Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia.

Sorry for the late update, college has been a mess x

Somebody To Die For

Chapter 17


"Looks like we're going inside for the rest of the day," Bailey chuckled as she felt her hair and her clothes get drenched in seconds.

"At least it should help the crops," Hershel smiled hurrying inside.

They all laughed at that as they headed inside and Judith cooed at them all happily as she waved her chubby hands.

"Hey there, little one," Anna smiled as she tickled Judith's stomach. "Want to say hello to your family?" she asked softly with a smile as Judith giggled at her.

"I think that's a yes." Rick said smiling as everyone said hello to Judith who smiled at them all happily and cuddled into them.

"She's getting big." Carl said softly.

"Lil Asskicker," Daryl smirked as he smiled down at Judith. "Can't y'all at least consider it as her middle name?"

Rick laughed. "No Daryl, we had the conversation already. Plus. I don't think Bailey is going to let you call your son or daughter Asskicker either," he said amused.

"We are certainly not calling him or her that's for sure." Bailey laughed as they all discussed what to call her middle name when Rick decided.

"What about Maeve?" He suggested softly.

"I like it," Anna smiled as they looked down at Judith. "I think it suits her perfectly."

"Alright then," Rick said with a grin. "Judith Maeve Grimes."

"Is Maeve a Scottish name?" Carol asked them as they all sat down at the table and munched on some snacks.

"It is, it was my mother's middle name." Anna said touched that Rick had used her middle name in honour to her.

"That's lovely," Carol said softly, as she watched the two of them with a small smile.

"Can we go swimming later?" Penny asked her dad, and the rest of the children nodded eagerly. "The swimming pool is inside, so we won't be in the rain."

"I don't see why not." Phillip said with a warm smile as everyone went to get changed into their swim wear.

Anna had pulled on a purple swimming costume and looked at her scarred arms with a sigh as she sat on a chair.

"You're beautiful," Rick said softly as he came out in his swimming trunks. "I think all of us here have scars," he added. "They don't make you ugly; they just make you a fighter."

She gave him a soft smile as she got up and kissed him lovingly as they headed downstairs where the others were already in the pool.

Judith was in the children's pool splashing about happily with Aoife and Katy who were laughing as the dogs jumped into the pool.

"Oh lord," Carol laugh, as the dogs splashed around. "Looks like we have some extra guests in here."

Rick chuckled as he swam with Anna and held onto her tightly, watching Carl help Judith swim in her little float.

"That's it Judy, kick your feet out." Carl said pleased and she giggled at him as she moved around and Aoife played with her.

"It's nice being here and just happy." Bailey said as she swam with Daryl.

Daryl nodded and smiled at their family. "I know. We have a home now," he said softly. "A proper home."

She smiled at that and kissed him gently as they all got out and the dogs splashed them all with water as they got dry causing the cats to hiss at them.

"I think they're annoyed." Dylan said smirking.

Hershel laughed as he got up from the chair where he had been watching. "I don't think they're just as interested in the water as the dogs are," he said, as the dogs climbed out of the water, and shook themselves near the cats, almost like they could understand what Hershel was saying.

Pebbles walked over to Hershel and mewled as he stroked the black cat gently and he purred happily as they headed upstairs.

"I love cats, I had a cat called Timmy but he died." Penny said sadly.

"Well, our pets are your pets now too," Emma said with a small smile, as she looked at the others who nodded.

"We're family, right?" Sam asked softly.

"Yes we are indeed." Louis said happily as they headed into the kitchen to cook dinner when they saw how dark it had gotten.

"How did you all survive last winter?" Peter asked softly.

"Well, we had somewhere safe to stay them," Hershel explained. "We used up all of the food we had left, and tried to stay warm."

"But there were others in the group who didn't want Rick being leader, they took our supplies and left us nearly with nothing." Anna said as she thought back.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that," Peter said quietly.

"Don't be," Rick assured him. "It wasn't your fault."

The children smiled at them all sadly as they all ate some snacks and Katy looked at Emma quickly noting she looked paler.

"Time for your injection." She said softly.

Emma nodded as Katy went into their bag of belongings and pulled out an Insulin injection, administering it to her sister correctly, as Hershel watched impressed.

"Where did you learn that?" he asked softly.

Katy gave him a small smile. "After our parents died, I had to learn how to do it for her."

"That's partly why the Governor wanted us gone, some of the kids were sick and he said that they had to go. He said that they were being taken somewhere safe but we never saw them again." Dylan explained sadly.

"I'm so sorry." Anna said softly.

"It wasn't your fault." Sam said sadly.

"He can't hurt you anymore," Phillip said with a small smile. "He's dead, and so are Connor, Shane and Dave."

"Good, they were bastards." Rose said firmly as they all sat down to eat dinner when they saw Judith cough.

"Are you OK, sweetheart?" Anna asked softly as she patted Judith's back and looked at the baby.

"Is she alright?" Carl asked worriedly.

"I think she drank some water out of the pool." She said as Judith coughed up some water and relaxed as they heard a door bell ring.

"Who on earth is that?" Carol asked confused.

"I'll get it," Oscar said with a small smile as he got up and went to answer the door for them. He didn't recognize the woman who was looking back at him. "Who the hell are you?" he asked confused.


"I know they're here, I recognize that car and motorbike in the driveway," Lori spat as she pushed past him. "I want my daughter."

She walked into the hallway and headed straight into the kitchen where she found Rick and Anna with her baby and Carl.

"What the hell are you doing here!?" Rick snapped at her as he got up and faced the woman who had betrayed him and the group.

"I'm here to get my daughter back." She said coldly.

"That's not going to happen," Anna spat as she glared at Lori. "You should have thought about that before you abandoned her!"

"She's the only part of Shane I have left," Lori hissed. "After that... animal... killed him!"

"Rick isn't an animal Lori, Shane got what he deserved and I hope he burns in hell along with Connor, Dave and Brian!" Anna snapped at her.

"Lori get the hell outta of here bitch, no one wants yer here!" Daryl snarled at her and she shot him in the chest.

"DARYL!" Bailey screamed running over to him and putting pressure on the wound as Hershel hurried to help.

"Give me the baby and no one else gets hurt," Lori snarled at Rick and Anna as she pointed her gun at Aoife's head.

Bailey looked up at them, her hands covered in Daryl's blood. There were tears in her eyes. "No, Lori, please no..."

"SHUT UP, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!" She screamed at Bailey and smashed the gun across the side of Bailey's face, knocking her out as Daryl yelled out for her.

"Please Lori, don't do this." Carol pleaded with her not to take Judith.

"If you don't hand me my daughter Rick, I'll kill all of the children in this room starting with Carl!" She screamed aiming at Carl.

Rick panicked and realized the best way to deal with this would be to give her Judith, and then find a way to get her back. Daryl and Bailey were already injured, and he couldn't let anyone else down. "OK, Lori, OK, you win," he said, as he took Judith out of Anna's arms and slowly handed her to Lori. "Her name is Judith."

Lori huffed and glared at them all before storming out of the door with Judith in her arms.

Rick let out a deep breath as he looked at Anna and Carl. "Don't worry, we'll get her back. I just couldn't let anyone else get hurt. You understand why I did that, right?" he asked, worried they would hate him for what he had done.

"It's alright Rick, we understand." Anna assured him as she hugged him tightly along with Carl as Daryl got up and rubbed his bloody shoulder and gently picked up Bailey.

"I'm gonna kill that bitch." He snarled as he winced in pain.

"We need to get Judith back." Carl said quickly.

Rick nodded. "I know we do, I know. But I figure we have time to come up with a plan. I'm sure Lori isn't going to hurt her."

"Where would she go?" Anna asked as she stitched up Daryl's shoulder, Bailey was starting to wake up and looked around dazed.

"What happened?"

"Lori knocked ya out, darlin'," Daryl said softly. "Ya OK? Our baby OK?"

"We're fine, Daryl, oh god, your shoulder," she said as she sat up and stroked his arm gently. "Are you OK? Is Lori gone?"

"I'm alright don't worry, she ran off with Judith but don't worry, we're gonna find her." Daryl assured her as it was decided that Rick, him and Morgan would find Judith.

"Are you sure you'll be ok?" Rick asked him as they got ready.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Daryl said with a small smile, as Anna helped put his jacket on over his shoulder. "I'm a Dixon," he added with a small chuckle.

"Please be careful Daryl, I love you." Bailey said kissing him as they saw Rick say good bye to Anna and Carl.

"Go get our girl back, alright?" Anna said softly as she kissed Rick's cheek gently. "We love you."

Rick nodded as Morgan said goodbye to Duane, and the three of them headed towards the car.


Lori was driving along the highway with Judith sleeping quietly in her car seat; she was so tiny and perfect.

"Don't worry sweetie, I'll take care of you." She promised.

She looked at the baby for a long moment. She looked so much like Shane. "You look just like your daddy, don't you?" she asked with a smile.

Judith cooed at her and Lori smiled as she continued to drive along the highway unaware of the herd of walkers behind the car.

Eventually, she pulled up at the small house where she was living with T-Dog. "Is that your daughter?" he asked, getting up and locking the doors behind her. "Did they just hand her over to you?"

"Had to shoot the dumb redneck and knock out bitch, but yeah, that's her," Lori said with a smile as she set Judith down in her new home.

"She looks like you." T-Dog said impressed as he said hello to Judith who cooed at them all happily.

"She's better off with us, than Rick and the others." Lori said as she warmed up a bottle for her daughter.

"That's true, wouldn't want Anna raising her," T-Dog mumbled as Judith wrapped her hand around his thumb. "She likes it here already."

"Of course she does, she's my daughter," Lori replied.

"She got a name yet?" T-Dog asked.

"Rick called her Judith Maeve Grimes after Carl's school teacher and after Anna's mother but we'll call her Lily Isobel Walsh." Lori said warmly as she picked up her daughter and headed upstairs to take her to bed and T-Dog went outside to take watch.


Rick and the others had been driving for hours searching for Judith and Lori when they came across tyre tracks.

"You think they lead to the house?" Daryl asked as they drove down the muddy track. "Should we follow 'em?"

"It can't hurt." Rick said as he worried about Judith and hurried out of the car as they all searched the houses for Judith.

Rick hurried into one house where he found a family of four dead, gunshots to the head as he looked around. The mother looked like Anna with her light blonde hair framing her face as she held her husband's hand.

He sighed and left the house, looking all around for anywhere there might be a fire on, or a light on.

Daryl had found another small house, and took Morgan with him to check it out.

They headed into the house to find it empty and clear of walkers but no sign of Lori or Judith as they walked back out dejectedly.

"She's not here," Rick said sadly as he leaned against the car. He had faith Lori wouldn't do anything to hurt her, but he wanted her back.

"Guys, look over there," Morgan said, as he pointed to the highway where a herd were shuffling along. Luckily the three men were out of sight. "Looks like they're following something."

"Let's follow them then." Rick said as they hurried into the car and followed the herd.


T-Dog had been on watch when he saw the huge herd heading towards them and the house and headed downstairs to tell Lori.

"Lori, there's a herd coming this way," T-Dog said as he tried to catch his breath.

Lori looked alarmed as she ran to pick up Judith, or Lily. "They must have followed me back here."

They hurried out of the house when they saw how many there were and knew they couldn't take Judith with them on the road.

"I'm sorry Lily, its better this way." Lori said to her as she placed her on the ground near an abandoned car before driving off with T-Dog.

Judith began to cry softly as T-Dog and Lori left her, and she could see the walkers coming towards her in the distance. Of course, she was too young to know what they were but they didn't look friendly. Luckily, Lori had left her somewhere she might not be spotted by the walkers.

It started to rain then heavily and soon the walkers had left the house as Judith still continued to cry wanting her parents back who had looked after her since she had been born.

Her daddy had dark brown hair and kind but hard grey eyes while her mother had dark blonde wavy hair and sky blue eyes; her older brother had grey eyes like her daddy and his hair.

Judith was cold and sniffled as the rain continued to come down on her, and she realized she was alone.


Rick, Daryl and Morgan had been following, but keeping a distance from the walkers until they found anything that could tell them where Judith was.

"They must have seen something for them all to gather together," Morgan said confused.

"Maybe they heard gunshots or something." Daryl said as they saw the walkers swarm around a house as they quietly drove past and saw a basket with something moving in it.

"What is that?" Morgan asked worried as they all got out and walked to what was in the basket, it was raining heavily and as they came nearer to the basket they could hear soft snuffles.

Rick hurried over and looked into the basket feeling his heart break as he saw what it was.

"It's Judith," Rick choked out as he picked up his girl. She was freezing, her skin was pale and she was soaking wet.

"Shit," Daryl whispered as he took off his leather jacket and handed it to Rick so he could wrap it around Judith. "We need to get her back to Anna and Hershel!"

Everyone nodded and they hurried into the car where they drove back to the house and Rick rubbed Judith gently as he tried to keep her warm.

"Hold on Judy, hold on." He said kissing her forehead.

"We're nearly there Rick." Morgan said softly.

Rick nodded. "This little one is a fighter," he said quietly as he wrapped Daryl's jacket around her tightly and held her in his arms. She was sniffling and shivering, but she had regained some colour in her cheeks. "Why the hell did she do it? Why did she come and take her away only to abandon her again?"

"I think the herd made Lori leave Judith behind, Rick." Daryl said sadly as they pulled up outside house and hurried into the house where the others were.

"Did you find her?!" Anna asked worriedly.

Rick nodded. "Yeah, we did, but we need your help," he said as he set the bundle in his arms down on the sofa. Judith by now was coughing and spluttering, and her cheeks were flushed.

"What happened?!" Hershel asked worriedly as he rushed over with his medical equipment.

"Lori and T-Dog had a herd coming towards the house; they left Judith behind in the rain near a bush." Rick explained quickly as Anna changed her and Carol got a small baby bath ready for her.

"She's burning up." She said worried as Bailey helped her take off Judith's wet clothes.

Judith snuffled slightly and whimpered.

"It's OK, sweetheart," Anna said softly, as she stroked her hair. "Mommy and daddy are here now. We're going to warm you up slowly OK. Too much of a temperature change could make you very ill. Carol, make sure the water in the bath isn't too warm, just something above body temperature."

"Here, let me help," Beth said softly, she had been training for children's nursing; she figured she could be of some use.

"Thank you, Beth." Carol said grateful as they made sure the bath wasn't too hot but not cold either as they gently placed Judith in the bath as she wheezed heavily.

"Is she going to be alright?" Carl asked his parents worriedly.

"Hopefully, sweetheart," Anna said softly, as she bathed Judith. "But she's been out in the cold, not to mention she was soaked from the rain. We just need to keep her warm and make sure she has enough strength for her little body to fight off the virus."

They all nodded and made sure that Judith had plenty of blankets when Anna gently took her out of the bath and along with Rick dried her gently before getting her dressed.

Judith coughed violently then, her small body shaking with coughs.

Rick wrapped her up in the blankets and held onto her tightly, rocking her gently and trying to soothe her. "Isn't there anything we can do for her? Some medication or something? I know she's young, but she's in pain," he said worriedly.

"We'll get the medicine out of the kitchen, you, Anna and Carl stay here." Merle told him and they hurried off.

"Please god, let Judith be alright." Anna prayed as she stroked Judith's thick, dark brown hair when they heard Daryl and Merle hurry in.

Daryl and Merle returned to the kitchen with their arms loaded down with all the medical supplies from the bathroom, they put them on the counter. Anna and Hershel looked through everything, not sure what to do.

"Let's check her chest first, shall we?" Anna asked quietly, as she picked up a stethoscope and listened to her chest and heart. "Hershel... check this out."

Hershel nodded and listened carefully. "She has an irregular heartbeat."

"What can we do?" Merle asked quickly.

"We can go to the local hospital and get oxygen for her and maybe some liquid penicillin, in case she has an infection."

Anna started to move out of the kitchen, when Rick caught her wrist, "It won't help."

She looked at him confused. "What?"

Rick looked up at Anna his eyes full of tears, "Shane had some kind of heart problem. I remember his mom and dad talking about it when we were young. He was their miracle, the doctor's were able to fix it and he went on to play football and become a cop. I think that's why he worked out so hard all the time."

Anna swallowed hard, "Rick this might just be a bad chest cold. You don't know…."

Rick stood up fast, his fingers ghosting over the baby's cheek, "Yeah, I do. I think I've always known since she was born." The fact that he was mentioning Judith's paternity lingered in the air and Anna silently cursed Lori and Shane for their affair.

"So what can we do to help her?" Carol asked quietly from where she was standing next to Axel. "I mean there has to be something we can do, right?"

Daryl felt sick, "We have to try! We just can't let her die! What if Carol's right? We have to try."

Merle nodded next to him, "I'll go with him."

Glenn and Maggie nodded next to them, "We're in too. Anything for Judith."

Anna handed Judith to Rick, "She's your daughter Rick. No matter whom's DNA was used to make her, she's yours."

Rick crumbled into Anna's shoulder, Judith between them, the man sobbed, "I couldn't keep you safe and now I can't help her."

Bailey buried her face into Daryl's chest and held Aoife tightly, as she started to cry heavily in his shirt.

"We're going, whether you want us to or not," Merle said firmly. "We're gonna go and get supplies for that little girl, and we're going to save her life. I ain't gonna sit back and watch her die, no way in hell."

"He's right," Bailey said as she wiped her eyes. She had lost Celia and she wouldn't like to see Anna and Rick go through that. "We have to."

Rick nodded at them all as he squeezed Anna's hand tightly and Carl hugged them both, "Thank you that means a lot to me." He said as they hurried out to get the supplies.

He sat down with Anna and Carl as they both watched over Judith.

"You're going to be OK, little one," Rick said softly as he stroked her soft hair. "Keep fighting, Uncle Daryl and Uncle Merle are going to bring back supplies to make you better."


The night drug on after everyone left. Rick and Anna won't put Judith down. She paced back and forth humming to the little girl. Bailey had gone outside to check on Carl and Aoife, leaving them alone with Judith. Anna's heart sunk every time Judith made a noise in her arms, she knew the little girl was fading fast. She hoped that the rest of the group would be back soon, their only hope was the oxygen and antibiotics. She realized that Judith had gone still in her arms, looking down she saw Judith had quit breathing.

"Oh no, no, no," Anna cried, as she hurried over to Rick. "Rick... help. No, Judith, come on, come on!" she said desperately as she placed her down and attempted mouth to mouth with the tiny baby. "Please, Judy, no..."

No matter how hard she and Rick tried Judith didn't move as they heard a car pull up and saw Daryl and Merle hurry in with the medicine.

"We got it!"

"Hurry, she's stopped breathing!" Anna said urgently, as Daryl and Merle set everything down and she and Hershel who had come back in, worked to save Judith's life. They gave her some of the oxygen so she had help to breathe, and administered the medicine Daryl had found. "Come on, Judy, come on..."

They heard a small cough come from Judith and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, all three of you." Rick said smiling through his tears as they hugged him and Merle before they headed upstairs with Carl and Judith.

"I'm so glad she's alright." Bailey said as she held Aoife and cuddled into Daryl who held them both tightly.

"Me too," Daryl said softly, as he stroked Aoife's hair, thankful she was alright. "We can't lose anyone else."

Bailey smiled up at him. "Well done, you and Merle. You helped save her life."

"It was nothing, she's family." He said softly as everyone headed upstairs to bed.


Rick and Anna sat by Judith as she recovered from her illness with Carl fast asleep on the bed behind them.

"I knew she was a little fighter," Rick said with a smile as he held Anna's hand tightly. "I knew she would pull through."

Anna nodded as they watched over her. "Just because she might have Shane and Lori's DNA, doesn't mean she's not our daughter."

"I know she's ours." Rick said softly as they watched Judith's chest rise and fall steadily and heard her coo at them softly.

"She's so beautiful." Anna said stroking her soft curls as she cuddled her teddy bear.

"She sure is," Rick said with a smile. "Judith Maeve Grimes, she's gonna grow up to be one tough little lady. Along with all the brothers and sisters she's going to have."

She laughed at that and cuddled into him lovingly, "We're going to have quite the brood then?" She teased although she was secretly pleased.

"Always wanted a large family." He said softly holding her close as they watched Judith smile in her sleep.

They then saw Oscar hurry in, "Lori's here!"

"Fucking bitch," Rick growled standing up. "Stay with Judith," he told Anna. "I got a little score to settle with Lori," he said as he stormed out of the room with Oscar.

They headed outside where they saw Lori wrapped up warmly as she looked at them through the fence looking annoyed.

"GIVE ME MY DAUGHTER BACK!" She screamed at him.

"She almost died because of you!" Rick snapped, pulling out his gun and aiming it at her. "Yeah, when you abandoned her, she was left out there alone, she nearly died. Her heart stopped, and the man you put a bullet through earlier was brave enough to go and get what we needed to save her. You get the fuck outta here and never come back again, or I swear to god Lori, I'm gonna kill you!" he yelled angrily.

"This isn't over Rick; I'll have her back soon!" Lori screamed at him as she hurried back into the car and drove off as the others watched on silently.

"Jesus, she's crazy." Oscar said alarmed as they all headed back inside.

"Yeah well... like I said... If she comes back, I'll kill her," Rick said, meaning every word, as he headed back to bed to be with his family.


The next morning everyone had a lie in and a rest to recover from yesterday as Daryl pulled Bailey into him, she was fast asleep and her hands were on her stomach.

Daryl smiled as he turned over and propped himself up on his elbow. He gently moved her hand over so as not to disturb her, before he rubbed her stomach gently. "Hey, little one, I'm yer daddy," he whispered softly, feeling tears prick his eyes at the thought that was his kid in there. Their kid. "And ya don' know me yet, but I love ya millions."

Although the baby didn't kick, he knew the baby was aware of who he and Bailey were and kissed her stomach lovingly.

"I love ya two so fuckin much." He said honestly as he held her tightly to him

Bailey stirred slightly when she heard Daryl and opened her eyes to find him staring in wonder down at her stomach. "Hey there," she said with a small chuckle.

"Hey there, darlin." He said kissing her softly as her hands got tangled in his thick dark, brown hair as he pulled her into him.

"I want you." She said softly.

Daryl smiled at her as he kissed her neck gently. "Right back at ya," he said as he pulled her nightgown up over her head and kissed her chest.

Her breasts already had started to get slightly bigger thanks to the baby, and Daryl found himself staring at them like a teenage boy.

Bailey laughed. "Hey, I'm up here you know?"

"I know but that doesn't mean I can look at yer sexy body." He said kissing her hard on the mouth as he started to play with her plumb breasts.

"We still got that stuff from the shop?" He asked slyly.

Bailey moaned softly into his mouth before she pulled away. "Yeah, it's at the bottom of my rucksack in the wardrobe," she said smirking. "Didn't think I'd leave it behind, did you?"

He smirked at her as he got up from the bed and headed to the wardrobe where he found the rucksack and smirked when he found the vibrator along with some other things.

He went to where she was and her eyes widened when she saw the nipple clamps in his hands as she pulled on her nightgown.

Daryl looked confused. "What is it?"

"No, we are not doing that shit," she said, pointing to his hands. "I'd rather sex was fun, and not torture."

"Shit, Bailey I'm sorry." He said as he tossed the clamps into the bin and she relaxed slightly as she curled into him.

"It's OK, baby," she said softly as she kissed his neck and massaged his shoulders to relax him. "I don't need all that stuff... I just want you," she said as she slid his t-shirt up and over his head, throwing it to the side, before she pulled him back on the bed and kissed him passionately. Daryl took off her nightgown again, as he ran his hands over her body, going back to playing with her breasts. She moaned softly against him. "Hmm... better be careful, I could get used to waking up like this every morning you know," she said as Daryl chuckled, before ducking down to take one of her nipples into his mouth, making her gasp.

She began to grind her hips into him as his mouth worked over her chest, making him hard instantly. She took his sweatpants off and ran her hands up the inside of his thighs before cupping his cock, making him groan against her chest. He pushed his hips forward into her hands as they both caressed each other slowly, savouring the moment of being together. Daryl slid himself off the top of her and turned onto his side, before he pulled her back against his chest, so she was on her side too. "Wanna try somethin'," he said softly, as he poisoned himself behind her, and threw his leg over the top of her.

He slowly slid into her and Bailey moaned at the feeling off him being so deep inside her. He had much better access from this position. As he began to thrust into her, he could move his mouth down to suck on her neck, his teeth occasionally digging into her skin when he felt jolts of pleasure run through his body. He used one arm to wrap around her just under her breasts where he kept her in place as he began to pick up speed, and he used the other hand to wrap around and find her clit, before he began to rub gently, making her whimper and cry out his name, as she tried to bury her face into the pillow to muffle the noises she was making. Everything he was doing felt so good, and she could feel his hot breath against his neck as he panted while he pounded into her.

She moaned heavily as she felt her stomach tense up, before her breath caught in her throat and she came hard around him, her fingernails digging into the arm that was wrapped around her. Daryl kissed the back of her neck gently, before he felt himself tighten up, and let out a tremendous growl as he came, holding her body tightly against him.

"I aint ever gonna get tired of being like this with ya." He said kissing her lovingly as they held each other tightly.

Bailey smirked at him as she kissed his stubbly cheek. "Good, 'cause I'm gonna want to do that again a hell of a lot more times before this little one is born," she said with a small laugh.

"Horny little woman aint ya?" He asked amused as they heard moaning from Glenn and Maggie's room.

"What the hell?" He asked confused.

Bailey laughed. "Looks like we weren't the only ones enjoying a morning delight," she said as she stroked his chest. "We could do with soundproof walls."

He laughed at that and kissed her lovingly as they got back under the quilt and curled into each other as they fell asleep.


Rick had woken up against Anna's shoulder as Judith cooed at them both happily, her light blue eyes sparkling happily.

"Hey, my girl," Rick said with a smile as he sat up and picked up Judith into his arms. "Someone is looking a lot better this morning."

Judith cooed at him happily as she cuddled into him and placed her hand gently on his stubbly right cheek.

"Mommy, Carl and daddy love you." He told her softly as Anna woke up and smiled at them both warmly.

"Hey, how is she this morning?" Anna asked, as Rick got back into bed, and set Judith down with them.

"She's doing much better, aren't you, little one?" he asked, ticking her stomach.

Judith let out soft little giggles as she cuddled into them and fell asleep, lightly snuffling as she curled into them.

Anna smiled at Rick and held them both tightly as she fell asleep too, and they spent the day having a well earned rest.


Bailey curled into Daryl as she watched him sleep, she was so happy that she had found him and Aoife along with having his baby.

She kissed him gently on the lips as she looked at his scarred torso and lightly touched his scars, feeling her heart ache.

She ran her fingers over the scars gently. She knew he'd had a troubled past, but until they had slept together and she had seen his scars properly, she had never really known how bad it was. She heard a small whimpering noise and looked up to see it had come from Daryl. He was still asleep, but his hand was swatting at something that wasn't even there. She worried for a second before gently shaking him awake. "Daryl, baby, you're having a nightmare."

He stilled then and relaxed as he curled into her and sighed heavily as she stroked his face gently, her eyes concerned.

"Sorry about that." He said giving her a small smile.

"Don't be, baby," she said softly, as she kissed him gently and held onto him tightly. "I'm here. You wanna talk about it?"

Daryl paused and looked at her concerned, light blue eyes and nodded and as he sat up and pulled her onto his lap.

"The nightmare was about my old man." He said trying to forget his painful childhood that had been a living hell.

"You're dad gave you the scars?" She asked already knowing the answer.

Daryl swallowed as she took his rough hand in her soft one. "Yeah. Most of 'em. Merle's got 'em too. To say our father weren't exactly a good role model would be an understatement."

Bailey hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry, Daryl. That must have been awful."

"Don't worry about it, he aint here anymore and I won't ever hurt our baby." He said kissing her softly.

"I know you won't," she said as she stroked his cheek gently. "You're a wonderful daddy. Aoife adores you, and our baby is going to too," she assured him. "Shall we get up for a bit?"

"Sure." He said as they both got dressed and picked up Aoife as they headed downstairs where they saw Rick, Carl, Anna and Judith.