Bring Me To Life -A Rick Grimes Love Story-

Pretty Much Dead Already.

The Atlanta group sat around the camp, eating their breakfast, as if nothing was wrong and they were just going camping for the weekend. Most of them, unaware of the dangers lurking in the barn just yards away from where they were staying. Rick and Lori, sat at opposite ends of the small fire cooking, obvious tension in the air. Carl, looked between his parents, worried, for more reasons than just because they still haven't found Sophia. Glenn, who sat a little ways away from the Grimes family, looked up at the porch, his eyes landing on Maggie Greene, who was standing beside her twin sister, shaking her head at the young asian boy.

Rick's eyes averted from his food, to the girl on the porch. Her hazel eyes filled with concern over what had happened last night, he could feel his heart swelling, and quickly averted his eyes back to his meal. Shaylee sighed, but continued on the problem in front of her.

"Is he gonna tell them?" She asked Maggie, her voice a low whisper. Maggie nodded her head, shaking her head shortly after. Shaylee could feel her heart break in her chest after that, and turned to walk back into her house knowing things could be completely different after today.

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Rick.

I stabbed more of the beans Carol had cooked for us with my fork, and stuffed it in my mouth, chewing loudly, not caring who heard how frustrated I was. The tension in the air was unreal, and I wished I cared enough not to put the others through this, but in all honesty...I didn't.

My wife...The woman who was supposed to be faithful and true to me, forever...The woman who was supposed to always be on my side...The woman who was supposed to be my best friend...Cheated on me, with the guy who was the closest thing to a brother that I ever had. With my son nearby...God, I was sick to my stomach...

And now that same woman...Was now pregnant, with a baby that could either be mine or Shane's...Made me feel even worse, and to top all of this shit with more shit...I found all this out, in front of Shaylee...God, now I felt bad about making her stay when she wanted us to have alone time...But, I couldn't help it...I don't know what it was, but whenever I was around her, I felt okay...I felt like everything was going to be okay with her there...

She made everything okay...Her and Carl...And this...This baby. I don't care what the DNA says...That baby is mine. And although I don't even want to look at Lori right now, I will deal with her and our marriage if it means that the baby and Carl will be happy...But...

How does Shaylee fit into all of this?

"Um, guys...?" Glenn interrupted me from my thoughts, and I looked up to him, seeing him standing in front of the whole group, all eyes were on him. "So The barn is full of walkers." Wait, what?!

Several minutes later, and the group was standing in front of the barn...Shane walked right up to the doors, before anyone could stop him, and started rattling the doors. Almost instantly, you could hear the groans and the growls coming from inside, showing all of us here, that Glenn was telling the truth, and their were walkers in the barn...

Immediately, I could feel the hurt and the betrayal inside of me...It was worse than the betrayal I felt looking at Lori last night...Because...Because this one came from Shaylee. In my short time knowing her, i've felt like i've known her forever. And so I thought she was the one person who would never keep anything from me...But, here we are...

She kept this from me. But, that doesn't change anything...Not my feelings for her...Nothing...I'm in deep shit.

"You cannot tell me you're all right with this." Shane interrupted my thoughts, shaking his head, finally stepping away from the doors to the barn.