Rick was dressed in a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, black slacks, and black dress shoes as per the dress code for Daryl's birthday party. Their local bar, which was a place him and his friends had visited frequently, was rented out for the night and it was decked out in decorations that were black, silver and gold with many of them saying 40 in bold letters and exclamation marks. There was one wall that had a line of food against it and another with a dj against it who was playing some soft background music as there were only a few guests at the party so far. "She really went out all didn't she?" asked Rick, leaning up against a free wall by the entrance with his friend Daryl who was dressed in a similar fashion. Daryl let out a slight chuckle, "Yeah, no shit. You know that woman can't take no for answer."
Rick chuckled lightly at his friends comments, "She loves a party." "If she could throw a party when we wake up in the morin' she would." Rick laughed at his friend, despite his outward reaction to his wife's love of parties he knew that if Sasha wasn't throwing this party Daryl would have been upset. "Where's your lady anyway? Ain't we gonna be starting soon?" "She's in the back getting ready, she was here all day doing this. I think Maggie and 'Chonne were here too so they're probably in the back with her." Rick involuntarily sucked in his breathe in hearing that Michonne was already here. Daryl glanced at him, hearing him do so and smirked "Calm down boy, don't get too excited." Daryl was aware of Rick's attraction to Michonne but was unaware of how deep his feelings ran. Rick rolled his eyes at Daryl's comment, "I don't know what you're talking about." "Yeah and I'm the fuckin' Queen of England." "Alright, that's my cue to get a drink." Daryl laughed lightly as his friend began to walk away, "What I'd say?" Rick smirked, shaking his head and raising his middle finger as he continued to walk towards the bar, he heard his friend laughing behind him.
Rick leaned against the bar, resting his forearms against the bar counter. "Hey, can I get a-" "Whiskey. Neat." He smiled widely as he recognized the voice and turned around, attempting to keep his mouth from falling open as he saw her. Michonne was smiling widely at him, her locs were pulled back into a low bun with a few of them falling around her face with a bit of a curl and there were a few silver rhinestones decorating her bun. She had a bit of gold eyeshadow on along with her favorite red lipstick. She wore a white off the shoulder, short sleeve, calf length dress it had small half circle cut outs that showed a bit of side cleavage. The dress was form fitting and she wore it with a pair of white patent leather heels.
"Wow, look at you!" She exclaimed. "Who's the baby face now, huh?" She said, grinning as she walked over to him leaning over and kissing him on the cheek. "What do you think of this place, huh? I think we did a pretty good job." She asked, as she looked around the bar taking in the work done by herself, Sasha and Maggie. "Yeah...beautiful." Said, Rick he was still enthralled with Michonne and his comments were more so about her then the bar. She smiled at his words and requested a gin and tonic from the bartender when he placed Rick's whiskey in front of him.
Somewhat out of his daze once she moved her attention to the bartender, Rick took a large swig of his drink. I'm gonna need a few of those to get through tonight he thought to himself. Michonne turned to him after taking a sip of her drink and placed one hand on her hip. "So, who would've thought Grimes would be taking my advice. I never thought I would see the day." Rick laughed easily and playfully rolled his eyes, "Whatever, I didn't do it to appease you." "Whatever helps you sleep at night." She said, shrugging and smiling widely. Rick paused for a moment and looked her up and down she seemed extra happy tonight. "You've been drinking without me 'Chonne?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her. Michonne chuckled, "I may have had a drink...or two," she said with a smile "when we were getting everything ready for tonight, we decided to start the party a little early. Is that okay with you Grimes?" She asked, lightly poking him on the arm. Rick laughed, "As long as I'm not taking you home tonight." "Oh please, I do not need nor want the Rick Grimes taxi company."
