Beautiful Mistakes~ A Rick Grimes Love Story

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The next day, I had planned on telling Jared and Rick. I wanted to tell Jared I was no longer in love with him, and give him the ring back. Then, I wanted re-confess my love to to Rick and tell him I was pregnant with his baby. However, the day had other plans for me.

I woke up and took a shower like any other day. I was hungry, yet everything made me feel sick. I knew I had to eat, especially since I was eating for two now.

I went to the kitchen, ate some fruit and vegetables. I wanted to go to the tent and get the prenatal vitamins so I could start taking them. I wanted to throw out the morning after pills, since I would never do anything to harm my baby. I wanted this baby. I wanted Rick.

I head out to the tent, thinking it was empty. When I zip it open, Rick is sitting there, positive tests, vitamins, and morning after pills in his hand. His shirt is off. I guess he was in the middle of changing when he found what I hid. My heart dropped.

"What is this?" Rick asks, his expression his cold and his eyes are distant.

"Rick....." I say. "I'm pregnant."
He knew it was his. I had only been with him.
"Were you gonna take this?" he asks, holding up the morning after pills.

"No. Of course not!" I say.

"Then why did you have them? You didn't want to have a baby with me because of Jared?" he asks.

"Maggie got them just in case. I didn't ask for them. This has nothing to do about Jared and you know that." I say.

"This has everything to do with him. What are you going to tell him?" Rick asks, wiping his hands across this face, clearly stressed about Jared.

"I don't know yet." I say. "I only found out yesterday. I haven't had time to think it all through."

"Were you even gonna tell me?" Rick asks, clearly mad.

"Yes, Rick. I just needed some time to think." I say.

"About what, Luna?" he asks, almost as if he was accusing me of something. His hands were resting on his hips. I tried not to let the fact he was not wearing a shirt, distract me.

"About what raising a baby means in this world. I'm scared, Rick. Terrified, actually. I want to be with you..... I want to end things with Jared and come clean. I was just thinking about how." I say, as tears roll down my cheeks. I turn away from him.

He grabs my cheek and wipes the tears away. "Hey..... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped like that. I don't know how we do this.... but I know we can do it. Together. There's nothing I want more than a family with you. A future with you. I may not know how that looks, but I know it will be alright with you and this baby by my side. My baby." he cups my face in his hands. "Luna, I love you. I think I always will."

"I love you, Rick." I say, before we kiss. It felt different this time. It felt magical. I felt warm, a feeling I hadn't felt in a while. Maybe it was the newly pregnancy hormones, but I knew now that Rick wasn't my soulmate. He was my twin flame. The person I was destined to be with and no one could ever replace the connection we have.

We walk out of the tent together.

"Let's get you inside. You need to rest." Rick says, wrapping his arm around me as we walk back to the house.

Jared moves out from behind the tree, hearing everything that was just said.

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The next few days got weird, fast. Not to mention....During all the pregnancy madness, we lost Dale. A walker came out of the woods and tore his guts out. There was nothing we could do. It killed Rick that there was nothing more we could to save him. Rick knew Dale was suffering, so Rick shot him.