killed him," she said without any emotion.

"Do you know who?"
"Not specifically, but I have a guess...My dad, maybe even my mom..."

"They didn't tell you?"

"He hit me, Patrick, he could've killed my mom. He lost it, his grip on reality, I mean."

"I didn't know...I'm-"

"Don't be. You didn't know," she agreed. He patted her shoulder and smiled lightly.

"She's going to need food," Charlotte said, looking over at Daryl. They had only learned so far that the baby was a girl. By the looks of it, Rick and Shane looked like they felt guilty. She didn't want them to blame themselves...these things just happened...whatever it was that happened anyway.

"Let's go get 'er some," Daryl said. "Ya know where to find some?" he asked. She shook her hed.

"Maggie or Glenn might," she suggested. They made their way over to the couple.

"Do know where we can get baby formula?" Charlotte asked.

"I've been keepin' an eye on a few places...I think I know where we can find some. Why don' we all go?" Maggie knew that Daryl wouldn't want to leave Charlotte and she didn't want to leave Glenn.

"Which way out?"

"Go right outa here an' head south for a few miles..."

"The bike will be faster," Charlotte said. "You can weave through stuff and that way. All four of us don't need to go. We need people here to keep the rest of the group safe from whatever threat may still be here."

"It makes sense..." Glenn agreed.

"You two go, Maggie know where it's at," Charlotte pointed between Daryl and Maggie.

The four of them looked at each other and silently agreed to this plan of action. It was the best thing for all of them to do in this situation.

"Be careful," Charlotte told Daryl, kissing him quickly. "Love you."

"Love ya," he replied, giving her the smallest of smiles as she retreated back inside. She found Beth holding the baby in the main area.

"Can I hold her?" Charlotte asked. Beth nodded and handed the little baby over to the older woman. "Hi honey," Charlotte said. The baby looked up at her with blue eyes that she had only seen on two people. Rick and Carl. There was no doubt in her mind that this was Rick's baby. Shane would likely be pretty relieved. She was a beautiful baby though, Charlotte would give them that. She remembered when all three of the other kids were babies too, they were always adorable babies as well.

"She's really something..." Beth said. "If we had to loose somebody, I'm glad we get to keep her."

"Me too," Charlotte agreed.

"Grace's baby will be beautiful too, I'm sure," Beth said.

Charlotte worried about the babies. They were so innocent and helpless at the same time. One baby was enough to have in the group, but they were going to have two in a two short months and they would have to worry another one...

AN: This one was longer, yay! I didn't even see the word count until I just uploaded it to my docs and I thought that it would be more than it was though...I hope you liked it, I wasn't sure where to end it, so please review. It is so awesome to read all of those, they really make my day. Thanks guys!