STAND BACK
chapter 4
Do not turn away, my friend
Like a willow I can bend
No man calls my name
No man came
Michonne was sitting at the kitchen table sipping a cup of tea while she waited for Rick he was an hour late and no one else was around to look after Judith including Carl who had went to hang out with his new friends. She was feeling better then she had in a long time more relaxed and a little less anxious. Taking the time out to pamper herself had helped she had washed her hair and given herself a Jasmine tea rinse with a tin of chinese loose leaf tea that had been left in the house, she had also used a tub of Crisco shortening to cream herself with, she had to work with what she had and products were hard to come by these days, so far it had worked out rather well her skin had literally transformed with the stuff she had even used a tiny bit on her hair to give it a little sheen and she felt clean ..like really clean and her hair faintly smelled of jasmine, she had even polished and sharpened her sword the only thing she had left to do was find a new pair of boots. what she didn't like was the officers uniform that Deana had given them..but you couldn't win them all.
It was sometime later when Rick came home , Michonne knew by the look on his face that something was wrong.
"What is it" she asked "What's happened"
" Bad news.. said Rick his voice deep and low as if he were doing his best to hold in his emotions.."Noah's dead and so is Aiden..and Tara is unconscious at the infirmary...and Glenn is in a state..I don't know all the details but it really got to Glenn whatever happened out there and he blames Nicholas, I came over to get you we have to go an talk to him and find out exactly what happend"
"Sure said Michonne but Judith..I'm the only one here I was waiting on you"
" I'll go find Carl or Carol and come back for you"
After some time Rick came back with Carl in tow, he was shaken up by the news of Noah's death.
When they arrived at Glenn and Maggie's house Michonne could see that Rick had been spot on about Glenn's state he looked as if he had been crying and he could barely utter Noah's name.
"Its our fault" cried Glenn.."we knew these people didn't know what they were doing..we should have never went on a run with Nicholas and Aiden..Noah would still be alive, Nicholas panicked and ..that's when... uggh it was...our fault Rick we should have known better these people don't know what they are doing , it turned bad right away ..Aiden got himself killed ...it could have all been avoided..if he had just used common sense..we could have all died...
After they talked everything over with with Glenn they went to go visit Tara at the infirmary, she was unconscious in a coma, Rosita and Eugene were both there sitting at her bedside. Pete had gone home after he had checked her out saying there was nothing more he could do she would have to wake up on her own..
Deana was at home with her family grieving the loss of her youngest son.
Both Rick and Michonne thought they would call it a day and go home, They walked in silence both morning the loss of Noah, a faint scent of something flowery kept invading his senses..he liked it and realized subconsciously that it was coming from Michonne.
The first thing Michonne did when they arrived at home was go upstairs and take off the hideous police uniform that Deana insisted she wear, and opted for some Black stretch pants and tank top, when she came down stairs, Rick was sitting in the living room next to Carl while he held Judith on his lap. Michonne stood in the entrance way watching her three favorite people in the world, Rick looked tired..and all she could think of is how much she longed to go to him and hug him. The faint smell of something flowery made him look up to see Michonne watching him, he cuddled Judith in his arms and looked up at her, he took the sight of her in, the whole of her..he hadn't really looked at her or looked her in the eye since their first day in Alexandria..he noticed that something was different about her..what exactly it was he couldn't put his finger on. He didn't realize he was staring at her until Carl spoke up.
" Father Gabriel came by while you two were at Glenn's , news travels fast, he's having a midnight vigile for Noah and Aiden for anyone who wants to attend." said Carl looking up at Michonne.
"Would you like to go" asked Michonne looking at him
"Carl shrugged his shoulders "yes I liked Noah a lot and we should probably go to pay our respects to Aiden since he is Deana's son"
" Ok, then we'll go that is if your father is ok with it"
"Sure" said Rick we'll all go"
"its's settled then" said Michonne
Rick watched Michonne as she turned away and walked toward the kitchen letting his eyes follow her until she was out of his sight.
