Michonne & Rick have been friends since high school, they've done everything together, anything you can think of they've done. Lately Rick has fell on hard times and he doesn't have enough money to feed his children Carl & Judith. Here's what happens.
Itâs 11:36pm at the Grimes residence and thereâs a knock at the door, Carl calls out âWho is itâ, jumping at the peep hole he gets a quick smeared vision of dreads. Not just anybodyâs dreads.
âAUNTY CHONNE!â, both kids shot up
Carl quickly unlocks the locks and hungs at Michonneâs waist, a little late behind Judith follows suit. She was cool from the winters of Atlanta, holding a hot box of dominos pizza.
âHey my loves, I missed you nuggetsâ, Michonne stopped and looked at Carl. âyou gotta tell me all about Science camp! How was Frankieâs homemade volcano?â, Michonne took her coat off almost hitting Carls head, then swinging it on the rack. âwatch out babyâ
âOh you couldn't believe it Michy, the entire thing blew up on Mrs.Rubyâs face, I couldnât tell if her face was actually red or was she just angryâ, Carl had a hearty chuckle.
Michonne smirked at the young 13 year old unconsciously taking the eye boogers out of his eyes like a mother would do as he spoke. âSo much for Pinterest DIY projects huh ?â
âI won 1st place with my small ecosystem, Mrs.Ruby said I have the best representation all dayâ
âWhaat? That's what I'm talking about little w Grimes!â, Michonne flashed a big smile and gave him a high five. Judith had checked out of the conversation and was focused more on the pizza at that point. Just then Rick had appeared from in the kitchen with a stressed look on his face holding lots of mail.
âRiiick What's going on babyâ Michonne jokingly spat sitting the pizza down so the kids could help themselves. âoh Michonneâ Rick said into her shoulder as they had a big hug, as they broke apart Michonne sat her keys on the kitchen bar and Rick went back into the kitchen. Watching Michonne settle in and relax Rick notices something new. âMichonne you look so fresh and newâ, he said with his hands.
âjust had my dreads retwisted, it was timeâ, Michonne says setting her forearms on the bar and leaning against it. âSo what was the rush to come over and buy pizza?â, Michonne says looking down at the mail in his hands then back up at him.
âDamn Shelley keeps cutting my hours at work, something about budget cuts? I'm completely stressed, there's no more food left and I'm backed up on every bill imaginable, I'm trying my hardest to not show the kids but I feel like the worst dad on the planetâ, Rick whispered with crinkles digging into his forehead.
Michonne had never seen Rick so upset and so bothered. She knew Rick would do anything come hell or high waters for his kids so she understood his frustration. Michonne marched into the living room where Carl and Judith both were watching satellite TV.
âCarl take a look through my bag I have 5 movies it there pick which one you'd think Iâd the mostâ
Carl hopped right up excited to pick a movie.
âJudith! I wonder if you could separate all the forks and spoons... Hm never mind I don't think you can-..â
â no no no! i can do it! i can do it Michy!!!â
Michonne smirked knowing those kids SO WELL, Rick looked at Michonne it shock, she placed a friendly hand on his shoulder and lead him to the hallway where the kids couldnât hear them. Michonne crosses her head and leaned on the wall with her head propped on the wall.
âRick do you remember in high school when you guys were done 25-43 and you pulled 17 points out the crack of your ass? What about the time I lost Prom Queen to Maggie Rhee ? You made me a fake wooden crown ?â, Rick broke a smile at the remembrance of Michonne in blue 90âs eyeshadow and the wooden crown that took hours to finish.
âWhat about the time you took on the role of being a single father and raised the almost amazingly smart, beautiful and talented kids ?â, Michonneâs words shot Rick in the chest and when his emotions caught up to him.
âRick you are a damn good father, so I donât ever wanna hear that come out your mouth again, you took charge when Lori left, you scarficed for those kids and did everything in your power to take care of those babies, Iâve you seen give up everything and thatâs what makes you the best father ever Rick. Youâre their hero.... Rick youâre my hero.â Michonne said strongly.
Rick took a look at Michonne and realized how much it really meant to him that she was always there for him, took his kids in like they were her own when he was going through that divorce with Lori, how she was always loyal and always had his back even when he was wrong. No matter what Michonne was always there. All in that moment Rick had a surplus of emotions, feelings and memories run through his head.
âLook. I can give you half the rent and a bit for groceries but you have to come up with the other half and with my next check Iâll see what I can do about maybe taking us all out to eat? Howâs that sound?â
Rick stood there speechless and unable to show how incredibly grateful he was of her. âSounds amazingâ, Rick said still taken back at how she handled that. âAlright good. Now letâs go watch a movieâ, Michonne said beginning to walk past him when Rick gently grabbed at her elbow.
âThank you Michonne, I-Iâm so grateful to have to you in my life, e-everythi-â
Michonne stopped him there
âHey donât mention itâ, Michonne winks slyly âHow much you wanna bet he picked Interstellar?â
âALRIGHT WHOS READY FOR A MOV-â
Rick and Michonne past back around the corner to see Carl and Judith both sound asleep on the couch. Rick and Michonne shared a look with each other and giggled to themselves.
After they put them to bed Rick and Michonne shared the last few slices of pizza on Rickâs bed. Michonne slid her heels off to jump on the bed and her heels hit the floor loudly which caused attention to Rick.
âHeels ? When does Michonne Hawthorne EVER wear heels ? Hell mustâve frozen overâ, Rick said biting into the 30 min old pizza. Quickly before Michonne could responds Rick remembers
â Oh you had that date when Morgan Jones from the Auto Repair store, how did that go? I know heâs been barking up that tree since you moved to Atlantaâ, Rick said expecting the average answer from Michonne.
I hated it , he was too ___ for me. It was always the same. She dated around for a few weeks and dropped them like flies. Itâs been that way for 15 years after she broke up with Mike for cheating on her. In HIGHSCHOOL. She never trusted anyone again.
âIt was actually pretty amazingâ, Rickâs eyes shot up at Michonne as she gleamed about her date with Morgan. â He took me on his fathers boat and sung me Arthea Franklin while I was served lobster, Iâve never been wine and dined like thatâ, Michonne said smiling from ear to ear. Rick surprised at this, he put his pizza back down into the box.
âReally ? A boat ? I thought you hated that fancy crapâ Rick spat seeming defensive because he thought he knew that about Michonne.
âWell everyone hates fancy crap until theyâre fed lobster on a boat and being serenaded by a handsome manâ, Michonne said slightly bitting her lip. She laid flat on her stomach on the bed wiďżźth her legs crossed. Rick laughed at bit at her exaggeration. Handsome? He thought.
âSo the question is.. do you like him?â, Rick said, he was sure he had her now.
âYes. I had so many amazing conversations with him heâs extremely smart for a man that works that auto partsâ Michonne laughed at her own joke. âIâm looking forward to seeing him againâ, Michonne said staring straight up at the ceiling. Rick felt struck by Michonneâs words, and the way she said them. Like she was in love or something, he was happy for her but not all the way happy. She was too glee about this man.
âWell I hope you finally have your happily ever afterâ, Rick said through his teeth, but the truth is he wanted the complete opposite, maybe he didnât want to lose his friend? it felt right but that wasnât quite the reason why he was upset. He didnât know either.
âWeâll see. Well I think itâs time to hit the sack, I have work at 9am sharp or Joeâs gonna give me another strikeâ, Michonne said pulling herself off the bed and putting her shoes back on.
âWait havenât you had your 6th strike by now ?â
âWho knows? I lost count.â, Michonne said exiting his bedroom with Rick on her trail. He watched as she walked into the kids room that they shared split down the middle. She kissed them to sleep and slid $5 under both their pillow. 5 1âs for Judith.
She gathered her things and whipped her coat back around her shoulders. Rick took care of her hair being caught in the coat. She turned back around to Rick and put a dread behind her ear.
âThanks for coming and doing this so last minute, I know you were busy with your Mr.Fix it ass guyâ, Rick said slightly aggressively.
Michonne laughed at Rickâs sharp banter.
âAlright Rick Iâll text you tomorrowâ, reaching for a hug over his shoulders. Rick wrapped his arms around her small waist. He could smell her perfume and the shampoo in her hair. He sat there for a moment enjoying the embrace of a woman.
âIâll always take care of you Rick. No questions askedâ, she said muffled into Rickâs neck. Michonne broke the hug and Rick still had both hands on her waist. Michonne looked up at him wondering what the hold up was. Where she was met with a gaze sheâs never seen before on Rick, a look that gave her a weird feeling in her stomach. She instantly pulled away afraid of what would happen next. She quickly unlocked the door and opened it putting her body halfway through the doorway.
âBye text me when you g-â
Michonne shuts the door quickly trying her best to successfully get AWAY from Rick before something happened they both regretted in the morning.
âget ..homeâ, Rick said scarfing. What the hell was that Rick ? He thought to himself. How dumb was I to come on to her ? Weâre just friends. He said that last part out loud. It was just a moment of weakness, heâd never do that in his right frame of mind.
Rick went into his empty kitchen where he poured himself the last shot of scotch he had in his cabinet. He took it to the head and slowly walked out the kitchen where he found that Michonne left her keys sitting on the bar. He grabbed them and started for the door when he heard a knock. He smiled to himself and raced to the door.
Rick held on to the keys a bit longer before she could snatch them and run away.
âIâm sorry Michonneâ he silently said to her.
She nodded her head before taking the keys and walking away from his house, without another word.
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