Two Weeks Later

Dixie never saw Shane after that - Rick took care of him. It had been a two weeks since she last saw Shane. Dixie was helping Maggie and her Aunt in the kitchen, working on dinner.

Dixie was heading to the outhouse to go to bathroom, knowing the one inside was going to be full. She was exhausted all the time, and figured it was from working on the farm so much. She walked to the outhouse, and heard someone throwing up inside. "You okay?" she asked opening the door.

Lori waved her hand and continued throwing up. Dixie ignored her waving her hand and came in and rubbed her back.

Lori stopped and wiped her mouth off. "I….." She closed her eyes. "I'm pregnant." She said softly. Dixie looked at her.

"You...are?" she bit her lip.

Lori nodded and sighed. "I haven't told your dad.."

"A...Are you…" Dixie helped her up and watched her, she noticed a bump that Lori didn't really have yesterday.

"I….I…" Lori looked down, she had been hiding it for a while.

"It's okay." Dixie sighed and hugged her. Lori nodded and hugged her tightly. They walked out of the outhouse, and back to camp. Lori went and talked to Glenn whom overheard her talking to Dixie. "I need theses.." She said handing him a list of herbs.

Glenn looked at the list and frowned.

"Please, Glenn.." She looked at him.

He sighed, "Alright." He shoved the list in his pocket, and left with Maggie to go on a supply run.

Later that night, Lori was brewing the herbs with a tea bag. She poured it in a cup, and added some sugar and cinnamon. She bit her lip, then put the cup up to her mouth, took a drink. The taste was revolting, she threw the cup and took off running to the fence a bit away from camp.

Rick saw her run and throw up, he took off after her and rubbed her back. "W...Are you alright?" he asked.

Lori started crying, and shook her head. "N...I…." She was wearing a loose shirt, and sat up. "I'm pregnant."

Rick looked at her, and moved her a bit. "You are?" He said looking her over, and moved her shirt a bit, and saw her stomach. "H...Who?"

"I…." She looked down. "It's honestly a toss up..."

"Between Shane and I?" He asked looking at her more, moving her face to look him in the eye. "You don't know?" He frowned, he was hurt, and it felt worse because this was a second pregnancy she tried to get rid of.

"I…" Lori shook her head more, and started crying.

Rick sighed, and pulled her close rubbing her back, closing his eyes. He was talking to her softly trying to calm her down. "It'll be okay.." he tried reassuring her.

"My God, Rick... I didn't know he did that to...to Dixie... I regret my relationship with him.."

"I know... It's alright." Rick sighed. "It will be okay."

{ TWD }

A Day Later

Rick went for a walk later with Dixie. She sat down on a log with him and sighed. "I'm so sorry….I ran away." She looked down. "I'm sorry for everything…" She finally felt like talking about it.

"It wasn't your fault that everything went downhill." He said rubbing her back. "I thought you knew that."

Dixie shook her head. "I...I just felt like it would be better with me gone." She started crying.

Rick closed his eyes, and let some tears fall. "Dixie Rose." He said pulling her close. "You along with your brother - are the most important thing to me." He looked her in the eyes. "Don't you ever forget that.."

Dixie hugged him tightly, and kept crying, she was so emotional lately."Can….can you ever forgive me?" She said looking up at him, rubbing her eyes. She felt like she was 7 years old again, when she stole candy from the store, and her dad caught her.

Rick watched her, and handed her a handkerchief. "I forgive you honey." He smiled slightly. "Don't ever run away from home again. You're still not too old to get a swat for doing something really stupid - Carl isn't either.." He let out a soft laugh.

Dixie nodded. "Yes, Sir." She wiped her eyes and hugged him again and laughed slightly at the though of him attempting to swat her, or Carl.. Granted, he could, he's done it.. "I love you daddy."

"I love you too, Dixie Rose."

"Can….Can i confess something else?" Dixie said biting her lip.

Rick looked at her worried, "Go on.."

"I….I lied all those times I was at a friends house… I was off with an older guy I met at the dealership from Virginia.." she looked down. "We were together for a few months."

"How….much older?" He asked curious.

"About…. 13 years older." Dixie said chewing on her lip.

Rick sighed. "Dixie… " He rubbed his face and looked down for a moment.

"We broke up." Dixie promised. "It was a while back." She wiped her eyes again. Lori had come over with some lemonade of water for them both, and sat down. Rick nodded, he walked over to the fence to think for a few minutes.

"Mom…" Dixie took a drink of her lemonade.

"Yes?" Lori said looking down at her.

Dixie looked up. "I'm so sorry… I used you all that time… I...I wasn't a good daughter… I'm sorry I was so mean to you also…"

Lori sighed. "I deserved some of it." She shook her head. " I wasn't… exactly mother material…"

Dixie got up and hugged her tightly. "I…..i love you mom." She said gently, she hadn't said that in forever, it almost felt foreign to say that, but so good to say at the same time.

Lori smiled hugging her softly. "I'm sorry also - for everything I've ever said, and how i acted to you…" She hugged her tightly. " I love you both. I haven't shown it very well lately…"

"It's okay." Dixie looked up and smiled slightly. Lori smiled and hugged her tightly seeing Rick come over, and hugged them both.