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Chapter Five

He was in shock when she'd said it, and then shock quickly morphed into anger. He couldn't stay there, he had to get out. This wasn't supposed to happen. Dixons shouldn't have kids. It should be illegal. He was surprised that this had happened, angry that it did, but he was also terrified.

He had gone down to the pond, and had been violently pacing for ten minutes when Abraham walked up,
"Why are you pacin' like you're about to beat the shit out of someone?"
Daryl just grunted and kept pacing. Abraham watched him for another five minutes, before stepping in front of him. Daryl walked right into him like a freight train
"What the hell?"

"What the fuck is your problem?"

Daryl couldn't take it, he screamed,
"I got her fucking pregnant. I got Beth fucking pregnant!"
Abraham just stood and took in what Daryl said and watched him start pacing again.

Finally he said,"And you don't want a baby?"

"That's not it!"

"Then what the hell is the problem?"

"The fucking problem is I shouldn't be having kids. I don't know how to be a fucking father. The only thing my father ever did was beat the shit out of me just for breathing. He was a bastard drunk, and my mother wasn't any better. I don't know jack shit about babies!"

"Is that it?" Abraham asked.

"No that's not it!" Daryl was starting to break down, anger giving way to shear fear,

"It's not safe to have kids anymore. Something could happen to it...or Beth... I can't lose her again... I can't...I couldn't be like Rick...she can't end up like Lori..."

Daryl was on the verge of crying, and Abraham felt for him. They all feared of what happened to Lori happening to any of the other women in their group. But Abraham also knew the fear of becoming a first time father, not knowing what todo with a child, how to hold them, feed them, change them, or anything. However, Abraham knew if anyone could figure it out, it'd be Daryl.

"Daryl, Daryl, listen to me."

Daryl looked up at him,"No man is ever prepared to become a dad. And not everyone has a good example to follow. But you are not your father. You never have been, nor will you ever be. Would you ever lay a hand to Beth?"

Daryl frantically shook his head no

"To a child?"

Again Daryl shook his head no

"Listen, I was just as terrified as you, and I knew my child would be born in a hospital, I knew we'd have everything they needed, but I was still scared. Terrified that I'd drop them, or mess up their diaper," he smiled softly, "but I was more scared they wouldn't like me...love me...but the first time you feel them kick your hand you fall in love with them. The first time you lay eyes on them you fall in love again, and just when you think you can't love them anymore you hold them for the first time, and you surrender yourself to the fact that you'll never love anything as much as you love them. You'll do anything to keep them safe and happy," he paused for a moment before continuing, "in an instant they'll have you wrapped around their little fingers, but you don't care at all. The first time they say 'Daddy' you'll tear up. All that fear and pain is worth it the first time they say "I love you daddy" you can do this Daryl."

Daryl looked solemn for a moment taking in everything Abraham had just said, realizing the truth in his words, seeing the truth in his eyes.

"I already fucked up. I just stormed out and left her their crying. She probably thinks I hate her."

"I'm sure she doesn't think that she probably thinks you blame her. I promise you, you'll never love her more than when you hold your baby for the first time. I suggest you get back there as quick as possible, and try and explain things to her."
Daryl nodded and started to walk off before Abraham stopped him again,

"If you ever need advice you can come to me, or Rick ya know."

Daryl looked up at him and said,
"Thank you, really. Whatcha said, it means a lot to me."
Then he started heading back towards the house.

She hadn't moved since he left, she stood frozen in spot, crying her heart out. He had actually left her crying, he said one word, and then walked away. She thought he'd be upset, but she never imagined that he would leave her, and their child. Beth didn't move at all, paralyzed in place, the only movement being the tears trailing down her cheeks. It felt like she had been standing there crying for hours, when it only had been about forty-five minutes, when suddenly the front door swung open.

On the walk back to the house he had tried to calm down some more, but Daryl was still reeling on the inside about what Beth had revealed. When he opened the front door and walked in, he hadn't been expecting for Beth to be standing in the den, right where he left her, except she had tears streaming down her face. He wanted to beat the shit out of himself, he knew he caused her to cry that way. He just wanted to take her into his arms and make it all better, but he knew they had to talk things out before that could happen, but he had one raging question in his mind first that needed to be answered,

"Beth, are you sure that you're…you're…you know?"

Confusion clouded her face at first, but was quickly replaced with fury. She stormed upstairs, and he went after her. He found her in the bathroom, she yanked a box out of a drawer and pulled out three tests and showed them to him. He looked down at the three test in her hand, and sure enough all three of them had two pink lines, she was pregnant. The tests only gave Daryl more questions,

"Where did you get all those? Have you been hiding this from me?!"

He was getting mad all over again, even though he knew he shouldn't, but damn he had so many emotions rolling through him at once.

Beth looked at him like he was the biggest jackass in the world at the moment,

"No Daryl, I haven't been hiding it. I only found out this morning! And Maggie gave them to me!" she yelled back at him.

"You fucking told Maggie before me?" he exploded at that point.

"Yes! I didn't want to tell you until I was positive that I was, cause I didn't want you throwing a tantrum for no reason! She's the only person I could go to!"

"You still should have talked to me first!"

"Well look what you did when I told you! You walked out on us!"

Daryl was floored for a moment by her use of the word "us," she was already very protective of the baby, and Daryl was realizing how much he fucked up by walkin' away.

"I came back," he muttered.

"Why'd you do it? Why'd you leave?" her voice was breaking, and Daryl knew the dam was about to burst again.

"I had to… I needed to think…I just…" he trailed off, he knew his own walls were beginning to crumble.

"Why" she asked again.

He broke then,

"Because, I'm fucking pissed at myself Beth. Okay? I killed you. This could kill you, and then what the fuck would I do? I can't live without you. I ain't like Rick. I wouldn't be able to take care of a kid by myself…I barely raised myself…my dad beat the shit out of me everyday he could, my mom took care of mentally destroying me…I shouldn't be having a kid…I'll only fuck them up…I ain't shit…I'm a bas-" Daryl was suddenly interrupted from his speech by Beth yanking on his arm.

"Daryl Dixon, you listen to me, and you listen good. You are not your father, you ain't your mama either. You are a good person. You will be a good father. You wouldn't ever lay a hand on a child. And you sure as hell didn't kill me. I'm still standing, and I will stay that way. I ain't Lori, and we're in a much better place now. I will be okay, and so will you. We'll all be okay."

Daryl didn't notice that he had started to cry, until Beth reached up to wipe a tear away. He pulled her into his arms then, and held her as tight as he could. He would never walk away again, he couldn't. Not now, not ever. Beth and this child they had created were his whole world, his family.

"I'm never leaving again. Ever." Daryl muttered into her hair.

"I know," she smiled a little against his chest. Maybe things would be okay, only time would tell.

I really hope y'all liked this chapter, it was super long and I had a lot of fun writing this one. Next chapter will be a little lighter, with some humor and fluff.