Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 63

Author's Note: Reviews make me happy! Please review! Thank you! Now on to our semi regularly scheduled program….with talk of smut. Jewel is let Rick in and letting down her one of her few remaining walls. May get to finding the prisoners' in this one may not. But you all LOVE me! It always bugged me that no one thought that the body of a civilian may have been family of someone. REVIEW!

Rick looked at Jewel, T Dog, Daryl, Maggie and Glenn before he opened the door to the court yard. The rest of the group were distracting the walkers' by the fence. "No breaking formation," he told the group.

Jewel had to give a small smile. It's not like he hadn't went over this plan ten times in thirty minutes. "Hand to hand, using only hand weapons," Jewel said.

"We could recite the plan in our sleep, Rick," T said as he looked at there leader.

"Aint like we haven't done this hundred times this winter, just more of them," Daryl told him. "Open the damn door," the archer told him. He looked at the man who had gotten his sister to fall in love with him and knew he wanted Jewel out by the fence and not going in one on one. But they had all agreed it would take the best people at close combat to get through to the prison. And they were all there waiting to go in except for Summer. Six people, team of twos, formation.

Rick nodded as he opened the door. "Go!" he told the group as they walked in. They heard the group shout at the walkers as they ran in each stabbing walkers as they went in.

"Clear!" Jewel yelled as she stopped with the group finished with the first court yard.

Rick nodded. "Almost there," he told the group as he opened the door to the next courtyard. "Go!" he said as they entered the next court yard. He held up his hand as he saw the courtyard filled with walkers' and the group hid behind a wall.

Jewel glanced at Daryl as she tilted her head slightly to get him to notice the walkers' that came out of a police car wearing riot gear. She saw Maggie and T take down two more prisoners as Rick and Daryl moved forward. Jewel battled a walker with a helmet on. "Damn pain in the but piece of shit!" she cursed as she couldn't get him taken down easily.

Maggie came over and took out the guard next to her by bending his head back and shoving her weapon up through it's brain. "See that?" she asked with a grin.

T and Glenn both look impressed as Jewel does the same to her walker.

"Daryl!" Rick called to get his help to kill walkers near the door of the next courtyard. The remaining group go to help him. "Stop," Rick said as he looked around.

"Looks secure," Glenn said as he took in the scene.

Daryl looked at a body on the ground. "Nothin' is gonna lead to that courtyard over there, and that's a civilian."

T sighed. "So the interior could be over run by walkers from outside the prison," he told the group.

Jewel bent down and looked at the body. "I don't think so," she said as she looked up at the group.

"What are you thinking?" Rick asked his wife.

"What's the first thing you did when you woke up from coma to find the whole world had gone to shit? You went to your house, then you went to find your family. I got the call from Jane, I went to Merle's and Daryl. Mariah went to find me. We all tried to call people that we cared about. It's possible that this is the wife of a guard, or prisoner that came to feel safe and be with family," Jewel pointed out as she stood up.

"Or it could be that the prison is over run," Daryl answered gruffly.

"Or it could be a civilian visiting family," Jewel repeated as she looked at Daryl daring him to challenge her again.

Rick nodded. "We can't risk a blind spot, we're going to have to push through," he told the group.

Daryl and Jewel went to the door and both nodded at each other as they opened the door and both took lead killing a few stray walkers.

"It's scary how they know what to do with just a particular nod or glance. It must be a hunter thing," T said.

Jewel followed Rick upstairs and looked around. "Two dead guards," she said as she bent down and took a set of keys off him and handed it to Rick. She bent down and took the other set and a gun from the other guard. Daryl goes to the next level with T and they kill walkers and throw them over.

Rick smiled. "Let the rest in Maggie," he said with a smile.

"Got it!" Maggie told them as she went to the door. "Welcome home!" she said as she held up the door.

The group comes in and looks around. Mitch in awe of being able to live in a prison.

"What do you think?" Rick asked the group as he looked around.

"Home sweet home," Glenn said as he leaned against a wall.

"It's secure?" Lori asked as she looked at Rick.

"This cell block is," Rick responded with a smile.

"What about the rest of the prison?" Hershel asked.

"I'm going to be a typical teen age girl here, what about the showers?" Summer asked as she caused the group to laugh.

"I think that's a typical girl thing," Mariah told her as she giggled.

"We'll find the cafeteria, infirmary and the showers," Rick answered as he laughed.

"We'll sleep in the cells?" Beth asked.

"Daryl, Jewel and myself have keys that we found on guards," Rick told the group.

"I'm not sleeping in any cages, I'll take the perch," Daryl said.

"Come on Mitch, let's go find a bed!" Mariah said as she tickled him.

"Daddy can Summer and I share a cell?" Beth asked excitedly.

"If it's alright with Summer's parents'," Hershel said. He had started to say parents' when addressing Summer.

Summer looked at Jewel and Rick. "Please?" she asked with a grin.

"It's fine," Jewel told her daughter as she kissed the top of her head. Jewel smiled as she watched the group scatter and she squeezed Rick's hand.

Mariah's POV:

Mariah smiled as she got Mitch under the covers. "Pretty cool huh? How many little boys can say that they get to live in a prison?"

"Do you think Lori's baby is going to be a boy?" Mitch asked as he yawned.

"I don't know sweetie," Mariah told him as she looked up and saw Daryl standing in the door. "Everything alright Daryl?" she asked.

Daryl nodded. "Just checking on this big guy. You alright in here?"

"Carl's going to bunk with me," Mitch answered with a yawn.

Mariah smiled. "Yeah, that's right, you're safe," she said as she ran a finger over his nose softly. "Sweet dreams tonight, kiddo, safe from the monsters," she said softly as she kissed his forehead as he drifted off to sleep. She got up and went over to the door. "You alright?" she asked again.

Daryl nodded. "Yeah, so you got a cell to yourself?" he asked casually.

Mariah smiled. "Yeah, I do. Now Daryl Dixon, you wouldn't be having anything on your mind would you?"

Daryl leaned against the door and cast her a glance. "I was just askin' a question."

"So was I," she answered. "When we get settled….we're goin' to talk. Privately, alone, no interruptions," Mariah told him as she met her eyes with his. "Think we got stuff to say to each other that maybe we've been scooting around to long."

"Mar…I ain't good at talking, or sharing' feelings', you know that," Daryl said as he shifted position.

"Well neither was Jewel, but somehow she let Rick in. I'm not saying anything needs to be decided on Daryl, but we are going to talk," Mariah told him. "Not tonight, maybe tomorrow, but we are going to talk," she repeated. "Go back to your perch Daryl, we're good," she said as she squeezed the man's hand.

Daryl looked at her before he turned to go. He squeezed her hand before he went up to the perch. He gave a small smile as he watched Mariah disappear to check on the youngest of the group.

Jewel's POV:

Jewel smiled as she heard the voices and laughter of her family. It had been the most relaxed they had been since Christmas. She smiled as she walked down to the bottom floor of the cell block where Rick was sitting with his eyes closed against the wall. She sat down next to him and buried her head in his shoulder. "You can let that breath you've been holding all day out," she murmured into his neck.

Rick brought up his hand and ran it through her hair not opening his eyes. "Expecting something to happen you know?" he asked.

Jewel kissed his neck. "Just enjoy this win tonight alright? This was a good day, we're entitled to them once in a while, Rick," she told him.

Rick smiled and opened his eyes and brought her mouth to his and kissed her. "How are you Mrs. Grimes?" he asked.

"Amazing, Mr. Grimes," Jewel answered as she smiled at him. They didn't use pet names for each other, but in private they called each other Mr. and Mrs. Grimes. It had started at Christmas and continued when there private time which was a valued treasure.

Rick smiled. "You should be resting you know?" he asked her as he kissed her again.

"So should you," Jewel told her husband. "You're as exhausted as the rest of us. We had a good day," she repeated as she touched his face. "We'll do more tomorrow, but right now Mr. Grimes, you're coming with me," she said as she stood up and offered her hand she said with a mischievous grin.

Rick gave a small laugh as he took her hand. "Now Mrs. Grimes, that grin tells me you have something planned."

"Well, I didn't until right now, but you look like you need a bit of a stress reliever," Jewel teased her husband as she led him up to the control room they had cleared out earlier.

Rick laughed. "I've created a monster," he said as he kissed her.

Jewel laughed. "Pull up a chair and sit down, take off your shirt," she instructed.

Rick arched an eyebrow as he did what he was told. "What are you doing?" he asked curiously.

"Rubbing your shoulders, for a start," Jewel teased as she kissed his ear. "We're alright Mr. Grimes. All winter you've put everyone else above your needs. You're the last one to take food, you're the last one to sleep, you're always the first one on guard," she told him as she rubbed his shoulders.

Rick let a satisfied sigh escape from his lips as he bent his head. "That feels amazing."

Jewel smiled. "Good, it's supposed too. You take care of everyone else, I'm taking care of you tonight. Tomorrow is a new day, who knows what challenges it's going to bring, but right now, know that you are loved….more then I ever can ever tell you," she said as she kissed his shoulder. "I'm more of a show you in actions kind of person," she said as she moved her hand over to his left shoulder.

Rick smiled. "Now I expect you to show me tonight," he teased.

"I plan on it, Mr. Grimes," Jewel told him as she kissed his shoulder again. "You're getting more relaxed."

"And turned on," he said as he touched her hand with his.

Jewel smiled. "I…want you to take me on my knees.." she said in a whisper. It was the one position she had always tensed at, it was the position that Clyde had favored.

"Jewel…no," Rick said as he faced her. "I told you that I would never do anything to make you uncomfortable."

Jewel kissed him. "Rick, I'm asking. I trust you, I love you. And…I want to know what it's like in every position with my husband. If I don't like it, we don't do it again. Simple," she told him as she kissed him. "This is me letting you knock down one of those walls we spoke about a few nights ago."

Rick kissed her. "If it makes you uncomfortable, tell me to stop," he told her.

"I will, Mr. Grimes," she assured him as she ran her hand down his chest. "I love you," she said as she removed her shirt and kissed him again.

(Next chapter the prisoners!)