p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Ricks mind skips to a couple of months later /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick was listening to the hustle of the morning when all of a sudden he felt sick to his stomach. Racing to the bathroom he threw up for a good two minutes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"He tried to go over in his head what he had eaten the night before but couldn't think of anything in particular that would've caused this. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Deciding it was just a little bug he decided to go on with his day. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"But this occurred the next few days and on top of that, he no longer could be around if they were cooking any of the meat they happened to obtain. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Negan watched as Rick tried hard to hide this from him but Negan was too keen for that. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Waiting until that evening when he and Rick were alone, Negan asked with a look of worry on his face. "how sick are you, Rick"? Rick kissed Negan's cheek and said, "it's just a stomach bug ill be ok in a few days"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Well, a few days went by and things didn't get better, they got worse. So without hesitation, Negan dragged Rick to see the doctor worried it had something to do with his old injuries. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"After about an hour and being told he couldn't go in, Negan started getting ansy. That is when Dr. Carson opened the door and had a look between amazed and confused./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN""What's wrong?" Negan growled. Emmett looked nervously at the ground and said "Rick is pregnant sir" and the two men just stood there in silence. And then Negan started laughing and hugged the doctor. "Wish we had cigars Emmett cause this is cause for celebrating. Man when I saved him from being chomper meat I never thought I would be getting so much awesome out of it" Negan said and pushed his way into Rick's room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick was laying on his back staring at the roof. He only looked over when he felt Negan's warm hand in his. "How is this possible?" Rick said softly in a teary, confused voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN""Because you're the man. I mean you survived being shot and then fucking left to die when the dead rose and then you risked your life to save that little girl while those other pussies just sat around and cried. Why the fuck not shouldn't you be able to have kids you mother fucking angel. I can't wait to tell everyone" Negan said and kissed him hard on the lips./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"The next day Negan kept to his word and the whole sanctuary knew. No one said anything out of fear of Negan but Rick could feel the stares when he was helping out. The only people who didn't seem to give a damn were Lucille, Laura, and Dwight. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"The next few months went by quietly but as Rick began to show more and more and do less more people really started to show aggressive behavior towards him, he had to stop Negan from killing someone who called him a freak. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN""Negan please, there's enough death in the world and he is a good man, just frustrated and thrown off by the fact a man is having a baby that's all" Rick said rubbing his husband's back. Husband, that sounded nice to him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Negan kissed his cheek and said, "I will keep my temper in check but if someone hurts you I won't be so kind". /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick smiled and kissed him. "Let's have a small marriage ceremony and maybe that will calm people down having some festivities about. We have the stuff to make a cake and Dwight is an amazing cook. It can be a day off for everyone to have fun and spend more time with family" Rick said laying his head against Negan's chest to hear his heartbeat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN""That's an amazing idea. In two days you will officially be mine forever" Negan said grinning and after kissing him, took off./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick sighed and for the next two days wished he kept his mouth shut. Negan was in full wedding mode. Dwight had to end up remaking the cake twice, and the decorations were redone several times, and Negan had found a clothing store and made him brave the dead to find a suit that fit him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Though I do think the people of the sanctuary enjoyed getting out and getting dressed up. Rick just couldn't believe Negan went through all of that. He took a busload of people each time, let them pick out something to wear, and then took the next. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"By the time the actual day came around Rick was just ready to sleep. "Come on beautiful, it's time," Lucille and Laura said trying not to laugh. Rick scoffed at them and followed. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"The ceremony was beautiful and it turned out Dr. Emmett was also a ordained minister but what surprised Rick the most was the beautiful wedding bands Negan had found in the same place as the clothes. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick's eyes watered as they went through the basic vows since they didn't have time or patience to write their own and that kiss as a married couple was the most wonderful kiss he had ever had. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"That night, after an awesome party, as the two newlyweds laid in bed entangled in one another, Negan ran a hand over Rick's growing stomach and said "I love you, my handsome husband". Rick smiled to himself and said, "I love you too my superhero". /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN"Rick was about to drift off to sleep when he heard Negan whisper "I will make sure you and your mommy never worry about anything. This is my promise to you" and kissed Rick's stomach softly before pulling Rick close to him and kissing him once again before the two of them drifted off to sleep. /span/p
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