Thanks for reading my last chapter and for the new followers and reviews I got! It really means a lot to me as a writer and makes me motivated to keep writing the story. To be true, I actually have no clue when this story is going to end. I have plenty of ideas to keep it going, and I have a clue on how I want it to end, I just have no clue exactly when. XD So I'm gonna keep writing until I find it very concluded. But that might not be for a while XD and WALKING DEAD BACK IN 8 DAYS. Can't wait.
And I've recently been watching a lot of anime movies lately because of my friend. They're actually not that bad as I thought that they were XD Just wanted to share that. Watching Spirited Away tonight with my friends. Is it good if anyone's seen it? Lol
So we have a whole new problem in the mix now. Anna might be pregnant, so this will add onto more drama in her life in the apocalypse. That's what you get for not using protection…XD And now the Grimes family is back in the picture. Happy to have them back in the story.
On with the story!
When the two arrive back at the campus, Anna practically runs to the apartment, not even thinking about anything else but the test she got. She runs up the stairs, through the door, and to the bathroom, locking it behind her.
She takes it out of the box and sighs. She had gotten herself into this. Time to see if this was really what she thought was happening to her.
She sits on the toilet and waits, her heart racing a mile a second. When she finishes, she comes back up, flushes the toilet, and braces for the impact of what she was about to see. She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and looks at the test. Her hand goes flying to her mouth.
Positive.
Well, she was fucked.
She sits down on toilet cover, knowing that her legs couldn't take the pressure of her body. If she was to stay up, she would surely fall down and faint. Her mind raced back and forth to what she had been told about Lori and her baby. God, what if that happened to her?
Jesus, she was pregnant.
There was a living, human being inside her growing as she sat on the toilet. She didn't even know how long it had been since this happened. She just knew something was off with her body and this was it. This was the off.
She felt a wave of nausea hit her.
She opens up the seat and all the containments of her stomach poured out into the water. When she finishes, she flushes the toilet pathetically and leans against the wall, her head against the stone cold structure. Her mind was dizzy.
How would she keep a baby alive? I mean, she had kept Judith ok and had been keeping her ok since they found her, but this was a newborn baby in a world where the dead walked. She felt like she was going to explode and everything was going to end.
And that's when she passed out.
Aria was in the main center with her little sister and brother. When her mother had told her that they were adopting Hunter, she was all for it. She felt like the kid needed a new home and that they could provide it. Same with the dog they found.
Speaking of the dog, it came running into the building a moment later and waddled up to Aria, it's paws going on her leg, trying to reach up and lick her face. She laughs and pets its head.
"Hey, Pepper," she says quietly, brushing the soft fur. "Where have you been? Out in the woods?" she asks. The dog simply wags its tail and pants, its drool leaking onto her pants. Aria cringes and pushes the dog softly off of her. "And now my pants are ruined," she mumbles, looking back at her sister.
She smiles at her and Hunters playtime. Even though he was two years old then her and a boy, he usually was around her the most. They seemed like they would end up being really close in the future. Aria would always see them down at the center play blocks almost every day with each other or playing a board game.
Scarlett had told her that she told Hunter about her powers and Aria was ok with it. He had to be told sooner or later. They couldn't just hide it from him.
And he seemed ok with it.
Which was something that confused Aria a little. But she thought oh well, at least he doesn't think they're weird witches or something like that.
She hears the door open from behind her and she looks around. She sees Carl come in and look around the room for a second before his eyes landed on her. She smiles at him and waves her hand over, telling him to come sit near her.
When he sits down, his eyes settle on the little boy playing with Scarlett. "Who's that?" he asks. She smiles.
"That would be Hunter, our new brother." He raises an eyebrow.
"Brother?" he asks surprised. She laughs, nodding her head.
"Scarlett and I found him when we were alone without our parents. His parents died when all of this happened and he has been alone ever since. But I swear to you, he's a fucking genius. He learned how to remove the thing that makes the sound a gun makes when you shoot. So now he can shoot the gun as many times as he wants without attracting any attention from any walkers or anything. It amazed me the first time he showed me. He's really good." He looks impressed at the kid.
"How old is he?" he asks. Aria shakes her head.
"Only eight!" she replies, laughing slightly. He nods his head, impressed by what he could do.
"How he figured out to do that, I have no clue," he concludes. She chuckles, looking back to the two little kids.
"Yeah, neither do I. But when we found him he was just so lonely and we felt bad, so we took him in and kept him. He's already a minion to Daryl. Follows his every move like a dog to its master. Already won my mothers heart. I just can't get over how smart he is though. What kid can do that?" she ends, shaking her head. "I mean, come on. That's pretty impressive that a little kid can take out a piece of a gun and put it back together." He nods.
"It's really impressive. My dad doesn't even know how to do that," he ends, chuckling slightly when he's finished.
"Have you seen Judy yet?" she asks. He nods, a smile on his face.
"Yeah, we have. Dad's so blessed that she's ok. We really are grateful that you took care of her for the past few weeks. He's been in a really bad place since the prison and now he finally found some sort of light in this place, with his daughter alive and all the security here. It seems even better then the prison." Aria laughs.
"That's because it is! There's power here. Any place that has power is better in my book then the prison. Plus, there's a giant football field and track that the kids can play on and-it's just great! I haven't been this happy about finding a place since the prison." He nods.
"It's definitely better. A lot more safer." She nods and looks to where some of the group was gathered around the table.
"Have you met anyone since you got here? Or reunited with someone?" Carl nods.
"I met Layla and Drake, and it's clear that those two are plain as day in love," he comments. Aria laughs, nodding.
"Yeah, those two are love birds. But it's nice to find someone in this world. I'm happy they found each other. What about Maggie and the rest?" He nods.
"We met Maggie and Joey when we first got out of the apartment they gave us. Then we saw Daryl come back through the woods and that was a reunion," he said, chuckling slightly. "That's when I met Drake. Then I saw Layla and Anna get back but Anna rang to your apartment and didn't even see me." Aria raises an eyebrow.
"My mom ran to our place?" she asks confused. Carl nods.
"Yeah, she did. But that's how I met Layla. And she seems nice. I bit ditsy, but nice." Aria snorts, then starts to laugh at the comment, causing him to laugh as well.
"Very true!" she replies. All of a sudden, she hears running footsteps behind her and look to see Drake coming towards them with a panicked look on his face. "Drake, what's wrong?" Aria asks, getting up. He whispers something in her ear and her eyes widen. When he pulls back, she nods at him. He nods back at her and runs out of the building. She grabs her bag and sighs. Carl gets up.
"What's happening?" he asks. She turns to him.
"Can you keep an eye on them for a while?" she asks. He nods. "My mom's in the infirmary."
You know how when you die you see a white light? Or some sort of person from your past who passed away at the end of the tunnel? Someone there to greet you and welcome you to the afterlife? Well, that wasn't exactly what Anna saw.
She knew she wasn't dead. She knew she wasn't there, at least yet. She was stuck in between life and death. She had no clue how she passed out. She know she didn't get bit when she was out or any time she was out. But all she knew was that she was there.
The only person she did see was Lily. She was there as well. Anna moves her legs and walks up to her. "Lily?" she asks, amazed. Lily smiles at her.
"Hi, Bella," she says, putting a hand on her shoulder. Anna sighs happily but looks around.
"Where am I? Am I going to die?" she says wordily. Lily holds her arm.
"Calm down, Anna," she says, brining her friends eye's back to her. Anna stares at her brown curls for a moment. They weren't the dark brown they had used to be, but was now light brown. She was wearing a white tank top with white shorts. And she had on white converse. Anna cringes.
"You're too bright," Anna says, backing away slightly. Lily laughs.
"This is what you get for being a guardian angel." Anna's eyes widen and Lily laughs. "Yes Anna, I'm your guardian angel. I've been that way for a while. And no, you are not going to die. I'm here to have a nice little chat with you." All of a sudden abench pops up out of nowhere and she leads Anna to it. "Sit, I have to talk to you about the baby."
"That baby?" she says, surprised. "How-"
"Guardian angel, remember?" she says, pointing to herself. Anna rolls her eyes and sits down.
"Ok, what about the baby?" Lily takes her hands.
"The reason why you are here is because I needed to talk to you. You passed out from stress and dehydration, and this just added onto the pile. But I need you to stop worrying about it and start being happy, or else this will kill you. You're having another child! Not to mention with hot stuff!" she chuckles. Anna glares at her but sighs.
"How am I not going to be worried? What if I die while giving birth? What if the baby dies? I can't handle all of this!" Lily snickers and squeezes her friends hands.
"The baby will be ok. And so will you. I can see its future perfectly, and I can tell that it will be living a good life. But for now you just need to calm down and let nature take its course, ok? Because I don't want to see you up here until you're withering old and barely able to walk! Then again, this is you we're talking about. We couldn't keep you down if we tried." Anna laughs, nodding.
"I'll calm down," she says. "Can you tell me what it'll be?" Lily shakes her head,
"That's the one thing I can't tell you, sorry! But I can tell you will be fine. So stop worrying." Anna nods. "You gotta go back now, though. I'll be watching over you, maybe even during those heated-"
"Lily, you better not do that," Anna growls to her friend. Lily chuckles and hugs her friend. "I miss you," she finally says. Lily nods.
"I miss you too. But I'm always there. Just look up at the moon and you'll see me." Anna raises an eyebrow.
"That is the most cheesiest thing I have hear that has ever come out of your mouth, and you're dead now!" Anna says. Lily laughs.
"But you love me though!" She places her hand on Anna's shoulder. "You'll be ok," she says, and with a zap, she was gone, and Anna seemed to be pushed back into reality.
Her eyes open to bright light all around her. She squints as she looks down exactly where she was. She was in a hospital bed, some machines hooked up to her. She sighs and leans up slightly, glancing outside the window.
The moon was shining brighter then Anna had ever seen in her life.
She smiles. "Thanks, Lily," she says, leaning back against her pillow. She looks to her side and sees some food laid out for her. They must have put it there just in case she woke up. And by the looks of it, it was deer.
Daryl and Drake had come back.
Had he been the one that brought her to the infirmary? This would be fun.
She takes the plate and begins to eat while occasionally looking outside at the moon. That wasn't a dream. She had actually been in the afterlife for a small amount of time to talk with Lily. She could still feel her touch on her shoulder. Her arms around her. The feel of her hands on hers. And the very , very bright clothes she had been wearing. She always wanted to be in style.
Anna chuckles and places the plate down, taking a sip of the water. But doing so almost caused her to choke, because the door burst open a second later, surprising the hell out of her. And when she saw who was there, she was more surprised than anything.
"Rick?" she says amazed. He smiles at her.
"You're up," he says, coming over to her. She smiles at him.
"When did you get here?" she asks looking at his face. There were still cuts and bruises from the battle at the prison. She felt her heart pain a little when she thought back to that.
"Aria found Carl and I in the woods and brought us back. When Daryl came back from his hunt he came back to his place and found you passed out on the bathroom floor. Let's just say he's been a little on edge," he says, looking down at his arm. She looks down and she smiles a little. Something told her that Rick had gotten in Daryl's way during the past few hours. There was a fresh bruise that looked like hand prints.
"How long have I been out?" she asks. He looks grimly up at her.
"Four days," he replies. Her eyes widen.
"Four DAYS?" she asks back, confused. That talk with Lily had felt like four minutes! Did time really go by that fast in the afterlife? "Was I really out that long?" Rick nods.
"Yeah. Some didn't think you were gonna come back because you showed no signs at all. But here we are," he says. She nods.
"Here we are," she whispers. "What about my kids?"
"Aria's been taking care of Scarlett and Hunter for the past few days because Daryl's been off the charts worried about you. So she stepped in as surrogate mother. And by the way, Hunter's a genius," he compliments. Anna chuckles.
"Yeah he is," she agrees. "He really is. I can't believe I've been out for that long. God it felt like four minutes where I was." His brow furrows.
"Where you were?" She nods.
"I was with my friend Lily! She talked to me about what happened and it felt like I was only four minutes. She did not mention the past where I've been passed out for four days. God almighty, this is too much," she says, taking another sip of her water.
"I think everyone's been on edge around here. Layla was freaking out the other day with MAggie. It seems you've made a huge impact on everyone here. Everyone seems to like you." She chuckles.
"Well, I am likeable," she laughs, shaking her head. "Where is everyone now?" she asks. Rick points in the direction of the lobby.
"The kids and Daryl are down the hall, and something tells me he's going to come and get me out of here soon. Layla is in the main area with Maggie and Joey. All three of them are vacant. A lot of people thought you were a goner," he says. "Including your kids. But damn are they strong. Not one tear out of them." Anna smiles.
"I taught them well then. And I'm alive and well. Tell everyone that," she chuckles, taking another sip of water. She wasn't gonna get dehydrated again.
"You're ok!" someone says from the door. She sees Maggie, Layla, and Joey all there, and running over to her.
"I thought you said they were in the main area!" Anna says to Rick. He shrugs his shoulders.
"I guess they came over here. Good to see you're ok. I'll go tell Daryl before he murders me," he chuckles, stepping out the door. Maggie and Layla hug her.
"Don't ever do that again!" Maggie says when she pulls back.
"You had us worried sick!" Layla says as well. Anna laughs.
"I can't promise I won't pass out, but I'm ok and alive."
"We seriously thought you were going to die, Anna, " Joey says, sitting down next to her on the bed. "We thought you wouldn't be here anymore. You didn't show any signs of anything. You just didn't seem alive. But now you are." Anna smiles at him.
"I am. And I'm so happy to see you guys!" she says, hugging all three of them. They all share a laugh.
"You should have seen Daryl the past few days!" Maggie says, looking at Layla. The other girl nods, a smile on her face.
"Shit, I've never seen someone so worried. Literally, if you got in his way, there would be a beat down happening somewhere. He just didn't want to talk to anyone."
"Rick made that mistake," Joey mumbles. Anna chuckles.
"I saw the damage on his arm," she laughs. She turns to the two girls. "Hey do you mind if I talk to Joey alone for a second?" The two nod and smile at her one more time before leaving the room, closing the door behind them.
"What's up?" he asks. She looks at him seriously.
"Joey, I saw Lily!" she whispers. He looks at her wide eyed.
"Really?" he asks. She nods.
"She talked to me and told me everything's going to be fine. She's my guardian angel! And God the stuff she was wearing was all white! Everything she wore was white! It was so fucking bright!" she laughs.
"Sounds like Lily," he comments. She nods.
"I saw her!" she says again. "She hugged me and talked to me and placed her hand on my shoulder. I still feel her arms around me. I miss her so much!" she says, looking down at the covers. He places a hand on her shoulder.
"I do too. Hell, in college we were the three musketeers! But at least you know she's watching you." Anna nods sadly.
"At least I have that." Suddenly the door burst open again and Anna smiles. All three of her kids rush over to her and she sees Daryl looking at her with a relieved look on his face.
"Mommy!" Scarlett cries as she latches onto her mother. Joey chuckles and gets up.
"Ill leave you to it," he says, walking out the door. Anna turns to her kids.
"I'm ok, guys. I'm alive." Aria frowns at her mother.
"We didn't think you would come back," she whispers. Anna leans forward and puts her arm around her shoulder, kissing her forehead.
"I'm here, aren't I?" she chuckles. Aria smiles and looks down at the kids.
"They're strong," she comments. Anna smiles.
"I know. So strong." Scarlett takes something out from her back pocket and hands them to her. Anna looks at them confused. "What's this?"
"Open it!" she laughs. Anna chuckles and opens the piece of paper that she handed. Inside was a picture of her and the kids. Anna smiles. "Me and Hunter drew it while you were sleeping!" Anna leans over and hugs both of them.
"Thank you, very much!" she says. She looks up and sighs. "Mommy has to talk to daddy for a little while, ok? I'll see you guys later. Aria can you take them out?" she asks. Aria nods and takes the small children out of the room, sending one last smile at her mother. When the door closes, Daryl comes over to her.
"Ya really scared the shit out of me, ya know that, right?" he says, sitting down next to her. She smiles at him.
"That's been my job since we met."
"Anna, we thought ya were gonna die. Ya didn't wake up for four days, and-" Anna silences him with a kiss, effectively shutting him up from whatever rant he was going to ensue on. He kisses back and places his hands on her waist. She chuckles and pulls back from him.
"I know how much pain you've gone through. I saw some of it inflicted on Rick earlier. But I will say that it won't happen again. I was just stressed and apparently dehydrated. And I had a special talk with someone that told me to stop worrying and enjoy life." He raises an eyebrow.
"A special friend? Is that Joey?" She shakes her head.
"When I was out, I talked to Lily. I was in the afterlife. I wasn't dead, but I was in the afterlife. I saw her, and she's an angel now and watching over me. And God she's even dirty when she's dead. I didn't see a white light or anything like that. Just her. I had a talk with her and it felt like it was four minutes, but it was actually four days in real time. I couldn't believe when I woke up four days had gone by. It felt like such a short time. I can't believe I'm alive to be true. I saw her and I seriously thought I had died, even though I didn't see a white light. I still feel her arms around me." She sighs. "I'm still alive."
"We gotta talk about something," he says. She knows what's coming next and she prepares to talk when he pulls out the test she had taken before all of this. She smiles small. "That's what made me pass out."
"How did this make ya pass out?" he asks.
"Just all the stress that I've had was in me. And the fact that I might be pregnant added more stress onto it, and then I found out I was and that just sealed the deal. I was so afraid something was going to happen to it that I passed out. After everything that I've been told from the group and about Lori, I just couldn't take the stress and my body shut down. I guess I went into shock." He looks down at the test.
"Jesus," he mutters. She puts her hand on his chin and brings his face up to look at hers. "How are we gonna keep a baby safe, Anna?" he asks. She shakes her head.
"Don't worry about that. Lily told me personally that everything was going to be alright. We don't need to worry." She smiles. "Daryl, we're having a baby," she says excitedly. He smiles small.
"It better be a fucking boy this time," he murmurs, kissing her on the lips. She chuckles and replies, but when she pulls back to look at him she's laughing.
"And what if it's a girl? What about then?" He rolls his eyes.
"Ya know what? I'll be happy whether it's a boy or a girl, but I'm praying to God it's a boy," he chuckles. She rolls her eyes back at him but smiles, taking his lips again.
They were having a baby.
OMG SHE'S PREGNANT. XD to be true I had planned for her to be pregnant from the start, but I wanted it to be in a more safe environment so they wouldn't have to worry like Lori did. I didn't want my story turning into that. So next chapter I don't know if it's going to be like eight months later on just a few months in. But I know time is going to have passed and there will have been changes with her body. And yeah, I almost killed her! Lol I would never do that. She's alive and breathing. AND HAVING A FUCKING BABY. This will be fun! Thank you for reading and don't forget to review! Hope you enjoyed! And THANK YOU FOR OVER 6500 PEOPLE LOOKING AT MY STORY HOLY BALLS THIS IS AWESOME ok that's all! XD