Chapter 12: The baby

Maggie POV

As I sobbed out of breath I felt the warm hotness of grief spill from his eyes and slide down his trembling cheeks. My eyes squeezed shut, and a strong wave of pain hit me, working its way up from my gut to spread to the ends of my fingertips and down my withered legs. I knew it would not be long. I waited, ready to welcome the oncoming darkness. But Glenn kept me from falling asleep in pain. He kept shaking me his mouth moving that I couldn't hear, I couldn't hear anyone.

"Your hurt" I hear my voice muffle to Glenn. His mouth then starts to move again with no sound.

I then saw Lori. She was standing behind Carol in a white gown. Her pale creamy skin was beautiful and could only be achieved through years of avoiding the sun's warmth. There was no question that she was not human. She then smiled. Her hair rippled in dark thick waves. The strands resemble the dead of night. I then started to hear sound like my ears where reopening after them popping. I heard the sound of the newborn baby's cry. Carol handed the vulnerable baby over that was wrapped in a towel. I held out my hands and she placed the baby so carefully onto them. Glenn then placed his hand on top of my hand under the baby. The baby face looks so much like Glenn. The eyes, the mouth. And the wet dark brown hair was followed by mine.

"It's a boy" Carol smiled. Glenn and I looked at Carol and smiled. I then realized that Lori was gone. Lori was with me the whole time. She helped take my pain away. She helped me and our beautiful baby boy survive. I didn't understand this at first but now I do.

"I can't even describe how much you've done for us. Thank you for keeping my family alive" Glenn said to Carol and I nodded.

"How did I do" I asked.

"More then amazing" Glenn said as I watched a tear fall down from his eye. He put his free hand onto my neck and closed up the gab for a small kiss then to finally find ourselves looking at our son.

"We need a name" I said. We both looked back at the baby boy and thought. We then both looked up at each other again.

"Jackson" We both said together and laughed.

"Jackson, it is then" Glenn smiled. The other then came in out of breath. All there eyes locked onto the baby with there smile rising on there faces. Jackson got all the attention by going to somebody hands to another around the group. Glenn managed to get cleaned up and talk to Merle. I watched as Daryl held Jackson.

"About time to have more men" Carl said sitting next to me. I chuckled.

"Thank you for what you did"

"Oh, it was nothing" Carl said and then we sat in silence.

"I seen your mom" I whispered breaking the silence a few minutes later.

"I know"

I looked at Carl, surprised at his comment.

"I prayed for her to be with you, always" He continued. I let out a tear.

"Jackson needs feeding" Daryl smiled passing him over.

Glenn, Jackson and I where cuddled up on the bed. My two favorite boys where fast asleep. I couldn't get to sleep though, my stomach still vainly hurt but I couldn't care less because I have now got a beautiful baby that I know I will protect from this world with the help with Glenn.

"Lori. Thank you for taking the pain away and for keeping my boy and me alive. I'm sure you will keep us all safe from walkers and any other danger" I pray. And then I remember something that I haven't heard in such a long time that always kept me going on with life.

"Life just isn't about keeping score. It's not about your shoes your hair or the color of your skin. Life just isn't about if you have lots of friends, or if you're alone, and it's not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn't about that. But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about trust and compassion. It's about sticking up to your friends and family and replacing inner hate with love. It's about what you say and what you mean. It's about seeing people for who they really are and not what they have. Most of all, it is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise. These choices are what life's about. Thank you Lori." I whisper and finally fall asleep with Glenn and Jackson by my side, always.

The End! Please review what you think and what where you're favourite parts of Chapters 1-12.

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