It's 6.00 AM. Another day.
Michonne was already awake before the timer goes off. She gets out of bed and gets herself ready for a new day.
She quietly goes downstairs, trying hard to not wake up the house. She goes into the kitchen and makes herself some breakfast.
After a little while, Rick joins her.
"Heeey, morning."
"Morning, to you too". You are in a good mood", Michonne said.
"Uhh, yeah, finally had a goodnight sleep". I think Judith is near that age where she finally sleeps through the night."
"Haha, I know right!
"You up early?", Rick said.
"Yeah, I'm going on a run with Daryl in a bit, do you need anything?", Michonne asked while packing up her bag.
"Again?"
"Yes, last time we were at this town and we cleared a lot of walkers. Decided to clear the remaining walkers today". We might find some stuff we need."
"Ah I see, well all good here. You back in time for Spencer's party? Uh, well more of a gathering actually," Rick said. Spencer is still mourning the loss of his mother. But he has to keep the community alive and get the community back as it was before. Luckily, Maggie was a great support to him.
"Oh, is it today? I almost forgot. What time is it?", Michonne asked.
"Around 7.30 pm. And the very first time Carl and Ron will be in the same room after the whole Pete and herd thing. I hope they'll be okay."
"They will come around, I hope. Besides, Carl is a forgiving and wonderfull person. How's Ron by the way? And how's Jessie? Everything good?", Michonne asked.
"Not so sure about Ron. Jessie is having a hard time with him too. It's like that time when Carl was so mad at me and shut me out. But luckily you were there for him..and for me at that time. And Sam, well Sam is just a kid, he's been in here the whole time. He doesn't know better. He really needs to learn a lot of the world outside the walls. And Jessie...she's doing ok. She is a strong woman, she will get pass this, I really believe she will. Everything good." Rick said, trying hard to not smile and think of Jessie.
"You know, you look really good lately. Jessie is a nice person and she's good for you. I am really happy for you, Rick. I really am.", Michonne said, while smiling lovely at him.
He really does look happy. If Rick is happy, she's happy too. He deserves it after the hell they went through. He looked at ease, almost calm. And Jessie was good for him.
By this time, Michonne already finished packing her stuff and ready to go.
"Thank you, Michonne. See you tonight?...And be carefull out there". Rick said, while throwing an apple towards her.
"Always am". She catches the apple, smiles and off she goes.
Michonne arrives at the front gate. She greets Sasha, who's already on duty so early in the morning. "Morning", Sasha said cheerfully. It's nice to see that Sasha is being her usuall self again. Alexandria really did her good. Heck, Alexandria did everybody good, they have a roof, water, food..albeit the lack of food lately. But they are all doing well.
"Abraham, late again?", Michonne asked. "Do you even have to ask?", Sasha said. Michonne thinking back at her silly question, she does it everytime. The girls both laughing.
And then there's Daryl. Daryl was already waiting for her, ready and go with his bike. He spent unbelievable hours at Aaron's house, fixing that bike. Everybody actually wondered if there was actually something more going on there. All in all, it all worked out well. It's nice that Daryl made a friend here.
"Hey mam, ya ready?", Daryl asked
"Yes, let's go. I'm ready."
Michonne hops onto his bike and they drove off.
"Take care you two!", Sasha shouted while closing the front gate, not sure if they even heard her. Before Sasha even noticed, Abraham helped her closing the gate.
"So, guess who did the nasty last night, like really loud?".
After a few hours drive, Daryl and Michonne hides the bike behind some bushes and they decided to continue by foot, towards the abandoned town.
"Looks like it rained a lot here, hope some of the walkers went away.", Daryl said.
"Yeah, we'll see." They look at each other for a moment, before they walked further into the woods. The whole woods smells like petrichor and there's a lot of mud. It smells good tho, especially so early in the morning. It was also really quiet, except for a few early birds whistles.
While walking through the woods, Michonne wanders off into her own mind.
She really likes being with Daryl. Those little chats, going outside the walls or being on watch together. But most of all, Michonne really likes going on a run with Daryl. They can walk for hours without talking but yet, they are just there. They just understand each other. And she's being herself, she's free, she's...relieved. It's a different feeling than being in Alexandria. She has those moments that she's being trapped there or being asleep, not knowing what to do. It may sounds weird, but she enjoys going outside the walls. Maybe a little too much. It's like those times at the prison, where she frequently went away... lots of times, but back then, she was running off. She was a nobody, she had nobody. Well, she had Andrea. The thought of Andrea, her friend... Michonne smiles a little.
But now, she not only has a friend, she has a whole family. A family whom she would give her life for. Her everything. She enjoys going away to clear her head..or maybe...is it because of this feeling.
This feeling she's having lately. These feelings she hasn't felt in a long time. It's so confusing.
She then thinks back to the question Deanna asked her. That question. Yes, that question. What does she wants?
What does it mean? Does it has to do with what she's feeling now? Is she finally able to let down her wall, opens up her heart and let someone in? Is she ready to love again?
Michonne then looks at Daryl, who walks in front of her. He always does that. He knows Michonne can take care of herself, but it's out of habit of him to walk in front of her. She likes that about him, his actions always speaks louder than words.
He really do look good from behind, she literally was checking him out. She kind of chuckles at the thought how much his hair grew, since they first met. Her eyes then draws to his arms, those thight biceps. Looks like he had been working out lately. And then her eyes draws towards his vest, which has those huge wings on it. It's funny how they both have a thing for vests. Well, they both do look good in vests. She smiles again.
"We're here."
"Michonne?"
Michonne snapped out of her thoughts. "Euh yes."
"We're here. Looks like the heavy rain really drew them away, there are still some roaming around, but not a lot. Let's take them all out first, before we go searching for goods. Be carefull.", Daryl said.
Daryl winks at Michonne, and then turns around with his crossbow in his hands and walks towards the first walker he sees.
Michonne nods and quickly goes back to her combat mode. This feeling, this answer... is it Daryl? Are these feelings she's having for Daryl or for someone else?
Michonne slowly catches up with Daryl and kills the walkers who came up towards them.
Whatever these feelings, I have to figure it out...soon...
Note: This is my first ever fanfiction written. Hope you like it. I'm not sure who Michonne will ends up with in this story. I can't decide yet, I just love both Daryl and Rick. But my Richonne feelings are too strong too. Maybe, you readers can pick one!
