Authors note:

Soooo, I was originally going to do The Reunion for the romcom challenge, but naughty me, I decided to do both. A little late to the party...But this is something small...a 3-part story. It has been completed, so hopefully, it won't be so long between updates.


The Nanny

Chapter 1


Michonne walked up the stairs to the Grimes household. She was juggling a cup of cappuccino in one hand and dry cleaning in the other. She turned the key to the front door and was greeted by two black and white bulldog puppies, who jumped all over her jeans-covered legs.

"Hello...hello. I saw you guys like an hour ago."

Michonne walked through the kitchen with both dogs hot on her heels. She placed the dry-cleaning bag and her warm cup on the counter top.

"Are you both hungry?" Michonne asked.

She fed the dogs. The bulldogs, Bella and Edward, were Judith's pets. Yes, they were named after the main characters in the film Twilight. Michonne fell in love with puppies when Rick surprised Judith on her 10th birthday with the adorable animals. They became another addition in the household that she had to look after, but she didn't care as they were the cutest things.

Michonne quickly drank her cup of cappuccino. Afterwards, she climbed the stairs to the first floor; Bella and Edward followed. It seemed everywhere Michonne would go, they would follow as if it were some game. She walked into the master bedroom, which was also her boss, Rick Grimes' bedroom.

His bedroom was masculine and decorated beautifully. There was a large grey upholstered king-sized bed in the middle. The bed was decorated with a white bed spread and a soft grey throw. The wall behind his bed was decorated in dark-stained mahogany woody. On either side of the bed were two bedside cabinets with chrome lamps placed atop. There were black fitted wardrobes in the corner of the room.

Michonne hung the navy blue suit in the wardrobe and went down the hallway, walking into Judith's bedroom. She gave Judith's room a quick tidy-up. She did the same in Carl's room. Now that he was a teenager, he didn't like her in his room as much as he used to. She often snuck in during the day when he wasn't around.

Michonne went down into the kitchen and placed her phone in the iPod dock. She put on a random music playlist; the first song was Bruno Mars' Treasure. She started to sing and dance to the music.

She loaded the washer, then started prepping dinner. She had decided to make homemade lasagne, which was Rick's favourite meal. He would be home tonight, after being away at a homicide detective conference for the last 2 days.


Michonne had no intention of being a nanny. She had simply answered an advert in the newspaper one day. Michonne had never been a nanny before, but there was something about this advert that had caught her eye. Also, she needed some extra cash whilst she was studying Art at university.

She thought it would be a desperate dad who needed someone to take care of his bratty children as he couldn't be bothered too. But when Michonne had arrived at the house for her interview, that wasn't the case at all. She also didn't expect her boss to be so good looking.

He then explained his situation to her. Rick worked long hours and often travelled. His ex-wife Lori wasn't around much, having moved to another state while the children had stayed in Atlanta with him. The truth was, he was a desperate dad and he needed some help.


It was the children she fell in love with first. Judith and Michonne spent so much time together baking, doing her school projects, shopping, brushing her hair and going on cinema dates. Carl was harder to please, but he eventually came around. Michonne spent her time equally with both.

After seeing what a good father Rick was, eventually, she fell in love with him. He showed so much love and adoration for his children. Michonne admired that. He was a single dad trying to raise these two beautiful children the best he could. She wanted to be professional, so she never acted on any of the desires she had for him. If he was to reject her, where would that leave Carl and Judith? Michonne didn't want to think of a day going by without seeing their faces.

These kids had a special place in her heart and she didn't want to risk that just by making a fool of herself over a man she didn't know whether or not liked her back.


Michonne was a live-in nanny in Rick's 4-bedroom home, which meant she could look after Carl and Judith most of the day, plus whenever they needed her. She sold her own apartment so she could live with them full time. Michonne had her own decorated room with a white double bed in the middle of the room. Soft textures of white and pinks adorned the walls. There was a set of double wardrobes and a full length mirror in the corner of the room.

Judith spent most nights sleeping in bed with her.

When Michonne had first started the job, Rick had bought her a red brand new BMW 1 series sport car, likely because she had a beat up Toyota and Rick didn't want Michonne to drive his kids around in an unreliable car.


Michonne had spent the morning cooking, washing and helping Judith with her art project. It was a warm sunny day, but, finally, it was 3.25pm in the afternoon. Michonne picked up Carl and Judith – now 16 and 10, from school.

As she waited in the front seat for the school bell to ring and the pair to come out, Michonne lifted her sunglasses up over her head and quickly checked through her social media accounts.

Carl came out first and slid into the backseat of Michonne's car.

"Hey Carl."

"Hi Chonne," the teenager mumbled.

"School go ok today?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Pffft Teenagers, Michonne thought.

Then Judith opened the front door and got inside.

"Hey Michonne," the little girl smiled.

"Hey sweetie, how was school?" Michonne asked, handing her over the matching sunglasses.

"It was good. I had meatloaf for lunch."

Judith took the sunglasses from Michonne's hands and placed them over her own eyes.

"Hmmm, sounds yummy. Don't forget your seatbelt." Judith placed her seatbelt on.

"What did you get on your science project?" Michonne asked, turning the key in the ignition and pulling her sunglasses back down over her face.

"A plus!" Judith screamed.

"Yesss!" They hi-fived each other.

"You're the best Michonne," Judith beamed.

Michonne let out a small smile.

She turned the radio on higher as the song Despacito with Justin Bieber came on. Judith and Michonne started to sing along to the lyrics.

Carl sat back and put his earphones in, rolled his eyes, and tried to drown out both of their singing voices.


They arrived home shortly afterwards. Carl went straight upstairs to his room, like he always did.

Judith, Bella, and Edward all followed Michonne into the kitchen.

"What's for dinner Michonne?" Judith asked, leaning her elbows on the work surface.

"Homemade Lasagne, chips, a side of salad and some garlic bread."

"Hmm, sounds good. You made dad's favourite." Judith said, smiling.

"I did." Michonne nodded.

She checked the time on the clock on the wall.

"He should be home soon. I thought we would wait for your dad to be back so we could all eat together." Michonne ran her hands through the girl's golden hair.

"Why don't you go play for a little bit or watch some TV?"

"Ok," Judith smiled.

Thirty minutes later and Rick walked through the front door.

"Hey, I am home," Rick said walking into his foyer. He placed his suitcase and bags on the dark mahogany flooring.

He walked into the kitchen and was greeted by Michonne, who was dishing up dinner.

"Hmm, smells good." Rick noted the familiar smell. It was his favourite dish, and one that Michonne always made for him.

She could feel his eyes on her body. She started to feel the temperature rising in the kitchen; he had that effect on her.

"How have the kids been?" Rick asked.

"Good. Their usual selves." She looked up at him.

He had been growing his beard out of lately and it really suited him. It made him look even more handsome, but at the same time rugged.

"How was the conference?"

"Yeah, good actually. Shane managed to behave himself this time."

Michonne chuckled "Well that's good then."

Pulling them from their awkward gaze was Judith's voice.

"Dadddd!"

"Judith," he gave his daughter a big hug and a kiss.

"Sooo, did you get me anything?" she squealed.

"Yeah I did, I got you a few thangs."

It was tradition when he visited out of town to get Judith a special gift.

"It's in my bag. You can go get it out," Rick said.

"Then can you wash up sweetheart. Dinner is ready," Michonne said, putting the last of the food on the individual plates.

"Ok, Chonne."

"I'll go and get Carl. He in his room?" Rick asked.

"Yeah," Michonne nodded.

When they finally sat down for dinner, they spent the time chatting and laughing and enjoying Michonne's delicious meal.

Rick looked around the table. First at Judith, then Carl, lastly, Michonne. He liked it when it was just the four of them like this. On the numerous times when they would go out for a meal, they were often mistaken for a family.

Rick liked this prospect; the thought of Michonne being his family. She was in so many ways, just not in the way he wanted her to be.


The Next Day...

"So, when are you going to admit your feelings for Michonne? It's been 3 years," Maggie asked her brother Rick.

He was currently standing in his best friend Glenn and sister Maggie's home.

"Maggie!" Glenn snapped.

"Glenn, he needs to admit his feelings for Michonne. She is amazing, she cooks, she's stunning, has a great body, loves your children like they are her own blood, she has everything. Did I mention she's amazing?"

Michonne was all those things to Rick. He just couldn't admit any of that to her.

"You need to claim her now before somebody else does. That's all I am saying. She could even be the mother of his future children if he admitted how he felt. And how cute would their babies be? How cute would our niece and nephews be, Glenn?" Maggie smiled.

Glenn and Daryl nodded their heads in agreement.

"Not like that Jessie woman who you just used to have casual sex with," Maggie said, cutting up the peppers on the chopping board.

"You know he isn't going to admit no feelings," Daryl piped up, taking a slice of pepper into his mouth.

"Guys, you do know I am still in the room, right?" Rick let out a deep sigh.

They all turned to look at him, before they carried on talking.

All his friends had been giving him a hard time recently about Michonne. He spent most of the nights lonely since the divorce from Lori 5 years ago. He had met a woman named Jessie Anderson. She was a single mother of two. They just had sex; it was ok sex nothing to brag about. But when Michonne stepped into his home that day 3 years ago, he stopped calling and texting Jessie. In a way, it felt like he was cheating on Michonne. He didn't want to ruin any chances with Michonne, if he even had a chance, that is.

"It's not just that though. What about the age gap?" Rick took a sip out of the coffee mug.

Rick was 37 and Michonne was only 25.

"Dude, look, age doesn't matter. It's just a number. Maggie is right though. You need to tell her how you feel...Before it's too late. It's better to have her know how you feel. She doesn't have a clue at all," Glenn said, squeezing Rick's shoulders.

Rick nodded his head, taking in his friend's words of advice. He headed into the police department for a few hours to catch up on some paperwork.


It was 5pm in the evening on a Saturday when Rick walked into his home. He placed his keys on the side table and walked into the front room, where Michonne was sitting.

"You alone?" Rick asked, looking around for his children.

"Yeah, Judith is staying the night at Maggie's for a sleepover with her and Glenn. It's really weird. She just rang up and said she would have her tonight." Michonne said, looking up at Rick.

He was wearing a blue denim shirt, black jeans and his beige cowboy boots. Michonne swallowed hard. He looked handsome and she loved to see Rick in denim shirts. They suited him well.

Rick let out a small puff. Maggie! What is she up to? Rick thought.

"And Carl is staying the night at Patrick's house, so I get to watch a film without an annoying cartoon voice in it," Michonne mocked.

Rick laughed at her.

"Do you want some company?" he shyly asked.

He looked down at her. She was wearing a purple vest top, which showed off her supple cleavage and toned arms, as well as grey shorts, which showed off her lean legs.

"Love some," Michonne nodded and smiled.

"Ok. I will grab the popcorn. Sweet and salty flavour that's your favourite, right?"

"Right," Michonne smiled. "Will you also bring in a bottle of red chardonnay back in with you?"

"Yeah, course." Rick started to walk out of the front room.

"I will pick a film...maybe something scary?"

"Whatever you want. Just remember last time," Rick shouted from the kitchen.

Michonne looked up to the side, remembering what happened last time they watched a scary film together. She couldn't sleep for a week and when she closed her eyes, all she saw was this scary doll named Annabelle. Rick wished he had been able to comfort her. He would have happily let her share his bed and kept her safe all night long.

"Ok, an action film then."

Rick chuckled.

Michonne's phone beeped a few minutes later. She opened the message up; it was from her best friend Rosita.

Rosita: What are you up to tonight?

Michonne: Just at home chilling out and watching a film with Rick.

Rosita: Oooo, alone?

Michonne: Yes, alone. The kids are out.

Two minutes later, Michonne's phone rang. It was Andrea. She rolled her eyes.

"Let me guess, you're with Rosita?" Michonne asked, answering the phone call.

"Yes! And she told me you're alone with Mr Blue Eyes." Andrea was grinning on the other end of the phone.

Michonne leaned her head back against the comfy seats. She was being careful so Rick wouldn't hear their conversation.

"Yes and..."

"This is your opportunity Michonne to tell him how you feel."

"I will when the time is right...he might not even like woman of colour," Michonne whispered.

"You are joking right? Have you seen the way that man looks at you? It's like nobody even exists when you're around."

Michonne started to hear Rick's footsteps and the microwave beeping.

"Ok, I gotta go. Bye." Michonne said, when she heard Rick walk into the front room.

"Michonne don't you dare-"

Without giving Andrea a chance to finish her sentence, Michonne hung up and put her phone on silent for the rest of the night.

She knew she would wake up to 20 texts and missed calls for putting the phone down on her best friends.

Rick came and handed the bowl of popcorn to Michonne. He ran back into the kitchen and brought back with him two glasses and the bottle of red wine. He sat down and they spent the next few hours watching the movie Michonne had decided on: Geostorm. It starred Gerard Butler, who was Michonne's type too. Rick new that because this was the 3rd film she had made him watch with him in it.

Something had changed in their relationship over the last few weeks. It started with extended glances, then progressed into little touches that happened when they were in proximity to each other. Half way through the film, Michonne had lifted her legs up and rested her feet comfortably in his lap. She had been lightly brushing her feet near his legs a few times, unintentionally.

When the ending credits had finished, they had hardly touched the bottle of red, only taking one glass each. Bella and Edward were asleep in their basket in the corner of the room.

"Honestly, I don't know what the kids would do without you…or me, for that matter. I don't know what I would do without you either," he softly spoke.

"Well, I guess you won't ever have to find out. If you would like to give me a small pay rise?" she raised her eyebrows smirking.

Rick laughed looking down at her dark blue manicured toenails.

She didn't know what happened with his ex-wife Lori, apart from bits that Maggie had told him about her. Lori upped and left after cheating on Rick with his partner at the precinct. Lori sees Carl and Judith every now and again, but not as often as she should. In fact, Michonne had not seen Lori once since working for Rick.

The kids rarely mention her at all. The last time Carl and Judith saw their mom was two months ago, when Rick took them to meet Lori, halfway between their houses. Michonne thought it was because he didn't want her around the home he bought after the divorce.

"Your kids LOVE me," she said, accentuating the love part.

"Yeah, they do," he drawled.

I think I do too, Rick thought.

"Well if I wouldn't have answered your cry for help that day, you would be stuck without me right now!" she teased him.

"Cry for help?" Rick scoffed. "So that's what you think it was?"

Michonne nodded and laughed as Rick started to tickle her sides.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Michonne threw her head back and squealed.

They didn't know how they got in this position but Rick was suddenly lay in between Michonne's legs. She sworn she could feel his erection pressing on her inner thigh. It felt good; she could feel her panties getting soaked. Their faces were so close together. She could feel his breath on her face. Rick looked down at Michonne, his piercing eyes taking her in. He licked his lips. Michonne's chest all of a sudden felt heavy. Rick was about to pull back when Michonne said,

"Don't..." She weaved her hand through his thick curls.

Michonne immediately liked the feeling of her fingers through his hair. It was so soft.

"Are you sure you want this...us...me?" Rick asked.


Authors note:

Would love to know your thoughts on this. What do we think will happen now with in their relationship?