Chapter 10 Future plans
The living room of the house that Lucy was currently sharing with Negan had been turned into a sort of obstetric office. Lucy was stretched out on the couch waiting for Dr. Carso to start the ultrasound and listening to him explain the tests he had just finished. "I miss the days of being in a hospital and information being right at my fingertips," he had explained. "The crude methods of testing your blood for anemia and hormone levels have to get us by right now though."
"In all damn honesty doc," Negan drawled from behind the couch. "I don't care what her blood looks like. I'm interested I knowing whether or not there's a human being that is half mine growing inside of her gut there."
"And if there's not?" Dr. Carson asked pointedly.
"Then I'll have to put one there," Negan said with a smirk.
Lucy shook her head. "I just want a basic due date Dr. Carson. I need to know how to plan for the next nine months or so and what else I might need to stock up on for the pregnancy."
Dr. Carson smiled at me. "Well," he said gently, "let's take a look then shall we?"
The ultrasound machine buzzed as it came to life. "I miss the gel warmer too," Dr. Carson said causally. "So this is going to be cold on your stomach, but it will warm up once I start moving it around."
I nodded. "Lucy was a nurse practitioner before the earth went to shit doc. She's acting dumb because she doesn't like people to know, but she's really pretty fucking brilliant."
"What specialty?" Dr. Carson asked.
"Emergency and family practice," Lucy said through clenched teeth. "I don't like to advertise it because there are plenty of people who would take advantage of the knowledge."
"You are correct," Dr. Carson said squeezing some gel onto Lucy's abdomen. "But I'll keep it to myself. I could use your help though, if you ever decided you didn't mind people knowing about your skills."
Lucy nodded but didn't respond. Dr. Carson moved the ultrasound wand around on her abdomen until he located a small blip in the middle of a grainy picture. "There it is," he murmured.
He turned a couple of knobs and a quick fluttering sound could be heard from the ultrasound machine. "A strong 150 for sure," he said. "Let me do some quick measurements and I can let you know the due date."
Lucy stared in awe at the small screen on the machine. The baby was no bigger than a thumb nail, but the heart rate was strong and the constant flicker of light on the screen brought tears to her eyes. "That's a baby?" Negan whispered.
Dr. Carson pointed at the screen before he spoke. "This is the head and what will become the legs and feet here. The flicker of light is the heart beat that you can hear. Just looking at the size right now baby looks like he or she is around 14 weeks gestation. That puts your due date in May of next year and I would say probably the early part of May. This machine doesn't give us an exact date because the calendar functions are messed up."
Lucy glanced up at Negan to find him staring at the screen in awe. "14 weeks," he said. "That means I got you on the first try," he said with a smirk.
Lucy frowned. "Don't be crude Negan."
"Please," Dr. Carson said quickly. "And I'm glad you aren't even considering that this might not be your child Negan."
"It's mine alright." He answered emphatically. "She was with me and me alone during that time frame so I'm the only option."
Dr. Carson wiped the gel off Lucy's abdomen and smiled. "I'll leave the machine here if that's ok with you. I can give you and Maggie routine checkups if Negan will approve the work."
"I suppose the widow might as well benefit from my Lucy's good fortune."
Lucy pulled her shirt down. "Thank you Dr. Carson."
"I'll see you in four weeks or so Lucy." He turned his gaze to Negan. "Would you care if I took a look at Maggie while I was here?"
Negan frowned, but Lucy answered before he could say a word. "That will be perfect Dr. Carson. We'll go get her and I'm sure Michonne and Enid will want to be here as well."
Dr. Carson grinned at Negan. "She might just be good for you… Negan."
Negan frowned but didn't speak. He just followed Lucy out the front door in search of Michonne and Maggie.
Half an hour later found Negan and Lucy walking along the houses searching for something a little closer to the gate for them to move into. Negan had decided the other house was too far back and he needed to be up close in order to keep Alexandria safe. "Rick and his people keep this place safe," Lucy pointed out.
"And I keep Rick safe," Negan responded.
"This one is empty," Lucy said moving up the steps to a cream colored house with a wide front porch.
Lucy pushed the front door open to what had previously been the home of Deanna and her family. "Rick probably won't care if we moved in here," Lucy said glancing around the foyer and living room. "I think the previous family has long been gone or… dead or something."
Negan grunted but didn't speak a response. Lucy rolled her eyes at him over her shoulder and moved to the book case against the far wall. She was reading the various titles when she felt Negan behind her pressing her into the shelf. "I need you to understand something Lucy," he whispered against her ear. "You are not the one in control."
Lucy started to speak but Negan covered her mouth with his hand. "You are strong," he whispered while he nibbled along her neck and shoulder. "You are tough as nails Lucy. I don't doubt your fucking ability to be a fucking bad ass."
Lucy gasped as Negan's hand snaked under her shirt and palmed her breast. "You are fucking amazing, but," he whispered biting down gently on her shoulder and causing her to moan. "You are not in control."
"Why are you telling me this?" Lucy whispered from behind Negan's hand.
"Because my baby is growing inside of you," he moved his hand from her mouth to engulf her belly gently. "You will listen to me. You will obey me. And you will be safe. And this baby, this part of us, will be safe. I'm not taking any chances with you or the baby. Do you understand me?"
"Protective," Lucy said with a giggle. "I'm not sure how I feel about this part of you Negan."
Negan growled at her and moved his hand from her abdomen into the band of her pants and beneath her panties. He cupped his hand around her core and slid a finger along her nether lips. "This is mine," he growled against her neck.
"And possessive," Lucy said gasping as Negan moved his other hand to cup her breast and pinch her nipple.
"Say it," Negan grunted against her neck sucking and biting gently at first and then with more force.
"What?" Lucy asked innocently.
"Say that this," he thrust a finger inside of her and began to move it slowly in and out of her body, "this is mine. And this," he said pinching her nipple harder, "is mine. And you," he said biting down on the base of her throat from his position behind her, "are mine."
"Negan," Lucy moaned out as she bucked against his fingers.
"Say it Lucy," he basically snarled.
"I'm yours," she gasped out. "Only yours. All yours."
"Fuck," he moaned out before removing his hands from her body and ripping her pants and panties down her legs. He leaned her over the edge of the sofa before unbuckling his belt and lowering his zipper. "Mine," he said coarsely as he thrust his erection into her. "Only mine," he said as he withdrew and thrust into her again. "All mine," he groaned out as he gripped her hips and began a punishing rhythm of thrusting in and out of her.
He wasn't going to last long and he knew it. Something about seeing his child growing inside of her had aroused him beyond measure and it had been everything he had not to fuck her ten times over on their journal to this house. He moved his hand around a flicked his thumb over her swollen nub and smirked when he both heard and felt her come undone around him. He pumped in and out of her a couple more times before he emptied himself inside of her. He slapped her ass as he withdrew slowly from her and turned her to face him.
He kissed her gently but passionately. "You are mine," he said against her mouth. "That is my cum running down your thighs. That is my child growing inside of you and no matter what happens you will always be mine."
She nodded quickly before she spoke. "I wouldn't have it any other way," she murmured against his mouth.
"Good," he said before tucking himself away and pulling his pants back into position. Negan helped her pull her pants back on before turning to look at the rest of the house. "Home sweet home," he said. "I'll tell Rick we're moving in now," he said with a smirk. "Why don't you go lay down for a little while and I'll go tell him the good news."
Lucy smiled softly. "I think I could use a nap," she said trying to stop a yawn.
Negan kissed her again before walking out in search of Rick.
Carl was walking along the sidewalk pushing Judith in a stroller when he saw Negan bounce down the steps of Deanna's house. "What the hell is he up too?" Carl said to no one in particular.
"Carl!" Negan said turning his attention to the young man. "Where the fuck is your father kid? I need to tell him the great news!"
Carl shook his head. "He's in the meeting hall with some of the others."
"Thanks kid," Negan said with a wide grin. "You'll be seeing a lot more of me now that Lucy's knocked up! Hell I guess I can take lessons from your old man as to how not to be a father!"
Negan thumped Carl's hat before he took off down the sidewalk whistling as he walked.
"I hate him," Carl said to Judith. "I really, really hate him."
"Bad, bad, bad," Judith repeated clapping her hands.
"Bad, bad, bad," Carl agreed before moving on down the sidewalk to the front of Alexandria.
Lucy dozed on the sofa and while she dozed she dreamed.
He brushed his lips gently across the top of her head and rubbed his hand across her rotund abdomen. "You are so fucking sexy right now," he whispered in her ear and she groaned.
"How can you think that? I look like a beached whale! I fart all the time and I have to pee constantly. I don't know when I last had a good night's sleep so I have bags under my eyes. I look like I stepped out of a horror movie."
He smirked and planted a line of kisses along her cheek and jaw. "You are pregnant with our child and you could not be sexier if you were in a G-string dancing on a pole."
She smacked his hand and snuggled in next to him. "You have the oddest way with words."
"You like my fucking sentence enhancers and my alliterations."
She shook her head. "You don't even know what that means."
"I beg to differ!" she could hear the smirk in his voice. "I'm not just a baseball coach you know, I do have a bachelors in early child hood education."
"Alright Coach Negan, give me your best alliteration then."
"Hmmm… alright. Pregnant pause for peanuts."
She rolled her eyes. "I haven't wanted peanuts at all Coach," she said sarcastically.
A truck roared down the dirt road that led to their simple little house. "That will be Rick and Michonne," he said. "I hope they brought Carl and Enid with them. I miss that little fucker when he's not around."
"You are really going to have to clean up your language before the baby gets here Negan."
"Why? Worried their first word is going to be fuck or something?"
The old blue truck came to a stop in front of the house and Negan pushed himself up from the glider he was sitting in with Lucy. "Come on love," he said helping her to stand.
Rick had exited the truck and was helping Michonne out of the passenger's side. "My God woman if you get any bigger we are going to have to get a crane to get you out of that truck!"
"That is my wife you are talking about," Rick shouted from the truck. "Don't make me have to defend her honor!"
Negan chuckled. "Who would have thought that two of my favorite ladies would be having spawn at the same time?"
"At least they aren't by the same guy," Michonne said with a laugh as she waddled her way up steps to embrace Lucy in a sideways hug. "How are you feeling Lucy?"
"Sore and cranky, you?"
"Bitchy and mean."
"Really mean," Carl said from behind her which caused her to swat at him.
"Come on inside. Dinner's ready and Negan pulled the pie out of the oven a few minutes ago. Enid couldn't come Carl?" Lucy asked with a yawn.
"She's helping Maggie with the baby, but there was no way I was missing this visit."
They gathered around the table and laughed about the antics of the two pregnant women. Negan and Lucy smiled at the stories of Maggie's sweet baby and about how the colonies were flourishing.
Lucy smiled in her sleep. It was a really great dream.