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Hello world and my wonderful readers! How is everybody doing?
I'm happy to announce that Bethyl is FINALLY in the story, so I hope all the Daryl fans are ready!
AGAIN, What would be the point of FanFiction if some of the characters always resembled how they were on the shows? If you don't like my story or have a problem with my writing style, then don't bother reading it.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH THE WALKING DEAD FRANCHISE OR JELLY BELLY. ALL PROPERTIES OWNED BY FRANK DARABONT AND AMC (TELEVISION SERIES), ROBERT KIRKMAN AND TONY MOORE (COMIC BOOK SERIES), DAVID KLEIN AND THE JELLY BELLY COMPANY, RESPECTIVELY. I ONLY OWN MY OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS AND CHARACTERS.
Chapter Fourteen: Skeletons in the Cupboard
They weren't going anywhere right now, and would most likely be finished before Beth and Daryl arrived, they were too wrapped up with one another, and wanting to take the moment further. The haze of lust had once again filled the room. Unfortunately, with the sound of a single name, fate had other plans for them.
"Dad?!"
Rick and Delilah froze, praying it wasn't who they thought it was, but it was unavoidable. They spun their heads around and saw Carl standing in the doorway, totally stiff with a look of horror on his face. He had heard about Beth and Daryl being found and wanted to know when they would be coming. After looking all over for his dad, he figured Rick was back at Home Base. When he walked up the stairs, he had heard music coming from Delilah's room, followed by moaning. Carl thought he heard a voice that sounded like his dad, but shook it off until he heard Delilah moaning something about never being as turned on by another man as she was with him. He was hoping that maybe she was just using a vibrator or something, but his curiosity was piqued, and the door was open. What he saw knocked the wind out of him: Delilah, his fantasy girl, straddling and making out with Rick, his own father, who was groping her butt. Carl didn't have a choice but to interrupt them, and now he almost wish that he hadn't, because this was a bad dream come true.
"CARL!" Delilah jumped off of Rick, almost falling back. Carl took in everything. Delilah's revealing outfit that perfectly accentuated her slammin' body, Rick's disheveled hair and shirt, the messed up bed comforter. Fear preventing him from having the confusing yet inevitable boner, all he could do was stare. Delilah turned off the stereo as Rick got up from the bed. They were all hit with alarming anxiety, this was the last way that Rick and Delilah had wanted Carl to find out. Both of their brains were swimming with dozens of explanations but not being able to come up with a solid one. Judging by the look on his face, they didn't know if he was going to scream or cry, he kept looking back and forth between the two of them, but finally left the room.
"Shit! Carl!" Rick ran after him, but turned to Delilah as he walked out. "Why didn't you have the door closed?" Neither one of them had realized that the door was open, but it made Delilah's mouth agape. How could he ask that?
"Me?! You were the one that opened it, why didn't you close it? Just go after him, hurry!" She watched him walk out, mumbling curses under her breath and kicked the wall in aggravation. "Fuck!" This wasn't fair, why did this have to happen?
"Carl! Carl, get back here! We have to talk!" Rick chased Carl, who was almost to his room and didn't want to bother with his dad.
"I don't want to listen to anything you have to say, I'll just be hearing a bunch of bullshit lies!" He opened the door, but Rick had picked up the pace, grabbing him by the shoulders and turning him around so they were eye to eye.
"No, you won't! Delilah and I are more than friends, we were going to tell you tonight after Beth and Daryl got here. You weren't supposed to find out like this. I'm so sorry, we both are." He looked into his son's eyes sincerely, it killed him that things had gotten out of hand to this point.
"How long?" Carl still had a furious glare on his face. Even though Rick was telling the truth, none of what he said would suppress the anger.
"Since the first day we got here." That only made it worse, Carl felt the rage bubbling up over the secret relationship. How could his dad do this to him? It didn't matter the age difference, Rick knew Carl liked Delilah and went out with her anyway! They've only been here for two months, did he have sex with Delilah?
"Did you sleep with her?" In a way, that was the only thing he wanted to know, he wasn't going to bother asking if he was in love.
"Carl, that's none of your-"
"Answer me! Did you sleep with her?!"
Rick really didn't want to give him a response, but he knew he had to. He also knew that his son would be crushed. "Yes, Carl. We've slept together."
His confirmation had validated Carl's temper to reach it's full potential and explode. He hauled his fist back and punched Rick in the face, letting out all the fury along with a frustrated roar, and slammed the door in his face, causing Rick to fall backwards onto the floor.
Delilah heard a door slamming, followed by groaning. "Oh, shit!" She stepped out of her room to find Rick on the floor in front of Carl's door. "Rick!" She ran over, kneeling down to him. "What the hell happened?" Delilah got Rick on his feet to find that his lip and nose were bleeding.
"Carl punched me." He massaged his jaw, the impact of the punch had hit him immediately and made him wonder when the hell Carl learned how to throw a punch like that.
Delilah shook her head, visibly upset. "Jesus Christ, the kid is devastated. Come on, we need to get you cleaned up." She started walking back to her room, only to turn around to see Rick banging on the door.
"CA-RL! OPEN THE DOOR!" He kept trying to open the door, but it was locked.
"Rick!" Delilah made her way back to him.
"LEAVE ME ALONE! I HATE YOU!" Carl's words only made Rick angrier.
"CARL ANDREW GRIMES, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE, NOW! WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS LIKE ADULTS! YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CLAIM YOURSELF AS!" He didn't even notice Delilah walking back up to him. "IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH SOCKING ME IN THE FACE, YOU'RE DEAD WRONG! NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL!"
"RICK!" Delilah grabbed him by the arm, being met with an infuriated glare. "He's angry, he's not going to listen to anything either one of us have to say right now. Let's go, get you cleaned up, deal with Beth and Daryl, give him an hour or two, then we'll come back and talk to him. Ok?"
Rick huffed, exasperated, but Delilah was right. Carl needed a while to cool off. "Fine, you're right. Let's go."
She lead him by the hand back to her room and into the bathroom, sitting him on the edge of the bathtub before rummaging into the cabinets for some Neosporin and a tampon. "Hold still." Delilah unwrapped a tampon and cut it in half, gently sticking the first piece up his nose.
"ARGH!" Rick winced, which made her give him a strange look.
"What? You think I say "ARGH!" when I have to put these in once a month? No, I don't. You took a bullet, having a tampon up your nose for twenty seconds is nothing. Relax." She smiled warmly at him as she stuck a second one in, he didn't even flinch. Rick tried to return the smile, despite his emotions and knowing how ridiculous he looked.
"Sorry. It's killing me that this is how Carl found out, I can't believe he punched me. Where the hell did that come from?" He was still mad that Carl punched him, but he knew there must have been a million thoughts and emotions running through his son. Anger, sadness, confusion, even betrayal.
Delilah heavily sighed as she wiped the blood off his lip, feeling disheartened about the whole event. After everything that had transpired for the two of them, Carl didn't deserve this. "I know, this was not how I wanted him to find out, either. He had a furious adrenaline rush, that's where it came from. Like those moms that lift cars off of babies."
Rick smirked at her as she rubbed Neosporin on his lip. "I don't think he'd go that far."
"They didn't either, but that rush makes you do crazy things. Think about it for a second: He just walked in on his dream girl giving his dad a lap dance, he's a teenager, things are confusing and weird. He had an impulse, but it wasn't right." Delilah leaned in and laced her fingers around the back of his neck, crouching on her knees and looking him in the eye, both of them having the same sadness. "I'm so sorry, Rick. If this is too much for you, for Carl's sake, I understand." It killed her to say that, she didn't want to let Rick go, but Delilah was thinking of Carl and his feelings. Maybe things were supposed to be short lived between them, and the thought made her break eye contact, staring down at the linoleum. Rick looked at her, confused.
"What are you talking about?" Did she really want to end their relationship because of Carl? Before this, things were going so well, Delilah couldn't be serious.
"You know what I'm talking about." She still couldn't look at him, and he lifted her chin, their eyes meeting.
"Delilah, no. Don't think like that. I know you may feel it's the right decision, but this isn't a reason to call things off. Carl is just angry right now, we're going to do like you said, give him some time to chill out, then talk things out properly. I think he's angrier with me than you. Please, don't worry yourself. Remember what I said that one day? We're gonna get through whatever hurdles come our way, and we're gonna do it together. Don't push me away, because I don't want to let you go."
He gave her a hopeful smile, knowing she only said this for Carl's sake, but sometimes, you have to think of your own happiness as well. They made each other happy, why terminate something wonderful over a speed bump?
Delilah smiled at his reassurance and it made his heart flutter a bit. "Delilah, I-" Oh, crap! Not now!
"Yes?"
Now his heartbeat was really speeding up, again. I need a quick save! "I meant every word I said."
She nodded and leaned in. "I know, and I feel the same."
Their lips connected in a soft kiss for a brief moment, only to be interrupted by Madison skipping into the room, humming, and looked over to see her stroll up to the doorway.
"Deli- Oh, my lord!" She stared at them, her jaw down to the floor, watching Delilah and Rick, their faces inches away from each other with a not too worried look, smirking when she saw tampons up Rick's nose. "Should I even bother asking?"
Rick leaned into Delilah's ear. "Michonne and now Carl already know, might as well fill everybody else in."
She nodded and turned back to Madison, not even knowing what kind of reaction to except from her, or any of the others for that matter. "Yes, Madison. This is exactly what it looks like." They watched Madison's mouth close and turn up in a wicked grin.
"Norman Bates in a Dior gown, I knew it, I knew it! I knew it since the moment you two met that there was a spark. I don't need to ask, I already know that you've gotten some Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang, oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!" She started doing a jig as she sang, which only made Rick and Delilah roll their eyes but still chuckled.
"Got that out of your system, Maddie? Now's not the best time to be messing around. Carl walked in on me giving Rick a lap dance and punched him in the face. He's livid."
Madison gasped as she looked at Rick's face. "Oh, my president's men! Little Car-Car got you good! I'm surprised how such a scrawny kid could pack on a punch like that!"
Delilah scoffed. "Don't add insult to injury, please. What's going on?"
"My apologies. Gleggie just got here a few minutes ago, they're introducing Beth and Daryl to the others, we're all waiting on you."
"Shit! They got here early." Rick mumbled, pulling the tampons out of his nose and stood up as he threw them in the trash. Delilah joined him.
"Alright. We'll be down right behind you. Whatever you do, do not say a word to anybody else. Promise us?" Although Delilah knew she could trust Madison, the cowgirl had a tendency to be unpredictable. She gave Delilah a nod and a calm smile.
"Lila Loo, of course you can trust me. I'd carry it to my grave, my lips are sealed. Lucifie himself couldn't beat it out of me. Come on, you've gotta see this guy, he's the definition of hick hottie!" Madison skipped off, cackling to herself. Delilah walked out of the bathroom and picked up her vest, putting it on.
"Are you sure you should wear that, Delilah? It's kind of revealing." Rick's naturally overprotective instincts kicked in, he didn't want Delilah to be prancing around in that outfit, unless it was for his pleasure only. She turned around, buttoning up the vest on the bottom.
"Don't worry about it, Rick. It's better with the vest on, you know I'm one to mix it up. Besides, Madison's definition of hot drastically contrasts from mine." They smiled at each other, glad some of the tension had dwindled a bit, both hoping things would be better in a couple hours.
"I'll take your word for it. Let's go."
JELLBANY PARKING LOT, A COUPLE MINUTES LATER
Delilah and Rick walked out of Home Base to find everybody standing in front of Leisure Zone, being introduced to the two new members by Maggie and Glenn. Delilah couldn't really see them because of the crowd. It was sunny with a few dark clouds threatening to fog the sky. As they walked closer, they were hoping that their rattled aura wasn't too obvious of a tell, they tried to focus on the positive of having everybody back again.
"I'm really excited to meet Beth and Daryl. Do you think they'll fit in?
He nodded. "Beth will, absolutely. She's very friendly and excellent with kids. Daryl, on the other hand, is a rebel, but he's pretty reliable, as you've been told on both of them by Glenn and Maggie."
The last thing she wanted to be doing right now was meet them, but she had to, and hoped it would be a mild distraction from the earlier trauma, they could both use one.
"Sounds like they'll be an excellent addition." Delilah smiled at him and almost tripped over her platforms, stopping in her tracks when she made eye contact with who was obviously Daryl after the crowd went inside, leaving only the four of them with Glenn and Maggie. They both gave each other the same stare, it reminded her of the scene in The Godfather when Michael Corleone and Appalonia see each other for the first time in Italy, both awestruck with one another.
He was a little taller than Rick, with lightly tanned skin, messy dark brown hair in his face that almost covered his beady blue eyes, he was wearing brown boots, ripped dark blue jeans, and a blue and green flannel shirt with the sleeves ripped off and the most gorgeously muscular arms she had ever seen on a man before. Madison was right, he was a hick hottie. A pure white trailer trash redneck hick hottie. Daryl looked exactly like the boys back home that she was too good for but messed around with anyway. Those boys represented the forbidden fruit, something that was deliciously sinful, only to be indulged in secrecy. Delilah felt her stomach tie up in knots, feeling the same delightful thrill that she did when she would hook up with one of the boys in Simi Valley.
Daryl looked her up and down, assuming that this was the chick Delilah that Glenn and Maggie had been talking about the whole way back. He had to admit that she was quite the looker, a total babe. She looked familiar, but there's no way they had ever met before, since she lived in California before the outbreak. The outfit she was wearing made him think of Nancy Callahan from the Sin City series, but she had the figure for it, especially with her great legs and huge knockers. She also had long brown hair, blue-green eyes, and full lips. Now that he was back with the group, there was no reason to not get some tail, it had been so long, and this was the catch he set his sights on.
Rick didn't even notice that Delilah stopped and continued walking over, immediately hugging Beth and Daryl. Like the day she brought him and Carl to Jellbany, Delilah stayed in the back and watched the reunion. Daryl was still staring at her with "Come fuck me" eyes. It made her feel uncomfortable, but her body language shifted, like she almost wanted it.
She stood in a two o'clock position, popping her left hand on her leaned back left hip, her legs crossed, with an relaxed yet sexy look on her face.
Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in.
Rick turned around to see Delilah standing there, and motioned her over. He didn't know why she was in that pose and wasn't sure if he should think more of it or not, especially when she almost strutted over, her hand on her hip, like she was trying to impress somebody. He also noticed that everybody else was watching her walk over, and turned back to Beth and Daryl. "You guys, this is-"
"Delilah Daltrey, and you must be Daryl Dixon, Atlanta's Hawkeye." Delilah strutted up and stuck her hand out for Daryl to shake it. Rick noticed that even her tone of voice was different, almost sultry. What's going on with her? Maybe she's just in another world because of everything that happened.
Daryl grabbed her hand and shook it, still eyeing her up and down. It was evident in their eye contact that some sort of zap had gone off between them, and he decided he was definitely setting out on a mission to tap that fine ass. "Nice to meet you. I've gotten Robin Hood, but never Hawkeye."
Delilah smiled. "Well, there's a first for everything, isn't there?" She winked at him, which made Rick shake his head in confusion. Is she flirting with him?! In front of me?! Am I actually jealous? By the look on Daryl's face, he's into her.
Daryl smirked. "Mmhmm. There is." There was something different with this girl, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he did know he wanted his hands all over her hot little body.
Rick cleared his throat, interrupting them. "This is Beth, Maggie's sister." Delilah looked over to see a blonde haired, blue eyed girl that looked a few years older than the twins and resembled Taylor Swift a little. Her face lit up.
"Beth! I'm thrilled to finally meet you!" Delilah wrapped her arms around Beth, giving the timid girl a huge hug that caught her off guard. She was already uncomfortable with all these new people, not to mention the obvious sexual chemistry between Daryl and Delilah, and now she was hugging her? Beth felt like a little girl compared to Delilah. They looked the same age, but Delilah's body was more developed. She pulled back, smiling.
Delilah seemed genuine, Beth felt like she had met her somewhere before. "Nice to meet you. You look familiar, are you sure this is your first time to the South?"
She nodded. "Yes, and if I knew that Southern gentleman weren't a myth, I would have come out here a lot sooner." Delilah elbowed Rick, who further stiffened when everybody noticed, but also felt a bit relieved that she was setting her sights back on him. "Anyways, welcome to Jellbany! I've heard so much about you both and now that you're here, everybody is reunited again."
"It wouldn't have happened without you, Delilah." Maggie smiled.
"Yeah, you're a hero." Glenn said
"Thanks, but we did it together, don't forget that." Delilah smiled, she was over the moon that Rick's group was together at last.
"Where's Carl?" Beth asked, which made Rick and Delilah tense up. How were they going to explain this?
"Uh, he's not feeling too well and is laying down." He scratched the back of his head nervously, not noticing that Glenn was looking at him.
"Rick, what happened to your face? Your lip is busted and your nose is all swollen."
Shit. He thought to himself. How apparent is all of this? "I tripped on the last step and slammed straight into the door at Home Base. Good thing Delilah was there to fix me up." Rick smiled over at her. It seemed totally plausible. She nodded.
"It was nothing, glad I could help." Delilah smiled over at him. Everybody was confused in the sudden change of Delilah's attractions, but they now knew something was going on between her and Rick.
Beth gasped, realizing why Delilah looked so familiar. "Wait! I know who you are now! You're Delilah, Miss Teen California 2009!"
Delilah's smile slightly faded. She didn't think that anybody would ever recognize her from Miss Teen USA that wasn't affiliated with the pageant, she was surprised, but nodded, smiling sheepishly. "Yes, yes I am." She watched the members of Rick's group look over curiously and Beth finally smile.
"I knew I recognized you from somewhere! I remember that pageant! You were my favorite, next to Miss Teen Georgia. Don't you remember, Maggie?" Beth had always wanted to be a beauty queen and would watch all the popular pageants, but she was always too shy to further pursue the dream. That and Hershel never would have allowed it, only her sister knew.
Maggie nodded. "Yeah, yeah, I do. You were in pageants?"
Delilah felt her face flush, she didn't want this to ever be discussed, but it was bound to happen, so she decided to just embrace it. "Yes, I was. I was the first runner-up for the Miss Teen USA 2009 pageant."
The guys all started checking her out, as if her status amongst them had changed now that her former beauty queen days were revealed.
Glenn looked her over. "I could definitely see it. You've got the charisma."
Beth nodded, grinning from ear to ear. "You should have seen her, Glenn. She was phenomenal! Even though I was rooting for Miss Georgia, I was shocked that you didn't win!"
Delilah smiled, suddenly getting a warm feeling over the embarrassment. "Thanks, you weren't the only one that thought that way, but Tammy was pretty good."
She watched Beth scoff. "Miss Indiana? No way, not like you! Your talent blew hers away! You had that incredible dance routine to that Blink-182 song."
"Green Day, actually. It was a ballroom/salsa mash-up to "Give Me Novacaine/She's A Rebel"."
"Sounds fitting." Rick said, making her look over at him and smile.
"It was fantastic, I must have watched it a thousand times. You had that partner, Angelo."
"Oh, I remember him. He was really sexy." Maggie smiled, reminiscing, unaware of Glenn's questioning gaze and Delilah's smile fading once again, but Rick noticed both.
"Is he here, too?"
Delilah had never told anybody at Jellbany about Angelo, it was another one of her dark secrets. "No, he's not. Angelo passed away a couple years ago." She watched Beth's smile change to one of sadness, as did Maggie's.
"Oh, no! I'm so sorry! I had no idea or else I wouldn't have asked."
She shook her head. "Don't worry about it, you didn't know." Daryl's snickering interrupted the moment, making Delilah and the others look over. "What's so funny?"
He smirked, unsure if he should say this, but figured there would be no harm. "I remember you now, too. My brother Merle had a teen fetish, used to make me go on eBay and buy the pageant programs so he could choke the turkey to them. You were a favorite of his." It seemed like only yesterday when Merle would pay him to buy the programs, he'd split the difference and tricked out his motorcycle while Merle spent his time pleasuring himself to the teen beauty queens. Daryl had looked in a few of them and remembered Delilah.
She was a knock out even back then.
The others gave Daryl a disgusted look, and Delilah felt awkward. "Uh, thanks. I have a feeling I was probably better off not knowing that. Come on, I'll give you guys the grand tour." She motioned and they followed her inside Leisure Zone, at least Daryl's crude memory distracted her a bit from Angelo, but now she knew what the only thing on his mind was, proving that he was exactly like the boys of Simi. It made some of the thrill diminish greatly. Rick could tell that something was wrong, her entire demeanor changed at the mention of Angelo. He picked up the pace, catching up to her.
"Are you alright?" She turned to face him, the forlornness evident in her eyes despite trying to hide it with a weak smile.
"I'm fine. I'll tell you about it later, I promise." Delilah walked ahead, leaving him wondering who exactly he was to her and if she was really going to tell him. Maybe I don't know her as well as I think I do…
WOW! DID ANYBODY SEE THAT REACTION COMING FROM CARL OR DELILAH'S REACTION OVER DARYL! I SENSE THERE'S A SPARK BETWEEN THEM AND THAT RICK IS CATCHING ON! WILL RICK LOSE DELILAH TO DARYL? WHO IS ANGELO THAT SHE'S SO SECRETIVE ABOUT? CHAPTER FIFTEEN COMING SOON!
BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE STORY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!
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