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

Somebody To Die For

Chapter 20

"Would that have something to do with Axel?" Bailey asked with a smile.

Carol blushed. "Maybe..."

"I like him mom, he's funny." Sophia said smiling as they saw Katy and Emma come down.

"Hello."

Bailey smiled softly at them. "Hi, sweetheart, how are you feeling?" she asked Emma. The younger girl was quiet, understandably.

"I'm OK," she said quietly as she cuddled into Katy, and they both sat down on the sofa.

Everyone smiled sadly at that and started to cook lunch when Emma looked at them all.

"They took photos of me."

Rick had told them that he had seen the photographs already. Not to mention Emma had been wearing the costume and make-up when Rick had brought her home. They figured the group had been up to something strange.

"It's OK, Emma, they're gone," Katy assured her as she hugged her tightly. "They won't hurt any of us anymore."

"He called me his little princess and how he was going to make me a real woman." She sobbed into Katy and Will felt sick as he listened.

"They made me sleepy."

Katy stroked her hair softly. "Shh, Emma, they're gone, they won't touch you again," she assured her, as the other girl sobbed quietly.

Carol smiled sadly at Bailey. "It's going to take her a while to forget that."

Bailey nodded. "I know, I hope Daryl's alright."

"He'll be fine don't ya worry." Merle assured her.

Daryl had pulled up outside an abandoned town that still had supplies.

He parked up his bike and got out, heading into an abandoned department store where he took out the walkers that were stumbling around. He looked around for the women's department, where he tried to find the maternity wear.

He soon found it and shoved in all of the clothes into a bag then found clothes for Aoife and the baby.

He found a lot of choices and shoved them all into the bag and smiled softly.

Daryl moved onto the kids section where he picked up plenty of toys, teddy bears, diapers and everything else that he could find, along with some more formula for Judith.

Once he had everything that he needed, he got back on the bike and drove back home.

Morgan let him in the gates, and he drove to the front of the house where he parked his bike, before getting off and going inside. He found Bailey in the kitchen smiling with Carol. "Hey," she said softly as she kissed his cheek. "You get everything that you need?"

"Yeah I got everythin', wanna show ya it." He said holding her close as they went into the living and took out the things.

"Oh this is beautiful." Bailey said moved.

She held up a cute little t-shirt for a boy that said 'I Love Daddy' and smiled. Next she pulled out a few little dresses and a few onesies for either a boy or a girl. "Our little one's going to have so many clothes he or she won't know what to wear."

"Least he or she will look good." Daryl said holding her close.

She smiled up at him. "Thank you... for going to town for me," she said softly. "I love you."

"Ya don't need to thank me, I love ya too." He said softly holding her.

She kissed him softly before picking up the tiny outfits. "I'll take them upstairs to the drawers." she said with a smile.

"Not so fast," Maggie grinned as she walked into the sitting room. "We wanna see first."

Bailey laughed and showed them all the clothes, toys and shoes as everyone looked at them.

"They're so cute." Beth gushed.

Maggie nodded. "They so are, make me want one too," she said with a sideways glance in Glenn's direction and a chuckle.

Beth smirked at Merle. "I know."

Merle shifted slightly as he took Beth upstairs to their bedroom as the others watched smirking.

"She'll end up pregnant too." Hershel chuckled.

"A mini Merle running around, that's just what we need," Daryl laughed as he watched them go.

Everyone laughed at that as they heard Ben growl at the back door, his face pulled into a snarl.

"What is it boy?" Dylan asked softly.

"You think there's someone out there?" Anna asked worriedly as she picked up Judith and sat down with Carl.

Daryl wrapped his arms around Bailey and her stomach. "Dunno, but if it's those sick bastards who hurt Emma, Im'ma kill 'em."

They all watched the door wearily as they heard someone trying to open it frantically.

"There's someone in there, Tess." A male voice said loudly.

"Get your guns," Rick told them quietly. "Everyone take cover somewhere, if they come in, we shoot."

"Go upstairs," Daryl told Bailey firmly as he kissed her quickly. "No arguments go."

She nodded and hurried upstairs into their bedroom with Aoife and held her tightly.

"Please let us all be safe." She prayed.

Daryl crouched down and crept over to where Rick was behind the door, Daryl was gripping his crossbow and Rick was holding his gun.

"Anyone in there?" they heard a man yelling from outside and looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

"Not from where we can see, Chris." A woman called back and Daryl heard them talking quietly to each other.

"Well we know that they have kids and a pregnant woman, we'll take the dark haired woman and take her back with us so she can have our kids then get rid of her." Chris said coldly.

"Did you hear from Nate?" Tess asked him.

"Yeah, he wants that group who kidnapped Randall dead."

"Alright, well, they need to be around here somewhere," Tess said. "We'll keep looking for them. Maybe they'll be back by night time."

They heard the cars pulling away, and Daryl and Rick stood upright.

"Sons of bitches," Daryl snapped, clenching his fists. "We should go after them now and kill 'em."

"We don't know how many there are or where their camp is." Rick said worried that now had another war on their hands.

"Is everything alright?" Bailey asked worried as she came down with Aoife.

Rick shook his head. "Looks like that group we ran into is going to cause us more trouble than we thought. They have Randall and Nate somewhere too," he said quietly. "They're looking for us."

"Are we safe here?" Hershel asked as everyone sat in the living room for tonight with quilts, blankets, cushions and pillows around them.

"We have a gate that will be hard to get through." Rick tried to assure everyone.

"Yeah, but it doesn't mean they can't get in the back way," Anna said quietly. "The road to their house is just down by the lake, they could cut through the back garden."

"We'll look after y'all, don't worry," Merle said with a small smile.

They all nodded as everyone got ready for bed and Daryl pulled Bailey and Aoife into him tightly as they got under the quilt.

"I ain't gonna let them hurt ya, I promise." He vowed.

Bailey stroked his cheek gently, before burying her face into his neck, listening to his breathing. "I know you won't, Daryl," she said softly. "I trust you. I love you."

"I love you too Bailey, so fuckin much." He said softly and held them both tightly as they fell asleep.

Everyone woke up early the next morning, with no incidents through the night. Except when Judith had woken everyone up when she had wanted fed. "Obviously they decided not to come back," Rick said, thankful they'd had no trouble, as Bailey and Patricia got up to make breakfast.

They cooked powdered eggs and some toast as everyone ate their breakfast quietly.

"What are we doing today?" Glenn asked.

"It's up to y'all," Rick said as he ate a slice of toast. "But unless you're on watch, everyone stays inside the house. I don't want anyone going out with them out there."

Everyone nodded in understanding and went to do their own thing as Daryl and Bailey headed upstairs to put Aoife down for her nap when Daryl saw her smiling as she rubbed her stomach.

"I was thinking if the baby's a boy we could call him Dean Merle Rick Dixon?" She suggested.

"I like it," Daryl smiled as he walked over and placed his hands on her stomach. "Whatever ya want."

"It's your baby too, Daryl." She said trying to make him happy too, she reminded Will painfully of how Daryl's little sister would have been if she hadn't died so young.

He smiled at them both, "I think it's a strong name."

Bailey gave him a small smile as she kissed Daryl's cheek gently. "I just want you to be happy."

"I am, darlin'," he said softly. "I don't mind if we have a boy or girl, or what we decide to call him or her. I'm gonna be happy, 'cause he or she is gonna be perfect anyway. They're gonna be ours," he said as he hugged her tightly.

She hugged him back before she headed downstairs to help Carol with the laundry and sewing along with Beth as Will looked at Daryl with a soft smile that was pained.

"Better get Merle in here, I need to tell ya boys something about yer little sister, not Rose." He added.

Daryl looked confused. "But I ain't got..." he paused for a minute, when he realized what Will must have meant."Oh, I'll go get him," he said quietly, as he disappeared, and came back minutes later with his brother, who sat down.

"What is it?" Merle asked with a frown.

"Yer mother and I tried for another baby, she had some problems but she got pregnant after we assumed that we couldn't have anymore but we got lucky and a few months later little Essie came into the world bright and beautiful." Will took a gulp of his coffee.

"Ya two were only young but I guess you remember her?" He asked.

"I kinda remember another kid," Merle said quietly, having been a little older than Daryl. "But I remember ma came in cryin' one day, because of something that had happened in the woods. After that I didn't ever see her again. I never thought anything of it, 'cause no one talked about her."

Will nodded sadly. "Yer little sister was taken from the house and murdered, her body was dumped in the woods. I hunted down the men, but I couldn't find them... that's why I started drinking and taking drugs."

"I never meant to hurt yer boys and if I could I would happily take it all back." He said sighing as they headed out of the room and Merle saw that Will had a photo of him, Daryl, their mother and Essie.

"Didn't know yer had a photo of us." He said surprised.

Will nodded. "Yeah, I've kept it with me since the day yer mother died," he said with a sad smile. "Ya boys can have it now, if ya like." he said softly.

"No, ya keep it." Daryl said patting his back as they went into the living room where he saw Bailey sewing some shirts.

"Hey, sweetheart," Daryl said softly, as he sat next to her. "Ya alright?" he asked, as he watched Aoife play happily on the floor with Judith and her toys.

"I'm fine Daryl don't worry are you alright?" She asked touching his cheek.

He looked at Will and Merle and nodded quietly. "Yeah, I'm good," he said as he wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her bump.

"I'm glad you two are talking." She said smiling at him as they heard a bullet hit the window.

"Fuck!" Daryl pulled her to the floor and got Aoife and Judith as he shielded them all. Merle and Will had crouched down and they were both holding onto guns as Merle tried to throw over Daryl's crossbow. "Where's Rick?!" he whispered urgently.

"Right here." Rick said as he held Anna and Carl tightly to him as they all grabbed a gun.

"Katy I'm scared." Emma sobbed.

"You're going to be OK," Katy assured her, as they both crawled over to where Maggie and Glenn were sitting and hid behind them.

"What do we do, Rick?" Daryl asked. "Fight back, or wait and see if they go?"

"Fight back." Rick said quickly as they heard more gunshots and one of them hit Bailey in the shoulder.

"Mama!" Aoife cried.

Bailey hissed in pain and pressed her hand to the wound, feeling blood soak her hand. She crawled to where Aoife was and shielded her so no bullet would be able to get near her. "I'm OK, Aoife," she choked out as she rocked her gently, and pulled Judith in. "We're OK."

Silence was heard outside as they heard a car pull away and drive away as Daryl ran to Bailey.

"Hershel, Anna help!"

Bailey shook her head. "It's OK, I'm OK," she said as she sat up and tried to keep her shoulder still. "Don't worry, it was just a graze."

Sure enough it had been a graze and Anna bandaged it before they all sat down looking worried.

"We're all going to die." Emma sobbed.

"No, we're not," Maggie assured her. "Look at how strong we are, how much we've survived so far," she said softly as she hugged Emma. "We've dealt with much worse than this, they're not going to hurt any of us," she promised her.

Emma nodded and curled into her as Pebbles and Patch sat beside their owners.

"What should we do?" Hershel asked worried.

"Make sure we have enough ammo, prepare for another fight," Rick instructed them all. "If we have to do it like at the prison, then we'll do it that way."

They all nodded and Daryl took Bailey up to bed as she was exhausted and he helped her change.

"I don't feel well." She said as she coughed.

"What's the matter, darlin'?" Daryl asked worriedly as he helped her sit down onto the bed. "Is it yer shoulder? Want me to get Anna an' Hershel?"

"No I just have a cold, don't worry." She assured him as she got under the covers and cuddled Aoife and him.

He felt her forehead; she was burning up like hell.

"C'mere, baby," he said softly as he pulled her against him, ad pulled some of the blankets off her to keep her cool. He opened a bottle of water that was sitting on the bedside table. "Take a drink."

She nodded and took a couple of sips of the water before lying back down against his chest.

"Get some rest," he said softly as he kissed her forehead. "I love ya."

"I love you too." She said curling into him as she coughed violently and sagged against him as she fell asleep.

Rick was checking the ammo they had the next morning, making sure there was enough for them to fight back. "We should have plenty here, especially since Oscar was kind enough to bring some from the prison."

"Weren't a problem," Oscar replied. "We needed it more than they do."

"Allen didn't seem to like us." Anna said as she fed Judith her bottle.

"She's a cute baby." Louis said softly.

Anna smiled at him as Judith cooed and waved her hands. "She is, isn't she?" she asked softly. "Lil Asskicker, aren't you?" Judith giggled up at her, making them all smile.

Rick smiled at her softly as they saw Judith snuggle into them and she fell asleep snoring.

"She's a little snorer." Carl laughed.

Merle laughed. "She sure is, she's worse than me," he said with a smile as Beth smirked at him, and Carol handed out some breakfast.

"Some warm pancakes to heat y'all up," she said softly.

"Thank you, Carol." Beth said as Daryl came down with Aoife when Karen spoke snidely.

"Bailey's quite lazy isn't she?"

"Excuse me?" Anna asked sharply. "She's pregnant, she needs her rest. Not to mention she got shot in the shoulder last night."

"She was burnin' up last night, an' she had one hell of a cough," Daryl added to Anna and Hershel, ignoring Karen. "Ya think she's alright?"

Hershel looked sad, "I think Bailey needs rest and let us take care of her and make sure she eats enough." He said as Karen scoffed.

"Wasn't Dave her husband?"

Daryl looked at her and chewed his bottom lip. "Yeah, he was. Why do ya ask?"

"Just thought it was strange that she'd stay with a man like him and let him kill her baby." She said.

Daryl was shocked by how much of a bitch she was out of nowhere. "Look, lady, I don't even know ya, but I suggest ya think about what ya say about Bailey before I hear ya say somethin' like that again," he snapped as he picked up a bottle of water. "I'm gonna go look after my woman."

They all watched him go upstairs as they all turned to look at Karen who looked annoyed.

"I was only saying the truth." She said annoyed.

"How about ya just stay quiet from now on," Merle muttered, as everyone else fell silent and finished off their breakfast.

They finished eating and everyone went to clean up the dishes with Karen going upstairs where Bailey was.

Bailey looked up as she heard the door. Daryl was finishing up in the shower in the en-suite bathroom. "Hi..." she said confused as she coughed while she tried to sit up."It's Karen, right?"

"Yeah that's me, listen I don't think you deserve this baby after what happened to the last one. I mean you couldn't protect your daughter." She said harshly and Bailey felt tears in her eyes.

"You should probably leave the group," she added. "There's no point in people wasting time or supplies on you, is there?" she asked with a fake smile, tilting her head to the side. "Think about it Bailey, they'd be better off without you."

Bailey watched Karen leave before she burst into tears and started to cry as she felt a searing pain in her stomach.

She doubled over in pain as Daryl came out wearing a fresh pair of jeans.

"Help me." She sobbed.

"Bailey!" Daryl panicked as he rushed over to her side and picked her up in his arms. "Bailey, baby, what's wrong?" he asked, but she couldn't get a word out through her tears. Daryl held her tightly as he rushed downstairs. "Hershel? Anna? I need help... someone!"

Anna ran over as she and Hershel tried to help Bailey who had passed out.

"What happened?" She asked Daryl quickly.

"I came out of the shower and Bailey was on the floor crying and bleeding." He explained worried.

"Karen was mean to her." Rose said angry.

"What do ya mean?" Daryl asked confused as he never slackened his grip on Bailey's hand.

"I was walking past the room, and I heard Karen say mean things to her, that the group would be better off without her," Rose explained.

Daryl saw red as he looked around for Karen and found her reading a book.

"YOU FUCKIN BITCH!"

Rick and Will stood up and walked to Daryl. "Woah, woah, Daryl, calm down," Rick said slowly. "Take it easy. Deep breath," he said, before he let Daryl do something he might regret. "What's the matter?"

"She told Bailey that she should leave the group that she was useless and it was her fault for losing Celia." He said enraged

"Alright Daryl, easy," Will said softly, as he backed his son off. "You go and look after Bailey, she needs you," he said.

Rick turned to look at Karen who seemed bored with the whole thing. "What is your problem with Bailey? You don't know her, or what's she's been through. Why are you being cruel to her?"

"I haven't got a problem with her; I just think she doesn't deserve Daryl." She said coldly.

Rick studied her carefully for a moment and looked at Will who shook his head. "Well, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Daryl loves her, and nothing you say or do is going to change that," he told her firmly.

"He needs a real woman." She insisted.

"Yeah, well good luck with that," Will said annoyed, as he and Rick left and went to check on Bailey.

"How is she?" Rick asked Anna softly, as she and Hershel cleaned the blood from Bailey.

"She's asleep, the baby's fine but her blood pressure is very high and we need to keep her calm and take it easy for the baby." Anna said sadly as Daryl sat by Bailey and held her hand tightly.

Rick nodded as they helped put Bailey onto one of the sofas, and Daryl wrapped a blanket around her. Aoife came in looking sad and climbed up next to Bailey, cuddling into her, as Daryl held onto them both.

"Let's give them some time," Anna said softly, as she picked up her medical bags and they headed out of the room.

"What do we do about Karen?" Maggie asked as they sat in the kitchen.

"We don't do anything," Rick said quietly. "Believe me, if she does anything else, Daryl will make her regret it. I tried to calm him off this time, give her another chance."

"She always has been jealous of everyone else," Rowan said quietly. "When Martinez and I got together she was pissed off because she didn't have a man to look after her."

Haley nodded. "She wants what she can't have."

"She tried to get in the shower with me one time back at Woodbury," Martinez said, as he shuddered at the thought.

"She sounds like a jealous bitch who wants something she can't have." Anna said annoyed.

Merle couldn't help but smirk a little. "Could be quite amusin' to watch her try though," he laughed, which earned him a slap on the chest from Beth.

Rick chuckled at the two of them. "Right now I'm still worried about that group who shot at us last night. I've checked our ammo, let's just make sure everyone's extra vigilant on watch," he instructed, and they all nodded.

Everyone finished their food and went to help Carol wash up while Oscar and Phillip went on watch while Anna went into the living room to check on Bailey.

She was still asleep and curled into Daryl who was stroking her hair lovingly while Aoife watched as she sucked her dummy.

"She's burning up." He said worried as Bailey stirred awake.

Bailey blinked a few times as she looked around her. "Daryl... huh?" she looked confused as she sat up. "What time is it? What happened?" she asked groggily.

"Ya passed out Bailey after yer started bleeding but the baby's fine don't worry." He assured her and she felt tears slide down her cheeks.

"I'm useless, Karen's right." She said quietly.

Daryl pulled her over into his lap and buried his face into her neck. "No, ya ain't. Don't listen to anythin' she said. She's just a bitter, lonely woman who ain't got anything better to do than put other people down. Ya ain't useless, look at everything ya've done for this group, how many times ya risked yer life for them and all the shit ya had to go through. Yer a wonderful mama to Aoife and yer gonna be to this baby too. But most importantly, I need ya here. I'd be lost without ya," he said quietly.

Anna smiled softly at them. Daryl could be a real sweetheart when he wanted to be.

"You're a sweet man." Bailey said holding him close as he rubbed her bump and kissed her cheeks, forehead and lips.

"Yer a sweet woman, I love ya Bailey." He said softly holding her close.

"And I love you, Daryl," she said as she kissed him gently. "You too, Aoife," she said, as she smiled down at her daughter, who was playing with her teddy bear while she stayed close to her mother. "Is everyone else doing alright?"

"They're alright, just worried about yer and the baby." He said stroking her hair as Carol brought them in some dinner.

"Hi Carol." Bailey said warmly.

"Hey Bailey," Carol said with a smile as she set the trays down, along with a smaller plate for Aoife. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm alright now thanks," she said softly. "Thank you for being such a good friend," she said, eating the dinner gratefully.

"You don't need to thank me Bailey; you took care of my little girl along with Anna and Patricia." Carol told her softly.

Bailey smiled at her. "It was our pleasure," she said as she fed Aoife a small piece of meat, which ate it happily. Aoife went on to pick up another piece and try to feed it to her teddy bear.

Daryl smiled at the scene. "Aoife, darlin, teddies don't eat dinner," he said in amusement.

"They do." She insisted and tried to feed her teddy bear again when she decided to feed Ben some of the food as Rose and Dylan came over with Will.

"Can we listen to you sing?" They asked Beth who was sitting beside Bailey.

Beth looked shy for a minute before giving them a small smile. "Sure you can," she said softly. "What would you like me to sing?"

"The Partin Glass." Rose said smiling at her.

Beth nodded and cleared her throat. "Alright then," she said with a small smile before she began singing. "Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company. And all the harm that e'er I've done. Alas, it was to none but me, And all the harm that e'er I've done, Alas, it was to none but me." Merle looked enchanted as he heard her singing voice.

And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all."

Beth continued to sing as they all happily listened and Bailey stroked Aoife's hair as Daryl pulled them into him.

Maggie smiled at her sister before she began to join in and the two of them sang, with Hershel watching proudly.

"Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had,
Are sorry for my going away,
And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had,
Would wish me one more day to stay."

Everyone smiled as they heard Maggie and Beth sing softly, their voices soothing as Anna rocked Judith in her arms.

"But since it falls unto my lot
that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
good night and joy be with you all
good night and joy be with you all…"

"That was beautiful, Bethie," Hershel said with a soft smile. "You too, Maggie."

"It sure was," Anna said nodding. "Even managed to get Judith to sleep."

Bailey laughed. "I wish we could say the same for this little monkey," she said, smiling at Aoife, who now had food smeared all over the teddy bear, and the dogs' faces.

Everyone laughed at that and Bailey picked up Aoife up so she could give her a bath upstairs and headed up as a jealous Karen watched and followed her.

"That song was beautiful." Carol said warmly as they washed up the plates while Daryl washed Aoife's teddy bear.

"It was," Daryl said with a small smile as he tried to get a piece of carrot off the teddy's ear. "Maggie and Beth have great voices."

Carol nodded. "They sure do. They should have been singers if the world hadn't ended."

They all smiled at that as he managed to clean the teddy bear and placed it in front of the fire and smiled softly.

Bailey had finished washing Aoife and she was now in a clean onsie as they were heading downstairs when she felt someone shove her down the stairs and she screamed in fright, grabbing Aoife as she crashed down the stairs on her back, pleading with god not to take her unborn baby away.

"MAMA, MAMA!"

Bailey had blacked out at the bottom of the stairs, but had managed to protect Aoife from the fall. Aoife was now crying hysterically as she wobbled to her feet, and hurried as fast as she could to the sitting room where she hoped the others were.

"DADA!" she screamed, tears streaming down her face.

Daryl had been talking to Merle and Rick when he saw Aoife running towards him, her face streaked with tears and she looked scared.

"DADA, MAMA HURT, DADA HELP!" She wailed pulling on his shirt.

"Shit, it's OK baby, I'm coming," Daryl said quickly as he got up, with Rick and Merle right behind him. "Where's mama?" he asked her softly.

"Hall," she wailed as she pulled him through to where Bailey was lying.

"BAILEY, FUCK NO!" Daryl said horrified when he found her lying at the bottom of the stairs, her body twisted slightly as her arms were wrapped around her bump.

"Oh shit, Bailey." He ran towards her and tried lift her up when she screamed in pain, sobbing in agony.

"My baby, my baby."

He looked at Merle and Rick who had frozen in place in shock and horror. That was exactly what Dave had done to her when she lost Celia. "DO SOMETHING!" Daryl yelled, and Merle suddenly snapped out of it.

"I'm gonna get Anna and Hershel," he said as he ran off as fast as he could.

Daryl stroked Bailey's hair gently as she cried. "Tell me where it hurts, baby, tell me what to do," he said desperately.

"My back it hurts, my chest is killing me; please don't let me lose the baby Daryl, please." She sobbed into his neck terrified.

"I'm not Bailey, I promise." He said trying to keep her calm as she cried.

Anna ran in then with Hershel beside her, "What happened?"

"I don't know, I was in the sitting room and Aoife came running in, I found her like this at the bottom of the stairs," Daryl said panicked, as Hershel checked her over.

"Bad woman," Aoife said quietly from behind them. "Bad woman did it."

"What bad woman darlin, who did this to mama?" He asked Aoife who sniffled.

"Bad woman made mama sad."

Karen

Daryl growled quietly as he hugged Aoife. "Don't worry, darlin'," he said softly. "Daddy's gonna make the bad woman go away. But we're gonna get mama and yer little brother or sister better first, alright?"

She nodded and snuggled into him as Anna came over looking relived.

"She and the baby are fine but she needs to take it easy." She told him softly.

"Thank god," Daryl said with a breath of relief. "She woulda been takin it easy too, if that bitch hadn't shoved her down the stairs," he said angrily, as he picked up Aoife. "Come on, sweetheart, let's go see mama."

She nodded and snuggled into him as they headed upstairs where Bailey was fast asleep, her chest rising and falling softly.

"Will mama be ok?" She asked Daryl quietly as they got in beside her.

"She will sweetheart, she just needs rest." He said softly.

Aoife nodded as she curled into Bailey and fell asleep shortly afterwards. Daryl wrapped his arms around them both. He wouldn't let anyone hurt his family again.

The next morning Karen was sitting on a chair as the others cooked breakfast while she watched and didn't help them at all.

"Rick, Anna and Daryl want to talk to you." Rowan told her calmly.

Karen looked up and frowned. Her plan yesterday hadn't gone as well as she had liked it to, but she was going to get Bailey out of the way, one way or another. She nodded and got up eventually, before walking through to the sitting room, where Daryl, Rick and Anna all were waiting. "Is everything alright?" she asked sweetly.

"No it isn't Karen; you tried to kill Bailey and her baby." Rick told her coldly and she felt her stomach drop in fear.

"I didn't mean to push her so hard." She tried to make an excuse.

"Bullshit," Daryl snapped, his eyes glaring at her with hatred, rather than the love she would have liked.

"I seen her trip, and I reached out, but I must have accidentally missed and shoved her harder," Karen said quickly. "I seen her fall, and ran off to get some help, but by the time I got back y'all were with her," she added. "I swear I didn't mean to do it, I was only trying to help."

"Don't lie Karen, Aoife saw you push Bailey down the stairs." Anna said coldly, her eyes hard as ice as she glared at her.

"It wasn't my fault." She pleaded as she realised that she was fucked.

"Course it were yer fault," Daryl growled. "Yer the goddamn one who pushed her. Don't ya realize what ya did? Ya almost killed Bailey, my daughter and my baby!"

"She's no use to this group, all she can do is spread her legs open for all of the men in this place." Karen said spitefully.

"GET THE FUCK OUTTA OF HERE!" Daryl snarled at her.

Sorry for the long wait, busy life. Who enjoyed the Season 4 premeire? x