Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 80

Author's Note: So I had no internet access yesterday and I wound up in the hospital ER for my herniated disk. Not fun! I can't sit more then 30 minutes at a time so writing this took a bit. Summer is going to share with Jewel that she knows about the rape. Emotional mom daughter bonding. Anyway begging for reviews! It makes me feel loved.

Jewel POV:

Jewel grimaced as Hershel pulled the bandages tight around her ribs. "Hershel…I'm sorry, I would have never left them…"

Hershel patted her good hand. "No one blames you Jewel, especially me. They'll go and bring them back. That I am sure of. I am also sure that you wouldn't have survived if this woman had not brought you in."

Mar smiled. "Can't let you out of our sight for a minute without you getting into trouble. Swear it must be a Dixon thing."

Summer stood and watched her. "Is she going to be alright Hershel?" the teen asked.

"I'll be fine," Jewel answered for him.

Summer gave her mother the Dixon glare. "I asked Hershel mom," she said softly.

Mar and Hershel laughed. "She will be. Her hand's got a small break at the knuckles. Should heal pretty good if she'll keep it immobilized. It's not like we have anything to make a cast for it."

"We make do with what we have, and as long as we're still kickin' at the end of it, that's what's matters," Jewel told Hershel as she squeezed his hand.

"Her ribs?" Carl asked as Rick came in.

"Going to have to keep them binded for a while. No he woman for a while," Mar told Carl.

"I'm going to do what I have to do, aint gonna let a little injury hold me down," Jewel told them as she met Rick's eyes.

"Handcuff's might," Rick informed the group as he walked in.

"And on that cue, we'll give you some privacy," Mar said as she stood up.

"Dad, really?" Summer said as she shook her head as they all left the room.

"Hey…." Jewel told him as he came over.

"Do you know how scared I was, Mrs. Grimes?" Rick asked as he kissed her.

Jewel gave a small smile. "You're not getting' ride of me that easily, Mr. Grimes," she said as she kissed him. "You have to go get Maggie and Glenn….the man who calls himself the Governor….he's the type of man who'll get a person to drink the Koolaid and just…watch. Merle…he went to see Glenn…I'm afraid that he's going to do something because of Atlanta."

Rick touched her face. "We're going to go get them," he assured her. "Jewel, I have to ask, I need to know," he said as he held there faces together.

Jewel shook her head. "He tried…he made me get on my knees, he told me I knew what I was supposed to do…..I bit him. Hard. I knew I was going to die one way or another…might as well go down fighting. I wouldn't have left Maggie and Glenn…." she said as she kissed him.

Rick rubbed her face keeping himself calm. "You didn't have much choice in the matter. I'm glad that this woman brought you back. I'm glad she took the risk. I will kill him," he told her as he kissed her.

"Andrea's alive, at Woodbury," Jewel told him.

"Did you see her?" Rick asked.

"No," Jewel said as she shook her head. "Jes told me, as she was trying to keep me awake," she said. "Said a woman named Michonne was with her, wasn't buying what he was selling either. But Merle knew about us….he never came out and said it. But he taunted things," she told him.

"Michonne came with baby formula, heard you three talkin' about a prison and it bein' a straight shot, she came here. She used the word Walkers', Summer noticed it. Makes sense now," Rick told her as he kissed her.

"You need to go…bring them back," Jewel told her husband as she touched his face. "And find a razor while you're at it," she teased him.

Rick smiled. "You have to promise you are going to rest, or I will leave the handcuffs with Summer," he told her.

Jewel smiled. "I can think of things to do with the handcuffs after you get back," she told him.

"You are bad Mrs. Grimes. Promise," Rick told her as he kissed her.

"I promise," Jewel told him as she touched his face. "Be careful," he told him.

"I will," Rick answered as he kissed her one more time then got up and walked out of the cell.

Mar's POV:

Mar supported Michonne's arm as they walked out to the car. "Get in," she told the other woman.

Michonne looked at the other woman who was standing next to Daryl. "What are you doing here? She's one of them!" she said as she took out her Katina. "She's with the ass who shot me."

Mar stepped between the two women. "Put it down," she ordered.

Daryl raised the his bow at Michonne. "You heard her."

"She's one of them! She seemed awful cozy with the Son Of A Bitch who shot me!" Michonne yelled at them.

"That Son Of A Bitch who shot you saved your life. He was supposed to kill you and bring your head to the Governor on a platter or a stick," Jes told her.

"Hey enough. We've got to work together to get back our people," Mar told them.

"I said I'd take you, not one of the Governor's soldiers," Michonne told them. "She needs to be locked up."

"You don't give the orders 'round here," Daryl told them.

"I know how to get inside easier then you do," Jes hissed at her.

Rick came outside. "Enough!" he told them. "Do you know Andrea?" he asked the black woman.

Daryl stared at her. "Andrea's alive?"

"She came in with Andrea, Merle found them," Jes told them.

Rick held up his hand. "Both of you are going. I will kill either one of you if you make a move against us," he warned them.

"Rick?" Mar asked to get his attention.

Rick looked up. "What is it Mar?" he asked.

"I'm going to stay back here, look after Carol and Jewel," Mar told him.

Rick hugged her. "We've got this."

"Oscar look after this group for me," Mar told him.

"I will," Oscar assured her.

"Be careful Daryl," Mar said as she nodded and left.

Summer and Jewel's POV:

Summer took a breath as she stopped outside Jewel's cell. She moved the curtain. "Mom?"

Jewel looked up from the mattress. "Come in baby. Where's Carl and Judy?"

Summer sat down. "Carl's helping with guard duty, and Judy's with Beth. I was scared…."

Jewel reached up with her good hand. "I know baby and I'm sorry that I put you threw that," she told her daughter.

"Did…he hurt you? I mean besides the obvious?" Summer asked quietly.

"No baby," Jewel answered.

Summer nodded. "I know…." the teen said above a whisper.

"Know? Know what baby?" Jewel asked.

Summer looked at her. "I know about the rape, I know that I was a product of the rape. I've known for years. I overheard you and Uncle Daryl talk about it one night," she told her not taking a breath in between the confession.

Jewel's face went white at the confession. "Summer…."

"I know you kept it from me so I wouldn't feel unloved…." the teen said as she put her head against Jewel's shoulder.

Jewel rubbed her back. "I didn't want you to feel like you were a mistake, or an accident. I never thought of you that way."

"I don't know if I could ever have a child of my rapist…." Summer answered.

Jewel nodded. "That's why I didn't dwell on what happened. You are the best thing in the world to happen to me, to your Uncles. Why are you telling me this now?" she asked.

"I thought I was never going to see you again…I thought that I'd never get a chance to say thank you," Summer said as she cried.

"Baby I should be saying thank you to you. You are the one that got me to change my life for good. You are the one that taught us Dixon's we deserved love, that we could give it. That we didn't have to make the same mistakes as our parents' made," Jewel told her. "We good?"

Summer nodded. "Yeah we're good," she said. "How are you? I mean otherwise?"

"I'll be alright," Jewel answered as she looked up to see the curtain move. "Carol?"

"Oh yeah, Mar and Uncle Daryl found her hiding in solitude," Summer said with a smile.

"My God Carol…." Jewel said as she hugged her.

Carol smiled and kissed her cheek. "I come back from the dead and you look like you're a step away from it."

"Feels that way. God, I can't believe you are alive," Jewel repeated.

"We've got strong women in the group, including Maggie. She'll be alright," Summer said.

Jewel nodded. "I hope so," she agreed. All she could think of was her meeting with the governor.

"After dinner, Hershel said that you could use the shower. You'll have to be readied and the wounds cleaned, Summer Mar and I can help. But right now you need to rest," Carol told the other woman.

"I'll be back with Judy and Carl," Summer said as she left.

"I'm really glad you're alive," Jewel told Carol.

"I'm glad that you are too," Carol told Jewel as she sat down on the cot with her.