Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 91

Author's Note: Reviews make me happy and less miserable. Love you all! Hope your holidays are going well. I have no voice what so ever but my fever broke.

Lexi, Sasha, Carl's and Summer's POV:

Lexi touched baby Judith's face. "She's adorable."

Summer smiled as Carl held her. "We think so. Yes, we do. You can't look at that face and tell me there's not some hope in this world."

Carl nodded. "We forget sometime…..but holding Judith makes it right."

"How long have your parents been together?" Sasha asked.

"They met a few weeks after the outbreak at the quarry," Summer answered.

"They didn't know each other before this?" Lexi asked.

"They just seem…." Sasha said as she searched for the world.

"In sync?" Both Summer and Carl questioned.

"Yeah, guess that's the word I'd use," Sasha answered.

"My mom and dad were separated for a while before the outbreak, dad got shot, was in a coma. Mom started seeing Judith's father, my dad's friend. We thought dad had died….but he came out of a coma and found his way to Atlanta," Carl explained as he shifted Judy.

"That's where he met Glenn, my loud mouth uncle and people who aren't with us anymore. He handcuffed Uncle Merle to a roof cause he was endangering the group, gave the key to T Dog…we lost him the same day Ladybug was born. But T dropped the key, down a drain. It wasn't on purpose, T wasn't like that. The first time mom met him was when he told us he had handcuffed Uncle Merle on the roof. We were mad, he's family. Rude, obnoxious, bigot, but still blood," Summer said.

"As they got to know each other, it was obvious they were pretty good for each other, don't think I saw dad ever smile like that with mom," Carl said sadly.

"Mom never let herself get to close to anyone, so it was a slow building….as slow building as it can be when you don't know if you are going to live one day to the next," Summer said.

"It's surprising that you two are taking it so well," Lexi said.

"We're all family, Summer and I were there when Judy was born. Mom died giving birth to her, but she told both us we were family, that she was proud of us," Carl said sadly.

"And, we know how hard it is to do anything alone, we can't," Summer said. "I'm sorry that you guys are part of this battle with the Governor, it's not your fight."

"I'd rather be here then there," Sasha said. "Woodbury might have had more guards, real town, but it didn't have people who would do anything for you. We haven't been here for long, but it's already clear that you people aren't like the Governor. That you all care for each other," she said.

Summer smiled. "It's not you and them anymore, Sasha. It's us. You, Lexi and Tyresse you're part of our family now."

Lexi smiled. "Can I hold her?" she asked Carl as she nodded toward the baby.

"Hey Judy, want to get to know Lexi huh? Yeah, there you are baby sister," Carl said as he handed her over.

"Hi Judy, hello," Lexi said with a grin.

Mar and Merle's POV:

Mar leaned against the door of Merle's cell. "You're still an ass aren't you Merle?"

Merle leaned back on cot and grinned. "A leopard don't change it's stripes, Mar. You and little brother got together last night huh? Bout time. But Daryl's not as stupid as Jewel, he won't let himself get tied down."

"You don't know anything about Daryl or Jewel, Merle," Mar informed him. "What you did to Glenn…I can't forgive you for that."

"So I went a little overboard," Merle answered. "I did what I had to do to survive. The Governor found me, I wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for him. Hell, I didn't like the man, I personally think he's a pompous ass, but in this world you got to do what you got to do to survive."

"Is that why you lost your hand Merle? Because you were doing what you had to do?" Mar asked.

Merle glared at her. "I lost my hand because Officer Friendly didn't like how I was handling things. I guess I got to be a little less angry with him now that he's married to my sister," he said. "What are you doing here Mar? You didn't come for a nice little chat."

"You aren't going to hurt Daryl anymore. He isn't your lap dog anymore. He's a better man then you ever hoped to be," Mar said. "You not being here, he learned to think for himself, he learned to be something else then your shadow."

"No now he's just Officer Friendly's lap dog," Merle said.

Mar shook her head. "You don't get it do you Merle? You don't understand it do you? We can't survive on our own, not anymore. People like your Governor, he isn't going to survive, because he doesn't have what we have. Why did you come back here Merle? Why don't you just walk out those gates and take your chances against walkers' and the Governor?"

"I'm here because my brother is here, I'm here because my sister is here, I'm here because my niece is here. I don't really care what all you people think, the truth is that I would die for any of them," Merle told her. "Always would have. I should have realized that Daddy dearest, well that he would take it out on Daryl. And I'm sorry bout that, really am. But I never thought he'd hurt Jewel. The day that girl was born, there was something different about how dad was. He was proud, he loved his little girl. Mom died, I wasn't around. He started drinking more. When Jewel was about ten, she started lookin' just like her. I think she reminded dad to much of her. Not excusing' what he did, I should have done something to stop it. But I was to wrapped up in my drugs, my booze to really see anything in front of my face. I didn't know what the Governor was going to try to do to her or Maggie. If I had known he was going to lay a hand on Jewel, well I would have killed him. I don't really care if you believe me or not Mar, but I know the truth."

"You ever tell Jewel or Daryl any of this?" Mar asked.

"No, and you aint either," Merle told her.

"I think you need to, especially Jewel," Mar said.

"Well, you get her in here lock her in and maybe just maybe she'll have to talk to me. Right now she's acting like I'm invisible. That girl can hold a grudge, always could," Merle commented.

"If she talks to you, it has to be from her, not any of us making her," Mar answered. "You know she'd kill you right where you stand if you do one thing against Rick don't you?"

Merle sighed. "Yeah I get that. She fell hard huh? Well…hate to say this and if you ever repeat it, I'll deny it, as long as he treats her right, then let her do what she wants."

"Well that sounds like Merle Dixon has a heart," Mar said as she left.

Group POV:

Maggie and Mitch were in the guard tower when Maggie caught a glimpse of something.

"What do you see?" Mitch asked. The eight year old had gotten good at watch and using a knife, he could handle a gun pretty well also.

Maggie lifted up the binoculars. "Something besides Walkers'. Andrea?" she asked.

Mitch looked at her. "Andrea, from our group? That Andrea?"

"Go get Rick and the rest! Run as fast as you can," Maggie told him as he already was going down the guard tower. "Rick! Mar! Jewel! Daryl! Carol! We got company! Need you all out here!"

Rick came out with Tyreese. "Mitch what's the matter?" he asked.

"Maggie said that Andrea's at the gate," Mitch answered as he pointed to the gate.

"Go with Tyreese get the gates clear," Rick told the boy.

"I'll go with them," Lexi said as she came out.

"Me too," Summer said as they went down.

Oscar came out and went with them too. "Whose Andrea?"

"She was with our group in Atlanta…apparently she's sleeping with the Governor," Summer answered as she distracted walkers.

"Rick what is it?" Jewel asked as he started down to the gate.

"Andrea," Rick said.

"I'll go up to the guard tower," Mar said as she climbed up to relieve Maggie.

"Clear!" Lexi yelled from the gate.

"Are you alone?" Rick asked.

"Rick open the gate!" Andrea pleaded with him as she held the walker in front of her.

"Are you alone?" he asked again.

"Rick!" Andrea yelled in a pleading voice.

"Open it!" Rick yelled down to Axel who opened the gate.

Rick grabbed Andrea. "Turn around, hands up!" he ordered. "Turn around now!" he instructed as she did it. "Alright on the ground! I asked if you were alone!" he told her.

"I am," she answered.

"Welcome back," Rick said as he grabbed her up.

"Jewel what happened to you? Are you alright?" Andrea asked as she saw the other blond woman.

"Your boyfriend happened," Jewel answered as they walked inside the prison.

Carol hugged her. "After you saved me we thought you were dead," she told the other woman.

Andrea hugged her back as she looked around to the group. "Hershel, my God I can't believe this," she said as she noticed him missing a leg. "Where's Shane? And Lori? And T?"

"Shane didn't make it off the farm," Summer answered.

"Lori had a girl, she didn't survive," Hershel answered.

"Neither did T," Summer answered.

"I'm so sorry," Andrea said as she looked at Carl. "Carl…Rick…" she said. "Look how big you've gotten Mitch. You all live here?"

"Here and the cell block," Rick answered.

"There?" she asked as she nodded to the cell block. "Well can I go in?"

"No, I won't allow that," Rick told her.

"I'm not the enemy Rick," Andrea told him.

"You're sleeping with the enemy," Jewel told her.

"We had that court yard and field until your boyfriend tore down a fence with a truck and shut us up," Rick told her.

"He said you fired first," Andrea informed them.

"'Course you believe every word that comes out of slick tongue," Jes said from the back.

"He killed an inmate that survived here, Axel," Rick told him.

"We liked him he was one of us," Daryl added.

"I don't know anything about that. As soon as I found out, I came. I didn't even know you were at Woodbury until after the shoot out," Andrea said.

"That was days ago," Glenn told her.

"I told you, I came as soon as I could," Andrea insisted.

"He almost killed Michonne, almost killed Jewel. He would have killed us with his finger on the trigger," Glenn told her.

Andrea nodded to Merle. "Isn't he the one who kidnapped you? The one who beat you up?"

"And he's in a cell, there's plenty of other ones that are empty if you'd like the same treatment," Jewel told her.

"Look I can't excuse or explain what Phillip did," Andrea told them.

"So he does have a first name, guess he only tells them he's sleeping with," Jes told them.

"Philip told me that they killed you, that Jewel had killed you trying to escape," Andrea said.

"Another lie. He ordered me to bring her head on a stick. He almost killed her. I got her back here," Jes answered.

"I'm here trying to bring us together, to work it out," Andrea said.

Rick looked at her. "We're going to kill him. I'm going to kill him for what he tried to do to my wife. I don't know how or when, but I will," he said.

"Your wife?" Andrea asked.

"Me," Jewel answered.

"Congratulations…." Andrea told them. "We can settle this, there's room at Woodbury for all of you."

Merle huffed. "You know better then that."

"I hate to agree with anything that Merle says, but he's right," Jewel told her.

"What makes you think he wants to negotiate? Did he say that?" Hershel asked.

"No," Andrea admitted.

"Then why did you come here?" Rick asked in a stern voice.

"Because he's gearing up for war, the people are terrified. They see you as killers. They are training to attack," Andrea said. "Joey doesn't want to fight Jes, he just wants out. So, I came here so no one else dies."

"What about us Andrea? All we're doing is trying to survive. I don't forgive Uncle Merle for what he did to Glenn and taking mom, Maggie and Glenn hostage. But the Governor, he attacked Maggie and my mom. Now you're asking us to just forgive him? Just to forget it? Are you that gullible? He's telling you what you want to hear," Summer told her.

"Got to agree with the kid, she's got a point," Merle said.

"Don't agree with me Uncle Merle, I don't like it when you agree with me," Summer told him.

Rick looked at Andrea. "I'll tell you what, the next time you see Phillip, tell him I'm going to take the other eye. We've taken shit for too long. He wants a war, he's got one," Rick told him.

"Rick, if you don't sit down and try to talk this out with him, I don't know what's gonna happen. Look around you've lost so much already. You can't stand alone anymore," Andrea said.

Jewel shook her head. "This is just like the farm, Andrea. You sided with Shane on everything. You want to help us get them inside? Let us take care of this."

"No," Andrea said.

"Then we have nothing to talk about," Rick told her as he nodded at Michonne.

Summer, Carol and Andrea's POV:

Summer looked up as Carol picked up Judith. "Where are you going with her?"

"To let Andrea meet her," Carol answered.

"No way, she doesn't have the right to meet her," Summer insisted as she got up.

"Summer, I know how much you love Judy. And I understand that you don't agree with Andrea, but she was a friend of Lori's. She has a right to meet her. You can come with us," Carol suggested.

Summer sighed. "Fine," she answered.

Carol and Summer went out with Judith. "You can't leave without meeting Lil' Asskicker," Carol said.

Andrea laughed. "Let me guess Daryl gave her that name," she asked. "Can I hold her?"

Summer crossed her arms so she wouldn't say anything and just nodded at Carol.

"Of course, here, easy. You got her?" Carol asked her.

"Yeah, well hello. Oh look at you," Andrea said to the baby. "What's her real name?"

"Judith Jane," Summer answered eyeing Andrea with her baby sister.

"Hi Judith. How precious are you? What happened to Lori?" Andrea asked.

"She died during a C-Section," Carol answered.

"We were cut off, Lori, Carl and me….in the broiler room. I performed the C Section. Carl had to put her down," Summer said.

"Oh my God, Summer, I'm so sorry," Andrea said.

"T died leading me to safety," Carol said.

"And Shane?" Andrea asked.

Carol and Summer exchanged glances. "Mom killed him the night we left the farm. He was going to kill Dad…Rick. It was either him or Shane."

"The whole Randall thing was a lie. If it wasn't for Jewel, Rick would have lost it," Carol said.

"I lost it after Lori…" Summer said. "You have to do something about the Governor," she said.

"I am," Andrea said.

"Talking? If he comes here, he's going to try and kill us all, including Judy," Summer insisted.

"You can end this now, get him to drop his guard. Sleep with him, give him the greatest night of his life, get his guard to relax and when he's sleeping, end it," Carol told him.

Summer looked at Carol then at Andrea. "Not what I would have thought of, but it works."