Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 10

First of all, 15 people made this story a favorite and 34 followers in less than two weeks! WOW. Does everyone hate Lori as much as I do and rooting for Rick to have a good relationship with someone else? Secondly, here's a kiss in this chapter! Nothing that's going to get Rick killed by over protective big brother Daryl. Yet. Of course, Merle isn't going to be happy at all when he shows back up now is he? Thirdly, Jewel's gonna share a secret of her past with Rick.

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"We don't love because of trust, but we trust because we love,," Author Unknown

Jewel came out of the recreation room as she carried a couple books she grabbed from the bookshelf. She had her long blond hair down from the bun or pony tail that she usually wore it in, it was still damp from the shower. She had put on a pair of green sleep shorts and a t shirt on. She turned around as she heard the noise behind her and had to hide a smile as she saw Rick walking down the hall, obviously having walking. "Oh, that's a walk I know well," she said. "Come on, let's make sure you get to your room," she said as she took his arm.

"You're havin' to much fun with this," Rick told her with a small laugh.

"Well I have to say that if I had that much to drink, I would have been passed out by now, so you're doing better then I was,' Jewel told him.

Rick looked at her. "I don't think I've seen you with your hair down," he said as she opened the door to his room.

Jewel gave a small smile. "Well I'm not at risk being attacked by a walker," she told him as she helped him to the couch. "How about I take the rest of that bottle, and I give you some water and Tylenol?" she asked as she nodded toward the bottle.

"That doesn't seem like a fair trade, but probably a wise one," Rick said with a laugh as he handed her the bottle.

Jewel laughed as she took the bottle out of his hand and got him a glass of water and Tylenol. "I have a feelin' other people are going to feel worse then you in the morning. If it makes you feel better, I didn't give Shane any Tylenol," she said with a grin.

Rick laughed. "Yeah for some reason it does," he told her.

Jewel laughed as she handed him the glass and Tylenol. "Bottoms up," she told him. "OK maybe that was the wrong choice of words," she told him.

Rick rolled his eyes as he did what he was told. "Thanks," he said as he handed her the glass back. "You know, you're the only Dixon sibling I haven't held a gun to there head."

Jewel laughed as she leaned on the table. "I'm not…really sure how to respond to that. Thanks?"

Rick laughed as he stood up, and steadied himself with the arm of the sofa. "That didn't sound as good out of my mouth as it did in my head," he admitted.

"You think that is such a good idea?" Jewel asked as he stood. She watched him come toward her and took a breath. "Maybe you should sit down, Rick," she told him as she grabbed his arm and looked directly into his deep blue eyes.

Rick looked at her for a moment before leaning in and kissing her, he brought his hand up to her face and caressed it softly.

Jewel took a breath, her initial instinct to pull away but she found herself relaxing, opening her mouth as she let him deepen the kiss, letting it go on for a few minutes.

Rick took a breath as he pulled away still keeping a hand on her arm. "I'm not going to push anything," he told her.

"I wasn't worried 'bout that," Jewel said as she watched him. "I should go. I'll forget about this…won't say a word. You probably won't remember this in the morning tomorrow," she told him.

Rick looked at her. "I'm not that drunk," he told her. "We need to talk," he told her as he touched her face.

"I'm not sure we do," Jewel told him.

"Don't we do enough runnin' on a normal basis? Do you really want to run from whatever this is?" Rick asked.

Jewel looked at him. "Alright, you want to talk? We'll talk," she said as she walked over to the couch with him.

Rick ran a hand through his hand. "I didn't kiss you because I've been drinkin', it just helped," he admitted.

"Usually does," Jewel said as she turned to face him. "I don't 'ave that excuse," she answered honestly.

Rick looked at her. "When we first me, and I grabbed your arm, you tensed."

Jewel shrugged. "Strange man grabbin' at me, and that same man just admitted he had handcuffed my brother to a roof, normal response if you ask me."

Rick nodded as he leaned back into the couch. "I've dealt with survivor's of sexual abuse…rape, not many but a few," he told her.

Jewel looked at him. "So?" she asked defensively.

Rick reached over and touched her hand. "You were raped, never dealt with it," he told her.

Jewel looked at him. "If I kissed you would you change the subject?"

Rick smiled. "Tempting as that may be, I don't want to do anything' that is going to upset you," he said.

"What do you want me to say Rick? It's not like you can go arrest the guy," she told him.

Rick laughed. "True," he said.

Jewel sighed. "I can imagine you were good at your job," she told him as she sighed. "Only person I've ever told was Daryl, not something' I like to think about."

Rick looked at her. "But you do, every time you look at Summer," he said.

"I should 'ave known you figured that out," she said as she leaned back on the couch. "No actually I don't. I love that girl, she saved my life in more ways than one."

"No one can deny that you love her, it's obvious," Rick assured her as he touched her face.

"It was a friend of Merle's, they passed out while drinkin'," she told him. "Clyde woke up, next thing I know he was on top of me. Merle was a heavy sleeper, even when he wasn' drinking. It happened a couple times, until one night I snuck out and Daryl noticed. He put two and two together, and then I wound up pregnant," Jewel explained.

"You never told Merle?" he asked.

"I'd rather him think I was a whore then that I couldn't defend myself. Illogical thinking of a 15 year old," she told him. "Merle loved Summer, and I never let her stay the night with him," she explained. "When she was born, I did start drinkin' to forget the fact, but I never was mad at Summer. One night, I wound up at a AA meeting, Daryl of all people suggested that I needed help, didn't want to see me end up like our parents'," she told him. "That's another story I'm not willin' to go into right now," she warned him. "One story at a time," she told him.

"So you stopped drinkin? That's a very good thing. How did you become a nurse?" Rick asked as he kissed her again.

"I really wish you'd stop that," Jewel told him.

Rick smiled. "I think if you wanted me to stop, you'd be a little bit more forceful in telling' me than that," he told her.

Jewel rolled her eyes. "I keep trying to remind myself that you are married."

"Technically, but the world ended and I haven't found a divorce lawyer amoun' the living," Rick told her. "So how did you become a nurse?"

"Jane Edith Jones," Jewel said with a smile. "She was this 45 year old five foot nothing' black woman with attitude that was a recoverin' alcoholic herself and was a nurse. The first week after I met her, she had already insisted Summer and I move in with her. She wasn' the type to take no as an answer, especially after meetin' Merle. She scared Daryl, so he behaved."

"The woman you were talkin' about that told you not to come into the hospital?" Rick questioned.

Jewel nodded. "Yeah she was like a mother to me, a grandmother to Summer. I wouldn' be alive if it wasn' for her."

Rick kissed her again. "Then I owe her a thank you."

Jewel smiled. "I think I better go, Rick."

Rick nodded. "This wasn't a mistake," he assured her. "I'm not going to pretend like the kiss was nothing, that it didn't happen."

"You might want to rethink that, I do have one protective brother around," Jewel told him as she stood up. "Better take more Tylenol," she said as she kissed him. "So it's not one sided," she told him as she left.