[center][h1] [color=00aeef]Matt[/color], [color=f7941d]Sasha[/color], [color=8dc73f]Ingrid[/color], [color=f49ac2]Nikki[/color] and [color=0054a6]Kyle[/color][/h1][/center]
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Ingrid awoke to a baby foot in her stitches. She glanced over at the sleeping baby and then looked at Jon who appeared to still look like he wasn't doing as well as she had hoped. She would have to have Matt look at him again. She got up and took the slightly awake toddler to the kitchen after kissing Jon on the forehead. Determining that he didn't have a fever she was down the stairs with Grace in a flash. 
 
Matt rolled over and kissed Sasha awake. He felt good. He had needed that release of all that pent up frustration and pain. He saw her yawn and slowly awaken and when her eyes opened he was grinning at her.
  
Sasha  smiled, and gave a happy sigh, [color=f7941d]"That's a nice way to be awoken"[/color] She said, and she stretched slightly, [color=f7941d]"Morning"[/color] She would be quite happy to stay right where she was all day, yet she knew there was stuff to do, especially if they were going to stay here a little while. Still, a little bit of indulgence might be good. She smiled again, watching Matt

Matt smiled at her and was happy to indulge but his growling stomach had other things for him to worry about. Matt decided to ignore his stomach and focused on Sasha instead.

Kyle opened his eyes slowly, and sat up. He looked to his left, and saw Nikki's sleeping, naked form wrapped in sheets. He smiled to himself, and got out of bed. He quickly changed, and armed himself with his nine millimeter and small knife, then went downstairs and outside. He closed his eyes, and smelled the fresh air. After a few moments, he opened his eyes and watched his surrounding area. He needed to make sure that the farm was secure before he got too relaxed. He took out his nine millimeter, then headed towards the barn. He figured bad shit always exists in barns.

Nikki woke up nauseated and almost fell as she was tangled up in the sheets, she ran to the bathroom. Several moments later, looking grayer and feeling horrid she emerged. Hair brushed, face and mouth cleaned she got dressed and realized her pants were getting tight and she would be needing looser clothing soon. She decided today she would ask Violet where she might find some alternate clothing. She went downstairs and saw Ingrid in the kitchen with Grace.

[color=f49ac2]"Matt come down yet?" [/color]Nikki asked her and Ingrid shook her head with a smirk. [color=8dc73f]"No, he and the new girl were getting pretty tight last night. I took Grace and moments later he ran carrying her upstairs. I woulda laughed but Grace woulda woke up so I controlled myself, barely."[/color]

Nikki grinned, [color=f49ac2]"hey, sex is good therapy."[/color] Nikki grabbed a cup of coffee and the smell of it caused her to turn green and she ran to the nearest bathroom. Ingrid made a face at the wretched sounds coming from the bathroom. Picking up Grace she went outside.  She saw Kyle heading out to the barn. 

Kyle slowly opened the barn doors to reveal.......nothing. Kyle gave a small sigh, glad nothing inside the barn was going to attack them. At least no walkers. Kyle saw a horse and some chickens but they looked alright to him. Kyle closed the barn doors and turned around, only to see Nikki outside the house. He smiled and walked back over to her.

[color=004b80]"Howdy there, young miss. I done did reckon this be a mighty nice day we have here. Hope you be farin well, if the lord willing and the creek dont rise."[/color]

Kyle pretend dipped his pretend hat to Nikki.

Sasha gave Matt another smile, and a quick kiss, saying [color=f7941d]"Food does sound good"[/color] She rose, going over to her backpack, she found her spare set of clothes, quickly dressing, she made a note to wash her other clothes. She looked back at Matt, and smiled again, ready to head downstairs. 

Matt watched her as she got dressed and laid back on the pillows. When she was ready to go he quickly dressed and followed her. He got partway down the stairs and said sort of loudly. [color=00aeef]"Where is my Gracie girl?"  [/color]

The toddler crawled towards his voice and started yelling baby talk at him. Matt got down on his knees and let her pull herself up into a standing position on her own. She grabbed her daddy's hair and gave him a drooly kiss. Wrapping an arm around her he picked her up and tickled her silly til there was nothing to be heard over happy baby laughter.

Ingrid looked at him and giggled a little. Matt turned Gracie upside down and let her give sloppy kisses to Ingrid and then Sasha. The baby laughed. 

Nikki smiled at her husband and slid an arm around his waist. [color=f49ac2]"Hey handsome. Our little one is making Mommy sick. I'm not sure I can hold anything down. We also need to locate some larger person or maternity clothes asap."[/color]

Kyle laughed and kissed Nikki's nose.

[color=004b80]"Yea how can that be? I mean we are in the middle of God knows where Texas, but im sure I can find some pregger clothes for you. No sweat."[/color]

Kyle wrapped an arm around Nikki' shoulder and smiled. He was feeling so much better than when they were back at that school, so much less stressed and worried and paranoid. Kyle just chalked it down to having so much more fresh air.

[color=004b80]"But now that we have a moment, how are you doing? I mean...like mentally?"[/color]

Nikki thought about it a moment. [color=f49ac2]"I'm hoping that being further from the city means more peace and quiet. We lost a lot of good people including a family member and that hurts. I feel like there wasn't anything else I could have done without putting our baby in danger."[/color] Her hand moved to her slight baby bump and rested there protectively. 

[color=f49ac2]"Kyle, I have a real fear that I may not be able to be very helpful in any capacity. If we are attacked and I can't hold food down I won't be strong enough to fight. That is going to leave most of the burden on you and Matt and Ingrid and Sasha and Ethan. Violet is so tiny I almost broke her in half so I'm not so certain how much help she will be either."[/color] She felt rather helpless and weepy. Nikki turned and hugged him tightly. 

Kyle embraced Nikki warmly and openly, loving he could be there for the women he loved. Kyle spoke as he hugged Nikki.

[color=004b80]"Dont worry about it. I am more than capable of defending you and everyone, albeit that Matt can take care of himself. Everyone needs to depend on eachother right now, we are all hurting bad even if we dont all show it."[/color]

Kyle held Nikki but parted enough to look her in the eyes.

[color=004b80]"I promise I will make it so that our baby will be able to at least live out their childhood in peace."[/color]

Sasha smiled, watching Grace and Matt, enjoying the girls laughter. She gave a soft laugh at the sloppy kiss,  before turning her attention to the problem of food. She thought on what she had started to sort through during the night, and she knew there was going to be a problem with food, and sooner then later. 

[color=f7941d]"Did you guys have food in the cars?"[/color] she asked

Matt answered her  [color=00aeef]"Not a lot, basically we got out of the building, rounded the survivers and what few things we could get before the explosions started. Gracie and I got out just before the last big explosion. That one was the ammo going up. The kitchen was where the main fire broke out. The gas lines in the kitchen were burning thanks to the earthquake. The aftershocks re lit it."[/color] Matt shook those thoughts out of his head.

[color=00aeef]"Let's go search the cars so we know what we have and what we don't."[/color] Matt walked outside and Grace started yelling "KIKIKIKIKI!!!" Nikki smiled at Kyle and went to her niece.  Matt handed her over and he and Sasha started opening up the cars and searching to see what all was saved. He smiled at the bags of weapons that Nikki saved from the third floor. Every time he thought about it he saw Kat, trapped and he had to shake the image out of his mind.

After going through the cars they found very little by way of food. All of that had been stored in the school. It truly had been their safe place up until Mother nature decided to evict them. 

"Weapons, a few clothes, a couple of blankets, a pack of diapers and that's about it." Matt sighed. Out here a supply run would likely run them days out at a time.[color=00aeef] "We need to talk to Violet when she wakes up."
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The lack of food was daunting. Weapons were good, but if they didn't have food, they were likely to starve before getting a chance to use them against the walkers. [color=f7941d]"There's might be animals nearby that we could hunt, maybe other farms?"[/color] She knew that they should let Violet rest, and a few more hours wouldn't do then any harm. [color=f7941d]"Well, we can figure out something to have now, while she's asleep"[/color] Although what, she wasn't too sure. Still, even making hard biscuits and having them was better then nothing. 

Ingrid was in the kitchen frying up a dozen eggs or so. She found some bread in the freezer and made some toast. [color=8dc73f]"Come an eat if yer hungry."[/color] She said out the door. She made a plate and took it up to Jon. He was still asleep and she lay next to him and cuddled with him.

Kyle smelled the aroma of fresh food and his mouth watered. He kissed Nikki on the cheek and went inside, into the kitchen. Kyle grabbed some toast and flipped a freshly made egg into his mouth. As he chewed he stopped as he caught the humorous but dissaproving looks he was given from those who entered the kitchen behind him. He shrugged.

[color=004b80]"What?"[/color] Kyle said sounding as if he had something in his mouth, which he did.

Nikki came inside and the instant the smell of eggs hit her she ran back outside and threw up in the bushes. When she was done she took the hose and rinsed her mouth and sat on the hood of the nearest car and laid back on it closing her eyes as her stomach continued  to make her miserable. She crossed her arm over her face and said, [color=f49ac2]"God....if I survive this pregnancy I'm gonna kill Kyle."[/color]

[color=f7941d]"Well, breakfast seems to be sorted"[/color] Sasha said with amusment, shutting the car door she had been looking through, she watched as Nikki ran in, and then back out the house. 

She frowned slightly, [color=f7941d]"I wonder if there's any ginger or mint around, some patients before the outbreak swore by that for their morning sickness"[/color] She said, thinking outloud, glancing about them, as if either would pop out, but also remember to glance about for walkers. 

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