Safe haven, Rick Grimes

065. WAITING IS OUR PROBLEM

Chapter sixty five

"Waiting is our problem."

Having gone inside, Scarlett was holding Judith in her lap as Carl sat next to her, the three watched Negan shave "against the grain, kid. Always against the grain." he told them, chuckling, as he then put the knife down on the table.

Where in the kitchen, Scarlett stood there holding Judith, as Carl was rolling out bread, Negan stood by the stove cooking them spaghetti and sauce "ah..damn that smells good." he said, eating off the sauce off the spoon "mm." he said, turning and looking at Scarlett "you want a taste?" he asked her "not like that." Scarlett told him, as Negan chuckled, eating off of it "it's good." he said, turning back to the pot of sauce.

Scarlett had set the kitchen table for four, as she sat there holding Judith in her arms, Negan sat to her left, as Carl sat across from her, they all were waiting for Rick before they could eat, as Negan sighed "I'm not waiting for your husband anymore. I don't know where the hell he is, but I'm sure you since your eating for two are hungry." he shared, as Carl and Scarlett looked at each other "Carl, pass the rolls. Please." Negan told him, as Carl grabbed the bowl of rolls and handed them to him, as he then grabbed the bowl of spaghetti and had to plate it for them all, as they all ate.

Having fed Judith, Scarlett had gone upstairs and put her back in her crib, as she walked downstairs, their front door was open, as she saw Spencer standing outside talking Arat, Negan saw the deadly look in her eyes, as he walked up to her "you were running out the door earlier with urgency. Is he the urgency?" he whispered to her "it's my problem to handle." Scarlett told him, as Negan smirked "come with me." he told her, putting his arm around her, the two of them walked out the front door "don't be an asshole, Arat. Let the man pass." Negan said.

As Arat stepped out of the way, Spencer walked up the steps "oh, crap is that for me?" Negan asked about the bottle of liquor in his hand "we haven't officially met. I'm Spencer Monroe. Hi." Spencer shared, as Scarlett crossed her arms.

Sitting on the porch, Scarlett was sitting on Negan's lap, as Spencer sat in the other chair, as Negan poured the two of them glasses of the liquor Spencer brought "running water, air conditioning, house warming gift. That settles it. I am getting myself a vacation home here." he shared, putting the bottle down, he grabbed his glass "cheers to that." Spencer said, as the two clinked glasses, they then drank them "mm. That is good. You know the only thing missing is a pool table. Nothing better then a good game of eight ball." Negan shared "the house across the street has one in the garage." Spencer shared.

"Oh, Spencer, you may just as well be my new best friend. It's such a nice day though, too nice to be cooped up inside some garage don't you think?" Negan asked, as Scarlett looked to him "how about you just move it outside, right into the middle of the street." she shared "genius." Negan said, as Scarlett stood up so did Negan, as he grabbed his jacket.

Having moved the pool table outside, Spencer was setting it up "I could never do this with Rick. He would just be standing there, scowling, giving me that annoying side eyes he gives me." Negan shared, as Scarlett handed him his pool stick "that's actually what I came to see you about." Spencer shared, as everyone from the community began walking up to watch "I want to talk to you about, Rick." Spencer shared, as Negan moved the cue ball and set up his shot "all right, talk to me, Spencer. Talk to me about Rick." he told him, hitting the ball into the others.

"I get what your trying to do here, what you're trying to build, I'm not saying I agree with your methods but I get it." Spencer shared, as Negan hit the ball again, getting it into the hole "you're building a network, you're making people contribute for the greater good. It makes sense. But you should know that Rick Grimes has a history of not working well with others." Spencer shared, as Negan walked in front of him, he looked at Scarlett starting to see the problem "mm-hmm." he said, taking his shot "is that so?" he asked, as Spencer moved toward's Scarlett "Rick wasn't the original leader here. My mom was." Spencer shared.