A/N: YALL! OMG! Soooo I won tickets to see my future husband LENNY KRAVITZ in concert for the DNC. I was actually already scheduled to be in Philly for that day anyway and then to win the sweepstakes to see LK… I am over the MOON excited! Yall just don't understand. I've been to one of his concerts before and it is LIFE CHANGING. He's SO anointed. I am OBSESSED haha. Beyond excited! Let love rule.

ALSO! I'm on Chapter FIFTY! Yall! I can't believe it! Thank you all SO much for the support/prompts/requests/reviews. I got plenty more inside me (finally). All of you are amazing and beyond loved/appreciated.


Prompt—"From Knots Untie, after Rick killed Ethan and he's all bloody, he obviously went back to the house to clean up. Would love a conversation in the bathroom where Michonne went to help him and they have a talk about that and her knocking that chick down for punching Rick." –Box5Angel

I don't know HOW, HOW, HOW I didn't think of this. It was genius. It was perfect. It was wonderful.

S/N and POSSIBLE SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T READ THE COMICS/HAVE NO SUSPICIONS OF WHO DIED IN THE SEASON FINALE. READ THIS PORTION AT YOUR OWN RISK OR JUST SKIP DOWN TO THE ONE-SHOT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED: So I'm into spoilers, I just am, and I read the comics, too. So it's safe to say I think/believe Glenn was Lucille'd. OF COURSE WE HAVE NO PROOF because of that God-AWFUL season finale BUT I'm re-watching "Knots Untie" and there's the part where the girl (whose name is Crystal btw) is seen weeping over Ethan's body. Guess who but Maggie is watching from the window! SOMEONE re-watch the scene (right after Rick kills Ethan) and tell me if that's foreshadowing or not. Crystal is seen weeping over Ethan's body and I'm just like "HOLY SHIT" LOL. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

OF TALKING, TEASING, AND PROMISES

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Rick watched as Jesus, Dr. Carson, and Maggie attempted to help Gregory. He ignored the stares he was getting from the people of Hilltop. They didn't know, but they would learn. They didn't have a choice. They wouldn't have a choice.

He watched as Daryl helped Abraham up, nodding at them, and then his eyes sought out Michonne. She too was on guard, her hand resting on her sword, her eyes sweeping the grounds. Glenn was watching Jesus talk to Maggie, and then Maggie headed back towards them.

"Jesus says we should wait back in Gregory's office," she stated, and Rick nodded. She turned to him. "He also mentioned that you should get cleaned up again."

"All right," nodded Rick, his eyes finding Michonne's again. He nodded at her and she took one final look around, her eyes resting on the girl she had knocked down earlier. The group made their way back inside, most of them taking an immediate left. Rick continued up the stairs to the same restroom he'd used earlier, and he could feel Michonne behind him. Without meaning to, he grinned.

Michonne followed him upstairs and to the bathroom, leaning against the doorframe. She watched in silence as he grabbed a random towel and stared wiping the blood off his face.

"You good?" she asked softly.

He glanced at her. "Are you?" She gave him a single nod. "Then I think you know my answer." He continued wiping his face and Michonne sighed.

"Men are men, everywhere." She grabbed the towel from him.

"What does that mean?"

"It means you need to wet the towel." She turned on the faucet and waited for the water to warm before soaking the towel. Squeezing out the excess water she turned around and gently started removing the blood from his face. "Do we ever get to go anywhere and you not get human blood on you?"

"Hey, he attacked me. We do what we have to do now, no questions asked." His tone was gentle but the magnitude of his words were firm.

"I know." She continued to wipe his face. "I don't know if I like it, though."

"Well I seem to recall you gettin' physical with a certain female who attacked me." His eyes twinkled with tease but she looked away. "She shocked the hell outta me. I didn't know she had it in her. She caught me surprise. It didn't even hurt. I know you know that. You nearly broke her back. One minute she was standing, the next she was sailing to the ground."

"Well now she knows better. She shouldn't have touched you." Her voice was cold on that matter. "No one gets to touch you except me."

"I'll make sure I'll let Carol, Sasha, and Maggie know not to hug me ever again then."

She pressed the towel into his face a little harder than necessary, causing him to gasp, and then he chuckled.

"They all know," sighed Michonne. "Abraham, Daryl, and Glenn figured it out within seconds." She pictured it again in her head, the three of them running upstairs after Jesus just to find Rick with his shirt off and buckling is pants while Michonne was still pulling down her shirt. "I'm sure Glenn told Maggie. Abraham will tell Rosita and Eugene. And we all know Eugene can't hold water." She turned back to the sink and rinsed off the towel.

"Is them knowin' such a bad thing?"

"Of course not." She looked up at him in the mirror so that their eyes locked. "I wouldn't have minded them finding out differently though. Any other way would have been okay. And don't get me started on Jesus."

Rick shook his head. "I almost killed him, no questions asked."

"It's a good thing you didn't." She turned off the water and faced him. "We need this trade." She wiped the remaining blood off of his face. She stared him over and then gently started on the blood in his hair. "Turn around." Rick obliged to the soft demand and Michonne wiped the blood from the back of his neck and his ears. "There. You're clean."

"Presentable enough to talk to Gregory?"

"Yes. Just don't kill him."

Rick smirked. "I make no promises."

Placing the towel down on the sink, Michonne and Rick made their way downstairs and to Gregory's office.