Daryl Dixon x Reader romance

Chapter 41

⚠️may contain spoilers and triggering events

I was over 8 months pregnant now, and Judith and I were running low on food. I had lost all hope that everyone was alive, and the thought of Daryl made me cry.
I packed the rest of the food and weapons into my backpack, and held Judith in one of those baby carrier things that were in the pharmacy. I walked down out the doors, holding my knife. As I opened the door, I immediately stabbed a zombie in the head, and ran into the train tracks. I kept running until I was far enough away from the plaza.
I panted and slowly walked, trying to steady my breathing. Judith whimpered in the carrier, but I kept walking. We had both eaten this morning, so I knew she was just scared.
I walked for what seemed like forever. I was seeing more and more signs for Terminus, but it seemed to never show up.
I panted and continued walking, and was started by a sudden explosion. Flames went up in the air in the distance, and I jogged towards the explosion. It took me about 10 minutes to get there.
'Terminus..' I whispered as I reached a building that had gotten exploded, with the sign terminus on the front.
I held Judith as she cried, and I watched everything go up in flames.
I gasped, and tears filled my eyes once again. All my hope was lost, everyone was gone. I had been alone for a month now, and I would die having this baby, meaning Judith and the baby would also die. I had given up.
I turned around and went into the woods, hoping to find someone who survived that explosion. I heard footsteps, and talking, and hid behind a tree, I took Judith out of the carrier to keep her close, but while doing that, it dropped on the ground, making a noise and the talking stopped.
'Who's there?' My eyes widened at the voice and I stepped out from behind the tree.
'Rick...' I ran to him and him and Carl took Judith out of my arms, crying at her sight and hugging her. I looked over and saw the rest of the group. Daryl stepped out of the crowd.
Tears filled my eyes as I saw him. I thought I was dreaming.
He looked at me and his eyes also filled up with tears and he ran to me, wrapping his arms around me and rocking me back and forth. He buried his head into my neck and I hugged him back, crying in relief.
'I was sure you died.' Daryl whispered, his voice breaking.
'Me too.' I sobbed, and held onto him. He lifted his head up and kissed me on the lips, and I wiped his tears off.
'How'd you survive?' Carol asked me. I turned to her and sighed.
'Well I lost everyone back at the prison, and saw Judith in her car seat. So I took her.'  I said
'Thank you.' Rick whispered, kissing Judiths head.
I smiled at him.
'Then we went to the train tracks, and stayed in this house overnight, and there was some baby food and stuff. Anyway, we kept walking and got held up at a pharmacy. Luckily they were stocked but we left this morning.' I smiled.
'Wait that pharmacy in the plaza? That place is roaming with them damn zombies.' Daryl asked.
I nodded. 'Thats why we got stuck there.' I said.
We continued walking as a group. We had no destination, but it felt amazing to be back with everyone, and knowing everyone was safe.
After about an hour of us walking, Daryl broke the silence.
'We gotta get somewhere safe, y/n could have this baby at any moment.' Daryl said. The thought of that scared me.
'I know. We'll find somewhere.' Rick said, holding Judith with Carl walking beside him.
1 hour later-
All of a sudden I felt a pain in my stomach and fell to my knees. Daryl kneeled down beside me.
'Guys wait!' He called out to the others and they stopped walking.
'What is it?' Daryl asked, as he put his hand on my shoulder.
'I- I don't know.' I whispered.
Carol walked towards us. 'It's a contraction. You're gonna have your baby.' She said. My eyes widened and I looked up at Daryl.
'There's some type of building over there.' This guy who they must've met in terminus said. He was tall and buff, with red hair and a moustache.
'Let's go.' Daryl called out, and helped me up.
We walked towards this building. It was more like a shed.
We got inside and locked up the doors, sitting there for about an hour, until Rick opened the door, holding some guy.
'I have a place.' This guy said, holding out photos for us to see. Daryl and I looked at eachother.
'I'm Aaron. It's safe, we have a community called Alexandria.' Aaron said again.
'I don't know if we can trust him.' Rick said, still having a hold on him.
'I'll lead you guys there.' Aaron said again.
'It's worth a shot Rick, and y/n is having a baby right now. They could help.' Carol said, pointing at me as I sat on the floor.
Aaron looked over at me. 'We have doctors. They can deliver your baby safely. There's other kids there too.' Aaron said, looking at Carl and Judith.
'Let's sleep on it.' Rick said.
'Y/n doesn't have time.' Daryl said, looking at Rick.
Rick sighed. 'It's storming out. Theres no way we can safely make it.' Rick said again. 'I have a car.' Aaron said, clearly a little scared.
More pain went through me and I groaned and squeezed Daryls hand.
'Rick.' Daryl said, getting frustrated. Rick sighed again and Carl looked up at him.
'Alright. Let's go, and let's do it now before I change my mind.' Everyone packed up their things, and Daryl helped me up and put my backpack on me.
He walked me to the car and put me in the backseat, and Daryl say beside me, closing the door.
What I thought was water starting leaking through my pants, and Daryl looked at me. I then realized my water broke.
'How longs the drive?' Daryl asked impatiently.
I groaned and moaned in pain, and gripped onto the seat infront of me.
'About 10 minutes, but with the storm, well, could be more.' Aaron said. Rick glanced back at us.
'Make it quick.' Daryl said.
'You're gonna be okay.' Daryl said looking at me. I nodded. 'Mmmmmm' I groaned in pain, and became getting sweaty.
This guy really needed to drive faster.