Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter XI ➳ New

➳ "Morgan, why can't you stay?" I asked him, almost pleading with him. "I have already lost so many people. I can't lose you, too. Please, Morgan. Just stay."

He shook his head, almost ashamed to look up at me. "I can't, Tess."

"Why not?" I quizzed with tears in my eyes. "Negan is done. He may be alive, but he's done. He won't ever see the light of day again, so please just... stay."

Again, he shook his head and avoided my eyes. "I can't..."

"You can. Morgan, just—"

"Can't you hear me, Tess?! I can't do that, so don't make it worse on me," he injected, his eyes now in mine. "You'll be okay, Tess. You will survive. I know you will. You are smart, brave, and a warrior. You will survive anything that comes your way. Don't ever turn to darkness again, Tess."

I had tears in my eyes, just as he stood up and came over to me. He extended his hand down to me and I accepted it, before he pulled me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried on his shoulders, because I was losing — yet another — close friend.

"THE world is changing, either for better or worse," I found myself admitting, like I was talking to a preacher behind the darkness. "That bridge is going to help us. At least, that's what Rick says. We're building a better future. Right?"

I shook my head and looked straight ahead, before they could answer. "You're probably wondering why I'm even talking to you right now, why I always come in here and talk to you. Maybe it's because I'm lonely, or just because you're the only one that talks to me anymore. I have Maggie, Rick, and some others. Daryl and I aren't so close anymore, but Tara is always there for me as well as my brother. You always talk to me, too. But, why? I wished death upon you."

The man in the shadows stood up and walked towards me, but was almost immediately stopped by the bars that surrounded him. "It's because, in reality, I'm your only true friend, Tess," Negan almost laughed out, but seemed like he was being serious at the same time. "I'm the only one that will tell you how it is. I'll tell you the truth, even if you don't like it."

"Then, tell me this," I said louder, getting up and walking up to the bars of his cage. "Do you honestly think that Dwight will ever come back for me?"

Negan smirked while he kept his eyes on me, in deep thought. "Honestly?" I almost frantically nodded. "I don't know, Tess. I would like to think that he would keep his promise to you, even if he couldn't with me. He really loved you and, if he had known that you were pregnant at the time, he would've fought like hell to stay with you two."

I nodded, slowly looking away. I felt his hand come over my left hand, his warmth over mine. "You'll be okay," he reassured, feeling that it was sincere. "You and that little girl are gonna be just fine, Tess."