Forbidden Love- Rick Grimes Love story

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Mads POV

We all grouped up at the front of the gate, Rick came over to me, "Is the baby okay?" I nod, "It's fine." He then walks to the front, "We did it. We drove them out." Michonne looks to Rick, "We should go after them." I nod in agreement, "We should finish this." Maggie scoffs, "It is finished. Didn't you see them hightail it out of here?" Michonne looks at her, "They'll regroup." Glenn nods, "He's not going to stop." Carol huffs, "They're right. We can't keep living like this." Maggie looks at her wide eyed, "So we take the fight back to Woodbury. We barely made it back last time." I stepped forward, "I don't care. I want that bastard dead." Rick sighs, "Yeah. Let's check on the others." We run back into the cell block and when we walk in I see Joey and them walk in. I walk over and squat down to give her a hug. She pulls me close and whispers in my ear, "Carl shot someone momma. Killed him, he was harmless." I pulled back concerned, "What? Are you sure?" Maybe I had heard her wrong, our sweet Carl could never kill anyone. She nods and I give her a kiss on her head before I head to talk to Rick. When I walk over to Rick I hear Hershel, "One of his soldiers? A kid running away? He stumbled across us." Carl shook his head, "No, he drew on us." Rick looked down to Carl, "I'm sorry you had to do that." Carl shrugs, "That's what I was there for. I'm going with you." Carl walks away. I shove Rick, "The hell was that Rick? Joey told me that he killed a harmless kid." Hershel nods, "That kid was scared. He was handing his gun over to Joey." Rick shook his head, "He said he drew." Hershel shook his head, but Rick didn't want to believe it, "Carl said it was in self defense." Hershel shook his head, "I was there, Joey was there. He didn't have to shoot. He had every reason not to-" Rick cut him off, "Maybe it looked like that to you Hershel-" I grab his shoulder, "Rick, Carl killed somebody. I know you don't want to hear it, but listen to Hershel." Hershel sighs, "I'm telling you he gunned that kid down." Hershel walked away and Rick pinched the bridge of his nose. I rub his arm, "It's gonna be okay Rick, we can talk to him together." He looks over to me, "I thought you hated me." I laugh, "I'm angry at you, but I could never hate you. Besides our kids are more important than being mad at you." He places a hand on my neck rubbing it with his thumb, "I'm really sorry Madison." I nod, "I know, but that doesn't mean I forgive you just yet. Let's go talk to Carl." He nods slowly dropping his hand.

Rick walks over to Carl as do I. I sit down next to him and Rick kneels down in front of him. Rick sighs, "Hershel told me about the boy you shot." Carl nods, "He had a gun." I rub Carl's back softly, "Was he handing it over?" Carl looks over at me, "He had just attacked us." Rick nods, "Yes he had. Was he handing it over?" Carl sighs, "I couldn't take the chance. I didn't kill the walker that killed Dale. Look what happened." I lean over and give him a slight squeeze before pulling away, "Bud, that's not the same thing." He looks to Rick, "You didn't kill Andrew and he came back and killed Mom. You were in a room with the Governor and you let him go. He hurt Maddy And then he killed Merle. I did what I had to do. Now go, both of you. So he doesn't kill any more of us." Carl had seem to forget that he was just a kid, which was hard to remember in a world like this. I leaned over giving him a kiss on his head before he walks off dropping something. Rick picks it up, it was his badge. He looks at it and I lean down to him picking his head up with one of my hands, "Hey. This is not your fault. Okay?" He nods before I reach my hand out to him and help him up, then we walk over to the truck. "Rick, we're staying. We don't know where the Governor is. If he comes back, we'll hold him off." Glenn told him motioning to him and Maggie. "Just the four of us?" Daryl asks Rick and he shakes his head, "Madison, you've gotta stay here. For the baby." I scoff, "Rick, I'm going. Yes Daryl, the four of us." I hop into the front seat of the truck waiting for the others. Rick and Michonne get in the truck and Rick looks at me, "Madison, you need to start thinking about this baby. You have to take care of yourself." I roll my eyes, "Rick, you honestly believe I'm not thinking about this baby? Why do you think I'm doing this?!? I'm ensuring that we have a home to go back to, and I'm not having my baby in a ditch. So if that means I have to get my hands dirty, then so be it."