Alright, so even though the reviews are lacking this update around, I really want to get this chapter out there. This will, probably, be the last chapter of "Stuff And Things". If ya'll enjoyed it enough that you want to see another parody, let me know in the review!

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Stuff And Things- Chapter Three: Me Against The Music

Rick Grimes had high hopes that Amy's iPod would last him a good, long while. He shut it off in between use, even if he did listen to it every day! She swore up and down that the music player would eventually die, but the former deputy hadn't expected it to be this soon.

He stood at the gate, bobbing his head to the music as he watched the walkers meander around the other side of it. The survivors were safe, for now, and Rick decided to relax with a little Britney.

When Amy came out of the cellblock to look for him, she wasn't surprised to find him by the gate. He tried to stay there for as long as he could, and everyone knew it. Rick was avoiding Lori like the plague, with good reason of course. Every time she went up to him, it was because either she wanted something, or she just wanted to gripe about something. The former deputy was just over it.

"I'm not that innocent," he sung, grabbing a hold of the gate and leaning himself against it. "….You see my problem is this—"

"Rick!" Amy called, coming up to him warily. He saw her coming and gave her a big ol' smile in return. "What are you doing out here? It's getting late."

"I'm dreaming away," Rick hummed, taking his blonde friend by the hand and pulling her into his arms. "Wishing that heroes, they truly exist," he spun her around and dipped her for a rather sporadic kiss.

When Amy was hoisted back up, her blue eyes had grown impossibly wide. "May—maybe you just need to eat something."

"I was blind, Aimes. Lori had never been there for me since all of this shit went down," Rick rasped down at her, blue eyes boring into blue. "But you were, now weren't you?"

"You're just saying this. When all of this is over with, you'll regret trying to mess around with me," Amy shook her head, "and I really don't have the heart to do this with you, knowing that in advanced."

"I'm not messing around," he brought her closer again and just smiled at her before starting to sing once again. "I cry watching the days. Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways?"

The blonde thought about the lyrics for a moment. Was he singing about their situation? How weird could this be?

"Rick, come on," she tried to tell him. "Please. You aren't making this very fair for me, you know—"

"But to lose all of my senses, that is just so ty-pic-ally me. Baby, oh!" Rick let Amy go and in turn grabbed the fence, pulling himself to and back away from it as he continued. "Oops I did it again! I played with your heart," he pulled himself away at that moment and swung his head around to look back at Amy, "got lost in the game. Oh BABY BABY! Oops, you think I'm in lo—oo-oo—ve. I'm not that innocent!"

"Rick, you really need to give it a rest," Amy tried again, reaching out for the deranged survivor. "You are drawing unnecessary attention to everyone. Please," she pleaded. "Calm down."

The former deputy wasn't paying the blonde any attention, however. He just started deliberately swaying his hips, something that Amy would be seeing in her mind for a good, long while after the fact.

She was surprised to see that he stopped a moment or so later. Blue eyes locked together as he went blindly digging for the iPod in his pocket. Something was definitely not right, and the former college student could tell.

"Rick," Amy warily replied, giving him a look, "why do you have that panicked look in your eyes? Usually, that's never any good…"

"Nothing," the former deputy practically squeaked, shoving the device back into his pocket.

The blonde sighed and stepped closer to the man in question. "Rick, please," she tried again, her eyes glued on his. In that instant, she knew what this was about. "Oh, my God."

"Amy, I—" Rick stuttered, swallowing the lump in his throat. "I didn't mean to. I—"

"Just give it to me," Amy replied hastily. Her friend just gave her the most pitiful look that she had ever seen in her life.

The deputy sighed and handed the iPod over to her. Before he could even finish his song, the music player had given up the ghost. And since electricity to power it up was hard to come by these days, it would probably stay dead for the near future.

Amy brushed past Rick with a sad look frozen upon her face. All of those pictures of her sister and their parents were gone. Possibly for good! Rick Grimes would surely pay for all of this.

o—o—o

Rick peered over at Amy from across the dinner table, feeling more than a little guilty. She still wasn't speaking to him. And, actually, she wasn't really speaking to anyone at this point. The deputy knew that he had to make it up to her somehow, some way. Even if that meant that she chewed off his head in the first place, so be it.

"Amy," he began, gaining her eyes on him for the first time in hours. "I know that you must think—" he shook his head as she just stared at him. "Yeah, I screwed up."

"Ya think?" Amy scoffed, plopping another heaping of food onto her plate. "Those were my only pictures left of my parents. If you hadn't gone nuts, then I would still have it…" the young girl squared her shoulders and took in a deep breath. "l guess this is what I get for being so nice, huh?"

"Uh, Aimes," called Lori, who was looking in between her husband and the young blonde rather suspiciously. "You wanna tell me what's going on here?"

"Not really, no," she replied, scooting her plate away from her. "I'm not really hungry anyways. Gonna just… call it quits for the night, I guess."

Tension filled the room as Amy got up from the table. Not even her best friend Beth tried to stop her. Hell, Rick wanted to, but he knew that she would claw his eyes out if he so much as followed her towards her cell.

About an hour later, the former deputy went out to the fire pit, hoping that he would find her there. Amy was sitting around the dimly lit fire, hugging her own frame close.

And that was when Rick got an idea. A horribly stupid idea, but an idea nonetheless.

The former deputy plopped down next to Amy, who just sat idly with a tear-stained face. While she wasn't happy to see Rick, she didn't say anything as he sat down.

"Amy," he braced himself as he called out towards her. There was really no telling what type of mood she would be in. When she glanced over at him, he just spared her a smile. "I guess it's my turn to ask you how you're doing."

"My only physical proof that my parents—or my sister, for that matter, ever existed is gone. So, I'm sorry if I seem a little out of it…" the blonde explained, glancing down at her intertwined fingers.

"I know," Rick acquiesced. "And I'm sorry," he gently slung an arm around her shoulders, surprising even Amy. "But at least you've got your memories."

"Yeah," the blonde shrugged. "It's still not the same though…"

"What was your favorite movie as a kid?" the former deputy chuckled. "I can't tell you how many times I watched Finding Nemo with Carl."

Amy looked up at Rick, as if she were considering his question. Maybe this was just him going loco again…

"I only ask, 'cause I know that I tend to think back on the happy moments that me, Lori, and Carl had before the world ended," he squeezed her shoulder gently. "It's not much, but it helps."

The former college student had a small smile in place as she replied. "The Little Mermaid. That was my favorite movie growing up. I'd drive Andrea crazy, putting the CD on repeat over and over again. Heck, I wore the cassette out before I got it on DVD one year for my birthday."

Rick just grinned, the gears already spinning in his mind. "Oh, really?"

Amy's face fell as she realized that she might have said too much. "Oh, God. Are you going to sing to me now? Rick—"

"There you see her. Sitting there across the way," he sang into her ear, sending chills up her spine. "She don't got a lot to say, but there's something about her."

"Rick, if Lori comes out and sees this, she's going to flip," she reminded him sternly.

The former deputy just shook his head and lay his head on her shoulder as he went to sing the next few lines. "And you don't know why, but you're dying to try. You wanna kiss the girl."

If Amy had looked away a second sooner, she would have completely missed the kiss that was coming her way. Their lips met for a moment far too quick; the young blonde was blushing so bright by the time he pulled away from her.

"Yes, you want her. Look at her; you know you do. It's possible she wants you, too," Rick winked down at her, wearing the silliest of all grins.

The former college student was about seconds from giving up completely and just letting Rick do whatever the hell he wanted to with her. Instead though, Lori rudely interrupted them.

"Amy, hon, are you feeling better?" the pregnant woman asked, one hand supporting her belly as she came closer.

Rick was none too pleased to see his wife, but he supposed that he had to put up with her until the baby was born. Even if it wasn't his baby after all…

"A bit," the blonde replied earnestly.

Lori smiled back at Amy and squeezed her shoulder. By that time, Rick had taken his arm back from around the former college student. "So, what are ya'll doing out here? It's really kinda late, huh?"

"Just got some stuff to do. And things to handle, Lor," the former deputy shrugged. "No big deal to me."

The brunette survivor just sighed and frowned at her husband. "Fine, but I'm taking Amy back inside. I don't want her catching the crazy."

Rick watched as his wife pulled the young blonde away from him. He sent Amy one last imploring look before she left alongside Lori.

The cellblock slammed shut behind both women, and he just couldn't help but grin to himself. Rick got up from the fire pit and padded over to the gate where a couple of walkers were watching from a far.

"I'm a slave… for you…"

And that's where I'll conclude "Stuff And Things" hope ya'll enjoyed!