Kat wanted to help but Daryl refused to which Kat rolled her eyes at him so she watched from the couch eating her salt and vinegar chips as she watched Daryl packing what little stuff that they had into cardboard boxes. Kat could feel the baby move around inside her . Feeling the movement made her feel weird yet happy at the same time. Kind of like the first time she helped Daryl in the stables when they were younger or when she graduated from medical school. Kat also felt that when she and Daryl found a small two-story house outside of town for a cheap price. She could imagine her little baby running away from her laughing and screaming as she chased them through the yard. She could feel tears in her eyes and began to sob.

Daryl dropped everything that he was doing and rushed to her side.

"Babe, what's wrong?" He asked.

"I-I'm just happy," Kat said through her tears, smiling up at him. Daryl let out a sigh and hugged her.

"Don't scare me like that, ok?" Kat hugged him back and buried her face in his chest taken in his body spray.

"I promise."


Soon it was time for the first check up for the baby. Daryl walked into the hospital and went to the floor that Kat told him to meet her at. He was a bit nervous and just wanted the baby and Kat to be okay. When Daryl reached the floor for the OB/GYN, Kat was there waiting for him.

"Hey, babe," Kat said. Daryl smiled and kissed her cheek.

"They just called my name so we can just walk into the room." Daryl followed Kat down a hallway and entered a dimly lit room. The technician turned to the couple.

"Katherine?" She said. Kat nodded.

"Hi, why don't you lay down on the exam table and let's get started." Kat went and laid down on the table.

"I'm going to have you lift your shirt and lower your pants just above your pubic area." Kat did just that.

"Now I'm going to out this gel on your stomach, it's a bit cold, so brace for it." The technician grabbed the bottle of gel and squeezed it onto Kat's stomach. Kat jumped a bit for the coldness of the gel and laughed a little. The technician took the tool connected to the machine and put it on Kat's stomach. Immediately sounds began to come out of the machine. Kat and Daryl stared at the screen in awe. It was their baby and the sound was it's heart beat. Kat wanted to cry. It was starting to feel real now.

"That is your baby! " The tech said. Kat smiled. She and Daryl wanted to wait when Kat's pregnancy was 12 weeks along to tell anyone.

"Can you tell what it is?" Daryl asked.

"I say in 3 to 7 weeks we can find out the baby's gender." She said. Daryl nodded and kissed Kat on the forehead.

"Maybe we should wait til then to tell anyone," Daryl said. Kat shook her head no. She knew for a fact that he was nervous to tell Merle that news.

"We have to tell them. Sooner or later I will start showing." Kat said. As a matter of fact, Kat was just beginning to show a little bump. Daryl looked at her and then at the baby on the screen.

"Shit. Fine. Let's do it today." Daryl said.

"Alright. I took the baby's measurements and it is growing at a good pace. You seem to be about 13 weeks, into your second trimester." The tech said, putting the tool away. She handed Kat some napkins and got up.

"I'll be right back with the prints." Kat fixed herself and stood up for the table. Daryl put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her.

"Maybe when I tell Merle, you stay home," Daryl said.

"Are you sure?" Kat asked. Daryl nodded. He didn't know how Merle would react to the news that he was going to be a father.

"Okay then. Well, while you tell him, I will tell my family."


Daryl dropped off Kat at her family's farm and headed straight for the bar knowing he would run into Merle. Kat walked up to the house, holding the picture of the sonogram. She was excited yet nervous about how her family would react. She knocked on the front door and entered the house.

"Hello? Where are you guys?" Kat asked.

"We're in the kitchen, honey!" Norma called out. Kat closed the door behind her and walked to the kitchen. When she entered her whole family was there.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had work." Harper asked.

"I did but I called out sick."

"Are you sick?" Shaun asked.

"No. I had an appointment today is all."

"Appointment for what?" Kat held the picture tighter and took a deep breath.

"An appointment for this." She went to the table and put the picture face down. Everyone looked down at it but didn't pick it up. Norma took one for the team and looked at the picture. She then gasped and looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes.

"Oh my goodness! OH MY GOODNESS!" Norma said as she ran over to Kat and hugged her tight.

"What is it?!" Hayley asked. Norma turned to them and held up the sonogram. Harper and Hayley screamed while Shaun laughed and took the picture from his wife.

"We're having a baby!" Harper and Hayley sang.

"How far along?" Shaun said getting up and hugging Kat.

"13 weeks today," Kat said. "To be honest, I thought you guys would be.."

"Disappointed? No, we're not. We're happy for you. I mean I would have wanted a wedding before this but who gives a damn! I'm gonna be Papa." Shaun said. Kat looked at him and started crying. Shaun kind of started to freak out as if he broke her. Norma laughed and hugged Kat.

"It's okay, dear. She's happy."