A New World

A Bad Dream

Miranda's pov

I wish he wasn't president. He's running himself ragged trying to lead everybody. When he gets home from his meeting, he's still tired but at least he's smiling. "got it all figured out?" I ask. He nods. "and solved too." He says, walking to the couch. "something I've been thinking about..." I start. He opens one eye. "maybe you should step down and let someone else lead. You're exhausted all the time." I say. "I would do that in a heartbeat but it don't work like that anymore." He replies. "what why not?" I gripe. "it's different now, honey. If you get a job position, you hold it until the day ya die. At least I'm not up north, they've had assassination attempts on poor Abe." He says. I try not to show how shocked I am. I sit down beside him. He sighs. "I actually miss the life of had before. Even if it was in an apocalypse." "where the world was young and mom and daddy didn't have a clue." I joke he rolls his eyes. "oh that reminds me, guess what we were finally able to make" He shouts, jumping up. "I don't know, what?" I ask. "beer." He replies, pulling one our of the mini fridge behind his desk. "ya want one?" He asks. "do you really have to ask?" I say with a smile. He tosses me one and sits beside me again. "you've got more gray hair then I do." I mutter playing with his hair. He opens his beer. "that's what age does to you. Dear we have a 20 year age difference now." He says, his eyes on me. "I love you at 24 and I love you at 43. Age is but a number." I reply. He smiles and downs half in one swig. "you want to date a rusty old horse like me?" He asks. "not date, marry." I whisper, kissing him. He drops his beer. I throw mine to the side as we get into it. My arms around his neck. "Golly I love you." he says.

Glenn's pov

"please don't riot anymore. He's already dealing with so much and he cares about you." I shout angrily at Lori. "you may not remember it since you were only a baby, but he saved us during the apocalypse. He saved everyone. He also lost the girl he loved." she looks at me with tears in her eyes. "I miss mom." see says. "I know. I do too but who else is gonna help those Yankees?" I half joke. She hugs me.

Jason's pov

I take a much needed nap when I start having this weird dream.

~in the dream~

I'm walking on my old farm. My daughter keely swings on a tire swing. I walk over and keely runs to me. She laughs. "dad, you're so old!" she gasps. I smile. "what naw!" I shout picking her up. Then she disappears and I'm in my deer stand with Miranda. She hugs me. What is going on here? I step out of the deer stand only to walk into the cdc. "no!" I gasp,backing up but Daryl blocks my way. "you can't run from this." He says. I hear the dreaded scream and force myself to run to her knowing this is the worst,the moment she dies. She lays in the bed,her hands grip the bed, her blue fingertips, the gray veins coursing her whole body. But the worst is her eyes, the beautiful blue is now a dark gray. "Jason.." she whispers. I hold her hand sitting beside her. "end it please!" She begs. My eyes fill with tears, "you promised you'd end it. Nobody but you." she chokes out. "I know babe and I will." I promise her. I lean down and kiss her as I put the gun to her head. She grabs my neck really hard. Oh shit she's turned!! I pull the trigger and her hands fall as my tears do. "rest in peace babe." I whisper, moving her hair. Blood clings to my fingers. I promised I'd kill her before she turned. I barely did though.

Miranda's pov

He wakes up screaming. "whoa Jason! What's wrong!?" I cry shaking him. "what? Where am I?" He gasps, taking deep breaths. He sees me and hugs me tightly. "I thought I lost you." He whispers. I can feel the tears on my neck as my arms wrap around him. He must've had a nightmare. He lays down, staring at the ceiling. "I'm not going anywhere." I say. He doesn't move. He just lays there. I get up and call cheryl. She sighs when she sees him. "what's wrong with him?" I ask, worried. She smiles. "he's fine, just the exhaustion getting to him and the nightmares only make it worse." she says sadly. She injects him with something. He takes a deep breath. "what happened?" He asks. "you cranked out on us again." she says. "how many times is it now?" He asks, covering his eyes with one hand. "at least 7, I believe." she says. He sighs and sits up. I sit beside him. "what was that?" I ask. He shrugs. "whatever it is, cheryl is always able to get me out of it." He says. I kiss him lightly on the lips. Cheryl pokes her head back in. "oh I forgot to tell you. You and Abe ate going to Europe to see how the world is doing over there." she says. He glares at the floor. "dammit! I don't want to." He mutters. He holds me in his arms. "you can come with me if you want." He says. I shrug. "probably, but is the apocalypse still going on?" I ask. He shrugs. "that's why we have to go." He says.