When Sky made it back to the church the sun was just starting to disappear over the tops of the trees. She had been gone a little longer than she hoped to, but the haul was definitely worth it.
Parking the car around the back she scouted the area for walkers before getting out and heading for the side door. Removing the wooden bar from the outside, she stepped in a locked the door shut behind her.
"Where ya been Darlin'?" came Negan's voice from behind her, and she turned to find him leaning casually against the door frame to the room where she had left him.
"Don't be mad…" Sky began. He obviously hadn't seen the note that she had left yet.
"Sky…" Negan growled. "What did you do!?"
"I went to the shopping complex" she confessed.
"You did fucking what!? Sky… we talked about this! You and I were supposed to go together! There is no way in hell I would have let you go out there on your own! Do you have any idea what could have fucking happened to you! What if you had died! What would I have done then! Huh!?" he shouted angrily.
Sky couldn't stop the involuntary tears that welled up in her eyes. Negan had never been angry at her before. It's not that she was scared of him, she just hated the look of disappointment and betrayal in his eyes when he looked at her.
"I'm sorry Negan" she muttered as she swiped at her tears.
"You fucking should be! I can't believe you would be so reckless. For fuck sakes Sky… your pregnant! How could you be so stupid!?"
"You think I don't know that!" she yelled back at him. "That's why I did it! For the babies and for you! We only had enough food for a couple more days, and there was no way you would be healed enough in time to go on a run… I had to go by myself" she reasoned. "I just wanted to be useful. I wanted to keep us all alive! Keep us together!" she sobbed. "I damn near lost you Negan! I wasn't about to watch you fucking starve to death!" she yelled, tears now streaming down her face.
Negan took a few rather unsteady strides across the room, favouring his good leg, and he bundled Sky up in his arms. "Shhh Darlin', it's ok…. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I didn't mean it, I didn't mean any of it. I was just so worried that something might have happened to you" he whispered as he stroked her hair. After a few moments Sky got herself back together and wiped away the last of her tears.
"I'm sorry I went alone, but I didn't have a choice, You see that don't you?"
"I do Darlin'. I never would have forgiven myself if something had happened".
"It was my choice, I knew you never would have agreed to it that's why I didn't tell you".
"You know I'm feeling pretty groggy… did you drug me again?"
"Ummm well… yeah I kinda did" she laughed. "I gave you a sleeping pill before I left. In my defense, you needed the rest" she smiled.
"You are a bad girl you know that. Drugging me and sneaking off. I oughta spank you" he chuckled.
"Save that for later" she grinned. "You wanna see what I got?" she asked.
"Sure Darlin'… but don't think all is forgiven just yet. I'm still pissed".
Sky unlocked the door and led him out to the car, careful to check for any approaching walkers and she always had her knife at the ready. Taking the key out of her pocket she unlocked the car and popped the trunk.
"Holy fucking shit" Negan exclaimed. "You got all this by yourself?" he asked, rather impressed.
"I sure did" Sky grinned proudly.
