5 Years Later
"Jamie" Daryl called him in for lunch.
"But Dad" he whined walking over to the house.
"Nah, your Mamma's called you twice already go get cleaned up" he pushed Jamie toward the bathroom.
"That boy" Beth shook her head.
"No stress" Daryl reminded her.
She scoffed "you should've thought of that before you got me pregnant" she laid the table.
"They say the second one is easier" he pointed out.
"Whoever said that lied this is not easier" she placed a hand on her stomach she was already eight months in "I'm tired Daryl, his birthday is on Sunday I can barely stand how are we going to manage?"
Beth laid her head on Daryls shoulder, "I'm going to take care of everything, I already spoke to Hershel about having a big BBQ outside, everyone is already invited all you have to do is sit back and relax" he kissed her head.
"Jamie what are you doing in that bathroom" Beth called to him.
"Sorry" Jamie came out and sat at the table ready "is he kicking today?" he asked about the baby.
"He has been, he's going to be a little nightmare just like you" she kissed his head before sitting next to him as Daryl went and got the food she had prepared from the kitchen.
"I have to go, you gonna be ok?" Daryl asked giving Beth a kiss.
She nodded "Jamie is going to help Grandaddy in the barn, and I am going to put my feet up."
"Just like the doctor ordered" he gave Jamie a hug and told him to be good for his mother before heading out to the garage.
"Can I go?" Jamie asked ready to run out the front door.
"Don't run, and be careful" she nodded letting him leave, she watched until he made it to the farmhouse and went inside. Beth cleaned up the dishes from lunch before turning the TV on and sitting down she rubbed her stomach talking to the baby about what was happening on the screen, getting small kicks in return.
When Beth went to bed that night she was aching, Daryl had tried to make her feel better but she just shook him off wanting to curl up on her own, he kept one hand stretched out to her incase she wanted him during the night. Daryl left for work before breakfast the next morning.
Jamie was shocked to see only cereal on the table when he sat down for breakfast, "Mama we don't have any milk" he said looking in the fridge.
"I'm sorry baby" she took the cereal away "what do you want?"
"Mama you don't look well" he was worried.
"How do you feel about your brother being around for your birthday?" she asked.
"That'd be great, but he's not ready yet" Jamie pointed out.
"I think he is" Beth held back her groan as she had a contraction, she breathed through before telling him "I need you to run and get Grandaddy, ok?"
"Now?" Jamie asked.
"Yes baby go now" she let him out of the house before grabbing onto the edge of the sofa breathing through her contraction they were so close together she was worried that they wouldn't make it to the hospital, once it passed she went in to her bedroom and grabbed her phone calling Daryl.
"Beth we're busy what is it?" he answered roughly.
"Baby's coming" she groaned.
"What?" he shouted.
"I'm in labour, I need you to meet me at the hospital, Daddy's going to drive me" she said seeing Hershel and Jamie at the front door.
"I'll be there" he promised.
Beth hung up the phone "baby can you grab my bag?" she pointed out the bag by the door to Jamie he nodded and ran out to the car.
"Beth, come on" Hershel helped her out to the car.
"I need you to drop me off and then take Jamie over to Maggies" she got in the back of her car breathing deeply as Jamie hopped in beside her.
"I'm going to meet the baby?" Jamie asked.
"Soon" she nodded.
Daryl had arrived at the hospital before Beth so when he found out she wasn't there yet he panicked and went outside, he paced until he saw her car pulling up he helped Beth get out "see you soon kid, and you'll have a new little brother" he smiled at Jamie before lifting Beth up and taking her inside.
"I can't believe we're here again" she laughed as they were set up in the same room that they had Jamie in.
"It feels right, and we're both prepared this time" Daryl smiled as he got her comfortable.
Beth shook her head "I never thought we'd get here."
"What do you mean?" Daryl asked as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"After everything we went through, this was what I wanted for as long as I could remember" she smiled at him.
"I don't think I've made all your dreams come true yet" he reminded her.
"True, we haven't had a white wedding" she looked at the engagement ring on her finger, he had asked her before they found out she was pregnant, and decided to wait until after he was born to plan the wedding.
"We will" he promised her.
"I don't need it, as long as our boys are there, Daddy, Maggie and Glenn, I'll be happy" she told him before panting through another contraction.
The labour didn't last long, and soon Beth held her second son in her arms, she was exhausted yet exhilarated as she stared down at he sleeping son, he looked just like his Daddy apart from the blonde tufts of hair on his head. "They look so alike" she said talking about Jamie.
"Both gonna grow up and be Daddy's strong boys" Daryl stated gently petting the baby's head.
She shook her head laughing "oh, I'm going to have three of you" she sighed "I think I can deal with that" she grinned her movement disturbing the little one "we need a name."
"I named the last one" he didn't want that pressure again.
"And you did so great, I'll name the next one" she saw his face turn into a scowl.
"You want more?" after having Jamie, Daryl had thought that would be it, they hadn't spoken about what having more kids would mean for them, and they never really thought of using protection either so it shouldn't have been such a surprise that she had fallen pregnant again, but he couldn't deny he was terrified.
"Daryl, stop whatever your thinking just stop, if you don't want more we won't have any more, but we don't have to decide right now, we just had this one give me a chance to recover" Beth smiled at him, she knew exactly what he was thinking and knew he was worried about the type of father he would be, but he was doing so well with Jamie that she thought he was passed his doubts about himself.
"Name" he said returning to subject at hand.
"Yes" she said a little in relief "I had girl names picked out" she admitted.
"What" Daryl laughed "we knew we were having a boy this time?" She shrugged laughing "we may just have to keep going until we get you a girl" he said taking his son from her arms, she couldn't believe it, he had just agreed to having even more children with her "Matthew" he stated "Beth what do you think?"
"I wasn't listening" she looked at them curious.
"For his name, what about Matthew?" Daryl said rocking the baby a little to see if he had any opposition to the name, she nodded agreeing to his choice.