"Michonne!"
"Back here in the kids room." Rick walked towards the sound of his wife's voice and was soon standing in front of a startled Carl who was naked and running away from anyone over three feet tall. Rick watched Carl run in the opposite direction then shaking his head walked into his room to find Michonne on her hands and knees looking under his bed.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to find Carl's shoe so we can leave. I think he hides them on purpose."
"Were you gonna put any other clothes on him, or is he just wearing shoes today?"
"There it is, found it." She turned on her side so she could reach the shoe that somehow ended up deep under his toddler sized bed. "What are you talking about?" She asked Rick as she sat up, feet tucked under her butt. "This is the last thing he needs." Her voice trailed off as she noticed the pile of clothes her son had shed including his diaper. She dropped her head in defeat just as Carl ran passed the door giggling with a toy duck in his hand. Rick laughed at her demeanor and Carl's antics. "This isn't funny Rick. He was just dressed a minute ago. All he needed was this shoe." She pointed the shoe towards him. "I'm blaming this on you." Rick continued to laugh as he walking to her to help her off the floor.
"How is it my fault? I just walked in here."
"He gets his obsession for being naked from you."
"Me?"
"Yes you. It's gotta be hereditary." Rick pulled her in close to him and kissed her neck.
"You like when I'm naked though." He squeezed her ass and continued to pepper kisses on her neck.
"I do like when you're naked, as you can see." She rubbed her belly. "But it's a different story when it comes to Carl. I need him dressed so we can go." She kissed his lips and he hugged her just a little more tighter to him. "Help me wrangle the little naked sprinter please."
"Team Grimes." He said with a little chuckle. He scooped up the pile of clothes and Michonne grabbed a diaper.
"Carl!" They both yelled in unison. They walked towards his laughter and found Carl in the living room playing with his toy duck on the coffee table.
"Hi." He waved to them as they walked closer.
"Hi. Pumpkin." Carl ran to her, arms up to be picked up. She kissed his face and with Rick's help had him fully dressed, shoes and all in no time.
"Alright. Come on buddy. Let's go see your sister and Granny."
"Okay. Y'all be good. I'll be by after class to eat."
"Say bye mama. We love you." Rick said.
"I love you too." She kissed both of them and then went to grab her bag so that they could walk out together.
"Okay ladies. Y'all ready for this? 5,6,7,8 and to the left." Since Rosita found out she was pregnant, she added a maternity Zumba class to the dance studio. It was one of her more popular classes and filled up quickly. The 45 minute class went by fast, leaving everyone in attendance sweaty and feeling good.
"Oh my god. Maybe I need to get pregnant so I can drop it low like you guys." Andrea said to Michonne and Sasha after class.
"How you think we got this way." Sasha joked back.
"Andrea, how is it that you sweat more than everyone else in the class?" Michonne asked her.
"I keep trying to get her to take one of my other classes."
"I don't want to take one of your other classes, Rosita. I want to take the one with all the pregnant ladies so I can go at my own pace."
"I always tell you to go at your own pace. What are you talking about?" Rosita said a bit offended.
"You do, but pregnant pace is more my pace and when I slow down during this class, I don't get the she's out of shape stares from the moms to be."
"That's all in your head." Sasha told her. "Everyone looks at you like you're out of shape."
"Don't you have some squirrel to catch or something?" Andrea asked her.
"Nope. Daryl's got that handled."
"Shit. Now I want some squirrel stew. Tell Daryl to make me some please."
"You are so weird Michonne." Sasha said. "I don't even like that. But it will give me a chance to use the new rifle he got me for Christmas."
"You got a rifle for Christmas?" Andrea asked.
"She did. And it's bad ass." Rosita said. "I need to ask Abe to teach me to shoot."
"Yeah. Maybe we all need to learn. Then we'll be a bunch of gun totting women protecting the folks of King County." Andrea scoffed.
"That doesn't sound too bad. I can strap Judith to my back while fighting off the bad guys."
"I'm sure Rick would love that." Sasha said.
"He would." Andrea said. "Then he'd take her home and fuck her brains out and she'd pop out another kid 9 months later."
"You're such a hater Andrea. Just wait, one day soon, you'll be walking around just like us." Rosita said as she rubbed her belly.
"Don't hold your breath." Andrea said. "Don't you have somewhere to be Michonne?" Andrea asked her, hoping to get everyone's attention off of her.
"Yeah. I'll see y'all tomorrow at the party." Michonne said gathering her things.
"Can't wait. Tell Carl we said hi." Sasha said
"Hey Penny pie, I missed you. Did you have fun with Granny today?"
"Oh we had a good time. Lots of fun girl time." Ms. Evelyn answered for Judith.
"How many dresses did Granny buy you? Michonne asked a smiling Judith who was all decked out in ruffles
"Remember Judith, we made a deal. Ms." Evelyn said. "What mommy doesn't know won't hurt her."
"Oh really? That sounds like at least three dresses." Michonne laughed at her mother in laws indulgences and spoiling of her granddaughter. She didn't mind though and the fact that she never had a daughter of her own made Michonne not fuss too much about it. "Where's your brother and your daddy?" She asked Judith, who pointed in the direction of the backyard.
"They're out in the back. Carl wanted to look for dinosaurs and Richard is obliging him." Michonne smiled thinking about them hunting dinosaurs. "Let me show you the party dress I got Judith. I'll be right back." She was off in a flash and back with a big white bag that covered a magenta colored dress with ruffles and intricate flower details.
"That's beautiful. Oh Judy, you're gonna look like a princess at your brother's party."
"Oh and I got these. I have to get Richard to put them on my car." She pulled out a sheet of stickers for her car window, the kind that showcased all the kids. "See this one says granny and then there's some boys and some little girl ones. They all have cute curly hair."
"There's 10 stickers here Ms. Evelyn."
"Isn't that great?" I just add a sticker every time y'all add a baby."
"We're not having 10 babies though."
"Oh how can say. You and Richard seem to be so good at making them, who knows how many you'll have."
"Mama!" Carl yelled when he came inside and saw his mother.
"Hey pumpkin. Did you and daddy find any dinosaurs?"
"No. Look." He held up a soft baseball in his hand.
"Was daddy teaching you how to catch?" Carl nodded his head yes and then threw the ball which made Judith want down to play too.
"Look Rick." Michonne said. "Your mama has some stickers she wants you to put on her car." She handed him the sheet of "hand drawn" stickers of curly haired kids.
"You want me to put all of these on?"
"Oh no, she said she'll just add them as we have them."
"10 mama?"
"What?" Ms. Evelyn asked him not understanding his question. "It's not like it can't happen."
"Okay mama, I'm gonna go put these on your car."
"Thank you Richard. We'll be ready to eat when you get back in here."
"Happy Birthday Carl!" Sasha said to the two year old, before blowing a noise maker in his face to his delight.
"Man didn't we just have a birthday party for a Grimes kid?" Shane joked to the adults of the party.
"Whatever Shane. You need to get used to it." Daryl said. "They're on number three, and there's two other women expecting too."
"Kids parties are in your future dude." Glenn said to him looking around at the brightly colored dinosaurs that decorated the Grimes house. The three musketeers were running around chasing each other with the balloons that Rick blew up.
"Where's the beer man? All I see are juice boxes." Shane asked Rick with a bit more edge than he intended to.
"Outside in the cooler." They watched Shane disappear before Rick looked over at the other men to find out what his problem was.
"He and Andrea are off again." Glenn said.
"It doesn't help that all these women around here are pregnant either." Abe said rubbing his stomach smelling the food from the kitchen. "Should of just left his sad ass at the station." He added before turning his head towards Daryl. "So how's the Mrs. doing with the new rifle?"
"She's a fucking crack shot. Sniper level."
"Shit. That good huh? Damn mama bear. Rosita said they were all trying to get to the range soon. Maggie too." Abe said to Glenn.
"Yeah, Maggie grew up on the farm, she good with a gun." Glenn said as Rick scratched his beard thinking about his wife holding his gun in her hands.
"You'd think Rosita's hands would be too small for the cold hard steel of a deadly pistol, but I guess if she can handle my giant…."
"Please don't finish that sentence." Glenn begged.
"Oh don't be like that my friend." Abe said standing up and patting Glenn on the back. "I'm a very large man. All over if you know what I mean. Now it's time to grub."
"You work with that everyday?" Glenn asked Rick.
"Yep, but I also have a door to my office to keep him out. Let's go get some food."
"Maggie, where's that daddy of yours? I was sure he'd be here by now trying to spoil my grand babies."
"He said he'd be by later, said something about a big surprise for the kids."
"A big surprise? It better not be something crazy." Ms. Evelyn said as she walked off trying to think of what Hershel could be surprising the kids with. Maggie looked at Michonne and laughed.
"The competition continues." Michonne said.
"Is my mama still fighting with Hershel over the number one grandparent spot." Rick asked Michonne as he came up beside her and rubbed her shoulder.
"Yes, she is. And this surprise he has for the kids doesn't help any."
"A surprise? What kind of surprise?" Glenn asked.
"No clue. Daddy wouldn't say." Maggie said. "Knowing him it could be anything."
"Great." Rick said hoping Hershel's surprise didn't overshadow his surprise for his son.
"So Rick." Andrea said snapping him from his thoughts. "You've got my girl barefoot and pregnant again." Rick looked down at Michonne's brightly colored toenails. "And I see that white picket fence out there. What's next in your list of country cliches?" Rick didn't answer her, he just inhaled through his nose and kissed Michonne on her temple before walking away to chase after the three musketeers.
"Let's just eat so that we can open presents and have some cake okay?" Michonne said to everyone, but especially to Andrea.
"Sounds good to me." Sasha said going for the nachos.
"Go easy on the jalapeños." Daryl said to her. "Don't need you up all night complaining." She rolled her eyes at him, but listened all the same.
"Here ya go." Rick handed Judith to Michonne and he carried Carl to the table so they could eat.
"Hey Penny pie, it's time to eat." She smoothed her party dress down and Judith shook her head wanting to hear the clank of her beads as they swung in her hair.
"How do you get her to stay still when you do her hair?" Rosita asked her, touching the plastic beads.
"I do it when she's asleep." Michonne answered trying to hold on to the squirming child.
"Must be nice to wake up to hair that's already done." Rosita said as Michonne laughed.
"Yeah. Too bad she doesn't appreciate it yet." She walked her over to the table where Rick had already placed her food. She dug in as well as everyone else, eating and talking and listening to Glenn jr. crack jokes making Carl and Judith laugh.
"Ms. Evelyn, he loves that truck. He hasn't even looked twice at the other gifts." Michonne said as she watched Carl roll the large yellow Tonka truck across the floor.
"Can you believe that's the same truck Richard used to play with? They don't make those trucks like that anymore. Carl will probably be giving it to his son one day."
"Oh god, let's not talk about that. Let's keep him my baby for a bit longer."
"Hey everybody, daddy's here." Maggie said looking apologetically at Rick and Michonne. "He needs us to bring the kids outside." Michonne and Rick walked slowly to the front door, kids in tow while Glenn and Glenn jr. walked ahead of them. Once outside the kids all yelled out together once they noticed them.
"Chickens!" And off they went running after them, trying to catch the feathered fowls.
"Hershel Greene! What in the world?" Ms. Evelyn asked him with her hands on her hips.
"Oh Evelyn, they're just chickens. Look how much fun the kids are having." He looked over at them and smiled. "It's never too early for a little responsibility and fresh eggs."
"Did you give Carl six chickens?" Michonne asked him.
"Oh no. Two for each of them."
"Daddy, we don't have a yard. Where are we supposed to put them?" Maggie asked.
"Rick and Michonne have a yard, I'm sure they wouldn't mind keeping them for you. Would you Rick?"
"Well. Rick nodded his head slowly and scratched his beard. "It's not a problem. What's two more chickens right?" Everyone looked up as a truck pulled into the long driveway. "And here my surprise." Rick walked over to the man who got out of the truck, they shook hands and walked to the back of the truck. When Rick came back into view of everyone, he was holding a light brown boxer puppy with a blue bow tied around its collar.
"Puppy!" Carl yelled. Forgetting the chickens momentarily to run to his daddy and the cute puppy he held in his arms. Rick squatted down so that Carl and the other musketeers could pet and get licked by the new pet.
"Carl and Judith say hi to Colt." Judith and Glenn jr. waved at the puppy and Carl scratched its head. When Colt finally got his little paws on the ground, he took off towards the chickens and was immediately followed by the children.
"Looks like you'll be pulling out those tools again to make a chicken coup Rick." Daryl said to him. "And I'll be needing some of those eggs for omelettes."
"You'll have to take that up with Glenn and Maggie." Any eggs that come from a Grimes chicken stays with us." Michonne said to Daryl.
"Oh man, is that how you're gonna do me? Even after I made squirrel stew for you?" Michonne dipped her head down and then exhaled.
"Fine. We'll give you two dozen, then we can discuss future arrangements, and you have to help Rick build the chicken coup. I pretty one that matches the house."
"Why, me? Some of those chickens belong to Glenn."
"Just two are his, and if you want eggs, you'll help Rick." She looked over at Rick and smiled.
"Fine." Daryl extended his hand to her to seal the deal.
"Damn, Rick. You sure she's not a lawyer on the side?" Abe asked.
"I wouldn't put it past her." He said. He leaned in to kiss her on the lips and pat her ass. "Should of added a dog house to that deal."
"Ugh." Michonne said climbing into the bed as Rick walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower, his towel still srapped around his waist.
"Everyone get to bed alright?"
"Yes, three books later and they are finally out. Even Colt is out. He's sleeping next to Carl's bed. I put the puppy pad down, so hopefully we don't have too much of a mess to clean up in the morning." Rick laid on the bed and picked up one of Michonne's feet to rub it. "That feels so good."
"You feeling alright?"
"Yes, just a bit tired." She rubbed her belly. "I'm glad this baby will be born in the summer, it'll give us a break from the back to back birthdays and holiday parties."
"Year round birthday parties since I keep you barefoot and pregnant?" He kissed her foot. "I've always liked your feet."
"Oh yeah, what else do you like?" She asked him as he started to crawl up the bed pulling her down to her back so he could get to her awaiting lips.
"I like these." He kissed her lips, slipping his tongue past them. "And this." He moved down and sucked on her neck. "And these." He gently squeezed her breast and kissed the other one over her shirt. "I like this." His tongue made a trail down her stomach, stopping at the waistband of her pajama shorts, he pulled them down her legs, and they went flying over his shoulder. He kissed the inside of her thighs. "I love everything about you." He started to lick at her warm clit, watching her as he did.
"Oh, shit." She whispered. "I love everything about us Rick. Ohh. Our babies, our house. Ohhhh."
"Keep going." He gave all his attention to her clit, moving slow so she could talk. He could smell her getting wetter, and as much as he wanted to move his tongue down to taste her, he kept the slow circles going around her nub.
"You. I love you." She moaned and as good as his tongue felt teasing her the way he was, she wanted more and she knew just how to get it. "Ahhh." With a deep breath she continued. "I love your hot tongue right there, ohhh and inside my pussy. I'm so wet Rick." She started to move her hips to the same rhythm of his tongue. She heard his moan and he started to move his tongue faster. "I love when you make me cum."
"I can make you cum, if you ask nicely."
"Please daddy. Make me cum. Please." He placed a wet kiss to her clit, before climbing back up her body, careful not to put too much weight on her belly. He lined himself up at her entrance and slowly pushed inside her. "Ohhh. Fuck. I love you."
"I love you." He kissed her lips. "I love us. Shit Michonne. I love you. I love you." Rick continued to declare his love for her and for the life they'd made together until they both were so overcome with feelings and emotions that they reached their peaks at the same time, Rick fisting her hair and Michonne clinging to his arm. Once their breathing slowed down he touched his forehead to hers. "I love when I make you cum too." He said with a chuckle.
"I'm glad since you do it so much." Rick slid out of her warmth and settled on his side next to her, rubbing her arm with his thumb. "You know what?"
"What's that?" He asked.
"I even love our new puppy and our chickens." She laughed. "We've got a great life."
"Yeah we do."