The next day Maggie woke up in her bed and started her morning routine. She picked up Hershel from his crib, breastfed him a little, before changing her clothes and heading with her son to get some proper breakfast.

While heading outside, she remembered the day before, and Alden. Alden. Their hands almost touching and her personal sensual ordeal in the shower. Her first time of sensuality in one and a half years. Wrong. So wrong. Glenn. Disrespecting Glenn and his legacy, she thought as she arrived at breakfast table outside Barrington House.

Maggie took her plate of porridge, as well as some mushed for Hershel, and kept thinking about the ordeal. In order to continue her work with Alden on the expansion of the farms, she might have to talk about the hands, make sure they were friends and colleagues. He would probably be of the same opinion with her.

She and Hershel left the table before Alden arrived for his own breakfast.

Alden arrived to outdoor-cantina and took his porridge. He set the previous night that he would be directly explain Maggie his feelings for her during their meeting this afternoon. He could spend the day and lunch rehearsing how to tell her, and once they had finished the planning, he would.

He just had to be honest with her about his feelings, especially after what Earl had told him and his dream last night.
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Maggie was in her office waiting for Alden in order to continue their work on the expansions. Hershel was in his crib playing with some LEGO DUPLOs again.

She was going through some papers as Alden arrived into the room, with the two planning to finish the plans for the expansion of the field. Jesus and Eduardo had agreed to bring the info to the Sanctuary. Earlier that day Aaron had arrived to tell the current situation. Following the skirmishes caused Jed and Regina as well as their followers a few weeks back, Daryl had left leadership of the area, with D.J. now leading the group. Jed and his followers had left the community with some weapons, not being seen since. While it was great that they could no longer harass any of the workers, they now posed the threat of being bandits. The future of the entire community was in question, and there was talks of relocating at least some to the other communities, which made some people feel uneasy.

"Let's go through these so that we can get this project started" Maggie said as Alden joined her and the two went through the papers again, checking that everything was all right.
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One and a half hour later the two were done and Jesus arrived just on time.

"Got the list of people and supplies?" he asked.

"Yeah, here" Alden said handing him a few papers.

"Good, Eduardo is already by the horses, so I should keep going" Jesus replied and left the room.

Maggie and Alden now stood in the room, alone. Well, almost alone, with little Hershel now sleeping in his crib.

"It's a good plan we made" Maggie said, as she poured two glasses of water. "This expansion will benefit not just the Hilltop, but also the other communities"

"Yeah and the workers will get some good distraction from the instability going on in the Sanctuary" Alden replied, taking a glass from her.

"I agree. I'll always hold Negan and his minions in contempt for their actions, but I can sympathise with the workers. If the Sanctuary can no longer sustain them, I'll promise to take some of them in here, though I don't know if I can promise the same for the any of the former soldiers" Maggie stated, taking a sip of water.

This touched Alden, seeing how different Maggie was from yesterday. What a loving person. A person he had grown to love.

"Thank you, Maggie"

The two continued to drink water for a moment, before Maggie broke the silence.

"I think we have to talk, about something else than expansion of the fields"

Alden took a sip of water and put his glass down. This was it.

"Yes" Alden replied.

Maggie took a sip of water, before putting her glass down as well.

"I've noticed you occasionally looking at me during meals. And yesterday, with the hands… is there something you have to say to me?"

She's noticing it, he thought. Time to tell the truth.

"Yes. Maggie. Maggie, you're a strong, beautiful, brave and compassionate woman, and in the past one and a half years I've grown to really like you" He stated. "And as in liking your, I mean more than as just a friend"

Maggie looked at Alden, as he stepped closer, finally having admitted his feelings. He felt like he was in a dream.

"Alden…" she tried, as stood directly in front of her, looking down at her as she looked into his eyes.

"I'm just being honest, Maggie, I've felt like this for a while" He stated as he got even closer both now feeling each other's breath. He couldn't hold himself back any longer.

"Alden, I'm a …" she couldn't finish her sentence, as his lips crashed on hers.

Alden almost lost control as he kissed passionately, his arms finding their way around her. He was in his dreams. Nothing else mattered or existed to him, besides the two of them. Not the Hilltop, Sanctuary, Alexandra, expansion-work, Rick Grimes, Negan, her dead husband… until he felt her hands push back against him. He broke the kiss and backed down.

Maggie looked at him, sweaty and with a confused.

"Shit, Maggie, I'm so sorry…"

He couldn't finish as this time Maggie kissed him back, putting her arms around his neck. Alden lost control this time, and put his arms around her, as the two made out passionately. The taste and feeling of her lips on his, as well as warmth of her body made him fully aroused and erected and once again forget everything that wasn't the two of them.

Even though Maggie had started this second kiss, she quickly succumbed to Alden, whose tongue dominated over hers and entered her mouth, sweeping around it.

The two of them stumbled across her office until they reached her desk. Alden didn't feel like he consciously in control, but instead was led by his primal instincts, especially as he laid Maggie down on her desk, with him on top of her. The ideal position once they were free of clothing.

The two of them broke from their kissing for a moment to catch some air. While the two were breathing in and out, they were looking in each other's eyes.

Alden wanted to do more than just kiss. His arousal demanded her pants and underwear off, to enter, fill, stretch and hopefully claim also her. His hands travelled to her covered booty and squeezed it gently to show his wish to her without using words. To his delight she replied by lifting her booty, giving him permission.

His hands go to her belt and unbuckle it, before pulling her jeans her legs.

Alden now looks at her bare, long, wonderful legs and the light blue panties she is still wearing. He notices wet spot that has formed in them, informing how excited her body is for him.

His hands went down her thighs and he kneeled in front of her, his face close to her panties. His fingers hooked into her panties. He wanted to taste her before anything else happened.

As he tried to pull her panties away, Maggie came quickly back to her previous state. No, she thought, this isn't right. She pushed his head away from her centre, with her panties only partially pulled down, only showing a little of her brown pubic hair and still covering most of her.

"Maggie?" Alden asked, out of breath.

"Please go, this wasn't a good idea" she replied, almost breaking to tears.

"But…"

"Please go now!" she said. "I want to be left alone"

Alden felt hurt, but agreed to her request, leaving her in the office alone with her still sleeping son.

As Alden had left she pulled her jeans back on, sat down in her chair and thought about what just transpired.