Daryl broke away from me and went over to Rick.
"Rick, you with me? Rick?" Daryl asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
"Let me see the baby." Hershel said and Maggie gave the baby to Carl who took it to Hershel.
"What are we gonna feed it?" Daryl asked. 'We got anything a baby can eat?"
"The good news is she looks healthy. But she needs formula." Hershel told him. "And soon or she won't survive."
"Nope. No way. Not her." Daryl said. "We ain't losin' anybody else. I'm goin' for a run."
"I'll back you up." I told Daryl.
"I'll go, too." Glenn said.
"Okay, think of where we're goin'." Daryl commanded.
Daryl spoke to Beth for a moment before grabbing Jamie from my arms, "You be a good boy. Your momma and I'll be back soon."
Jamie nodded and I had him go over to Maggie.
"You two get the fence," Daryl told Axel and Oscar, "Too many pile up, we got ourselves a problem. Glenn, Vi, vamonos."
"Rick!" Maggie exclaimed when Rick grabbed the hatchet and stormed into the cell block.
Glenn said goodbye to Maggie before running over to the Hyundai with Daryl and I.
"There's a Piggly Wiggly over on 85." Glenn said.
"No, the baby section's been cleared out. Lori told me to keep an eye out, haven't had much luck." Maggie said, walking over with us.
"Any other places that might not be completely looted?" I asked.
"We saw signs of a shopping centre just north of here." Glenn answered,
"Yeah, but there's too much debris on the road. A car will never get through there." Maggie said.
"I'll go." I turned to Glenn and whispered, "After what she went through, you need to be here for your girl."
He nodded before grabbing Maggie's hand. I grabbed the biggest bag out of the back seat of the car and got on behind Daryl and we took off. We drove for about an hour when we found a place. It was an old daycare.
"Company's close. Stay tight." He told me.
I opened up the gate and we walked into the back yard. I looked through the window and saw a room that had no walkers in it, so broke it open with the butt of my gun. I walked in and looked around. There were toys all over the place. And on the wall were colorful handprints with names on them, most likely kids who used to go here. I took my bag off my shoulders and looked through a cabinet. There were diapers and bottles, and I stuffed them in here as I heard Daryl come in. Once I put the stuff in, we went out of he room and into the hallway. He went in one direction, and I went in the other.
We both heard rattling and we found the room where it came from. The kitchen. Daryl opened the bottom half of the door and we walked in and faced the closet, where the noise was coming from. I opened it and a possum hissed at me and Daryl shot it.
"Hello, dinner." Daryl said from around his flashlight.
"I'm not putting that in my bag." I told him before opening a cupboard and finding a few tubs of formula. "Jackpot."
We went through a few more rooms, finding some clothes and blankets for the baby and we were back on the road again. It wasn't until nighttime we got back. Oscar opened the gate and we drove through. I got off before Daryl stopped and ran into the cell block and he was behind me.
"Beth, Maggie." I said and they helped me prepare the bottle.
Beth poured warm water into the bottle and I put the formula in before shaking it. The baby was crying and I watched Carl give the baby to Daryl. She quieted down mostly, except for a few cries. She was hungry. I walked over and gave the bottle to Daryl.
"Shh." He told the baby.
When she started eating, Daryl looked at me and smiled and I returned it. Seeing him with the baby made him even more hotter, and I didn't know that was possible. I sat down and watched the two and Jamie crawled into my lap.
"She got a name yet?" Daryl asked Carl.
"Not yet." He answered, "But I was thinking maybe Sophia. Then there's Carol, too. And... Andrea. Amy. Jacqui. Patricia. Or... Lori. I don't know."
"Yeah... you like that? Huh?" Daryl asked, looking down at the baby, "Little Ass-kicker. Right? That's a good name, right?"
We all let out a few laughs at the name, "Little Ass-kicker. You like that, huh? You like that, sweetheart?"
After the baby was fed and burped, I set out all the stuff I found for her. We put her in a diaper and clothes and Carl told us that he wanted her in his room. We used blankets to made a little cocoon for her on the bed. Jamie was sleeping on the top bunk and I was washing myself off. I felt a jolt in my stomach and I dropped the bowl.
"Hey, you okay?" Daryl asked, sticking his head in.
I nodded before letting out a sob and he rushed over an hugged me.
"Shhh, it's okay." He told me before he sat me down on my bed and crouched down to look at me, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's just... everything that happened today. I guess it's finally hit me." I answered before burying my head in his chest.
I start school on Monday, so I might not be posting as often.