"Is what yew tol' the Governor true?" Merle asked from the driver seat of the SUV. Lily's head was resting on Daryl's shoulder. Daryl was asleep with his head against the window and Emily cuddled against his side.

Lily bit her lip. She didn't want to tell Merle about her pregnancy. What what choice did she have? Lie? "Part of it," she admitted.

"Which part?"

"I am," she paused and dropped her voice to a whisper, not wanting the wake the rest of the car. "pregnant. But it's Daryl's..."

"How can yew be so sure?"

"Because it is."

Merle half laughed. "Damn maybe I was righ' 'bout yew."

"You don't understand, do you? About what actually happened at Woodbury," she said bitterly. Merle's smile faded when he realized she wasn't a willing participant with The Governor.

"Look, I'm sorry...But yew need ta tell ma lil' brother...no matter what."

"Can't you just leave it be?"

"He needs ta kno'."

"No. What if I were to...loose it. It would kill him!" her whisper was beginning to get louder.

"An' what's he gonna do when yew blow up lik' a watermelon? Think 'Oh, she's jus' gettin' fat'? No. He's gonna kno' and be pissed at yew fer keepin' it from him."

"I'll tell him...eventually. Just leave it alone, Merle."

Merle didn't say another word, as much as he wanted to. But, Beth's sobs restarted, which meant Mason would be awake to tend to her any minute. Daryl was the next to wake. He wrapped his arm tighter around Lily before opening his baby blue eyes and taking a moment to feel relieved that he had everything that mattered to him. His girls, his brother, and his cross-bow. He thought he was the luckiest man in the world at that moment, even if they were in a world full of things that used to be people, trying to eat them.

Most everyone else was awake within the next five minutes, noticing this, Lily started looking for a good place to stop. She saw a clearing with a lake in the middle. She motioned for Merle to pull over. The early morning sun was lightly shining, causing the world to look a grayish color. But, it would be enough light. Once stopped, everyone exited the car, Rick started a small fire in the grass.

"Beth, did you get the formula?" Lily asked. The blonde nodded with the baby in her arms. "Mason, can you get some water and boil it over the fire?" he too nodded. Lily held her arms out for the baby, Beth put the small girl into Lily's arms.

"Are you sure it'll be safe for Judith to drink?" Mason asked.

"Honestly, I'm not sure. But, what choice do we have?"

"Good point."

When the synthetic milk was finished Lily began feeding Judith the bottle.

"Hi there Lil' Ass Kicker," Daryl cooed from over Lily shoulder. The baby spit the bottle out of her mouth and smiled at the man.

"Aw," Lily smiled happily. Daryl was so good with the baby, which only made her want to tell him. But, as she said to Merle, she didn't want to possibly lose it, and hurt him. "She likes you."

"That's 'cause she don' kno' me," Daryl shrugged.

"If she did, she'd love you."

"Nah."

Lily elbowed him. "I know you and I love you. So does Emily."

"Can I hold her?" Rick asked shyly, which was odd for him. But Lily nodded and handed the baby to him. She whined a little bit but didn't full on cry.

"Wanna feed her?" Lily asked, as she held the bottle.

"Sure," Rick smiled kindly, as Lily handed him the baby bottle. "What's the plan?" Rick asked next, as he continued to feed Judith.

"Head east. We have to stop at mine and Mason's houses...and go to the island...I guess," Lily hadn't really thought about what they'd do exactly. Mason made his way over to the other three.

"Who's house are we going to first?" he asked.

"Your's? We'll come across it first. Then we can hit mine," she was working out the details as she spoke. "Then we can go to the coast."

"We might want to get any food and stuff we can, 'cause I don't think we should leave the island...ever."

"Eventually that won't be possible. You and I both know that."

"Fine. I wanna stay there was long as possible."

"All right. But here's another idea. We spit up, you and a small group cover your house, and I do the same."

"That certainly would speed things up, wouldn't it?" Rick agreed.

"Who do you suggest?" Mason asked.

"You take Rick, Beth, and Carl. I'll take Daryl, Rose, and Merle."

"Whut we do with Em, Olivia, an' Lil' Ass Kicker?" Daryl asked, noticing the childeren didn't fit into Lily's equation.

"We could have Beth stay back?" Mason suggested. He didn't really want her going out into danger.

"You sure? You're team'll be short a person," Lily reminded herself of an army general. She was talking strategically, and felt like the leader. Was this how Rick felt all of the time?

"Yeah," Mason shrugged. "We need to find more gas and move out."

"Agreed."

OoO

The group was on the road an hour later. Daryl took over driving, and everyone else piled in. Merle found a place next to Rose, who hadn't spoke, or signed a word since they left the prison. Lily turned around to her cousin.

'Are you okay?' she signed. Rose shrugged. 'Talk to me, please. We can talk about whatever you want.'

'Do you want the baby to be a boy or a girl?' Rose replied. She didn't want to talk about what was wrong in this world. She wanted to talk about something pure, and innocent.

'Boy. I've always wanted a son,' Lily admitted.

'Does Daryl know?' Lily shook her head. 'When are you going to tell him?'

'When the time's right...'