For You // R.G.

Chapter 48

"Damn, do you think she's still alive?" I asked Sena as we sat on the cell ground talking about people we used to know. Judith was on a blanket I laid out on the floor in between us, I thought it would be nice to have her crawl around for once.

"No, once her fake nails got ruined she was done for." Sena says, I laugh. Jamie then runs into the cell, she had been hanging out with Maggie for the day.

"Max! Rick is back." She says, breathlessly. She went over to me and sat down beside me.

"Why did you say that to only me?" I asked in a kind but curious tone, she was playing with Judith, then she says

"Because you like him."

I look at Sena who was shrugging, agreeing with Jamie. Jamie then gets up again, she was relentless,

"I'm going to the tower with Maggie- I'll be back in an hour." She says, she then runs out. Judith crawled over to me, she cooed, I smiled at her.

"You know, she may take you as a motherly figure if you and Rick get it on soon."

I looked up at her, I sighed, "he.doesn't.like.me."

"Bullshit."

We hear Daryl, Hershel, and Rick enter the cell block. Hershel and Daryl walked by, Rick looked into the cell, he saw me. He came inside, he picked up Judith, Sena stood up.

"Sena, can you take Judith? Max and I need to talk." Rick barely asked her, he practically ordered her by giving Judith to Sena and picking me up by taking my hand into his. Sena left the room as Rick and I stayed alone, I stood against the wall,

"Why the hell did you do that to the governor?" He hissed once we were alone, he was beyond angry. I wasn't clear on what he was saying

"What do you mean?" I retorted, I had a distasteful tone. He clenched his jaw and looked to the side, annoyed I didn't understand what he was saying.

"Why the hell you would stab him in the eye."

My blood boiled, my face burned, I was furious, he thought I did it for a stupid reason,

"I did that because I knew you were there that night. I did it because I was thinking about you, Carl, and Judith. I was thinking that once I got out, we would still have to battle the governor, so I tried to kill him." I say into his eyes. His eyes were still hard, he then looked away, he caught my eyes once more after thinking about what he was going to say.

"Well, now he wants you. He wants to kill you."

I was shocked but it made sense, so I wasn't completely devastated. I bit my lip, I looked away, thinking about what I was going to do now

"He said he would spare all of our lives if I turned you into him."

I looked up at him, I felt my breath catch when I saw his eyes, he looked-- devastated. He was looking at me, as if I had the answer

"I guess you know what you have to do now.." I say. He shook his head, closing his eyes, straight up denying the idea. He then took his hands and placed them on both of my arms, a comforting gesture but it only made me even more worked up.

"I'm not- I'm not letting that happen." He says, his voice cracked at the end, I sighed, trying to keep the tears from spilling from my eyes.

"Then what are you going to do, Rick?" I asked, my voice cracked and tears flooded from my eyes, he then placed his hand on my cheek, I was crying so hard now,

"What- what are you doing? You don't care about me, remember? You- you hate me-"

"Don't say that, I don't hate you- I... I don't hate you." He says, his breath fanned across my face as he stared into my eyes. We were inches away from each other, I was still crying,