Negan had no idea what he did by slamming the truck door shut behind Sally, when they were leaving for his home. She jumped at the sound and a shiver run down her spine. Her fingernails carved streaks into the leather seat. Her grip did not loosen, not even when Negan got behind the wheel and brought in his cheery mood.

"Let's take this elsewhere, shall we?" he turned the key in the ignition. The car moved. And he wouldn't stop talking. "We've done some good job today! It's time for a lunch break. Oh, I'm starving. Aren't you hun...gry?" He finally notice the changed that took Sally over. Her knuckled white, nearly ripping chunks of the seat off, her face turned to the window away from him.

"Are you alright there, wild thing?" He kept glimpsing on the road in front of them while trying to pin out what nailed her to the seat. She was paralyzed. "Do you need me to pull over?"

He was puzzled as of what to do and what was going on with her. He knew she was alright with being near him, she proved that before. She was relaxed when he held her just moments before Daryl launched at her. He just did not see when the switch went off.

"Does the car ride make you sick? Do you need me..." He kept trying.

She finally turned from the window, pale as snow. Her sight roaming around everything but him.

"Do you want me to stop?" He repeated himself.

"No, no, I'm... It's..." She stuttered. "Could we maybe just... open the windows?"

"Sure thing. Down they go!"

They rolled the windows all the way down, she even asked if that was okay with him. And it was, because he did not see anything he could do for her at that time. He needed her to guide him through this. Whatever this was. And as the air started flowing into the cabin, she finally started to breathe again. She rested her head on the door-frame, closed her eyes and as the wind played with her hair, the color came back into her cheeks.

Negan did not say anything since then. He just kept glancing at her and watched her come to herself bit by bit. First her breathing evened, her color was no longer monotonous and the grimace fade from her face.

There was no radio playing in the truck to cushion the silence but soon Sally took care of that as well. First she made Negan grin when he caught her moving her lips to what seemed to be some song and she soon proved him right, humming when there were no lyrics. He was then genuinely smiling from ear to ear and just kept watching the road as if he heard the song she was mouthing to herself.

He got lost in the moment for a while, coming back only to find Sally studying his expression.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" She asked seemingly offended, her arms no longer stretched to grip the seat the tightest, but crossed on her chest.

"Indeed, I am. Are you?" He smiled and then bit his lover lip struggling to hide his amusement.

"Certainly," she confirmed still watching him closely. "Is this the fastest the truck can go?" She frowned, clearly displeased with his driving skills.

"I thought you'd rather take it slow." She was sick like hell just seconds ago.

"The sooner it's over, the better," she encouraged him. "So? What are you waiting for? Floor the gas!"

"Will you sing to me?" He made it sound like a condition.

"No need... Here's the device that can do it for you." She pressed the play button on the radio and turned the volume up. She picked up the song in no time and started to goof around to it.

"Oh my god, this might be the most annoying song I've ever heard." She laughed so hard.

"I think quite the contrary," Negan smirked, glad to see her unbounded like that. So he turned the Easy Street even louder, and started to sing along with Sally.

The cavalry made it to Negan's compound loud like this. And then it was Negan's turn to have a change of heart.

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Author's Note: I'm so busy with exams but I just had to steal some time for you, my lovely readers. 🙂 I see the readings are going up so you can't hold against me that this part is a little bit more cheery, at least to the end, hope you'll stick around. Feel free to bring your friends along to read this fanfiction or read my other Supernatural fanfiction, if you/they are part of that family as well. Thank you for reading, voting, commenting... You are all Negan! Ehm, I mean... Great! You are all great! 💟

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