haven, glenn rhee [2]

ch.12

sing me a song

a long time

   i stood outside, my hands tightly holding the railing as i overlooked the main outpost.

    i should be dead for the stunt at alexandria, but i'm not. for some reason found satisfaction in me.

     so here i was... doing all i could do as a pregnant woman under a terrible mans hand.

     i took a deep breath, turning to head back inside. only to be stopped when a mass of gunshots went off, causing me to get curious.

     when negan started to whistle, i knew it had to be something good. so i followed the whistling.

     when i rounded the corner of a truck, my eyes fell on what everyone seemed to be sacred or amused by.

    "carl" i breathed out, turning his attention towards me. dwight took this opportunity to tackle carl to the ground.

      "hey!" i roared, kicking dwight in the stomach so he let go of carl.

     "melanie" negan said calmly as i kneeled down to carl, holding him in my arms, "don't worry... i'll take care of him"

     the two of us watched negan take a step closer, reaching out his hand for carl, "come on, kid. i'll show you around"

    carl ignore his hands and got up himself, causing negan to snicker as he moved his hand closer to help me up.

     "don't" carl scolded, pushing negans hands away from me, helping me up himself.

     i smiled, pulling the boy into a hug.

negan smirked in amusement, scratching his head, "i'm glad you made my beauty happy. this is the first time she has smiled since she's been here"

me and carl looked away from each other and to negan, "what are you gonna do to him?"

negans smirk disappeared from my harsh words, his hand dropping from his head.

"number one, don't shatter my imagine if you two. you're badasses. you ain't scared of shit don't be scared of me." negan started, watching carl and i cling to each other, "number two, you really want me to ruin the surprise? screw you, seriously"

he gently pulled carl away from me, pushing him towards the building.

"we'll see you later, melanie. you have reading to be doing, right?"

i clenched my fist, watching him lead carl into the building, seeing him send me a smirk before entering.
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i sat beside sherry in negans room where he keeps his wife's.

i hated being here, because simply i wasnt one of them. i didn't want to be. i never would be.

but i stayed because it wasn't all about me. sherry, who i had grown quite close to. needed me and i needed her right now.

"ladies..." negan greeted, entering the room with carl by his side. my eyes flickered up, seeing carl's eyes trained on me.