AN: This is my first ever fanfic so I hope you guys enjoy! Thank you to my biggest support system on twitter who helped me with the prompt as well as reading the first couple of chapters.
Chapter One
Michonne let out a loud sigh as she looked at her watch. He was late… AGAIN. This was the second time this week. Michonne hated guys like Rick Grimes. Guys who were in fraternities seem to think they walk on water and everyone will wait for them. Well Mr. Rick Grimes had another thing coming. She had better things to do than to wait around for him such as study for her own exams.
She gathered up her books to leave the coffee shop when she heard someone calling out her name.
"Michonne, I'm sorry I'm late" Rick Grimes comes casually walking in as if he wasn't forty minutes late. He sat down when he noticed that she was about to leave.
"Listen this is the second time this week you arrive late. I have my own things to study for." Michonne said as she continued to gather her things.
"Look I said I'm sorry. Please don't leave. I really need to make sure I ace this chemistry test." Rick gives her the best puppy eyes he could muster hoping she would cave in.
Rick is the epitome of a girl's dream with his blue eyes and curly brown hair. He knows how to work the southern charm he has, and he is hoping that it could work one more time with Michonne. He can see that she is caving and going to stay.
"Fine but next time I will be leaving. I understand that I am tutoring you, but it doesn't work if you don't show up and show up on time." Michonne sits back down and starts to pull out her notes. "Okay let's go through what you don't know."
Two hours later and the tutoring session was over. As Michonne gathers her things together Rick can't help but stare that the beauty in front of her. He has never met anyone as smart, as funny and as beautiful as she is. He has always watched her from afar. They are in the same chemistry class where she sits in front and he in the back. He notices the way she bites her lip when she's concentrating and when her eyes flicker when she understands a concept. It's a reason why he is failing chemistry. He can only focus on her.
"Um…earth to Rick?!" Michonne waves her hand in front of his face.
"Oh sorry. I was just thinking about something."
"Well listen I'm going to head out. Let me know when you want to meet up again for tutoring." Michonne grabs her backpack and heads towards the door.
"Wait Michonne…" Rick reaches for her and Michonne turns around. "Yes?" she asks.
"There is a party tonight at the frat house and I was wondering if you wanted to come?" Rick puts his hands inside his pockets, nervous of being rejected.
"Sorry but no thanks! Frat parties aren't really my scene" Michonne turns around and walks out the front doors.
Rick lets out a big sigh knowing he had just fucked up his only chance to ask her out. Grabbing his own things, he walks out the door trying to come up with a better way to redeem himself.
"Michonne how could you say no?!" Rosita slapped her arm learning that Michonne rejected an invite to one of the best parties of the semester.
Rosita and Michonne had been friends since freshman year when they were assigned as roommates. They were complete opposites, Michonne the more studious type while Rosita was a wild child who loved her share of parties
"Why would I agree to go out with Rick? He clearly isn't my type." Michonne rolled her eyes and continued to work on her paper.
"Can you listen to me and stop writing for one second?" Rosita turns Michonne's chair around. "You just got invited to probably the biggest frat party of the year by the hottest guy of that frat and you say no?!"
Michonne gives her a look. "You really expect me to say yes to go to a party… specifically a frat party with some guy that most likely is asking me out for shits and giggles?"
Rosita laughs "You can't be serious?! Listen let's go together, I'll even let you borrow one of my nice, tight dresses to give him something to talk about."
"Nice try. I'm not going and that's final" Michonne turns her chair around and continues to work on her paper for class.
Rosita groans and hops into her bed frustrated that Michonne won't listen to her for once. She wanted to push Michonne out of her comfort zone. They had two more years together and Michonne needed to get out of her own head and realize that there is more to life than studying.
Michonne didn't know what Rosita's problem was. She wasn't about to be played by some guy. She had been there before, and she wasn't going back. Sure, she knew Rick was a good-looking guy and any girl would be lucky to have him but that wasn't going to be her. Besides he wasn't even her type. She wasn't going to fall for the frat boy not now, not ever.
"Come on Michonne please do this for me!" Rosita sits up from her bed and puts her hands together begging Michonne.
"Rosita if you want to go so badly why don't you just go without me?" Michonne turns her chair to face her.
"Because the invitation wasn't for me, it was for you! Clearly Rick wants you to go or else he wouldn't have extended the invitation to you." Rosita could tell that Michonne was really close to changing her mind, she just needed that extra push.
Michonne looked at Rosita and sighed. "Okay fine we can go but the minute I say we are leaving, we are leaving! No excuses!"
Rosita hops off her bed and hugs Michonne. "Yes, yes, yes! You won't regret it! We are about to have the time of our lives and maybe you will finally get laid."
"Shut up! I don't need to get laid, but I will try and have fun tonight just for you." Michonne gives Rosita a look. "And I am going to need to borrow one of your dresses."
"Done! You are going to be the hottest bitch at that party!" Rosita turns around and starts looking in her closet trying to figure out what each of them was going to wear for tonight. She knew Michonne just needed to get out of her comfort zone and she knew both of them were going to have a great time tonight. She couldn't wait!
Rick walked through the front doors of the frat house. The house was in full swing preparing for their big party of the semester, but Rick couldn't think about that not when he was trying to get Michonne to show up. He had been crushing on her all semester and he knew that this could be the only chance he had to show her that he was different. He wasn't the typical frat boy. In fact, he was one of the few that didn't sleep around. After his failed relationship with Lori freshman year he wasn't interested in anyone not until he met Michonne.
As he went up the stairs he heard his name being called. "Rick, what's up man?" Shane walks out of the kitchen with the water cooler containing the beer for tonight. "How did the tutoring session go? Did you finally grow a pair and ask her out?"
"I asked her to come tonight, but she said no" Rick sighed and set his stuff down. "I don't know what I should do now."
"Well that's your problem! You shouldn't have asked her to the party. You should have asked her for some coffee or to dinner." Shane sets the beer down and walks over to him. "Clearly she isn't the type to just show up to some frat party."
"For once you're right. I have to do something to make up for my mistake." Rick decided right then and there that he was going to show up for Michonne. He just had to get through tonight and tomorrow will be a brand-new day with a chance to show Michonne that he deserved a chance.
"About time you listen to me. You would think with all my experience you would have listened to me earlier."
"What experience?! You sleeping with every girl who walks through the door." Rick gives Shane a look.
"Hey at least I've been getting some the past two years unlike someone I know." Shane grabs the water cooler and walks away.
Rick continues up the stairs needing to get ready for tonight. While Shane was a man whore, he clearly had a point. Michonne was the type of girl who deserved more than a frat party date. He just had to get back out there and ask her again even if it meant another rejection.
AN: Hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Please leave any feedback! xo