Okay so this is late and I'm sorry but thank you to everyone who read it and reviewed it and spent time on my story because that's awesome so thanks!

WARNING ABOUT THIS CHAPTER: I was very lazy so there isn't much variation in the vocabulary I used. Like, the words moon and reflect and emerged and beautiful are used a lot! I could've switched it up but I was literally too lazy to go find a replacement so I'm sorry! Yell at me for my laziness...I understand!

Hopefully, the content makes up for it :)

Enjoy!

We. All. Got. Jobs. To. Do.

~MaggieRhee


"Sometimes I'll meet you out there
Lonely and frightened
Flicking my tongue out at the wet leaves
Pale green things, pale green things."

-Pale Green Things.

-The Mountain Goats.


Glenn grabbed the moonshine, blanket, and body wash before we dashed down the stairs. We hit the concrete as we took off towards the water.

Once we reached the fence Glenn quietly undid the lock and opened it up just enough for the both of us to slide through the gap. I locked it behind us and turned to grab his hand.

We laughed and giggled for about eight minutes, on the edge of forgetting. There didn't seem to be many walkers around. We didn't run into any and I was happy about that.

Hurriedly, we walked deeper and deeper into the woods. Our excited feet happily tripped and stumbled over branches on the overgrown ground. The wind was warm as it blew around us, like it was encasing us in a chamber of safety. Safety wasn't something that was always guaranteed but tonight seemed less dangerous than most somehow.

"We're almost there." I told him as we nearer the location. Glenn just grinned. I could tell he had been satisfied with my suggestion on how to spend the rest of the night.


After weaving through the last group of trees, the lake emerged.

Maggie walked in front of me. I stayed back, my hands on my hips, trying to catch my breath.

She looked back at me, grinning, and waved me towards her before running ahead. I ran after her.

She bound towards the water, full clothed. I tried to pull her back but, before I could reach her, she was concealed in the lake.

I stopped before my shoes met the shore.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"Um, nothing." I said. I didn't want to tell her that this wasn't exactly what I had in mind when she'd suggested coming out here.

"Then come in with me." she laughed.

I didn't want her to think I was suggesting or pushing anything by taking my clothes off. I was honestly thankful I got to spend time with her as it was. I figured that taking my socks and shoes off would be alright. "Yeah. Okay." I said, leaning down to remove my footwear.

As I was untying the laces on my second shoe, something wet hit me in the face. I reached over to pick it up. It was Maggie's shirt.

I kicked off the shoe and peeled off my socks quickly. When I stood up, another piece of clothing was flying towards me. I caught it and realized it was her bra.

As I held it in my hands, I looked up at her.

"Well," she sang, smiling. "Don't keep me waiting."

I smiled and rushed to get undressed. I tore my shirt off over my head and clumsily stumbled out of each leg of my pants.

I ran into the water and cried out when it hit my back. It was surprisingly cold, despite the sun that had been beating on it all day.

"Shhh," Maggie shushed me as I went over to her.

I put my hands on her sides and she wrapped her arms around my neck. I pushed lips against her. She brushed mine but pulled back.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked. I was always afraid of doing something wrong at times like these. Maggie was so perfect that it seemed impossible for someone like her to be satisfied by someone as flawed as me.

"Not so fast. We have something to do," she held up the body gel. "Remember?"


Glenn smiled and took the bottle from me.

"Turn around." he said with a smirk that sent chills down my spine.

I put my back to him, facing the rest of the water. I heard him open the bottle and pour some of it in his palm.

His fingers tan through my hair as he massaged the gel into my scalp. I saw sparkly suds fall near my eyes as he continued. His hands were familiar and gentle. I relaxed at his touch.

"Mmm," I sighed.

"Tip your head back." he whispered. His breath was hot in my ear and I realized he was closer to me than I thought he had been.

I did as he said and looked up at the night sky. The stars were out and the moon was bright, reflecting in the slightly murky water like a fogged mirror. Glenn cupped his hands together and poured water down my hair and back.

I could feel his chest inches from my back. All I wanted was to fall into him and be safe for a while.

He ran his fingers up my spine and goose bumps pushed at the surface of my skin. I gasped and I heard Glenn sigh behind me.

He moved closer, his chest touching my back. His lips placed slow kisses along my body. Tracing paths from my shoulders to my neck and back again, melting my chills and worries.

After a moment he cupped water in his hands again and I looked up. Once my hair was drenched he craned over to kiss me on the forehead, placing his hands on either side of my face.

"Come here," he said in a hardly audible tone of voice.

I turned to face him, my eyes wide and waiting. He put his hands on my back and pulled my closer to him until our legs were touching. I lifted myself up so I was wrapped around his waist.

He smiled at me as a few strands of wet hair fell in my face. His fingers pushed them back behind my ears.

I put my hands under the water and pulled at the hem of his boxers until they were around his knees. He kicked them off and smiled at me. His fingers wrapped around the hips of my underwear and pulled them off.

He pulled me into his chest and our lips crashed against each other. He pulled away and his eyes were hungry.

I leaned down to place my lips to his when there was a loud noise somewhere in the distance.

I got off Glenn so my feet touched the bottom of the lake. "What was that?" I asked.

"It sounded like a gunshot." he said.

We were back to back so we had a view of the area. I couldn't help but feel empty now that I wasn't close to him.

"Over here!" he said, pointing to an over hang of rocks. They seemed to have been strategically placed. I idly wondered if it was a trap but I didn't have time to contemplate it fully. Another gun shot pierced the quiet night and Glenn grabbed my hand. He pulled me over to the overhang so we were sort of concealed. The water settled back into silent waves just as I heard footsteps emerge from the woods.

"Hey!" a man yelled, his voice making me jump slightly. The water didn't move much.

We could hear him walk over to the other side of the lake, trying to be as quiet as he could. I looked at Glenn and we moved slightly to the right so he wouldn't be able to see us from where he was standing.

"Now, we all know you were out here. We heard you laughin' and gigglin' and havin' a good ole time. So just reveal yourselves and there won't be a problem."

I looked at Glenn. "We?" I mouthed.

His eyes narrowed and I could tell he was trying to figure out our next move. The man spoke again. "This here is our water. We don't need no outsiders comin' in, alright? So why don't you just come on out and we'll take care of things."

We could hear him walk further around. If he walked all the way to the other corner of the lake then he would be able to see us. I prayed that it was dark enough that he wouldn't be able to see but I knew that he would have to be practically blind for that to work. The moon was too bright, it illuminated everything.

I could see the man's shadow in the water's reflection. Lightly and slowly, I nudged Glenn's leg with my foot. He turned to look at me and I nodded towards the lake. He realized the same thing. At least now, we knew where he was so we could better plan an escape if we needed one.

"Lilacs huh?" he asked. I saw his silhouette lean down to pick up the bottle. It must've been washed ashore after Glenn dropped it in the water. I closed my eyes, trying not to be too disappointed over something so useless. It was just soap. It just proved that all good, simple things end. "How...pretty." he laughed darkly. I could feel Glenn tense up in anger beside me and I grabbed his hand beneath the water.

On my left I heard movement again. It was different this time though, not a careful.

Snarls and moans came from the same direction and I knew immediately what it was. I squeezed Glenn's hand. He didn't seem to hear it until I pointed it out to him. His head turned just as the walker emerged from behind the over hang we were under.

I pressed my back against the rocks behind us and so did Glenn. The water moved and the growls seemed to get louder.

"Now I've got ya!" I heard the man say, mistaking the sounds from the walker for human noises. I watched as his shadow crept just above where we were until he disappeared.

I tightened my grasp around Glenn's hand. I didn't see a way out of this without having to reveal ourselves and I needed to know if he did. Either we kill the walker and then have to go against the gunman practically weaponless. Or we stay quiet and are walkers by morning. I didn't like our chances.

Glenn looked at me and nodded. He had something.

He held his breath and dunked his head under the water quietly. When he game back up he held up a large rock. He didn't have time to explain but he didn't need to, I understood. The dripping noise the water made as it trickled down from his hair into the lake made both the walker and the gunman more aware of our presence.

Glenn hauled to rock across the lake. The walker lunged towards us just as the rock hit the lake with a loud slap. I kicked the body in the chest and it was pushed back into the open. The man shot at the rock on the other side of the lake.

I pushed back against the rocks with Glenn and prayed that this would work. My heart was loud in my ears.

"Gotcha sons a'bitches now!" he called out.

The walker's focus seemed to turn onto the man. Its ruined legs crawled over the rocks where we were and the rancid smell hit us full force. The man shrieked and ran the other way. I glanced out from the rocks to see the man. He sort of reminded me of Otis and I got sad for a minute, but then Glenn nudged me. I turned to see him, his hands covering his nose and mouth, though, I could tell he was laughing.

I started to laugh to and, as soon as we knew it was clear, we got out of the water and grabbed our clothes. We didn't bother to put them on since we weren't sure if the man would send anymore of his people that he called 'we'.

As I bent down to get my jeans, I saw the bottle of lilac scrub. I smiled and picked it up, tucking it in my jeans pocket. Glenn grabbed my hand and we ran back through the woods to go back to Terminus.


Maggie crawled under the blanket next to me, her clothes kicked somewhere off to the side. I caught my breath as I turned to face her. She smiled and blushed as she brought the covers up to her chin.

I smiled and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her closer to me. "I'm so happy we got to do this tonight." I smiled.

"Me too." she said quietly.

"More than just this though." I said. "I mean, I'm glad I got to bring you up here with me."

"Why is that?" she asked.

"Obviously because of the beautiful view." I said, motioning to the concrete buildings and dying world around us.

She pulled my arm down so it was around her again. "No, really. Why?"

I sighed, looking at the way the moon glimmered off of her hair. The way the dark night mirrored her eyes yet contrasted them like magic. She was beautiful. "Well, sometimes, when it was really late and I can't get to sleep, which was usually when you have the over night shift on the radio, I come up here and look at the sky. The moon is always really bright up here and-" I stopped. "Nevermind, it's kind of lame." I smiled.

"No," she said putting a hand on my face. "Tell me."

"I just usually think about you."

"You think about me?" she asked.

"Yeah. All the time. But, especially when you're not with me and especially when I'm up here."

Her expression told me she was pleased with that. "Well what do you think about when you're up here, thinking about me?" she asked.

"I usually just think about how beautiful you would look under the moon. How incredible your skin would look underneath the light. How it would shine off your hair and reflect in your eyes when you smile. I just think about you. That's all."

Her eyes got big before she smiled. "Well,"

"Well what?" I asked.

"Do I live up to your expectations?" she asked.

I smirked and leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "You exceed them."

She kissed my shoulder and snuggled into my chest. I held her close.

Thinking about all of this, her, helped me forget.

It helped me forget how tragic the world had become. I always forgot until I heard a walker coming up to one of the fences and was pulled from my mind. Somehow, I always found my way back.

The difference was that from now on it wouldn't be so hard. Now that I've seen Maggie up here, how undeniably perfect she is, I wouldn't have to imagine what she looked like under the moon. I would know. I could think about that from now on all the nights I can't sleep.


So, there it is. If you're wondering did they? They did, I'm just horrible at sex scenes and really didn't want to ruin this chapter with some like awful references towards male genitalia and weird moans and groans and arched backs so I didn't. Maybe another time.

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We. All. Got. Jobs. To. Do.

~MaggieRhee