Cricket rides on the back of Daryl's bike as Dale drives his R.V in and Andrea drives another car in. Daryl stops the bike and turns it off as the group comes out of the house. Daryl sees everyone, but Nate, which causes him to worry a bit, but Cricket places a hand on his shoulder. "Relax, I'm sure there's a reason he's not here. Don't freak out just yet." She whispers before getting off the bike as everyone waits for Rick to tell them how Carl is.

"How is he?" Dale asks as they all gather around each other in a group.

"He'll pull through, thanks to Hershel and his people." Lori says.

"And Shane." Rick adds. "We'd have lost Carl if not for him." Dale moves forward and pulls Rick into his arms.

Everyone embraces each other as Dale asks the question everybody has been wondering. "How'd it happen?"

"Hunting accident. That's all- Just a stupid accident."

"Where's Nate?" Cricket asks, causing Maggie to glance over at her.

"Are you his mom?" Maggie asks, causing Cricket to freeze on the spot.

"I'm his dad." Daryl says, causing Maggie to look at him.

"He's upstairs with Amy, follow me."

"I'm Amy's sister, is she okay?" Andrea asks, causing Maggie to look at her.

"Just follow me." Daryl, Cricket, and Andrea head inside the house to where Nate and Amy is. Nate's sitting in a chair, his elbows on his knees, and his head in his hands, while Amy lays in the bed sleeping once more. The door opens causing Nate to rise his head to see Daryl, Cricket, Andrea, and Maggie walk in.

"I think Nate should talk to his dad first." Maggie says to the others.

"She's my sister." Andrea snaps.

"I know, but one at a time, please." Maggie says, causing Andrea to look at Nate before walking out, but Cricket stays. "Look-

"She can stay." Nate says, causing Maggie to look at him. His voice is barely above a whisper and it's rough, causing Maggie to worry, but she nods anyways and leaves them alone.

"What's going on?" Cricket asks as she walks over to him as Daryl eyes Amy. Nate stares down at his feet, his heart racing as he tries to find a way to tell his dad what he did. "Nate?" Cricket crouches down in front of Nate and takes his hands. "What's wrong?" Daryl looks at Nate and can see Nate's struggling to keep his emotions in check.

"Cricket, maybe you should wait outside." Daryl says, causing Cricket to look at him. She frowns, but nods as Daryl takes her place and she heads outside. "Nate, look at me." Nate lifts his eyes and looks at his dad, who can see the tears in Nate's eyes. "What's wrong." Nate takes a shaky breath in as he stares at his father. Daryl can see fear, regret, and worry in his eyes. "Nate, come on, just tell me. She's not dying is she?" Daryl asks, causing Nate to shake his head.

"No... She's not dying." Nate whispers, the tears rolling down his face.

"Nate, come on, kiddo, just tell me. If she's not dying then how bad can it be?" Daryl asks in a gentle tone as he wipes the tears away from Nate's eyes.

"She's pregnant, dad." He croaks, causing Daryl to freeze and look at Nate.

"What?" Tears run down Nate's face faster, causing Daryl to pull him into his arms. "Shh, it's okay." Daryl whispers, pulling Nate down on the floor and rocking him. "It's okay, just breathe. Just breathe." Daryl whispers in his ears as Nate cries, causing Daryl to kiss his temple. "It's going to be okay."

"I was so stupid-

"No you weren't." Daryl cuts Nate off as he pulls back to look at his son. "Look at me, Natie." He lifts his eyes and Daryl wipes them. "It's okay. Obviously, it's not the best thing in the world, but it could be a lot worse."

"Dad, I got a girl pregnant and it's not even like how it used to be. At least there was adoption agency and-

"Nate," Daryl says sharply. "Tell me you're not thinking about anything beside keeping this baby." Nate looks at his dad.

"Dad, I'm nineteen."

"I know you are, Nate, and I know you're scared, but it's going to be okay."

"How?" Nate cries.

"Nate, I know... I know you think this is the worst thing that could have happened, but it's not. Not even close. Did you know your mom and I weren't married when we had you? You were an accident." Nate wipes his eyes and looks at his dad. "We never planned to have you, it just... sort of happened. It was..." Daryl sighs. "Your mom had just been a one night stand."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I never- we never wanted you to know because we felt ashamed by it. You saw us happy, but it took us a long time to get to what you remember us being. Yeah the world's different and it's going to be harder to have this baby, but at least you both love each other." Nate swallows and looks over at Amy. "You need to work this out together, Nate. Cricket and I, we'll be here for you, but no matter how hard this is going to be I need you to promise me something." Nate looks back at his dad.

"What?"

"Promise me that no matter how hard this gets that you stick to it. You stick by Amy and that baby." Nate nods.

"I will."

"I'm not mad at you, Nate. You don't need to worry. Sure I'm not happy, but I'm not mad. You made a mistake and you're going to have to live with that now, but I know you can. You and Amy both can deal with this. You're both stronger than you think." Nate nods as Daryl kisses his forehead. "Now, wipe your tears away and take a deep breath. You still have to tell Andrea." Nate swallows and nods as he takes a shaky breath in and wipes his eyes away.

Daryl stands up and Nate follows him. "Thanks dad... You always know what to say." Daryl smiles at Nate as Nate wraps his arms around his dad. "I don't know what I would do without you." Daryl wraps his arms around his son and kisses his temple before hugging him tighter.

"It'll be okay, Nate. We'll make this work." Nate nods as they pull away. "I'm going to talk to Cricket, but I want you to tell Andrea, okay?" Nate nods as Daryl heads the door. Nate turns to Amy and kneels down beside her.

"Amy?" He shakes her awake slightly, causing her to open her eyes.

"Nate?"

"I just told my dad."

"Is he mad?" Nate shakes his head.

"No." Nate sighs in relief. "He's not mad." Amy knew Nate was most scared of his dad being angry or disappointed. "We have to tell Andrea."

"She's going to be mad." Amy says, causing Nate to look at her.

"I know, but she needs to know." Amy nods and pulls back the covers before standing up.

"Nate?"

"Yeah?"

"Are we still okay?" Nate smiles at her and nods, causing her to sigh and wrap her arms around him. "Good, I can't do this alone and I want this baby, Nate. I really do." Nate nods and wraps his arms around her.

"I know you do. We'll make this work, Amy. I promise." Amy looks up at Nate and kisses him as the door opens.

"You want to fill me in now?" Amy and Nate pull away to see Andrea standing there.

"Andrea..." Amy trails off not knowing what to say as she looks at Nate. Nate steps out of Amy's arms and walks towards Andrea.

"Andrea, Amy's pregnant." The next thing that happens is one that causes shock through out the room.

A loud slap fills the air as Andrea slaps Nate across the face so hard that he stumbles back.


AN: This chapter was so hard to write. I literally felt everything Nate was when writing this. I was crying too. Poor Nate and Amy have their hands full. Tell me what you guys think so and sorry for spamming chapters I just have been having this burst of ideas and don't want to stop writing, so I hope you guys like it. I'll do one more chapter and then I'm done for the day.