"Ah - fuck," I hiss in pain, sitting up quickly as I feel myself begin to go into labor.

"Dammit - Red, babe - wake up." I say, grabbing his shoulder and squeezing it then shaking his arm a bit.

"Huh?" He slowly wakes up and rubs his eyes gently.

"I - my water broke," I say and whimper in pain.

"Oh -- shit!" He hisses and quickly gets up, throwing on a shirt and a pair of sweats before picking me up and rushing me to the car.

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Multiple hours later of screaming and pushing, I'm holding our son. Jared is now laying in my arms, calm, unlike he was before.

I hand him to Red and rest my head on the pillow, closing my eyes.

"Get some sleep," Red says and gently kisses my forehead.

A small smile forms on my face and moments later, I fall asleep.

A few months pass, and mothering is a lot harder than I'd expected. Running around, making food, changing the diapers, rocking him to sleep.

I sit with Red, resting my head on his shoulder, drifting off to sleep.

One of the downsides of having this kid, is he takes away most of our sleep.

And the next day,

"Tee, how about we go on a date tomorrow? We could have Adam and Alesa watch the baby." Red says softly, his breath feathering over my ear.

I smile a bit after he says that. "I don't see why not," I say softly and rest my head on his shoulder as we watch the next episode of the walking dead on Netflix.

And then a few months later,

"Tee," Red says and stops at the front of a park then turns towards me.

I look up at him, scrunching my eyebrows together slightly.

We have Adam and Alesa watching Jared because Red wanted some alone time with me.

"Red?"

I look over his shoulder and see the blonde bitch name Andréa walking over cautiously.

Red stands in front of me in a protective stance, narrowing his eyes a bit.

"Look - I'm sorry. I have nothing on me. I don't want to have any bad blood between us." She says softly.

I clench my jaw a bit and hug Red from behind, feeling a sense of protection as soon as I do.

"Andréa, you already said that a little while ago. And then you shot Tee." Red says and tenses up when she takes a step forward.

"I know but - I heard about your kid. And I don't want him to have to live without a mom. I'm sorry and I'm not going to hurt either of you. All I want is to say sorry."

"Well," Red says and breathes out. "It may take a while before you earn our forgiveness again. Now if you'll excuse us," Red says and leads me deeper into the park before sighing.

"Red?" I ask softly.

"Tee," he says and turns towards me. "I'm so in love with you. More than you know. I have been since the day I saw you even though I never really talked to you. Adam told us you were a fan, and I wanted you to be more than that. You became our friends, and I wanted you to be more than that to me. You became my girlfriend, and I still wanted you to be more. And I do. I always will. Tee," he gets down on one knee and my hands fly up to cover my mouth and my eyes widen.

"Will you make me the happiest man on earth, and as corny as that sounds, marry me?" He opens the little black box that has a little promise ring on it.

"Yes! Yes yes yes!" I shout and hug him tightly when he stands up.

Red hugs me back, and I smile widely.

"God, I love you so much." I say, tightening my hold on him.

"I love you too. You have no idea.." he says softly.

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