This Night

Chapter 178

Author's Note: I was hoping to have Jes into Terminus by now, but she got into a little sharing mood and it just went from there. I'm sure you're not complaining and have trust in me! I kinda wanted to get Jes into Terminus in this little break from work but hasn't worked that way but hey I'm getting there. Reviews are loved and welcomed!

Jewel and Mika's POV:

Claire quietly opened the door of the room that Jewel, Mika and the baby were in and placed the clothes and other items on the table by the door. She watched for a moment, making sure that both Mika and Jewel were asleep before going over to the bed. She quietly bent over Jewel to reach for the baby and picked her up. "Oh you have that newborn smell….you're just perfect. Absolutely perfect," she said as she glanced at Jewel. "I could be a better mother then her, I would know when you were missing from my side," she thought to her self. Hope gave a small cry and Claire immediately tried to hush her. "Shh. It's OK…shh."

Jewel reached out to the spot next to her and immediately opened her eyes. "Hope?" she said as she sat up quickly, to quickly for someone who gave birth a few hours before. She turned and saw the woman with the baby. "What are you doing?" she asked as she stood up, once again as to fast for a woman who had just given birth. But this woman had her baby, and that sent chills down her back. "Give me back my daughter."

Claire handed her over quickly. "I…I came in to bring you things, clothes, some diapers, some food, a few stuffed animals, some toys for Mika, and I thought….well both of you were asleep," she stammered.

"You thought what? That you would just sneak a baby out of the arms of her mother?" Jewel asked as she looked over the baby. "It's alright baby girl."

Mika sat up and got out of bed. "Jewel is Hope alright?"

"She's fine, Claire just came in to bring a few things and was helping out a bit, by picking up Hope," Jewel assured her without even taking her eyes off Claire.

"You should never ever pick up something that doesn't belong to you with out asking. Especially someone's baby!" Mika told her.

Claire looked at Mika then the baby then at Jewel. "I'm sorry…I really didn't mean anything bad…" she stammered as there was a knock on the door.

"Jewel?" Mary asked as she opened the door slightly. "I thought I heard voices, what are you doing up? Claire what are you doing in here?"

"I…came to bring things to Jewel and Mika…they were asleep. The baby, was in between them. I thought…I mean….it's not safe for a baby to be sleeping with anyone…and I thought I'd just hold her until it was time for her feeding," Claire fumbled through.

"Clarisse," Mary simply said. "Jewel I'm so sorry, Claire had no right. She didn't have any right to come in here without your permission, even if it was to bring you things. We just want you and Mika and the baby to be safe, to feel safe."

Mika glanced at Jewel. "I'm not feeling real safe right now," she answered honestly.

Mary smiled and touched her face. "I don't blame you. Claire out, now."

"I…" Clare started to say.

"Do what I say," Mary answered. She waited until Claire had left. "I'm really sorry about that."

"You locked us in? For our safety, I presume," Jewel answered.

"Yes, we don't know you," Mary told her.

"We don't know you either," Jewel answered. "I appreciate everything you all have done, but I've got Mika and the baby to think about, and worrying if someone is going to come in on the middle of the night and lay a hand on either of my girls, that doesn't make me feel to safe."

"I understand. It won't happen again. You can protect yourself by blocking the door. Anyone that wants to come in can knock. Tomorrow maybe if you feel up to it, we can give you a real tour of the place," Mary said. "We found some warmer clothes for you and Mika, and the baby. We don't have any newborn clothes, but it'll be nothing bad."

"I have a couple in my bag, always be prepared," Jewel said with a shrug. "It's kept us alive this long."

Mary nodded with a small smile as she looked down at the baby. "How is she doing?"

"Good, real good," Jewel answered.

"You really need to lay back down," Mary told her.

"If it's all the same to you, I'll wait for you to leave so I can put something by the door," Jewel said. "Mika, take the baby," she instructed.

Mary smiled. "Of course," she said as she turned to leave. "I'll see you all around breakfast time," she said as she went out the door and locked it.

Jewel glanced around and grabbed a broom and broke the handle off and stuck it under the door knob. "We're alright," she told Mika as she went back over and touched her face and the babies face.

Mika looked at her. "You said to always trust that little voice inside of you, right?"

Jewel nodded as she sat on the bed. "Yes, what is your voice telling you Mika?"

"That Claire isn't…" Mika hesitated in speaking.

"Mika what is it? What do you want to say? You can tell me. This is how we survive, we don't keep secrets," Jewel told her.

"Her eyes…it's the same look Lizzie gets when she gets into one of her moods…when I have to tell her to look at the flowers. But, it's different, like she was thinking…." Mika said. "She looked like…she wouldn't do Hope any harm but…" she trailed off as she touched Hope's face.

Jewel nodded. "That's good, you're voice it's keeping you safe, us safe. Listen to me Mika, we don't know any of these people, they seem alright, but it could be an act. I know that the others, our family, they'll see the signs, they'll make the way here, and if it's not safe, if they are dangerous, we will deal with it as a group. But until then, you and me, we have to play it cool. When I woke up and saw her holding Hope, I wanted to take out my knife and throw it between her eyes."

"But you didn't," Mika pointed out.

Jewel nodded. "If I did, if I killed her, one of there own people, we would definitely not be safe. I wouldn't have hesitated if she tried to leave this room with Hope, or with you for that matter. But they have numbers, we don't. We know what our family is capable of, what we can do as a team. We watch, we learn and we listen," she said as she kissed Mika's head. "When this first started, Rick and I…we were big on we don't kill the living."

"Do you still believe that?" Mika asked.

"Yeah, I do, but the line is blurrier then it was before. If we had killed the Governor, then he wouldn't have came back, he wouldn't have threatened us, and the people on the bus, the ones we lost, they'd still be alive. If these people are a threat, to you, to Hope, I'm not going to hesitate. But, we're not at our strongest, I'm not at my strongest," Jewel explained.

"We wait, we learn. I'll try to be strong, I'm not going to let anything happen to Hope," Mika told her.

"I know you won't, and I am going to do my hardest not to let anything happen to either one of you," Jewel promised her as she looked down at Hope. "She cried, when Claire had her."

"Like she knew she wasn't safe?" Mika asked.

"Yeah," Jewel answered.

Mika smiled as she kissed Hope's hand. "Maybe, since we don't get to be the same as before, maybe babies don't either? Judith never really fusses when we were out in the yard…like she knew. So maybe, Hope knew….that she wasn't safe?"

Jewel smiled. "You are smart, you know that?" she asked.

"Do you think she'll know Rick? Summer? Daryl? Carl? The others? I mean Judith is real good with others, real good with everyone. Well except Merle, and Jes really didn't…she wasn't comfortable around Judith," Mika explained.

Jewel laughed. "I don't blame Judith not being good around Merle, he just brought out the worst in everyone."

"Brings out…not brought out. That's past tense, and we can't think like that," Mika told her. "Maybe not everyone is alive, but we aren't the only ones that made it. I think Hope proves that, well, that we have to have hope," Mika said with a grin.

"She's going to hate me when she gets older huh?" Jewel asked with a grin. "But to answer your question, yeah I think Hope will know. Because she'll know she's safe, and loved. Just like Judy does," she reassured. "Let's try to get a little bit of sleep," she told Mika.

Author's Note: I always plan to do more then one set of POV's but then these people get talkative on me! Hence why this is the never ending story! Review please