20demayo 153 To Stay Or To Go Part Two
153 To Stay Or To Go Part Two
153 To Stay Or To Go Part Two
The meal passed in companionable silence for the most part, except for some small talk between the four women friends. It was gentle ribbing about me and it just made me smile. It was like they were trying to encourage each other to gather up the nerve to do or say something to me that wasn't sanitized for the general population.
When the lunch break was over, I stood before they could and walked around the small table to give each of them a kiss on the cheek and I whispered a thank you for making me feel welcome, despite being a filthy and dirty criminal.
The four of them had bright blushes as they carried the chairs and empty food trays away and I sat back down with a smile, ready to face whatever judgment the five judges had come up with. The five people entered the room and everyone else quieted as they sat down behind the front table.
“We have a few points to clarify.” The man in the middle said and looked at me. “Firstly, why did you come here? We know the message you said you were delivering was false.”
I shook my head. “It wasn't false. I wanted to tell Tammy that her sister was dead. She was just too smart for me to deceive her about how Joan died and why.”
That surprised everyone, including the judges.
“The reason I came here specifically was because I agreed with Tammy's philosophy about survival. It's better to create a place well removed from all the shit that the government and the resistance are spreading around and being caught up in their stupid battles. That's not living. That's slowly dying.”
The judges exchanged looks and the middle man spoke again. “Why did you destroy the town's protection by smashing through the doors blocking the road?”
“I was going to rebuild them anyway. They were too flimsy to stand up to a harsh storm, let alone an old FEDRA transport. I took the doors out from a dead stop in under 30 feet. What would a concentrated attack from a determined enemy have done to them?” I asked and that really had them all thinking.
“Is that why you made those suggestions to Jenkins?” The woman at the end of the table asked.
“Yes, it was. I would have been there to help if I hadn't been slightly inconvenienced at the time.” I said with a smile and a few people let out muffled laughs.
“Are you saying you could have left your jail cell at any time?” One of the other judges asked.
“No.” I said and they relaxed. “I could have left at any time. Period. End of story.”Ne/w novel chapters are p/u/blished on
“How?” Several people asked from the crowd, as did two of the judges.
I chuckled and tapped my temple, indicating my memories. “I've attended a federal military academy for several years and I've been under a resistance leader for several years. I know all kinds of ways to handle different situations.” I explained. “I even know proper police procedures from before the outbreak, which was why I didn't resist when Tammy performed a proper citizen's arrest on me.”
“That's why you didn't try to escape?” Tammy asked me and no one called her out on not being aloud to speak during a trial.
I turned in my seat and nodded at her. “You were well within your rights to detain me and to bring me to the authorities. Besides making myself look even more guilty if I escaped, and believe me I debated heavily about doing just that, then I realized I didn't want to make you look bad in the eyes of everyone else.”
Tammy looked stunned after I made my point, so I turned back to the judges.
“Is there anything else you need clarified?” I asked them.
“The supplies and things in the back of the truck...” The middle man started to say.
“I can honestly say I had no clue what was in there. Joan and Ted loaded it up while I was inside the cab of the truck, and that was before we left Boston. I didn't even see what was there when I opened the back doors and the townspeople here took everything.”
“You didn't even... why would you do that?” The woman at the end of the table asked.
“I honestly didn't care what was in there.” I admitted and everyone stared at me like I was crazy. “I mean, I was sure it was stolen or contraband, since that was all Joan and Ted dealt with. They were unscrupulous smugglers and made deals with everyone, including the feds and the fireflies.”
No one seemed to know what to say to that.
“Besides, I was going to hand the truck over to Tammy anyway.” I said and took out the keys and placed them on the table. “I'm sure she can put it to good use somehow. The gas tank is full and I thought I heard someone say there was more fuel in the supplies I gave away.”
“You're not going to use it?” The middle judge asked, surprised.
Amy didn't realize she had wanted to feel needed by him until he left. She confessed this to Andrea and she said she had noticed the same thing. Rick was living his life as best as he could and Amy was a part of it, as was Andrea. They were somehow getting the feeling that they were not quite necessary for him to enjoy his life and it was not a nice feeling.
It surprised both sisters when Rick showed up in the middle of the night 2 days later without alerting anyone else at the camp. Not even the man on watch had seen him or the truck returning. He unloaded the truck full of supplies and stashed them all over their living area and both women were appreciative when he gave them a whole crate full of feminine hygiene products.
It didn't distract them from their concerns, however. Amy confronted Rick about how she felt and he looked apologetic before he said he loved her and he was only here for her. He didn't want to be a burden on her like he had been a few times already and his behavior was just him trying to give her a break from everyone else asking her for things they could easily do for themselves.
Amy was really embarrassed after hearing his explanation and that made Andrea feel worse about encouraging her to confront him about it. Andrea said she supported Amy and hadn't meant for it to turn out badly, because all she wanted was for Amy and Rick to be happy and that was all.
Rick's answer to that was a promise to get Amy pregnant and to track down the ambulance he said he should have found months ago. Lori was about to give birth, too. So, he left again for two more days without taking the truck and came back with a working ambulance that was fully stocked with medical supplies and the medical books he found were added to the library.
Two weeks later, Lori went into labour and she was brought to the ambulance by an anxious Shane. The vehicle was heated inside and both Lori and Shane relaxed when Rick entered the back wearing a full surgeon's outfit, with the gloves and the mask, and had a confident look on his face.
Six hours later, a little girl was born and the whole camp celebrated. Lori was well on the way to recovering, much faster than a woman normally would be after a difficult birth, and that made Amy want to have a child even more.
The farms were also working out well, thanks to Maggie's efforts, and one of the cows were expecting to give birth soon, too. It had been a chancy thing until Rick proved he could handle the medical needs of the camp and he reassured everyone he could keep doing it. Maggie appreciated it, because she and Glenn were pregnant, too.
Amy ended up pregnant in September and she couldn't have been happier. Andrea was just as happy, because she had been worried that Rick had still been shooting blanks like he usually did. It also gave her some very naughty thoughts about doing something she really shouldn't do. At least, she didn't think anyone else would understand her decision, except for her sister.
Andrea approached her a month later and she asked her for a present that would just keep on giving. Amy listened to her proposal without being angry about it, like she should have, and she asked to take a day to think about it. She eventually agreed that it was the best thing for their family and she brought her sister to Rick.
Amy had to spend a few minutes trying to gather up the courage to ask him to do what Andrea didn't want anyone else to do. “Rick, will you become a sperm donor for Andrea?” She asked straight out and didn't bother trying to sugarcoat it.
“Of course I will.” Rick said and they both gasped. Unlike what they thought, he hadn't tried to argue that it was a mistake. “I love her almost as much as I love you.” He said and gave Amy a kiss. “Just because I don't love Andrea in that way, that doesn't mean I don't want her to be happy.”
The three of them went to the ambulance and Rick gathered the supplies needed to do the implantation. Because Amy wanted to be a full participant in the act and didn't want Rick and Andrea to do anything behind her back, she spent a good fifteen minutes jerking Rick off into a specimen cup. Both women hadn't realized exactly how much Rick usually shot out and stared at the half-full cup.
Rick softly laughed at their expressions and used a syringe with a long needle-like attachment to suck up a good portion of the sample. “You're going to have a feeling of being full for a while.”
Andrea nodded, remembering all the times Amy had told her how it felt when Rick had filled her up. “Do it. I'm not getting any younger and I'm ready to be a mother.” She said and pulled her skirt up and spread her legs.
Rick smiled a crooked smile and knelt between her legs. “It's all warmed up, so you're not going to feel anything until it's all the way in.”
Amy laughed and smacked the shoulder not holding the in-vetro needle. “Stop teasing her.”
“Sorry, I couldn't resist.” Rick said and used his free hand to spread Andrea open and slid the needle inside. Like he had with Rias Gremory, he paid the points to guide it into the right spot and injected it inside of her to guarantee pregnancy. “There, it's done.”
“That's it?” Andrea and Amy asked, their voices full of disbelief.
“Yes? What else did you think was going to happen?” Rick asked and pretended to dispose of the needle and stored it instead. He didn't want to leave something like that out and exposed. To his surprise, the residual sperm in the needle had stayed and the description said so.
It gave Rick an odd thought and he picked up the sperm sample and closed the top. He pretended to throw it in the trash and stored it instead. It worked and he smiled. Finding loopholes in not being able to store living things in his inventory was always enjoyable.
“How many times do we have to do this?” Andrea asked as she pulled her skirt back down.
“That was it. You don't need any more treatments.” Rick said and both Amy and Andrea stared at him. “What? I do great work.” He said and gave Amy a quick kiss. “I would have had you pregnant right away if that was what you really wanted.”
Amy blushed at the reminder. He had spent more time making her feel loved than he usually did before he gave her a shot that he said was to get her pregnant. It just turned her on so much that she kept going back to him and asking him to keep going, just to make sure she had been knocked up properly. The thing was, she wouldn't have changed what they did if she knew it was that easy to get pregnant.
Rick and Amy also had a lot of fun together in every way possible. Even the sex had felt better for her after her body started changing to become more accommodating for motherhood, which she assumed was going to keep happening as her breasts continued to grow and her belly would keep expanding over the next few months.
Amy's eyes met Andrea's and they both smiled happy smiles, because they were both going to become mothers. It was no longer going to be just them as they became a nice big happy family, just like they used to be before the outbreak.