Why Me?

~Baby Day~

~Dallas' POV~

I was woken up today by a wet feeling between my legs, I sat up and hissed in pain as I felt a contraction.

"Carl!"

He rushed into the room with worried eyes and I nodded my head.

"It's time."

He came to me lifting me from the ground before looking at Judith.

"Go get Darren, and Daryl."

"No, just Darren, I don't want Daryl there."

I sighed, shaking my head.

"Get Daryl."

Judith nodded her head running out of the room doing as he said I looked at him shaking my head.

"Why do you have to be such a pain in the ass."

"He's your husband, and the father of this baby, whether you like it or not he has the right to be there."

I shook my head as he raced down the street to the infirmary, I was set on the table, and when the doctor took a look I knew it was bad.

"Have you had surgery?"

"Yeah, when I had Darren, I almost miscarried a few weeks or months before he was born, I had a natural birth though."

He shook his head.

"You can't have another natural birth."

"What?"

"If you have a natural birth, you'll tear out your uterus, and you'll bleed out, you'll die."

I screamed as a contraction came and when it went away I was breathing heavily, it was then that Daryl came in. He looked at me and I just broke, I looked at the doctor before making my decision.

"Save my baby."

He sighed nodding his head.

"Say your goodbyes then."

I nodded my head as Darren came to me with tears in his eyes shaking his head.

"What does he mean? Say your goodbyes, mom you can't leave me, I won't make it."

I took his face in my hands with tears streaming down my face.

"Yes you will baby, you'll have the baby, you have to take care of, you have Judith, your dad, and Carl. You'll do just fine, I'm so sorry baby, I love you with all my heart, but I let one baby go, I can't lose another."

"Mom no."

He hugged me close and tight as he sobbed into my shoulder, I kissed his head.

"I need to say goodbye to the other, go wait outside for Judith, I don't want you to see this."

He kissed my cheek before walking out of the room, Judith came to me with tears streaming down her face.

"I don't know what I'm gonna do, you're the only mother I've ever known and you're leaving me here with all these boys."

I laughed.

"Just pray this one's a girl."

She laughed, giving me a hug before running out and hugging Darren, I knew they were going to be okay because they have each other. Next was Carl, he came and sat next to me shaking his head, before hugging me close.

"I love you Dallas, I'm gonna miss you."

"I'll miss you too, please take care of them."

"Always."

With that he left, leaving me with Daryl and all I could do was shaking my head as I looked at him. I saw the tears in his eyes but knew they wouldn't spill till he was alone, he always was a hard man to love.

"Daryl..."

He shook his head, cutting me off.

"No, no, you don't get to do this, you don't get to say goodbye, you don't get to leave this fucked up world without me. Who gave you the right to make this decision on your own, I can't live without ya Dallas, you're my girl, my wife, you can't leave me like this."

I laid my head back crying and sobbing as he came to me roughly placing his lips to mine before pulling away leaning his forehead against mine.

"It was supposed to be ya and me against this hell of a world."

"I know Daryl, but I can't lose this baby, my heart can't take it, I'd bury it and be dead in a week. I lost you, and I can't lose anything else in this world, not another baby, please, I love you with all my heart. I lost you that day, and I never got you back, please just let me go like you did that day, please."

He shook his head.

"I didn't let you go, you backed away from me, you let me go, I came back and you pushed me away. I regret that day more than anything else on this earth, you were and are the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I can't lose you baby, I lost Merle, you and Darren are all I have left, please stay, let me save you again."

"I can't not anymore, you need to go, you need to take care of Darren, and you need to care for this baby, please, make me the promise you did all those years ago before I had Darren. Promise me that no matter what you'll love and care for this baby, when I can't promise me, I need to hear you say it, please."

He nodded his head.

"I promise baby."

Once again he crashed his lips to mine and I knew this was the last time his lips would touch mine. We pulled away and he walked out of the room as the doctor came back in, he looked at me and I nodded my head telling him I was ready. I screamed as I felt my baby being ripped from my body, and I felt the blood drip from me, before it poured. I heard her cries and saw her beautiful Dixon blues before my eyes closed and I left this world to be with the family I had lost so long ago.

~Daryls' POV~

As I walked out of the hospital I sat on the curb and let the tears fall, the woman I love is leaving me forever. I heard her screams and wanted nothing more than to run back in and save her, but I knew I couldn't this time I was too late. When the doctor came out he was holding a little girl with Dixon blue eyes, I looked at Darren before nodding for him to come to me. He did as asked and sat next to me looking at the little beauty with reddish-brown fuzz on her head.

"What do you wanna name her little man?"

I saw his lip begin to shake as he looked at me with bloodshot tear filled eyes.

"Dallas, I wanna name her after mom."

I nodded my head with tears sliding down my face as I hugged him to my side, looking at the little girl in my arms.

"Beautiful bud, why don't we make that her middle name? How about we go with your mom's favorite color? Red."

He nodded his head with a small smile.

"She would love that, Red Dallas Dixon, sounds kinda funny altogether."

"Yeah, but who cares, everyone else will call her Red, and her middle name will be a family secret deal? It'll be somethin we all hold close to us, alright?"

He nodded his head.

"Alright dad."

The rest of the night we all sat in our homes as a family before deciding that tomorrow we would leave this place and head for the hill top to raise Red with new happy memories.