Contagion

Chapter Seventeen

Contagion Chapter Seventeen

"Did you really suggest we go into town?" Avery asked as she raised an eyebrow and looked at Jessica who had pulled her away from where most of the others were at. A week had past since Randall had been brought to the farm and today Shane and Rick had left to go take him out and just leave him somewhere and today it seemed was the day that Jessica had a death wish.

"I need to go to the pharmacy Ave," Jessica muttered as she looked at her sister. "I was looking at your calender last night and I'm late. I'm really late."

Avery just rolled her eyes, "Well you and Glenn should have been more careful but I don't want to risk my neck going into a town that is supposedly getting bad."

"It wouldn't be Glenn's baby," Jessica frowned knowing if she was pregnant it would be Merle's baby. "But please Ave. I need to get a pregnancy test and find out," she sighed continuing to frown and just look mopey.

"Can't you just ask Glenn?" Avery asked feeling her resolve breaking slightly.

Jessica just rolled her eyes scoffing some, "And tell him what? That I think I could be having Merle Dixon's spawn from hell. Yeah that will go over well now since we just got together."

Closing her eyes Avery heaved a sigh, "Fine I will go but you find a way to get us a car so we can go or steal us a horse so we can."

"Oh trust me, I will," Jessica said as she pulled her sister into a tight hug. "Thank you so so so much."

"Yeah, yeah," Avery muttered but she allowed Jessica to hug her. "Just know if I die I am coming back to haunt you so bad."
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"Taylor say anything to your or Zac about what happened when they went out?" Maggie asked Kate as she stood in the kitchen with Kate and Lori who were both helping her fix lunch for Beth who while doing better and having come out of her catatonic state still had not left her room.

Kate shrugged, "Just that it had gotten pretty bad," she said as she answered Maggie giving her a questioning stare.

"He's not the same," Maggie said as she shook her head. "Says he froze. Blames me. Says I got inside his head."

Lori who had listened to Maggie shook her head as well, "He came back that's what matters. Men have to do certain things. You know that. And they're either gonna blame the little woman as the reason they do'em or the reason they don't."

Kate nodded her head in relation to what Lori said, "I'll tell you something. What happens out there happens out there. And we..we're just trying to keep it together til they get back."

"Things were good," Maggie mused after both Kate and Lori spoke. "Maybe I..."

"Taylor's a big boy," Kate stated interrupting Maggie before she could finish her words. "He makes his own choices, and then you..do you have anything to apologize for?" she asked as she raised an eyebrow seeing Maggie shake her head. "Tell him to man up and pull himself together. Just don't say man up. It never goes well."

Maggie held in a chuckle but put Beth's finished plate on a tray, "Let me just get this to Beth."

"You go on," Lori said as she walked to where Maggie was. "I got it. I can take it to Beth."
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"So how did you con Glenn in to giving you the keys to this piece of shit car?" Avery asked as she turned her head briefly to look at Jessica who was sitting in the passenger seat. Somehow just somehow Jessica had conned Glenn into giving her the keys to an old car that was Beth's or was going to be Beth's. Avery wasn't even sure how Glenn had gotten the keys himself but he had.