Playin' the Missus
Chapter 10
It has been a little over a year since Beth agreed to marry Merle again and since then, she and Cody had moved back to Georgia.
They were living with Merle again but things were different than the last time they had lived together.
Beth had transferred to a local community college and Merle was still attending meetings regularly while holding down not one but two jobs now.
His second job was working for Hershel on the farm, along with Daryl, but it allowed him to be with Beth and Cody when he needed to be.
Today was Cody's fourth birthday and in just a few short weeks he would be starting pre-k.
Merle smiled as he watched everyone gather around the picnic table in their back yard to sing happy birthday to Cody.
He rushed to Beth's when she started to light the candles on the cake.
Taking the lighter from her, he lit the candles and stood behind her. As everyone started singing, Merle place both of his hands on Beth's growing stomach.
A few weeks had passed and it was Cody's first day of school.
Both Beth and Merle were there to walk him to class.
"Mommy," Cody motioned for her to bend down and when she did, he kissed her cheek, "Don't be sad mommy. I love you."
Beth smiled and wiped away her tears, "I'm not sad, baby. I'm happy and so proud of you."
Merle kneeled down and hugged him.
"I love ya," Merle said, voice cracking just a little, "me an' mama will be 'ere ta pick ya up later, aight?"
Cody nodded, smiled and hugged his mama and daddy before waving goodbye and stepping inside his classroom.
Out in the car, Merle broke down and started cryin'. Beth would've laughed at the sight but instead seeing Merle crying just made her cry.
Two months later, Merle was at Beth's side while she was in labor.
While the rest of their family waited impatiently in the waiting room, Maggie was the only other person Beth wanted in the delivery room.
Beth was in labor for 14 hours before delivering a healthy baby girl named Sadie Ann Dixon.
Just a month after Beth and Merle celebrated the birth of their daughter, Beth's world began to crumble before her when Merle was killed in a car accident.
A/N: This is the last chapter. I am so sorry about the ending but that's how it came out. I never intended for it to be like that.