Chapter 6 - Light
Monday night at 7
Rick was already at their local bar, wanting for Michonne and Mike...unfortunately Mike. He had gotten a text from Michonne last night and couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when the conversation quickly turned to be about Mike. While he had no aspirations to meet Mike anytime soon Michonne had asked him to so he obliged. Now he was sitting at the bar, tapping his corona bottle with his middle finger.
Michonne was running late as she made her way to the bar, she felt as though she had more work than usual today or maybe you were going slower than usual she thought to herself. She sighed, knowing that her second thought was more true than the first. She finally got to the bar, swinging the door open. She didn't have time to change out of her work attire so she was still in her royal blue blazer, black blouse, and royal blue cigarette pant along with her black stiletto heels. She let out a breathe of relief as she saw Rick sitting at the bar and no Mike in sight as of yet. "Hey…" She said with a smile as she walked over to him, lightly touching his shoulder leaning in to give him a kiss on the cheek.
Rick smiled widely at her, her kiss instantly making him feel warm inside. "Hey 'Chonne, how ya feeling?" He took her in once she pulled away, even her work clothes she was still beautiful.
Michonne smiled a bit, Rick knew as soon as she had told him about this plan that this was not her idea and she had some nervousness about it. "I'm...okay. My palms are sweaty, isn't that weird? I don't know why I'm so nervous."
Rick let out a small chuckle, her nervousness was cute. "Maybe you should have a drink?" He suggested to her.
Michonne shook her head no, "yeah and be drunk by the time he gets here? No thanks Grimes." She said with a small smile.
Rick smiled back at her and paused for a moment. They had yet to talk about the moment she had at Daryl's birthday party and he wondered if he should bring it up now. "...Speaking of drunk...were you okay the other night?" He asked a look of concern on with his head tilted towards her.
Michonne's brow furrowed at his question, her eyes now no longer on him but on the door. "What do you mean?" She asked, still looking at the door. She was aware of where he was going with this conversation but had no plans on discussing it, especially tonight.
"'Chonne…" said Rick gently, "You were-"
"He's here." Interrupted Michonne as she saw Mike enter the bar. "I'll be right back," she said to Rick. She walked over to Mike and softly smiled giving him a light kiss on the lips.
Rick watched their interaction, squinting slightly. He couldn't hear what they were saying but still felt a surge of jealousy in him. He wondered what they were talking about and noticed how Mike looked at Michonne, he looked at her like she was his which annoyed Rick more then it should.
Michonne lightly held Mike's hand, "you ready?" She asked him.
"Are you?" Mike responded, smiling gently at her as he gently stroked her hand with his thumb. Michonne smiled and nodded a bit, gently pulling him over to where Rick was seated.
"Rick this is Mike. Mike this is Rick." She said, smiling a bit as she dropped Mike's hand in order for the two men to shake hands.
"Mike." Said Rick with a short nod as they shook hands. He looked him up and down as they shook hands, sizing him up yeah she can do better he thought.
There was an awkward pause and Michonne glanced at Rick and then back at Mike. "Sooo….how was everyone's night?" She asked, smilingly nervously.
Rick chuckled lightly, her nervousness showing again. "It was good…" As he spoke he looked directly at Michonne as if Mike wasn't there with them.
Michonne smiled gently at Rick, her eyes staying on him for a moment before responding. His presence calmed her a bit. "Good…," she looked back at Mike pausing for a bit. He was eyeing them oddly, but she brushed the look off. "Um, Mike," she turned to him, "he works in law too in one of the big offices in Atlanta." She said with a small smile.
"The office isn't that big but yeah I mostly work for big companies." Said Mike, he wrapped his arm around Michonne's waist in an almost possessive way.
Rick's eyes dropped at to Mike's hand, a slight smirk on his face. "So you work for the criminals?" Asked Rick, pointing his beer at Mike and then taking a gulp.
Michonne's eyes widen at Rick's statement here we go, she thought her eyes shifting between Rick and Mike.
Mike let out a slight chuckle and sighed, "Look man I'm just trying to get a paycheck just like you." He could feel Michonne pulling away from him as the tension began to rise between him and Rick.
"Trying to make a living and bending over to any asshole with a check are two different things, don't you think?" Asked Rick with a tilt of his head as his lip slightly twitched.
"What are you trying to get at?" There was a bit of anger lingering in Mike's voice as he spoke.
Rick tapped his finger against his beer his annoyance rising. "I'm saying, you bend over. For anyone with a check. You let them pull down their pants and fuc-"
"Okay!" Said Michonne interrupting Rick and squeezing in between him and Mike who were now very close. "Um, Rick! Let's go talk somewhere, okay? Come on." She said gently pulling him by his hand.
"You're going with him?" Asked Mike his anger now pointed towards Michonne. "You're going with him?" He repeated now with more of a tone.
Rick raised an eyebrow at Mike, it was one thing to argue with him but a totally different one to argue with Michonne. He stepped forward stopping once he felt Michonne's hand on his chest.
She sighed and looked Mike directly in the eye, "I'll be right back. Calm down. Please." She said, speaking as if she was speaking to a child who was acting up. She turned back to Rick and pulled him away from Mike to the other side of the bar. Once they were far enough she sighed and let go off his hand and looked at him. "Are you guys done?" She asked, putting her hands on her hip.
Rick looked at her for a moment and sighed, now he was beginning to feel just a bit bad for his treatment to Mike. "Yeah I'm done….I'm sorry."
Michonne paused for a moment, "Why don't you like him?" She asked.
Rick sighed as he glanced over to Mike who was glaring at them and then focused back on Michonne. "There's just….something about the man that I don't like….You can do better." He looked Michonne up and down, "Do you like him?"
"I….I think there might be something missing with us. I don't know. Maybe it just takes a while for some people?" She wondered.
"Naw...you know they're the one the moment you see him...I don't know much about Mike but I know that much."
Michonne smiled softly giving him a small nod, she felt herself warm at his words. "Thank you…" She said softly. "Now can you stay over here while I go talk to him?"
Rick smirked and nodded, "I can."
Michonne smiled softly and walked away from Rick and back to Mike who still clearly upset.
"What the hell was that?" He asked, bitterly.
Michonne pushed her brows together, he seemed extra angry more so at her then at Rick. "I was talking to my friend and calming him down before a bar fight started, is that okay?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why? Why does my girlfriend go talk to her friend first instead of the man she's supposedly in a relationship with?"
Michonne rolled her eyes and leaned against the bar. She was tired and didn't want to be bothered with this argument anymore. "Exactly Rick is my friend. I've known him longer then you and I know how he can get so I calmed him down before I can get to you."
"Yeah I'm starting to think he's more than that…" Muttered Mike.
Michonne huffed, "stop talking under your breath and just say what you have to say Mike I'm tired."
"Why do you look at him like you want to fuck him Michonne?" He asked.
Michonne's eyes widen, twice in one week she had been accused of looking as though she wanted to sleep with Rick. She stayed silent, her words escaping her.
Mike slightly nodded, taking her silence as an answer, "yeah...this," he said waving his hand in between them, "this is the problem Michonne. Your silence. This...this thing you have with Rick whatever the fuck it is, will always be in the way of us. And the way you talk about him, the way you look at him I know that I will never be first here."
Michonne sighed as she listened to her words, while Mike's words should have hurt her and made her fight for their relationship they didn't, because she knew he was right. "...Are we breaking up Mike?" She asked already knowing the answer.
"Yeah...yeah I think I'm done here." He paused before walking away from her, "it's not just you, he looks at you the same way." He gave her a light kiss on the cheek for a goodbye and left.
He looks at me the same way? She asked herself replaying Mike's words in her head before she was interrupted by Rick walking up to her.
"Y'all okay?" He asked her.
Michonne smiled a bit, "uh well...I'm single again so there's that." She said with a small shrug.
Rick bit down on his lip, feeling a bit guilty. "Was it...was it me?" He asked.
Michonne smiled at his concern and gently cupped his face with her hand, "no, it wasn't you Rick," she said softly "it's like I said something was just...missing with us." She leaned in and gently kissed him on the cheek, lingering for a moment. "I gotta go, have to wake up early tomorrow. You need a ride home?"
Rick felt his stomach do backflips at her touch and smiled lightly, "I'll take a cab...You sure you're okay?"
Michonne gave him a small smile and nodded, "yeah, I'm good Grimes. Let me know when you get home, okay?"
Rick nodded, "yeah, you do the same."
Michonne nodded as she began to walk towards the door, "I will Grimes." She gave him a small wave and a smile and exited the bar for the night. Feeling exceptionally lighter then when she entered.
A/N: Two chapter update since these are both fairly short! Michonne is single, Rick is single, what will happen? As always thank you for the reviews/follows/favorites! I will be going on vacation next week but hopefully I can have another chapter up before then as I won't have my laptop with me. Now I'm gonna respond to some reviews :)
Lavender73: You're guess wasn't too far off! Michonne wouldn't have introduced Mike to Rick now if she didn't feel like she had to in order to repair her relationship with Mike. So much for that!
TheOtherPen: Thanks for your compliments! In my head Lori is a few states away from the kids so they spend summers with her, school hasn't ended yet so they are still in Kings County!
Gdyoung59: Can I just say your reviews are so freaking funny, I appreciate them a lot. Please don't stop reviewing!
Selfyshhhluv: Thank you! I wasn't too sure about how others would view my interpretation of Glenn so I appreciate it. Now Michonne is single so who knows maybe a kiss will be coming soon….
PoeticJustus: Glad you liked the song choice! I was gonna go with something else originally but really felt this song was best for them. Thanks for liking the baby poop talk hahaha. Also I have read a good amount of fanfic so I don't blame you for liking them more then the show!
Guest (1) & Guest (2): Thank you both! Glad yall are enjoying :)