Alexandria

Eugene was about as happy as he thought he could get. He was leaning against the counter watching RickyJo and Tara make lunch. Not only were they nicer to him than pretty much everyone else, but every one of his masturbatory fantasies started with him being alone with the two of them. And at some point he knew RickyJo would need to nurse her baby, which meant opening up her shirt and getting her breasts out. Enjoying a look at that made him feel a little perverted, but at this point, any tits were good tits.

The girls were making up lunch for everyone and something to take to the party so there was food thrown around everywhere. Every few minutes, one of the girls would come over with a bit of something on a spoon or fork for him to try. He had never had a curry before, but whatever it was it tasted good. That was for the party, they were frying fish tacos up for lunch.

"I thought Olivia said you could only have one can of coconut milk?," Tara asked RickyJo.

"I snagged another one while her back was turned," RickyJo admitted. Then she announced, "I do whatever I want." Tara laughed and took a few playful swats at her behind. She had jean cutoff shorts on that were so short she was practically begging for an ass smacking anyway.

"You are going to get us in trouble," she told her.

"Whatever," RickyJo said, "Fucking Carol was stealing candy."

"She was not."

"The fuck she wasn't. I saw her do it. And there was a totally decent looking guy in there and he was checking her out." Eugene was laughing at them. Carol stealing candy, now that would have been a sight. Everyone was adjusting to their new home in different ways but Carol was just ridiculous. She was putting on an act that there was no way she could keep up for long. And she had been walking around dressed up like an eighty year old grandma. Carol had burned down terminus and saved them all from cannibals, he wasn't sure why she thought that was something she needed to hide.

RickyJo heard the door open and shut, so she went to see who is was. The babies were in the front room alone, which made her a little nervous. Neither of them had ever seen tv before so she had turned on a cartoon and pulled the playpen right up in front. They were so engrossed in the show she wasn't sure they were even blinking. She saw the noise from the door had only been Daryl letting himself in, so she relaxed and went back to cooking.

Daryl leaned down to give MJ a rub on his head. The kid swatted him away with little grunt. Why that freaking kid hated him so much, he would never understand. All that time he spent rubbing RickyJo's stomach and talking to it was supposed to make the baby like him. He gave Judith a rub instead, and she smiled her little toothy grin up at him. Then he went to see what was smelling so good in the kitchen. Tara and RickyJo were cooking, and Eugene was leaning against the counter ogling them. Not that Daryl could blame him. They were both in bathing suits and shorts with tank tops. He guessed they must be taking the babies out to swim in the little plastic pool someone had brought over for them. People around this place sure loved babies, he had never seen anyone get so much free stuff in his life.

He moved in, putting his arms around RickyJo and putting his hands under her shirt to feel her stomach. She put her spoon down and turned around so she could hug him back, rubbing her cheek against his softly. He reached over and stole a peice of fish off the paper towel lined plate that was sitting on the counter. It must have just come out of the hot oil because he burned the fuck out of his mouth.

"Thats what you get," RickyJo told him, laughing at him a little. He should have waited until lunch was ready instead of snatching it off the counter. Letting the fish cool a little first, he took another bite. It was good.

"This beer batter?," he asked her. She nodded and gestured towards the fridge. There was beer in there, and it was cold. He pulled one out and took a long drink. It was better than christmas. "You want one?," he asked the girls. They shook their heads, they had already split one while they were cutting the food up to cook it.

"You want to swim with us after lunch?," RickyJo asked him. "Well we are mostly going to lay out and watch the babies swim." She and Tara started giggling.

"Yeh," Tara said, "we are going to find out what the people around here think about topless sunbathing."

"You better be joking," Daryl told them. This sent them off laughing harder.

"Only in the backyard," RickyJo said, like that somehow made it better.

"Men don't have to wear shirts," Eugene added, "Its about equality." Now Tara was really laughing, leaning over the counter to put her head in her arms. Eugene did not give a rats ass about equality. He was just a pervert. She had even seen him scoping on RickyJo's tits when she was feeding her baby. You just had to love him though. He was just himself and never apologized for it. Tara walked over and gave him a hug. She thought about when they had all found out about him lying about being a scientist.

Rosita had made a big announcement to everyone, thinking it was going to be this huge blow up and they were all going to get as upset as Abraham had. But RickyJo just started laughing. Does the word duh mean anything to you. Abraham had started questioning her about how she knew and then Merle had yelled at him. Because she actually is a fucking scientist, thats how she knows. She had made sure to clarify that she was in fact a biologist. Then she had said something about using parasites to kill a virus, like it was the best joke ever. Like every single one of them had been totally dumb to believe it. Abraham had still been acting all salty and she had told him its not like he had anything better to do than take Eugene to Washington. For a second Tara had thought Abraham might go for her and hit her, like he did to Eugene, but he just hugged her against his chest and kissed her on the forehead. He had been a little weird with her before because she had been living at terminus but after that they were friends.

Rick came back for lunch, he had been walking around in his new police uniform, talking to people and checking the walls for about the tenth time. He was not happy with the lack of security. Sure they were safe from walkers, but these people seemed to have no idea that what they really needed to be watching out for was other people. And he had found out there was a gun up in the watchtower, but no one even kept watch up there. He wanted the people here armed with guns, but Deanna did not agree with him and he wasn't happy about it.

No one was inside the house, but he could hear voices and baby laughter outside so he guessed everyone must be out there. There were a few plates on the counter with tacos on them, so he guessed at least one was for him. He sat down at the table and ate, then went to see what everyone was doing. On his way out he bumped into Carol. She held her hands up.

"I already told them to knock it off," she warned him. Then she headed towards the front door. What in the hell was she talking about. Rick walked towards the back door to find a few of the guys sitting on the back porch, drinking beer. All the girls were down in the yard on towels and lawn chairs, with no tops on. He wasn't really surprised in RickyJo or Rosita. After all they didn't care who saw them have sex. But Michonne, Tara, Sammie and Beth were down there too. While Daryl, Eugene and Bob had opted to stay on the porch, Carl had decided if there was naked sunbathing happening he was going to take advantage. He had pulled his chair up right between Sammie and RickyJo and he was kicked back with his hands behind his head and a pair of sunglasses on. Noah was down there too, but he was lying on his stomach on a towel and he looked like he was sleeping. Michonne had a book and she was taking turns with RickyJo, reading aloud for everyone. There was a sunshade set up for the babies, who were happily splashing away in a few inches of water in a little plastic pool.

RickyJo saw him and gave him a little wave. She could tell he was pissed but decided to ignore him. She let him know there was another lawn chair next door if he wanted it. He wasn't even sure what to say or think about what was going on at first so he just stood there staring. It was really making him mad that Beth was out there with her breasts out for everyone to see. Bob saw Rick's expression and tried to hide his laughter.

"What in the hell are you doing?," Rick asked the girls.

"What in the hell does it look like?," Michonne asked him, "getting some sun." It was hard to even look at her since she was half naked.

"Its okay," RickyJo told him, "Deanna never said this wasn't allowed." Rick shook his head. Deanna also hadn't said that it was against the rules to sneak into people's and shit on their dining room tables. Just because something wasn't specifically against the rules didn't mean it was allowed.

"Reg stopped by earlier to bring us the sunshade," Carl said, "he didn't seem to mind." Just when Rick thought it couldn't get any worse. Deanna's husband was over here. Rick bet the man didn't mind getting an eyeful but that didn't mean his wife was going to appreciate this.

"Yeah," Daryl added, "and then both his sons came over to bring them all some iced tea." To Daryl it was clear the man had thought it would be funny to send his sons over here, whether he warned them first about what was going on or not Daryl wasn't sure. One of them had tripped on the steps and fallen on his face. Fucking idiot.

The door banged shut behind Rick and he turned to see it was that woman next door that had given him a haircut. She had a lawn chair with her and was wearing a bathing suit. Jessie smiled at Rick and set her lawn chair up near the baby pool but not close enough to get splashed. Then she lay down on her stomach and untied her top.

"What chapter are you on?," she asked Michonne. They were on chapter three. "Oh good, the next one is my favorite. I can take a turn reading if you guys want," she offered. Now Rick really didn't know what to do. It was one thing for him to yell at his own people, but Jessie lived here. And she didn't seem to mind what was going on. He decided he didn't care.

"Okay," he said to them, "all of you get your clothes back on." When no one moved to obey him he added, "Right now."

"We are in the backyard," Beth told him. The backyard, what did that have to do with it. Forget about what Deanna thought. What if they came under attack by another group and everyone was fucking naked. Michonne ignored him and went back to reading the story like he wasn't standing there. Rick stomped off into the house, letting the door smack shut behind him. He really could not believe those girls. Bob finally let go and started laughing.

"He has got to lighten up," he said.