safe

Chapter 55

Quick Note- I haven't written in a while due to having a hard time at school but expect to see heaps more Safe in the weeks to come I'm trying to have a new part out every week.

xx Phia

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Ruby's P.O.V~

I carefully pull Max's soft red ringlets into a ponytail.

"Do I look too girly?" He asks as I tie it up.

"Do you want to be visually impaired in the zombie apocalypse?" I reply rhetorically.

Max huffs and walks away to hang out with Kyle.

I go to the bed and pack away all the baby supplies.

Always have to be prepared.

"Ruby you ready to go?" Michonne calls from down the hall.

"Yeah, one second." I reply as I zip up the baby bag.

I chuck my own bag on and catch my reflection in the mirror on the wall.

I can't imagine how I would have looked if I got pregnant when there was food available. I'm fucking enormous.

My hips look like balloons and i'm so lumpy.

Ugh.

I pull my shirt up to reveal hideous stretch marks snaking up my stomach.

Michonne walks in and I promptly pull my shirt down.

She looks at me with pain in her eyes.

"You look beautiful Ruby." She tells me.

I stare at her blankly.

"Don't be daft, if I were any bigger I would break the floorboards."

I walk towards the door and she grabs both my shoulders.

"If you're so hideous then why would an attractive man like Rick or Glenn want to be with you so badly?"

I feel my eyes stinging and my cheeks heat up. My mouth quivers and i want nothing more than to fall into a heap in Michonne's arms.

"I don't know why and honestly when you look like me you shouldn't question it you should just accept it because you're not going to get anything better." I say walking out of the room defiantly.

I see Rick ambling clumsily up the stairs and I decide to take my own advice.

As Rick reaches the landing I bunch up his shirt in my fists and hug him tightly.

"You make me hurt less inside and I like that." I mumble into his chest.

"I like it too." He whispers into my hair.

"Will you look after Max and Daisy like you would Carl? And be honest." I ask as I pull away from him.

"They may not be my biological children but I will care for them like they are." He reassures me as I hold his hand tight.

"I promise to do the same for Carl, but Rick, we have to take this slow and know that I might want to break it off at some point to take a breather because I'm never going to get over Glenn."

"I'm okay with that." He says, kissing the top of my head.

"Let's go Ruby!" Max calls from downstairs.

"Bye." I whisper to Rick.

I walk past him, towards the staircase.

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You should know what happens to Glenn. Writing out something that already happened is kinda pointless.