A/N: Greetings fellow Richonners! This is my first Richonne fic. I'm so nervous! Lol. I hope someone out there enjoys it. As said in the description. This is a college AU fic. I know there are some out there, but I wanted to give it a go with my own writing. I thought it'd be fun!

4:45 PM

She had been staring at him for what seemed like forever. He walked into the campus library alone a few minutes ago and sat at the empty table right across from her. He was always usually with his group of friends that she knew as Glenn, Shane, and Daryl. They were all college seniors while she was only a sophomore.

She knew Rick from when he was her orientation leader during her freshman year and the crush she developed on him would not fade, even a year later. They had never really spoken, besides the time she was waiting in the pizza line in the cafe one day and he said "excuse me" as he reached across her to grab an empty plate.

Rick was currently intensely glaring at his laptop, looking as though he was struggling to understand whatever information he was reading. She watched as he exhaled and ran his hands through his hair in frustration. That's when he caught her eye.

She gasped and quickly looked away. Shit. He thinks I'm some weirdo staring at him now. Michonne shook her head at herself and rested her head on her hand as she looked down at the notebook that had nothing written on it. Was she really that caught up in Rick Grimes?

Peeking up after a couple seconds, she saw Rick still looking at her. She got nervous as she looked into those baby blue eyes from across the library room. He smiled at her and she smiled back, becoming even more nervous at the interaction they just had.

45 minutes later, Michonne grew tired and decided to pack up her stuff to get something to eat at the cafe. She texted her friend Sasha to see if she could meet up with her, but Sasha told her she was hanging out with her boyfriend Abraham, who was a senior at the university 15 minutes away from them. Michonne didn't have many friends at the school, as she always stayed to herself and was very reserved. Everyone seemed to always be a party animal and she wasn't interested in getting caught up with that. The only reason she connected with Sasha was because they were roommates during freshman year.

As Michonne put her backpack on her back, she saw Rick standing up, packing as well. She was about to walk past him when his voice stops her.

"Hey."

She whipped her head to him, and yes, he was talking to her. "H-hi," she stuttered and cleared her throat, her eyes wide at the fact that he was speaking to her.

"Heading out huh?"

"Yeah. I'm going to the cafe," she chuckled nervously.

"Oh yeah? Me too. My stomach was growling. I started gettin' embarrassed of how loud it was," he laughed.

"So that's what that weird noise was," Michonne teased.

"Oh man. Well, you meeting up with someone?" Rick asked.

She started dazing off, becoming so enraptured with his southern twang. It was so sexy, just like he was.

"You alright?" Rick said, bringing Michonne back earth.

"Uhh? OH! Yeah, I'm good and no I'm not meeting up with anyone. I was just gonna' get a to-go box."

"Oh, well, you wanna' go together? Eat in there?"

Michonne was surprised. Of course she wouldn't deny. "Yeah. Sure."

Rick put on a big goofy grin which Michonne found adorable. The two of them exited the library and made the trek to the campus student center where the cafe and other restaurants were at.

"I'm Rick by the way."

"I know. You were my orientation leader last year."

"Was I? I knew you looked familiar," he nodded.

"Michonne," she introduced herself.

"Mi-chonne," he pronounced. "That's pretty."

"Thanks," she giggled before catching herself for acting this way around him. Everything made her nervous. His presence. His height. That deep southern voice. Get it together girl!

They reached the student center and Rick held the door open for her and she thanked him, giving him points for being such a gentleman. She knew he was.

They found a empty table in the crowded cafe and set their backpacks down. Rick looked around, trying to find the shortest line while Michonne admired his profile. His jawline was precise and cut, showcasing his dimple. Head full of curls, she could just imagine how soft they must be.

"I think I'm gonna' try the pasta today," he announced.

"Yeah I like it," Michonne replied. They head to the line where they each get their own custom made pasta. They brought their plates back to their table and sat down across from one another. Michonne could not calm herself down. Being physically there, having dinner with Rick Grimes was making her sweat bullets!

"So, what's your major?" Rick questioned as they began to eat. His eyes were much more blue up close, and she could faint at the beauty.

"Uh. Pre-law. You're criminal justice right?"

Rick smiled. "Yeah. You remember that from the orientation?"

"Mhm," Michonne looked away from his pretty face and took a bite of her food.

On the other side of the table, Rick could tell she was a little nervous and he wondered if it was because of him. Well, he knew that was the reason. He did remember Michonne's face from the freshman orientation last year. They had never spoken before and he hardly saw her around campus. When he caught her staring at him in the library earlier, it amused him. He was used to girls doing that, and he usually paid them no mind. However, Michonne caught his attention as well.

"Are you always this quiet?" He wondered and she let out a sigh. She hated when people mentioned how quiet she was. Some people just liked to be left alone, and Michonne was one of those people.

"Well... I don't really know you. So yeah... I guess I'm quiet around people I don't know well," she stated. Rick felt her tone was a little defensive so he offered his apologies.

"Sorry. I was just wondering."

"Don't worry about it..." she assured him and looked around the cafe. She noticed a group of girls looking at her and frowned. Rick followed her gaze and sighed.

"Ahh. That's Lori and her friends."

Michonne turned back to Rick with a confused look. "Okay?"

"Yeah. If she's giving you a look or somethang just ignore it. She's real childish."

Michonne shrugged, never one to let some random girl bother her. "She your girlfriend or something?"

"No. I wouldn't say we were ever dating. It was-" Rick paused and looked at Michonne. Michonne raised a brow, urging for Rick to continue.

"Uh. W-well. We were just kinda' hooking up..."

"Kinda?" Michonne mimicked his accent unintentionally, causing Rick to chuckle.

"Well we were. Just a little while."

Michonne began to eat her food again. "It's really none of my business," she said. But, she couldn't wonder about how that happened. She knows Lori, as she is the RA in Sasha's dorm. There were many dorm activities that Michonne participated in with Sasha that Lori hosted. She played the nice sweet girl, but deep down, Michonne knew she was one of those spiteful chicks who smiles in your face but talks mad shit behind your back. She wondered why Rick would entertain someone like her.

"Yeah, yeah. I don't know why I told you that. I'm sorry if it was rude to bring up," Rick told her. Michonne felt weird being there having dinner with Rick now. Who just asks a random girl to eat at the cafe with them? Michonne quickly ate her food, not really talking to Rick. Despite the major crush she had on him, she didn't necessarily feel right being around him now.

Rick noticed the change in the dialogue he and Michonne were having and wondered what happened. He knew it had to be due to his mentioning of Lori and he scolded himself for that. Michonne got up to throw her plate in the bin and went back to the table to grab her backpack. Rick was bewildered. She was leaving without even letting him know.

"You're done?" He asked as he stood up with his half empty plate in his hand.

"Yeah. I'm gonna' head back to my dorm."

"Okay. Wait up. I'm gonna' go throw my plate away."

"Oh? Aren't you still eating?" Michonne looked at the pasta still left on his plate and then back up at him.

"Nah. It wasn't that good anyway. I might order me a pizza later. Hang on," Rick jogged to where the trash bin was and Michonne stood there awkwardly. She was trying to get away from Rick, not wanting to fall into a trap with him, and here he goes not getting a clue of what she was trying to do.

He came back to where she was standing and smiled. "So... are you staying in Quinn Hall? I stayed there when I was a freshman and sophomore."

"Yeah I am actually."

"Cool, mind if I walk you? It's startin' to get dark and the walk is pretty far."

"Um... Okay then," Michonne agreed. She pulled out her phone to text Sasha.

M: Hey I'm sending you this just in case this dude tries anything. I'm with Rick Grimes and he is walking me back to my dorm.

Sasha texted back almost immediately. Michonne figured she was probably bored watching movies with Abraham if she had her phone on her.

S: Wait! THE Rick Grimes? The guy you've been talking about ever since our freshman orientation last year!? How the hell did this happen? And when?

S: OMG are you inviting him to your room

S: What about your roommate? Girl...

Michonne rolled her eyes at her friend's messages.

M: No Sasha. He's just walking me to the building and that's it. I will tell you about it later. I'm just letting you know just in case I come up missing somehow.

S: Really Chonne? You think that cowboy has the capability to kidnap you? LOL!

M: You never know!

Rick glanced at Michonne, seeing her texting back on her phone until she puts it away. He guessed she was probably talking about him to one of her friends. He can't help but wonder if it was in a good or bad way. He put his hands in his pockets and kept stealing glances at Michonne. She was a very beautiful girl. The neck length locs she wore fit her perfectly and made her unique to him. She had on light blue jeans with a simple navy blue shirt and a pair of golden sandals.

"What classes are you takin' this year?" Rick began.

"Public Speaking, Human Rights, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Ethics."

"Wow, that's a lot to be takin' at one time," Rick commented.

"Yeah. I want to graduate on time." The walk to Michonne's dorm seemed 10 miles longer than usual.

"That's good then. I'm probably gonna' graduate a little late. I got behind on my classes."

"Oh really?" Michonne looked at him, she immediately saw the disappointment on his face and felt bad for him.

"Yeah. I just... I wished I didn't fuck up so much during my freshman and sophomore year. It really came back to bite me in the ass," Rick chuckled sadly. "Sorry, I ain't mean to cuss or nothang in front of you."

"It's fine. Not like I don't hear it everyday here," she smiled.

"Yeah. You're right."

They finally arrive at Michonne's dorm after about 10 minutes of walking. Thank God, Michonne thought. Michonne stopped walking and turned to face Rick.

"Well, thanks for walking me. I appreciate it."

"You're welcome Michonne."

Michonne quickly closed her eyes and reopened. Him saying her name should not have this much of an effect on her. She nodded and began walking up the steps that led to the entrance of the dorms. Rick took the opportunity to gaze after her glorious ass. He didn't mean to be disrespectful, but it's so hard not to notice how amazing Michonne's body is.

"Hey Michonne!" Rick called out before she entered the building.

"Yeah?" She called back. Rick ran up the steps to where she stood.

"I forgot to ask. You gonna' be at the library tomorrow? Maybe we can help each other study?"

Michonne squinted. "You're a senior, and I'm a sophomore. We don't take the same classes. How are we gonna' help each other study?"

Rick chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Ahh, um. Well, Maybe we can study individually, but sit at the same table together?" He reasoned.

Michonne stared intensely at him, trying to figure out what his intentions were and why all of a sudden he wanted to hang out with her.

"What is this?" She asked.

"Whatcha' mean?"

"I mean... we've never spoken to each other before. Why are you trying to hang out with me now? If you think I'm someone you could try to hookup with think again because-"

"Hey woah," Rick put his hands up in defense. "It ain't nothang like that. I'm just- I don't know. I guess I'm just trynna' be nice to you. Is that so wrong?"

"No it's not, but... it's just weird how sudden this all is."

"College is about making friends too Michonne. You don't gotta' be serious all the time."

She rolled her eyes. If she had a dollar for how many times someone has told her that, she'd be rich. They stood in front of each other for a moment more before Rick shrugged.

"Alright. Well I'll take that as a no," he said, and started walking away.

Girl what are you doing! Michonne thought. She had been crushing on Rick Grimes longer than she has anyone and here he is, walking her to her dorm and speaking to her! And what does she do? Draw him away. She also realized it wasn't fair to judge him like she just did.

"Wait," Michonne called out, much to Rick's surprise. He stopped in his trek and faced her.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude to you. Um, I am actually gonna' be at the library tomorrow so maybe I'll see you?"

Rick tried to hide the smile plastered on his face. "Yeah. Alright Michonne. See you then."

Michonne nodded and scanned her badge to enter the dorm building as Rick walked away. She took the elevator to the 14th floor where her dorm room was at. As she exited the elevator, she could hear loud ruckus coming from one of the rooms. She sighed as she got closer to her door and heard voices behind it.

Reluctantly, Michonne used her key to enter and saw her roommate and three other girls all spread out in the room.

"Oh what's up Mickey!"

Michonne groaned as her roommate, Jessie greeted her. She absolutely hated when the girl called her that, but Jessie could care less.

"Jessie, I've asked you repeatedly not to call me that," Michonne started.

"Oh I forget. Sorry," the blonde shrugged off.

Michonne hated rooming with her. She was supposed to be rooming with Sasha this semester but Sasha had trouble with her financial aid and wasn't able to register for housing on time. That left Michonne with a random roommate, Jessie.

Michonne put her backpack on her chair and sat at her desk. The room was really small and there was no sort of privacy. She could hear Jessie and her friends talking amongst themselves while Michonne tried to drain them out by putting in her earphones.

Soon enough, Jessie and her companions left and Michonne let out a sigh of relief. She used the opportunity to take some online quizzes that were due for her classes next week and to mark things off of her planner that she already completed.

Her phone buzzed, and she picked it up to see Sasha calling her.

"Hey," Michonne sighed.

"Hey Chonne. So, you ready to give me the deets?" Sasha's voice said.

"About?"

"About Rick Grimes fool!"

Michonne chuckled. "Uh, it's nothing really. We were in the library earlier today and... I guess he caught me staring at him. Then he asked me to get dinner with him in the cafe. After that he walked me back to the dorm and that's it," Michonne explained, in the simplest manner.

"What? Why would he just randomly ask you to get dinner with him? I thought you two never spoke before?"

"We haven't. I don't know why he decided to do that today."

"So... What'd you two talk about? Is he nice?"

"We didn't talk that much. I kinda' started to ghost him, but he-"

"Why would you do that!?" Sasha screeched. Michonne rolled her eyes.

"I don't know! I just... he said something about your RA. Lori? You know they used to date or something. And I just thought he was looking for a random hookup and that he thought I was a potential girl he could do that with."

"Wow... Did he give you that kind of vibe?" Sasha asked softly.

"At first, but maybe I was in over my head. He actually does seem nice. I eventually told him we could sit at the same table tomorrow in the library."

"Oooo. Interesting! I can't believe this is happening. Now ya'll gonna' get married and have 3 babies."

"Oh stop it Sasha."

The other girl giggled on the other line while Michonne held a smile.

"Anyways, what are you doing? You're still with Abraham?"

"No," Sasha said. "He dropped me off just before I had called you."

"Oh nice."

"Yeah. Well I'll see you in our history class tomorrow."

"Okay. Good night." Michonne hung up and gathered her stuff to get ready for a shower. She couldn't help but think about her time spent with Rick Grimes today. He was even more gorgeous than she initially thought. She found herself a little excited about how tomorrow would go when she sees him in the campus library.