Rick comes up to Michonne who is watching the rest of the group in rare form, everyone seamed happy. A pint sized Judith was being carried in her daddy's right arm, she'd grown so much in what might have been months. Time was always hard to gauge in the apocalypse. It had been a while since encountering the people at Terminus and the escape that everyone was lucky enough to survive. Along with that escape came a reunion with Judith some days after.
Since then Rick and Carl would hardly be seen separated from their baby girl. Not after being without her for so long thinking she was dead. Michonne had spent most of her time with the grimes pack. It was a natural migration after the three had bounded greatly since the fall of the prison. The foursome would often play house without even realizing they were becoming this family unit. Rick even trusted Michonne alone with his baby girl occasion since Judith had grown so attached to the big hearted warrior. That alone time with baby Judith made Michonne her jolliest. Everything surrounding Judith seamed like a light of hope.
"Well if it isn't two of my favorite people." Michonne said smiling at Rick while the chubby cheeked baby reached out to Michonne's familiar face. "Chonny! Chonny!" Judith screamed out in a ball of giggles.
"Looks like she misses you." Rick says watching Michonne's bashful laugh before making a silly fish face at Judith, promoting even more laughter from the youngest grimes.
"Can I hold her for a bit?" Michonne asked.
He laughed. "Sure go ahead, she's practically crawling out of my arms to get to you." Rick nodded his head happily placing Judith in Michonne's greedy arms. Michonne watched as Judith's little hands went searching around playing within her dreads. "Ok Judith, remember what I've been teaching you."
Michonne sat on the ground covered in grass, then carefully set Judith in front of her. Rick looked down at the two and couldn't help how huge his smile had gotten. Judith had grown so much and he'd waiting to see the day where Michonne took the initiative in tethering herself to the group. As of late, Judith made Michonne smile the biggest but others in the group had grown to see speckles of Michonne's happier side too.
"Ok what are these?" She says while tapping her own shoulders. Judith playfully mimicked Michonne's movements "shodurs." Michonne squealed lightly while Judith waved her little arms by her head. "Good girl, now point to your nose" Judith points to her face and takes her time selecting a spot then she points to her forehead. "Close, lets try again." Michonne twitches her nose as a hint which Judith catches and points at her nose.
Rick raised an eyebrow, "wow she's picking this up pretty quick."
Michonne looked up at him with a proud nod before something Judith says directs her attention away from Rick.
"Eeers" Judith said tugging on her earlobes.
"What? Judith you are getting smarter then your teacher." Michonne praised. "But I didn't teach you that."
"Guess you have to blame me for that one. When you go out for runs I kinda fill in some of the blanks for ya." Rick chimed in. Michonne smiled and patted the spot on the grass next to her, just before Rick moved down beside her. "I have been schooling her for a few weeks now, but I think she'd remember even more between the two of us. Can you stay for a while? Michonne questioned with a hopeful stare.
"Yea. just a little while." He replied with a flirtatious grin.