A New World

Keeping Secrets

Jason's pov

Nightmares can really be torture when every night you watch the woman you love die again and again but this time I don't have cheryl to stop it. As soon as I see her alive and well, I can breathe easy. Keely who is now four, runs into our room. Miranda's still sleeping so I catch our rambunctious daughter before she jumps on her. "what are you doing up, Lil lady?" I ask. She squirms out of my grasp to lay next to her. I'm not going back to sleep after the last nightmare.

Miranda's pov

I feel like I'm drowning. I open my eyes to find myself in the middle of a freezing Lake. I try to swim out but something has my ankle and is dragging me down. I fight to keep my head above the water but to no avail. Somebody's hand shoots out grabbing my shirt and pulling me free. I cough and choke on water. My whole body is shivering. I look up at my savior. "Daryl!" I cry, hugging him. "now that's three times you've saved me." He gives me a questioning look. "just now, with the walker, and when we fell in love." I say. He hugs me which warms me up instantly. He stands in front of me, looking in my eyes. He pulls out a gun. Daryl with a gun? Weird! "just one shot and we can be together." He says. I stare at him shocked and shake my head. "please!" He begs.

Jason's pov

She stands up reaching for the side table where I keep my revolver. "babe, what are you doing?" I ask, looking up from the book in my lap. She holds the revolver unanswering. I walk over and her eyes are closed. She's sleep walking! She puts the gun to her head! I'm forced to tackle her to the ground and grabbing the gun from her hand. Her eyes are still closed. I shake her shoulders, trying to wake her up. Luckily through all this, keely is still asleep. "babe wake up!" I cry. I get on my knees and kiss her, hoping that will wake her up. She returns the kiss and opens her eyes. "what happened?" she asks, "why are we on the floor?"i set the gun back in the drawer and lock it, putting the key in my pocket." you were sleep walking. You almost shot yourself." I gasp, standing up and pulling her up too. I know what I have to do. I have to break into my old office and grab those injections. That's the only thing that stopped the nightmares. But that means facing off against merle and everyone is saying he's crazy. I load my rifle and my revolver. I'm just going to say I'm going on a long 2 day hunting trip. I go to break the news to her and she's attempting to tie keely's shoes. I sigh, knowing she won't be able to do it one handed. "hey let me help you." I say. She stares at the ground and pulls away as I tie her shoes. She covers her eyes with her hand and cries. I hug her. "it's okay." I say. "no its not! I can't do anything!" she yells. "yes, you can! You're a great wife, a wonderful mom, and whenever something goes wrong, you're always there to cheer us up! I'd be nothing without you! Nothing but an old man in a desk chair not doing anything with his life. I only ran that shitty government because I had to keep myself busy." I tell her. She lowers her hand "you really mean that?" she whimpers. "of course. And when I get back, you won't have to worry about a thing." I say. I know what I'm going to do for her. I'll find a way to get a prosthetic arm for her. She kisses me and I load my weapons. I head for the door. "wait!" she shouts. I turn back around. She hands me Daryl's crossbow and his quiver of arrows. I'm speechless. I stare at the heavy weapon. I can't do that! "no way, I can't use Daryl's beloved crossbow." I gasp. "please just take it. It's his lucky bow. He never went anywhere without it." she insists. I stare at it debating. To make her happy, I grab the bow and kiss her again. "come back safe please." she says. I nod. "you can bet your boots on that." I say. She smiles and hugs me. I walk out. I hate lying to her but I know if I told her I was going into town to steal things, she'd be so scared. But I will come back. There's no doubt about that. My girl won't be one armed for long.