people help the people

alex | 39 | former psychologist | current survivor & hilltop resident

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He nodded. The baby was fine. Maggie would be fine. That was what Jesus heard, despite Alex being realistic about what needed to happen. She would be fine, so would the baby. These people needed a break, and he didn’t think it had been openly put on this woman, and her unborn child– but the way everyone kept tossing glances over at the medical tent, and waited around for answers. Well, it was clear it was on them.

“That’s good,” Paul said, and after a moments hesitation he reached up placing his hand on Alex’s back, between his shoulder-blades. “You’ve done a lot tonight– Carson too. We couldn’t do it without you.”

He dropped his hand only a moment later, the relationship between the two men was confused enough without him adding to it. Paul realized a while ago it was easier to just be alone in this. “No,” He said looking over at Alex, “I don’t really know her that well. We’ve talked a few times, but I thought… I’d give her space. She’d probably rather see her husband, or Rick, or… anyone else.”

The last part came out with a bit of a laugh and he rolled his eyes, “I’ll see how things are in a couple hours. If they stay.”

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                                           Alex lowered his head slightly and gave a weak smile when Jesus said he'd done a lot tonight. Maybe. He just wished they could have done more to prevent anyone else dying. He could remember it happening here at the Hilltop, those disgusting people coming in and killing a kid-- hardly even sixteen years old.

"I do what I have to," the man said.

                                          He turned his eyes towards Paul when he started talking about how he didn't really know Maggie, and raised his eyebrows, "maybe she would, I can't say I know her any better than you do. But if you're going around handing out bottles of water, one might go a long way over there in the medical tent," he pointed out. Honestly Alex doubted most people were as mad at Jesus as he liked to think they were, maybe some, but most of these people were smart enough to realize this wasn't his, or the Hilltops fault.

                                          It was Negan's fault, and it would have happened either way.                                           These people were sensible enough to see that, right?

"I don't have the last say, but Maggie is absolutely staying here until her and the baby are better, her husband too I'm assuming. So, you'll have time. But don't keep putting it off."

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He gave a small laugh at Alex’s words, and shrugged, “don’t worry about me. I’m staying hydrated just fine.” Jesus appreciated the thought, but he’d rather not have others worrying about him. Especially not Alex, who was already worrying about too many other people.

But that just happened to be the other man’s natural state. Something he’d realized almost a year ago.

“How is everyone? Maggie, and their baby? Does Carson know what is wrong yet?” The Hilltop had been home to a couple of babies already, so he knew the Doctor would know what to do. But… Even if that was the case this wasn’t a hospital. They were running on generators, and that was only when and if they had the gas. They weren’t in some sterilized room, and they wouldn’t be able to take care of a premature baby if it came to that… So, he really hoped it didn’t.

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Alex gave Jesus an unconvinced look, but he was fine with the changing subject. If Paul didn't want to deal with his own problems that wasn't his concern.

(It was his concern, that was a habit from the pre-apocalyptic days he'd likely never be able to break).

Still, he did move on, even if his expression read that he clearly would rather not. "The baby is fine, Maggie... We're not completely sure yet, Carson is running a couple of confirmation tests, and we'll need to deal with the issue before I can say she's fine. But she will be." Not that Alex had ever been an overly opptimistic person, he really did believe that though. It wouldn't be a pretty road, but she would be ok at the end of it.

"Do you know her well? She's awake if you want to go visit with her."

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Maggie was honestly relieved to hear that she hadnt been out too long, as she nodded. Things had been disastrous enough as t was, her family needed her and she could help no one assed out on a hospital bed.

She nodded listening to what the man had to say, he clearly knew what he was talking about at least. t would have been horrid for them to come all ths way for the hilltops medical team to be just as they were back home “nice to meet you Alex,” she responded “m Magge,” Her voice was quite, sore from the crying hours earlier that day.  

“ is the baby okay?” She asked worry clear to anyone. “the pains still there, but it's not as bad as earlier,” 

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"It's nice to meet you too, Maggie," Alex said kindly, "and I'm sorry it couldn't be among happier circumstances." That was an unfortunate thing they were probably both used to by now.

He straightened up from his position by the cabinet and turned to look at the woman, "we took an ultrasound while you were out, everything looked fine." From what he could tell it looked fine, but his few years in medical school hadn't really taught him much about babies. In fact nothing had taught him more about babies, and delivering babies than living in the apocalypse.

Maggie wouldn't be having hers for a while, but if he could put her mind at ease a little bit, he would. "Do you want to have a look?" He asked moving around the bed towards the ultrasound machine. "It's no problem at all."

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The night at the Hilltop went from typical, to chaos real quick when Rick and his group showed up with injured, sick, and dead… Jesus couldn’t help but feel guilty. Alright Alexandria likely would have been on the Savior’s radar anyway, but he was the one who brought them all into this. Still he wasn’t trying to assuage his guilt by running around and doing what he could to lend a hand to these people, but he was trying to make amends… Could he be blamed?

It wasn’t until hours later in the early morning that there was a quiet moment in the community at all. He grabbed around five bottles of water and headed over to the first person he could find that would probably need it. 

“Hey,” he offered one of the bottles, “’you thirsty?”

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Alex turned when he heard a voice, and felt more than a little relief at seeing Paul walking towards him with some water. Still he shook his head, "I'm fine, but I can bring it to the people in the medical area... Or maybe any of the others."

        He doubted the grieving group would be too happy to have someone         they didn't know poking around-- despite his former profession.

                  It was best if he kept to helping out medically...

"Hopefully you're drinking some of that yourself," he pointed out, arching his eyebrow at his... friend. That was what they were, right? Friends. "I know how you like to disregard your own needs in liu of helping others." Paul wouldn't be able to help anyone if he fell over from exhaustion like Alex was sure he'd eventually do.

Those worries often went ignored by Paul, of course.

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The first thing Maggie felt when she awoke in the infirmary at hilltop was what could only be described as a strange mix of and, fatigue and guilt. Her head was pounding along with a stomach as she rayed the baby was okay. f they weren't then all ths would have been for nothing  after all it had been her fault hadn't it? Abe had died to get her here. Her head was far too cloudy however to let herself form any coherent thoughts, Gregory’s work she assumed as she sat up, turning to closest person in the room.

“Hey,” her voice is quiet as she speaks, brushing a hand over her newly cut hair. “what time is it?”

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It wasn't often the Hilltop needed more people than just Doctor Carson to deal with medical things, but when the Alexandrians arrived, Carson asked if he could help out. Alex had always been more comfortable with the mental and emotional dealings of the medical world, it was why he was a Psychologist and not a Doctor. But he could play nurse if he needed to. The last thing he wanted was any of these people to leave here worse than they came.

                    Or worse, for this woman to lose her baby-- the world needed babies now more than ever. Not to make sure they survived as a race, but because babies brought about hope. That was something the world needed a lot of now-a-days.

         He looked down at the woman as she spoke and glanced up at the clock hanging on the wall of the tent, "It's late. You're group has been here for a couple hours." That was more likely what she wanted to know, right?

"I'm Alex, by the way. I'm helping out Doctor Carson while he stepped out to run some tests to make sure you and that baby are doing ok." He turned and looked through a cabinet, "how are you feeling? Still in pain, or has that subsided at all? We gave you something to get your fever down, which is looking good, but we wanted to wait to see if you'd need something for the pain..."

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