What Happens Next

The End

I couldn't focus, I was nearly lost.  I heard what Maggie and Carson talking, but I couldn't make out what they were saying.  "We need to put her under and so an immediate C section.  I don't know how long the baby's been dead, so we need to take it out.  But there's no way we can bring the baby back," Carson says walking around the infirmary.  Five months of my life was wasted trying to grow my baby, and it was ruined by the baby some how dying.

I felt Carson inject something into my arm, and soon, everything slowly went black.

Sharp pain came the middle of my stomach as I slowly opened my eyes.  I looked down and saw my stomach smaller than it was.  I felt too weak to move besides my head.  How long has it been?  A day, a couple days.. a week?

"Hey, Jess, how you doing?" I hear Carson say walking over to me.  He put the stethoscope against my chest and made sure I was ok.  "It ended up being a stillborn Jess, I uh.. I'm so sorry," he says looking down to me.  "What was the gender?"  I ask immediately after.  "A girl," his voice was soft.  "How long has it been?"
"Only a day."
"Is Glenn ok?  Has he woken up yet?"
"He has, he's asleep right now."
"Has Carl come back at all?"
"None of them has."

That was the end to our conversation.  Carson walked away and I laid there, staring at the ceiling.  I forced myself out of the bed and looked down knowing it would take a while before my stomach would go back down.  I walked over to Glenn and looked down to him.

He slowly started to wake up and looked up to me with a small smile, "hey Jess," he says softly and reaches for my hand.  I forced a smile and held his hand looking down to him, "how's the baby?" He asks softly.  My smile faded, I closed my eyes and sighed softly, shaking my head slowly.  "Wh-what do you mean?" He asks softly looking to me, "she was a stillborn," I say softly.  "Jess.. I.. I'm so sorry.." He says softly holding my hand tighter.  "Don't be, Hershel is alive, that's what matters," I say softly with a faint smile, "I just don't know how I'm gonna tell Carl," I say softly.

"You just did," I hear a voice coming from the door.  My head bolts up and I see, "Carl.." I say softly letting go of Glenn's hand.  I walked to Carl and looked up to him, I felt fear within myself looking up into his blue eyes, a tear flowing down my cheek.  He pulled me into a tight hug and closed his eyes, "it's OK Jess.. it's ok." He says softly, telling me his sweet words comforting me.

"You still look pregnant.." he says softly looking down at me, "it was a C section, it's gonna take a while before it goes down," I say softly looking down, "and it was a girl?" He asks as I nod slowly.

I looked over and saw Glenn looking to us.  I walked over, holding Carl's hand and smiled a bit down to Glenn, "eat happened?" Carl asks softly, "Gabriel died of blood loss, I wasn't paying attention and he turned and bit me, they cut my arm off so I wouldn't turn," Glenn explains looking at us.  He nodded a bit and I looked down with my eyes closed when I felt Glenn grab my other hand.  I opened my eyes and looked up to him, "it's OK kiddo, don't worry," he smiled to me, I faintly smiled back and looked down again and was pulled into a tight hug.  I looked up seeing Carl with a small smile.  I never wanted to leave his arms and just stood there, feeling his arms around my waist.

That night, we were laying in bed and I looked to Carl, "how long until you have to leave again?" I ask softly, "I'm not," he says softly, "Carl, you don't have to stay.."
"I know, but I don't need to."
"Why?"
"The war is done."