Left Behind (sequel to Not Alone)

Ch. 4 - Almost Time

Anna

It’s been nearly eight months since I was separated from my friends and family back at the farm. The only person I had left from our group right now, was Andrea. She found me as I was running from geeks towards the woods beside the house. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still pissed with how she treated me when we were looking for Sophia and when she shot Daryl in the head. But for now I’m pushing that anger to the side and going to put up with her company because she’s all I have now. We’ve recently been joined by Michonne since going into the woods, I’d say close to the same day as when we left the farm. Andrea and I were dangerously low on ammo and had way too many geeks around us when she appeared with her katana in hand.

If I ever doubted I had been pregnant on the farm, then those doubts went flying out the window by now. My belly is swollen with the life of mine and Daryl’s unborn child and I should be due any day now and that scares me. Now more than ever we needed to find me a safe place to stay so I could deliver and with all these walkers around, I don’t think we were ever going to find it. It’s already getting to be too much of a hassle to wander around like this all day every day. I know Michonne and Andrea can both see it, but they’re not voicing it. Actually we don’t talk that much, just sometimes at night when we’re around our small fire eating but other than that it’s quiet and it drives me crazy.

“Anna how come you never told anyone about you being pregnant,” Andrea finally asked me that night as we sat by the fire, me leaning against a tree watching the flames as I absentmindedly rubbed circles on my belly. “I was going to,” I whispered, “but then we all found out Lori was pregnant and I didn’t want to burden everyone in the group with two pregnant women. The only ones that knew at the time were me, Daryl, Uncle Hershel, Beth, and Maggie.” “Daryl,” Andrea asked looking confused, “it’s his?” “Yeah,” I said saddened that he may never get to meet his baby, “he found out I was pregnant that night me and him went into the woods alone looking for Sophia. But I knew since the CDC.”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered and looked down, obviously realizing this conversation was hurting me more than anything. I nodded, not even caring if she saw or not, and looked down to my belly with my hand resting on it, no longer rubbing circles. “We’re gonna need to find a place to stay at for a while and soon,” I finally said after a few minutes while still looking down, “I won’t have this baby here in the woods surrounded by walkers.” “We’ll find some place,” Andrea said looking over at me as I looked to her and smiled slightly. “We should probably turn in,” I said after a few minutes when I felt my eyes begin to droop.

I didn’t wait for the other two to say anything before I got up and basically waddled to a spot just outside the light from our fire. I laid down on my side, couldn’t lay down on my back or stomach both because of the baby. As I laid there, I looked up at the cloudless sky peeking through the tops of the trees and placed my hand on my stomach. Please let Daryl be safe, I thought still staring upwards, please allow me to safely have this baby and then get back to him. He doesn’t deserve to be away from a family he never thought he’d have. Just watch over my family, Uncle Hershel, Maggie and Glenn, Beth, Carl, Carol, Lori, Rick, Daryl, and T-Dog. Please look after them.

I felt a tear slide down my cheek as I finished my silent prayer for everyone I consider family. Whether they’re by blood or not, everyone in that group is my family now. I let my cheek rest on the ground as I looked away from the sky and tried to keep from crying any more that night. I lightly began rubbing my hand over my swollen belly again, receiving a kick in the processes from the baby that only made me smile at the thought of soon having this baby in my arms. “Just a little bit longer,” I whispered looking down at my stomach as I continued to rub, “then you’ll finally get to meet your mommy. And hopefully you’ll get to meet your daddy too.”

Y'all should love me cause I rewrote what I originally had written in this chapter. I was gonna have her lose the baby but then I thought about how I could have Daryl react when he sees her again....so you're welcome :) see I'm not completely heartless :)

-Kenz