Lexi and Negan had made their self comfortable in Rick's house in Alexandria. Taking a tour, Negan playing with Judith, and Lexi making sure Olivia didn't shit her pants every five minutes from Negan's intimidating words, or looks.
Lexi stood in the bathroom door way, Carl holding Judith on his lap as they sat on the toilet lid, while Negan stood in the mirror, his cheeks, jaw line, chin and below his nose covered in shaving cream, the blade on the sink.
Carl's eyes glanced at the blade, before Lexi shifted slightly to get his attention, once Carl's eye shot at Lexi; she shook her head to warn him. Negan soon picked up the blade and started shaving.
"Against the grain, kid, always against the grain" Negan smirked as the peppered scruff on his face slowly piled up in the sink. Negan's face was soon baby skin smooth.
"You look like a different person" she grinned to herself "It's hot, makes you look younger" she teased grabbing the towel and cleaning the rest of the foam off his face, once his face was clear, she leaned in and kissed him softly "I can't wait to feel it between my thighs" She winked "Come on I'm hungry" she told him leading them out of the bathroom and downstairs to the kitchen.
Soon Negan was in an apron, stirring the pot of spaghetti Bolognese.
"You should cook for me more often" she told him
"And why's that angel" he asked
"Because for desert I would give you something amazing" she winked "which I won't say outloud because there are children present" she added glancing at Carl and Judith, and Olivia standing by the door.
"Maybe I should take you up on that offer" he winked, grinning. He leaned in, holding up the wooden spoon, sniffing it before taking a taste. "Ah. Damn, that smells good. Mmm! Want a taste?" he asked Carl before chuckling as Carl denied it "Okay"
The sound of the door opened, as Olivia disappeared to deal with whoever turned up on the door, they exchanged a brief conversation, before Olivia returned with the powdered lemonade.
After the dinner was finally complete, and the lemonade was made, they all sat down at the table. Negan at the head of the table, Lucille on another chair, beside Olivia holding a sleeping Judith, an empty chair for Rick at the other end, Carl beside and Lexi beside her husband and the kid.
Negan clicked his tongue before speaking "We're gonna need another setting" he said. A few minutes went by; Negan was getting frustrated, sighing "I'm not waiting for your dad anymore. I don't know where the hell he is, but Lucille is hungry. Carl, pass the rolls. Please" Negan asked kindly, before Carl handed over the basket to Negan, soon they all tucked in.
"Okay that was the most decent meal we have had for a long time" Lexi spoke out as she cleared her plate, holding her bloated stomach "and I thought I was the best chef at the Sanctuary, I have competition" she smiled at her husband "Might have to burn the calories off later" she told him smirking before hearing her good friend, Arat, raising her eyebrow. "Want me to see what's going on?" she asked
"I will" he said standing up from the table.
"No" Arat spoke out, standing on the porch stairs, talking to a man with a glass bottle of bourbon.
"I just want to talk to him" he told her
"I said no" Arat warned him. Negan opened the front door seeing Arat and a brunette standing there.
"Don't be an asshole, Arat. Let the man pass" he grinned "Oh, crap. Is that for me?" he asked motioning at the whiskey bottle
"We haven't officially met. I'm Spencer Monroe"
"Hi." Negan simply spoke before inviting Spencer up to the house.
As Negan sat out on the porch with Spencer drinking a glass of whiskey, Lexi stood in the door way.
"Running water, air conditioning, a housewarming gift?" he breathed in sharply before continuing "That settles it. I am getting myself a vacation home here"
"Cheers to that" Spencer agreed clinking their glasses together
"Mm. Mmm. Oh, that is good. You know, the only thing missing is a pool table" Negan added, turning his head and glancing at his wife standing in the door way, a smirk appearing on his face. Oh yes, she remembered the many times kicking everyone out of the entertainment room, when she lost a game of 8 ball, before he soon bent her over the table, and pounded the table so hard, he pocketed some of the balls. "Nothing better than a good game of 8 ball."
"The house across the street has one in the garage" Spencer told him, pointing to the garage across the street.
"Oh, Spencer, you may just be my new best friend" Negan chuckled at him "Such a nice day, though - too nice to be cooped up inside some garage, don't you think? Yeah. Oh, I got a better idea" Negan stood up, before Lexi saw a truck enter Alexandria
"Enjoy your game, I will go see what they have, Rick might be back" she told him walking over to her husband, kissing his cheek, before stroking the smooth skin "I'm loving this new look...try not to kill him" she told him "And we are so having a game of 8 ball when we get home" she told winking as she walked off towards the truck.
"Not bad" Gary spoke out as they grabbed the boxes from the truck, the supplies Rick and Aaron got from their supply run.
"We had to go out pretty far" Aaron confirmed
"What the hell's this? Congrats for winning. But you still lose? You leave us a little love note?" Laura asked grabbing the piece of paper with a middle finger on the paper
"No, I just – "Aaron protested, chuckling kindly, which was the wrong move"I mean - We wouldn't, obviously – "
"Wait" David stopped his words
"What?" Aaron asked
"Did you just say it's obvious?" he asked Aaron pinning him to the truck, before colliding his fist into his stomach.
"Ohh! We didn't do that" Aaron protested against them, telling them they were innocent
"It's not about the damn note!" David shouted kicking him to the floor. Rick walked over to try and stop it before Gary stood in front of him, stopping his path.
"Hey. Don't. Run along to Negan, Rick" he warned him
"Ohh!" Aaron blew out a breath from another kick to the stomach
"But your friend here - he's got no place to be" Gary told him, before Aaron grunted again
"You - back up!" Laura shouted cocking her gun at Rick, soon Lexi rushed over.
"What the fuck is going on?" she asked looking at David "Stop kicking him" she warned him "We are guests here, don't fuck that up, and for once Negan is the good guy right now" she told him "What happened?" she asked them "Laura put the gun down please" she asked the blonde with the tight bun and some weird tattoo on her neck. Laura sighed before putting her gun down from Rick's face. "Tell me why you are beating him up?" she asked
"They left a note for us" Laura said holding it up. Lexi looked at the note and raised her eyebrow.
"And you think they did this?" she asked "Rick, did you write this?" she asked
"No we didn't, we just grabbed all the boxes from the boat" he told her
"Okay, thank you for explaining" she told him before looking at the Saviors "For all we know who ever had the supplies wrote this note, meaning they are innocent. Why would they write this threatening note and fuck everything up? You really think they want a beating?" she asked them "So far Rick has done everything Negan has asked, and from what he looks like, he's gone through hell and back again, so why write the note?" she asked again "they wouldn't risk fucking everything up, especially when it involves their lives on a life line" she asked "Get him up from the floor and get everything off the truck and into our truck" Lexi told them, the 2 male saviors looking at her not moving "that's a fucking order, you wanna tell Negan why you fucked this up for him? Being here? He's having a nice time, don't make him regret making you one of this best men" she advised "move" she ordered them, before turning to look at Rick "you're welcome by the way" she added. He nodded in thanks, before Lexi walked off.
"I could never do this with Rick. He would just be standing there, scowling, giving me that annoying side-eye he gives me" Negan took the pool stick from one of the saviors, as some of the Alexandrians walked over.
"That's actually what I came to see you about. I want to talk to you about Rick" Spencer told him grabbing his own pool stick. Negan breathed in sharply, grabbing the blue little cube, rubbed it on the end of the stick, before taking aim.
"All right. Talk to me, Spencer. Talk to me about Rick" Negan told him, before glancing at his wife returning to his location to watch him play pool. She walked over to Negan and whispered in his ear.
"Everything is good, Rick is back, just unloading the truck, just had a little disagreement, but I sorted it" she told him, kissing his cheek before standing back and watching the two men play.
"I get what you're trying to do here, what you're trying to build" Spencer continued not wanting to interrupt Negan and his first wife "I'm not saying I agree with your methods, but I get it. You're building a network. You're making people contribute for the greater good. It makes sense. But you should know that Rick Grimes has a history of not working well with others" Negan moved around to the other side of the table.
"Mm" Negan aimed the stick with the white ball before sending the white ball off, clacking against the others.
"Is that so?" Negan asked
"Rick wasn't the original leader here. My mom was. She was doing a really good job of it. Then she died, not long after Rick showed up - same with my brother, same with my dad"
"So, everything was peachy here for - what - years? And then Rick shows up, and suddenly, you're an orphan? That is the saddest story I've ever heard. Good thing for you he's not in charge anymore"
"Doesn't matter. His ego's out of control. He'll find a way to screw things up, to try and do things his way, to take over. That's what he did with my mom. That's what he'll do again" Spencer explained taking his shot
"What exactly are you proposing be done about that?" Negan asked the man
"I am my mother's son. I can be the leader she was. That's what this place needs. That's what you need"
"So I should put you in charge - that's what you're saying? We'd be much better off" Spencer took aim again, as Negan looked at him smirking.
"My heart's still beating, right?" Negan asked patting over his heart "You know, I'm thinking, Spencer. I'm thinking how Rick threatened to kill me, how he clearly hates my guts. But he is out there right now, gathering shit for me to make sure I don't hurt any of the fine people that live here. He is swallowing his hate and getting-"Negan chuckled "shit done. That takes guts. And then there's you The guy who waited for Rick to be gone so he could sneak over and talk to me to get me to do his dirty work, so he could take Rick's place. So I got to ask - if you wanna take over, why not just kill Rick yourself and just take over?" Negan asked him, his threatening tone taking over.
"What? No, no. I didn't - I don't - You know what I'm thinking?" Spencer panicked
"'Cause I have a guess" he said leaning in and whispering into Spencer's ear "It's because you got no guts" Negan quickly drew out his long thick shiny blade, plunging it into Spencer's stomach. Spencer gasped, before he groaned from the pain and shock. Negan then drew the knife along his stomach, slicing him right open, and his intestines pouring out.
"Jesus Christ! Negan!" Lexi protested. This was a first time she had ever seen this happen, she was a fan of gory horror movies, but this was a little too much.
"Ohh! Ohh. How embarrassing. There they are. They were inside you the whole time. You did have guts. I've never been so wrong in my whole life! Now, someone oughta get up here and clean this mess up. Oh. Anyone want to finish the game? C'mon. Anybody? Anybody? C'mon" Negan smirked as Spencer fell on the floor, holding his guts in his hands, blood splattered on Negan's baby soft face. "I was winning!"
Suddenly out of nowhere, a gun went off. All eyes turned to Rosita, her gun aimed at Negan, her eyes widened, she missed.
"Shit! What the shit?! Shit! You just - You tried to kill me?! You shot Lucille! She got in the way." Arat quickly grabbed Rosita, sending her to the floor, discarding her gun. Lexi rushed over standing beside her husband, she needed to see for herself that he was okay, and he was, slightly. Lexi looked around and picked up the casing from the bullet, handing it to Negan. "What is this? What is this? This little bad boy made from scratch? Look at those crimps. This was homemade. You may be stupid, darlin', but you showed some real ingenuity here. Arat, move that knife up out on that girl's face. Lucille's beautiful, smooth surface is never gonna look the same, so why should yours?! Unless, unless you tell me who made this" he questioned Rosita
"It was me. I made it" she protested
"You see, now I just think you're lying. And are you lying to me now?! Such a shame. Arat's gonna have to cut up that pretty face" Arat leaned her blade in, giving Rosita a clean straight deep wound on her cheek, that would leave a scar. "One more try"
"It was me" Negan chuckled at the girl's response
"Oh! You are such a badass! Fine. Have it your way. Arat Kill somebody." Negan ordered
"No. It was me! No!" Arat aimed the gun and shot her gun, sending Olivia to the floor. Carl quickly checked on Olivia, she was dead.
"You could have shot somebody else Negan, Olivia was innocent" she told him, clearly upset. She liked Olivia, she looked after the little girl, and she was innocent.
"We had an agreement!" Rick shouted out as he joined the group.
" Rick! Look, everybody, it's Rick. Ah, your people are making me lose my voice doing' all this yelling. Rick how about a "thank you"? I mean, look, I know we started this relationship with me beating the holy shit out of your friends, and because of that, we're never gonna sit around and braid each other's hair or share our deepest, darkest secrets, but how about a little credit? I just bent over backwards to show you how reasonable I am. Your kid - he hid in one of my trucks and machine-gunned a bunch of my men down, and I brought him home, safe and sound, and I fed him spaghetti" he told Rick, Rick turned around shocked at Carl as he stood beside Olivia's dead body, Negan grinning "Another one of your people - well, he wanted me to kill you and put him in charge. I took him out for you. And another one, here - she shot Lucille, trying to kill me just now, so I gave you one less mouth to feed. And by looking at her - that mouth did some major damage" Lexi frowned and slapped his leather arm
"Negan too far, Jesus" she sighed, shocked over what happened. Today went from good to shit in a few seconds.
"Now, personally, I wouldn't have picked her to be the one to go, but Arat" he said looking at his favourite female savoir, sighing, "- I don't know - didn't trust her"
"Your shit's waiting for you at the gate. Just go" Rick told him kindly annoyed
"Sure thing, Rick right after I find the guy or gal that made this bullet. Arat?" Negan asked, Arat pointing her gun at the Alexandria's
"It was me!" Rosita called out
"No, it wasn't" The man with the bullet, crying like a baby spoke out "It was me. It was only me"
"You?" Negan asked confused
The man started breathing quickly "It required one spent casing, one four-holed turret reloader, powder, one funnel for the powder –"
"Shut up. I believe you"
"It's always the quiet ones" Lexi mumbled to her husband "looks like he is gonna shit his pants" Negan breathed in deeply before holding up Lucille, now with a bullet hole in her.
"Lucille, give me strength" he sighed "I'm gonna be relieving you of your bullet maker, Rick - that and whatever you left for me at the front gate. And however much you scavenged, it's not good enough, because you're still in a serious, serious hole after today. Let's move out!" Negan ordered, the savoir taking the mullet man to their truck, before Rosita protested on the floor, crying
"No! No, no! Please, just take me! No!
"Rick, I ain't gonna lie - your kitchen is a goddamn mess" Negan chuckled "I'll see you next time" Negan grabbed Lexi's hand before walking off "Now we have a pool game to play, angel" he smirked
Somehow Negan always knew how to make Lexi forget quickly "As much as what happened still shocks me, and I don't appreciate Olivia being killed, which I will tell Arat how upset I am with her, you always know how to cheer me up" she smirked
"Anything for my first wife" he winked as they departed Alexandria.
