Beautiful Mistakes~ A Rick Grimes Love Story

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Carol, Sage, and Carl were keeping watch for the gate. I got Judith and walked down to talk to them.

"It sure is quiet out here." I tell them.

"Yeah, I miss how loud the world used to be." Carol says.

"You and me both."

We here a car approaching.

"I hope it's them." Sage says. And it was. The green Hyundai was approaching.

"Get the gate. Hurry!" I tell Carl.

Rick gets out of the car. Sage and Carl run up to him. He opens his arms and hugs them both at the same time. He looks up to see me holding Judith.

"Thank God." he says, reaching up to kiss me and Judith. "Where's Hershel?" he asks.

"In the cell block." I tell Rick.

"Where's Daryl?" Carol asks in a panic.

"It's alright. He's alive." Rick walks up to her to comfort her. "We ran into his brother. They went off."

"He left?" Carol asks. Rick hangs his head down, and nods.

"Daryl left?" Carol asks. "He's gone? Is he coming back?" she starts to whimper. Rick struggles to find the right words. Something went down out there. I could tell it wasn't good.

"Gone?" Carol wails. We both try to comfort her the best we can.

"And Oscar?" Carl asks.

Rick puts his hands on Carl's shoulder. "No."

Riley comes up to me. "What happened out there?" I ask him.

"You don't wanna know, sis. Ask ur baby daddy." Riley says, before walking off and giving Rick a glare. Shit, this wasn't good.

Maggie, Beth, and Hershel hug. Beth runs up to hug Rick and kiss him on the cheek. I chuckle a little and he starts to blush. I thought it was sweet. Rick tells Sage and Carl to go on inside. I give Judith to Carl. "Don't forget to give her the bottle." I say. Carl nods and takes off, leaving Rick, Hershel, and myself.

"You came through, like always." Hershel says, shaking his hand. "Sounds like we have a new problem on our hands."

"Problem?" I ask, very concerned.

"Yeah." Rick says.

"You get a good look at him?" Hershel asks.

Rick shakes his head. "He had Daryl and Merle pitted against each other. A crowd cheering them to fight to the death. What kind of a sick mind does that?" Rick says.

"This kind the world creates." Hershel says.

"What's wrong?" Rick asks, looking between Hershel and I.

We take Rick to where our lovely new guests are. Carl and Sage are standing there, armed.

Rick looks at them and walks right past them. He was not happy. I was never going to hear the end of this.

Rick walks into our cell. Beth was holding Judith. Rick picks her up and looks at her. She starts to laugh when she sees Rick.

"I guess I'm funny." Rick says, laughing.

"Well, you do have a little dirt right there." I say, messing with his face. Beth takes Judith back, smiles and leaves us be.

"Oh, so I'm dirty, huh?" Rick smiles, pulling me in closer to him.

"Very." I say. He pulls me into the cell closest to us and shuts the curtain made out of sheet. He pushes me against the wall and starts to kiss me. Slowly, then faster and more passionately. He stops. He puts both hands on the wall, leaning into me and breathing heavy. "I can't wait to make love to you again." he whispers into my ear, sending chills through my whole body. He sighs and sits on the bed. I sit next to him, and lay my head on his shoulder. "Not too much longer." I say, sighing.