burning love

Claimed-39

Bella's POV:

We sat around the kitchen table eating breakfast. It was good to have someone from our group especially Michonne. We all haven't laughed this much in a long time. 

"Eww this milk is nasty." I said laughing 

"What I would do for some soy milk right now." Michonne said in a dreamy voice picking up the dry cereal. 

"I bet Judith's milk---." Carl cut short of his sentence when he realized what he was saying. All smiles faded and the room fell in to a awkward silent. 

"Umm Rick may I speak with you?" Michonne asked. 

"Yea anything." Rick said. 

"Me and Carl are gonna on a run to try and gather some more food before we move on." Michonne said.

"Well me and Bella can go along." Rick said looking to me I nodded my head.

"No I think you guys should stay and rest." Michonne said looking to my baby bump that has become more noticeable and to Rick's ribs. We didn't we object we just shook our heads in understanding. I walked to one of the bedrooms and laid down. Rick went in the room next to mine and laid down to we were both extremely exhausted mines mainly because of my pregnancy and his due to the fact that he just got the shit beat outta him. I fell asleep only to be met by a dream.

'You disgusting whore, I hate you.' My dad yelled. I was standing the hallway of my old house against the wall. He towered over me he's breathe reeking of alcohol. He punched the wall behind my head. He grabbed my throat and I struggled to get free and to breathe. I closed my eyes feeling the darkness start to consume me. I woke in a hospital where Daryl waited by my side. He looked at me and smiled he leaned into kiss me, I started to close my eyes, but I opened them when I suddenly felt cold. I opened my eyes and Daryl was walker leaning into bite me. We stood in a pasture. The place looked dark and gloomy, the grass gray like it was burned, the wind whipped at my face. In this moment it was just me and Daryl and I was struggling against him as he bite into me, instead I laughed. My laughter turned to screaming. The Earth was shaking and someone was calling my name. 

"Bella wake up!" Rick yelled. I jumped up in a cold sweat. Rick sat next to me on the bed. I threw myself onto him sobbing.

"I miss him Rick. I need him. This baby needs him." I said crying. Rick rubbed my back comforting me.

"Shhh it's ok. We will find him. I promise." Rick said. I stopped crying and Rick stood up to leave.

"Please don't leave me. I'm scared." I said grabbing his arm. He nodded his head and laid down next to me. I fell asleep in his arms. It wasn't a romantic way, a friendly comforting way. I would never cheat on Daryl, even if he died. He has my heart and he always will even after he dies, if he dies. 

I woke up to Rick shaking my shoulders and looking panicky. 

"What?" I asked scared. 

"Shh. They're men here we need to get out hide, something. Follow my moves and be silent." Rick said. I got out of the bed. Me and Rick headed for the bed but stopped and retreated to under the bed, when we heard a heavy set man come up the stairs. 

I squeezed under the bed as best as possible given that I was pregnant. The man came in the room and walked around the bed and then plopped down on it the bed sunk, and it was a good thing that the man was on Rick's side otherwise it would've squished my belly. Just as  me and Rick thought it was safe to come out from underneath the bed another man came in and started yelling at the man on the bed.

"This is my bed." The man who walked in,

"No I was here first this is my bed find your own." The man on the bed said.

"No it's claimed." The man at the door said.

"Why don't you come take it from me." The man on the bed come up and walked to the man at the door. Me and Rick kept silent as the men had a scuffle. One of the men had the other on the ground. The man on the bed looked right at us. Me and Rick kept silent as the man on the ground tried to get the others attention. The man that coward over the other laughed as the man knocked out. The man stood and walked to the bed plopping down on Rick's side of the bed. We waited for the man to snore before we got out from under the bed. We tip toed across the floor to the door. We creaked open the door and headed for the stairs but retreated to the bathroom when someone came marching up the steps. Me and Rick whirled around as we shut the door. We came face to face with a man sitting on the toilet. The man jumped up and lunged at Rick. Rick and the man fought. I grabbed the lid off the toilet and came up behind the man. I slam the glass lid into the head. The man fell to the floor and I bashed the man's head in. I looked up at Rick and set the lid down. Rick looked out the window. He sat in the window and that's when I knew what I had to do. Rick jumped out the window. I sat in the window with confidence that soon fell out the window when I looked down. For one i'm terrified of heights, for two I have a baby.

"Just jump I'll catch you. Don't worry." Rick whisper yelled. I closed my eyes and jumped out the window. For a minute I felt free and not like the world has ended. Reality came back to me as Rick caught me. He set me on the ground and we snuck around the house. We walked to the side of the house that was closer to the road. A man sat on the porch bouncing a tennis ball on the porch. The man walked in the house as me and Rick ran to the road just as Carl and Michonne came around the corner. We shushed them and sent them back down the way they came with us behind them.  We ran to the end of the road where we came to an area where the rail road tracks goes over the road. At the intersection we saw a sign that read. 

"Sanctuary for all, those who arrive survive." We all looked at each other with the same thought and headed in the direction, of what could be our next safe haven or home. But although we have faith we also have reality, that tells us that we will never be safe.

So sorry that chapters are getting shorter it's just that I only do Daryl or Bella's pov and since the group is broke up and I go by the episodes then they will be shorter, but anywho when the get together it'll be longer and like I said I'm still ending the book soon and I'll make the ending good.