Daryl Dixon had been the leader of the commonwealth now for 3 months. It wasn't his usual gig, he wasn't the suit and tie kind of guy but people respected him more because he was so laid back and he was one of the people.
Things had changed that night 3 months ago, when Hornsby had made his intentions clear killed Pamela Milton the governor of the Commonwealth. He had an army but he was no match for us and Mercer's crew. The fight had caused a hell of a lot of damage and we were building it back up and it was almost finished.
Daryl had wanted Mercer to take over as leader but everyone had voted Daryl in. Me now as Mrs Dixon was the first lady and he hated being the front guy so much that he made me do all the meetings and the show boating. I didn't have the feeling that people disliked us, and they had voted Daryl in, but I was nervous still, after what had happened with Pamela and the up rising. To be fair it was more of the people being brainwashed by Hornsby and his clan.
He had led us here by false pretences. They had used Eugene and Max's relationship and pulled the wall well and truly over our eyes. The decoy pretending to be Max, who I still to this day don't know her name, was the first one I hunted for in the fight. She was no match for me, not after all we had been through out there in the real world. Not like half of the people in the commonwealth. They had been sheltered from the true state of the world, the troopers, which Mercer had trained were ready, but people like the decoy were no match for me. I killed her yeah, but I wasn't sorry for it. I sound like a hard faced heartless bitch, but believe me things needed to be done and after everything she needed to go, along with Hornsby, which Mercer and Daryl dealt with. It had been a long road but finally things were looking up for us.
Daryl and I didn't take the Governors house, we took a modest one by the rest of our people. We had found a file on Rick, who was the original leader of our crew. He had been lost presumed dead when a hored of walkers were going to over run Alexandria and he blew up the bridge to save us all. Daryl had point blank refused to believe he was dead from the very beginning. Michonne, who was Rick's wife had found things to also prove that Rick was still alive. She had left Daryl and I in charge of their two children (Judith and RJ) but she hadn't been seen for a good few months now.
One day when we were going through the files we came across one on Rick and he had been bought to Commonwealth by Anne, who we had come across a year or so before Rick went missing.
There was noway that Rick would not have come back to us if he could, so we were convinced he was held captive by them or something, but now we had killed the only ones that would even know where he was we had to do the hunting ourselves.
It was early morning and I was up doing Daryl and the kids breakfasts and packed lunches for school.
I went out onto the porch and got the morning paper along with the fresh milk. I heard next doors door open and out came Rosita.
"Morning Mia" she called out and waved.
"You still on for our morning run?" I asked.
"Yeah sure I'll be round when I'm done here" she smiled.
"see you in a bit babe" I said turning round and going back inside. RJ came running down the stairs and head butting me in the stomach giving me a hug.
"Morning my love" I said kissing his head.
"Morning Auntie Mia" he said squeezing me again.
"You had a good sleep?" I asked.
"Yes, what's for breakfast?" he asked.
"Pancakes and fruit" I replied.
"Yes" he said punching the air and running over to the dining room table.
I carried on finishing up the breakfast poured some milk for Rj and then I heard the familiar of stomping down the stairs of Judith and Daryl.
Judith came and gave me a hug, "morning beautiful" I said kissing her on her head.
"Morning Aunt Mia" she smiled. She poured herself a glass of orange juice and sat down at the table.
"Morning Mrs Dixon" Daryl said.
"Morning Mr Dixon" I replied. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck.
"How good does this food look guys?" Daryl asked the kids.
"You finally seem to be sleeping better" I said to him.
"Yeah I actually got about 7 hours solid sleep" he replied.
"Good you're a lot less moody now you are in a routine" I laughed.
"Oh shut up you" he grinned.
"Well Carol has offered to have the kids this weekend, seeing as we both have a clear schedule" I smiled.
"Oh a romantic weekend just us two?" he asked.
"well I thought you may want to do some more Rick hunting" I replied.
"You know what, lets have a break this weekend, just you and me we will sort it out next week, we deserve some alone time. We have barely had a minute to ourselves so I will have a lovely weekend planned for us" he said kissing my neck again.
"Are you sure babe?" I asked.
"course I am" he replied.
We sat and ate breakfast as a family and talked about our plans for the day.
"Rosita is coming to walk with us today" I told the kids. They both got excited and ran upstairs to get ready.
"You going for a run?" Daryl asked.
"Yes and then I am heading to the office to finish off the filing" I replied.
"I don't know why you do all this fitness you have an amazing body" he said kissing my hand.
"and that is why I do it" I laughed.
I finished my coffee and headed upstairs to get into my gym gear. Daryl came up and pushed me down on the bed, kissing me all over.
"Come on I have to get the kids to school" I giggled.
"Rosita can take them" he replied.
"Stop come on we have jobs to do now, you can wait till tonight" I replied.
"I can't help I just can't keep my hands off my wife" He said, kissing me again.
"You're like a dog on heat" I laughed pushing him off and getting up. I put my hoodie on and slipped on my trainers.
"You are beautiful, you know that" he said.
"I do you tell me a million times a day" I smiled.
"Good"
"Will you be home for dinner?" I asked.
"Yes I finish early today so if you want I will do dinner" he said.
"If you don't mind" I replied.
"course not baby. I will see you later" he said kissing me as I left. I helped the kids put their lunches in their bags and Rosita walked in with Coco her daughter.
"Morning guys" she smiled.
"morning" we all replied.
The kids gave Rosita and Coco a hug and we called bye to Daryl before we left.
We chatted all the way to the school about what we were doing for Coco's birthday in 2 weeks.
"Isn't it about time you and Daryl had a baby?" she asked.
"we have spoken about it but with the kids we weren't sure it was a good idea just yet. We don't want them to think we are abandoning them" I sighed.
"Don't be stupid, they are good kids and you treat them like they're your own nothing will change. You can't put your life on hold for other people. You two are the perfect couple and the perfect parents. You can tell that because of how you are with these two" she said.
"I know but it feels like we would be abandoning them. Especially with what happened with Rick and Michonne." I replied.
"I know but they abandoned them not you. What if they never come back, then what? You won't have any kids? It's clearly what you both want. We are safe now you're married. You have enough space. I seriously think putting your lives on hold because of the kids is a big mistake" she said.
"You're right. We are child free this weekend so I think I will bring it up" I smiled.
After we dropped the kids to school we went on our Five mile run. We did this 3 times a week and I really enjoyed it. I got back home and had a shower, before getting ready for work. I walked to work with Max as she was my assistant. We grabbed a coffee and started doing the rest of the filing. We had decided to do them on a computer system as well as having a hard copy. It was a hell of a process and the majority of it we had done ourselves. I liked Max and I got on really well with her brother Mercer. We had them over for dinner regularly. Mercer was now seeing our good friend Princess so we were all doing couple things. Daryl absolutely hated all that kind of stuff but did it for me.
Max and I worked hard all day and I almost forgot about the kids. We cleared everything away and locked up. Max came with me to get the kids and when they came out Judith was super excited to tell us she had a science project.
"That sounds like a job for Uncle Eugene" Max laughed.
"You're right there" I giggled.
When we got back to the house Daryl was already home preparing our dinner.
"Guess what Uncle Daryl" Judith said.
"what's that babe?" he asked.
"We have to do a science project" she grinned.
"Oh yeah on what?" he asked.
"Anything we just have to say what we are going to do explain how we do it and then actually do it and after that we have to evaluate our findings and then… we get to show it off at a science fair and we can win prizes" she said barely taking a breath.
"How cool is that, I did a volcano at mine and I listened to Merle and he told me to mix something extra and it absolutely covered Mr Williams my science teacher and I was suspended for a week" Daryl said.
"Wow" Judith laughed.
"Don't you get any ideas" I said laughing.
" I want to do something different. Everyone is doing volcanos, balloon powered cards and Potato clocks" she said.
"We can find something good and unique after dinner" I said.
"Can I ask Uncle Eugene to come and help?" she asked.
"I'm not as thick as you think" I laughed.
"I know that, I just know how busy you guys are all the time" she replied.
That hurt me bad, how I didn't cry was beyond me. "I will make the time to help you and we will make the winning project" I said hugging her and kissing her on her head.
That had made my decision not to have children yet a hell of a lot easier. If they already thought I was busy was enough, but then to throw a baby in the mix was a whole different kettle of fish.
