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Lose To Win - Chapter 6

"They're with me." Beth tells Amy and she just waves them on.

They use the elevator to get to Rick's floor then Beth leads them to his room. They walk in and Rick's eyes are shut. There was a slight smile on his face. Beth walks to his bed as Maggie and Gracie both stand back. Beth places a hand on Rick's face then leans down to kiss him on his forehead. His eyes open slowly.

"Mom?" he says looking out of it. Beth tilted her head confused. Red started to form in her cheeks as she began to feel embarrassed. Then a grin slowly appears on his face. "I'm kidding."

Beth hits him playfully but gently on his chest.

"Not funny!" Beth says.

"Hey calm down. I'm all out of sorts right now. I just came back from chemotherapy like an hour or so ago. You missed all the fun." he says jokingly.

"Well I'm glad. I brought company." Beth says moving out of the way so he could see them. "Rick, this is my sister Maggie and her daughter, my niece, Gracie. She's two."

"But iwull be thwee soon." Gracie adds quietly. Sounding so innocent.

Gracie was hiding behind Maggie's leg, hanging on tight. She peeked around every so often.

"Oh is that so? I'm gonna be three soon too!" Rick says with a surprised look on his face.

Gracie giggles quietly.

"You aw too big!" Gracie exclaims.

"I am? No one ever told me that!" Rick says faking hurt. Gracie giggles.

"You know now!" Gracie says coming from behind her mama's leg. She walked closer to Rick. "Weas your hair?"

"Gracie." Maggie scolded. Rick shrugs.

"Beth stole it." Rick tells Gracie. Gracie's eyes widen and she gasps.

"Un Bef!" Gracie says. "Why you seal his hair?!"

"I needed it." Beth says calmly but in the inside she was dying of laughter because Gracie was so serious about this.

"But why! You awedy have hair. You have to give it back!" Gracie says.

"I lost it Gracie." Beth says and Gracie sighs and shakes her head.

"This is too hawd." Gracie says and walks away to the drawing table in the corner.

"She's super dramatic and outspoken. Sorry about that. Nice to meet you Rick." Maggie says and goes to shake his hand.

"Nice to meet you. No need to apologize. She's cute. Has an interesting character." Rick says.

"Tell me about it." Maggie responds. "So you like children?"

"Definitely. I've always wanted my own. Then Beth stole my hair so I don't see that happening any time soon." Rick says looking at Beth with a grin.

"You're so childish. Go play with Gracie at the drawing table." Beth says teasingly.

"As fun as that sounds, I'm liking the idea of staying right here much better." Rick says with a wink that goes unnoticed by Maggie.

"You were right Beth. He is charming." Maggie says with a grin. "I ship it." Beth gives Maggie a stare.

"You told your sister that I was charming?" Rick asks biting his lip looking up at Beth.

"Um, I'm gonna go to the food court really quick. I'll be back. Cmon Gracie." Maggie says then walking to the door. Gracie runs after Maggie then they leave.

Beth covers her face in embarrassment. Maggie would leave her like this.

"Beth." Rick says. "Look at me."

She uncovers her face slowly and looks at him. He smiles softly.

"You're so beautiful." Rick says studying her eyes.

"I don't even have on makeup today." Beth says placing her hands on her hips. Rick chuckles lightly.

"And you most definitely don't need it. You're naturally beautiful. Not to sound corny but it's true." Rick says. She smiles softly. There was a bit of a pause before he says, "Beth I like you." He was blunt. There was no holding back.

Beth didn't know what to say. Of course she liked him too but she was never good at this. Never got used to getting her feelings out in the open. With anyone. Not even Shawn or Maggie. Yes, she told them a lot but not everything. Some things seemed better left in her heart. Away from harm.

"But there's something that holds you back from saying you feel the same." Rick says caressing her arm lightly. "Or am I just stupid and you really don't feel the same?" Rick grins. Beth giggles lightly before getting serious again.

"No. I really... really like you. I'm just.. scared." Beth finally admits. She felt bad that she could be completely honest with him and not her own family.

"And that's okay but what are you scared of? I wouldn't hurt you. Ever. Not intentionally anyway." Rick says.

"That's not it." Beth says.

"So what is it?" Rick asks calmly. She bit her bottom lip. "Let me take a wild guess. Your dad."

"That's partly it." she says softly.

"In no disrespect to your father but is this your life or his?" Rick asks.

"Well.. it's mine." Beth says looking at her fingers.

"So you need to just stop worrying about what he may think for a change. You deserve happiness Beth. As for me, there's no guarantee that I'll make it through this but the memories we could make being together would do us both some good. I mean because, just being around you does a lot to me." Rick says with a smirk.

"And I feel I can be myself with you." Beth admits.

"Because you can. No judgements." Rick reassures her. He stands, towering over her and takes one of her hands. "Okay?"

"Okay." Beth says nodding, closing her eyes for a couple of seconds.

"You want this?" Rick asks pushing a piece of hair behind her ear.

"I want this." Beth confirms softly.

"So you'll let me do this then." Rick says then leaning down, boldly capturing her lips with his own. He takes a hand and places it on the back of her neck, kissing her deeper. His tongue runs along her lips begging for access and she complies. At that moment, he pulls away. "We should stop..." Beth licks her bottom lip and pulls him down slowly to align their lips again. This time she was the one doing the work but he gladly accepted that. It was reassurance.

She did really want this.

Minutes pass by, maybe even an hour when Maggie and Gracie come back. She walks in and sees her sister asleep in the bed with Rick. Her head and a hand is on his chest. She smiles and takes a quick picture then decides to take a taxi back to the apartment. She didn't want to ruin the moment. She leaves a note for Beth then her and Gracie leave.

Beth wakes up around 8pm and stretches her legs quietly.

"So not only are you an angel when you're awake but you are when you're asleep too." Beth heard Rick say. She looked up and he had that darn goofy grin on his face. She giggles.

"You're too much." Beth says.

"And who would I be if I wasn't?" Rick asks raising an eyebrow.

"Good question." Beth admits. She kisses his chin then buries her face in his neck. Then it pops right back up. "Maggie and Gracie..."

"Oh they left. Maggie left a note." Rick says leaning over a little to pick up the note from the bedside table. He handed it to Beth.

Saw you and your man all cuddled up. Didn't want to interrupt;) - Love, Maggie

The red rushed to Beth's cheek immediately.

"Oh God. I'm gonna be bombarded with questions when I get back to the apartment." Beth says running her hands down her cheeks. Rick chuckles.

"You'll be able to handle it." Rick says.

"Easy for you to say." Beth says and buries her face back into Rick's neck.

"You're just being a big baby." Rick teases.

"I know you are but what am I?" Beth defends.

"Ohhhh wow how old is that joke? You are so lame." Rick says.

"You've been my boyfriend for what... 5 hours and you're already insulting me. How nice." Beth says patting his chest with her free hand.

"Thank you thank you. I try." he says with a light chuckle.

There were a couple of minutes of comfortable silence until Beth yawned.

"I should go." Beth says sighing. Rick snaked his arms around her waist.

"No." he says quietly. "Stay for like another hour."

"Someone could walk in." Beth says.

"I'm sure someone has already walked in. You'll probably be assigned to another patient as soon as tomorrow or whenever you do come back." Rick says sighing.

"Ugh." Beth groans.

"I know. But it'll be fine." Rick assures.

"Yeah I guess so." Beth says. Rick sighs. Beth looks up at him. "What are you thinking?"

"I want to leave here." Rick says running a hand through his hair.

"Why's that?" Beth asks.

"You know why. It's boring." Rick groans. "I'm gonna ask can I leave. Thing is though, they'll say yes because things look good for a little bit then it's like my body knows I'm out the hospital and it wants to act out. Then I have to come back. Then more chemo. I don't usually complain but I hate chemotherapy. I hate feeling helpless and weak. I'm not helpless and weak."

"No you're not." Beth agrees. "I'm sorry you have to go through this." He shrugs.

"It's fine. But I feel there's no use being in here if I'm not getting better." Rick admits. "I'd rather die a week from now having the time of my life outside of these walls than dying slowly in here, being bored."

"You should tell them that." Beth suggests quietly although she doesn't like the idea. Rick nods.

"If they let me out, where would I go?" Rick asks. Beth smiles.

"You could stay with me." she says softly. Rick chuckles.

"You wouldn't be able to tolerate me." Rick says smiling.

"You underestimate me." Beth says grinning.

"Okay okay. So if I asked them... say tomorrow, you'd be ready to allow me into your place?" he asks smirking. Beth giggles and shakes her head.

"Just ask." Beth says softly. Rick chuckles.

"Oh don't worry. I will. Tomorrow. I don't think you know what you're getting yourself into though." Rick says shrugging.

"Well I guess I'll find out won't I?" Beth asks. Rick leans back amused and shakes his head.

*Meanwhile, on the first floor*

"Umm excuse me?" Amy says to the young boy that was standing at the desk. He'd walked in just seconds ago.

"Um hi." the boy says stuffing his hands in his pockets nervously.

"What do you want?" Amy asks annoyed. "Wait first, who are you and how old are you?"

"I'm looking for my mom and dad." the boy says.

"Well I can't help you there. Bye." Amy says waving sarcastically with a fake smile.

"Please, I need them. This is my only chance, please." he says pleadingly.

"That's really sad kid but this definitely isn't the place for you to figure that out. I can't... help you... Sorry." Amy says then going back to solitaire on the computer.

The boy turns around slowly and hangs his head. He starts walking towards the exit. Then he stops. He turns around and walks back to the desk. He pulls out some sort of paper from his holy back pocket. He was surprised the paper was still there.

He sat it on the desk and Amy looked at him blankly.

"What am I supposed to do with that?" Amy asks.

"Those are the names of my birth parents. And..." he then pulls a smaller crumbled up paper from his front pocket and puts it on the counter as well. "This is a picture of my biological dad."

Amy rolls her eyes and picks up the paper and the picture.

"I've been all over this city. I can't find a trace of them. This is my last stop. Please..." the kid says sounding desperate.

Amy looks over the paper and picture then she looks back up at the kid and covers her mouth.

"Ar-are you sure these are your parents?" Amy asks.

"Yea when I turned 16, child protective services gave that to me." he says calmly.

"Holy shit." Amy whispers.

"What is it?" the kid asks, worried.

"W-what... What's your name?" Amy asks.

"Carl Grimes."

"That's impossible." Amy says quietly.

"When I was placed in foster c-" Carl started.

"Shhhh. Cmon kid." Amy says pulling him around and taking him somewhere more private. "Okay what did you say again?"

"When I was put in foster-" Carl started.

"No no no. What is your name?" Amy says blinking profusely, not believing what she was seeing.

"Carl Grimes." he says with an amused smile.

"Your mom... and dad are Lori and Rick... I-" Amy says.

"Do you know something about them?" he asks, his eyes widen.

"Hold on kid. I need to know more first before I tell you anything." Amy says.

"What do you need to know?" Carl asks.

"First off, why do you still have the last name of you biological parents?" Amy asks.

"I was never adopted by anyone. I've been from home to home. But I'm now with my girlfriend and her mom. Her mom asked did I want to officially be apart of their family but she's my girlfriend. I don't want to be her adopted brother. That's weird." Carl says with an uncomfortable look on his face.

"Interesting." Amy says. "Still there's something missing. How are you even here? Lori and Rick never had a child. She was never pregnant."

"Apparently... she was." Carl says pointing a finger to the top of his head.

Amy ran her fingers through her hair.

"Hey kid. Come back tomorrow and I might have something for you." Amy says seriously.

"Okay. It's late anyway. I'll see you tomorrow then." Carl says with a smile then leaves.

"Holy..." Amy says rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

How the hell did Rick and Lori have a son?

*With Carl*

"Did you find anything?" Enid, Carl's 16 year old girlfriend, asks when he walks in the house as she was sitting on the couch. He went over to her and pulled her into his arms.

"Not really but I think I'm closer to the truth." Carl tells her.

"How so?" she asks.

"The receptionist, she was being weird when she learned my parents names. She knows something. I'm going back tomorrow." Carl confirms.

"Anything you find would help. We need something." Enid says caressing her own stomach. He places a hand on top of hers.

"I know. I know. Your mom's having a hard time already. Can't believe we were so careless. I'm so sor-" Carl says.

"Stop. It takes two. All we can do now is shed light on the situation and make something positive out of it. I mean... It's a baby." Enid says her eyes tearing up with a tiny smile on her face. Carl smiles too and kisses her on the forehead.

"Yea. A baby." he says pulling her into him even closer.

A/N: Well that escalated quickly. *wink* Please please review.

Btw, who's ready for that 90 minute season finale tonight though?! *raises hand* Haha love you guys. Again. Please review.