Megan Grimes, thirty two years old and pregnant with her first child. It should be a happy time for her but instead she's fighting to survive with her sister in law and nephew. What happens when Daryl becomes overly protective of the mother to be?
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Daryl and Megan stayed at the highway until noon the next day, unfortunately there was no sign of Carl or Sophia.
They made a sign on a car and left some food and water before heading towards the farm.
When they arrived a lot of arguing was going on beside Dales RV especially between Shane, Lori and Rick.
"Maybe Rick found out his wife's a slut..." Megan thought to herself.
Daryl and Megan approached the scene. Lori looked at her with hopefull eyes. Megan shook her head and Lori instantly burst into tears.
"Whys everyone arguing?" Megan asked.
Rick was glaring at Shane not even taking notice of his crying wife. Rick turned to Megan. "Loris pregnant."
"What?" Megan asked genuinely shocked.
"But guess what? It ain't even my child because my best friend told her I was dead so he could sleep with her."
"Man, it wasn't like that. I really believed you were dead." Shane defended.
Megan scoffed causing Shane to glare at her.
"I don't care about that. What's done is done but now we have two pregnant women to care for! It was hard enough dealing with Megan" Rick snapped.
"Oh sorry for being an inconvenience. I didn't realise I was suppose to predict the end of the world before getting knocked up!" Megan snapped.
"I didn't mean it like that!"
"Piss off Rick." She shouted before walking away.
She found a tree not far from the house and sat underneath it fiddling with her knife to keep her distracted.
"You alright?" Daryl asked making her jump. She hadn't even realised he was there.
"I guess." She sighed.
He said nothing and sat beside her. They sat in silence until Maggie called them for dinner.
"Who's she?" Megan asked as they headed to the house.
"Think she's Maggie. There's a young blonde kid - Beth, Jimmy, her boyfriend I think and Otis' wife Patricia. Oh and Hershel of course."
Megan nodded. "How is Otis?" She asked.
Daryl shrugged. "Don't know. Didn't ask."
She rolled her eyes. "You apologised for shooting the poor guy though didn't you?" She asked.
"Pfft! No!"
"Well make sure you do." She said sternly.
"Well make sure you do." He mocked.
"I don't sound like that!" She snapped.
He smirked. "Do."
"Don't!"
"Do!"
"Don't, don't, don't!" She repeated.
He smirked and shook his head. "Get inside." He ordered.
She chuckled. "I win."
"Whatever you say darlin'.'' He chuckled.
Over dinner the group discussed what to do next. Hershel found out the maps for Daryl and Rick to go over. There was a lot of tension in the room due to Rick and Megan's earlier outburst. Lori hadn't even turned up instead Carol had taken her some food to the RV.
"Well I'll head down the north creek see if I can pick anymore tracks up." Daryl said pointing on the map to show Rick.
"Alright. Me and Shane could take the opposite side."
Daryl nodded in agreement. "Alright. Just don't kill each other while your out there." He muttered.
"Can I come?" Megan asked.
"No. I asked Hershel to check you out, seeing as you were unable to go to the doctors before all this began." Rick explained.
"But he's a vet? Is there something your trying to tell me Rick?" Megan asked causing a few of the group to snigger.
"What? No!" He defended.
She scowled at him before turning back to her plate.
Daryl, Rick and Shane set off into the woods towards the creek half an hour later.
Daryl walked down the length of the creek checking for any tracks or signs that anyone had been there. He saw none just the odd walker or animal tracks.
As he began heading back he was cut off by a dozen or so walkers. He tried to get away without catching there attention but the snap of a twig caused them all to turn towards him.
"Shit." He muttered as he shot the closest one with an arrow while backing away.
He took a look behind him to make sure he wouldn't have a walker creep up on him. By the time he had turned back the walkers were closer. He shot another one before running to put some distance between them.
He could have ran straight back to the farm but he didn't want to risk them following him.
He stabbed one in the head that had gotten too close. He only had one arrow left and would need to back track to get to his others. He used the last arrow and slung his crossbow over his back and held onto his knife tightly as he took out another walker. The blood splattered across his face and into his eye blurring his vision slightly.
"Just great!" He muttered as he wiped his eye in his sleeve while trying to keep his distance.
Eventually he had just the one walker left. He raised his aching arm to stab it in in the head but it fell to the floor before his blade entered it's skull.
The gun shot echoed throughout the woods and Daryl looked towards where the shot had come from.
"Sophia, Carl!" He gasped when he saw them. Carl was holding a gun up pointing towards where the walker had stood. He lowered it when he saw Daryl.
"Daryl!" Sophia said before running towards him and hugging his waist.
He patted her back awkwardly.
"Where the hell have you been?" He suddenly snapped when the initially shock wore off.
"Merle found us." Carl said casually.
"Merle?" Daryl asked.
"Hey baby brother." Came Merle voice from behind him.
Daryl turned around. There stood Merle with a smug look on his face.
"Found you." He chuckled.
"Yeah well you can loose me again. Come on kids your parents are going to be happy to see you." Daryl said leading them away while picking his arrows out of the walkers heads as they passed them.
Daryl knew Merle was following them but tried to pretend he wasn't there although he knew that wouldn't last long. Merle was family after all.
"Is Dad mad at me?" Carl asked walking beside him while Sophia practically hung from his leg.
Daryl shrugged. "Dunno. Be happy to see you though."
Carl nodded.
Megan was sat on the steps of the porch when Shane and Rick returned shaking their heads. "No sign." Rick said as he approached the group.
"Where's Daryl?" Dale asked.
"Hopefully on his way back. It'll be dark soon." Rick said.
Daryl, Carl and Sophia were about ten minutes from the farm. "Where are we going? I thought the highway was back there" Carl asked.
"To a farm. We are staying there with a family." Daryl said.
They eventually approached the tree line. Carl and Sophia saw the RV and instantly ran towards it shouting for their parents.
Daryl watched from a distance as they all greeted each other again. This time it was tears of happiness.
"How? Where?" They asked as Daryl approached with Merle just behind him.
"Merle?" Rick said.
"Nice to see you again officer friendly. Do I get a thank you for keeping the kiddies safe?" He asked.
"You found them?" Lori asked skeptically.
"Yeah Mom, he kept us safe honest." Carl said sticking up for Merle.
"Well I guess..thank you Merle." Rick said although reluctant.
"Thank you so much Merle." Carol cried and surprised him by wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him. "I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have my baby back."
"Your welcome sweet cheeks." He grinned as she pulled away. He slapped her ass when she turned around causing her to blush.
Megan snorted in a unladylike fashion while trying to hold back her laughter.
"So I'm guessing since I saved the kiddies I can stay with your group...right?" Merle asked.
"I don't think so." Shane spat.
"Hang on!" Rick interrupted. "He's right. He looked after my son." He said glaring at Shane. "And Sophia. I think he's earned his place. Who else thinks so?" Rick asked.
Carl, Carol, Sophia and reluctantly Andrea, Lori and Dale raised their hands. Daryl, Glenn and T were a little skeptical but eventually nodded their heads. Megan and Shane were the only ones not to give their decision.
"Welcome back Merle." Rick said.
Most of the group knew Rick was only being civil towards Merle to get one up on Shane.
Shane grumbled in annoyance before heading to his tent.
"Well I'm certainly glad to be back." Merle said smirking.
"Can share a tent with me." Daryl muttered as the group began separating to head to sleep.
Merle smirked. "Got no lady visitors baby bro?" Merle asked. "No change there then eh?" He asked sniggering.
"Whatever." Daryl muttered. "Can sleep outside then can't you?" Daryl asked.
Megan stormed over before Merle could say anything.
"Yeah Merle. You can sleep outside." She said crossing her arms and scowling at him.
"Oh look it's baby mama." Merle chuckled. "Awe, no bump yet..shame..." He said eyeing her up and down and licking his lips.
"Loris gone and got her self knocked up too. Fucked my brothers best friend. Why don't you see of you can catch a ride?" She asked smirking.
"My, my, I might just try that." He smirked. "Although that Carol is looking fine." He smirked before stalking off towards Carol.
"Oh god." Megan chuckled as she and Daryl watched Merle turn Carol to mush with his sweet talk.
"Has he always been like that?" Megan asked Daryl.
Daryl just nodded his head. "He'll hurt her." He stated.
Megan sighed but said nothing as they stood I silence. It was common for them to just be in each other company but not say a word.
"Thank you." Megan said eventually.
He looked at her confused. "What for?" He asked.
"For bringing Carl and Sophia back."
He shrugged. "Was Merle that found them and kept them safe."
"Are you not wondering why?" She asked.
He nodded. "I already know why."
"Really?" She asked.
He nodded again. "He kept them safe so he could bring them back and be apart of the group again. If he had met two random kids in the woods that he didn't know and couldn't use for his own benefit he wouldn't have took care of them out of the goodness of his own heart. He'd have left them but he knew with Carl and Sophia he could use them to get back in. I'm just not sure why he wants to come back." He explained.
"Me either. He didn't even want to see you yesterday." Megan added.
"Exactly. I'm going to keep an eye on him though."
She nodded. "I think everyone will be."
He nodded. "How's baby?" He asked.
She shrugged. "Don't know. Hershel said I'm about fifteen weeks. He's not happy that he can see my ribs but he said I should be fine."
"Need more food in ya." He muttered.
"Well it's kind of difficult these days isn't it.."
"I guess. I will try to catch more when I go out hunting."
She shook her head. "I don't want to be a bourdon."
"You ain't plus I can guarantee Miss Prim and proper will be requesting extra food."
She chuckled and then once again there was silence between them. They both glanced over at Merle, Carol and Sophia as they erupted in giggles.
"You should head to bed." He said realising it was dark now.
"But I don't want to." She whined.
He chuckled. "Such a baby." He muttered before walking away. He heard her muttering to herself before storming towards her tent.
Around midnight Daryl heard his tent being unzipped. He bolted upright and shined his torched towards the entrance. He was certain it wasn't a walker but had his knife ready.
"Jesus Daryl stop shining that in my eyes." He heard Megan hiss.
"What are you doing here?" He asked annoyed shining the torch to the side of her so he could still see her but not blind her in the process.
She held up a bag and shook it. "I brought cookies. They're stale but I thought we could share them." She said sitting beside him.
"Why are you eating cookies in the middle of the night?" He asked inspecting the one she gave him and wrinkling his nose up in disgust.
"I was hungry and I couldn't sleep." She said shrugging as she took a bite. "So good." She moaned.
He took a bite but didn't have the same reaction instead he spat it back out and through it out the tent. "Disgusting." He muttered.
She chuckled.
"Couldn't you have ate them in your own tent instead of waking me up?" He asked.
She sighed. "I could have but I don't like being alone. It's scary." She admitted.
He scoffed. "Baby." He muttered.
She glared at him. "I ain't."
"Whatever. Hurry up and eat then get out my tent." He ordered as he laid back down to go to sleep.
She shook his. "No, don't go to sleep. Talk to me." She ordered.
He groaned. "Women. I want to sleep!" He snapped.
"Can I stay here?" She asked.
"No!" He snapped rolling away from her.
He heard her sniffle. He looked over and saw her wiping tears away.
"I told you, you were a baby!" He said in a calmer voice while sitting back up.
"Shut up Dixon!" She snapped.
He rolled his eyes.
"It's these stupid hormones!" She said trying to redirect the blame for her outburst.
"Yeah, yeah, you done whining?" He asked.
"Only if I can stay here. I really don't like being alone." She confessed.
He sighed. "Fine just hurry up and go to sleep." He ordered.
She grinned and put the cookies away and laid down making sure their was some distance between them.
"I'm so glad your my friend." She whispered before she fell to sleep.
Daryl never replied but deep down he was glad she was his friend too. Even if she did annoy the crap out of him.
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So Carl and Sophia are safe and it was Merle who had them. Now he's back and flirting with Carol..we will be seeing more of that later *wink wink* Maybe she can change his ways?
Yeah kind of quick for them but makes a change from daryl/OC jumping into anything...
Also I didn't realise how much of a bitch I had made Lori until I re read the story so I apologise of you didn't like it. I'm trying to change but it's so easy to bash her in a fanfiction.
Anyway..
Everyone knows Loris pregnant and I purposely made it so that they knew for sure it was Shane's baby. You will see why later.
I'm also still thinking about them missing the prison for the time being and meeting the governor first. What do you think of that?
Next up: character death and the walkers in the barn scene...I may have added a twist to it though ;) can you guess what?
I hope you are enjoying my story.
Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas don't hesitate to let me know. I will happily try to add them in.
Also I'm sorry for the long authors notes. I get carried away just like I am now.
Thank you for reading.
Frankie.