AN; hey so this is a Richonne heavy chapter, I've never written them before in this way so gulp, please be gentle. I'm going to leave what happened to Jessie as vague. I know what happens to her in the comics. I'm assuming that's what's coming on the show.
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Chapter 7
Michonne's eyes fluttered open to find the walls of her own bedroom. Her head was pounding, and she felt as though she had sand in her mouth.
"You wanna drink of water?"
She stirred to see Rick sitting in the chair by her window. He came over to the bed a bottle of water in his hand. Sitting up she drank half of it, the intense dry mouth she had feeling much better. Then flopped back down on the bed.
"What time is it?" Her voice croaked.
Rick grinned "It's late, just wanted to make sure you were okay before I went to bed,... apparently you were drugged." Rick said.
Michonne looked startled for a minute. "What?" She said.
"It's ok, you're fine, I'll explain all about dumb, dumber, dummy, and dumbest tommorow." Rick chuckled, his hand coming up to move a small dread lock that had fallen in front of her face.
"I'm thinking of cutting them" she said feeling awkward "They get heavy."
Rick smiled his face almost sad. "You're beautiful with them or without them too I'm sure." Rick Said his face watching hers, "I should let you go back to sleep." He said getting off the bed walking across the room.
"Rick," she said he stopped but didn't turn around " I heard what you said, to Eric, I'm not perfect, and I don't snore but that's another conversation." She said.
He chuckled still not turning around, looking down at the floor, then coughed "You're perfect to me." He said softly.
Michonne got up and walked behind him, facing his back. He started to talk when he felt her behind him.
"I'm sorry, if I hurt you. I felt like we were close to starting something before we got here, and I panicked. I'm not proud, the way I treated Lori, I let her down when she needed me the most, I wasn't there for her, and she died thinking I hated her. She sacrificed herself in the worst way so Judith would live and died thinking I hated her." Rick said softly.
Michonne reached out turning him. So he faced her, but still looking at ground. Refusing to meet her eyes. "I never meet her, but anyone who did what she did, was a good person. She understood, I know she did, and what she did, was because she was a mom, before everything else. She knew, you loved her, that took strength, she knew." Michonne whispered.
"I thought if I was distant, with her, it wouldn't hurt so bad, when I lost her. I gave up on her, because I needed her to much. I was coward, then I found the first person here, who needed me. I used Jessie, she was in a horrible place and I knew it. I wanted to be needed, I'm terrified of needing someone again." He said bringing his eyes up to hers. "I used her, it's my fault that she.." He paused brushing his hands across his face.
"It wasn't your fault." Michonne said firmly. "I thought that we were, moving towards something too, I was hurt. I had thought maybe you and Carol might." She trailed off "That I could have understood, there was history there, but I didn't understand Jessie at first." She said.
Rick looked up at her placing his hands on her cheeks "Carol and I would never work, for three main reasons. First, she and I are too much alike, it's scary sometimes. That's part of the reason why I banished her, it scared me how much of myself I saw in her. Second" he paused with a grin. "I like my ass the way it is, without numerous arrows protruding from it." He said grinning when she chuckled. "And the last reason is because she's in love with someone else and so am I." He said before moving in to brush his lips across hers.
Michonne pulled her head back, staring at him, for him for a moment. "I don't need you to rescue me, or save me, I just need us." She whispered "I love you too, and I'm not perfect. You've made mistakes and so have I. If we are doing this, it's together, we're a team." He nodded cupping her neck, running his lips up the side of her neck. "That doesn't mean I won't kick your ass if you decide to hop on the crazy train again." She said the let out a squeal as Rick laughed and slid his hands down below her ass picking her up and dumping her on the bed. A grin spreading across his face as he pulled the t shirt he was wearing up and over his head. "Yes ma'am." He said with a wink before crawling towards her.
An:#2 alright first attempt at Richonne. I'm hoping I did it justice.
