Chapter 11

A couple of days had now past. Rick and Shane had gone on a drive to dump Randal out in the middle of nowhere. Alyssa got herself and Rocco dressed and she decided to take him outside for some fresh air and to say hi to everyone. Alyssa walked over to her group who were all sat around their camp fire having breakfast. "Hey guys." Alyssa spoke to them all. "Good morning Alyssa." Dale stood up to greet her and Rocco. "How are you feeling today?" "Yeah I'm ok, just took this little one out to get some fresh air." "Hey there little man." Lori spoke to Rocco. "When did Rick and Shane leave?" Alyssa asked Lori. "About an hour ago." "What are they planning to do?" "Dump him as far out as they can, so he can't make his way back here. "Yeah well they can't take any chances." Alyssa sated. "Have you guys seen Daryl this morning?" Alyssa asked. "He's probably at his tent, he moved all the way back there." Glenn pointed back in the direction were Daryl was and Alyssa sighed, what was he doing all the way back there. "Alright thanks." Alyssa nodded to Glenn. As Alyssa was heading over to see him she caught Mia out the corner of her eye, smirking at her. "Don't start." Alyssa stated. "I didn't say anything." "You didn't have too." Mia continued to smile at her sister and Alyssa huffed walking off.

As Alyssa approached Daryl she notices he was putting out his little fire he built. Daryl looked over to see Alyssa and Rocco and smiled at them both. "Hey." he said smiling. "Hey yourself, what are you doing all the way out here?" "Moved up here to get some quiet, away from those guys." Daryl leaned down giving Alyssa a kiss on the lips. It was only a short kiss but it was still nice. As they pulled away they smiled at each other. Daryl took Rocco from Alyssa smiling at him. "Hey buddy, how are you? You tired from all that crying you were doing last night, huh?" "Yeah he has got some lungs on him." Alyssa stated. "Oh yeah, must get that from you." Alyssa chuckled a little at Daryl's comment and then playfully punched him on the shoulder. "Shut up." The two sat around Daryl's camp fire talking. "So why do you keep coming out here at night, why don't you just move your stuff in with me?" Alyssa asked him. Daryl thought for a moment. "I don't know, just thought I would give you some space. "I don't need space, it would be nice after we have sex if I could wake up to find you next to me in the mornings." Daryl scoffed agreeing. "Yeah fair enough." Daryl smiled at her. "So is that a yes then, because you know it's a big step sharing a room together and all." "Very funny, yeah sure." The two leaned in and gave each other another kiss. "Alright I'm gonna take this little man and see if he will go for a nap." Alyssa said. "Alright, see ya later buddy." Daryl said kissing his sons forehead handing him back to his mum. "See ya later then?" Alyssa asked. "Yeah see ya." The two gave each other another quick peck and Alyssa headed inside.

Later that afternoon Alyssa managed to get Rocco to sleep but only for a couple of hours. Mia decided to take Rocco for a couple of hours to give Alyssa a break. Alyssa was in her room sorting her and Rocco's clothes. Just then Daryl walked into the room with a bag in hand, closing the door behind him. "Hey, what you got there?" she asked him. "Just my stuff." He replied. Alyssa smiled at him and he laughed shrugging it off and dumping his stuff on the floor. "What you doing?" he asked standing next to her putting his head on her shoulder with his hands in his pockets. "Just sorting out these clothes, what are you up to?" she asked. "Nothing was just thinking about you out for a hunt." He replied softly laying a kiss on her shoulder. Alyssa then turned around to face him, wrapping her arms around his neck as he placed his hands on her waist. "Well you could do that or you could just stay here as your son is spending some time with his aunt, so I would say we have about an hour to spare." Alyssa stated grinning at him. Daryl smirked at her and pretending he was thinking about it. "See that is tempting but hunting for rabbits and squirrels is just as entertaining." He said pretending to walk away. Alyssa drew him a look, smirking at him. "Oh really?" she asked. "Nah, no contest." He replied and lifted her up. She screamed a little, not too loudly, she just didn't expect him to do that. Alyssa giggled wrapping her legs around him, kissing him passionately. Daryl threw the both of them onto the bed, his lips never leaving hers. The couple made sure their free time wasn't wasted.

Daryl and Alyssa lay on the bed. Alyssa was lying on Daryl's chest and he had his arm wrapped around her, moving his hand up and down her naked back, feeling her smooth skin. The two didn't really speak for a few moments they just lay there with their own thoughts. "Do you think this is gonna work out? " Alyssa asked him. Daryl assumed she was talking about them, he didn't see why they wouldn't and he loved her. He didn't want to bring that up in case she wasn't talking about that. "What?" he asked her. "Here, the farm. Do you really think we can stay here forever?" Daryl thought about what she said for a moment, but honestly he didn't know the answer himself. "I don't know, I hope so, I mean I don't wanna be on the road with you and Rocco, it aint safe." Alyssa sighed thinking about it herself. "But whatever happens, I'm gonna look after you, your both the best thing that ever happened to me." Daryl told her and she smiled at him, sitting up on his chest to look at him. "I love you." She told him. She wasn't scared or embarrassed to say those words to him anymore. Daryl smiled at her. "I love you." He leaned in and they gave each other a long passionate kiss.

That night Alyssa was lying on the bed closing her eyes for a while. Rocco had finally been sleeping for a long time now. Just then Daryl came into the room and he noticed Alyssa stirring awake. "Sorry sweetheart, I'll let you go back to sleep." He told her. "No it's ok, I was just closing my eyes for a moment." He nodded and shut the door sitting down next to her. The couple gave each other a kiss. "I see he's finally sleeping then." Daryl asked her. "Yeah he went down a while ago actually." She told him. "You want me to go so you can get some sleep?" he asked moving a strand of hair away from her face. "No I'm ok, besides this is your room too now." Alyssa put her head on her shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her kissing her head. "I gotta tell you, your son is hard work." Alyssa told him and Daryl laughed. "Well he is a Dixon." "He certainly is." They both laughed. "Well you're doing a great job." He told her. "Thank you, so are you." "Yeah well if someone told me a long time ago I would have a son I would have laughed in their face." He laughed telling her and so did she. "Yeah you're not the only one." He smiled at her. "Yeah well we did good, look at him, girls will be drooling over him." Daryl stated and Alyssa laughed. "He must get those good looks from his dad them." She said. "No way, he's beautiful just like his mum." He told her. Alyssa smiled at him. She never thought she would love anyone the way she loves Daryl Dixon. She didn't know what is was but she didn't care, she had never been so happy and all those worries she had before Rocco was born, they were all gone now. Daryl leaned into her, putting one hand on the side of her face kissing her. She responded for a few seconds but then laughed pulling away. "Nope, not now." She told him. "Why not?" he asked. "I have to wake your son up for a feed or he won't sleep tonight." She pushed him away laughing and he held onto her hand and the letting it go as she walked over to Rocco. Alyssa leaned over her son as he slept in his basinet. "Hey sleepy head." Alyssa said smiling down at him. Alyssa then put her hand on his cheek and pulled it away quickly as he felt ice cold. She then put both her hands on him, moving him a little but he didn't respond. Alyssa froze. She continued to move him, trying to wake him up. "Rocco?" she spoke to him. "What's up?" Daryl asked smiling over at them both. "Rocco wake up." Daryl's smile faded and he shot up from the bed, moving over to them. "Rocco come on wake up." Alyssa asked again. She refused to believe the worst, she just told herself he was tired and in a deep sleep. Daryl then stepped in leaning over him. "Rocco come on buddy." Daryl was shocked at how cold his son was. He panicked, not knowing what to do he ran threw to get Hershel. Alyssa continued to keep her hands on her son trying to wake him up. Hershel and Daryl then came running through. Hershel lifted Rocco over to the bed taking a proper look at him. "Hershel please help him." Alyssa pleaded with him. "I'm going to do everything I can Alyssa." Daryl walked over to her wrapping his arm around her pulling her in. Just then almost everyone came into the room. Patricia and Maggie helped Hershel, doing whatever they could. "What's going on?" Rick asked. Then Kasey and Mia noticed Rocco on the bed. "Oh no!" Mia exclaimed. "Oh my god Rocco!" Kasey panicked. "I need everyone out just now!" Hershel half yelled and Maggie moved them along shutting the door. "Come on now son, help me out here." Hershel spoke to Rocco. Maggie looked over to Alyssa and Daryl, her heart breaking for them.

Twenty minutes had now past and Rocco still hadn't woken up. Hershel stopped trying and looked over to Daryl and Alyssa. Alyssa shook her head knowing what he was going to tell them. "I'm sorry, I've tried everything, he's gone." Alyssa felt like someone had just ripped her heart out of her chest. She felt like she couldn't breathe. She looked down at her son's lifeless body, he looked so peaceful. Daryl stepped back as tears fell from his eyes. He put his hands on his knees, taking in a deep breath. Alyssa slowly walked over to her son. She slowly wrapped him up in his blanket. "It's ok." Then she slowly lifted him up, putting his head on her chest, breathing in his scent for the last time. "It's ok baby boy, I'm here, mummy's got you." Everyone started on at Alyssa in tears. Daryl's heart broke as he watched them both. He slowly walked over to them, sitting next to Alyssa on the bed. He placed his hand on his sons head, leaning down and kissing him. Alyssa didn't say a word she just held her baby. Then Alyssa gave him one last hug and handed him to Daryl. Alyssa walked over to the seat in the room, sitting down and placing her head in her hands. Patricia went outside to inform the others about Rocco. Daryl looked down at his son one last time. Giving him a sad smile and placed another kiss on his forehead. "I love you buddy." He spoke to Rocco. "I always will." Daryl took in another breath and handed Rocco to Hershel. Hershel gently took him from Daryl. Daryl looked down at his son one last time, stroking his head. "Be peaceful buddy." He then looked away, walking over to the end of the bed leaning on it and bowing his head. "Let Mia and Kasey come in, so they can say goodbye." Alyssa struggled to say the last word. Maggie nodded and went over to open the door. Kasey and Mia walked through with tear stained faces. Kasey put her hands to her mouth crying when she saw her nephew. Hershel handed Rocco to Mia and she and Kasey slowly sat down on the bed looking at Rocco. Alyssa didn't look she just stared out the window. "Alyssa I am so sorry." Kasey told her sister. Alyssa didn't answer. Daryl walked over to Alyssa placing a hand on her face and the wrapping his arm around her. Alyssa moved into his touch for a few seconds but then pulled away and ran out of the room, she couldn't take it anymore. Daryl went running after her. "Alyssa wait." He shouted after her. Alyssa ran out the room to see Rick and the rest of the group looking at her with teary, sorry eyes. "Alyssa I'm sorry." Rick started to say but she kept on moving quickly out of the house. Daryl still continued to chase after her. "Alyssa stop!" Daryl managed to catch up with her putting his hands on her arms but she pushed him away. "No Daryl don't." She told him but he didn't listen he put his hand back on her arms. "Listen just tell me what you need alright, I'm not leaving you on your own." He told her. Alyssa tried to calm down for a moment. "I can't think straight, I just don't want to be in that house." "Alright, come on, well go for a walk." He told her. He wrapped his arms around her slowly walking with her.

Alyssa and Daryl were sat on the grass looking of into the distance. Neither spoke a word. Daryl kept his eye on Alyssa the whole time, worried about her. "What do you think happened? " He asked her. "I don't know." She replied shortly. Daryl sighed. "Was it something we did?" "Daryl can we just not talk about it, I just wanna sit here ok?" she told him. "Yeah alright." He sighed again not knowing what to do.

Alyssa and Daryl headed back to his tent. Alyssa couldn't be in that house. She lay down in the Daryl's tent and Daryl sat outside thinking about everything. Alyssa laid her head back looking up. She felt numb. She couldn't believe how happy she was for it all to be taken away from her. She knew that this was too much for her and Daryl to cope with and she knew her and Daryl's relationship would never be the same again.

Authors Note

Sorry I made Rocco die but I had to :(

Please tell me what you think of this chapter!

I also changed the format because I know not everyone likes it written like a script.

Next Time

Alyssa and Daryl deal with the loss of their son in different ways.

Daryl tries to talk to Alyssa but she pushes him away.

Alyssa tries to pretend to everyone that she's fine.

Alyssa and Rick come to blows about the past.

And Alyssa and another group member have a huge fight!