This Is How I Disappear (Negan/OFC)

Chapter 26

Negan's soft humming voice gently rouses Chuck from her sleep the next morning. Turning over onto her other side, she takes in the sight of him. Sitting back against the headboard with a notebook in his hands, he's dressed only in his underwear and glasses. Chuck takes a glimpse at the clock and discovers it is just past 10am.

"What are you still doing here?" she asks him as she stretches.

"I'm taking the day off today." He takes his glasses off and sets them on the nightstand along with the notebook he was looking at. "And so are you," he adds then lays down and puts his arms around her.

"Oh?" she giggles and returns the hug. "I thought I had nothing but days off. Since I'm pretty much a kept woman now," she jokes.

He laughs. "'Kept woman?'" He pulls her closer to him and kisses her forehead. "Where'd you get that phrase from? Shit, that phrase was too old for my fuckin' parents."

She laughs. "Well? It's kinda accurate."

He pulls back and gets out of bed. "How are you feeling?"

"Okay. My muscles are still kinda sore."

He walks around to her side of the bed and tries to smooth some of her wild hair. "Hungry?"

"Uh. Yeah?" she answers unconfidently.

"Nauseous?"

"It's not too bad." She sits up and stretches again.

"Want some pancakes?" he asks as he holds his hand out to help her from the bed.

"Yeah. That sounds good."

The pair prepare the food and eat their breakfast. After getting dressed, they head to the infirmary since Carson is expecting them for Chuck's ultrasound. She asked Negan if she needed to change into her wife clothing to go downstairs, but he said she didn't have to today. She dresses in her normal T-shirt and jeans.

"Knock, knock," Negan calls out as he and Chuck enter the infirmary.

Carson looks up from his notebook. "Hello Negan. Charlotte." He moves to shut the door behind the pair. "I have the vitamins on the counter." He points to the bottle. "If you'll change into the gown and lie on the table, I'll get the ultrasound set up so we can confirm the due date and check everything out."

Chuck picks up the gown and changes in the bathroom. She comes back out and lays down on the table as Carson gets the ultrasound ready. She knows that as early as she is, the ultrasound would have to be a vaginal one, so she tries to keep herself calm. She doesn't want to freak out about the awkwardness of the situation.

Carson sets a folded blanket over her legs and takes the wand in his hand. "Come forward a bit and put your legs in the stirrups," he directs at Chuck.

"Whoa," Negan calls out. "What the fuck is that thing?" He points to the wand.

"She's not far enough along for an abdominal ultrasound. We need to go a vaginal one."

"You're gonna stick that thing inside my wife?!" he asks incensed.

Chuck is a little taken aback. Not by his reaction, but by the fact that he called her his wife so easily. And so quickly after she had decided to move to the fifth floor.

"Sir-"

Chuck interrupts Carson. "I can do it myself." Chuck figures that it is the least awkward option to just insert the wand herself. She takes the wand from Carson and readies herself.

"Whoa, whoa. Wait! This is something that needs some fuckin' discussion, first."

"Negan," Chuck starts, "it's a medical procedure. I've had one before for ovarian cysts."