Stargirl//TWD

7

tw: mentions of sa, mentions of violence and parents going to get the milk (if you know what I mean)

9 years ago

15 year old Aurora had led her friends out of the house, Glenn and Klaus had been with her the whole day, from walking to the pharmacy, to standing outside the door, to holding her while she cried for hours upon hours

they even offered to stay with her while she told her father, but she refused, she had to do it herself

she was sitting on the kitchen counter when her dad came home, Lori was out to dinner with some friends of hers, which she was thankful for, she could only do one parental figure at a time

"hey honey, how was school?" he asked placing a kiss on her head and hanging up his keys, when he didn't hear a reply he looked at her curiously before he noticed her tear stained face "are you okay, what happened?"

Aurora had never been more frightened in her life, the affects from what she went through weeks prior was still thick in her mind, and as she held onto her pregnancy test in her hoodie pocket she could feel her hands shaking

"Aurora." Said her dad firmly "what happened."

she could do nothing but stare at her fathers face, she tried to force the words out, but it was like they weren't even in her throat to begin with

"Dad, I-I need to um- we need to- I." she stuttered, her red eyes already had tears pouring out, before she could try to speak again her father walked towards her

"honey breath, breath and then we'll talk." He said placing his hands on her shoulders and leaning down to her height

Aurora could barely look at her father, she knew if she did he would feel her self disgust and suffering, she just knew he would

"Dad something happened to me, when I went away with Amy, her uncle– I – I didn't know where to go– I couldn't get away- he-he"

Auroras breath quickened as she stood up abruptly and pulled out the positive pregnancy test to hold out to her father

she watched the colour leave his face and a look of pure and soul crushing sadness take over his young face, aging it by years

" he–Aurora, did-" he was a shuttering mess as his body shook frantically, he could barely catch Aurora before he body gave way and she fell to her knees, ear blistering cries spilled out her mouth and rick pulled her into his grasps

"I'm scared" she sobbed "I'm scared, daddy I'm so scared"

"I got you, I got you, god I got you my girl" he said as tears pores out his own eyes, he was sure the grip she had on him would leave bruises, but it was nothing compared to the bruising of his heart

"I'm here stargirl"

that whole night Aurora sat in her fathers arms eating whatever junk food they could find in the house, and watching her childhood favourite movie, 'the fox and the hound,' they hadn't said a single word to one another, not even a goodnight, because before Rick could, she had fallen asleep with her head rested on his knee and her small shaking body under his arm

as Rick stated down at his darling star girl he came to the sickening realisation that her life would never be the same, and even worst, he didn't do what he swore to do the very day she was born

he didn't protect her.

he failed to protect her

he swore to himself from that day on, no matter the cost, he would protect her, even if he lost himself doing so.