**** Wow, two chapters in one day.. that's a record for me.

Sooo, in this chapter, I did something a little different.. you all are going to see Heath's point of view and what he has in that little mind of his, but you're also going to see Rick's too while he's hiding behind the bush.. he can hear every word that Heath and Michonne says, so I thought it would be nice to go over what he thinks.. so it shouldn't be that confusing.. I've labeled them and everything... also, whenever they're thinking, I do repeat stuff.. like their thoughts, I do that with Rick a lot. His thoughts are all a mess... but anyway... I hope you all like it :)*****

Heath went to sit on the picnic table. He figured that Michonne wasn't coming back, but he was surprised to see her walk out from the side of the house.

He looked at her and she looked calm.

"So, are we still going to do this?", she asked as she looked at him.

"Only if you're able to", Heath said. "Are you sure you can?"

Michonne nodded.

"Alright", Heath said quietly. "Let's do this."

-Heath's POV-

I don't understand what Rick's problem is. It was an accident, and he didn't even bother to ask what happened first. He just went all psycho and threatened me. I feel bad about it... I really really do. I HATE RICK... he doesn't deserve Michonne. Rick's a murderer and he doesn't even treat Michonne like he should.. who does he think he is? He acts like he owns the whole town. Rick treats Michonne like she's property and she never gets to do anything. She may be married to him, but she isn't his.. not the way Rick thinks... she isn't property.

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't force her to marry him... I know Michonne doesn't love him. She just doesn't act right around him. He probably beats her.. Rick doesn't deserve Michonne... he fucking doesn't... she's too nice for him.. He's so insane that he might kill her too.

Rick doesn't deserve Michonne.. she needs a man who will treat her right.. a man to make her feel loved and he doesn't do any of that. Michonne is wasting her time with him.

The world is bad enough, why does Rick Grimes have to be in it? Why does Michonne have to be put through hell with him?

Oh god, she's so beautiful...

There's something about Michonne... I can't ever get her out of mind. There's some beautiful women here.. Maggie, Sasha, Rosita, and even Enid, but she's too young for me. None of them can match Michonne.. Not one of them.

Maybe who she really needs.. is ME.. I would treat her like she SHOULD be treated. I could protect her... I could be all the things she wants.. all the things she needs.

But what about Rick? Wait, what about him?

He's married to Michonne.. but she doesn't really want him, I know she doesn't. Who would want to be with someone like Rick? He's a killer.

She just needs a little help realizing that she really doesn't want him, but how could I make her see.. make her want to leave him?

I could show her that she doesn't need an asshole like him.. I am who she needs..

But isn't she older than me? That doesn't matter... I am younger, but I'm a better man than that son of a bitch.

The way she handles herself is beautiful.. the way she uses that sword.. the way she walks and the way her jeans fit just right...

Stop. I need to figure out how I'm going to do this.. I get her first, then I can think about all of that.

I flirt with her.. that's how I do it.. spend more time with her.. but how will I do that? How? How can I do that? Think, idiot, think.

Maybe I can try to get her to come over more often or invite her to dinner?

Maybe I can get Deanna to help me... after all, she does anything for me.. the only reason I got Michonne to do this was because of Deanna. And that psycho Rick can't do anything because Deanna will kick him out... maybe that's what I need to do.. make Rick so mad that he will try to do something and try to get him kicked out.. after all, Deanna would hate Rick for trying to hurt someone who she views as a son... after that, Michonne can be mine.

Don't get me wrong, swords are cool, but I didn't do this because I wanted to learn.. I wanted to do this because I wanted to get to know Michonne more..

I have to say.. Carl is a pretty cool kid even though he's Rick's son.. it's a good thing that Rick hasn't rubbed off on him too much or has he?

Rick's like a cold.. everyone who's around him gets caught under his spell and they have to be on his side... how can he even be a leader? Leader of what? There is nothing to be in charge of anymore and he thinks he can just tell everyone what to do..

I know Rick more than he thinks I do.. I watched the tapes.. the ones before Deanna let them in Alexandria..

And he's a cold, cold monster.. I can see it in his eyes.. he wants to kill everyone..

That's why I HAVE to get Michonne and Carl away from him.. before it's too late.

Flirting with Michonne is the best option, but getting Rick kicked out is an even better one..

Hmmmmm... This is going to be a challenge... but everyone knows me. I like challenges.

-End of Heath's POV-

"I forgot to ask you. Do you want a band-aid for your arm?", Heath asked Michonne.

Michonne shook her head. "I'll be fine. It isn't even bleeding."

"I'm going to get you one anyway", Heath told her.

"I'm going to check on Enid and Carl", Michonne said as she followed him into the house.

+Rick's POV+

What the hell? Can't the guy take a damn hint? She said that she didn't want a fucking band-aid. Why did she follow him into the house?

Shit.

+End of Rick's POV+

"Now where were we?, Heath asked Michonne as they walked back outside.

"I can show you what should be done before you swing", Michonne said and Heath nodded.

"Before you go through with it, you need to know a few things. You don't just use your arms, but your body too. When you swing, you have to mean it and you have to be careful so you won't pull a muscle in your arms or hurt your back. Trust me, I've done it before."

Michonne showed him how to swing a sword properly.

"Can I try now?", Heath asked.

"Yes, just do it over there", Michonne said as she pointed across the yard.

Heath stepped away and did everything that Michonne told him to do. "Hey, I did it."

"It needs some work", Michonne told him. "At least you didn't throw it at me. Let's practice a few more times."

They stopped practicing when Carl came rushing out. "Michonne!", he yelled excitedly.

"What?", Michonne asked. "Is something wrong?"

"No", Carl told her. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"Heath has a whole container dedicated to Spider-Man comics!"

Michonne started smiling. Those were her favorite. "Really?", she asked and Carl nodded.

"Wait a second", Heath said. You like comic books?"

Michonne didn't have time to answer before Carl shouted, "She loves them!"

"That's so cool. Not a lot of chicks read comic books", Heath said while looking at Michonne.

-Heath's POV-

Bingo. I'll invite her over to my house to read comic books.

-End of Heath's POV-

"Yeah", Carl agreed. "Michonne's the one who got me into them."

+Rick's POV+

I can't stand the way that fucker is looking at her. She is married. Can't he understand that? His face is always lighting up whenever he looks at her... she's mine.. fucking mine. Why did he call her a chick? She's a woman for crying out loud.

Son of a bitch.

+End or Rick's POV+

"Hey, do you want to take a little break?", Heath asked Michonne after Carl went back inside. "My arms are getting sore."

Michonne nodded and put her sword back in her sheath and Heath did the same.

"Do you want a beer or something?", Heath asked her.

Michonne turned around to look at him. "No. I hardly ever drink."

"I have lemonade."

"That'll be fine."

"I'll be right back", Heath told her before he went into the house.

+Rick's POV+

Who the hell does this guy think he is... offering alcohol to Michonne? Of course she can drink it, but what is he trying to do... get her drunk? I have NEVER tried to do that.

+End of Rick's POV+

Heath returned with two glasses of lemonade. He gave one to Michonne and sat down beside her on the table.

"My arms are sore", Heath complained again.

Michonne really didn't know what he wanted her to do about it... massage them? Hell no. "It'll be like that until you get used to holding it. My arms used to get really sore when I first started using mine."

"So, they don't get sore anymore at all?", Heath asked.

"No. They got used to it. Using a sword also builds your upper body strength."

"Is that why you're in really good shape?", Heath asked as he looked Michonne up and down.

"Part of it", Michonne said as she stared straight ahead.

+Rick's POV+

I think I'm going to take Abraham up on his offer.. if I can't kill Heath, I can let him... but no, i can't. I can't let him get banished.. that wouldn't be right.

But didn't Abraham offer? He did.. but how would that make me look? Getting someone else to solve my problems... I can't. That just wouldn't be right.

I'll ONLY go to him if that's the last option available.

The more I think about it.. what if that's what Heath really wants? What if he's trying to get me banished so he can have Michonne for himself? He won't ever get her.. he won't.

+End of Rick's POV+

"So, are we ever going to go outside the wall so I can practice killing walkers?", Heath asked Michonne.

"I don't know", Michonne said. "Probably not. We can find other ways to practice, but it's too dangerous to just go out there for fun."

"You're really good at using a sword and I can get way better. When we're out there, we'll be a team, so what would be the problem?", Heath asked her.

Michonne didn't even like to be outside of the walls when she had to, so she wasn't going to go out for the hell of it. First of all, Rick was her team and she didn't need to add anyone else. It was always Rick and her. Second, Heath was acting like they were best friends and Michonne didn't even know how he could have came up with that.

"It's too dangerous", Michonne told him again.

"We could get other people to go with us. We would be safer in a group."

"Risking people's lives just to practice with a sword?", Michonne asked as she looked at him. "I'm not doing that."

"You don't want to or you can't?", he challenged.

"It's too dangerous", Michonne repeated for the third time. Couldn't he get the point?

"Is it because Rick wouldn't want you to go?"

There he went again... bringing Rick into the conversation.

Michonne sighed. "Truthfully, yes and I'd agree with him."

"Does Rick even let you do anything?", Heath asked her. "You have rights too."

+Rick's POV+

Why the hell was I brought up into the conversation? Hell no, she wouldn't go out there.. why would she even go out there? It's too dangerous and that fucker doesn't see that.. and Michonne gets to do anything she wants unless it's dangerous. I don't care what she does unless I know she's going to get hurt.

I keep her safe.

I keep her alive.

That's all that matters.

+End of Rick's POV+

Michonne sighed and stood up. She had just about enough of Heath. "Look, I'm not going to come here and do this so you can talk bad about him. Rick's my husband and he does the things he does because he has reasons... reasons that you would never understand.. Rick's very protective over me, and yes, maybe he did overreact a little, but that's only because he loves me. So, if this whole thing is to get back at Rick, I'm not going to do it.. I won't. I don't want to hear it and Rick definitely doesn't deserve it."

-Heath's POV-

He has her brainwashed. He has to.. this is going to be harder than I thought.

-End of Heath's POV-

"I'm sorry", Heath told her. "I didn't mean it that way. I'll stop. Can we practice a little more? Please?"

Michonne stood there and looked at him. She didn't want to do anything anymore.

"I promise I won't say anything else", Heath told her.

Michonne sighed. "Alright", she said in an irritated tone. What could she really say?

+Rick's POV+

I love Michonne..

The look on his face while she told him off..

That was great..

She's so beautiful.

Oh god, I love her.

+End of Rick's POV+

Carl and Enid walked out a few minutes later.

"Mind if we watch?", Carl asked as he and Enid sat on the picnic table.

"No, not at all", Heath said.

"Okay, Michonne.. favorite superhero?", Heath asked.

"I really don't have a favorite."

"C'mon, Michonne", Carl said. "You have a favorite! It's Spider-Man!"

"Well, what about you, Carl?", Heath asked. "Who's your favorite?"

"Same as Michonne.. Spider-Man."

"Michonne, are my arms bent the right way while I'm holding this?", Heath asked. "Can you help me position my arms right?"

She nodded and walked over to him. She grabbed his arms and pointed them up.

"Thanks", Heath said as he stared at her.

Michonne didn't like being that close to him.. and the way he looked at her wasn't right, so she nodded and stepped back.

+Rick's POV+

If I can't kill him, I'm going to show him who he's really messing with... if he wants to play, I can play better..

Am I jealous? No, I can't be. How can I be jealous when Michonne's already mine?

But I am... he's staring at her and making her put her hands on him..

I'm fighting for her.. she's mine. I'm not letting someone else take away everything I have... I'm not letting that happen again... not again.

Maybe I didn't show my love enough before to Lori.. maybe that's why she went to him.. I just wasn't fucking good enough..

I'm going to show Michonne that I love her and I will make sure Heath knows. I HAVE to show her I'm good enough... what the hell am I supposed to do?

Kiss her more? Tell her I love her more?

If I fight for her and show her, she shouldn't want to leave me for another man..

But doesn't Michonne love me too much to do that? I don't know... that's why I have to be sure to fight for her.. because if I don't, it could always happen again...

Never again... not this time.. I love Michonne too fucking much for her to leave me.

She's MINE... and Heath WILL know that.

He's messing with the wrong person.. you don't mess with me..

Never again...

She's mine.

+End of Rick's POV+

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Rick quickly left the neighbor's bush and walked around the house. He headed straight for the backyard where Michonne was.

Was he going to kill Heath? No

Was that what he wanted to do? Yes.

He was going to show Michonne his love for her.. even though he already had, he was going to try his damnedest to get the point across to Heath: leave Michonne alone...she was already fucking married.

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Michonne and Heath sat down their swords to get a drink of lemonade.

"Do you two want some?", Heath asked Carl and Enid.

"Sure", Carl answered for both of them. Heath walked inside to get them some lemonade.

Michonne was watching for Heath until she heard Carl say "Hey dad".

Michonne turned toward Rick and he was walking toward her. He muttered a "hey" to Carl before he got to her.

"What are you doing?", Michonne whispered to him.

"Where's Heath?", Rick asked her. The time he decided to show up, Heath wasn't even around.

"Getting lemonade for Carl and Enid. Why?"

"Let me know when he's coming", Rick told her.

"What? Why? What are you going to do?"

"I'm not going to do anything", Rick said as he looked in her eyes. He was going to do something... he was going to kiss Michonne until he couldn't breathe.. that had to be proof, right?

"Then, why-", Michonne tried to ask, but Rick interrupted her.

"Do you trust me?", Rick asked.

"You know I do."

"Tell me when he's coming."

Michonne nodded and just watched for Heath. She had no idea what Rick was going to do.

A few seconds later, she saw Heath. "He's com-", Michonne started to say, but got cut off when Rick smashed his lips against hers.

Michonne was surprised and confused; it took her a few seconds before she actually started to kiss back.

Heath walked out. "Here you go, two cups of-", he said, but stopped when he saw Rick and Michonne.

-Heath's POV-

What the hell is he doing? What the hell? What does he think he's doing? He has his tongue down her throat and she doesn't like it..

Idiot.

-End of Heath's POV-

After Heath walked out, Michonne noticed that Rick's kisses got more rushed or hurried. It was almost like he was angry. He dipped his tongue in her mouth and she accepted. Michonne had to break away because she needed air and Rick was also out of breath.

Rick just stood there for a second while he looked at her. He moved his head closer to her ear and whispered, "You're so beautiful. I love you."

After that, Rick just walked away. Heath, Carl, and Enid looked at Michonne while she had a confused look on her face. She didn't understand why he just left.

"What the heck was that?", Carl asked.

Michonne was wondering the same thing. How could he leave after kissing her like that? To be honest, that kiss turned her on; he had never kissed her like that before, but she liked it. And why did he tell her he was beautiful? She wasn't complaining, but that was just really odd.

She was going to find out what the hell that was. "I'll be right back", Michonne said as she was was walking away.

She walked to the side of the house and Rick was standing there. He already knew she was going to go after him.

"Rick?", Michonne said his name in the form of a question. She looked at him and he looked pretty calm.

"What are we eating for dinner?", Rick asked like nothing had even happened. "I know we're having brownies for dessert, so do I need to pick up anything from the supply room?"

"I just need the tomato sauce. We're having spaghetti", Michonne told him and he nodded.

"Rick, what was that back there?", she asked. "Are you okay?"

Rick looked at her. "It was nothing", he simply said. "I'm fine. I'll see you in a little bit."

He didn't really want admit that he was jealous.

Rick started to walk away, but she grabbed his arm.

"What?", Rick asked.

Michonne kissed him once. "Whatever that was back there, I liked it."

Rick kissed her forehead and leaned his head against hers. After that, he walked away without saying a word.

He was acting weird, and Michonne couldn't figure out why.

+Rick's POV+

She liked it. Good. That's what I wanted... I'm not going back to hide in those damn bushes. I smell like them.

She should be leaving soon.

I'll just patrol with Glenn.

What I really need is a shower. Maybe I'll do that first.

+ End of Rick's POV+

Michonne walked to the backyard.

"Is everything okay?, Carl asked.

"Everything's fine", Michonne answered, but she was sure that everything was NOT fine. "We can go over everything a few more times, then we can call it a day."

TWDTWDTWDTWDTWD

It ended up being a few hours.. Heath wouldn't shut the hell up. Michonne was annoyed because he wouldn't stop talking and she couldn't figure out what was going on with Rick.

"Let's stop for today", Michonne said after she couldn't take anymore.

"Are you coming back tomorrow?", Heath asked her.

"Yes", she told him, but did she want to? Hell no.

"You know, you can can come over any time you want and read comic books, right? You don't have to come over just for teaching. Do you want to come back later?", Heath asked her.

Michonne couldn't believe this guy. "I can't. I have to go home and cook dinner."

"Michonne", Carl said. "We should invite Heath to come and eat dinner with us."

"No, you don't have to do that", Heath said quickly.

"C'mon", Carl said. "It won't be a problem, right Michonne? Dad won't mind, will he?"

What could Michonne really say? She couldn't just say no because it would make Carl mad and Heath would question it. Then, he would blame Rick. Michonne realized that she should have told Carl before NOT to invite him to dinner.

"That will be fine", Michonne finally managed to get out. Oh no.. it wouldn't be fine... not even close.

"What time should I get there?", Heath asked.

"I can just come and get you", Carl offered. "I have to go and get Judith and meet back up with Enid, so I can just swing by and get you."

"Alright, cool. See you later", Heath said before they all left.

-Heath's POV-

Thank you Carl.. I get to see her later after all.

-End of Heath's POV-

Michonne, Carl, and Enid were walking down the street and Michonne sighed really loud.

"What's wrong?", Carl asked.

"You invited Heath to dinner", she said as she looked over at him.

"What's wrong with that?"

"Rick isn't going to like it."

"Why not?", Carl asked in an angry tone. "Heath is cool and we're friends."

"Your dad doesn't think so", Michonne said and Carl rolled his eyes. She didn't want to admit to Carl that she didn't like him either.

"Just don't say anything to him, alright? I'll be the one to tell him."

"Okay", Carl huffed.

"He isn't going to be happy."

***I hoped you all liked it and I hope it wasn't too confusing to follow. If you have time, leave a little review. :)***