AN: Here is chapter two. More from me in the Author's note after this chapter.

Chapter Two

Michonne was going to kill Rosita! Why did she think this was going to be a good idea?! She felt completely out of her element. Rosita decided she was going to give Michonne a little makeover which included putting her in something she would never wear! God she really was going to kill her.

"Would you stop messing with the dress?! You look fine! In fact, I am sure all the guys at the party are going to be fighting for your attention." Rosita grabbed Michonne's hand and dragged up the pathway of the frat house.

The party was in full swing. The loud music could be heard from the minute they made their way up the pathway. Walking into the house, Michonne didn't feel any better. I really should have stayed in my dorm, Michonne thought. Bodies grinding on the dance floor, red cups all on the floor, and the smell of beer filled the room. One hour, she thought, one hour and she was leaving no matter what Rosita said.

"Come on, can you just relax?!" Rosita grabbed two cups of beer. "Here drink this and loosen up!"

Michonne took a sip of the drink, "God Rosita what is that?!"

"Ummm… I don't know but it tastes amazing. Keep drinking! It will make you feel better" Rosita kept sipping her drink swaying to the beat of the music. She grabs Michonne's hand and drags her to the dance floor.

"Come one let's dance!" Rosita continues to sway and starts to move Michonne's arms to force her to dance. "Michonne please loosen up! This is probably the only time we will ever go out together. Let's enjoy this please."

Michonne sighs and decides she's right. She might as well enjoy this one night out. She started to join Rosita in moving to the beat. "Okay fine. Let's enjoy tonight!"

Rosita throws her hands into the air "Yes girl yes!" Rosita hands Michonne her drink. "Come on drink some more!"

Michonne sips more and more of Rosita's drink starting to loosen up more. Rosita turns and starts shaking her butt on Michonne causing her to laugh. That's when she looked up and found the guy who was responsible for this invitation. His blue eyes were staring right at her causing her to feel a little shy all of a sudden.

Rick couldn't believe his eyes. She was actually here, and she blew all the other girls out of the water. She was a sin in that red skintight dress showing off all her assets. He had to do a double take because he hadn't seen her wearing anything but jeans and sweatshirt.

He couldn't help but stare at her as she danced with her friend. He came to the conclusion that she wanted to kill him right then and there as he watched her move her body in ways he has dreamed about. The moment she looked into his eyes he knew he was a goner.

"Bro did you see that?!" Shane snaps Rick out of the trance he is in.

"See what?" Rick said all while maintaining eye contact with Michonne while she continued to dance.

"Seriously what are you looking at?" Shane followed Rick's gaze and noticed exactly what he was looking at.

"So, are you just doing to stare at her all night or grow a pair and ask her to dance?"

"I don't want to intrude with her time with her friend"

"How about I distract her smokin' hot friend and you ask Michonne to dance?" Shane was intrigued with Michonne's friend, so it was a win-win situation.

"I don't know…" Rick hesitated.

Shane pushed Rick further into the dance floor. "Well too bad you're doing this."

Shane and Rick continue to move their way until they were right in front of Michonne and Rosita.

"Hey ladies, care to dance?" Shane looks at Rosita hoping he can get her to dance with him.

"Sure" Rosita grins at him and grabs his hand leaving Michonne and Rick standing awkwardly together.

"So, you decided to come?" Rick gives Michonne a small smile.

"Well Rosita wouldn't let this go so she dragged me here. I guess I should thank you for the invite."

"Well I guess I should thank her for bringing you here. You look great by the way… not that you don't look great every day…umm not that I'm looking at you or anything…I should stop now" Rick blushes. God I'm such an idiot, he thinks.

Michonne smirks and takes a sip of her drink. She was starting to loosen up a little bit more now that the drink was starting to set in. She wasn't a drinker so one drink was hitting her quicker than most people.

"So, you gonna ask me to dance or just stand there?" Michonne couldn't believe these words were coming out of her mouth.

Rick couldn't believe it what she was saying. This is what he was hoping for. "You wanna dance?"

"Sure, since your best friend took my dance partner." Michonne grabbed his hand and started to dance with him. Rick was good looking, but she wasn't going to fall for any of his games. She was just going to dance with him for this one song and then she was going to find Rosita.

Rick pulled Michonne closer and put his hands on her waist as they started grinding to the beat of the music. This girl was driving him wild from the minute he saw her walking into his chem class. He wasn't going to let her out of his sight until she agreed to go out on one date with him. He just needed to show her he wasn't like all the other frat guys.

As the song was nearing the end, Michonne started to look around to see if she could spot Rosita anywhere.

"You okay?"

She turned in Rick's arms, "yeah I'm fine. I'm just trying to find my friend."

"Well knowing Shane as well as I do, I don't think you'll find her on the dance floor." Rick grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the dance floor.

"I'm sure they are around here somewhere. Mostly in some corner or in the kitchen getting another drink" Rick moved her towards the kitchen. He was hoping he could talk to her more while they looked for her friend.

Michonne tried to ignore what she was feeling while she was holding his hand. She just wanted to find Rosita and leave. This was getting to be too much for her. She needed to get out of here before she did something she would regret.

They reached the kitchen but couldn't find Shane nor Rosita anywhere. Michonne sat on one of the bar stools needed a break from the heels that she was wearing.

"God these shoes are killing me." Michonne decided to slip them off to give her feet even more of a break.

"Don't know how any of you girls wear those kinds of things" Rick grabbed two bottles of waters for them. "Here drink this. Figured you needed after all that dancing."

"Thanks." Michonne grabbed the bottle and then watched Rick take big gulps of water before taking a couple sips herself.

"So, do you think we could find my friend? I think it's time for us to head out."

Rick knew he couldn't let her leave just yet. He wanted to talk and learn more about her. Fuck, he was ruining his chance every second he kept his mouth shut.

"Honestly if they aren't here they could be upstairs at this point"

"Great just great. Just what I needed for tonight. I knew this was a bad idea." Michonne shook her head. Yeah she was definitely going to kill Rosita the minute she saw her.

"Hey why don't we just wait here and talk? I'm sure they are bound to show up sometime." Rick's heart was beating really fast. He just needed this one chance.

"I guess I really don't have any other option seeing as my friend ditched me and I can't leave without her."

"Wow you really know how to make a guy feel special."

"Rick why are you even talking to me? I'm sure there are other girls here who would love to talk and dance with you."

"Because…because I don't want to leave you alone in a place that you clearly aren't comfortable with. I also want to apologize.

Michonne looked up at him confused. "Why are you apologizing?"

"Well because if it wasn't for my invite your friend wouldn't have ditched you at this party." Rick looks at her and gives her a small smile. "So yeah I'm sorry and sorry for always showing up late to our tutor sessions."

"Rick it's fine! Rosita would've gone out anyways and I would've been in my dorm." Michonne shrugs. "But you do need to do better on showing up on time. I have my own things to worry about and I can't be waiting for you to show up when you feel like it. That's the whole point of appointments."

"I know, I know. I'll promise I'll do better."

"You better because next time I'm not staying" Michonne said in a no-nonsense tone.

"Rick!"

Rick turned his head and noticed one of his frat brothers calling out for him.

"Hey, come here we need your help bringing in more beer."

Rick groaned inwardly. "Be right there! I'm sorry Michonne, give me five minutes and I'll be right back."

"No worries but could you point me to your restroom?"

"Yeah it's upstairs and it's the second door to your right."

"Thanks!" Michonne put her shoes back on and got up from her seat. Before she could go, Rick called out to her.

"Just come back here. I promise not to ditch you." Rick winked at her and followed his frat brother out the door.

Michonne made her way through the house, trying to avoid bumping into anyone. The last thing she wants is to draw attention to herself.

She made her way up the stairs noticing how there were couples making out on the stairs. Michonne finally found the restroom.

If I can't find Rosita in the next ten minutes, I am going to leave without her, Michonne thought. She is totally on my shit list.

Walking out of the restroom, she made her way back down the stairs. She was going to test her luck and see if she spotted Rosita out on the dance floor.

"Excuse me…" Michonne said as she made her way throughout the dance floor trying to avoid all the bodies grinding on each other.

She kept her eyes out for either Rosita or Rick's friend. She thought she had spotted them until someone grabbed her arm.

"Hey beautiful. Dance with me"

Michonne snatched her arm back "No thanks"

He pulled her back in "come on don't be that way"

He smelled like he had been drinking for hours and clearly was feeling the aftereffects. He kept pulling her closer and closer. The smell of alcohol was making her sick.

"Let me go" Michonne kept trying to pull herself away from him but he kept backing her up into a corner.

"Come on, you didn't dress like this not to get attention from someone like me." He backed her into the corner and started to move his hands up her legs. Michonne kept trying to push him away but he kept pushing her back.

Michonne didn't know how to get out of the situation. God where was Rosita or Rick for that matter?!

Rick finally came back and was wondering where Michonne had gone. He hoped that she hadn't left. He was enjoying his time with her and he hoped to ask her out for coffee. He couldn't mess up this one and only chance he had with her. He knew has fucked up in the past, but he wasn't going to do that now.

Rick made his way through the kitchen and couldn't see Michonne anywhere. He made his way through throngs of people on the dance floor and that's when he noticed Jake, one of his frat brothers in the corner. As he approached him that's when he heard her voice "Stop, get off me please."

Rick quickly pulled off Jake from Michonne. "What the fuck are you doing?"

Rick saw red and punched Jake in the face causing everyone to stop and stare at the two of them. "Get the fuck off of her! You don't disrespect her or any woman like that."

Rick proceeded to punch Jake one more time before he heard "Rick stop!"

He looked up and saw Michonne on the verge of tears and he dropped Jake and pulled Michonne to him. "Show's over!"

He looked at Michonne, "you okay? Did he do anything to you?"

"Yeah I'm fine. He didn't do anything to me just roughed me up a bit." Michonne was clearly shaken up and Rick was about to go after Jake one more time.

"Leave him… he isn't worth it."

"Like hell he isn't. He was about to hurt you!"

"Just take me to my room please."

"Let me take you to my room and you can get cleaned up. I have a bathroom in there that you could use and then I'll take you home."

"Okay sounds good but after you need to take me home."

"I promise." Rick lead her up the stairs and took her to the furthest room to the right. He opened the door and let her walk in first. His bed was right in the middle of the room with a dark blue comforter. His desk was near the window pushed to the wall and it was clear that he was in the middle of working on schoolwork.

"The bathroom is through that door right there. I'll get you a jacket so you could wear over your dress. Let me know if you need anything else." Rick walks over to his closet so he could find a clean jacket.

"Thanks Rick for everything." Michonne walked into the bathroom and the first thing she noticed was her face in the mirror. The mascara and lipstick were all smudged on her face and her dress wasn't in place. She held back a sob. She couldn't believe what happened and what might have happened if Rick wasn't there. She tried to keep herself together. God she knew that coming was a bad idea.

She took off all the makeup and washed her face the best she could. She just wanted to go home and sleep this entire night off. She sighed and walked out the door.

Rick was on his bed checking his phone when he heard her come out of the bathroom. He looked up and noticed she had taken off all her makeup but still looking gorgeous as ever.

"Hey here is a jacket that you could put over your dress." Rick handed her a grey hoodie. "I'm trying to get in contact with Shane to see where they went."

"Thanks" Michonne put the hoodie over her dress noticing the woodsy smell in which she surprisingly took comfort in. Michonne started to feel overwhelmed all over again which caused Rick to stand up and pull her into his arms.

"I'm so sorry Michonne. I'm sorry that this happened." Rick hugged her tightly as she continued to sob in his arms. He moved them both to sit on the edge of the bed.

"God I'm such a mess" Michonne moves away from Rick's arms.

"It's okay. You just went through something traumatic and don't worry I'll take care of Jake in the morning." Rick wipes away Michonne's tears.

"Have you heard from your friend Shane yet?" Michonne moves away from him a little. She was getting too comfortable with him.

Rick looked at his phone and sighed. "No nothing yet but I can take you home if you want or we can just stay up here and watch a movie while we wait."

Michonne wasn't sure what she should do at the moment, but she didn't want to go downstairs and face everyone after what happened.

"Can we just stay up for a while? I don't think I can face anyone right now and I want to wait to see if we hear back from our friends."

"You can take the bed and I'll sit on the chair so you can be more comfortable." Rick started to move when Michonne grabbed his arm.

"We can both just lay on the bed plus I don't want to be alone right now." Michonne gave him a small smile and moved further into the bed.

Rick turned on the TV and moved right next to her. "Here you can decide what to watch."

Michonne grabbed the remote and decided to put on Black Panther, one of her favorite films. She got herself comfortable in Rick's bed and focused on the movie.

Rick just watched her while she was watching the movie. He felt so bad about what went down tonight. The last thing he wanted was for her to get hurt. Rick started watching the movie with her. He never really watched superhero movies but it seemed like Michonne was invested in this so he will be too.

An hour into the movie Rick felt Michonne's head on his shoulder. She had fallen asleep and looked too peaceful to move. He was started getting tired himself, so he wrapped them both up in a blanket and fell asleep. Everything could wait until morning.

AN: I am really blown away from all the support I got with this story. I hope I can be consistent in updating but life can get busy. Please let me know what you think about this chapter! Xo