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As Glenn Rhee walked down the stairs, he wondered what would be waiting on him for breakfast. He smiled a little when the aroma of oatmeal hit his nose. He should have known they would be having oatmeal. Again. Maggie had been craving oatmeal for a while and Glenn finally found quite a bit the week before on a run. He had brought it home and they had been having it every day for breakfast since. Glenn wasn’t a huge fan of oatmeal himself, but he would never complain about it to Maggie. After all, she couldn’t help what she craved.
Glenn made his way to the kitchen and his smile grew bigger when he saw Maggie sitting at the table. He walked over and placed a kiss on her forehead before sitting down at the table. His bowl of oatmeal was already waiting on him.
“How’d you sleep?” Glenn asked after he swallowed a bite of his food.
“I slept just fine until little man woke me up with the hiccups. I laid in bed for a bit before I decided to come down here and fix breakfast. How’d you sleep?”
“Good,” he answered.
Maggie grabbed a pickle from the jar and began to cut it up. Glenn began to eye her as he watched her put the pieces in her oatmeal.
“Another craving?” He asked with a smile. He was sure it was because she had never ate those two things together as long as he had known her.
Maggie nodded after she took a bite. She swallowed her food before she began to talk again.
“It’s good. Do you want a bite?” She asked as she picked up her bowl and pointed it in his direction.
Glenn eyed the contents in the bowl before he shook his head. “That looks gross. No thank you.”
Maggie just smiled at him. “More for me.”
Glenn smiled back.
After that, they ate in silence. When Glenn was finished, he got up and put his bowl and spoon in the sink. He turned around and noticed Maggie was looking at him. He knew she wanted to talk about something.
“What is it?” He asked.
“We should do something tonight. Something fun,” Maggie told him. It had been a while since they had did something fun together. Her pregnancy was taking a bit of a toll on her. She was tired a lot of times.
“What do you want to do?” Glenn asked her.
Maggie thought about it for a minute or so before she came up with an idea. “What about a date night? I can cook and we can have a nice dessert. How about that?”
“What will you be cooking?” Glenn asked.
Maggie smiled at his question. “I think I might fix a chicken noodle casserole… except there won’t be chicken. Do you think it’ll still be good?”
Glenn nodded. “It’ll be great.”
Maggie smiled, showing her teeth and Glenn knew she had come up with another idea.
“What if we invite Rick and Michonne over?” It’ll kind of be like a double date.”
Glenn smiled. He liked that idea.
“It’ll be a good time to catch up with each other. I miss Michonne and I know you miss Rick.”
“Well…” Glenn said. He did miss Rick. He was like a brother to him and they never got a chance to just sit and talk anymore. All they ever talked about were plans and runs. Glenn missed him but he would never tell Rick that. “I do miss him.”
Maggie smiled. She got up and began to fill the sink with water so she could start the dishes. Glenn stood up to help her like he always did.
“I have a very important question. What will we be having for dessert?” Glenn asked.
Maggie laughed. “What would you like?”
“Chocolate chip cookies,” Glenn said with a huge smile on his face. “Rick and Michonne like those, right?”
Maggie smiled .They were his favorite dessert. “I’m sure they do… you can ask to be sure when you go to ask him about coming over.”
Glenn raised his eyebrows. “Wait. I have to ask Rick? Won’t that be strange? Asking him on a date?”
Maggie laughed a little and rolled her eyes. “No, Glenn. You’re asking him to bring his date. I’m your date. I’m sure he’ll know what you mean.”
Before Glenn could say anything, Maggie ran away from the sink. “I’m gonna be sick,” he heard her say behind him.
Glenn sighed. The morning sickness was really getting to her. He hated seeing Maggie like that.
There were only a few dishes left so he hurried up and washed those before he made his way up to Maggie. When he made it to their room, he found her laying on the bed.
Glenn sat on the edge and placed his hand on her leg. “Are you okay?” He asked concerned.
Maggie nodded and turned her head to look at him. “I’m fine. I just need to lie down for a minute.”
“Do you need some water?” He asked her. He knew he couldn’t do much to help when she felt like this, but he always tried his best to make her as comfortable as possible.
Maggie shook her head. “Thank you though,” she said with a small smile on her face. Glenn was always looking out for her and making sure she was okay. She was so thankful for him.
Glenn began to rub her leg. “I’ll go ask Rick, alright? You still want to do everything tonight?”
Maggie nodded. She didn’t want a little sickness getting in the way of her plans. “Yeah, I won’t feel like this all day. It’ll pass.”
She grabbed Glenn’s hand and asked a question she always hated asking. “Do you have to go on any runs today?”
“No.”
“Good,” Maggie said, relieved. She hated when he went on runs. Her heart dropped every time he told her that he was going to go on one.. She always feared that something would happen and he would never make it back to her. She truly didn’t know what she would do without him. She hated thinking about living in a world without him.
Then again, Glenn was Glenn. He always made it back to her every time. No matter what. But that never stopped her from worrying about him.
Glenn sat with her for a few minutes before he stood up. “I’m gonna go find Rick and ask him. After that, I’ll come back and check on you.”
Maggie nodded. Glenn bent over and moved his head closer to hers. She knew he was trying to kiss her, so she held up her hand to stop him.
“I don’t think you want to kiss me,” she told him with a small smile. “My breath smells awful and I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”
“Right,” Glenn said. He kissed her on the forehead instead.
“I’ll be back soon,” Glenn promised. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Glenn was halfway down the stairs when he heard Maggie talking to him again.
“Tell them to be here at seven!” He heard her shout.
“Okay!” He shouted back.
Once Glenn left the house, it only took him a few minutes to find Rick. He wasn’t surprised when he saw Michonne next to him. Rick was hammering a nail into the wall. There had been more walkers than usual and they just wanted to make sure it would hold. Rick and Michonne picked up a board and Rick continued to hammer.
Glenn figured Michonne must have said something funny because Rick had the biggest smile on his face. Glenn began to smile. He noticed when Rick smiled, it was usually because of Michonne.
Glenn saw them as family and he was happy because they were happy. None of them got much happiness and he thought everyone deserved it. He was so glad they found happiness within each other.
He knew that Rick could be a bit of a dumbass at times… hell, he knew that when he first met him, but there were times where it was more obvious than other times. Glenn was glad Rick got his head out of his ass and finally saw what was in front of him: a woman who loved him so much and who looked at him like there wasn’t anyone else on the earth but him.
But Rick had finally gotten it all right… with Michonne. Glenn was completely sure of it.
Glenn walked closer to them.“Hey,” he said cheerfully.
“Hey,” Rick and Michonne said in unison before they hammered a nail into the wall.
“I can take over here,” they heard a voice behind them. It was Tobin’s. “You all can rest.”
Rick handed over his hammer to Tobin and Michonne threw hers down. They moved closer to Glenn and they began to walk.
“So,” Glenn began, “I need to talk to you guys.”
“Is everything okay?” He asked. Rick began to think of the worst; he always did. Then again, who didn't? They were always receiving bad news.
“Yeah, of course,” Glenn answered quickly. “Everything’s fine.”
Rick relaxed and glanced over at Glenn. “What is it?”
“Maggie wants to do something fun tonight, so she wanted me to ask you guys if you would like to come over for a dinner… a dinner date.”
“A date?” Rick asked, confused. He wasn’t sure what he meant.
Glenn nodded. “Yeah… you and Michonne… me and Maggie… a double date.”
“Oh,” Rick said as he glanced at Michonne. They both smiled at each other. It was obvious that they both liked the idea.
“You don’t have to come,” Glenn told them. “Only if you want to.” He didn’t want to pressure them into going over to their house.
“Of course we want to come,” Michonne said with a smile. She was glad they had invited them over.
“Yeah. That sounds good,” Rick agreed as he glanced over at Glenn.
“But what about Carl and Judith? Do you think they’ll be okay while we’re gone?” Michonne asked Rick. It wasn’t like they were going thirty miles away to a restaurant… they were only going down the street but Michonne couldn’t help but worry about them. Their safety always came first.
He nodded. “I think so. We have leftovers from last night that Carl and Judith can eat and if they need us, we’ll only be a few houses away.”
Michonne nodded, agreeing with him. She glanced at Glenn. “What time should we be there?” She asked him.
“Seven,” Glenn answered with a smile. “Dinner should be finished by then or a little later.”
“We’ll be there,” Michonne told him.
Glenn smiled at them. “I’ll see you guys later,” he told them before walking away. He was about twenty feet away from them when he stopped walking and turned around.
“You guys like chocolate chip cookies, right?” He shouted.
“Yeah!” Rick shouted back.
“Okay!” Glenn yelled. “That’s what we’re having for dessert!”
Glenn quickly made his way back to the house to check on Maggie. He walked up the stairs and she was still lying in bed.
He sat down on the bed beside her. He moved his hand and placed it on her arm. “Are you asleep?”
“No,” she answered. “I’m pretty sleepy though.” It didn’t matter how much sleep she got, she always felt tired.
“I found Rick and Michonne and they both really like the idea,” Glenn told her. “They’ll be here.”
“Good,” she said with a smile.
Glenn laid down and wrapped his arm around her. He let out a big yawn. “I’m in the mood.”
Maggie groaned a little. “Glenn, not right now. I don’t want to get sick all over you.”
“No. I didn’t mean that,” Glenn said. “I didn’t finish what I was going to say. I’m in the mood for a nap.”
Maggie smiled. “That I can do.”
Glenn moved his hand and rested it against her stomach. “Let’s do it.”
They laid there for a while before they drifted off to sleep.