Among the Unknown: A Daryl Dixon fanfic

Chapter 19: Tear Stained Cheeks

Here's chapter 19 for you guys!! I hope you guys have a good week and Thanksgiving! I will be updating every day of this week for this story so I hope you guys are excited!! :D  

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        Taylor’s P.O.V:

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  I opened my eyes and peered down at the test...  

  POSITIVE  

  There came a thump on the ground as I loosened my grip on the test, dropping it.

  “Fuck..” I breathed, I was... pregnant.

  How the hell am I supposed to do this? I can’t take care of a baby, I can barely take care of myself. The thoughts swarmed my head spiking my anxiety.

  I slowly looked up at Daryl. His eyes were frozen on my face, searching for an answer.  

“Taylor...?” His eyes remained on my face not moving, they seemed to be glued to me. His hands quickly shot around my waist as my body dropped to the ground.  

Daryl’s P.O.V:

    “Fuck..” She breathed, as the test dropped to the ground.

Her hands were shaking and her face went ghost white.

  “Taylor...?” I spoke, she slowly looked up at me with utter fear in her eyes that just broke my heart.

Before I could say anything else, her knees went weak and she started dropping to the floor. I quickly caught her as she went unconscious.

  “Shit..” I huffed, I picked her up and ran over to one of the empty cells, laying her on the thin mattress.

  She shouldn’t be out for long, thought I didn’t know what to do while she was out. I walked outside the cell and started pacing. Every time I turned around, I peered in at her to make sure she was okay.

  Do I wake her? Do I wait till she wakes up on her own? Do I just sit here?

I’ve never been in this situation. I must have been going over those thoughts for awhile because I heard the bed shift.

  I quickly went back to the door seeing her figure sitting up and staring straight at the ground, her face ever so pale.

  “Hey... Darlin?” I spoke softly, I went over and got down on my knees in front of her, lightly placing my hands on her knees.

Her eyes immediately darted to mine holding the most quizzical emotion I’ve ever seen, I almost didn’t know what to say..  

“It’s gonna be okay.. It’s alright, we can do this, it ain’t tha’ hard. Were gonna have a baby, can ya believe it?” I tried my best to get the fear out of her mind and get her to focus on the good things to come. Her expression lightened as she gave a slight smile.  

“Yeah... Were gonna have a baby..” She slowly placed her still slightly shaking hands on her flat stomach.

As I watched her, I noticed a wet spot on the leg of her pants as another one appeared after the fall of a drop. She was crying.

  “Shhh..” I comforted her as I heaved myself up beside her and pulled her into my chest.

That Lori incident really messed her up. She has it in her head that, that is what’s gonna happen to her when she gives birth. I won’t let that happen though, not in a million years!

  Her body shaked as it was wracked with her never ending sobs. I couldn’t do anything but hold her closer and tighter to me every time a tear fell.

I couldn’t make her fears leave, I couldn’t make her worries go away, I couldn’t do anything but utter comforting words into her ear as she held her stomach.

  “Dare...” The sound of a small voice broke the moment.

Thought I only knew one person who called me by that name, I looked toward the direction of the voice. Hanah was standing in the doorway, her big blue eyes had tears brimming them.

  “I heard.” She mouthed, she took a deep breath to try to stop the tears from coming down but failed. The tears flooded her eyes and down her cheeks as the breath left her lungs. I’ve seen her cry but only a few times when dad beat her real good after some heavy drinking.

  I hate seeing her cry..   I held my arm out to her as she quickly ran into my embrace. She wrapped her small arms around me and laid her tear stained cheek on my shoulder, a tear slipped from my eye onto her shirt.

  I couldn’t help it, I had two of my favorite girls crying on my arms and you expect it to not phase me. There was no use in holding back any now, I was streaming hot tears down my cheeks before I could even think.  

They just kept coming and coming, never stopping. I was both happy and sad, I was happy for a baby; I was having a baby! A little person with my genes running through them. Someone I can call my own, someone special that I created with another special person.  

Taylor, God how I felt so happy. Having a child with the love of my life, this was a dream come true! Then again, I was sad, sad for what Taylor had in thought for her. She thought she was going to die, just like Lori.

  A slow. painful death caused by someone she would grow to love with all her heart living inside of her even without knowing them. She was terrified and I had to make sure that she would never get hurt, or worse... killed...  

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I hope you guys enjoyed this deep chapter, I really felt it was needed because it shows how important and happy Daryl is for a kid. It's also quite an emotional chapter but I just couldn't help it! Haha!