Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 99

Author's Note: Alright, FF come on and fix your posting problems! I am dreading work tomorrow, blah. But it's one day and I'll be starting a new part of my job. Anyway, please review

Rick and Jewel's POV:

Jewel leaned against the cell wall and watched him. "It wouldn't help any if I said that I don't want you to go to this meeting with the Governor would it?"

Rick looked at her. "It would make it harder to go," he answered truthfully as he kissed her.

"Maybe that's why I'm not saying it," Jewel told him. "I know what kind of man you are Rick, it's part of what made me fall in love with you. But, a meeting with the devil himself? You know everything that comes out of his mouth is going to be a lie," she told him as she kissed him. "But I also know, you have to try. Because that's the man you are. You have to give him a chance, you have to look him in the eye. If you didn't you would be the same type of man he is, and that's just not Rick Grimes. At least, that's not the Rick Grimes that I'd be in love with."

Rick gave a small smile. "What did I ever do to deserve you?"

"Survived," Jewel simply answered. "You sure that Daryl and Hershel's going to be enough?"

"Three men a piece," Rick told her.

"You think he's going to keep to his word?" Jewel asked.

"Andrea set up this meeting, he'd be a fool not too. It gives you all a chance to prepare the prison from an attack," Rick told her as he kissed her. "I'll be back."

"Yeah, I'm counting on it. I'd feel better if you took Jes or Merle to shoot him in the back of the head," Jewel told him.

"The thought has crossed my mind," Rick assured her. "I love you Mrs. Grimes."

"Love you to Mr. Grimes," Jewel said as Daryl came to the door.

"We're ready when you are," Daryl told the other man.

"We're coming," Rick told him as they walked out.

"Mar give you a hard time about leaving?" Jewel asked Daryl.

"She doesn't like it, wanted to go with us," Daryl answered.

"Yeah guess you told her no," Jewel answered.

Daryl smirked. "Well I didn't tell her no."

Jewel rolled her eyes. "Go, just go, I really don't need that image of my big brother and best friend. Go, keep 'em safe," she told him as she hugged him as he got on the motorcycle.

"Keep 'em safe Hershel," Summer said as she hugged Rick.

"Plan on it," Hershel told her as he hugged Maggie and Beth.

"I got the gate!" Tyreese yelled as Daryl got the motorcycle and headed out.

Jewel took a breath as she turned around. "Come on we've got work to do!" she told the group.

Prison Group POV:

Jewel handed Mar a bunch of ammo. "You're worried," she simply said.

"Not any more then you are," Mar answered.

"Then you're worried a lot," Jewel answered.

"I'm sorry that you saw Jane like that….I wish I would have went with you," Mar told her friend.

"Things happen for a reason, Mar. Jane taught us that. I needed to find her, just like Rick found Morgan," Jewel answered. "May not be something' I wanted to do, but it was what was meant to be."

Mar squeezed her hand as she looked over to where Merle was with the others. "He's not playing well with others again," she told her friend.

Jewel sighed. "One can hope can't they?" she asked. "Mitch, you and Lexi go take this up to Beth. Make sure everyone has plenty of ammo."

Lexi took it and handed boxes to Mitch. "Let's get this to Beth first, then Tyreese and Sasha," she told the younger boy.

"Merle we got a problem?" Jewel asked as she came up next to Maggie, Carl and Summer.

"Yeah Lil Sister, I do," Merle admitted.

"Am I even going to be wasting my breath if I asked, for once in your whole life to think about what you're goin' to say?" Jewel asked.

Merle looked at her. "You can't tell me you're alright with this? With them being out there on there own."

"Merle," Jes warned.

"What we should be doing is loading that truck with firepower and paying a visit to the Governor. We know where he is right now," Merle told them.

"Are you suggesting that we go and kill them Uncle Merle?" Summer asked.

"That's exactly what I'm suggesting, Summer. This right here, this aint ever going to work," Merle informed them.

"We all said that we'd stay here and fortify the prison Merle. You promised Daryl," Mar reminded him.

"She's right, we told Rick and Daryl we'd stay here," Maggie said.

Merle rolled his eyes. "I've changed my mind sweetheart. Being on the sidelines while my brother is out there, that aint sitting right with me. The three of them they are right in the middle of it. They'd have no idea what they could be walking into. They could get taken hostage or killed. A thousand things could go wrong, and they will," he warned them.

"Well I appreciate you thinking' about Hershel and Rick in that, Merle. Really warms my heart," Jewel said. "We're staying here, we're doing what we promised. This isn't up for discussion."

"My dad can take care of himself," Carl said.

"Sorry son but your dad's head could be on a pike real soon," Merle told him.

"Uncle Merle!" Summer said.

"Don't say that to him!" Maggie said.

"Son of a Bitch," Jewel said as she pushed him back against the wall. "I'm saying this once, Merle, and I'm not repeating it. I'm in charge while they are gone. We're staying, we're doing what they asked. If you don't like it, please feel free to take your chances outside the gate. I'm not putting any of my family in the crosshairs. It's not going to happen. Now can you keep your mouth shut, or do I need to borrow Michonne's Katina to make you sing a little higher in the shower?"

"I could just kick him," Jes offered.

"Are we going to have a problem Merle?" Jewel asked as she glared at him.

"No, Lil Sister, we aint gonna have a problem," Merle told her.

"Good, go with Jes and fortify the roofs. Now," Jewel said as she pointed.

Jewel and Glenn's POV:

Glenn walked up and gave Jewel the hammer. "I thought it would be safer to wait until you calmed down to give you this," he said as he bent down. "You alright?"

Jewel looked at him. "Yeah, I handled Merle," she said.

"Hey, that's not what I meant and you know it," Glenn told her.

Jewel sighed as she grabbed the bottle of water. "I think we've got to be able to catch one break, one good thing, that all the things we've done, we deserve that. But, it never happens. The shit keeps coming, we keep adding grave markers, and we keep getting number."

Glenn nodded. "But we're luckier then most, and you know that."

Jewel nodded. "Yeah we got each other, a family. I don't just say the words, Glenn, I believe them. But sometimes…."

"You wonder what's the point. That you want to just want to give up and say go ahead, take me," Glenn said.

"Then you think about everyone else, Maggie, Rick, Summer, Daryl, Mar, Beth, Judy, Mitch, Hershel….and then you feel really despicable about the self pity," Jewel said.

"I think that's what makes us human, that's what tells us we just need to keep fighting," Glenn said.

"And it would be worse if we didn't care about anyone else," Jewel told him.

"Yeah, sucks huh?" Glenn asked.

"Guess we all need a reminder what's important in this life," Jewel said. "It's easy to forget."

"But maybe that's why we've made it this far, you know?" Glenn asked.

Jewel looked at him as she took a sip of water. "What do you mean?"

"God knows if someone asked me a year ago at the quarry, if I could ever think that I'd be sitting here having a conversation with Jewel Dixon about surviving, I would have laughed at them. No offense, but you can be scary," Glenn teased her.

Jewel grinned as she took another drink. "No offense taken, actually a compliment. And if someone asked me if I would consider a pizza delivery man one of the best go to men around, I would have shot them the bird. No offense, but you weren't much to look at," she teased back.

Glenn laughed. "Compliment taken. But maybe, unlike other groups that we ran upon, like the Governor, we used all those differences, all those arguments, but we also used all those strengths to make us stronger. I really don't see anyone having a conversation like this with the Governor."

Jewel raised an eyebrow. "Glenn, I agree with you, but I'm trying to forget that my husband is out there trying to have a conversation with the Governor."

"But it's not like this, Jewel. That's just two men saying words that's not going to matter. And God help me, but I'm wondering if Merle isn't right," Glenn said.

Jewel leaned against the wall. "Men like the Governor, they just didn't appear because of the end of the world, Glenn. There was some deep dark evil laying in them, waiting just for the right spark. He's just not evil, though, he thinks he's right. And that's what makes him dangerous. You could have ten angels in front of him telling' him that he was the devil himself, and he'd grin back at them before he killed them. He doesn't get that people will turn there back on them. We're going to make it, Glenn. We have to," Jewel said as she got up.