For You // R.G.

Chapter 38

Rick and I were running, ten minutes into running I wanted to stop and talk about things, about him and I- about Lori. I watched him as he ran, he had this look of insecurity and worry that I've never really seen before except back at the CDC when we were trapped. I stopped running, he stopped after a few feet, noticing that I was behind. He turned to face me,

"What are you doing?" He asked, slightly annoyed. I walked up to him,

"I know about Lori, Rick. Glenn told me."

He looked away, he looked back at me, tilting his head a little

"She passed away during child birth a month ago." He says. I didn't say anything,

"I need to know where we're at. I need to know if you still... If you still have the feelings for me... The ones you had back at the farm." I was scared to hear the answer. He looked cold and hardened, losing Lori had taken a toll on him. I watched as he looked away,

"Do we have to talk about this now- dowehaveto-" he was getting frustrated and angry, his eyes felt like daggers and his voice made my arms fill with goosebumps.

"I need to know, Rick." I interrupted him. His eyes softened a little but he still was intimidating. "I need to know if the person that I dreamed about every night has the same feelings for me."

He looks away, clenching his masculine jaw. He then glared back at me

"I'm not talking about this now." He growls. He then slowly took off running in the same direction, I didn't run. He then stopped again, he came up to me again.

"You're coming with us-"

"Why do you care?"

"I'm not going to just leave you here, max. You're either going to keep runnin' or I'm picking you up and taking you with me. You choose." He growled as he looked into my eyes. We were inches away from one another's faces. If I'm being brutally honest, I've gotta say that I almost moaned when he was that close to me and his voice being that low made me surrender. His eyes were steel, his whole personality was changed- altered, fixed. He was no longer the charming guy I knew at the farm, he was cold.

Being picked up doesn't sound that bad. I wanted to say, but instead I rolled my eyes and started to run behind him.

..

We approached the meeting place hearing yelling, Rick got his Python out, holding his arm out towards me, making sure I stayed back. I felt a little warm knowing he still had that caring reflex for people he cared about, and I was happy to be one of those people. I got out my gun and slowly followed him. There was glenn, Maggie, michonne, Merle, and Daryl standing around, yelling at each other. Michonne then got ticked off and drew her katana towards Merle, Rick ran towards her

"Don't!" He yelled, she yelled at rick, "get the hell out of my way!"

"Michonne!" I yelled, she looked over to where I was standing, her eyes softened.

"Tell your boyfriend to back off." Michonne says, regaining her anger towards Rick who was still- stupidly standing in front of a raging woman with a katana. I went up to them,

"Woah, officer friendly and lil lass are hookin' up?" I hear Merle say in interest from behind me. I ignored him and kept my eye contact with michonne, making sure Rick ended up in one, alive piece.

"We don't need Merle alive- he tried to kill max and I!" Michonne yelled at Rick, Merle laughed in the background.

"You need me, officer friendly. Your pride is where your dick is, and that's the girl-" Merle starts to say, Rick turned around and slugged him in the jaw, Merle fell on the ground with a thud. He was unconscious from ricks blow.

"Asshole." I hear Rick mutter,

"Rick, dammit-" Daryl swears at him, he tried to pick his brother up and put him against the tree. I returned back to michonne

"I'm not going back with you if he's going back." Michonne says to Rick, she then looks at me. "And I know you've been trying to find him for months." She says, talking about Rick. I feel Rick's eyes on me, probably surprised he meant that much to me, I didn't look at him. We then hear merle speak,

"Man... I'm not goin' back with these dicks." He was beginning to regain his conscious, he was talking to Daryl. He then struggled to get up, he stumbled, going in another direction.

"You either can be officer friendly's bitch, or go with your big brother... Who are ya goin' with, baby brother?"

Daryl stood there, not knowing who to choose. He had his crossbow strapped on his shoulder. He looked at Rick,

"Daryl, I need you here with me." Rick says, Daryl then looks at Merle.

"I'm sorry, man. I choose blood." He says, referring to Merle. He then follows Merle into the woods, leaving all of us by the road.

"Now I'll go back with you." Michonne mutters under her breath, I heard the sheer sound of her katana being placed in the holder. Rick then snaps at her

"You come with us- and once you're patched up, you leave." He storms off towards where Glenn and Maggie were, by the car on the side of the road. They looked like they were fighting as well.

I looked at michonne, not knowing if I could persuade Rick into letting her stay- knowing he was a different person now.