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Infected
Most of the group was out on a run.
Maggie and Katie spent the day together.
Maggie avoided looking at Judith all day.
Katie started to catch on to the problem.
"Maggie are you pregnant?" Katie asked quietly in the privacy of Maggie's cell.
"I don't know," Maggie answered honestly.
"I'm here for you," Katie said, resting her hand on Maggie's leg.
"I'm pretty sure there was a pregnancy test in the medical supplies that Carl found back when we first got here," Katie said, standing up quickly and running out of the cell.
She rummaged through Herschel's medical bag.
She found the pregnancy test.
She handed the box to Maggie.
"It's up to you. I think you should take it to know for sure," Katie encouraged.
Maggie nodded.
She took the test.
She squeezed Katie's hand for what felt like the longest two minutes in all of history.
It was negative.
Maggie sighed.
"Is that relief?" Katie asked.
"Yeah. Yeah it is," Maggie said.
"For what it's worth, you would make a good mom," Katie said softly, rubbing circles on Maggie's back soothingly.
Katie smiled and got up, leaving Maggie in her cell to rest.
Rick came back to the prison a little bit later.
He looked very shaken.
Katie ran towards him, worried.
She met him halfway through the prison courtyard.
"What happened? You're late. Are you okay?" Katie asked frantically.
She was relieved that he was finally back, but she was worried about him.
"There was a woman out there. I had to--I had to--" he started.
"It's okay. It's okay," Katie reassured him.
She led him inside, leaving him at a table with Herschel.
Holding Judith always seemed to calm him down, so, Katie ran to the cell and scooped up Judith.
She placed her in his arms.
His body relaxed just slightly.
Katie went back to the cell.
She climbed into Rick's bed and tried to fall asleep.
