Night fell upon the prison and Michonne swore she heard a wolf howl off in the distance! She took that as a sign of evil and that her impending sexual encounter with Negan would soon be upon her. God…
There was a laundry room in the prison as well, yet another area that had been overrun with walkers before in the other reality. Michonne was actually sitting at a table in the room, waiting for the family laundry that was hers, Negan's and Andre's, to dry, when Jessie walked in with a basket. Michonne tried not to stare. Jessie had always been pretty, but she looked even more so now that was not being beaten by Pete, the husband Michonne had known her to have. She wondered if Jessie's sons were here in the prison as well? Especially that little creep that put out Carl's eye. They would be Negan's nephews. Hell, she herself would be their aunt through marriage.
"Hey! Are you feeling better?" Jessie asked and she began to sort her laundry.
"I am. Thanks." Michonne said, trying not to stare at her. Once again, another woman occupied her place in Rick's heart and bed. When would that funnel return? Maybe it would reappear after they had been here one whole day?
"So," Jessie said, turning to her, "I want to thank you."
"For what?" Michonne asked, giving her her full attention.
"For not saying anything to Lorie about Shane and I."
Michonne tried to keep a poker face. What. The. Fuck?
"Shane and you?" Michonne asked carefully. Shane and Lori were together here? In this prison? Had Negan neglected to tell her that? Or had he not seen them?
"Yes." Jessie sighed. "I just didn't know who to turn to. It was eating me alive. Rick would be devastated if he knew, considering what happened before. If he lost another woman to Shane, I think…I don't know."
"Can I ask you something?" Michonne asked.
"Of course." Jessie said, sitting down next to her.
"What do you see in Shane over Rick? I mean they're both nice looking men but Rick is the real deal."
Jessie raised a brow.
"The real deal?"
"Well, I mean he's sincere and loving. Any woman would be lucky to have him. So lucky that they'd never look at another man, ever." Michonne explained.
"Wow. I didn't know you saw Rick that way, Michonne. Rick and my brother, of course."
"Yes." Michonne lied, just as Negan walked in. He smiled at Jessie.
"Hey, Sis. I was just looking for Michonne. Herschel thought she needed rest after what happened today." Negan said and bent down to kiss Michonne. But she instinctively turned her head away, something Jessie noticed.
"Is everything okay?" Jessie asked.
"Oh fine. More than." Negan said tightly. "Is that our laundry in the dryer?"
"Yes." Michonne said, not really looking at him.
"We'll be back for it later then." Negan said, pulling Michonne up out of her chair. "Goodnight, sis."
Jessie smiled at both of them.
"Goodnight you two!"
Michonne reluctantly allowed him to pull her out of the laundry room, but once out in the hallway, she yanked herself away from him!
"I agreed to this, Negan, but I did not agree to have you come and drag me off…"
Her words were halted by his mouth, which was hot and enflamed! Once his lips left hers, Negan tilted his head at her.
"That's better. A loving wife doesn't deny her husband a kiss in front of his sister. Or anyone else."
Michonne said nothing to that and walked along willingly with him back towards their cellblock, which was oddly empty. Or maybe not so. Clearly he had arranged for them to be alone.
Michonne walked into the cell first, told herself she would just let him do what he wanted and get it over with, before turning back to face him. She ignored the look of outright lust on his face and spoke.
"I don't suppose we can do this with our clothes on?"
"We could but I don't want to." was his reply.
"Could we turn off the lights?"
"You are no fun, Mrs. Negan. No fun at all." Negan grinned and began taking off his clothes. Michonne could not believe it had come to this but she would do whatever was needed doing to spare Rick. Rick and Judith. She also could not believe that Lori was alive here and had made a life with Shane and Judith in front of poor Rick's face! Michonne had turned away from Negan slightly, as she pondered Jessie's secret and what Rick knew or did not know. Michonne started to turn back to Negan, to ask him if he had known about Shane and Lori, when she got a full view of him naked!
Michonne tried not to let her eyes travel downward, but she instantly had visions of herself hobbling around and being barely able to walk, as she stared at his engorged lust! She then cleared her throat and looked away.
"Okay, Miss Michonne. Now you." Negan smiled. He moved towards the bed and arranged the pillows so they were very close together. Oddly, Michonne found herself removing her own clothing without much hesitation. Whether that was due to seeing Negan naked or the inevitability of what was going to happen, she did not know.
Once nude, she walked over to the bed and sat down. Negan sat next to her. He reached for her face and pulled her into a deep, hungry kiss and the room sort of began to spin! Michonne broke off the kiss.
"Can we just get it over with? Without all of this other stuff?"
"What other stuff? You mean this?" he asked and kissed her again, his tongue now probing the inside of her mouth! Michonne decided to do what she had intended to do in the first place.
Pretend he was Rick. Only being with Rick was never like this, so it was hard.
Negan could feel her resistance and pulled his lips from hers. He cupped her face within his hands.
"Michonne, no one in our world will ever have to know about this. If your beloved Rick returns, I will never say a word. I swear. I will leave the two of you and Alexandria alone. Just think about my 'going away' when we get back and relax…" he murmured as his lips sought hers again. And Michonne did what he suggested, thinking about what things would be like once Rick realized that Negan was gone from their lives forever.
As for Negan, lust twisted in his gut and could hardly wait to possess her! They slowly fell back onto the bed and before Michonne knew it, Negan was on top of her and fully immersed inside of her! She told herself there was no turning back and what she was doing, she was doing for Rick and Judith. Her family. Her real family.
Michonne closed her eyes and surrendered to the electric like sensations that ran throughout her body, as Negan slowly stretched her inner recesses to accommodate his length. And the more of his bulk that entered her, the deeper his thrusts became until his member actually lifted her hips off of the bed. Negan's hands wrapped around her thighs and he lifted Michonne even more.
Michonne could not think of Rick, Negan or anyone else at the moment as she was overcome by a carnal heat that threatened to send her spiraling off into a mindless state of…of what…she did not know! She could not think at the moment. All she could do was cling to Negan and match his rhythm with a heightened send of urgency…
She then passed out and when Michonne awoke, Negan was looming over her, looking scared, worried and all knowing, unfortunately.
"Thank fucking God! I thought I had lost you to my exquisite lovemaking, Mrs. Negan! I'll get you some water." he purred and before Michonne knew it he was gone, then back again with a glass of cold water. There were even ice cubes in it. Michonne decided not to be proud and sat up to sip the water, before setting it down and looking around for something to cover herself with. She decided the blanket on the bed would have to do and she wrapped it around herself, before getting her bearings and walking over to a dresser to find something else to put on.
Negan had a robe on. It was a brown terrycloth one and it looked kind of ratty. There were no holes in it, but it looked as if the threads themselves would make holes if you picked at it. He was sitting on the end of the bed looking at her.
"So." Negan drew out the word, "how're you feeling?"
Michonne found a short sleeved shirt and some pants to put on. It was nothing she recognized as ever having owned before. She looked at him.
"Like I had sex with a demon. That is how I feel." she grumbled.
"Awww! Come on there, Miss Michonne! It wasn't that bad. It wasn't bad at all! Hell, my feelings are hurt!"
"No." Michonne said in a tired voice. "It wasn't terrible. I just don't want to talk about it."
"I am just honored that you could admit that it wasn't terrible." Negan smiled, his eyes watching her every movement, as she set the clothes down and then returned to the dresser to inspect her other clothing. He slowly stood up and walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around from behind and pressing a kiss against the back of her dreads.
"Do you know how much it meant to me, in that moment when you surrendered to me? You were stiff and tight and then I could feel you let go. It could always be like this here…and at Alexandria." he whispered to her, before letting her go. Michonne did not turn around but sensed he was leaving the cell.
"I'm headed off to the showers. I'm hoping that one of these days you'll join me there, but I'll take what just happened between us. For now." he said. And then he was gone and Michonne felt like she could breathe again. She slowly pulled out a robe she found folded in a drawer. It was white and spa like.
Michonne looked towards the cell bar doors to look out and make sure no one was around, before dropping the blanket and putting on the robe. She then picked up the blanket, folded it and placed it on the bed she had just betrayed Rick in. For the first time, God help her, she hoped Negan was right about Rick. She hoped he had just run off with Judith and did not intend to return. Because she didn't think she could face him or explain Negan.
Michonne's mind jumped to Darryl. He would know. He would know the moment they returned.
Her eyes then went to Andre's bed. It was made and had a small stuffed bear on it. Michonne willed herself not to cry. Because God help her, she wanted to stay in a world where Andre was. And if that meant putting up with Negan, then it was worth the sacrifice.
Michonne headed towards the showers that she remembered had been designated for the women. She had hoped to take one alone, but she recalled that sometimes there would be an extra woman or two around, lounging naked. It brought to mind how much Michonne had disliked public showering at the gym she used to frequent. It was one of the few things she did not miss about being here at the prison.
She walked in only to find Lori Grimes just finishing up hers! Looking at Rick's naked, dead wife, was not something Michonne would ever be comfortable with and she started to turn away to go back to her cell, when the water turned off and Lori called her name!
"Michonne? I was just finishing up here."
"So I see!" Michonne said with forced cheer. She watched Lori grab her own hair and twist it to take away the excess water. She then padded over to a towel and wrapped it around her head…instead of her body.
"So," Lori said, naked and unashamed, "I'm glad to see that things are okay between yourself and Negan."
"Why wouldn't they be?" Michonne asked, wondering what deep dark secret she was about to find out.
"Well, when Negan brought his sister for our foursome, I figured maybe Shane made you uncomfortable? Or was it about Rick?"
Michonne eyed her. Foursome? And Rick?
Lori could see she was puzzled.
"I know you were in the infirmary today. Did something happen while Negan and you were out looking for that tiger?"
"I fell and things have not been quite right." Michonne lied. "I'm fuzzy about all of this."
"I'm going to get Herschel!" Lori exclaimed but Michonne shook her head quickly!
"No, no! I just forgot some things. Like the foursome news. Negan and I…"
"And Shane and myself. In the weight room. I swear, Michonne, I don't know how you manage with Negan. I was on Ibuprofen for a week after being with him. But you didn't seem to enjoy yourself much with Shane. He's hurt, Michonne."
Michonne tried not to gape at her!
"Oh. Well tell him not to be. I'm just not used to that sort of thing." she said.
Lori gave her a funny look.
"What is it?" Michonne asked, sorry that she was asking!
"It's just that Shane and I kind of think that your lack of enthusiasm during our time together, is really because of Rick."
"What do you mean?" Michonne asked.
"I know I never made it a secret that I was threatened by Rick and you, you know, when your father and you joined Rick's family, back in the day. I just figured that you had feelings for Rick that you hid from Negan, but can't hide from Shane, you know?"
Michonne said nothing as she tried to piece together what the hell Lori was saying!
"Okay, uh, my father and I joined Rick's family? When was this?"
Lori touched Michonne's robe sleeve.
"I'm going to go get Herschel, okay? Something is still wrong." she said and walked into another room, put on a matching, white terrycloth robe like Michonne wore, and some shower shoes and left. Michonne threw up her hands! The other reality was a piece of cake compared to this one!
Meanwhile, in the men's showers, Negan was in there with Shane and Simon. Simon apparently had grown close to Carol and he was bitching about Darryl, who was giving him shit over it. Shane was telling him that he had arrested Darryl several times for drug dealing, among other things and that he had a brother that was no damned good.
Then, Simon finished his shower, told both of them he'd see them in the morning and left. That left just Shane and Negan alone.
"So, did you talk to Michonne like I asked?" Shane asked, soaping his chest. Negan decided to just play along.
"You know so much happened and Michonne was sick…remind me again what we're talking about?"
Shane gave him a WTF look!
"So you didn't ask her? Is that what you're telling me?" Shane asked.
"I just didn't know what to say." was Negan's answer, as he let the hot water run down his body.
"Okay, well, look, just ask her if she has something against me? I mean I'm sorry, but I think it was kind of fucked up that you had to bring Jessie instead of Michonne for our last meeting. I can't believe she'd cheat on Rick like that."
Negan showed his poker face.
"Well, Rick is a prick sometimes." he said.
"Yeah," Shane agreed, "but still, his hooking up with Jessie kept him from bothering Lori and I. Lori thinks that Michonne might be uncomfortable because of Rick."
Negan did not like hearing that. He had managed to keep Rick at bay in the other reality.
"Because she's friends with him?" Negan asked.
"Well Lori always thought it was a little more than that. I know Michonne had to have told you about the Klan chasing her father and his mother out of Georgia, right?"
Negan squinted at Shane and turned off the water! This, he could not follow!
"No." he answered truthfully.
Shane turned off his water.
"Michonne never told you about how she ended up being Rick's step-sister?"
Negan just stared at him. Michonne was Rick's step-sister here? What the hell?
"I can tell from the look on your face that she has not. But you two weren't married very long before the world went to shit. Anyway, Michonne's father worked for Rick's father and I guess Michonne's father and Rick's mother had an affair. She left Rick's father and married him, but the Klan came to their house and burned them out in the middle of the night. Anyway, Michonne's mother re-married and allowed her to visit her father and Rick's mother, which is how she got to know Rick. Lori thought that their relationship didn't seem very sibling like, but I thought that was her imagination. Now with Michonne acting like she's too good to participate…"
"I asked Michonne and she said she was uncomfortable, okay? And to be fucking honest, I don't think I'll be doing that shit anymore either, okay?" Negan told him as he tried to process what Negan had told him. Shane nodded and glanced down at Negan's private parts.
"Maybe that's best. I mean you really hurt Lori. I know you didn't mean to, but she was taking Iburprofen for a week after that last time. I was just glad we had some around here."
And with those words, Shane reached for a towel, dried off and moved to find his clothes. Negan turned the water back on, stuck his head under the spray and struggled not to yell out his rage! One would think that Rick and Michonne practically being siblings would keep Rick from being any kind of threat! But no! Even here, stepbrother and sis were hot for one another, apparently!
Negan would have no choice but to keep this Rick away from Michonne as well. He then turned off the water. Maybe this news was not such a bad thing. It would prepare him for the real deal, when he and Michonne returned to their time and he figured out a way to keep Rick and Michonne apart for good. Because he was beginning to realize that killing Mr. Grimes would not help him with Michonne. Not at all.