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Ain't It Enough

Boll Weevil

Now the boll weevil said to the farmer,
Now what do ya think of that
Come on down to my house
Make a home in my old straw hat
Lookin’ for a home
Yeah lookin’ for a home

Macyn raised a finger to her lips, motioning for Rick to be quiet. They were close enough to their targets now, one sudden movement could cause a complete uproar.
The two of them had been on a hunt with Glenn when they spotted the older man and two younger women wandering through the woods. The older of the two women swore she knew of a house nearby that seemed to be uninhabited. Rick, Macyn, and Glenn exchanged glances; there was no way they meant any other house than the shelter. Even with Dale, T-Dawg, and Willy all gone, they were not far off from capacity in the shelter; the fewer they took in, the longer their resources would last.
Glenn had gone back to the house to warn everyone else while Macyn and Rick doubled back behind the travelers. The group looked haggard and hungry. Macyn felt for them, but being in that condition was nothing new for this day and age.
Macyn was perched in a tree at the edge of the woods when the small group spotted the house. Rick was not far off below, parked behind a large rock.
“There,” the brown-haired girl said, pointing to the house. “Not too much further off now.”
The man frowned. “It looks too well taken care of to be abandoned, Maggie.”
The younger, blonde girl tipped her head. “We could always just take a look around, Daddy. Maybe they can at least help us get some food before we move on.”
Macyn made eye contact with Rick. The group seemed innocent enough, but it was too hard to tell now how people could turn on others. The both of them had seen enough to evidence that. They had to protect what was theirs.
The ambush happened all at once. Rick gained control of the older man while Macyn jumped down from the tree and restrained the older girl. The blonde girl pointed a shaky pistol at Macyn, who quickly pulled the gun from her waistband and pointed it back at the girl.
“We ain’t here to kill y’all,” Macyn explained. “Just simply would like to explain that the house is already claimed.”
“This is a little much for a simple explanation, isn’t it?” the old man argued. “My daughters and I have been on the road for months, after our farm was taken over. We’ve lost family and friends.”
“Tell me something I haven’t heard before,” Rick returned. “I’m sure y’all are just fine people, but we have nothing for you. Best to keep moving on.”
Macyn looked over to the blonde girl. While she still had the gun drawn on Macyn, her hands were shaking with the unfamiliar contact of the weapon. Her tank top clung to her ribs, which Macyn could count through the girl’s shirt. The older girl’s eyes were surrounded by dark circles – a sure sign of fatigue and hunger. The old man’s features were similar. Macyn let out a deep sigh and dropped her gun back into her waistband before loosening her hold on the brunette.
“Let ‘em go, Rick. Least we can do is feed ‘em.”
Rick raised her brow. “Excuse me?”
Macyn shook her head. “Doctor in me is coming out, I guess. Look at the three of ‘em. They haven’t eaten in days – that girl doesn’t even know what to do with that gun after she points it. I’ll give y’all a chance but you had better pray that you don’t make me regret this decision.”
The three family members exchanged glances and the older man extended his hand out to Rick, then Macyn.
“I’m Hershel Greene. These are my daughters, Maggie and Beth.”
“I’m Rick Grimes. This is here is Macyn Ballard, owner of the house and the shelter.”
“Shelter?” Beth asked.
Macyn smiled. “Paradise compared to everything out here.”
.&.
And, indeed, the Greene family was in awe of the modern-day paradise waiting for them in the shelter. While everyone was skeptical of the newcomers at first, most of them warmed up to Hershel and his daughters – everyone except for Merle.
“We’re takin’ in too many,” he whispered loudly to his brother later. “I get that it’s Macyn’s call, but she’s your woman now – maybe you need to rein her in a little bit.”
Daryl shook his head. “C’mon, brother. Everyone’s getting along, there’s peace in the house. Hershel and the girls seem like good people – and we don’t even know if they’re going to stay.”
“Yeah, well, if they stay, I’m out – and I don’t expect to be leavin’ on my own, brother.”
“What are you so anxious to get out for? What are you not telling me?” Daryl demanded.
Merle shook his head. “Wouldn’t make any difference no way. Macyn is attached to this place, and you’re attached to her. I’d just be careful if I was you – we take in too many, we’ll all end up dead. Mark my words.”
Macyn came out of the bathroom with a frown on her face. Merle bid them good night and disappeared into his room. She looked to Daryl, who just shook his head.
“What is it this time?”
“He thinks we’re takin’ in too many people. Says if Hershel and the girls stay for good he’s leavin’ and expects me to go with him.”
Macyn stripped down to nothing and got under the covers of the bed. Daryl smirked and shut the door to their room.
“Would you go?” Macyn asked.
Daryl stripped down also and slid onto the mattress next to her. He kissed her softly and asked, “Now, how am I supposed to even think about leavin’ when this beautiful girl is waiting in bed for me every night?”
Macyn giggled and kissed him again. “That’s the answer I was going for.”
They wasted little time with foreplay. Daryl was just as anxious to be inside her and Macyn was to have him inside her. Daryl leaned back against the wall; Macyn straddled his lap. She pushed herself slowly down onto him, and Daryl gripped her hips to begin them in a slow, smooth rhythm. As they went on, their pace increased. Daryl kissed the valley between her breasts as she moved over her before giving attention to each of her breasts.
Macyn couldn’t believe it could be like this. The desire to be with a man intimately was not something she had experienced for quite some time before Daryl, and now it was like she wanted him all the time. Especially like this, when he teased her along with licks and kisses, but she ultimately had control of their movements.
When Daryl’s ecstasy reached its peak and he began to fill her up, it pushed Macyn over the edge. They clung to each other, trying to keep quiet but unable to rein in the occasional moan. Daryl pushed her back so that he was now on top of her and slowly thrust into her a few more times before it was all over.
When they were settled in for sleep, chests still heaving, Daryl pushed the hair behind her ear and kissed the tip of her nose. “I couldn’t leave you, Macyn. It took me far too long to find you to ever think about leavin’.”
A sleepy smile crept across her face as her eyes fluttered closed. She rolled to her side and nuzzled against his neck. Daryl let himself enjoy the deep, even rise and fall of her breathing before finally giving in to sleep himself.
.&.
Macyn was dressing the next day when Lori politely knocked on the door. “Mind if I come in?”
“Of course I don’t mind. Everything all right?”
Lori swallowed. “I need to ask you something and I need you to not tell anyone I’m asking you.”
Macyn nodded. “All right.”
“In the stock of medical supplies, are there any – do you have a pregnancy test?”
Macyn frowned before her eyes grew wide with realization. She shut the door before answered. “Lori, you’re pregnant?”
“I’m pretty sure. I just need the test to confirm.”
“Does Rick know?”
Lori shook her head.
“Okay. This is between you and me – consider it doctor-patient confidentiality. I’m going to put the test in the box of tampons under the sink in the bathroom. I’m going to do it right now, so you need to be right behind me if you don’t want anyone else to suspect.”
Lori stopped her by the arm before Macyn could leave the room. “If I’m pregnant, and I have the virus, the baby has the virus. Which means, if I miscarry this baby –”
“Stop right there,” Macyn ordered her. “You lucked out. Y’all found me. I’m not only a doctor, I’m a surgeon, and I did my OB/GYN round before everything went to shit. You’re not going to die and unless Heaven has something to do with it, your baby isn’t going to die, either.”
Lori closed her eyes and nodded, letting the words sink in. This was happening, and she just had to accept it. Macyn slowly removed Lori’s hand from her arm and went to complete her task.
It got Macyn thinking though. What if she got pregnant again? Of course having Daryl’s baby would be far more wonderful than having Willy Slater’s baby, but dare she bring a child into this world? A baby would give away their location, and she couldn’t very well keep the child inside all the time. If, God forbid, something happened to the baby, Macyn knew she would never be able to live with herself. That alone would more than likely spur a chain of events she didn’t dare imagine.
She was waiting just outside the bathroom door when Lori came out, tears streaming down her face. Macyn could tell they were not tears of relief; neither were they tears of joy. Lori was pregnant, and the baby would come. There was no stopping it. Macyn ushered Lori back to her room to give her some counsel on taking care of herself.
“Obviously it isn’t going to be a good idea for you to go on runs or hunts. Limit your time outside,” Macyn advised. “Anything too strenuous could cause the baby harm – and I don’t think I need to tell you what that could lead to.”
Lori shook her head. “No, you don’t. I’ll tell Rick tonight.”
Macyn could see the other woman was terrified at the thought of telling her husband about the impending arrival. Kneeling down, Macyn offered up a smile to Lori. “He’s going to be elated, Lori. You two got another chance, and now you’ll have this beautiful life to add to it. Carl is going to be an amazing big brother, and, I promise you, we’re all going to help. That baby is going to have more love than it will know what to do with.”
Lori grabbed her up and hugged Macyn as though her life depended on it. “Thank you, Macyn. For everything.”
“It’s my pleasure.”
.&.
“I’m going to let them stay.”
Daryl’s head snapped to attention. “Are you sure about that?”
Macyn nodded. “I’ll talk to Hershel in the morning. Daryl, how can I send them back out into that world with nowhere to go? We have resources, and once those run out – we’ll find a way. We have so far, we will then. Maybe things will be different then.”
“What made you decide that?”
She shut the door and went to sit on the bed next to him. “Lori, actually. You can’t tell anyone yet, but she took a pregnancy test today and it came back positive.”
“You’re fucking kidding me …”
“I’m not. I got to thinking – what if it was me? What if I had carried that baby to term, or what if you and I … it could happen. If I was pregnant, I would want to know that my baby had as many good people around it as possible so that it was taken care of, with or without me. We have no guarantees anymore, Daryl. Food, water, weapons – yes, all of that is important. But, when it comes down to it, we need people, too. I have no blood kin left. You just have Merle. Humans weren’t meant to live that way. We have to build a new family, and this is how we make that happen.”
“I agree with you that Hershel and his girls are good people. Can’t say I’m overly-concerned about Lori carryin’ a baby, but some people are going to be. She tell you about Shane?”
Macyn nodded. “Shane’s gone. It’s Rick’s baby, regardless.”
Daryl let out a deep breath. “It’s risky.”
“What isn’t anymore?”
He just shook his head. “You’re going to have an answer for everything I say, aren’t you?”
“I am a genius,” Macyn smirked back at him. “Everything’s goin’ to be just fine, Daryl Dixon. Meeting you showed me that. Showed me there’s still good people in the world who ain’t just out for themselves. I gotta pay that forward, and that’s what I’m doin’ for these people.”
Daryl kissed her. “This is why I love you, Macyn Ballard. People are eating people, killing each other to stay alive, but you still don’t put yourself first. Even when Willy beat the shit out of you, you worried about him turnin’ on the rest of us. You were going to give your life up for me. That takes a lot anyway, let alone now. I suppose we ought to tell the others?”
“I’m going to, at dinner. I can’t imagine everyone’s going to like it, but it isn’t really up for discussion.”
.&.
At the dinner table, everyone knew that something was about to happen. The only sound was forks clinking against plates and glasses being set back on the table. Finally, once everyone had a chance to get some food in their bellies, Macyn stood.
“Just want to stay how great it’s been havin’ y’all here. The Grimes, Andrea, Carol, Glenn, Daryl – you’ve been the first real family I’ve had since my brother died. Kind that look out for each other and protect each other. Y’all took care of me, and, like I said to Daryl earlier, I need to pay that forward. Hershel, it’s been a pleasure having you and Maggie and Beth here. It would be an honor to have the three of you join our family.”
Hershel stood then and accepted her offer. “We couldn’t have come across a more welcoming group of people – of friends, and now family. We’re happy to do our part to keep the shelter a home we can all enjoy and be safe in.”
“Now just wait a minute,” Merle spoke up. “Shouldn’t this be a group matter to discuss?”
Macyn glanced at Daryl; there was the dispute she had been expecting. “Well, sure, we can discuss it. What would you like to say, Merle?”
He met eyes with everyone at the table. “Ain’t no use. Y’all have already decided. It’s fine. I just hope you’re ready for what’s comin’ next.”
Daryl stood to catch Merle as the latter man walked away from the table. “What do you mean, what’s coming next?”
“You’ll figure it out. Hopefully sooner rather than later.”
He pushed Daryl’s hand away from his arm and headed for the door at the top of the stairs. The rest of them all exchanged glances; what could possibly be coming next that was worse than anything they had seen up to this point?

Notes

Thank you for the comments and reads and ... all of it! Very encouraging. :)

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SierraaDixon SierraaDixon
4/24/14
Omg whats coming next I'm so excited to find out.
Amazing chapter loved it :-)
Ceeekes Ceeekes
10/23/13
So damn cute! Love this story! :)
Dixon'sVixon Dixon'sVixon
10/17/13
I still love it :-)
Ceeekes Ceeekes
10/16/13
I love this x
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10/8/13