It was a beautiful hot day at the beach, and Michonne was glad that she'd let the girls convinced her to a day of pure fun. No work, no phones call, emails or ass kissing.
She was enjoying the feel of the sun on her skin as Rosita, Sasha and Maggie were discussing the latest workplace gossip. She would chime in once in while, but in all she just wanted to completely relax.
"Hi!" said a soft voice by her side, Michonne turned her head to see a young boy maybe no much older than five years old standing in front of her.
"Hi" She gave back nervously, with a questioning tone more than a greeting one. Michonne looked around for the grown ups this child belonged to.
"I'm Carl, what's your name?" He asked confidently. Michonne looked at the freckled boy, still unsure of what was going on. She looked on to her friends to see the same interrogative look on their faces.
"Michonne" She finally answered, she was really confused by the situation and couldn't stop thinking about his certainly worried parents. "Where are your…"
"My dad thinks you're pretty, I just wanted to see for myself." Carl declared, cutting her off. A smile grew on Michonne's face.
"Oh really? And what do you think?" She asked amused, completely forgetting about the absurdity of the situation.
"You are very pretty." He agreed, earning a laugh from the women.
"So, your dad talks to you about women he finds pretty?" Questioned Maggie, gaining a look of disbelief from Michonne.
"Well, he was talking to uncle Shane." Carl explained "He also said that uncle Shane was right when he said that you have a hot bod… But I don't know what that means." Confessed Carl, looking confused, "Do you know what that means?" He asked looking straight at Michonne, who could only gape at the young boy standing before her. Receiving no support from her friends who only laughed at the situation.
Carl continued oblivious to their reactions, completely ignoring the fact that Michonne did not answered his question. "Uncle Shane said that my dad always was an ass man. But I don't think it's true, I think my dad is very nice. I think uncle Shane should apologize. My dad says that when you say mean things you should say you're sorry." He innocently explained.
"Carl!" Shouted a panicked voice, interrupting the moment. "Didn't I already told you to not walk off like that?" Warned the voice with a tone of relief. Michonne was taken back by the appearance of the man kneeling before Carl. And by the raised eyebrows and dropped jaws, she could even see the effects of his looks on her friends. He was very attractive and she couldn't help from letting her eyes roam all over him.
"I'm sorry daddy." Said Carl looking into his father's eyes "but I wanted to talk to Michonne." He explained to his father.
"Mich… Who's Michonne?" His father questioned, totally unaware of the presences of the women.
"I'm Michonne" She responded, raising her hand with a smile. Carl's father turned his head to the direction of her voice, the moment his eyes settled on her face, redness started to creep up his neck to his face.
"Oh. Hi, I'm Rick. Carl's father." He managed to say.
"Hi Rick!" Said Rosita, Maggie and Sasha in singsong voices and giggles. Rick gave them a shy smile and a nod. Michonne only shook her head at the ridiculousness of her friends.
"I'm sorry, we should've tried and find you sooner but Carl and I were having a really interesting conversation." Explained Michonne.
"What was the conversation about?" Rick asked nervously, eyeing his son.
"I wanted to see how pretty she was. And she is very pretty, just like you said!" Responded Carl unaware of how uncomfortable he was making his father, his face getting a deeper shade of red.
"I'm very sorry!" Rick managed to say, completely embarrassed.
"He ain't bad himself!" Unsubtly said Sasha, gaining hums of agreements from the other girls.
"It's alright, I don't take offense in compliments!" Gave back Michonne, ignoring her friends but still enjoying Rick's discomfort.
"Hey dad," Interjected Carl "Could you tell us what a hot bod is?" He innocently queried.
"Ok Carl, let's go! We've bothered the nice lady enough" Rick hurriedly said to his son, getting up and ready to leave this embarrassing situation. "Again, I'm very sorry!" He apologized once more, the redness taking over his entire body. Rick took his son's hand in his and started to walk away.
"Bye Michonne." Said Carl with a big grin and a wave.
"Bye Carl," Responded Michonne in the same manner "Bye Rick" she said with flirtatious tone to his retrieving back. Rick stumbled a bit in the sand, turning back to give her a quick wave of the hand.
"Damn he's hot Mich! You should get on that" Exclaimed Maggie, not even waiting for Rick and his son to be far from an earing distance.
"Shut up!" Gave back Michonne with a grin.
"If you don't I will!" Joked Rosita earning a laugh from her friends.
Michonne was in fact, very thankful for this beach day.