Family Portrait.
Now you've been having real bad dreams.
He lay awake blissfully unaware of the time he had found the most comfortable position and was determined to stay put, wrapped in the duvet Lily next to him, it wasn't very often he got the chance to just listen to the world around him, in the distance he could hear traffic not a lot of it but enough to conjure up images of the perfect little family on their way to the air port to begin another two weeks in the sun, two children dozed happily on the back seat along with mama sleeping quietly in the passenger seat pops driving with the radio on quietly their safety being his only priority.
He smiled to himself, one day soon he would have his own little family to keep safe it was a beautiful image one that he could see so clearly. He rolled over to look at Lily, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion she looked scared her eyebrows raised slightly her nose screwed up and a sadness shown across her lips, it was a look he rarely saw he had seen her go toe to toe with men three times her size and not flinch whatever she was dreaming must be really disturbing, he placed a hand on her shoulder and gently nudged her,
"baby?"
Her eyes burst open and she gasped almost choking on the sudden air intake she shuffled back so quickly terror etched across her face she was breathing short sharp raspy breaths,
"Oh...Daryl its you"
She managed to splutter out,
"Who else would it be? are you okay?"
"Yeah its just...Just a bad dream"
She faked a smile in an attempt to reassure him that she was okay,
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
She tried to sound more certain but was betrayed by the sudden wince as he reached out to touch her face
"Baby are you sure"
"Yeah you just made me jump that's all"
He nodded unconvinced,
"Get some sleep baby"
She smiled and rolled over laying next to him she had never felt more isolated she longed to tell him and was trying with all of her strength to hide it, she couldn't bare to see Daryl hurting, she couldn't let Merle leave again not now Daryl had only just got him back. She squeezed her eyes tightly closed and swallowed the tears again.
She woke up to a searing pain in her stomach a pain strong enough to make her cry out waking Daryl from his usually deep sleep
"Baby? Whats wrong are you okay?"
"I can't move!"
He jumped out of bed flicking the light on and whipping the blankets back, his heart skipped a beat as he watched the colour drain from her face there on the sheets was a dark crimson puddle, he panicked flying in to the front room
"MERLE! wake up I need your help now!"
"you better have clothes on baby brother or I swear I will cut you!"
The older man grunted as he rolled over, seeming almost pleased that his younger brother was wearing boxers
"Lily's bleeding!"
"Yeah? People do?"
"No Merle shes bleeding the baby could be in danger"
"Oh christ I'll go and start the truck"
The older man kept to his word and sat waiting, it was a pitiful sight Daryl looking like a scorned 12 year old carrying that whiny bitch out of the trailer she looked just as pathetic curled up like a kicked puppy, she had changed him he was a tough little guy before she came along now he was far too soft and being taken advantage of by her, it was her stomach that was hurting not her legs make the bitch walk!
to Daryl the hospital was a blur he didn't care to remember staff names or the places they had been sent to, he tried to avoid the place like the plague ever since he had Od'd on bad heroine courtesy of Merle, he was laid up in this shit hole for weeks feeling like crap and being spoken down to by the not so helpful staff they where called in to a small side room where a woman sat behind a desk looking over her half moon glasses at a computer screen, she looked over at them with a smile,
"Ah Mr Dixon Miss White take a seat"
They did so reluctantly she gripped his hand her heart in her mouth,
"As you know we ran tests on Miss White blood samples urine samples and there's no easy way to say that a miscarriage was the cause of the bleeding"
The room faded from around him the sound of rushing water filled his ears as his head began to spin his chest felt tight and pins and needles climbed his body, everything was being taken away from him
"fortunately theres no need for a dilation and cutterage procedure in this case as she wasn't too far along in the pregnancy not even close to the secind trimester just plenty of rest and some asprin if the pain gets too much"
He smiled to himself, one day soon he would have his own little family to keep safe it was a beautiful image one that he could see so clearly. He rolled over to look at Lily, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion she looked scared her eyebrows raised slightly her nose screwed up and a sadness shown across her lips, it was a look he rarely saw he had seen her go toe to toe with men three times her size and not flinch whatever she was dreaming must be really disturbing, he placed a hand on her shoulder and gently nudged her,
"baby?"
Her eyes burst open and she gasped almost choking on the sudden air intake she shuffled back so quickly terror etched across her face she was breathing short sharp raspy breaths,
"Oh...Daryl its you"
She managed to splutter out,
"Who else would it be? are you okay?"
"Yeah its just...Just a bad dream"
She faked a smile in an attempt to reassure him that she was okay,
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
She tried to sound more certain but was betrayed by the sudden wince as he reached out to touch her face
"Baby are you sure"
"Yeah you just made me jump that's all"
He nodded unconvinced,
"Get some sleep baby"
She smiled and rolled over laying next to him she had never felt more isolated she longed to tell him and was trying with all of her strength to hide it, she couldn't bare to see Daryl hurting, she couldn't let Merle leave again not now Daryl had only just got him back. She squeezed her eyes tightly closed and swallowed the tears again.
She woke up to a searing pain in her stomach a pain strong enough to make her cry out waking Daryl from his usually deep sleep
"Baby? Whats wrong are you okay?"
"I can't move!"
He jumped out of bed flicking the light on and whipping the blankets back, his heart skipped a beat as he watched the colour drain from her face there on the sheets was a dark crimson puddle, he panicked flying in to the front room
"MERLE! wake up I need your help now!"
"you better have clothes on baby brother or I swear I will cut you!"
The older man grunted as he rolled over, seeming almost pleased that his younger brother was wearing boxers
"Lily's bleeding!"
"Yeah? People do?"
"No Merle shes bleeding the baby could be in danger"
"Oh christ I'll go and start the truck"
The older man kept to his word and sat waiting, it was a pitiful sight Daryl looking like a scorned 12 year old carrying that whiny bitch out of the trailer she looked just as pathetic curled up like a kicked puppy, she had changed him he was a tough little guy before she came along now he was far too soft and being taken advantage of by her, it was her stomach that was hurting not her legs make the bitch walk!
to Daryl the hospital was a blur he didn't care to remember staff names or the places they had been sent to, he tried to avoid the place like the plague ever since he had Od'd on bad heroine courtesy of Merle, he was laid up in this shit hole for weeks feeling like crap and being spoken down to by the not so helpful staff they where called in to a small side room where a woman sat behind a desk looking over her half moon glasses at a computer screen, she looked over at them with a smile,
"Ah Mr Dixon Miss White take a seat"
They did so reluctantly she gripped his hand her heart in her mouth,
"As you know we ran tests on Miss White blood samples urine samples and there's no easy way to say that a miscarriage was the cause of the bleeding"
The room faded from around him the sound of rushing water filled his ears as his head began to spin his chest felt tight and pins and needles climbed his body, everything was being taken away from him
"fortunately theres no need for a dilation and cutterage procedure in this case as she wasn't too far along in the pregnancy not even close to the secind trimester just plenty of rest and some asprin if the pain gets too much"