âIt needs some some herbs. Where do you keep them?â, asked Negan Olivia after a while after he tried the sauce.
âThey stand in the gardenâŠâ, answered Olivia looking slightly frightened while teetering the sleeping Judith in her arm.
âSo would you fucking get us someâ, asked Negan grinning stepping closer to Olivia.
âUhmâŠyeahâ, She answered while searching for a solution what she could do with the toddler on her arm.
âI can get some, if she moves Judith around now, sheâll wake up againâ, you said walking closer to them.
Negan turned around to you grinning.
âAlrightâ, he said smirking before he looked over to Carl who was finally done with the dough.
âWhy donât you help her, Kid?â, Negan asked smirking.
You walked together with Carl outside, a bit relieved that you got a pause of Negan.
âDonât know what he wants to achieve with that shitâ, Carl muttered as he began ripping some herbs off.
âThey are taking even moreâŠI saw them at the gatesâŠâ, added Carl upset.
âAs if they didnât already have enoughâŠâ, you growled before you raised your voice again.
âYou knowâŠWe have to keep on fightingâŠbut on a way that wonât get anyone else hurt or killed and without giving him even more power than he already hasâŠyou saw what he did with all the gunsâŠI want us to grow stronger not weaker..â, you mumbled.
âYea-â, answered Carl but couldnât finish because of Negans voice that sounded outside.
âWhere are my herbs?â, he asked chuckling.
âWeâre comingâ, you answered sighing before going inside again, where Negan finished his sauce proudly with the herbs you got him
He placed it on the table and sat down on the head of it.
You took the bread and went over placing it on it on the table while you felt Negans stare on you.
âSweetheart why donât you take a seat, I guess Carl and Olivia can fucking do it themselvesâ, he said chuckling while you eyed him hesitating.
âCome on, I mean⊠if you want to you can take my lap as a fucking seat. Iâd be more than fine with thatâ, he added grinning.
âI actually prefer a chairâ, you said back glancing in his eyes as you let yourself fall on the chair next to him.
Negan shook his head slightly while he chuckled as he told Carl to put one more pair of fork and knife on the table in case Rick would arrive.
It was just weird how you sat there, on the table eating spaghetti with Negan.
LikeâŠa family.
While you ate you thought about Daryl.
What he had to go through right now, back again in the dark small cell.
You couldnt even speak a whole sentence with him after this one horrific night and all you wished that you could finally do that again.
You just wanted to give him a hug and talk to him.
But not even that seemed realistic right now.
You finished the meal while Negan leaned chuckling back in his chair until something outside got his attention.
âWhats going on there?â, asked Negan standing up walking over to the door opening it.
âDonât be an asshole, Arat, Let the man inâ, you heard Negan chuckling say while you saw Spencer walking up the porch.
He was dressed up like he was going to a sundays brunch and held a bottle of liquor in his hands.
Whatever he was planning you assumed he had planned it without any other person knowing because you saw how confused Olivia and Carl looked.
âSweetheart, why donât you come outsideâ, you suddenly heard Negans voice ask as he opened the door again looking smirking at you while you hesitated.
âCome on. Its fucking beautiful out there. Not as beautiful as you but still..â, he added chuckling.
Thinking about that you could get to know what Spencer was doing there you finally walked to Negan outside.
He sat down in the Rocker, in another one sat Spencer who poured some liquor in the glasses.
âSit down and enjoyâ, said Negan grinning to you patting the rocker next to you.
You huffed slightly and sat down listening to Negan who talked about how much he liked Alexandria.
âThe only thing missing is a fucking pool tableâ, said Negan sipping on his liquor.
âTheres actually one in the garage in the house thereâ, said Spencer pointing at the house towards you.
âOh Spencer, you may just be my new best fucking friendâ, you heard Negan euphoric say.
The Saviors began carrying out the pool table as you stood next to Spencer in the Garage.
You didnât trust him.
âWhatâs your intention with that?â, you asked as you watched how a few men placed the pool table on the street trying to get it into the right position.
âWhat do you mean?â, he said while you turned around to Spencer looking annoyed in his eyes.
âWhat are you trying to achieve with this game?â, you repeated.
âGonna get close to him so we can strike up against himâ, Spencer answered not really persuading.
He was lying, he was definitely lying.
âI meant the truthâ, you said a little bit more urging.
If he would fuck this up he could get others killed and you knew that he was against Rick and probably the most of your group in general.
Spencer took a deep breath and looked at you, anger in his eyes.
âSince you all are here, since Rick is hereâŠeverything is going downhill. My mother died, my father died, a whole bunch of people died and its Ricks faultâ, he said quiet but upset.
âSpencer are you kidding me? RickâŠwe all saved your damn asses more than once! Your mom was a good leader but itâs not Ricks fault that sheâs dead, same with your father. I wonât say everything Rick did was right but heâs trying his very best to help and heâs doing a good job hereâ, you said angry.
âRick is the goddamn hellâ, Spencer spatted.
âYou know what the hell would have been? If we and Rick wouldnât have been here when the wolves attacked, same with the herd of walkers. You would be all fucking dead if we and Rick wouldnât have been here with you to fight together! In this times we have to stand together and not work against each other!â, you growled glaring at him.
Spencer looked at you shaking his head.
âIâd be a better leader that Rickâ, he growled.
âReally? So why did your mom put Rick in charge?â, you asked, Spencer glaring hatefully at you.
âIf you wanna get more power that way Spencer, then youâre a deceitful coward. And if you get anyone killed just because you canât get enough, I promise you, that Iâm gonna make you pay for thatâ, you growled before you heared heavy footsteps sounding through the garage.
âAny problems?â, you heard Negans deep voice say as he walked over to you.
âNo everything is perfect, is the pool table ready to play?â, asked Spencer suddenly again with an innocent smile on his lips.
âIt is, and Sweetheart? You okay, you look a little upset?â, Negan asked grinning.
You turned to Spencer looking warning at him.
âYeah, Iâm fineâ, you answered then.
âGreat, then we can finally fucking playâ, Negan said grinning clapping his hands.
You walked outside while the saviors placed themselves around the pool table, their guns ready.
You decided to walk up the stairs and watch whatever would happen now together with Carl and Olivia.
You looked down to Negan who just noticed that you were up there.
âYou wanna watch that game so far away from me? Wow Sweetheart, thatâs really hurting my feelingsâ, said Negan chuckling, placing his hand dramatically on his chest.
You answered with an uninterested glance and saw how Negan smirked to himself. âCould have taught you some shit about thatâ, Negan added grinning before Spencer slightly cleared his throat.
And you hoped for him that he wouldnât mess this up.
âOh of course. Thank her for that delay, she destracted me once againâ, Negan said winking up to you before he turned completely to Spencer and the pool table.
âI could never do that with Rick. He would just stand there giving me that fucking annoying side eye heâs always giving meâ, Negan said smirking while Spencer bought the balls into the right order.
âThats actually what I came to see you aboutâ, answered Spencer while your glance turned into a glare.
Fuck you, Spencer.
âI get what youâre trying to do here, what youâre trying to build. Iâm not saying I agree with your methods, but I get it. Youâre building a network. Youâre making people contribute for the greater good. It makes sense. But you should know that Rick Grimes has a history of not working well with othersâ, said Spencer.
Now you also saw the disbelief in Carlâs glance.
âIs that so?â, asked Negan sipping on his liquor.
âRick wasnât the original leader here. My mom was. She was doing a really good job of it. Then she died, not long after Rick showed upâŠsame with my brother, same with my dadâ, explained Spencer walking around the Pool Table.
He really said that, he really did.
âSo, everything was fucking peachy here? for what? years? And then fucking Rick shows up, and suddenly, youâre an orphan? That is the saddest fucking story Iâve ever heardâ, Negan said, the grin off his face while he looked eyed Spencer warily.
âGood thing for you heâs not in charge anymoreâ, Negan added sipping on his liquor once again.
âDoesnât matter. His egoâs out of control. Heâll find a way to screw things up, to try and do things his way, to take over. Thatâs what he did with my mom. Thatâs what heâll do againâ, Spencer said and you first thought that you couldnât believe what you had just heard.
He was straight up betraying and you werenât sure if Negan saw what Spencer was trying to do there.
âWhat exactly do you want to be done about that?â, asked Negan stepping closer to Spencer.
âI am my motherâs son. I can be the leader she was. Thatâs what this place needs. Thatâs what you needâ, said Spencer.
No Spencer, you canât be a leader you can be a little lying bitchy asshole not more and not less, you thought to yourself.
âSo I should put you in chargeâŠthatâs what youâre saying?â, Negan asked testing.
âWeâd be much better offâ, answered Spencer.
From the outside you probably looked completely calm, just glaring.
But on the inside you were furious.
He was risking the peace between the people in Alexandria, probably also their lifeâs with such a move just to get his way.
Like some toddler crying because it wanted the toy another kid had.
âIâm thinking how Rick fucking threatened to kill me, how he clearly hates my guts. But he is out there right now, gathering shit for me to make sure I donât fucking hurt any of the fine people that live hereâ, Negan said grinning walking closer to Spencer.
âHe is swallowing his hate and is getting shit done. That takes gutsâ, added Negan chuckling.
âAnd then thereâs you The guy who waited for Rick to be gone so he could fucking sneak over and talk to me to get me to do his dirty work, so he could take Rickâs fucking placeâ, Negan said chuckling pointing at Spencer.
You were sure now that he had seen what wrong game Spencer played, but you asked yourself what he would do now.
âSo I got to ask âŠif you wanna take over, why not just kill Rick yourself and just take over?â, Chuckled Negan stepping even closer to Spencer whose glance got even more shocked.
âŠhe played himself.
âWhat..noâŠuhmâ, stuttered Spencer looking frightened at Negan.
âYou know what I am thinking? Cause I have a fucking guessâ, said Negan his face moving even closer to Spencers.
âIts because you got no fucking gutsâ, you heard Negan say and suddenly saw how he took his knife and burried it in Spencers stomach.
Spencer stumbled as you looked unbelieving down to the scene that was playing there.
You felt yourself jolt up and gasp as you saw how Negan ripped Spencers stomach with his knife open, his guts treading out of his body.
âHow fucking embarrassing! There they are! They were inside you the whole fucking time! You did have guts! Iâve never been so wrong in my whole fucking life!â, called Negan as Spencer sunk to his knees holding his gut in his hands, his blood pouring outside him.
Of course you couldnt stand Spencer but that still shocked you and let a shiver run down your back.Â
You looked over to Carl and Olivia.
They were as shocked as you and you could even see their bodies tremble.
Your glance stayed on them until you heard Negans voice again.
âSo someone has to clean that shit upâ, said Negan grinning leaning against the pool table.
Deadly silence.
âNo one?â, Negan asked chuckling.
Again no one answered.
âAlright anyone wanna finish the game? I was winningâ, Negan asked grinning looking into the crowd where no one answered from.
They just stared shocked and disgusted at him, before he turned around in your direction.
âSweetheart! Come on! We two can play together how about that?â, Negan asked grinning.Â
You shook slightly your had as your shocked glance turned into a glare.
âTurning me down again. What a shame! That would have been so much fun!â, Negan chuckled before he looked back to the crowd.
âNow anyone? Donât let yourself be distracted by Spencer over here. He finally has his guts heâs more than fucking alright!â, chuckled Negan before you saw how Rosita stepped forward, took her gun and a blood freezing  shoot called trough the air.
âShit! What the fuck?! Did you try to fucking shoot me?!â Negan screamed, your heart making another step while he uncontrollably stamped towards Rosita while Arat wrestled her down.
He looked upset at Lucille, the thing Rosita had hit instead of Negan.
Negan took a step back breathing heavily obviously trying to control himself as he saw something on the ground.
âWhat is this? What the fucking fuck is this? This little bad boy made from scratch? Look at those fucking crimpsâŠ.This was fucking homemadeâ, Negan said still angry but more calm holding a bullet in his hand.
âYou may be fucking stupid, darling, but you showed some real ingenuity here", he said walking closer Arat and Rosita
âArat, move that knife up out on that girlâs faceâ ordered Negan while you gasped hearing Carl and Olivia doing the same.
âLucilleâs beautiful, smooth surface is never gonna look the fucking same, so why should yours?! UnlessâŠUnless you fucking tell me who made this
"It was me. I made itâ, you heard Rosita spatt.
âYou see, now I just think youâre lying. And you lying to me now?! Such a shame. Aratâs gonna have to fucking cut up that pretty faceâ, Negan said grinning Rosita trying to assure that she made the bullet while Arat cut the first line into her face.
You didnât have to think a lot about it to know that Eugene must have made itâŠand of course Rosita wouldnât extradite him.
You listened up again as you heard Negans voice.
âGood have it your wayâ, said Negan and you felt how a cold shiver run down your back.Â
You knew what that meant.
âArat, kill someoneâ, Negan said as you felt yourself gasp.
Not again.
The woman looked up, pointed in your direction and a loud shot sounded through the air.
You felt something brushing against your arm and pain and adrenaline shooting through your body.
The pressure let you stumble a few steps back.
You saw how Negan hit the pistol out of the womanâs hand, his face even angrier than before.
âFuck! Arat are you fucking kidding me?! Who the fuck shat in your fucking brain that you get the fucking idea to fucking shoot her?!â, screamed Negan.
The woman that seemed so tough looked now shocked up to Negan, her lips trembling.
âIâm s-sorryâŠButâŠyou said someoneâ, she said almost unhearable for you.
âGod fucking damnit! You are so fucking lucky that you didnât fucking hit worseâŠâ, Negan yelled.
â(Y/N),âŠare you okay?â, you heard Oliviaâs voice. You looked at her as she glanced concerned at you. Behind her Carl looking the same way. âShe didnât hit me. Iâm okayâŠIâm okayâ, your shocked voice said as you looked down on the wound the bullet that had brushed you had left.
It was just a small wound, it wasnt even really bleeding.
But only a few centimeters more and you would have been dead.
You had goddamn luck.
The shock was still stuck in your body, leaving you trembling while you heard Negan still growling at Arat.
Olivia handed you a tissue that you pressed on the wound and looked again over to the scene.
You realized that this all wouldnât be over, Arat didnât hit you but that didnât mean that no one else would die.
Youâd lose someone again and it could be anyone.
And that made your heart pump faster than it already was.
âSweetheart come over hereâ, Negan said as looked at you waving you over. You first stood there, not moving an inch.
âCome onâ, he said in a more urging serious tone.
You breathed out, and began walking down the stairsâŠwho knew if heâd kill not just one but two when you would resist.
You glared at him as he pulled you next to him in the puddle of Spencerâs blood he was standing in.Â
The smell of the blood travelled up your nose and let another shiver ran down your back.
âSo Arat, once again. Now. Shoot. Someone. And donât fucking fuck it upâ, Negan growled.
He was standing now with his back to you but you just kept glaring.
The one who would die would be completely innocent and again you could do nothing against it.
You just felt so helpless.
As helpless as in the night you lost Glenn and Abraham.
Rosita screamed again on the ground that it was her.
You looked over to Carl and Olivia seeing the fear and shock in their eyes as another shot sounded and you felt your body cramping immediately as you saw who sank to their knees.
âNoâ, came cracking out of your mouth.
Why Olivia?
That just seemed unreal, she was one of the most innocent people you knew and now it was her who had to pay for it.
You saw Carl looking up over to you, shock and disbelief in his glance.
You heard some loud panting as you suddenly heard Ricks voice.
âWe had a deal!â, he shouted.
âRick! Oh look everyone fucking Rick is here again! âŠAh, your people are making me lose my fucking voice doing all this yellingâ, Negan said chuckling at Rick.
You looked behind Rick and saw Aaron standing propped by Eric looking like he was beaten up.
God, what the heck did they do to him?
Why became this situaton even worse and worse?
âRick how about a âthank youâ? I mean, look, I know we started this fucking relationship with me beating the holy fucking shit out of your friends, and because of that, weâre probably never gonna fucking sit around and braid each otherâs hair or share our deepest, darkest secrets, but how about a little fucking credit? I just bent over backwards to show you how fucking reasonable I amâ, Negan chuckled.
âYour fucking kidâ, he pointed at Carl âhe hid in one of my trucks and fucking machine-gunned a bunch of my men down, and I brought him home, safe and soundâŠ. and I fed him some fucking spaghetti!â, Negan said grinning.
âAnother one of your people. Well, he wanted me to fucking kill you and put him in charge. I took him for you!â, Negan continued and talked about Rositas try to shoot him.
âNow you have one fucking mouth less to feed and I mean I guess that mouth did some fucking damageâŠI personally wouldnât have chosen her but Aratâ, he stopped while chuckling âshe just didnât trust her, you know.â
âWhat did you do to her?â, asked Rick looking concerned and angry at the now blood soaked tissue on your arm. âA damn fucking mistake of Arat over hereâ, Negan said glaring at Arat.
You mouthed an âIâm okayâ to Rick trying to calm him down.
Your wound wasnt bad, it would heal itself pretty fast and Rick had already enough sorrow and problems, your wound shouldnât be one of it.
âDonât worry Ricky boy, sheâs gonna be alrightâ, Negan said smirking.
âIâm gonna take fucking care of herâ, he said grinning walking over to you slinging his arms around your waist.
You shifted slightly away as you felt his touch turning to him and glaring in his eyes. Negan looked chuckling at you before Rick raised his voice.
âYour shit is waiting for you at the gateâŠ.just goâ, growled Rick.
âSure thing I just gotta know who made this fucking bulletâ, said Negan holding up the self made bullet.
You heard Tara scream but your glance just laid on Eugene who stood sniffling there. âIt was me..it was me..â, sobbed Eugene as you hold your breath seeing how Negan turned to him.
It made you feel horrible seeing how Eugene desperately tried to explain how he build it, sobbing and sniffing uncontrollably until Negan stopped him. âShut up, I believe youâŠlisten Rick Iâm gonna relieve you of your bullet maker and whatever is waiting for me at the gateâ, said Negan grinning before he laid his hand on your lower back pushing you with him.
You looked back to your friends, the glance in their eyes reminding you of the one you had seen in the night Glenn and Abraham got killed.
And that made your heart cramp.
You hated that every time you got to see them again it was connected with them suffering or someone getting hurt or killed.
You just wanted them to be safe.
As you came to the gates of Alexandria the saviors began loading up the stuff they had collected and pushed the still sobbing Eugene into one truck as Negan suddenly stopped.
He looked at you, his glance turned into a little bit softer a somehow concerned one while it wandered from your face to your arm where you still pressed the tissue on your wound.
âLet me seeâ, he mumbled taking the tissue of the wound eying it.
âShes gonna have to work her fucking ass off to make just roughly up for thatâ, he muttered serious and more quiet but still hearable.
The same guy who had just minutes ago first ripped someones body open and then let someone else who was innocent get killed as punishment looked actually somehow concerned about a small wound on your arm.
You sighed while Negans glance wandered up again to your face, his glance mixed between his signature smirk and this slight softness you didnât know how to interpret and that seemed so unfitting for him.
âBoss weâre readyâ, some man shouted out of one of the trucks.
âWeâre comingâ, growled Negan just.
You looked back at Alexandria, not knowing when youâd come back and what would happen if you didâŠ
But who knew what the future held for you?
For Alexandria?
For your group?
For your brother?
And for that weird thing, whatever the heck it was, that seemed to evolve  slowly between you and Negan�
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