Dixie had been seeing Chris, it was a new school year. Glenn and Maggie were really getting together. Carol and Daryl broke up for a few month's she went back to Ed for a while, broke things off and made up with Daryl. Carol also managed to get full custody of her little sister, Sophia and moved in with Daryl.

Dixie had met Chris's family and they seemed normal - well as normal as any family could get. Phillip was a little controlling, Mary was really nice, and his younger sister Penny was a doll. They were slightly quirky. She got along great with them all and they all seemed to love her. Later that night, she was being walked home by Chris. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight. Dixie" Chris smiled kissing her on the lips. "See you tomorrow?"

"Of course." She smiled kissing him again and going inside.

She went inside and got ready for bed. She smoked a cigarette outside her bedroom window. She was really stressed with her mom and Shane, along with keeping the secret about the money from her dad, the car, along with school. She was really falling in love with Chris. She worried she'd never have a normal relationship, she was worried she'd turn into her mother. She shook her head and put her cigarette out, she got ready for bed and laid back thinking about how she was using the money that Shane and Lori have been giving her and set up a college fund account for Carl. She didn't need it, had found a scholarship to finish paying off Julliard.

Christmas came and went. It was the end of February, the snow was gone, and Chris was gone his dad sent him off to military school. Dixie had gotten into a fight with Lori, and ended up leaving during her dad's fishing trip with the Chief of Police, and Shane. She was driving her car up north, to get away from town. She kept driving until she got to a town on the boarder of Virginia. She saw a special for a car trade in. She was feeling horrible driving around in his car - a gift from someone horrible. She pulled in and got out.

"Hello..." The man smiled walking over. "What can i do to help you?" The very tall muscular man said looking at her car for a minute, then looking at her. He was a good foot taller than her.

"Looking to trade in and get something else." She smiled holding out her hand. "Dixie." She read the man's name tag: N. Travis.

The man smiled, taking her hand and kissed it. "Mr. Travis."

"Mr… so formal." She said rolling her eyes. He let out a laugh and his brown eyes shined slightly. "First name please."

"Negan." He looked her over and smiled. "What kind of vehicle are you thinking?"

"Anything. Just want to get rid of this thing. It was a gift." She said sour.

"Oooh wasn't a fan of the person?" He said leaning against it and looking at the paint on her car.

"Hell no." She smiled. "Either a car or a motorcycle."

"Damn - you're a girl with an edge… I like that." He smiled.

"Just want something for my rebellion needs right now." She smiled and walked around the lot with him. They made conversation, and really a lot of flirting. She sat on a 2010 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883L that was a royal blue color. "How does this look?"

Negan smiled watching her. "You look really good - like… really good."

"Feels. Really good." She smiled slightly.

"Do you really want a bike though?" He chuckled watching her.

"I do." She laughed.

"Out of spite?" Negan said watching her, walking around the bike.

"Oh yes." She got off the bike and smiled. "Out of rebellion too - might really seal the deal on that image i'm selling." She winked. "Very much so." She walked over to a blue jeep. She hopped in and smiled popping on her sunglasses. He got out the keys and started it up. She listened and looked under the hood and checked it over. "Go for a ride?" She smiled

Negan laughed. "Hell.. Yeah." He got in the passenger seat and she drove it, after 20 minutes she pulled back into the parking lot and turned it off. "I'll take it."

Negan smiled. "Alright." He took her inside and started the paperwork and trade in. He finished everything and sat back.

Dixie leaned forward and smiled looking over the paperwork. "Great." She said taking out her checkbook, for the money that she still needed to finish paying it off.

"Damn… Sell drugs?"

Dixie laughed. "Nope…" She wrote the check and smiled.

"Well… Good." He smiled finishing it up. He tried not watching her.

Dixie placed her foot carefully up his pant let and rubbed it up and down with her foot.

Negan cleared his throat and smiled at her. "Dinner?"

She smiled watching him. "When do you get off?"

"Anytime." He held back a groan making a joke and smiled. "Middleton Bar?"

Dixie wrote down her cell phone number. "Meet up in an hour?" She smiled more. "Send me the address."

He smiled and nodded. He got up and walked her out. "Have a good day." He placed a hand on her lower back and smiled.

"You too." She smiled and walked to her new car. She snapped a picture of it and sent it to Maggie and sent it in a text. 'Shh.. Don't tell! I wanna surprise everyone! :D '

Dixie met up with Negan for dinner, about . She smiled sitting down and ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries and a cherry cola.

"Well you aren't scared to eat." He smiled ordering a burger, and getting a beer with it.

"Hell no. I love great food." She smiled back. "How old are you?"

"..Well shit. We skip all the formalities." He laughed, slightly surprised by the question. " I'm...30."

"18." Dixie smiled. She would be 18 soon **. "Formalities are just boring." She took a sip of her drink.

Negan and her talked for a lot of the night. They drove and met halfway a lot to meet up and talk.

Negan had a second place, he took her to his apartment. They had been seeing each other for a while now. She sat down with him and drank a beer with him. They either met in a little town in Georgia, or she met him in town in Virginia. They where making it work.

"How did you get your black eye." He asked noticing a new one, he played with her hair and moved her a bit.

"My mom's boyfriend." She sighed softly. "She's married to my dad but screwing his best friend." She looked up at him, and unloaded everything to him. She laid her head back and sighed. "He slapped me because he found out I took the money he gave me and refused to tell him what i did with it - along with selling his crappy car to get the jeep.."

Negan narrowed his eyes and looked away. He hated abusers of all kind. "He a cop?"

"Yeah." Dixie sighed as Negan looked her face over.

"Damn. Give me his name." He said grabbing his phone.

"Negan.." She sat up more. "He's threatened me before." She sighed, telling him more.

Negan got up and started pacing. He grabbed his keys. "Lets go."

"Negan." She got up. "You can't go beating him up."

"Hell I cant!" he growled. She went over and put her hands on his face. "We've both been drinking." She said softly. "Would look bad."

Negan kicked the trashcan and sighed and sat down on the couch.

Dixie went over and sat on his lap, straddling him. "You're pretty damn adorable being protective." She smiled kissing him.

Negan groaned and kissed her more. He pulled her close. "Well… You're worth protecting.. Hell..." he smiled kissing her more. Dixie smiled back and pulled him on top of her on the couch.

Negan kept kissing her, he stopped looking down at her, hovering slightly. He stood up and picked her up kissing her more. Dixie groaned softly kissing him more as he walked back to the bedroom.

Dixie got placed on the bed. She pulled him closer kissing him more.

Negan kept going kissing more, and began to explore her with his hands.

"Negan." Dixie let out a groan, and bit her lip watching him. "I...I am uhm.."

"Oh." He watched her for a second. "Really? - At...everything?" He raised a brow surprised.

"Yeah." She looked at him and sighed softly. "Sorry."

"Hey.. it's alright.." He smiled and kissed her more. "Whatever you want. I don't lead when it comes to that.."

"I….Okay." She smiled back and kissed him more. "Please?.." She pulled him on top and kissed him more harder and shifted a but under him to get more comfortable.

Negan groaned and kissed her neck and let his hands do the talking.

The next morning Dixie rolled over and saw Negan was still asleep. She cuddled with him and smiled playing with the hair on his chest. She had lied and told her family she was off with a new friend visiting for the weekend.

They continued seeing each other.

Note: **Changing her age. She'll be 18 on her birthday.