AN: hey...sorry it's been a while for this one :/ little update for you.
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Chapter 7
Pregnant?
Carol sat propped up in her bed, the nurses and doctors had just finished examining her. Pregnant? She thought again incredulously. The doctors had confirmed it. They'd run a routine blood test two weeks ago, she was six weeks pregnant.
She placed her hand over her stomach incredulously a smile forming on her lips.
"Does he know?" She asked her grandmother.
"Well Angel Face, I didn't think it was my business to tell and honestly I wasn't sure of he was the one I should be telling." Her grandmother said pointedly from her chair.
"Gram..." Carol sighed "I'm sorry, it just happened, and.."
"Don't apologize, you did nothing wrong, I'm happy that you have a reason that you can't go back and to stay away from those dangerous places, and that boy rescued you, I love him for that alone. But the question is...do you?" Her grandmother said. "Because I have a feeling when he finds out you're gonna get hit by a whirlwind the likes you never seen. You need to be ready for that."
Her grandmother put her crocheting back in her bag and stood slowly. "Now Angel face I'm going to go home and get the first worry free sleep in a long time" she said coming over to kiss her forehead. I'll see you in the morning.
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Carol couldn't sleep, the fact that she'd been in a coma for a month was freaking her out, even if she was a medical professional. The lost time was scary.
The last thing she remembered was Daryl's voice, begging her not to die. He'd sounded frantic, she remembered feeling like she was floating and then nothing, and all that time, a little life had sparked inside her and held on despite a bumpy ride. She put her hand on her stomach.
"I'm so sorry little one, I would never had placed you in that danger if I had known. You're tough though, aren't you? Kinda like you're daddy." She whispered.
Her gram was right. She knew without a doubt Daryl would be overwhelming and maybe a little overbearing in his need to be protective when he found out the truth. It was something she had seen in his eyes in Germany. He would do anything for his family, he would be intense and overprotective. He was a warrior that's part of who he was.
The three days had been magical, and for the first time, in a long time, she'd broken through some pretty firmly built walls. She had a feeling he had too.
Her gram had told her he had pushed to be part of the group that rescued her. He put his life at risk for hers. Without even knowing it he saved the life of their child and hers too. He'd found her, he'd come for her. She knew without a doubt that he would be a wonderful father. If she wasn't already in love with him she wasn't far off.
Her gran's cell phone buzzed on the tray beside her. Her gram had left it there for her when she had tried without success to contact Daryl. She picked it up gingerly, flicking it on.
"Hello"
"Carol?" Daryl's incredulous voice was on the other line. He was scratchy unclear it was obviously an overseas connection. She could hear it though, the slight gasp at the end of her name, like a sob.
She smiled cradling the phone to her ear. "Yeah...I hear I overslept." She said.
He let out an incredulous laugh, then she could hear an slight tremor to his voice." Yeah you could say that. You scared me baby." His voice was hoarse like he was trying not to cry.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, you're ok. That's all that matters." His voice was almost a whisper. He coughed then "I'm coming home...my daddy died."
She was silent for a moment, there was more to be said there, she could hear it in his voice, but now wasn't the time, on a overseas call. "I'm sorry."
"It's no loss" he said hoarsely "But I gotta go and deal with it. As quick as I can, and then I'm coming straight to you."
She nodded and then realized he couldn't see her. "Okay...thank you Daryl."
"For what?"
"For finding me, for saving me, for being you...pick one. " Bring on the whirlwind she thought with a smile.