In the middle of the night, she was awoken by the sound of his footsteps creaking against the floor. Even with her eyes still closed, Sadie was anxious to see if he would apologize. 'Probably not.'
Negan shoved her body to her side of the bed. "The world doesn't f*ckin' revolve around you." He muttered and lay on his side, looking away from her.
'He's probably drunk.' Sadie sighed as she was about to sneeze. She purposely did so in a lighter way, wondering if he would say anything else. He simply groaned and gently kissed her on the neck.
"You and Lucille are going to have a big sit down tomorrow." She widened her eyes but made sure that he didn't see. 'What?'
Sadie got up as quickly as she could the next morning. But to her dismay, Negan was already up, waiting patiently in the doorway with Lucille in his hand. She gulped.
"Come 'ere darlin'." He gestured with two fingers. Without a second thought, she obediently followed him to the living room. "Kneel right here." He tapped his bat in front of a beige line on the brown carpet. "Right on that line."
She did so and slowly started to pant.
"Now. As I f*ckin' recall, I said that the rules..matter." Negan paced around her. "And there is no room for that negotiation shit."
Sadie didn't dare look up as he stopped in front of her. "I..just.."
"Go on." Negan set a hand to his ear as her voice was just above a whisper. "I just wanted thirty minutes." "For what!?" Sadie shivered at his shout. "Fresh air. By myself. Alone." The girl tightened her eyes as he trailed the barbed wire along her half visible breasts. "The only fresh thing that you are responsible for is that mouth." He said bitterly.
"You didn't think that you were leaving with a clean plate now were you?" Negan continued to pace around her.
"I'm sorry!" She squeaked.
"Sorry doesn't cut it here darlin'."
Sadie tightened her eyes as he lowered to her level.
"I don't care who the hell you are." He rose her chin with his right pointed finger. "You're such a liar! You are never supposed to hit a girl!" "You said that you didn't want any special treatment and by god am I going to uphold that!"
"Wh..What are you going to do with me then?" "Well." He exhaled. "Davey's dead.."
She winced.
"..and Simon and Dwight are too ill willed. But Lucille..oh ho..is feeling so thirsty this morning! Why.." He chuckled. "..I guess you can say it's her coffee. And you have just the right ingredients! Sugar, pinch of cinnamon, and a real big wake up call!"
Sadie opened her mouth.
"Now don't move. Don't want you getting hurt." He grinned. Sadie's mind went blank, even when she felt a smack on her back.
"Man!" Negan smiled. "Look at that sight!" He knelt down and traced his fingers on the bloody cuts. Sadie shut her eyes half way. "I would hate to do that again." Negan held out a hand to her.
"Come on." He smiled. "It's a brand new day baby." Sadie stood up while hiding the excruciating sting of pain that followed. "Now why don't you do ol' Negan a favor and put on that smokin' hot corset huh?" Sadie said nothing and went to the bedroom to get it. She strapped it on with a sigh.
"Well!"
Sadie sighed, finding him in the den with his feet up in his recliner.
"That's my girl." He grinned. "And I am dying to figure out what's underneath!" She quietly poured him a mug of beer and walked over to hand it to him. "Damn." He smirked and took it.
"All you need are a couple more pounds and you'll make a real fine wife. Sit on my lap for a minute." Sadie did so, still quiet, and looked away. "You could use a haircut too. Tell ya what. Since I'm still a bit hungover, re jog my memory.
You said you like movies right? Why don't you make us some popcorn and we'll watch one?" She stood up without even a nod or a tone of agreement. "Make that extra salty!" He smiled.
She waited for the microwave to sound and walked over to a case of dvds. 'Of course they're all sexual.'
Avoiding an eye roll, she set up the television and took a big bowl from the cupboard. She poured the popcorn into it and added a light sprinkle of salt.
"There we go!" He happily patted a small spot next to him on his chair. She quietly did so and sat the hot bowl on her lap. 'I wonder if I can lower my chance of having kids by doing this.'
After nearly an hour and a half of trying to keep her brain cells from dying, she sighed as Negan had fallen asleep. The girl slowly stood up and left to the bathroom.
After putting her hair in a messy pigtail and nearly ripping off the corset, she threw on just her tank top and shorts. 'Oh how I missed you!' She put on her boots and left outside to stab some zombies.
Negan loudly yawned and stretched. "God damn it!" He groaned as he realized she was no longer in the room, but softened his temper as he saw her outside.
"What the hell you doing out here?" He smiled and felt her cheek.
She simply blinked and kept stabbing them.
"You don't have to do that today. Simon will handle it."
She kept ignoring him.
"Darlin'?"
She sighed.
"Sandra?"
She left down the fence to kill more of the creatures. He sighed and felt his forehead. "How about I cook us some lunch? I make a mighty fine spaghetti!" The girl left back inside as her pain became nearly unbearable. "Sadie. Answer me!" He left after her.
She stopped suddenly with her back facing him. "I didn't mean to hurt you. Rules are rules." She kept walking and grabbed a pen and paper off of a desk. She wrote down what she wanted to say before handing it to him and left out of sight. He quietly read it.
'Please do not follow me. I'm not hungry but thank you anyway.'
She went to Dr. Carson's open door. "You made Negan upset." He said simply. Sadie regretfully nodded. He motioned her to come in and to close the door.
Sadie sighed after the painful procedure of Dr. Carson sanitizing and bandaging each cut. She made her way back to Negan's place and passed the kitchen where he was stirring a large pot.
"Just in time darlin'. Lunch is almost set." He smiled anyway as she neglected him yet again.
She tightened her eyes as she rested her back against the pillows. She grabbed her puzzle book and turned to where she left off. 'Two..nine..four..seven! Got it!'
Despite her ways, he refused to leave Sadie alone and walked into the room with a tray holding two bowls. "Nice and hot!" He sighed. "You know, I talked to Rick after you went all Cinderella on me yesterday. And he said that out of all people, you look like the kind of girl absolutely perfect for babysitting little Judith."
She sighed and continued to concentrate on her puzzle.
"What kind of game is that? Looks challenging. But I know you can figure it out."
'Will you just shut up?' She stood up and left the room.
"More for me." He shrugged but called her back in. "Oh Sadie!" She returned with a straight face. "Love you." He smiled. "No you don't." Her eyes couldn't help but leak a few tears. "Why did you hurt me?" "Rules baby girl. Rules."
"I don't care! It hurt! So bad!" She hiccuped. "You treated your wife like this too didn't you?" "F*ck no I didn't! Reverse those words right now!" He jumped to his feet. "Then why did you resort to violence with me?" She looked at him like a lost puppy. "You could have just isolated me or starved me instead!"
Negan knelt down. She quickly backed up. "Sadie. Come here please." She shook her head. "Please?" "No." He sighed and opened his arms. Sadie ran into them and burst into tears. "I don't want to get hurt anymore." She cried. Negan tightly hugged her, slightly tearing up himself.
"I..understand darlin'. I'm getting older and less patient. And that is a shitty excuse to use." He rocked her back and forth with his lips planted behind her right ear. "I'm devastatingly sorry darlin'." He kissed her harder. "I will never hurt you again. Please don't cry."
Sadie hiccuped as he picked her up. He softly kissed her on the lips. "I don't..want to.." "Shh.." Negan lay her on the bed and took off his shirt. He lay next to her, curling her hair with his finger. "I'm.." She hiccuped. "..hungry."
Negan hummed with a smile. "I knew you'd be sooner or later." He lightly felt her stomach and set the second bowl of spaghetti between them. Negan twirled the fork and supported her back. "Open wide." She giggled and did so. "What do you think?" Sadie smiled as he rubbed her shoulder. "Yum." Negan blinked. "That's what I want to hear."
"Will..you still love me if these scars didn't go away?" "Woah! I don't use the term scars here darlin'." He fed her another bite of spaghetti. "I'm sorry. You don't?" She swallowed with a light smile. He shook his head.
"Nope. You're a tiger who earned her damn stripes." He lifted her necklace pendant. Sadie blushed with surprise. 'I was not expecting that.' "Wow. Um. Thank you." "They will still be there even if you can't see them." Sadie leaned her head against his chest with her thumb held to her lip. "Well isn't this symbolism just adorable." She shut her eyes as Negan placed a hand on her stomach.
"Oh. So I'm your pet now?" He huffed. "Don't get snarky. No." He lay her head on the pillow. "You're mine." He hovered over her. "We'll start you off as my girlfriend. Or in your gamer terms, an amateur." She giggled. "Well at least I'm something."
Negan smiled. "You have such beautiful eyes." 'Stop complementing me! You're just going to put your testosterone on full blast anyway at some point.' She looked to the side at his pillow. "Can you..scratch my head please? It feels good."
"Pleasure." He hummed and scratched the back of her head. Sadie softly moaned and shut her eyes. "Thank you." "I was being a bit selfish the past few days. Now the spotlight's on you."
Sadie lightly moaned again. "You really like that don't you?" "Yeah. Can you help me up? I have to continue maintaining walker duty." Hesitant at first, he then smiled and held out a hand. "That's my little warrior. Don't stay out long." Negan kissed her hand. Sadie fluttered her eyes. "Can you come with me? Please?"
He nodded and put his shirt back on. "It would be nice to get some fresh air wouldn't it?" She carefully left as he followed behind, trying not to get mad. "Oh shut up. You're just like Frollo. Acting like a threat then smooth talking to me after things go haywire." The girl whispered.
"I know."
She flinched as he answered her. Sadie turned around. "Huh?"
"I know darlin'. I have to get used to having another girl in my life." She sighed. "It's only been..a week. Not to be rude, but I wasn't expecting you to be my lost magnet." He kissed her temple. "Yep." "Just..don't hurt me anymore. Please." "Well..since you escalated to the girlfriend status, it's a deal."
He grinned. Sadie suspiciously rose an eyebrow. "What?" "Do you promise?" He folded his arms. "I am not dense! I strictly told you that rules.." He huffed and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Thin line between?" "We'll discuss this later." She shrugged and picked up a spear. "Actually, I was testing your wits kid." The girl clenched her teeth in aggression while killing each one. "What do you.." Sadie viciously impaled one through the heart. "..mean?"
"That you are strong enough to survive. You are not going to let a wound slow you down." He smiled. "Well not all princesses wear tiaras." She giggled.
"I can find you one." "No. No no no. Hell no. Please don't." He stepped back. "Okay then. Geez. I can get you a nice dress instead." She stopped for a minute. "I don't like wearing anything fancy. I sometimes wear jewelry, but only if it's black and not too bulky, and makeup, mascara and eye liner. I don't like dresses or skirts. At all."
"Man. Why haven't I met you earlier?" He smiled. "You could have saved me a boatload of cash before this outbreak." She continued her job with a smirk.
"You really are one of a kind. Hey. Do me a favor and hop that fence. I'm expecting something very special from Rick." He then blinked, seeing the vulnerable look in her eyes. "Oh. Right. Never mind." Sadie rolled her eyes and put down her spear. Negan led her inside. "You look like you can use a bit of time to let out your thoughts."
"No no no..I didn't mean to not do anything. I just meant that climbing the fence would hurt my back. I'll be fine enough tomorrow to do it. In the meantime, I can help with something else. Like.." She looked around his rather dusty and messy living room.
"Everything's fine darlin'. Why don't you set up the gaming system? I'll go with you this time." He held her right hand. "Okay." Sadie smiled and walked with him. "What do you want to drink?" "Um. Water please. With ice."