This Is How I Disappear (Negan/OFC)

Chapter 14

The next morning, Chuck gathers with everyone else for Negan's "homecoming". She watches him give his speech to all the workers and saviors and she's genuinely impressed with the way he looks. He acts like nothing had ever happened to him. More importantly, it seems to Chuck like all the people around her believe that nothing had happened. And all the lies he told about where he was seemed plausible enough that everyone bought into it.

Chuck meets back up with Negan in his apartment some time later after his speech.

"I'm probably going to be in meetings all fuckin' day, so I won't be here for dinner tonight," Negan says as he lounges on his couch.

"Okay. I'll probably eat with the wives, then." Chuck begins to gather her things and puts them in her bag so she can move back to her room.

"You in a fuckin' hurry to get out of here?"

"No." She looks up from her bag to see his flat expression. "I'm not in a hurry. I just figured it was time for me to move back. You looked really good out there, today. You don't need my help anymore."

He lets out a huff. "You want me to fuckin' call someone to help you carry that shit downstairs?"

"No. I can get it."

"Ok." He groans as he stands from the couch. "I gotta go meet Simon on the second floor. Fuck, I can't wait to get through this fuckin' day of goddamn meetings." He walks to the door. "Remind me never to take a fucking two week vacation ever again."

"Oh, it was a vacation, now?" Chuck teases.

"Well, I got waited on by a hot ass chick the whole time. Sounds like a vacation to me."

"If you had that hot chick around, why was I up here?" she jokes.

"Very cute, Chuck," he says sarcastically. "Fuck!" He snaps his fingers as if he had just remembered something. "I should've made you wear a hot nurse costume. I'm a fuckin' idiot." He gives her a smirk as he goes through the door.

She chuckles. "See you later."

Chuck finishes packing her things up and takes them back to her room. She stops by the infirmary to see if Carson needs her for anything, but he has everything under control. She is unsure of what to do with her newfound free time, so she walks around aimlessly for a while, avoiding going outside because it looks like it might start to rain any second. Eventually, she decides to go back upstairs to visit with the wives.

"Hello, Chuck," Kayla says cheerily as she comes in for a hug as soon as Chuck enters the room.

"Hey, guys."

Sherry and Amber are sitting on one couch. It looks as if Amber had been crying and Sherry is trying to console her. Frankie and Tonya are on another couch reading. They all look up to Chuck and greet her.

"Are you okay, Amber?" Chuck asks earnestly.

"Yeah. I just don't feel very good. It's not serious, though," Amber answers quietly.

"Are you sure?" Chuck moves to her and checks her forehead for a fever. She doesn't feel hot, which is a good sign. Chuck knows that Amber has some issues with stress and figures that that is the reason she doesn't feel good. "If you still feel bad tomorrow, I want you to go to the infirmary. Just to make sure it's not serious, okay?"

"You'll be there tomorrow?" Amber asks.

"Yeah. I'll be there."

"Okay." Amber gives her a small smile as Chuck sits down beside her.