Michonne woke up to the smell of bacon and rain. The smell of anything that wasn't either undead or murderous pleased her, so waking up to this seemed like a treat. She slowly crawled out of bed and decided to shower before breakfast, rather than after.
After her shower Michonne threw on a pair of navy blue jeans and a plain white tee shirt and tied her hair into a tight high ponytail that caused her locs to swing graciously in whatever direction she moved her head.
After getting dressed Michonne made her way downstairs and took in the scene in front of her. Carl was feeding Judith the remains of what appeared to be grits, or at least, that's what he was trying to do. He, very much like his sister was covered in grits, except for his pants, and that was probably due to Judith not being able to reach that far yet.
"You're gonna need another shower." Michonne said as she made her way to search for cloth within the kitchen.
"You're up early. " He offered in response, with a small smile Michonne's direction.
"I smelled bacon." Michonne responded with a shrug of her shoulders.
This time Carl allowed himself to smile wider at Michonne's bluntness.
"Oh and I'll have you know that I don't need to take another shower, but I do need to take my first shower." Carl said before rising and shaking his now grit stained shirt, courtesy of Judith.
"Carl Grimes up before 10 am, showered, well rested and feeding his baby sister breakfast? I just knew it was to good to be true." Michonne joked as she lifted Judith from her highchair.
"Hey I got at least two of those done."
"Sure about that? Seems to me like you two are wearing most of what you supposedly fed Judith."
"Okay well I am at least up before 10." Carl stated defensively.
"Well…" Michonne then held out the arm that wasn't occupied Judith and stared at her blank wrist. "…barely."
"You aren't even wearing a watch!" Carl said with a small laugh. Michonne let out laugh of her own, only to be cut short due to Judith's sudden hair pulling.
"Ouch, Judith, next time you do something like that, at least give me a warning. I know you can't speak just yet but any kind of signal would be nice." Michonne said as she desperately tried to free her hair from the toddler's vise grip.
Carl smiled at the two's interaction.
"This is nice." He stated.
"Watching me suffer is nice?" Michonne joked before finally getting Judith to release her hair. "Thanks for that back, Judith."
"No!, Carl laughed. "Just you being here and not whenever you usually are… its just, nice having you back here." Carl said, his voice trailing off with a hint of uncertainty.
Michonne noticed a change in Carl's mood.
"Where else would I be?" she asked softly before switching Judith to her left hip.
"Just… whenever it is you go nowadays. But hey, at least you're here on weekends," Carl said trying to lighten the mood once more. "I mean I'd rather have you here on the weekdays because they're long-"
Carl was cut off by a knock at the door.
"Hold that thought." Michonne handed Carl Judith
"And also, hold that Grimes." She joked before a second knock was at the door.
"Really? 'Hold that Grimes?'" Carl asked through his fit of chuckles. Judith joined him with a fit of her own giggles without the slightest clue about what he may be laughing at.
"Least Judy thinks I'm funny. " There was a second knock at the door. "Oh right. Coming! "
Michonne opened the door to a smiling Jessie. She was soaked and without a jacket but still she stood there, smiling.
"Jessie? Hi. You should come in its really bad out here ." Michonne offered as she moved out of the way for the blonde woman to enter. Jessie shook her head slightly. "I'm fine, but thank you Michonne." She denied politely. "Is Rick up yet? I know its his day off and all but I was just have something to run by him." Jessie stated a bit louder, in order for Michonne to hear her over the heavy rain.
