A/N: I feel like I needed to be nicer to Lori. I don't think she's a bad person; it's just easier to play with her family life than anybody else's. XD

A Day in the Life

Title: Baby Party

Characters: Lori, Carl

Pairings: Rick/Lori (mentioned)

Word Count: 284

There was something to be said about mothers of newborns. If she thought teenage girls in high school were bad, they had nothing on young mothers. The plan was to gather as a sort of play date system – slash – support group. Or, at least, that's how Hope had explained it. At first, Lori thought it was questionable because how many babies could be born in small-town King's County at the same time, anyways? Of course, she had been proven wrong about the numbers, but twenty minutes into her first meeting and she knew she should have stayed away.

She sat nervously nestled into one corner of the sofa, supporting Carl on one knee and trying to pretend that she was bouncing him for his benefit and not because she was nervously tapping her foot. It's supposed to be a support group. But it was a bunch of young women who were used to being the center of attention, making none too subtle insults at each other and claiming that their child was superior to every other child in the world; all with a big smile on their faces.

She looked down at Carl. She, like every mother, thought her baby was a blessed gift that would surely grow into a great man. But, she thought quite smugly, she had reason to believe that. Unlike all those other women, who fawned over every gurgling sound their baby made, she focused on her son's character. Sure, he was only one, but with a head strong mother and a heroic, good-natured father, how could he not have a good soul? Carl had all the best parts of Rick and herself, and none of the faults.

He was perfect.

A/N: No offense to mothers, but I'm surrounded by boomers - when one family member/friend gets pregnant they all do - and I've been to a gathering of mothers.

And yeah... you scare me sometimes.

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