2. Never Tear Us Apart

-monster disguised as a man-

Theo had managed to get some sleep during the night, the cold concrete floor making it hard to stay asleep for more than 30 minutes at a time, but it was enough.

She was awakened by Merle opening her door with toast in his hand.

"Morning, baby bird, bought you some breakfast", he smiled strangely.

"Not hungry", she announced, sitting up.

"Tough love, I get it, but you need to eat something" he sounded kind for a minute before Theo smelt the toast.

Her stomach turned, and she began to feel sick once again. She stood up before leaning over, puking up the small amounts of liquid and food in her system; most of what came up, however, was bile.

"Wow, you got a bug, or will I be an uncle?" Merle laughed. But the comment didn't make Theo laugh; she hadn't even considered the possibility of her being pregnant.

"Fuck", Theo wiped her mouth, thinking to herself.

Her mother had died around a month ago, and that was after they had sex for the first time. 

She had been so lost in their moment together that she wasn't even sure if Daryl had pulled out. 

"Uh oh, that ain't no face of excitement. Jesus doll, how many times you may have been shaggin, huh?" Merle laughed.

"Merle, this ain't funny." She panicked, turning to look at him.

"Calm it; we have facilities. Come on, the boss wants to meet you anyway", Merle smiled, walking her out of her cell.

"Where's Glenn and Maggie?" Theo asked worriedly

"None of you are concerned, baby bird, this way," Merle led her out, the bright sun blinding her as she left.

She hardly had time to see anything before Merle dragged her into another building.

Merle pushed through the doors to reveal three doctor rooms and doctors.

"This place has a lot of shit", Theo started as Merle dragged her into one of the doctor's rooms.

"Merle, what's going on?" the nurse asked. She had short ginger hair and green eyes.

"The Woman here might be carrying my nephew or niece," Merle smiled as Theo lay on the table.

"I'm Lucy. How long have you been thinking about being pregnant?" She asked sweetly.

"5 minutes". Theo put sharply, looking at Merle.

"Right. Have you had any morning sickness?" she asked as she walked over and grabbed something from a cupboard.

"Few days?" Theo thought

"Let's see, shall we?" The lady placed the cold jelly on Theo's stomach and then the ultrasound device on her stomach. She moved it around for a few minutes before stopping.

"Congrats" she smiled at Theo. But her face wasn't full of joy; she was scared, more scared than ever; not only did her mother die from childbirth only days ago, but she didn't want a baby, and Daryl, well, who knows how he would react.

"You are only a couple of weeks, maybe four, potentially five. These machines aren't very clear, and it's tough to see anything, but that is the little embryo. As you can see, it looks like a blob." She pointed at the screen, but Theo said nothing.

"Imma be an uncle", Merle smiled, way too excited.

Theo felt as though she would be sick again, but nothing would come up.